Chapter Summaries

Lin Wan'er took control of Xu Sanshi's body and used ultimate water to suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire, while Tang San searched for Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yuhao remained missing. As Xu Sanshi weakened, Huo Yuhao burst in and Tian Meng turned the fiery erosion into cultivation, leaving Ma Xiaotao unable to see what was happening.

• Tang San used Ma Hongjun's hair to locate Ma Xiaotao after failing to find Huo Yuhao in the God Realm.
• Lin Wan'er took control of Xu Sanshi's body, transformed his Soul Rings, and used ultimate water to suppress Ma Xiaotao's evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao released her flames against Lin Wan'er's Soraka Martial Soul, while the alternating cold and heat strained Xu Sanshi's body.
• Lin Wan'er tried to contact Tian Meng inside Huo Yuhao but received no response as Xu Sanshi's Soul Power ran low.
• Huo Yuhao burst in, and Tian Meng converted the fiery erosion of Xu Sanshi's body into part of Huo Yuhao's cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao's sealed spiritual power protected him from the Evil Fire Phoenix power as an icy force surged through Xu Sanshi's body.

Ma Xiaotao used Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi to suppress the Evil Fire in her body, while Huo Yuhao endured severe pain as his body was tempered. The process left Ma Xiaotao refreshed and ready to cultivate and fight, but Huo Yuhao nearly unconscious.

• Ma Xiaotao carefully circulated her Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Power through Xu Sanshi, using the process to suppress its scorching aura.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Lin Wan'er discussed Huo Yuhao's suffering, the benefits of the tempering, and the danger of taking over his body.
• Lin Wan'er said she had already told Di Tian to prepare for Huo Yuhao to obtain his second Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiaotao finished filtering her Soul Power through Huo Yuhao and Xu Sanshi's Martial Soul, suppressing her Evil Fire for a time.
• Ma Xiaotao found Huo Yuhao barely conscious, checked that he was breathing, and felt sorry for pushing him so hard.

Huo Yuhao recovered after Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire injured him, and he secretly used Heaven Profound Pills to nourish his body. He asked Ma Xiaotao to keep his ability to suppress her evil fire hidden, while Xu Sanshi learned about his connection to the Heaven Soul Sect and carried a fox to Ma Xiaotao.

• Ma Xiaotao worried over Huo Yuhao as he regained strength and asked her to warm Heaven Profound Pills for him.
• Huo Yuhao drank the pills, whose effects nourished his newly tempered body and eased his pain.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ma Xiaotao to conceal their connection and not reveal that his spiritual power could suppress her evil fire, and she agreed.
• Xu Sanshi learned that Lin Wan'er was the Heaven Soul Sect’s Holy Maiden and that the sect was his own.
• Lin Wan'er gave Xu Sanshi a fox and told him to deliver it to Ma Xiaotao on Huo Yuhao’s behalf.
• Xu Sanshi met Ma Xiaotao, and they aligned their stories before going their separate ways.

Huo Yuhao obtained two months of leave and set out for the Land of Extreme North to gain his second soul ring. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided him north while Di Tian secretly watched over them.

• Huo Yuhao discovered his Soul Power had reached level twenty-three and asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about getting a second soul ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to seek leave from Lin Wan'er and said it had arranged an escort.
• Lin Wan'er approved two months of leave for Huo Yuhao, while Teacher Zhou nearly challenged her decision before Fan Yu and Wang Yan stopped her.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy and headed north, determined to return with the strength to make others fear his white soul rings.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm directed Huo Yuhao toward its hometown, the Land of Extreme North, a journey expected to take at least ten days, while Di Tian secretly observed them.

Huo Yuhao survived being crushed beneath the Titan Snow Demon King while Di Tian drove the giant away, then learned more about the Land of Extreme North’s rulers. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm summoned Ice Empress and secured her agreement to become a Wisdom Spirit Ring, on the condition that he later meet Snow Empress.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao to hide beneath the snow, and the Titan Snow Demon King stomped him into the frozen ground without realizing he was there.
• Di Tian challenged the Titan Snow Demon King, prompting it to leave; Huo Yuhao emerged from its footprint after the danger passed.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained the Three Great Heavenly Kings and revealed that the Titan Snow Demon King ranked last among them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took control of Huo Yuhao’s body and called out Ice Empress, concealing their presence inside the ice hut.
• Ice Empress appeared and threatened to kill Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unless he agreed to meet Snow Empress later.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm swore an oath to help Ice Empress become a Wisdom Spirit Ring, and Ice Empress agreed to trust him.

Huo Yuhao endured Ice Empress’s painful soul-bone fusion and gained her four-hundred-thousand-year soul ring before traveling to the Land of Extreme North to meet Snow Emperor. As Huo Yuhao reached Snow Emperor’s palace, Lin Wan'er, Di Tian, Fox Consort, and Scarlet King were already speaking with her about the Soul Spirit Plan.

• Ice Empress removed her spiritual origin from her body and agreed with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to fuse her power with Huo Yuhao.
• Ice Empress implanted her tail hook into Huo Yuhao, transforming his torso bones and body despite his intense pain.
• Huo Yuhao fused with Ice Empress and gained her as his second martial soul’s first soul ring, a four-hundred-thousand-year ring with four golden lines.
• Huo Yuhao traveled for about a week and climbed Snow Emperor’s mountain, enduring its supernatural cold as he approached her palace.
• Lin Wan'er, Di Tian, Fox Consort, and Scarlet King arrived at Snow Emperor’s Palace, where Snow Emperor rejected their presumed Soul Spirit Plan proposal.
• Lin Wan'er told Snow Emperor that human plans could not always overcome heaven’s will.

Lin Wan'er persuaded the Snow Emperor to transform and return to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Huo Yuhao was trapped in cultivation and missed his return deadline at Shrek Academy. Wang Dong feared he was dead until he suddenly returned, and she tackled him in anger and relief.

• Lin Wan'er showed the Snow Emperor the Auspicious Beast's prophecy and told her that the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become Huo Yuhao's Wisdom Spirit Rings.
• The Snow Emperor accepted Lin Wan'er's invitation, left a restriction to strengthen Huo Yuhao's comprehension of ultimate ice, and departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao triggered the Snow Emperor's restriction at her palace and fell into passive cultivation, leaving the Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to assume the Snow Emperor had gone elsewhere.
• Wang Dong found Huo Yuhao's dormitory empty and learned from Zhou Yi that he had missed his deadline and could be treated as withdrawn.
• Wang Dong feared Huo Yuhao had died in the Star Dou Great Forest until he returned to the dormitory, where she tackled him and pounded his back.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy and faced Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, who tried to draw him into the Soul Guidance Device Department. He invented a story about his martial soul nearly shattering and obtaining a second spirit ring in the Land of Extreme North, leaving the teachers convinced he had encountered an Ice Jade Scorpion.

• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy, and Wang Dong broke down crying after confronting him for staying away.
• Zhou Yi complained about Huo Yuhao’s absence and used students as examples to prompt the academy’s leadership to question her handling of him.
• Lin Wan'er chose not to intervene in Huo Yuhao’s academy troubles and considered visiting Wang Qiu'er in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao overheard Zhou Yi and Fan Yu discussing his possible expulsion and plans to recruit him as a Soul Guidance Device Department Core Disciple.
• Huo Yuhao entered Zhou Yi’s office and claimed his Spirit Eye martial soul had nearly shattered, explaining that he had gone to the Land of Extreme North and recovered after finding a dead Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Zhou Yi and Fan Yu grew concerned and believed Huo Yuhao’s account after he described the scorpion.

Huo Yuhao revealed a thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion soul ring to Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, but refused their offer to make him a Core Disciple of the Soul Guidance Device Department. As freshman assessment team assignments began, Lin Wan'er agreed to impersonate Mu Shangwan so she could care for her mother.

• Huo Yuhao showed Zhou Yi and Fan Yu his Ice Jade Scorpion soul ring, leaving them astonished, and asked to take the freshman assessment.
• Fan Yu offered to make Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple of the Soul Guidance Device Department, but Huo Yuhao declined and left with Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong returned to their dormitory, slept, and later teased each other before heading out for lunch.
• Mu Shangwan asked Lin Wan'er to impersonate her in the freshman assessment so she could care for her ailing mother, and Lin Wan'er agreed.
• Mu Jin explained the freshman assessment rules, nominated Zhou Yun to pass directly, and assigned Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Mu Shangwan to Team One.

Lin Wan'er formed a team with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu for Shrek Academy’s freshman assessment, then proposed a spar to test their teamwork. The chapter ended as Lin Wan'er’s mysterious Wood Spirit attacked Dai Huabin, who expected to overpower her at close range.

• Teacher Mu assigned the students to teams and warned Class Two to advance in the assessment, while Zhu Lu dismissed Lin Wan'er’s offer to discuss tactics with her and Dai Huabin.
• The next morning, Lin Wan'er urged Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to coordinate, and they discussed their combat strengths before Teacher Mu announced the afternoon’s assessment.
• Lin Wan'er suggested that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu spar against her together, and the three moved to a clearing outside the academy to begin.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu agreed to avoid using Martial Soul fusion, then took positions more than thirty meters from Lin Wan'er.
• Lin Wan'er revealed two emerald-green Soul Rings and summoned her Wood Spirit, while Dai Huabin activated his Martial Soul Possession and prepared to charge her.

Lin Wan'er overwhelmed Dai Huabin with her simulated Body Martial Soul before the freshman assessment began. In Area Thirty-Three, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Lin Wan'er started their first match against a team from New Student Class Four, and the opponents opened with medicinal soup from a Food Martial Soul.

• Lin Wan'er used precise field control to block Dai Huabin's movements and knock him away, then showed him her phantom could split into four.
• The freshman assessment began, and Lin Wan'er, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu arrived at their assigned area confident they could win.
• Teacher Wang Yan introduced himself and announced the opening match between New Student Class Two and New Student Class Four.
• Dai Huabin charged as the teams released their Martial Souls, while the opposing team's rear student summoned Fuli Tang and gave soup to his two teammates.
• The two opposing Assault System Battle Soul Masters drank the soup and attacked together as Lin Wan'er stayed back behind her protection.

Dai Huabin’s team crushed Zhao Kun’s team in its first assessment match, while Huo Yuhao’s and Lin Wan’er’s teams continued winning without revealing their full abilities. After five victories, Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao and Lin Wan’er that the next day’s matches would bring stronger opponents, and Xiao Xiao suggested that she join Wang Dong in battle.

• Dai Huabin defeated Zhao Kun and Chen Junfeng with a single strike, sending them into their food-system teammate Chen Xiao and winning the match for the Mu Shang Wan Team.
• Wang Yan wondered why Lin Wan’er was the team’s captain and core, but he could not identify her abilities or learn what she could do.
• The first assessment day ended, and the students began four matches per day; Huo Yuhao’s, Dai Huabin’s, and Ning Tian’s teams won all four of their second-day matches after other teams forfeited against them.
• Wang Yan told Huo Yuhao and Lin Wan’er that their remaining matches would be harder, while still leaving their abilities a mystery to him.
• Wang Dong celebrated the team’s easy victories, and Xiao Xiao suggested that she fight alongside him in the next day’s matches while they kept their strongest skills concealed.

Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao what he thought of Shrek Academy, hoping his answer would help her resist pressure from the elders to marry Xu Sanshi and suppress her evil fire. After the matchups shifted, Lin Wan'er agreed to lead her team in the next match after Zhu Lu pressured her.

• Wang Dong agreed with Xiao Xiao's plan to conceal her third soul skill, and Huo Yuhao offered to treat them to a feast.
• Ma Xiaotao sent Xu Sanshi away and led Huo Yuhao to Sea God Lake, where she asked what he thought of Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao said Shrek Academy was mostly good, and Ma Xiaotao explained that its elders were pressuring her to marry Xu Sanshi to control her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao left after wishing Huo Yuhao luck in the freshman competition, and he went to find Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Wan'er drew the next match against a changed opponent and agreed to lead her team after Zhu Lu pressured her.

Lin Wan'er faced Huang Chutian's team in the sixth-round assessment and used her Green Phantom to gain the upper hand. The Lan Sisters revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that bound her phantoms and began spreading toward Lin Wan'er, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu.

• Wang Yan announced Mu Shang Wan Team's match against Huang Chutian Team, and the teams introduced themselves before taking their positions.
• Huang Chutian charged Lin Wan'er, but her Green Phantom intercepted him and struck him back twice.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo joined their hair Martial Souls into a Hair Net, but Lin Wan'er split her phantoms and tore through it.
• Huang Chutian used Power Cannon Hammer, and Lin Wan'er weakened the attack with two phantoms while sending another toward the Lan Sisters.
• The Lan Sisters embraced and unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, binding Lin Wan'er's remaining phantoms and spreading their crystal-blue strands toward her, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu.

Lin Wan'er’s team defeated Huang Chutian’s team after she secretly broke the Lan Sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and both Lin Wan’er’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team advanced to the finals. The next morning, the finals began under closed management with no student spectators.

• The Lan Sisters activated Heavenly Net, but Lin Wan'er used Green Phantom to break it and knock them unconscious.
• Huang Chutian attacked Zhu Lu, but Lin Wan'er disrupted his Power Cannon Hammer and sent him flying out of the arena, securing her team’s victory.
• The guiding teachers advanced Lin Wan'er’s team after one more match, and Zhu Lu left with Dai Huabin while feeling an unusual pull toward Lin Wan'er.
• Zhu Lu defeated two opponents in Lin Wan'er’s next match, prompting the remaining support-system soul master to surrender and sending the team to the finals.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Ning Tian Team and also advanced to the finals.
• The next morning, Shrek Academy began the finals under closed management, keeping student spectators out of the assessment area.

Shrek Academy’s freshman final brought Huo Yuhao’s team face-to-face with Dai Huabin’s team, while the deans wagered on the outcome. As the match began, Lin Wan’er secretly led Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the front, and both sides charged toward each other.

• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun discussed the likely winner before Qian Duoduo bet that Huo Yuhao’s team would win in exchange for a favor.
• Dai Huabin prepared carefully for the final, while Huo Yuhao struggled to contain his desire for revenge against him.
• The referee announced the final’s rules, and both teams introduced themselves and moved to opposite sides of the arena.
• The referee started the match, and Huo Yuhao’s team charged forward with Wang Dong flying above Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao shielding him.
• Lin Wan’er led Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the front, choosing to fight openly with the ordinary strength of a two-ring Soul Master.

Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Lin Wan'er fought Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, with both sides using their martial souls and coordinated tactics. Wang Dong unleashed Butterfly God's Light at Zhu Lu, who counterattacked by targeting Huo Yuhao, while Lin Wan'er used her second soul ring to restrain Zhu Lu and Wang Dong; both teams then exclaimed, “My Soul Power!”

• Dai Huabin transformed into a White Tiger, Zhu Lu revealed her Hell Spirit Cat, and both teams charged as Xiao Xiao's flute slowed their opponents.
• Huo Yuhao struck Lin Wan'er with Soul Shock while Xiao Xiao used her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron to block Zhu Lu, and Dai Huabin injured Wang Dong with White Tiger Blazing Light Wave.
• Lin Wan'er redirected Dai Huabin and sent a Phantom toward Wang Dong, but Wang Dong avoided it and launched Butterfly God's Light at Zhu Lu.
• Zhu Lu charged toward Huo Yuhao with her poison-coated claws as Lin Wan'er activated her second soul ring to restrain Zhu Lu and Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong both cried out about their Soul Power.

Lin Wan'er, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong fought fiercely while Xiao Xiao held off Zhu Lu until Dai Huabin joined in. After Xiao Xiao was eliminated and Lin Wan'er was nearly out of Soul Power, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into a giant White Tiger, and Lin Wan'er invited her teammates to climb aboard as their side claimed the round.

• Lin Wan'er fused with her Body Phantom and blocked Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light, then used Mental Interference to help Wang Dong land a counterattack.
• Lin Wan'er controlled Huo Yuhao with her Phantom Martial Soul, forcing Wang Dong to evade his attacks while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Empress pretended not to notice.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Zhu Lu with her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldrons until Dai Huabin joined the fight and broke her defense.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into a massive White Tiger after Xiao Xiao was driven out of the assessment area.
• Lin Wan'er, nearly exhausted, flew toward the White Tiger and told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that their side had won the round.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed the Hell White Tiger, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong answered with their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill before Du Weilun stopped both attacks. Du Weilun named Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao the champions, but Lin Wan'er objected, leaving the match's result in dispute.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used the Hell White Tiger against Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who combined their powers into a blue, purple, and gold Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Du Weilun appeared between the two attacks and blocked them, injuring his back while both teams collapsed.
• Du Weilun declared Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao the champions of the freshman examination elimination tournament.
• Lin Wan'er emerged and objected, arguing that she had retained the ability to fight and that the outcome was unfair.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stood with the others and stared at Du Weilun as the crowd waited for the dispute to be resolved.

Du Weilun awarded Lin Wan'er’s team first place and Huo Yuhao’s team a shared first after explaining that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had struck him before the Hell White Tiger. Lin Wan'er returned to the Star Dou Great Forest for Wang Qiu’er’s birthday, then took her to the Hongchen Auction House to seek the Gold of Life as the auction began.

• Du Weilun declared Lin Wan'er’s team the winner and Huo Yuhao’s team joint first, then explained why Huo Yuhao’s fusion attack had been stronger.
• Dai Huabin reacted with frustration to the tie, while Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong celebrated their shared championship.
• Lin Wan'er met Wang Qiu'er at the Star Dou Great Forest, where Wang Qiu'er asked to visit the Sun Moon Empire and the auction holding the Gold of Life.
• Lin Wan'er agreed to take Wang Qiu'er and used a teleportation gate to travel with her to the Hongchen Auction House.
• Lin Wan'er and Wang Qiu'er entered the underground auction hall, received masks, and settled into a private room for the sixth-grade auction.
• Via introduced herself as the Red-Level Auctioneer and announced the start of the auction.