Vol. 1Yuwen Tuo’s Shrek Years

Yuwen Tuo entered Shrek Academy to build his strength while searching for a way to leave, winning the New Student Assessment and gaining the Ice Empress as his Guardian Divine Beast. After joining Shrek’s reserve Seven Devils and uncovering a nine-year search for him, he returned to the academy with his identity at risk and Ling Luochen offering to help him escape.

  • Ma Xiaotao drained Yuwen Tuo’s cultivation and kept him at Shrek, while he secretly held on to his hope of leaving.
  • After Xiao Tuo sacrificed himself to help Yuwen Tuo defeat the Demon Lord, two powerful figures took his weakened soul and he awoke in Douluo Continent.
  • Yuwen Tuo defeated Bei Bei in the Soul Duel, collected his winnings, and broke through to Rank 20 after taking the Mystic Water Pill.
  • Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao persuaded Yan Shaozhe to let him choose a second soul beast, and he absorbed the Flame Spirit Kite’s thousand-year soul ring to gain Starfire Sky.
  • Yuwen Tuo’s team defeated Dai Huabin’s team to win the New Student Assessment, and he gave Cao Jinxuan a technique before accepting him as a nominal disciple.
  • The Ice Empress chose Yuwen Tuo, forming a skull Soul Bone and a second Soul Ring that fused into his Xuanyuan Sword.
  • Yuwen Tuo returned from the Land of the Extreme North, removed Ma Xiaotao’s final evil-fire seed, and helped her awaken as the true Ultimate Fire Phoenix.
  • Ling Luochen offered to hold off Zhou Yi so Yuwen Tuo could flee and hide his identity.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Fire That Would Not Yield

Yuwen Tuo endured Shrek Academy’s exploitation while rebuilding his strength and pursuing a way to leave. After enrolling in the outer court, he befriended Xiao Xiao, sought Ling Luochen’s help, and challenged Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei to test himself against the academy’s strongest students.

  • Ma Xiaotao drained Yuwen Tuo’s cultivation and kept him at Shrek, while Yuwen Tuo secretly held on to his hope of leaving.
  • After sacrificing himself to help Yuwen Tuo defeat the Demon Lord, Xiao Tuo’s weakened soul was taken by two powerful figures and he awoke in Douluo Continent.
  • Evil Soul Masters slaughtered Xiao Tuo’s village, and he concealed his second Martial Soul when Su Yunlang awakened his Fire Element Martial Soul and discovered his astonishing Soul Power.
  • Yan Shaozhe brought Xiao Tuo to Shrek, where Mu En and Xuan Zi decided to use his Supreme Pure Fire to purify Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, draining his cultivation in the process.
  • Six years later, Yuwen Tuo used his Noble Carriage Sword to absorb an eight-hundred-year Soul Ring, reached Level 20, and enrolled in Shrek’s outer court.
  • Yuwen Tuo befriended Xiao Xiao, taught her the Su Lü Heart Method, and helped her through Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap test while plotting to gain freedom from Shrek.
  • Yuwen Tuo asked Ling Luochen to help negotiate with Yan Shaozhe and promised to place in the top three of the New Student Assessment, then recruited Xiao Xiao as his teammate.
  • After Xu Sanshi attacked Huo Yuhao over Jiang Nannan’s grilled fish, Yuwen Tuo intervened in Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei’s Soul Duel and challenged them both.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The New Student Assessment

Yuwen Tuo grew stronger, drew Xiao Xiao closer, and formed a team with her and Lian Yue for Shrek’s New Student Assessment. His team advanced through the tournament and defeated Huo Yuhao’s team, leaving Wang Dong vowing to beat him next time.

  • Yuwen Tuo defeated Bei Bei in the Soul Duel, collected his winnings, and broke through to Rank 20 after taking the Mystic Water Pill.
  • Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao persuaded Yan Shaozhe to let him choose a second soul beast, and Yuwen Tuo absorbed the Flame Spirit Kite’s thousand-year soul ring to gain Starfire Sky.
  • Yuwen Tuo told Xiao Xiao about his painful past, and Xiao Xiao promised to leave Shrek with him if he chose to go.
  • Zhou Yi assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to one team, but Xiao Xiao chose to compete with Yuwen Tuo, who recruited Lian Yue as their third teammate.
  • Yuwen Tuo, Xiao Xiao, and Lian Yue won their preliminary matches and defeated Ning Tian’s team in the elimination rounds.
  • Yuwen Tuo made Xiao Xiao the second disciple of Ghost Valley and offered to teach her the rest of Meng Chun Six Melodies.
  • Yuwen Tuo’s team faced Huo Yuhao’s team, and Yuwen Tuo redirected Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock back at him, leaving him unconscious.
  • Yuwen Tuo defeated Xiong Gang and clashed with Wang Dong in the air before Yan Shaozhe stopped the fight and declared Yuwen Tuo’s team victorious.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Ice Empress’s Choice

Yuwen Tuo won the New Student Assessment, then negotiated a month away from Shrek to pursue his own path. In the far north, he defeated an Icefire Xuanfeng and persuaded the Ice Empress to become his Guardian Divine Beast, while forces elsewhere began searching for him.

  • Yuwen Tuo’s team defeated Dai Huabin’s team to win the New Student Assessment, and Yuwen Tuo gave Cao Jinxuan a technique before accepting him as a nominal disciple.
  • After Huo Yuhao was rejected as a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple, Yuwen Tuo helped Electrolux understand his plans, and eight months later Yuwen Tuo reached Level 30 without a third Soul Ring.
  • Yan Shaozhe asked Yuwen Tuo to heal Ma Xiaotao, and Yuwen Tuo secured three Rising Soul Pills, a high-grade Soul Bone, and a month away from Shrek in exchange.
  • Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen reached the burned remains of Shiwa Village, where Yuwen Tuo revealed he believed he had caused the disaster and set out to avenge the villagers.
  • Yuwen Tuo escaped his pursuers and traveled to the Land of the Extreme North, where he killed a ten-thousand-year Icefire Xuanfeng and gained its Soul Ring and Vermillion Phoenix Disarming.
  • Yuwen Tuo freed the Ice Empress from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and offered her a way to retain her consciousness and fight alongside him as his Guardian Divine Beast.
  • The Ice Empress chose Yuwen Tuo, forming a skull Soul Bone and a second Soul Ring that fused into his Xuanyuan Sword.
  • The Sun Moon Emperor ordered Xu Tianran to find his missing son, a blonde woman remembered Yuwen Tuo, and a purple-robed man resolved to nurture him as a Child of Destiny.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Reserve Devils

Yuwen Tuo grew stronger, won a place among Shrek’s reserve Seven Devils, and joined an Evil Soul Master mission despite rejecting the academy’s authority. After uncovering a connection between the Holy Spirit Cult and a nine-year-old search for him, he returned with his identity still at risk and Ling Luochen offering to help him escape.

  • Yuwen Tuo returned from the Land of the Extreme North, removed Ma Xiaotao’s final evil-fire seed, and helped her awaken as the true Ultimate Fire Phoenix.
  • Yuwen Tuo revealed his Divine Fire Doppelganger and ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, then wagered a soul bone against Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao’s teams in the Upgrade Assessment.
  • Yuwen Tuo’s team won the wager, and he spent his winnings on a soul bone, medicinal herbs, whale jelly, storage tools, and protective armors.
  • Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao won places among the seven reserve Shrek Seven Devils, but Yuwen Tuo planned to leave Shrek Academy with her.
  • Yuwen Tuo refused to join the Supervision Corps on its terms, agreed to help with an Evil Soul Master mission, and secretly sent Xiao Xiao to find Jiang Peng in Star Luo City.
  • Yuwen Tuo separated from the group in the Mingdou Mountain Range and confronted the Death God Envoy, destroying the Sacrifice Array and killing him after learning that someone powerful had ordered a search for him nine years earlier.
  • Xuan Zi found the Death God Envoy dead and escorted Yuwen Tuo back, while Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to tell the Dou Ling Empire that his brother was alive.
  • Ling Luochen offered to hold off Zhou Yi so Yuwen Tuo could flee and hide his identity.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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