Chapter Summaries

During a class assessment, Lin You and his six companions faced nineteen opponents, and Lin You ended the fight with a devastating Buddha's Wrath Phosphorous Lotus. Xuan Zi stopped the assessment and warned Lin You not to use such a reckless attack again.

• He Caitou suppressed the opponents with cannon fire as Lin You gathered Wu Feng, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, and He Caitou together.
• Lin You rescued Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong from senior students, while Huo Yuhao used Dream Spirit Abyss to incapacitate the remaining opponents.
• Lin You created an enormous ice-and-fire lotus and hurled it at the field, building thick calcium walls to protect his companions.
• Xuan Zi rushed to stop the lotus but arrived too late, and the blast scorched his palm before he declared the assessment over.
• Lin You's classmates and the defeated Core Disciples reacted with shock, and Xuan Zi praised Lin You while warning him to be more careful.

After Lin You's team won the assessment, the defeated Core Disciples accused the judges of cheating and demanded an explanation. Xuan Zi proved the attack was real, silenced the protests, and dismissed the eliminated students while keeping the remaining seven behind.

• A third-year and a fourth-year student accused Lin You and Huo Yuhao of using an illusion, prompting other defeated students to demand an explanation.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei calmed the crowd, but Xuan Zi grew furious at the students for questioning his judgment.
• Xuan Zi showed the crowd the burn left on his palm by Lin You's Buddha's Wrath Phosphorous Lotus, proving the attack was real.
• Xuan Zi declared that Lin You's team had earned its victory and told the students to train harder instead of making excuses.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan reflected on their shortcomings while Lin You accepted that the win had made new enemies.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the eliminated Core Disciples and ordered the remaining seven to stay behind.

After the chaotic battle assessment, Xuan Zi revealed that the surviving students had been chosen for the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team and explained the threat facing Shrek Academy. He praised Lin You and Huo Yuhao, warned Lin You about his dangerous attack, and left the two poised to train for the competition.

• Xuan Zi reassured Wang Dong, Lin You, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian that their survival reflected their qualities and potential, then announced they were candidates for the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team.
• Xuan Zi warned the students that the Sun Moon Empire was secretly building power and might use the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition to test Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi told the students they would train with him weekly for the month before the competition and asked Lin You and Huo Yuhao to stay behind.
• Xuan Zi praised Lin You's powerful final attack and Huo Yuyao's tactical coordination, but forbade Lin You from using the dangerous move in academy sparring again.
• Xuan Zi sent Lin You and Huo Yuhao to rest and privately reflected that the team had been tailored for them, believing no same-age team could threaten them.

After the assessment, Lin You and the others celebrated becoming the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team by introducing their Martial Souls and discussing team coordination. They agreed to arrange seniority by age and celebrate with roast meat that evening.

• Bei Bei praised Lin You’s performance and cautioned him not to reveal his strength carelessly, while Jiang Nannan encouraged Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi tried to get Wang Dong to explain Lin You’s final move, and Wang Dong boasted about Buddha's Wrath Phosphorous Lotus and Lin You’s abilities.
• Lin You proposed that the reserve team establish seniority and share details about their abilities to improve coordination.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Ning Tian introduced their Martial Souls and team roles, and Wang Dong felt overshadowed by the others’ Twin Martial Souls.
• The group arranged its members by age and decided to celebrate together with roast meat that evening.

He Caitou told Lin You and Huo Yuhao about his past and the abandoned Ultimate Individual Soldier plan, then agreed to join Lin You in opposing the Sun Moon Empire and its Evil Soul Masters. Over the next two weeks, Elder Xuan began training the students in unrestricted group combat, and another lesson was about to begin.

• Lin You and Huo Yuhao created a Spiritual Power barrier so He Caitou could speak to them privately.
• He Caitou explained the Ultimate Individual Soldier plan, his background, and his hatred of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Lin You vowed to purge the Sun Moon imperial family and Evil Soul Masters, and He Caitou agreed to follow him despite the danger.
• One week later, Elder Xuan began practical combat lessons, restricting Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Power and banning many of Lin You's skills.
• Over the next two weeks, Elder Xuan trained the students in group battles with changing restrictions and objectives.
• Another day arrived for Elder Xuan's lesson.

The reserve team met the official Shrek Seven Devils, and Lin You assessed his own combat limits while the Inner Academy members questioned the unusually young lineup. The introductions ended with the official team stunned to learn that Huo Yuhao and Lin You were both second-year Third Level Soul Tool Masters.

• The reserve team arrived at the Assessment Zone and met Ma Xiaotao and the other official Shrek Seven Devils.
• Elder Xuan explained that the reserves would compete in early rounds while concealing the official team's abilities, and warned them not to lose disgracefully.
• Lin You considered how his skills would fare against powerful Soul Emperors and decided to keep a low profile.
• He Caitou, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Wu Feng introduced themselves, prompting doubts from the Inner Academy members about the reserve team's low levels.
• Huo Yuhao and Lin You introduced themselves as second-year students and Third Level Soul Tool Masters, astonishing the official team.

Xuan Zi warned the Inner Academy disciples to keep Lin You and Huo Yuhao’s abilities secret, then arranged a seven-on-seven friendly match between Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng’s teams. As both sides planned their tactics, Dai Yueheng remained uneasy about Ma Xiaotao’s confidence in her second-year-heavy lineup.

• Xuan Zi classified Lin You and Huo Yuhao’s abilities as the academy’s highest secret and made the Inner Academy disciples swear to keep them hidden.
• The Inner Academy disciples introduced themselves, and Xuan Zi announced that Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng would lead opposing teams in a seven-on-seven match.
• Ma Xiaotao chose Lin You, Huo Yuhao, Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, Wang Dong, and Gongyang Mo, while Dai Yueheng assembled a team of main-team members.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao explained how their coordination and Huo Yuhao’s limited spiritual control could help Ma Xiaotao’s team, while Ning Tian promised support.
• Dai Yueheng instructed Chen Zifeng to disrupt Lin You or Huo Yuhao and Xi Xi to target Ning Tian, but he remained wary of Ma Xiaotao’s confidence.

Huo Yuhao and Lin You revealed powerful Soul Rings and coordinated their abilities to overwhelm Dai Yueheng’s team during the sparring match. Ma Xiaotao then challenged Dai Yueheng directly as his side struggled to recover.

• Ma Xiaotao and Lin You agreed that she would occupy Dai Yueheng while Lin You and Huo Yuhao handled the others.
• Xuan Zi told Lin You and Huo Yuhao not to hold back, and the match began after the teams prepared.
• Huo Yuhao and Lin You shocked the crowd by revealing third Soul Rings that were both ten thousand years old.
• Huo Yuhao’s Mental Shock dazed Dai Yueheng’s teammates, while Ling Luochen and Lin You restrained them and Huo Yuhao used He Caitou’s Soul Tools against his own team.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Dai Yueheng with Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, leaving him wounded and at a disadvantage.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao helped Wang Dong and their teammates defeat Dai Yueheng’s Inner Academy team in a humiliating battle. The defeated students admitted their loss as Xuan Zi asked whether they were convinced.

• Wang Dong used multiple buffs to keep pace with Xi Xi while Huo Yuhao kept Yao Haoxuan occupied.
• Lin You used stone armor and Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sharing to pin Chen Zifeng down and force him to dodge stone spikes.
• Lin You’s attacks disrupted the other fights, and Gongyang Mo enhanced Ma Xiaotao as she unleashed a rain of golden-red fireballs.
• Dai Yueheng tried to block Ma Xiaotao’s attack with White Tiger Meteor Shower, but she knocked him down and ended his ability to fight.
• Dai Yueheng accepted responsibility for the defeat, and Chen Zifeng and the other Inner Academy students admitted they had lost.
• Xuan Zi asked the defeated team if they were convinced, and Dai Yueheng answered that they were.

After the Inner Academy disciples reflected on their defeat, Xuan Zi rearranged the teams, placing Lin You and Huo Yuhao with Dai Yueheng against Ma Xiaotao's group. The new match began with Huo Yuhao unleashing her Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and freezing the battlefield with Eternal Frozen Domain.

• Xuan Zi told the Inner Academy disciples to reflect on their loss, and Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, Xi Xi, and Dai Yueheng acknowledged their mistakes and the juniors' unusual abilities.
• After an hour, Xuan Zi assigned Lin You and Huo Yuhao to Dai Yueheng's team and let Ma Xiaotao choose the rest of her teammates.
• Dai Yueheng welcomed Lin You and Huo Yuhao, then accepted Lin You's whispered plan for their match.
• Ma Xiaotao organized her team's tactics, assigning roles to Gongyang Mo, Ning Tian, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, and Yao Haoxuan.
• When Xuan Zi started the match, Huo Yuhao summoned the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and unleashed Eternal Frozen Domain, rapidly freezing the ground and everything in its path.

Huo Yuhao’s Eternal Frozen Domain immobilized Xi Xi and Ling Luochen, giving Lin You time to enhance Dai Yueheng, who defeated Ma Xiaotao’s team. Dai Yueheng thanked Lin You and pledged not to oppose him, while Xuan Zi announced the teams would leave for Star Luo City the next day, prompting Lin You and Huo Yuhao to share a knowing laugh.

• Huo Yuhao used the Eternal Frozen Domain to freeze Xi Xi and Ling Luochen, creating an opening for Dai Yueheng.
• Lin You enhanced Dai Yueheng’s strength, endurance, and reflexes with his elemental powers.
• Dai Yueheng charged Ma Xiaotao, withstood her flames, and defeated her team after a fierce battle.
• Dai Yueheng thanked Lin You and promised to help him, declaring that he would not become his enemy.
• Xuan Zi announced the match results and said everyone would depart for Star Luo City the next day.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao laughed at the announcement, while Xuan Zi suspected they were planning trouble and Dai Yueheng worried about Lin You’s ties to the Snow Empress.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao joined Shrek Academy’s Supervision Group as Xuan Zi led the team toward Star Luo City. Xuan Zi assigned them a mission to wipe out an Evil Soul Master bandit group near the Mingdou Mountain Range, and Lin You and Huo Yuhao sped ahead using Soul Tool propulsion equipment.

• Xuan Zi warned Lin You and Huo Yuhao not to cause trouble in Star Luo City, while Dai Yueheng asked Lin You whether he had plans for the trip.
• The group left Shrek Academy in casual clothes, and Xuan Zi praised the Supervision Group and asked them to join.
• Xuan Zi gave the group Supervision Group uniforms and assigned them to eliminate an Evil Soul Master bandit group near the Mingdou Mountain Range without leaving survivors.
• Ma Xiaotao offered to carry Lin You and assigned other teammates to carry Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, but Lin You refused and produced Soul Tool propulsion equipment.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao used their equipment to rush ahead, and Ma Xiaotao urged the remaining Inner Academy disciples to charge after them.

The Shrek Academy group reached the White Tiger Army Camp to obtain intelligence on the Evil Soul Master Bandit Group. Lin You met his parents, Lin Jian and Yang Qiong, but kept his identity secret; after reviewing the military’s information, the group set out for the bandits’ lair.

• Dai Yueheng proposed stopping at the White Tiger Army Camp, and Lin You persuaded Huo Yuhao to accept the detour.
• Lin Jian and Yang Qiong spoke in their tent before a soldier announced the arrival of Dai Yueheng’s group.
• Dai Yueheng explained the Supervision Corps’ mission to Lin Jian, and Dai Hao arrived at the tent.
• Huo Yuhao reacted to Dai Hao with hostility, while Lin You watched his parents without revealing who he was.
• The group studied the military intelligence on the Evil Soul Master Bandit Group and then left for its lair.

The group tracked the Hands of Death Bandit Group to its cave lair, using Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection to avoid traps. Lin You combined his technique with Huo Yuhao’s support and began transforming the cave as the group prepared for battle.

• Wang Yan explained that the group was searching the Mingdou Mountain Range for the Hands of Death Bandit Group, whose leader was an Evil Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao assigned the Inner Academy students their positions, and Lin You argued that the fresh traces in the Wenlan forest pointed to the bandits’ nearby base.
• Huo Yuhao tracked the trail and used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to guide the group past traps toward a cave.
• The group reached the cave, and Ma Xiaotao ordered everyone to prepare for battle while Wang Yan reminded the candidates to stay in reserve.
• Lin You pressed his hand against the cave wall as Huo Yuhao supplied him with ice elements and Soul Power.
• Lin You used the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique, causing the cave rocks to writhe and deform.

Lin You used his Inorganic Reincarnation Technique to crush the Evil Soul Masters hiding in a cave, leaving Dai Yueheng and the others stunned by his control over rock. After the mission, the group treated Lin You as their backbone and departed with a new reverence for his strength.

• The Evil Soul Masters’ cave began to collapse, and Lin You manipulated the rocks to kill everyone inside.
• Dai Yueheng, Wang Dong, Ma Xiaotao, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochen entered the cave with Lin You and recoiled at the bloody aftermath.
• Lin You named his technique the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique and explained that it worked wherever rocks were present.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Lin You’s calcium supply related to his control over rock, while Dai Yueheng admitted no fear and then backed away when Lin You looked at him.
• Lin You told the group to report back, and the Inner Academy disciples gathered behind him, regarding him as their backbone.

Lin You was exhausted after using his Calcium Element to devastate the cave, and Huo Yuhao helped him away. Xuan Zi investigated the ruins, found the Death God Envoy alive, and killed him after he attacked.

• Huo Yuhao supported the exhausted Lin You up the slope, trusting that he could control the mountain.
• Lin You reflected on how his complete Calcium Element let him manipulate calcium-containing compounds and unleash immense destructive power.
• Xuan Zi sensed a powerful energy fluctuation, reached the cave, and found its entrance and interior reduced to ruins.
• Xuan Zi discovered the Death God Envoy barely alive beneath a boulder and moved it aside.
• The Death God Envoy attacked Xuan Zi with a Bone Blade, but Xuan Zi shattered it and killed him with a slap.
• Xuan Zi resolved to report the destruction to Shrek Academy.

After Lin You wiped out the Evil Soul Master Bandit Group, Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and told Mu Lao about Lin You’s overwhelming power. Mu Lao was stunned by the report and anticipated that Lin You would soon become an extraordinary force in the world.

• Yao Haoxuan complained that Lin You had left him no enemies to fight, then hastily agreed that assisting Lin You was the proper role for a hero.
• Xuan Zi showed the group the bandit leader’s head and explained that the Soul King had been protected by twelve Corpse Servants.
• The disciples reacted with awe, envy, and admiration toward Lin You, and Lin You led them onward after the mission was completed.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy and told Mu Lao that Lin You had destroyed the entire bandit group using the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique.
• Xuan Zi admitted that Lin You was unfathomable and had inspired awe in him, while Mu Lao predicted that Lin You would soon stir the world.

Shrek Academy’s tournament team arrived in Star Luo City for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, where Huo Yuhao and Lin You recalled their earlier clash with Dai Huabin and the Snow Empress’s intervention. After settling into the Star Emperor Hotel, Wang Yan rallied the team to pursue the championship.

• The Shrek team entered Star Luo City, where Huo Yuhao remembered returning to the city after the Snow Empress defeated Dai Huabin’s protectors and the city’s Title Douluo.
• Lin You led the team to the Star Emperor Hotel beside Star Luo Square, where each member received a room and the team gained a meeting room.
• Wang Yan gathered the team and reminded them that Shrek Academy had never feared its opponents.
• Wang Yan praised the team’s Inner Academy and Outer Academy members and singled out Lin You’s strength.
• The Shrek team chanted its goal of winning the championship.

Wang Yan explained the knockout tournament rules and sent Shrek Academy’s students off to rest before the competition. Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared for the tournament, but Xiao Hongchen’s contempt for Shrek clashed with Ma Rulong’s insistence on discipline and unity.

• Wang Yan outlined the single-elimination knockout rules, urged Shrek Academy’s students to give their best, and dismissed the meeting.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s leader discussed Shrek’s strength with Ma Rulong, who admitted that he was afraid but promised to face the challenge.
• The leader warned his team not to underestimate Shrek Academy, while Xiao Hongchen dismissed their abilities and claimed he would surpass them.
• Ma Rulong ordered Xiao Hongchen to obey his commands during the competition, and Xiao reluctantly agreed.
• Meng Hongchen cautioned Xiao Hongchen that Shrek was currently stronger, but he vowed to prove the Sun Moon Empire’s superiority.

Shrek Academy arrived at Star Luo Square for the opening ceremony and first day of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament. The Xingluo Emperor Xu Jiawei recognized Lin You as the Snow Empress’s accomplice but ordered that Shrek be treated according to the rules, and the team was called to the stage to begin competing.

• Crowds gathered at Star Luo Square as the participating academy teams entered the tournament venue.
• Shrek Academy’s arrival drew attention, and Lin You and Huo Yuhao led their teammates to the academy’s designated area.
• Xu Jiawei remembered the Snow Empress’s earlier attack on Star Luo City and recognized Lin You as her accomplice.
• Xu Jiawei rejected the Prime Minister’s suggestion to give Shrek Academy special attention and declared the tournament open.
• The Prime Minister announced that Shrek Academy’s competitors would take the stage.