Chapter Summaries

Han Ruoruo explained the Freshman Assessment and assigned Class Six’s teams, placing Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi together as its strongest team. The assessment began the next morning, with each team scheduled for one battle on the first day.

• Han Ruoruo explained that the freshmen would compete in three-person teams, with the bottom half eliminated and the top sixty-four advancing to the knockout rounds.
• Han Ruoruo recommended a student for special admission to the Soul Tool Department, leaving Class Six with ninety-nine students.
• Han Ruoruo grouped Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi together, prompting the class to view them as likely championship contenders.
• Yin Chen accepted the team assignment, while Ye Guyi appeared pleased and Gu Yuena remained expressionless.
• The Freshman Assessment began the next morning, and the freshmen gathered in the Assessment Area for their first scheduled battles.

Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi arrived at District 11 for the Freshman Assessment and were assigned its first match against Freshman Class Four. Ye Guyi opened the battle by revealing her powerful Holy Angel Martial Soul and three Soul Rings.

• Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi reached District 11, where other teams were intimidated by their reputations and strength.
• Yin Chen asked Ye Guyi to lead their first match, and she confidently agreed.
• The referee announced the rules and called Freshman Class Six to face Wang Shuo, Li Ying, and Yang Yiming of Freshman Class Four.
• Wang Shuo, Li Ying, and Yang Yiming released their Martial Souls and yellow Soul Rings at the referee's command.
• Ye Guyi summoned her Holy Angel Martial Soul, golden wings, and Holy Sword, revealing two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.

Ye Guyi overwhelmed Freshman Class Four’s three fighters with her Angel Martial Soul and precise swordsmanship. After defeating them in moments, she stood victorious in the arena while Yin Chen watched.

• Ye Guyi revealed her Angel Martial Soul and Thousand-Year Soul Ring, stunning the spectators and intimidating Wang Shuo, Li Ying, and Yang Yiming.
• Yang Yiming charged Ye Guyi as Wang Shuo ensnared her with vines and Li Ying attacked from above, but she evaded and countered their moves without using a Soul Ring.
• Ye Guyi struck Wang Shuo and Li Ying with her Holy Sword, numbing them and stopping their Soul Power.
• Ye Guyi halted Yang Yiming’s second charge with a precise sword strike, leaving all three opponents defeated within ten breaths.

Ye Guyi carried Yin Chen and Gu Yuena through the Freshman Assessment, winning all ten matches alone and advancing their team to the Round of 64 Knockout. Afterward, Yin Chen comforted Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who had lost to Dai Huabin’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team but still expected to advance.

• Ye Guyi defeated three opponents with her holy light and swordsmanship, giving Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi their first victory.
• Ye Guyi won all four of the team’s second-day battles, bringing their record to five wins.
• Ye Guyi swept the team’s five final-day matches, securing ten victories and advancing the Yin Chen Team to the Round of 64 Knockout.
• Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi encountered Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo leaving the Assessment Area dejected after two losses.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo explained that Dai Huabin’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team had beaten them, and Yin Chen reassured them that they could still advance.

After the Freshman Assessment, Xuan Zi took an interest in Huo Yuhao and the other exceptional students. Meanwhile, Yin Chen and Castorice continued cultivating, and Castorice kept Bai Chenxiang working undercover in Wangsheng Hall while she waited for Ye Xishui to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Wang Yan reported the exceptional freshmen to Xuan Zi, who decided to watch the elimination rounds himself.
• Yin Chen and Xie Huanyue cultivated in the freshman dormitory while Castorice neared level fifty at the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters.
• Castorice reflected on her plan to obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and worried that Ye Xishui had not yet found a suitable Soul Beast.
• Castorice learned that Bai Chenxiang had been accepted into Wangsheng Hall and told her to remain there without trying to earn their full trust.
• Bai Chenxiang questioned how Castorice knew Wangsheng Hall's secrets, but Castorice refused to explain and reminded her that only she could fulfill Bai Chenxiang's wish.

Castorice learned that Wangsheng Hall planned to seize the Extreme North, but decided to focus on reaching Rank 50 before getting involved. At Shrek Academy’s elimination round, Yin Chen Team advanced easily while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived late and bedraggled but were allowed to compete.

• Bai Chenxiang told Castorice that Wangsheng Hall was planning to make the Extreme North its headquarters, though she knew few details about the organization’s inner circle.
• Castorice considered the dangers posed by Snow Empress and other powerful beings, then decided to cultivate until she reached Rank 50 and could obtain a hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring.
• At the elimination round roll call, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived late, and Du Weilun reprimanded them before allowing them to participate.
• Yin Chen drew lots for Yin Chen Team as the sixty-four teams were paired for the elimination matches.
• Ye Guyi defeated Yin Chen Team’s opponents by herself, advancing the team to the next round.

Yin Chen volunteered to fight Freshman Class 9 alone and revealed his time-attribute Martial Soul and extraordinary yellow-purple-purple Soul Ring configuration, shocking the audience and drawing the interest of Xuan Zi. Class Nine’s trio launched their coordinated attack as Yin Chen advanced, leaving the match underway.

• Yin Chen drew Assessment Area Six and told Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi that he would handle the match against Freshman Class 9.
• Yin Chen summoned the phantom of Istaroth and revealed one Hundred-Year Soul Ring and two Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning the crowd and the referee.
• Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan praised Yin Chen’s rare Soul Ring configuration, while Xuan Zi considered him a promising candidate.
• Yin Chen warned his opponents and attacked as Lin Lei spread mist across the platform and Su Wan used her Soul Power Amplification skill.
• Lin Lei and Su Wan strengthened their team’s position, and Shi Meng activated his Rock Skin skill before preparing his next move.

Yin Chen used Wind of Time to defeat Shi Meng, Lin Lei, and Su Wan without activating a Soul Ring. After his team won, they watched Huo Yuhao’s team face Ning Tian’s team, where Ye Guyi admired Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly.

• Yin Chen used Wind of Time to scatter the mist, disrupt his opponents’ coordination, and overwhelm their soul skills.
• The gale shattered Shi Meng’s Rock Skin and swept Shi Meng, Lin Lei, and Su Wan off the arena, giving Yin Chen’s team the victory.
• Xuan Zi, Han Ruoruo, Zhang Lexuan, Ye Guyi, and Gu Yuena reacted to Yin Chen’s display as he left the arena.
• Yin Chen’s team went to watch Huo Yuhao’s team face Ning Tian’s team in Assessment Area 8.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing helped Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao counter Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er despite Ning Tian’s enhancements.
• Ye Guyi admired Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly and noted its light attribute.

Gu Yuena called Wang Dong shameless, and Yin Chen realized she had seen through Wang Dong’s disguise. After Huo Yuhao’s team advanced, they drew Freshman Class Six’s team of three Soul Elders in the top-sixteen round, leaving their confidence shaken and Zhou Yi facing Mu Jin’s taunts.

• Gu Yuena called Wang Dong shameless, and Yin Chen understood that she had noticed Wang Dong was a girl disguised as a boy.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Shock, strengthened by the Purple Demon Eye, interrupted Ning Tian’s Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and helped his team win while revealing nearly all their trump cards.
• After a day of eliminations, sixteen teams remained, and the draw for the top eight began.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discovered that their next opponents were Freshman Class Six’s team of three Soul Elders.
• Mu Jin mocked Zhou Yi, predicting Class One’s winning streak would end against Class Six.

The Yin Chen Team faced Huo Yuhao’s team in the round-of-sixteen match after Zhou Yi and Mu Jin argued over their classes’ earlier results. The battle began with Yin Chen’s team immediately overwhelming their opponents with wind, elemental attacks, and a charge at Wang Dong.

• Zhou Yi argued with Mu Jin, who mocked the strength of Class One and was led away by Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er.
• Han Ruoruo watched the Yin Chen Team with confidence as the Yin Chen Team and Huo Yuhao Team took their positions.
• The referee started the match, and both teams released their martial souls and abilities.
• Yin Chen activated Wind of Time and sent cutting wind blades toward Huo Yuhao’s team while Gu Yuena unleashed elemental attacks.
• Ye Guyi charged at Wang Dong with a Holy Sword, and Xiao Xiao countered with Cauldron Shock and Cauldron Sweep.

Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock against Yin Chen triggered a terrifying spiritual backlash that left him severely injured, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were overwhelmed by Ye Guyi and Gu Yuena. As defeat closed in, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong embraced and unleashed a brilliant, unprecedented radiance.

• Xiao Xiao used her twin martial souls to defend Wang Dong, but Yin Chen and Gu Yuena’s attacks pushed her to the limit.
• Wang Dong struggled against Ye Guyi, while Huo Yuhao launched Soul Shock at Yin Chen and was struck by a devastating spiritual backlash.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shielded Huo Yuhao from the worst of the backlash, but he collapsed with severe injuries and Spiritual Detection Sharing ended.
• Furious at Huo Yuhao’s collapse, Wang Dong attacked Ye Guyi recklessly, but Ye Guyi blocked her and struck her down.
• Gu Yuena pinned Xiao Xiao to the ground, leaving both her and Wang Dong unable to continue fighting.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong exchanged a final glance, rushed toward each other, embraced, and released a dazzling radiance.

Yin Chen used Empty Dream Shadow to evade Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Golden Road, while Gu Yuena escaped and Ye Guyi endured the attack with her holy power. The Yin Chen Team won the round of sixteen, leaving Huo Yuhao to recognize the danger of relying too heavily on Soul Shock.

• Yin Chen vanished with Empty Dream Shadow and reappeared beside the exhausted Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, while Gu Yuena used spatial power to escape Golden Road.
• Ye Guyi countered Golden Road with Holy Spirit Slash, then withstood its remaining force through Divine Praise, though she suffered serious injuries.
• The match ended with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated, and the Yin Chen Team advanced from the round of sixteen.
• Yin Chen warned Huo Yuhao that overreliance on spiritual attacks could trap him, and Huo Yuhao thanked him for showing mercy.
• Huo Yuhao recognized that Soul Shock had rebounded against Yin Chen’s overwhelming spiritual barrier and resolved to remember the lesson.

After the assessment, Xuan Zi dismissed Huo Yuhao as a future powerhouse despite Wang Yan’s defense of him. On the way back, Ye Guyi teased Yin Chen and Gu Yuena about their escape from the Golden Road, and they explained their unusual abilities to each other.

• Xuan Zi praised Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, Ye Guyi, and other freshmen as promising candidates but rejected Wang Yan’s argument that Huo Yuhao’s performance and Martial Soul Fusion Skill made him worthy of consideration.
• Wang Yan regretted that Xuan Zi had dismissed Huo Yuhao because of his ten-year Soul Ring and low cultivation.
• Ye Guyi confronted Yin Chen and Gu Yuena for using teleportation to avoid the Golden Road while she faced it alone, and they teased her about enjoying the challenge.
• Gu Yuena explained that her Silver Dragon Martial Soul let her teleport through her Element Control talent without using a Soul Skill.
• Yin Chen told Gu Yuena that his third Soul Skill, Empty Dream Shadow, displaced him by cutting and pasting his coordinates along the timeline rather than moving through space.

Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi faced Xie Huanyue’s team in the freshman quarterfinals, where Yin Chen let his roommate demonstrate his strength before countering his attacks. The chapter ended as Yin Chen’s self-created Super Pressure Air Blade swept toward Xie Huanyue’s weaker shoulder.

• Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi drew Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba as their quarterfinal opponents.
• Xie Huanyue transformed with his Rubber Elephant Martial Soul and used his strongest defensive skill while Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba moved to attack from the sides.
• Gu Yuena intercepted Luo Tianlong with earthen spikes, while Ye Guyi blocked Luo Tianba with a wall of sacred Soul Power.
• Xie Huanyue’s elephant-trunk strike and ground shockwave passed through Yin Chen while he used The Other Me.
• Yin Chen appeared beside Xie Huanyue and formed his self-created Super Pressure Air Blade, aiming it at the Rubber Elephant’s weaker shoulder.

Yin Chen defeated Xie Huanyue as the Yin Chen Team advanced to the semifinals, where Dai Huabin vowed to beat him and received a cutting response. The next day, the final four teams gathered for the semifinal draw, overseen by Yan Shaozhe.

• Yin Chen wore down Xie Huanyue with the Wind of Time and stopped a Super Pressure Air Blade at his throat, prompting Xie Huanyue to concede.
• Gu Yuena swept Luo Tianlong out of the ring, and Ye Guyi incapacitated Luo Tianba, securing the Yin Chen Team's semifinal berth.
• Dai Huabin approached Yin Chen and promised not to lose again; Yin Chen replied that he would give Dai time to catch up until he could no longer see him from afar.
• Dai Huabin left in anger, while Cui Yajie winked at Yin Chen and drew disapproving reactions from Ye Guyi and Gu Yuena.
• The next morning, Yin Chen met Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi at the crowded Assessment Area, where Yan Shaozhe took charge of the semifinal draw.

Yin Chen's team dominated Dai Huabin's team in the freshman tournament, but Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger. The giant tiger charged at Yin Chen as the chapter ended.

• Yan Shaozhe welcomed the freshmen and personally oversaw the tournament draw.
• Yin Chen drew the first lot and was matched against Dai Huabin's team.
• Yin Chen, Ye Guyi, and Gu Yuena quickly overwhelmed their opponents with their Martial Souls and abilities.
• Yin Chen used his time powers to evade Dai Huabin's attacks, restrain him, and leave him badly wounded.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu joined together to unleash the Hell White Tiger, which lunged toward Yin Chen.

Yin Chen used his first Soul Skill, Dreamlike Bubble, to erase the Hell White Tiger and defeat Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. The audience and Shrek Academy's leaders were left shocked by his power, while Yan Shaozhe decided to watch Yin Chen closely.

• Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi prepared to face the Hell White Tiger as Yin Chen calmly stood before it.
• Yin Chen activated Dreamlike Bubble, and an invisible slash made the Hell White Tiger disintegrate.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fell onto the arena with severe injuries, and Dai Huabin asked Yin Chen what he had done.
• Yin Chen explained that Dreamlike Bubble recreated a phenomenon from the past as an inevitable result.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized the Soul Skill as a terrifying rule-type ability and resolved to pay close attention to Yin Chen.
• The medical team carried away Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, while Ye Guyi praised Yin Chen and Gu Yuena watched him solemnly.

Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi defeated Lan Susu's team to win the Freshman Assessment, confirming Class Six's overwhelming advantage. The story moved to the class assignment ceremony, where Du Weilun began announcing the top teams and their rewards.

• Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi overcame Lan Susu's Heavenly Net and quickly defeated her team in the final.
• Du Weilun announced Freshman Class Six's Yin Chen Team as the champions of the assessment.
• More than three hundred freshmen gathered at Shrek Plaza for the class assignment ceremony.
• Du Weilun called Dai Huabin's team forward to receive third place, while Dai remained bitter about his loss to Yin Chen.
• Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Huang Chutian stepped forward to receive second place.
• Du Weilun called Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi forward as the champions to loud cheers.

Du Weilun announced the rewards for the top teams and named the freshmen selected as Outer Court core disciples. Huo Yuhao was left off the list, and the chapter ended with him struggling with disappointment and confusion.

• Du Weilun announced that the top three teams would receive Academy assistance obtaining a suitable Soul Ring and that the champions’ additional reward would be issued after class assignments.
• Du Weilun named fourteen students, including Yin Chen, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, as Outer Court core disciples, but did not include Huo Yuhao.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao reacted with shock and concern when they realized Huo Yuhao had not been selected.
• Huo Yuhao felt hurt and confused, while Yin Chen privately concluded that the Academy had judged Huo Yuhao’s potential by his apparent ten-year white Soul Ring.
• Du Weilun encouraged the selected students to keep working hard and told the others that they still had opportunities to succeed.

Huo Yuhao was named a reserve core disciple after being denied official status, while Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi joined Class One. The chapter ended with Du Weilun giving the championship team a hundred-year Azure Cloud Sparrow left arm Soul Bone as their reward.

• Du Weilun announced the core disciples, excluding Huo Yuhao, then named him and four other freshmen reserve core disciples.
• Huo Yuhao suppressed his resentment and resolved to gain strength and prove himself, while Gu Yuena viewed him as a potential threat to her plans.
• The freshmen were divided into four classes, and Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi were assigned to Class One.
• Du Weilun announced Wang Yan as Class One's primary homeroom teacher and Han Ruoruo as assistant homeroom teacher.
• Du Weilun presented Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi with a hundred-year Azure Cloud Sparrow left arm Soul Bone for winning the freshman championship.