Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao entered the New Student Assessment planning to use his Simulation soul skill to disrupt the other students’ tests and win his wager, but Yuwen Tuo had warned Gong Changlong about the trick. As the assessment began, Huo Yuhao revealed two simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and Yuwen Tuo exposed them as fakes.

• Dai Huabin taunted Huo Yuhao and Yuwen Tuo before the assessment, while Huo Yuhao admitted he was more wary of Yuwen Tuo than Dai Huabin.
• Yuwen Tuo arrived with Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan, and Xiao Xiao told him she wanted a house rather than a soul bone.
• Yan Shaozhe presided over the Upgrade Assessment, where Huo Yuhao chose to face a hundred-year soul beast.
• Huo Yuhao used Simulation to display two apparent Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Dai Huabin and the assembled students.
• Yuwen Tuo identified the rings as illusions, and Gong Changlong released his aura to prevent Huo Yuhao from frightening the soul beasts.

Huo Yuhao’s group tied Dai Huabin’s group for the highest score in the Soul Duel Arena assessment, while Yuwen Tuo’s group began its turn with Cao Jinxuan’s strong performance. The chapter ended as Xiao Xiao prepared to take the field, with the top groups’ final standings still undecided.

• Huo Yuhao earned 130 points after his simulated Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura frightened a Wind Wolf, and Wang Dong and Xiong Gang brought their group total to 345.
• Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie scored 100 points each, while Dai Huabin earned 145 points by killing a thousand-year Wind Tiger, tying his group with Huo Yuhao’s.
• Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin considered settling the tie with a duel, but Yuwen Tuo declared that he would win the wager.
• The completed groups left Huo Yuhao’s and Yuwen Tuo’s groups tied at 345 points, 35 points ahead of third place.
• Cao Jinxuan used his Time Power and Yuwen Tuo’s finger technique to defeat a seven-hundred-year Flame Blade Demon and earn 120 points.
• Xiao Xiao stepped up as the next member of Yuwen Tuo’s group to take the assessment.

Xiao Xiao defeated a thousand-year Ironclad Rhinoceros and earned 140 points, securing victory for her group after Cao Jinxuan's 120 points. Yuwen Tuo passed his assessment with exactly 90 points after frightening a Great King Python away, leaving his classmates puzzled and annoyed by his lack of effort.

• Xiao Xiao used repeated tremors from her Three Lives Soul-Quelling Cauldron to knock the Ironclad Rhinoceros unconscious and earned 140 points.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong accepted that they had lost their bet, while Dai Huabin remained frustrated that he could not defeat Yuwen Tuo.
• Yuwen Tuo chose a seven-hundred-year soul beast, explaining that a passing score was enough.
• Yuwen Tuo stared down a Great King Python and walked away, causing it to flee back into its cage.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Yuwen Tuo 90 points after deducting 50 for exposing his back, and Yuwen Tuo explained that his Extreme Cold Flame's mental attack had frightened the serpent.

After winning the wager, Yuwen Tuo collected nine million Gold Soul Coins and took Xiao Xiao to the Treasure Pavilion to buy treasures that could strengthen them. He and Xiao Xiao arrived and were offered a personal guide, while Yan Shaozhe went to speak with Huo Yuhao about bringing him into the Martial Soul Department.

• Yuwen Tuo collected Gold Soul Coin cards from Wang Dong and Dai Huabin after his team won the wager, while Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin tied and avoided having to kowtow.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Huo Yuhao to discuss him, and Huo Yuhao left with the dean after asking Wang Dong to go ahead.
• Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao counted their winnings, and Yuwen Tuo proposed spending some of their money on ordinary treasures at the Treasure Pavilion.
• Cao Jinxuan excused himself when Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao left together, then the couple headed to Shrek City’s Treasure Pavilion.
• A girl at the Treasure Pavilion greeted Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao and offered to guide them through its recently acquired treasures.

Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao visited the Treasure Pavilion to buy items that could help them grow stronger. Yuwen Tuo bought a forty-thousand-year Heaven Shaking Roar Left Arm Bone for Xiao Xiao, then learned the pavilion had no immortal-grade herbs and only a Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma.

• Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao declined their credit limits and asked to see medicinal herbs and soul bones.
• Yuwen Tuo examined four displayed soul bones and chose the Heaven Shaking Roar Left Arm Bone, which enhanced sound-type soul skills.
• Yuwen Tuo paid six million Gold Soul Coins for the soul bone, and Xiao Xiao excitedly thanked him.
• Yuwen Tuo declined the Tyrannical Demonic Ape Torso Bone and asked to see the medicinal herbs.
• The saleswoman told Yuwen Tuo that the pavilion had no immortal-grade herbs but offered a Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma.

Yuwen Tuo bought a Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma, a piece of genuine Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, storage soul tools, and two Sixth Rank Tidal Inner Armors at the Treasure Pavilion. He and Xiao Xiao left with less than two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Yuwen Tuo felt the purchases had been worthwhile.

• Yuwen Tuo bought the Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma for two million Gold Soul Coins and recognized the discounted black whale jelly as genuine Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly.
• Yuwen Tuo bought the whale jelly for 4,800 Gold Soul Coins after the saleswoman described it as deteriorated Thousand Year Whale Jelly.
• Yuwen Tuo bought two Storage Soul Tools, giving Xiao Xiao a jade bracelet and keeping a living-creature-capable Ruyi Treasure Pouch for himself.
• Yuwen Tuo bought both Sixth Rank Tidal Inner Armors for 800,000 Gold Soul Coins after learning they could form barriers that resisted attacks below the Soul Saint level.
• Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao left the Treasure Pavilion with less than two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Xiao Xiao privately lamented how much money Yuwen Tuo had spent.

Yuwen Tuo consumed the Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma to strengthen his cultivation while the Sea God Pavilion debated his future at Shrek. The elders left his fate unresolved, with Yan Shaozhe hoping the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team selection would change Yuwen Tuo’s feelings toward the academy.

• Yuwen Tuo warned Xiao Xiao to absorb her soul bone in secret, then returned to his room and consumed the whale jelly and Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma while cultivating.
• Mu En ruled that Huo Yuhao would be a core disciple of both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er dismissed Yuwen Tuo’s case, while Yan Shaozhe weighed cultivating him, releasing him, or dealing with the danger he posed.
• Cai Meier suggested that Yuwen Tuo join the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team and might change his view of Shrek by fighting for its honor.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to let events unfold through the team selection, though he privately considered Shrek’s honor and revealed doubts about his own bloodline.

Yuwen Tuo reached Soul Power level thirty-nine after refining the medicinal treasures, while Xiao Xiao advanced to level thirty-four with his help. The Core Disciple selection began with Elder Xuan announcing a free-for-all, and rising walls separated the contestants just before the fighting started.

• Yuwen Tuo refined the Sixth Grade Purple Ganoderma and Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly, raising his Soul Power to level thirty-nine and strengthening his body.
• Xiao Xiao told Yuwen Tuo that absorbing the Heaven Shaking Roar soul bone had raised her to level thirty-four, and he gave her instructions for an upcoming competition.
• Zhou Yi led thirteen second-year Core Disciples to join the other contestants for the selection trials in the Battle Soul Zone.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed Xuan Zi, who arrived with wine and a chicken leg before leading the Core Disciples into the arena.
• Xuan Zi announced that the last seven contestants remaining in a group free-for-all would win, and mechanisms raised walls to separate the twenty-seven participants.

Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao navigated the shifting maze during the melee, where Yuwen Tuo swiftly eliminated three competitors and Xiao Xiao was cornered by two senior students. The chapter left Xiao Xiao fighting back with her soul-bone skills while Yuwen Tuo raced toward the center.

• Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao were separated by the shifting walls, and he told her to avoid fights and meet him in the center.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to search for Wang Dong and spotted Yuwen Tuo facing Xie Huanyue, Huang Chutian, and Cui Yajie.
• Yuwen Tuo used Wildfire Spreads the Plains Stance to eliminate all three opponents in one attack, revealing his ten-thousand-year third soul ring.
• Yuwen Tuo headed for the central area as Xiao Xiao fled from a fourth-year Shadow Demon Fox Soul Master.
• A senior student with a Ghost Sunflower Martial Soul joined the pursuit and tried to stop Xiao Xiao with Void Sky Ghost Sunflower Engulf.
• Xiao Xiao dispersed the attack with Cauldron's Tremor and used her Voidlight Demon Leopard soul-bone skill to counter the Shadow Demon Fox wielder.

Yuwen Tuo unleashed a sweeping fire attack that eliminated more than twenty competitors and left only ten in the maze competition. Xuan Zi judged him invincible among Soul Masters of his rank, while Yan Shaozhe grew uneasy about his strength and resentment toward the academy.

• Jiang Nannan helped Bei Bei defeat Tan Sa, and Bei Bei then eliminated She Yunfei.
• Wang Dong eliminated Liang Mo, Dai Huabin eliminated Ji Hongran, and He Caitou eliminated Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen.
• After learning Cao Jinxuan had been eliminated, Yuwen Tuo raised his Flame Kill Blade and unleashed the Blazing Flame Saber Art's Mountain of Blades Sea of Fire Stance across the maze.
• Yuwen Tuo's flames eliminated numerous competitors but curved around Xiao Xiao, astonishing the teachers and deans with his precise control.
• Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi sheltered together, He Caitou endured the flames with a defensive Soul Tool, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu survived using Hell White Tiger.
• With only ten competitors remaining, Xuan Zi declared Yuwen Tuo invincible among those of his rank, while Yan Shaozhe worried about his growing power and dissatisfaction with the academy.

Yuwen Tuo eliminated He Caitou after refusing to ally with either group, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to finish the Core Disciple assessment. Yuwen Tuo and six others qualified as temporary Shrek Seven Devils, though he still planned to leave Shrek Academy with Xiao Xiao.

• The remaining contestants gathered, and Yuwen Tuo rejected Dai Huabin's and Jiang Nannan's offers to cooperate before allowing Huo Yuhao to face Dai Huabin.
• Yuwen Tuo called out He Caitou and forced him to concede, eliminating him without causing injury.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used Golden Road against Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Hell White Tiger, sealing the fusion beast and eliminating them.
• The assessment ended with Yuwen Tuo, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong as the seven winners.
• Yuwen Tuo was set to become a temporary Shrek Seven Devils member, but he planned to leave Shrek Academy with Xiao Xiao.

Xuan Zi named the seven victors reserve Shrek Seven Devils and prepared to train them for the Soul Duel Tournament, while Yan Shaozhe warned him that Yuwen Tuo might act alone and endanger the team. The next day, Xuan Zi excluded Yuwen Tuo from training, prompting Xiao Xiao to challenge his decision.

• Xuan Zi told the seven victors they were reserve Shrek Seven Devils and ordered them to keep their status secret.
• Xuan Zi said he would train the seven alongside the current Seven Devils for the upcoming Soul Duel Tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Xuan Zi that Yuwen Tuo might refuse the team's identity and act alone, making him an unstable risk.
• Xuan Zi recalled the deaths of eight Inner Court disciples in the Star Dou Forest and said he would try to preserve Yuwen Tuo's life while protecting the others.
• The next day, Xuan Zi told Yuwen Tuo to skip his training and practice alone, and Xiao Xiao demanded to know why.

Yuwen Tuo remained isolated at Shrek Academy while the official Shrek Seven Devils arrived to train the reserve members for the upcoming Soul Duel Tournament. As memories from his past lives stirred, he briefly awakened the Kunlun Mirror’s Time-Space Power within his first soul ring, though he realized he would need to reach at least the Soul Saint realm to master it.

• Xuan Zi told Xiao Xiao that Yuwen Tuo was already beyond anything he could teach, and Huo Yuhao vowed to surpass him.
• Yuwen Tuo spent half a month isolated from most of the academy, while Xiao Xiao and Ling Luochen remained among the few who cared about him.
• Ling Luochen and five other official Shrek Seven Devils arrived, and Xuan Zi revealed that their captain, Ma Xiaotao, had reached the Soul Saint realm.
• Xuan Zi divided the official and reserve members into two teams for combat training, while Yuwen Tuo left to train alone.
• Yuwen Tuo recalled scenes from his past lives, and his sword intent briefly awakened the Kunlun Mirror’s Time-Space Power in his first soul ring.

A purple-robed god and Xiao Lu discovered that Yuwen Tuo was a hidden Child of Destiny and secretly helped him. After the Shrek Seven Devils’ battle, Xuan Zi brought the students to the Shrek Memorial Stele and asked them to join the Supervision Corps, but Yuwen Tuo refused and Xiao Xiao hesitated.

• Xiao Zi concluded that Yuwen Tuo was a hidden Child of Destiny whose fortune had been sealed, then sent divine power to help him.
• Yuwen Tuo sensed that someone had helped him and instinctively thanked them before returning to the Soul Duel Arena.
• Dai Yueheng’s team won two matches, while Huo Yuhao impressed the senior students with his support abilities.
• Ling Luochen welcomed Yuwen Tuo back and told him that Xuan Zi was taking them somewhere.
• Xuan Zi brought the students to the Shrek Memorial Stele and asked them to join the Supervision Corps; Yuwen Tuo refused, while Xiao Xiao asked for time to think.

Yuwen Tuo and Xiao Xiao refused to join Shrek's Supervision Corps, though Yuwen Tuo agreed to help hunt Evil Soul Masters. As the group departed for a dangerous mission, Xiao Xiao traveled ahead to Star Luo City with a secret message, while Yuwen Tuo left Shrek Academy determined never to return except to destroy it.

• Xuan Zi warned Yuwen Tuo that he would not receive the Supervision Corps' protections, and Yuwen Tuo said he would fight Evil Soul Masters on his own terms.
• Xuan Zi announced that the team had to complete an Evil Soul Master mission before the Soul Duel Tournament, and Yuwen Tuo agreed to help.
• Zhou Yi gave Supervisor Badges to the corps members and let Xiao Xiao travel to Star Luo City instead of joining the mission.
• Yuwen Tuo secretly told Xiao Xiao to find Jiang Peng in Star Luo City and deliver his message.
• Dai Yueheng led the group out by Flying Soul Tools, and Yuwen Tuo left Shrek Academy vowing to return and destroy it.

Zhou Yi led the Shrek Supervision Corps to the Star Luo Empire’s military camp, where they met White Tiger Duke Dai Hao. Dai Hao recognized Yuwen Tuo as a child who had gone missing years earlier, while Huo Yuhao struggled with his father’s failure to recognize him.

• Zhou Yi revealed her youthful appearance and Eight-Faced Exquisite martial soul before leading the group to Dai Hao’s camp.
• Dai Yueheng described the Western Army Group as the Star Luo Empire’s strongest force, and the group entered its military camp.
• Dai Hao welcomed the Shrek Supervision Corps and sent scouts to gather intelligence about the Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Hao asked Huo Yuhao if they had met, but Huo Yuhao denied knowing him and clenched his fist as Dai Hao failed to recognize his son.
• Dai Hao reacted with surprise to Yuwen Tuo and later told his deputy general to inform the emperor that the long-missing child might be alive and at Shrek Academy.

Yuwen Tuo split from the Shrek Supervision Corps and entered the Mingdou Mountain Range alone, while Xuan Zi secretly decided not to rescue him if he encountered danger. The Death God Envoy’s Corpse Explosions devastated the Corps, and Yuwen Tuo waited in another passage for the Evil Soul Master to flee.

• The group learned their target had fled into the Mingdou Mountain Range, and Yuwen Tuo told Ling Luochen he cared more about information on Evil Soul Masters than his origins.
• After the group reached the deep forest, Yuwen Tuo separated from them and flew into the mountain range alone.
• Xuan Zi watched Yuwen Tuo enter the mountains and resolved to prioritize the Corps rather than save him if he faced an Evil Soul Master.
• Yuwen Tuo sensed the ritual site in the cave and waited in a passage where he expected the Death God Envoy to escape.
• The Death God Envoy’s Corpse Explosions severely injured Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo, while Ling Luochen’s Tide Shield protected her and Yao Haoxuan.

Xuan Zi arrived after the Evil Soul Master's Corpse Explosion Array had badly injured and crippled the Shrek Academy students. The Evil Soul Master escaped deeper into the cave, where he found Yuwen Tuo at his altar and prepared to use him as a sacrifice.

• Zhou Yi ordered the group to retreat after they were trapped in the Corpse Explosion Array and suffered severe injuries.
• Xuan Zi arrived, dispersed the poisonous blood, and dragged the hidden Evil Soul Master toward him.
• The Evil Soul Master detonated his Soul Guidance Elemental Bombs to escape, then fled deeper into the cave.
• After hearing the Evil Soul Master's threat, Ling Luochen urged Xuan Zi to save Yuwen Tuo, but agreed to lead the injured students out first.
• The Evil Soul Master reached his altar and found Yuwen Tuo inside his Sacrificial Array.

Yuwen Tuo defeated the Death God Envoy and his Corpse Slaves, then questioned him about the Evil Soul Masters who had searched for him in Shiwa Village nine years earlier. The envoy revealed that someone powerful had ordered the search, but died before giving a name, leaving Yuwen Tuo to suspect the Holy Spirit Cult or the Sun Moon Empire.

• Yuwen Tuo confronted the Death God Envoy about the Holy Spirit Cult and the Evil Soul Masters who had searched for him nine years earlier.
• Yuwen Tuo used the Xuanyuan Sword’s One Foot Sword Domain and Demon Breaker skill to destroy the Corpse Slaves.
• Yuwen Tuo revealed his powerful soul rings and used Array Breaker and Demon Breaker to destroy the Sacrifice Array, defeat the Death God Envoy, and cripple him.
• The Death God Envoy said someone beyond Yuwen Tuo’s reach had ordered the search, then tried to self-destruct, but Yuwen Tuo stopped him and killed him.
• Yuwen Tuo burned the altar and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult or the Sun Moon Empire was behind the search.

Yuwen Tuo concealed how he killed the Evil Soul Master while Xuan Zi considered eliminating him but ultimately let him live. Meanwhile, Xu Tianran and Ju Zi plotted to have the Dou Ling Empire kill his brother, and Ling Luochen urged Yuwen Tuo to escape Shrek before it was too late.

• Xuan Zi found the Evil Soul Master dead and accepted Yuwen Tuo's explanation that his defensive Soul Tool had helped him win.
• Xuan Zi briefly considered killing Yuwen Tuo but lowered his hand and escorted him back to the injured Shrek students.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi how to prevent his brother from returning, and she advised him to turn the Dou Ling Empire against him.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to secretly inform the Dou Ling Empire that his brother was alive.
• Zhou Yi prepared the reserve students for the tournament while Xuan Zi took the injured students back to Shrek.
• Ling Luochen offered to hold off Zhou Yi so Yuwen Tuo could flee and hide his identity.