Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan faced Inner Court student Ma Xiaotao in a Soul Fight after she agreed to suppress her cultivation to his level. Ma Xiaotao’s control of her flames and Lin Yan’s power shocked the spectators, and the fight remained undecided after their first direct clash.

• Yan Hongyu watched the crowded arena and wondered why Lin Yan had challenged another Inner Court student.
• The referee announced that Ma Xiaotao would suppress her cultivation to Lin Yan’s level and lose if she exceeded it.
• Ma Xiaotao and Lin Yan introduced themselves, revealed their martial souls and spirit rings, and prepared to fight.
• Ma Xiaotao sent a controllable Phoenix Fire Line after Lin Yan, but he dodged it and shattered it with his Thunder Awakening skill.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Lin Yan at close range, but their clash ended with both retreating several steps and Ma Xiaotao shocked by his strength.

Lin Yan fought Ma Xiaotao in a Soul Battle and used his strength, club, and Titan Giant Ape Right Palm Bone to force her to unleash Soul King cultivation. The referee declared Lin Yan the winner, stunning the spectators.

• Lin Yan activated Titan's Fury and clashed with Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix in Flames, shattering her phoenix-fire attack with his Inner Force.
• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Skyward Flight and Phoenix Fire Line to unleash a massive pillar of fire, forcing Lin Yan to retreat before he counterattacked with his third Soul Skill.
• Lin Yan reflected Ma Xiaotao's pillar of fire back at her and used Gravity Control Domain to restrain her.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free by unleashing her Soul King cultivation and narrowly dodged the attack.
• The referee declared Lin Yan the winner under the match agreement, and the spectators erupted in excitement.

After defeating Ma Xiaotao, Lin Yan earned the crowd’s respect and drew the attention of a mysterious old man. Two months later, as the freshman assessment approached, Jiang Nannan was relieved to find herself grouped with Lin Yan.

• Lin Yan explained that his Reflective Hammer soul skill could amplify and rebound attacks from opponents at his cultivation level, and Ma Xiaotao left after acknowledging his victory.
• Lin Yan collected half the ticket revenue and exchanged annoyed glances with Ling Luochen as she left the arena.
• A mysterious old man watched Lin Yan’s match, praised him as a promising freshman, and vanished.
• Two months passed, and Shrek Academy’s freshmen prepared for a three-person team assessment that could eliminate anyone whose team lost.
• While Yan Hongyu explained the assessment, Lin Yan comforted the worried Jiang Nannan, who feared losing her chance to remain at Shrek Academy.
• The assessment groups were announced, and Jiang Nannan was delighted to discover she had been assigned to Lin Yan’s team.

Lin Yan formed a Freshman Assessment team with Jiang Nannan and Li Keke, then learned that Li Keke was a food-type Soul Master whose Martial Soul was a cigarette. The chapter ended as Lin Yan asked what effect her first Soul Skill had.

• Lin Yan discovered that Jiang Nannan and Li Keke had been assigned to his team for the Freshman Assessment.
• Yan Hongyu gave the students three days to prepare and warned Lin Yan about two other freshman teams with Soul Elders.
• Lin Yan met Jiang Nannan and Li Keke beneath a tree and shared their Soul Master levels and abilities.
• Li Keke summoned a cigarette Martial Soul, taking more than ten seconds to form it.
• Lin Yan guessed that Li Keke was embarrassed to say her soul incantation and asked about her first Soul Skill.

Lin Yan tested Li Keke’s Power-Boosting Pink Smoke and invited her to join the trip to obtain Spirit Rings for her and Tang Ya. The group gathered at Shrek Square and set off for the Star Dou Great Forest, with Bei Bei teasing Lin Yan about Jiang Nannan along the way.

• Li Keke explained that her Power-Boosting Pink Smoke increased strength by forty percent for three minutes, and Lin Yan tested its effects.
• Lin Yan learned that Li Keke needed a second Spirit Ring and invited her to join the trip he had arranged with Bei Bei to help Tang Ya obtain one.
• The next morning, Lin Yan and Bei Bei met Li Keke at Shrek Square, then waited for Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya to arrive.
• Bei Bei teased Lin Yan about finding Jiang Nannan beautiful, and Tang Ya prompted Bei Bei to compliment her as well.
• Lin Yan urged everyone to leave quickly, and the group set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yan and his companions reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where he recognized a dangerous man as a possible Evil Soul Master and drove him away with a lie. After leaving the inn, the group headed into the forest to seek Spirit Rings before nightfall.

• Bei Bei, Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Li Keke traveled by Horned Dragon Horse carriage from Shrek City to an inn near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Yan noticed that a smiling man in blue robes with a folding fan provoked intense rejection from his Second Martial Soul and suspected he was a powerful Evil Soul Master.
• The man offered to join the group in hunting Soul Beasts, but Lin Yan claimed family elders were secretly supervising them and that they could not accept outside help.
• The folding-fan man left, and Lin Yan led the group away from the inn after warning them to be wary of strangers.
• The group decided to enter the Star Dou Great Forest before nightfall and make the most of their limited time.

Lin Yan helped Li Keke obtain her second Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, then encountered the suspected Evil Soul Master Hua Mianlang again after leaving the forest. He invited Hua Mianlang to camp and devised a deceptive plan, ending by striking at the back of Hua Mianlang’s head with his Spiked Club.

• Lin Yan defeated a six-hundred-year-old Blood-red Baboon and let Li Keke kill it and absorb its Spirit Ring.
• After Li Keke completed her absorption, Lin Yan and the others left the forest and encountered Hua Mianlang near their campsite.
• Lin Yan concealed his suspicion of Hua Mianlang, maintained his cover story about an accompanying elder, and invited him to share dinner.
• Lin Yan prepared grilled fish while watching Hua Mianlang, who accepted the meal and began eating.
• Lin Yan stepped behind Hua Mianlang and swung his Spiked Club at the back of his head.

Lin Yan exposed Hua Mianlang as an Evil Soul Master and revealed that poisoned grilled fish had weakened him, though Tang Ya also collapsed after eating it. Lin Yan and the others began fighting Hua Mianlang, whose human-skin fan briefly dazed Lin Yan and forced him back.

• Lin Yan's surprise strike was blocked by Hua Mianlang's triggered defensive Soul Tool, and Lin Yan warned Bei Bei and the others to retreat.
• Hua Mianlang admitted he was an Evil Soul Master Soul King and said he had tracked the group with a concealed Yin Spirit.
• Hua Mianlang revealed his intent to kill Lin Yan and Bei Bei and capture the women, but Lin Yan told him the grilled fish had been poisoned.
• Hua Mianlang and Tang Ya showed signs of poisoning; Tang Ya collapsed, and Lin Yan said he would detoxify her after dealing with Hua Mianlang.
• Lin Yan and the others activated their Martial Souls and attacked, but Hua Mianlang's human-skin folding fan unleashed a chilling gust and a shriek that dazed Lin Yan and drove him back.

Lin Yan and Bei Bei cornered the poisoned Hua Mianlang, who unleashed the ghosts bound to his Human-Skin Fan. When Hua Mianlang’s strongest ghost overwhelmed Lin Yan, he revealed his hidden Second Martial Soul, whose golden light weakened her.

• Bei Bei struck Hua Mianlang with Thunder Dragon Claw, but a bloodied female ghost emerged from the Human-Skin Fan and carried him to safety.
• Hua Mianlang sent twelve vengeful ghosts to attack, and Lin Yan used the Black Demon Mace’s lightning to drive them back.
• Unable to activate his fifth Soul Skill while poisoned, Hua Mianlang fed his blood essence to the fan and summoned a powerful red-clad female ghost.
• The red-clad ghost resisted Lin Yan’s lightning and nearly disarmed him, forcing him to reveal his Second Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan’s golden light harmed the red-clad ghost, and he began to summon the domain-like ability of his Second Martial Soul.

Lin Yan used his sacred Second Martial Soul to purify Hua Mianlang and his red-clad female ghost, then discovered that the golden motes they left behind strengthened him. After recovering overnight, he suspected that delivering evil Soul Masters earned him Merit, leaving him with a new way to improve his physical strength.

• Lin Yan purified the red-clad female ghost, while the destruction of Hua Mianlang's Human-Skin Fan left him gravely weakened.
• Lin Yan used his domain to dispel Hua Mianlang's evil power, and Hua Mianlang repented before dying in golden flames.
• Lin Yan told Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Li Keke that he had Twin Martial Souls and asked them to keep his Second Martial Soul secret; he also claimed Hua Mianlang's Thousand-Year Spirit Bone.
• Lin Yan gave Tang Ya an antidote, and she regained consciousness before the group moved their campsite.
• After resting through the night, Lin Yan realized the golden motes had increased his strength and suspected that purifying evil Soul Masters rewarded him with Merit.

Lin Yan decided to hunt Evil Soul Masters once he grew strong enough, then helped Tang Ya search for her second Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Tang Ya began absorbing a Ghost Vine Spirit Ring, Lin Yan chased a Silver-Ring Venom Bee to keep it from summoning a swarm, and Jiang Nannan followed him.

• Lin Yan resolved to hunt Evil Soul Masters in the future but recognized that he needed greater strength first.
• Bei Bei and the others set out to find Tang Ya a second Spirit Ring, and Lin Yan warned them about hidden plant-type Soul Beasts.
• Lin Yan spotted a poisonous flower and struck at it, but it escaped underground.
• The group subdued a seven-hundred-year Ghost Vine, and Tang Ya began absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Lin Yan noticed a Silver-Ring Venom Bee watching them and chased it away from Tang Ya before it could summon a swarm.
• Jiang Nannan asked Bei Bei to guard Tang Ya and followed Lin Yan.

Lin Yan and Jiang Nannan fought off a swarm of Silver-Ring Venom Bees while Tang Ya absorbed her Spirit Ring. Jiang Nannan was poisoned but survived after Li Keke treated her, and the group prepared to leave once Tang Ya was finished.

• Lin Yan killed a Silver-Ring Venom Bee, attracting a swarm of more than thirty to the area.
• Lin Yan and Jiang Nannan fought the swarm, killing all thirty Silver-Ring Venom Bees.
• Jiang Nannan collapsed after being stung by a venom stinger, and Lin Yan carried her back to Bei Bei and Li Keke.
• Li Keke sucked out the poisoned blood and applied Lin Yan's antidote, helping Jiang Nannan recover some strength.
• Lin Yan told the others to leave once Tang Ya finished absorbing her Spirit Ring.

After Tang Ya obtained her second Spirit Ring, the group left the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Wu Ming at the station. They told her they had killed the Evil Soul Master Hua Mianlang, and Wu Ming joined them on their return to Shrek Academy.

• Tang Ya reached Soul Power level twenty-one and apologized to Jiang Nannan for her injury, while Jiang Nannan reassured her.
• Lin Yan and the others returned to the station, where they met Wu Ming, who was searching for Hua Mianlang.
• Lin Yan explained the Shrek Inner Court to Tang Ya and the others after Bei Bei recognized Wu Ming.
• Tang Ya revealed that Hua Mianlang had attacked them, and Lin Yan said he had poisoned and killed the Evil Soul Master with the group's help.
• Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Li Keke confirmed Lin Yan's account, and Wu Ming praised them and joined their journey back to the academy.

After recovering from the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yan prepared for Shrek Academy’s Freshman Assessment, where his team was assigned to Area Six. The chapter leaves the six teams waiting to begin their matches under assessment teacher Wang Yan.

• Lin Yan chose to rest after returning to Shrek Academy and resolved to rely more on his own strength after the danger posed by Hua Mianlang.
• Lin Yan and Bei Bei spent the next day resting and meditating before the Freshman Assessment began.
• Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and Li Keke waited for the assessment to open, then entered the Assessment Zone and were assigned to Area Six.
• The three joined five other teams in Area Six, where the top three teams would advance from the round-robin points tournament.
• Wang Yan arrived and introduced himself as the assessment teacher for the next two days, and Lin Yan recognized his name.

Lin Yan's team won its first assessment match when Guan Shiyu's team surrendered to preserve their strength. After leaving the arena, Lin Yan was approached by Yan Shaozhe, who asked about his reported killing of a Soul King-level Evil Soul Master.

• Wang Yan warned the students not to seriously injure their opponents and announced Lin Yan's team would face Guan Shiyu's team.
• Guan Shiyu asked to surrender, explaining that Lin Yan was a Soul Elder with one yellow and two purple Spirit Rings.
• Wang Yan accepted the surrender and declared Lin Yan's team the winner without a fight.
• Lin Yan left Jiang Nannan and Li Keke to watch the other matches and headed away from the Assessment Zone.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared before Lin Yan and asked whether he and Bei Bei had killed a Soul King-level Evil Soul Master outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yan revealed to Yan Shaozhe that his secret ability against Evil Soul Masters came from his mutated Second Martial Soul. Yan Shaozhe offered to help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast if Lin Yan could absorb its Spirit Ring as his eighth, then examined the strange Martial Soul but could only guess that it resembled a Body Martial Soul.

• Lin Yan told Yan Shaozhe that he had weakened the Evil Soul Master with poison and used a secret ability that specifically restrained Evil Soul Masters.
• Yan Shaozhe offered future help hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast if Lin Yan could absorb its Spirit Ring as his eighth, and Lin Yan accepted the condition.
• Lin Yan revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls and that his secret ability came from a sacred, mutated Second Martial Soul.
• After promising to keep the secret, Yan Shaozhe watched Lin Yan summon the Martial Soul and judged that it looked somewhat like a Body Martial Soul.

Yan Shaozhe discovered that Lin Yan's Second Martial Soul could dispel Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire and brought him to Sea God Island to help her. Lin Yan agreed in exchange for Yan Shaozhe's promise to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and he approached Ma Xiaotao as her Evil Fire neared another eruption.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned Lin Yan about the Back Mountain incident and learned that his Second Martial Soul had calmed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe explained Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix problem and offered to help Lin Yan hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in exchange for his help.
• Lin Yan accepted the deal and accompanied Yan Shaozhe to Sea God Island, where Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire was nearing the brink of control.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Lin Yan had dispelled her Evil Fire before, then Lin Yan walked toward her to do it again.

Lin Yan used his Second Martial Soul’s domain to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, earning Merit and Yan Shaozhe’s promise of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring. After Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao to show Lin Yan around Sea God Island, they met Zhang Lexuan and headed together to the arena.

• Lin Yan activated his Second Martial Soul’s domain and purified the evil power causing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, strengthening his physique in the process.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Lin Yan, and Yan Shaozhe asked her to show him around Sea God Island.
• Ma Xiaotao suggested taking Lin Yan to the arena, where Inner Court disciples sparred, and he agreed.
• Lin Yan met Zhang Lexuan on the way and told her he had Twin Martial Souls and had helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire.
• Zhang Lexuan joined Lin Yan and Ma Xiaotao on their way to the arena and encouraged Lin Yan to keep cultivating without becoming complacent.

After Lin Yan advanced through the Points Contest without fighting, Yan Hongyu told him that the Ranking Tournament champion would receive a Spirit Bone. Lin Yan began the tournament by facing three students from Freshman Class Four, and his first clash sent their main attacker’s greatsword flying.

• Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and Li Keke finished the Points Contest with a perfect score and advanced to the Ranking Tournament.
• Yan Hongyu revealed that the Ranking Tournament champion’s prize was a Spirit Bone and urged Lin Yan to take the matches seriously.
• Lin Yan’s team drew a first-round match against He Gang, Mu Qing, and Zhao Chang in Area Nine.
• Lin Yan told Jiang Nannan to protect Li Keke and charged at the opposing team alone.
• He Gang attacked Lin Yan head-on, but Lin Yan’s second Soul Skill powered a sweep that knocked He Gang’s greatsword from his hands.

Lin Yan's team advanced through the Ranking Tournament and prepared to face Huyan Jia, a powerful Soul Elder and descendant of the Elephant Sect, in the eight-into-four match. The chapter ended as both teams activated their Martial Souls and Huyan Jia revealed his Diamond Mammoth form and three Spirit Rings.

• Lin Yan defeated He Gang, broke Zhao Chang's binding attack, and forced Mu Qing to admit defeat, winning the first round for Freshman Class 2.
• Lin Yan and Bei Bei's teams both advanced through the next round of the Ranking Tournament.
• Bei Bei explained that Huyan Jia was a descendant of the Elephant Sect and possessed the Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan, Jiang Nannan, and Li Keke entered the eight-into-four match against Huyan Jia's team.
• Both teams activated their Martial Souls, and Huyan Jia transformed into a massive Diamond Mammoth Soul Elder with three Spirit Rings.