Chapter Summaries

Ling Luochen reassured Xiao Xiao that she saw Yuwen Tuo as a younger brother, then discussed the new students’ department choices and prospects. At the class assignment ceremony, Yan Shaozhe announced Zhou Sichen's team had finished third in the New Student Assessment.

• Ling Luochen joined Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao for a meal, and Xiao Xiao tried to stake her claim as Yuwen Tuo's future partner.
• Yuwen Tuo explained that Ling Luochen had cared for him like an older sister, and Xiao Xiao apologized for misunderstanding her intentions.
• Ling Luochen advised the team that their championship made Core Disciple positions in the Martial Soul Department likely, and all four students chose that department.
• Yan Shaozhe gathered the new students at Shrek Plaza and announced Zhou Sichen's team as the assessment's third-place team.

Yuwen Tuo's team won the New Student Assessment, and the academy awarded them the champion's prize, a soul bone. After the freshmen received Core Disciple designations and class assignments, Yuwen Tuo, Xiao Xiao, and Lian Yue left the dean's office with the prize, while Yuwen Tuo considered using his leverage to negotiate with Yan Shaozhe.

• Dai Huabin's team received second place, while Yuwen Tuo, Lian Yue, and Xiao Xiao were announced as champions and awarded the usual soul beast hunt promise plus a hidden special prize.
• Yan Shaozhe named the official Core Disciples and temporary Core Disciples, leaving Huo Yuhao off both lists and prompting Wang Dong to comfort him.
• The academy assigned the freshmen to four classes, placing Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao in Class One and Lian Yue in Class Three, with Cao Jinxuan joining the team instead.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Yuwen Tuo's team a leather pouch containing their champion prize, and Xiao Xiao accepted it on their behalf.
• As the trio left the dean's office, Yuwen Tuo thought about using his leverage to make a deal with Yan Shaozhe before leaving Shrek.

Xiao Xiao received the Ten Thousand Year Voidlight Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone from Yuwen Tuo and began absorbing it, while Huo Yuhao gained a Soul Bone and a place in Fan Yu’s Soul Tool Department. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao’s destiny awakening and Yuwen Tuo’s own turning point appearing close at hand.

• Xiao Xiao and Lian Yue discovered that the competition prize was a Ten Thousand Year Voidlight Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone, and Yuwen Tuo gave it to Xiao Xiao as a gift for becoming his master's wife's disciple.
• Xiao Xiao began absorbing the Soul Bone as Yuwen Tuo, Lian Yue, and Cao Jinxuan protected her.
• Zhou Yi gave Huo Yuhao the Secret Method Soul Bone she had won from Mu Jin and introduced him to Fan Yu.
• Fan Yu welcomed Huo Yuhao into the Soul Tool Department as a Core Disciple if the Martial Soul Department would not offer him the position.
• Huo Yuhao's destiny awakened after he left the Duke's Mansion, while Yuwen Tuo's own awakening seemed near as he prepared to take a step beyond Shrek City.

Huo Yuhao accepted Wu Feng’s challenge after Zhou Yi appointed him class monitor, and Yuwen Tuo saw a chance to profit from the resulting bets. Xiao Xiao backed Huo Yuhao with a wager of ten thousand Gold Soul Coins as the battle approached.

• Zhou Yi appointed Huo Yuhao class monitor and Wang Dong vice monitor, prompting Wu Feng and Cao Jinxuan to object and nominate stronger students.
• Wu Feng challenged Huo Yuhao to prove he deserved the position, and Huo Yuhao accepted despite Zhou Yi’s attempt to control the dispute.
• Yuwen Tuo told Xiao Xiao that Huo Yuhao had three martial souls and invited her to watch the match and make money.
• Zhou Sichen opened betting on the battle, and Dai Huabin wagered one hundred Gold Soul Coins on Wu Feng.
• Xiao Xiao bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao lost his match against Wu Feng, but Electrolux took control of his Mental Power and defeated her. Electrolux then met Yuwen Tuo inside his Sea of Consciousness, agreed to a deal, and revealed that Yuwen Tuo’s fate might have been sealed.

• Xiao Xiao placed a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin bet on Huo Yuhao winning against Wu Feng, with Yuwen Tuo supplying the money.
• Wu Feng overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and knocked him down, but Huo Yuhao refused to admit defeat and his resentment surged.
• Electrolux took control of Huo Yuhao’s Mental Power and struck Wu Feng unconscious with a sharp mental attack.
• Electrolux entered Yuwen Tuo’s Sea of Consciousness, where Yuwen Tuo proposed a deal involving his hatred and offered him golden words to read.
• Electrolux accepted Yuwen Tuo’s deal and said Yuwen Tuo carried no power of fate, suggesting his fate had been sealed and could awaken through rare soul rings and soul bones.

After Huo Yuhao became class monitor, Yuwen Tuo helped his friends train while the students’ abilities advanced over eight months. As the school year ended, Xiao Xiao, Cao Jinxuan, and Yuwen Tuo stood close to their next breakthroughs, with Yuwen Tuo ready to hunt for his third soul ring.

• Huo Yuhao fainted after Electrolux returned control of his body, while Electrolux reflected on Yuwen Tuo’s plans for revenge and resolved to help him.
• Zhou Yi expelled the students who continued opposing Huo Yuhao as class monitor, including Dai Huabin, and Wu Feng transferred to Class Three.
• Xiao Xiao celebrated their Gold Soul Coin winnings with Yuwen Tuo, who explained the high prices of the soul bones they hoped to obtain.
• Yuwen Tuo helped Cao Jinxuan open his meridians and learn the Ghost Valley Beginner Heart Method, strengthening Cao Jinxuan’s wish to become his formal disciple.
• Eight months passed: Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan reached Level 29, Lian Yue gained her second soul ring, and Yuwen Tuo reached Level 30 without a third ring.

Yuwen Tuo confronted Yan Shaozhe after Ma Xiaotao's lingering evil fire stalled her breakthrough to Soul Saint. Yan Shaozhe tried to force Yuwen Tuo to help, but Yuwen Tuo proved his flames could no longer be made to purify anything against his will and demanded terms.

• Mu En said Ma Xiaotao feared her remaining evil fire would erupt if she broke through and told Yan Shaozhe to seek Yuwen Tuo's help.
• Yan Shaozhe decided to make Yuwen Tuo help Ma Xiaotao, while Cai Meier objected to sacrificing him again.
• Ling Luochen brought Yuwen Tuo to Ma Xiaotao's room, where Yan Shaozhe promised to let him leave Shrek if he healed her.
• Yan Shaozhe grabbed Yuwen Tuo and threatened to force him into Ma Xiaotao's room when Yuwen Tuo doubted the promise.
• Yuwen Tuo showed that his flames could no longer be forced to purify another flame and warned Yan Shaozhe that Ma Xiaotao might kill him instead.
• Yan Shaozhe admitted he would not let Yuwen Tuo leave and asked what it would take for him to help.

Yuwen Tuo negotiated compensation and a one-month leave from Shrek before helping Ma Xiaotao, while Yan Shaozhe ensured he would return by planting a hidden force in him. The chapter ended with the students beginning their vacation and Zhou Yi warning them about next year’s assessments.

• Yuwen Tuo demanded three Rising Soul Pills, a high-grade soul bone, and permission to leave Shrek for a month before helping Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed, planted a hidden force in Yuwen Tuo, and required him to return within a month; Ling Luochen promised to accompany him.
• Cai Meier heard Yan Shaozhe explain why he had let Yuwen Tuo go and arranged for the promised compensation to be delivered.
• The next morning, Zhou Yi warned the class to keep training during vacation and reminded students that advancing required reaching rank twenty and obtaining a second soul ring.

Yuwen Tuo left Shrek Academy with Ling Luochen to visit the graves in his hometown, Shiwa Village, and recalled the happy childhood he had spent with the village elders. At the graves, he blamed himself for the disaster that destroyed the village and asked Ling Luochen whether she had noticed anything strange there.

• Yuwen Tuo packed for his trip, gave Rising Soul Pills to Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan, and said goodbye to them.
• Ling Luochen joined Yuwen Tuo at the academy gates, and the two headed toward his hometown while three people secretly followed them.
• Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen reached the burned remains of Shiwa Village, where Yuwen Tuo described the elders who had raised him.
• At the village graves, Yuwen Tuo said he had caused the disaster that destroyed the village, and Ling Luochen asked how that could be possible.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Ling Luochen whether she had noticed anything strange when they entered the village.

Ling Luochen realized Evil Soul Masters had searched Yuwen Tuo’s village for him, while Yuwen Tuo vowed to avenge its people and set out alone. Ling Luochen stopped three Shrek Academy teachers from pursuing him as he headed north, determined to return once he could leave the academy openly.

• Ling Luochen found cleanly cut walls throughout the burned village and suspected the Evil Soul Masters had been searching for Yuwen Tuo.
• Yuwen Tuo rejected the need to learn about his birth parents and resolved to eradicate Evil Soul Masters to avenge the village.
• Yuwen Tuo promised the villagers he would repay their deaths, then promised Ling Luochen he would return before leaving alone.
• Ling Luochen blocked three Shrek Academy teachers pursuing Yuwen Tuo and called on a blue-robed Soul Saint to help hold them off.
• Yuwen Tuo heard the clash behind him and ran north without looking back, grateful to Ling Luochen for buying him time.

Yuwen Tuo entered the Land of the Extreme North to hunt the Ice Empress and strengthen himself before Huo Yuhao arrived. He found a ten-thousand-year Icefire Xuanfeng and began battling it, ending with his Supreme Pure Fire meeting its Ice Flame Dance.

• Yuwen Tuo tracked Huo Yuhao's location and planned to seize the Ice Empress after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm drew her out.
• Yuwen Tuo swallowed a Rising Soul Pill and searched the Land of the Extreme North for a suitable soul beast.
• Yuwen Tuo found a ten-thousand-year Icefire Xuanfeng whose fire attribute was overpowering its ice attribute.
• Yuwen Tuo attacked the Icefire Xuanfeng, dodging its blows and striking the same spot on its wing fifteen times.
• The Icefire Xuanfeng unleashed Ice Flame Dance, and Yuwen Tuo countered with Flames Arise, revealing the secret of Supreme Pure Fire.

Yuwen Tuo defeated the Icefire Xuanfeng with the Xuanyuan Sword and absorbed its Ten Thousand Year soul ring, gaining a third soul skill and reaching the peak of level thirty-three.

• Yuwen Tuo disrupted the Icefire Xuanfeng's Ice Flame Dance and destroyed its wounded wing with Flame Kill Slash and Shadow Wing Slash.
• Yuwen Tuo summoned the Xuanyuan Sword and used the One Foot Sword Domain to shred the Xuanfeng's Skyfire Melting Ice attack.
• Yuwen Tuo killed the Icefire Xuanfeng with Horizontal Sword Crossing, the first form of the Xuanyuan Sword Art.
• Yuwen Tuo absorbed the Xuanfeng's Ten Thousand Year soul ring after half an hour and reached the peak of level thirty-three.
• Yuwen Tuo gained the Vermillion Phoenix Disarming soul skill, which formed armor that doubled his defense and burned nearby enemies.

Yuwen Tuo interrupted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's attempt to persuade the Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao's soul ring and helped her escape. The Ice Empress followed him to a secluded Ice Valley, where she demanded to know who he was and why he had saved her.

• Yuwen Tuo secretly followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after it trapped and carried the Ice Empress away.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained its plan to create a human god and tried to convince the Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao's soul ring.
• Yuwen Tuo used Sword Intent to sever the soul power supporting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's restraint, and the Ice Empress broke free.
• The Ice Empress flew after Yuwen Tuo while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao stayed behind and discussed searching for her.
• Yuwen Tuo and the Ice Empress traveled to a remote Ice Valley, where she asked him to reveal his identity and reason for saving her.

Yuwen Tuo offered Ice Empress a way to survive her coming Heavenly Tribulation by becoming his Soul Ring and later a Guardian Divine Beast. After explaining the power of his Xuanyuan Sword Soul and claiming his plan had over an eighty percent chance of success, he left her to choose among three options.

• Yuwen Tuo told Ice Empress that he wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone and offered her his Subjugation and Transformation Art as a way to retain her consciousness and later free her to fight.
• Ice Empress questioned Yuwen Tuo about his chances and examined his Martial Souls, discovering that the Xuanyuan Sword was the manifestation of his soul and a Body Martial Soul.
• Ice Empress examined Yuwen Tuo's Soul Ring and recognized that it had been formed from his soul across different timelines with the Kunlun Mirror's power.
• Ice Empress realized her Ultimate Ice could strengthen Yuwen Tuo's Xuanyuan Sword Soul after its Second Awakening.
• Yuwen Tuo laid out Ice Empress's three choices: face the Heavenly Tribulation alone, join Tian Meng's plan, or help him become a god as his Guardian Divine Beast.

Yuwen Tuo fused the Ice Empress’s four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, awakening much of his sealed destiny. The Sun Moon Emperor ordered Xu Tianran to retrieve his missing younger son, while a purple-robed man in the heavens sensed Yuwen Tuo and decided to nurture him.

• The Ice Empress chose Yuwen Tuo over Huo Yuhao and agreed to sacrifice herself, forming a skull Soul Bone before her Soul Ring.
• Yuwen Tuo endured the fusion without outside help, and his Xuanyuan Sword’s first Soul Ring advanced beyond ten-thousand years as the Ice Empress’s ring became his second.
• Yuwen Tuo completed the fusion, and both Soul Rings vanished into the Xuanyuan Sword’s blade.
• The Sun Moon Emperor learned that his missing son might be at Shrek Academy and ordered Xu Tianran to bring him back at any cost.
• A blonde woman felt unsettled while playing chess and thought of the supposedly dead Yuwen Tuo.
• A purple-robed man sensed Yuwen Tuo’s awakened destiny and resolved to nurture him as a Child of Destiny.

Yuwen Tuo examined the powers he gained from absorbing the Ice Empress’s soul ring and skull bone, then prepared to leave the Land of the Extreme North. The Ice Empress rested in his Sea of Consciousness after warning him to cultivate until he was strong enough to investigate a mysterious place with her.

• Yuwen Tuo reached Rank 38 and awakened the first realm of the Yin Yang Demon Eyes, gaining a god’s-eye view and stronger spiritual attacks.
• Yuwen Tuo decided to seek the Body Sect at the next Soul Master Competition, where he hoped to undergo a Second Awakening and find help with the Hidden Force in his heart.
• The Ice Empress warned Yuwen Tuo to protect her tiny body, then fell asleep in his Sea of Consciousness and told him to reach Soul Emperor or preferably Soul Saint before she took him to a mysterious place.
• Yuwen Tuo learned that the Xuanyuan Sword’s second soul ring granted Array Breaker and Demon Breaker, while the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor skull bone granted Extreme Cold Flame and two linked state skills.
• Yuwen Tuo left the Land of the Extreme North after reviewing his new abilities.

Yuwen Tuo returned to Shrek Academy on time, ending Ling Luochen’s punishment and fulfilling his promise to help Ma Xiaotao. After he refined the last seed of her evil fire, Mu En recognized the emergence of the true Ultimate Fire Phoenix.

• Yan Shaozhe confronted Ling Luochen, who remained confident that Yuwen Tuo would return before his month of freedom ended.
• Yuwen Tuo arrived at the Sea God Pavilion on the twenty-sixth day, and Yan Shaozhe acknowledged his return, compensated Ling Luochen, and removed the Hidden Force from Yuwen Tuo’s heart.
• Yuwen Tuo followed Yan Shaozhe to Ma Xiaotao’s sealed cultivation room and agreed to remove the final seed of evil fire from her body.
• Yuwen Tuo used his Fire Elephant Power to refine Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire while she regained her senses and pleaded for a place in his heart.
• After two days and two nights, a blazing pillar of fire shot into the sky, and Mu En declared that the true Ultimate Fire Phoenix had appeared.

Yuwen Tuo helped Ma Xiaotao achieve Ultimate Fire, but the effort left him exhausted and Shrek’s leaders focused on her rather than him. While recovering, he learned the Divine Fire Doppelganger technique and created a weak double, startling Xiao Xiao.

• Yuwen Tuo told Yan Shaozhe that Ma Xiaotao’s soul power had stabilized at Level 70 and advised him to watch for any return of her evil fire over the next half year.
• Ling Luochen caught Yuwen Tuo when he nearly collapsed, then carried him back to his dormitory while the other Shrek leaders celebrated Ma Xiaotao’s new power.
• Xiao Xiao and Ling Luochen cared for Yuwen Tuo, and Ling Luochen resolved to help him leave Shrek Academy.
• Yuwen Tuo dreamed that his master taught him the Divine Fire Doppelganger technique and urged him to punish those who bullied him.
• After waking, Yuwen Tuo used the technique to create a weak doppelganger, which shook Xiao Xiao awake and made her scream that her Tuo Tuo had become two.

Yuwen Tuo recovered and confirmed his advance to Soul Elder with a Ten Thousand Years third Soul Ring, while Huo Yuhao returned with a new Martial Soul and improved cultivation. As the school year resumed, Cao Jinxuan revealed he was dating Lian Yue, and a fight at the cafeteria left Yuwen Tuo eyeing another chance to make money.

• Yuwen Tuo showed Ling Luochen and Xiao Xiao his Divine Fire Doppelganger, then restored his Soul Power and revealed that he had become a Three-Ring Soul Elder with a Ten Thousand Years third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xiao's cultivation was revealed to have reached the peak of level thirty-two after she advanced to Soul Elder.
• Yuwen Tuo saw Huo Yuhao return with an Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, two new Soul Rings, a soul bone, and cultivation around level twenty-three.
• Cao Jinxuan introduced Lian Yue as his girlfriend and showed Yuwen Tuo that he had continued cultivating during the break.
• Yuwen Tuo caught Xiong Gang after he was blasted from the cafeteria and suspected Dai Huabin had started a fight, prompting him to look for a way to profit from the situation.

Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin renewed their feud by wagering on their teams’ Upgrade Assessment results, while Yuwen Tuo joined with a soul bone at stake. The three teams left the cafeteria bound by a wager that would bring humiliation, money, or a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to the winners.

• Dai Huabin defeated Huo Yuhao and Xiong Gang in the cafeteria, but Huo Yuhao stopped Wang Dong from retaliating and challenged Dai Huabin to fight in the Battle Soul Zone.
• Dai Huabin proposed a wager on the Upgrade Assessment, demanding that Huo Yuhao kneel and apologize if his team lost.
• Yuwen Tuo returned Xiong Gang and joined the wager, offering a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone against Dai Huabin’s three million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Dong agreed to stake three million Gold Soul Coins for Huo Yuhao’s team.
• The students witnessed the wager: the team with the highest Upgrade Assessment score would win, with Dai Huabin’s team claiming an apology and soul bone, Huo Yuhao’s team claiming the reverse, or Yuwen Tuo’s team collecting three million Gold Soul Coins from each rival team.