Chapter Summaries

Ling Feng refused Zhou Yi’s punishment of running laps and challenged her authority in front of the class. When Zhou Yi used her Soul Emperor pressure to threaten him, Ling Feng released the aura of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, leaving her collapsed.

• Zhou Yi ordered Ling Feng to run two hundred laps, but Ling Feng refused and criticized her for using laps to establish authority.
• The freshmen rallied behind Ling Feng, so Zhou Yi increased their punishment and threatened to expel him unless he ran more laps.
• Li Goudan tried to help Ling Feng by offering to run extra laps for him, but Ling Feng still refused to leave.
• Ling Feng accused Zhou Yi of being a useless teacher and released his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s aura overwhelmed Zhou Yi, who collapsed to the ground.

Ling Feng resisted Zhou Yi’s attempt to expel him, and Du Weilun confirmed that Yan Shaozhe had appointed him an Outer Court core disciple. Ling Feng transferred to Freshman Class Nine, where Mu Jin began teaching about martial souls and introduced the topic of fusion skills.

• Ling Feng revealed that his intimidating aura masked his two-ring strength, and Zhou Yi refused to let him stay in Class One.
• Du Weilun arrived and showed Zhou Yi Yan Shaozhe’s approval of Ling Feng as an Outer Court core disciple.
• Zhou Yi agreed to transfer Ling Feng out of her class and ordered Li Goudan to run.
• Du Weilun transferred Ling Feng to Freshman Class Nine, taught by Mu Jin.
• Mu Jin explained martial souls and began discussing fusion skills after a student asked about their differences.

During a lesson, Ling Feng challenged Mu Jin’s claim that Yu Xiaogang created the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill and realized Shrek’s history had likely been rewritten to glorify its own members. Meanwhile, Skydream Iceworm sensed the frightening aura again while Huo Yuhao ran laps, suggesting it might come from a new student’s martial soul.

• Mu Jin taught the students about martial soul fusion skills, the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and martial soul combination skills, crediting Yu Xiaogang with creating the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Ling Feng questioned Mu Jin’s account, recalling that Azure Radiance Academy had used the technique first, but Mu Jin insisted Shrek’s records were correct.
• As Mu Jin described Shrek’s version of history, Ling Feng concluded that the academy’s records had preserved favorable stories and blamed Spirit Hall for unfavorable ones.
• Mu Jin caught Ling Feng laughing, and he awkwardly said he was happy Shrek had a senior like Yu Xiaogang.
• While Huo Yuhao struggled through laps at Shrek Plaza, Skydream Iceworm told him the frightening aura had appeared again and speculated that a new student’s martial soul caused it.

Ling Feng met Jiang Nannan at a restaurant and used a spare meal to help her enjoy food she could not afford. Jiang Nannan realized he had deliberately arranged it and wondered whether he liked her.

• After classes, Ling Feng went to a restaurant near Shrek Academy and ordered two expensive nutritious meals.
• Jiang Nannan arrived and sat across from Ling Feng, who recognized her but she did not recognize him.
• Ling Feng recalled that he and Ling Luocheng had helped pay for Jiang Nannan's mother's treatment and move her to a clinic in Shrek City.
• Seeing Jiang Nannan eating cheap noodles, Ling Feng ordered two more meals and pretended he could not finish one.
• Jiang Nannan hesitated but accepted a bite after Ling Feng threatened to throw the meal away.
• Jiang Nannan noticed Ling Feng's pleased expression, blushed, and wondered whether he liked her.

Ling Feng shared a nutritious meal with Jiang Nannan, who grew flustered and protective of him when Xu Sanshi arrived and tried to drive him away. Ling Feng led Jiang Nannan outside to face Xu Sanshi, but someone intervened before the confrontation began.

• Jiang Nannan realized Ling Feng had offered to share his meal to help her, and she became bashful as they spoke.
• Jiang Nannan finished her meal and offered to walk Ling Feng back, but Xu Sanshi burst into the restaurant looking for her.
• Xu Sanshi threatened Ling Feng, and Jiang Nannan stood in front of him and challenged Xu Sanshi to fight.
• Ling Feng introduced himself to Jiang Nannan, took her by the wrist, and led her outside to confront Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi prepared to attack Ling Feng, but an unidentified person told him to stop and asked him to show some respect.

Ling Feng challenged Xu Sanshi to a match in Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Area after refusing Yao Haoxuan’s help. The duel was about to begin under a wager that could drive Ling Feng out of the academy.

• Yao Haoxuan arrived and tried to stop Xu Sanshi from confronting Ling Feng, explaining that Ling Feng was Ling Luocheng’s younger brother.
• Jiang Nannan denied that Ling Feng had harassed her and said she was willing to be with him, prompting students to mock Xu Sanshi.
• Ling Feng challenged Xu Sanshi to fight in the Soul Fighting Area, and Jiang Nannan went to find Ling Luocheng as the crowd followed them.
• Ling Feng wagered that Xu Sanshi would give him a Mystic Water Pill if he lost, while Xu Sanshi demanded that Ling Feng leave Shrek Academy if he lost.
• The referee started the match before more than five hundred spectators.

Ling Feng defeated Xu Sanshi in a single move in the Soul Fighting Area, stunning the spectators and giving Jiang Nannan hope that she could finally escape Xu Sanshi’s harassment. The chapter ended with Jiang Nannan feeling free of the burden that had isolated her.

• Jiang Nannan told Ling Luocheng that Ling Feng was about to fight Xu Sanshi, and they hurried to the Soul Fighting Area but arrived after the match began.
• Ling Luocheng and Jiang Nannan took front-row seats while Bei Bei and Tang Ya watched from the opposite side of the arena.
• Xu Sanshi released his martial soul, but Ling Feng charged at him without initially releasing his own.
• Ling Feng used a mental attack to make Xu Sanshi hesitate, then activated both soul skills and struck him with Ice Empress's Claw.
• Ling Feng knocked Xu Sanshi out of the arena in one move, leaving Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Ling Luocheng, and Jiang Nannan stunned.
• Jiang Nannan realized Xu Sanshi's defeat might let her interact with others freely, and she felt her long-held restraints break.

Ling Feng defeated Xu Sanshi in a match, then removed the Ultimate Ice from Xu Sanshi’s damaged martial soul so teachers could treat him. After Ling Luocheng revealed that Ling Feng had helped Jiang Nannan and her mother in the past, Jiang Nannan grew more affectionate toward him, and Ling Luocheng realized she might be falling for her younger brother.

• Ling Feng defeated Xu Sanshi with a mental attack and Ultimate Ice, leaving the fifth-year student critically injured and his martial soul damaged.
• The referee and healing teacher discovered Ultimate Ice in Xu Sanshi’s body and asked Ling Feng to remove the ice from his martial soul.
• Ling Feng dispelled the ice and explained that hot springs could gradually clear the remaining chill, then Xu Sanshi was taken to the infirmary.
• Ling Feng noticed Jiang Nannan’s red eyes, and Ling Luocheng revealed that he had helped arrange care and a home for Jiang Nannan and her mother.
• Jiang Nannan followed Ling Feng with growing affection, while Ling Luocheng realized she might be falling for him and worried that her home was being stolen.

Ma Xiaotao recovered in the Sea God Lake chamber after Ling Luocheng used Ling Feng’s Ultimate Ice to suppress her Evil Fire, and Yan Shaozhe encouraged her to pursue Ling Feng. After Ling Feng’s victory over Xu Sanshi made him famous at Shrek Academy, he completed a check-in with Huo Yuhao and received a new mission involving Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that Ling Luocheng had spared her and that the chill in her body could help her cultivation, though she would endure it for a month.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Ling Feng’s Ultimate Ice could help Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire and revealed that Ling Feng also had a second martial soul, his eyes.
• Ma Xiaotao admitted she was receptive to uniting with Ling Feng, while Yan Shaozhe urged her to seize her chance and offered dubious advice about winning him over.
• News of Ling Feng defeating Xu Sanshi spread through the outer academy, and Zhou Yi resented Mu Jin’s success with him.
• Ling Feng found Huo Yuhao at his stall, completed the check-in, and received a Mystic Water Pill before unlocking a mission to witness Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s first martial soul fusion skill for a Martial Soul Fusion Talent reward.

Ling Feng strengthened his body with Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue while Ling Luocheng left to carry out a mission. After she departed, Ma Xiaotao quietly infiltrated her residence as Ling Feng tried to push his soul rings past ten thousand years.

• Ling Feng took a Mystic Water Pill, improved his cultivation, and became the outer courtyard's publicly acknowledged number one student.
• Ling Feng spent two months cultivating with Ling Luocheng and gradually stopped attending class with Mu Jin's tacit approval.
• Ling Luocheng left on a mission and warned Ling Feng to be cautious around Ma Xiaotao, whose martial soul defect made her need his Ultimate Ice.
• Ling Feng checked that his soul rings were six years short of ten thousand years and ate nine pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to strengthen his body.
• Ma Xiaotao quietly slipped into Ling Luocheng's residence while Ling Feng absorbed the whale glue.

Ma Xiaotao sneaked into Ling Feng's room and helped him refine the whale glue's medicinal power through a clash of fire and ice. Ling Feng gained a breakthrough in physical strength and soul rings, and the chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao challenging him to a fight.

• Ma Xiaotao entered Ling Feng's room at night and found him suffering from the whale glue's effects.
• Ling Feng stopped Ma Xiaotao when she approached him, but she insisted she had come to seduce him and then offered to help him.
• Ma Xiaotao channeled her fire-attributed soul power into Ling Feng, whose Ultimate Ice power clashed with it and tempered both their bodies.
• Ling Feng absorbed the whale glue's medicinal effects by dawn, breaking through the ten-thousand-year threshold in physical strength and raising his first two soul rings to ten thousand years.
• Ling Feng and Ma Xiaotao argued about her staying all night, and she challenged him to a fight.

Ling Feng agreed to fight Ma Xiaotao and used the duel to test his newly strengthened abilities. Their match began with Ling Feng revealing three ten-thousand-year soul rings, and he sent Ma Xiaotao flying with a close-range strike.

• Ma Xiaotao challenged Ling Feng to a fight, and he agreed to meet her the next morning.
• Ling Feng went to a secluded cultivation room and began absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• At the training room, Ling Feng and Ma Xiaotao released their martial souls, revealing her six rings and his three ten-thousand-year rings.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked with several soul skills, but Ling Feng blocked her flames with Ice Emperor Bodyguard and struck her with Ice Empress's Claw.
• Ling Feng realized Ma Xiaotao was acting as his sparring partner, then formed an ice baton and prepared to continue fighting.

Ling Feng defeated Ma Xiaotao using weapons and defenses formed from externally released Soul Power, revealing the power of his passive third soul skill, Ultimate Ice Profound Meaning. He left Ma Xiaotao with a final warning to stay away from him.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, but Ling Feng deflected the fireballs with an ice rod and blocked one with an ice shield formed from Soul Power alone.
• Ling Feng struck Ma Xiaotao with the ice rod, sent Soul Power into her body, and knocked her off the arena to win the match.
• Ling Feng explained that his third soul skill, Ultimate Ice Profound Meaning, passively increased his Soul Power and attributes while doubling the effects of Soul Power release.
• Ling Feng wondered whether releasing Soul Power inside his own body could produce further effects, then noticed Ma Xiaotao was badly bruised.
• Ma Xiaotao asked why Ling Feng hated her, and he cited her actions toward Sister Luochen and his first encounter with her before warning her to stay away from him.

After learning that Zhou Yi expelled Li Goudan despite his progress, Ling Feng asked Mu Jin to help him stay in Class Nine, and agreed to lead their class in a friendly match against Zhou Yi’s class. The chapter ended with Ling Feng visiting Jiang Nannan, who was pleased that he had come to see her.

• Ling Feng found Li Goudan leaving Shrek after Zhou Yi expelled him for failing physical training, despite his reaching rank seventeen.
• Ling Feng brought Li Goudan to Mu Jin, who agreed to speak with Director Du about keeping him in Class Nine.
• Mu Jin asked Ling Feng to help her class defeat Zhou Yi’s class in a friendly match scheduled for three days later, and Ling Feng agreed.
• Mu Jin told Li Goudan that he could stay for now but would still be expelled if he failed the final assessment.
• Ling Feng went to Jiang Nannan’s classroom, where she hurried out to meet him and blushed at his visit.

Ling Feng and Jiang Nannan discussed how his defeat of Xu Sanshi had helped her reconnect with her classmates, and Jiang Nannan agreed to accompany him to find Xu Sanshi. Xu Sanshi rushed to Jiang Nannan when he heard she was looking for him, hoping she had missed him.

• Jiang Nannan thanked Ling Feng for standing up to Xu Sanshi and helping her feel at ease with her classmates.
• Jiang Nannan overheard girls admiring Ling Feng and hurried away with him before they could compete for his attention.
• Ling Feng explained why he had come to see Jiang Nannan, and she agreed to go with him to a fourth-year classroom.
• Xu Sanshi lamented Jiang Nannan's absence and claimed he would let her go, while his classmate mocked his daily window-watching routine.
• Xu Sanshi ran to meet Jiang Nannan, who stepped back when he tried to take her hand, and he asked if she had come because she missed him.

Jiang Nannan helped Ling Feng collect the two Mystic Water Pills Xu Sanshi owed him, then Ling Feng invited her to dinner at the Seven Treasure Hotel. The manager offered them a complimentary meal on Ning Tian’s instructions, but Ling Feng insisted on paying for the ingredients and labor.

• Jiang Nannan confronted Xu Sanshi about the two Mystic Water Pills he had lost to Ling Feng and refused to speak with him until he handed them over.
• Xu Sanshi gave Jiang Nannan the pills, and she inspected them before Ling Feng stepped out and took them.
• Ling Feng thanked Jiang Nannan and invited her to a meal, leaving Xu Sanshi behind as classmates laughed at him.
• Ling Feng brought Jiang Nannan to the Seven Treasure Hotel and teased her about the expense.
• The hotel manager explained that Ning Tian had ordered Ling Feng’s meals to be complimentary, but Ling Feng offered to pay for the ingredients and labor.
• The manager accepted Ling Feng’s arrangement and promised to ensure they were satisfied with the service.

Ling Feng treated Jiang Nannan to an extravagant meal, then discovered that a Mystic Water Pill had little effect on his already strong cultivation and received a five-percent spiritual power increase from his daily check-in. Three days later, he arrived for the friendly match between Mu Jin’s Class Nine and Zhou Yi’s Class One, where Mu Jin said she had been counting on him.

• Ling Feng explained the high cost of the seafood meal and shared the food with Jiang Nannan, who felt guilty about the bill afterward.
• Jiang Nannan offered to cook for Ling Feng as thanks, and they returned to the academy together before parting for afternoon classes.
• Ling Feng took a Mystic Water Pill but gained almost no Soul Power or cleansing effect, so he decided to keep his remaining pills for later.
• Ling Feng completed a daily check-in and received a five-percent increase in total spiritual power.
• Three days later, Ling Feng arrived at the training ground for the friendly match between Mu Jin’s Class Nine and Zhou Yi’s Class One, with other teachers and students watching.
• Mu Jin greeted Ling Feng and admitted that she had little confidence in the match without him.

Ling Feng confronted Zhou Yi after she changed the rules for the Class Nine versus Class One match, then challenged Class One to fight him all at once. Zhou Yi accepted his terms, setting up a group battle with the rules on the line.

• Ling Feng approached Ning Tian, thanked her for treating him to a meal, and discussed teaming up with her and Wu Feng for the freshman assessment.
• Ning Tian offered to demonstrate her support abilities in the upcoming class match, but Mu Jin returned angrily with news that Zhou Yi had changed the rules to one-on-one matches only.
• Ling Feng stopped Mu Jin from leaving and proposed that he fight every student in Class One, with the winner's side choosing the rules.
• Ling Feng taunted Zhou Yi and Class One, provoking the students, including their class monitor Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Yi accepted Ling Feng's challenge and declared that Class One would fight him.

Ling Feng stood by his decision to fight all of Class One alone, and the match began before a large crowd of teachers and students. His Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul and three soul rings terrified many opponents, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was shocked by the sight.

• Mu Jin and Ning Tian doubted Ling Feng could face seventy students, but he refused their offers to change the match rules or support him.
• Ning Tian defended Ling Feng’s chances, and Mu Jin teased her when she admitted she believed he had a reason for accepting the challenge.
• Zhou Yi threatened to double Class One’s physical training if they lost, but Huo Yuhao rallied the students and Wang Dong led them in a cheer for victory.
• Ling Feng and Class One took their positions as a large crowd gathered to watch, and the students revealed their martial souls and soul rings.
• Ling Feng released his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul and three rings, causing many Class One students to collapse in fear as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cried out in disbelief.

Ling Feng used the aura of his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul to overwhelm Class One, then defeated its remaining fighters one by one. With Huo Yuhao unconscious and the class unable to continue, Zhou Yi admitted defeat.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified Ling Feng’s martial soul as the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a four-hundred-thousand-year fierce beast, and warned Huo Yuhao that Ling Feng could defeat them.
• Huo Yuhao rallied the students who could still stand, and Wang Dong led their attack with Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sharing and Spiritual Detection supporting them.
• Ling Feng used his own Spiritual Detection and a single strike to knock Wang Dong out of the training field, then defeated the other charging students one by one.
• Xiao Xiao attacked with Cauldron’s Oscillation, but Ling Feng deflected the Three Lives Soul-Calming Cauldron and left her unable to fight.
• Ling Feng used Spiritual Interference to make Huo Yuhao direct Soul Shock at empty ground until he collapsed, leaving Zhou Yi to admit Class One’s defeat.