Chapter Summaries

Lin You and Xiao Xiao ran Zhou Yi’s thirty-kilometer punishment, while Lin You used his Martial Soul to remove air resistance and keep Xiao Xiao refreshed. By the time the other students were exhausted, the two of them were still running comfortably, astonishing the pinkish-blue-haired boy.

• Zhou Yi questioned Lin You about resisting her pressure, but he said he was used to someone at home exerting pressure around him.
• Lin You and Xiao Xiao joined the students running laps across Shrek Plaza, and Lin You guided Xiao Xiao behind him to conserve her strength.
• Lin You used his Martial Soul to absorb the air resistance around himself and create a cool, refreshing breeze for Xiao Xiao.
• As the laps continued, Lin You and Xiao Xiao stayed energetic while the other students grew tired and began gasping for breath.
• Xiao Xiao praised Lin You’s use of the Oxygen Element, and the pinkish-blue-haired boy looked at them in shock.

After finishing the hundred-lap assessment first, Lin You fought Wang Dong when she challenged him to a duel. He defeated her with Oxygen Intoxication, then removed the excess oxygen and left her conscious after she admitted defeat.

• Lin You finished the hundred-lap run first, ahead of Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, then ignored Wang Dong and went to rest beneath the trees.
• Wang Dong confronted Lin You, but he used Elementalization to evade her charge and make her fall.
• Wang Dong challenged Lin You to a duel and attacked him, but his Oxygen Intoxication weakened her while he dodged her strikes.
• Lin You continued evading Wang Dong until she collapsed, overwhelmed by the effects of Oxygen Intoxication.
• Lin You drew the excess Oxygen Element out of Wang Dong, and she recovered enough to tell him she had lost.

After Lin You and Wang Dong'er fought, Zhou Yi ordered them to hold hands and expelled them when Lin You refused to comply. Lin You and Wang Dong'er left Shrek Plaza together, with Lin You appearing confident despite his anger.

• Zhou Yi ordered Lin You and Wang Dong'er to hold hands as punishment for fighting, threatening to expel them if they refused.
• Wang Dong'er tried to take Lin You's hand, but he pulled away and rejected Zhou Yi's demand.
• Zhou Yi declared Lin You and Wang Dong'er expelled for violating academy rules.
• Lin You covered Wang Dong'er's mouth as she began to reveal her identity, then said he would go withdraw from the academy.
• Wang Dong'er agreed to leave with Lin You, and the two departed Shrek Plaza as Xiao Xiao watched them go.

Zhou Yi expelled Lin You, Wang Dong, and several other students, prompting Lin You to seek help from Mu En, the elderly gatekeeper. After Lin You mentioned leaving for the Sun Moon Empire, Mu En revealed his immense power and demanded to hear exactly what had happened.

• Zhou Yi expelled Tai Long and other students for cutting corners, and they went to the Academic Affairs Office to protest.
• Zhou Yi ordered the remaining students to change and report to class, while Wang Dong and Lin You walked toward the dormitories arguing about their expulsion.
• Wang Dong offered to use her connections to help, but Lin You told her to stay quiet and trust him.
• Lin You told Mu En that he and Wang Dong had been expelled and asked how to reach the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En unleashed a powerful aura that froze the surroundings, leaving Wang Dong unable to move, then asked Lin You to explain what had happened.

After hearing Lin You and Wang Dong describe Zhou Yi’s abuse of her authority, Mu En summoned Yan Shaozhe and ordered a Sea God Pavilion meeting. Yan Shaozhe brought the two students back to Freshman Class One, where Zhou Yi threatened them again before recognizing him and freezing.

• Lin You let Wang Dong recount how Zhou Yi had threatened and mistreated them.
• Mu En condemned Zhou Yi’s conduct, summoned Yan Shaozhe, and ordered him to take Lin You and Wang Dong to Freshman Class One before returning for a meeting.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Lin You and Wang Dong to their classroom as Zhou Yi finished her lesson.
• Zhou Yi threatened to remove Lin You and Wang Dong, and Wang Dong openly challenged her.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared behind the students, and Zhou Yi recognized the dean and froze.

Yan Shaozhe caught Zhou Yi threatening Lin You and Wang Dong, leaving Zhou Yi terrified and fleeing to seek Fan Yu. Lin You reunited with Huo Yuhao, and the two walked along Sea God Lake, where Huo Yuhao spotted a red dot through the mist.

• Yan Shaozhe stopped Zhou Yi from confronting Lin You and Wang Dong and left to attend his teacher’s meeting, while Zhou Yi panicked and ran toward the Soul Tool Department to find Fan Yu.
• Lin You and Wang Dong entered Class One as the new students watched in confusion.
• Huo Yuhao visited Lin You, teased him about Xiao Xiao, and chased him out of the teaching building.
• Xiao Xiao told Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao was Lin You’s younger sister and her roommate, then left the classroom.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao walked along Sea God Lake, where Huo Yuhao noticed a red dot behind the mist.

Huo Yuhao and Lin You confronted Ma Xiaotao when she rushed toward them at Sea God Lake, and Lin You froze her beneath the lake’s surface. Ma Xiaotao tried to escape with her flames, but Lin You removed the oxygen around her and extinguished them, leaving her trapped in the cold.

• Huo Yuhao spotted a fast-approaching red figure, and Lin You recognized that someone was coming with a dangerous aura.
• Ma Xiaotao charged at Lin You and Huo Yuhao, scorching the plants around them with her heat.
• Huo Yuhao struck Ma Xiaotao with Demonic Illusion: Sharingan, making her fall into Sea God Lake.
• Lin You froze the lake around Ma Xiaotao, trapping her beneath steel-hard ice.
• Ma Xiaotao used her Soul Power to ignite flames and begin melting the ice, but Lin You cleared away the oxygen.
• Ma Xiaotao’s flames went out, and she felt the bone-piercing cold as Lin You kept her trapped.

Lin You trapped Ma Xiaotao in nearly unbreakable Ultimate Ice, forcing her to admit defeat. Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao and Lin You to Sea God Island, where Lin You finally felt safe as they headed toward Sea God Pavilion.

• Ma Xiaotao failed to escape Lin You's Ultimate Ice, and Yan Shaozhe declared the sparring match over after she admitted defeat.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to melt the ice with light energy but managed to make only a small pit before Ma Xiaotao climbed out of Sea God Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a level sixty-five Soul Emperor, while Huo Yuhao and Lin You shared their names and Soul Master levels.
• Yan Shaozhe took Huo Yuhao across Sea God Lake, while Ma Xiaotao grabbed Lin You's arm and led him to Sea God Island.
• Lin You admired the peaceful island and felt relieved that his plan had succeeded as Yan Shaozhe led them toward the pavilion at the summit.

Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree’s origin at the Sea God Pavilion to cleanse Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao, strengthening their bodies, souls, and Martial Souls. The cleansing ended with their potential greatly enhanced, though the chapter did not reveal the full extent of their gains.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Xiaotao, Lin You, and Huo Yuhao to the Sea God Pavilion for Mu En’s cleansing.
• Brother Sky Dream explained that the Golden Ancient Tree’s origin could improve their Soul Power, life force, Innate Talent, and Martial Soul quality.
• Mu En covered the Sea God Pavilion and the three children in golden light that carried the Golden Ancient Tree’s life force.
• Lin You’s Periodic Table Martial Soul resonated with the power as his meridians strengthened and his Soul Power surged.
• Huo Yuhao’s crimson-eyed Martial Soul grew more perceptive, while Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix gained golden traces and purer Soul Power.
• The light faded, and Lin You, Huo Yuhao, and Ma Xiaotao opened their eyes.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao received powerful nourishment from the Golden Ancient Tree and took rare pills and Soul Beast dishes to improve their bodies and aptitude. After eating, they returned to their dormitories to cultivate, while the Sea God Pavilion elders gathered in secret.

• Yan Shaozhe took Ma Xiaotao back to her quarters so she could comprehend the transformation of her Spiritual Power.
• Lin You realized the Golden Ancient Tree’s life force had strengthened his body and increased the age of the Soul Ring he could withstand.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Lin You and Huo Yuhao Profound Spirit Soul Water Pills and explained that the pills would gradually raise their Innate Soul Power aptitude to level seven.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether the academy could help her mother, and Yan Shaozhe assured her that academy members were secretly looking after her family.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao ate the pills and the Soul Beast dishes, then returned to their dormitories to cultivate as shadowy figures gathered in the Sea God Pavilion’s conference hall.

Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to discuss the extraordinary potential of two young students and revealed the academy’s secret God-Making Plan. The elders learned that Huo Yuhao, whose first Soul Ring was a million-year Soul Ring, was the younger sister of the student expelled that morning, Lin You.

• Mu En asked the elders to assess the spar on Sea God Lake, and Xuan Zi judged the two students to be Shrek Academy’s most talented in ten thousand years.
• Xuan Zi praised the boy’s Ultimate Ice and potential Ultimate Fire, while the elders agreed that his Dual Ultimate Attributes warranted special attention in the Martial Soul Department.
• Song Lao drew attention to the girl’s immense Spiritual Power, and Mu En revealed her name, Huo Yuhao, her Spirit Eye martial soul, and her level-one innate Soul Power.
• Mu En disclosed that Huo Yuhao’s first Soul Ring was a million-year Soul Ring containing the intelligent Soul Spirit Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and identified the secret plan as the God-Making Plan.
• Mu En explained that he revealed the secret to ensure the academy’s leaders would keep close watch over Huo Yuhao after his death.
• Mu En told the stunned elders that Lin You had been expelled that morning and was Huo Yuhao’s younger sister.

Mu En revealed the God-Making Plan to Shrek Academy’s elders and laid out how Lin You and Huo Yuhao would be trained. The discussion turned to punishing Zhou Yi for expelling Lin You, while Xuan Zi challenged the elders’ tolerance of nepotism.

• The elders reacted with fury when Mu En revealed that Lin You had been expelled, then realized he had raised the news to introduce the God-Making Plan.
• Mu En explained the plan, leaving Qian Duoduo and the other elders astonished by the chance to help create a god.
• Mu En said he would teach Lin You and Huo Yuhao their foundations, then send Lin You to the Soul Tool Department and keep Huo Yuhao in the Martial Soul Department after third year.
• Mu En argued that Lin You could pursue both soul master cultivation and his goal of becoming a Level Ten Soul Engineer, and the elders agreed on a training policy for the two children.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Zhou Yi be crippled and expelled for her actions, while Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er raised her marriage to Fan Yu and her service to the academy as reasons for leniency.
• Xuan Zi rebuked the elders for letting personal connections override academy rules, leaving them worried that Mu En would next punish their own entanglements.

Mu En persuaded Shrek Academy’s Venerable Elders to approve reforms aimed at preventing unjust expulsions and other abuses. Meanwhile, Zhou Yi told Fan Yu that Yan Shaozhe had returned the two freshmen she expelled, leaving Fan Yu to face the prospect of smoothing things over with the dean.

• Mu En urged the Venerable Elders to restore anonymous reporting, review past expulsions and teachers, and limit homeroom teachers’ power to expel students.
• Xuan Zi and the other Venerable Elders agreed to Mu En’s proposed reforms.
• Zhou Yi waited outside the Soul Tool Experiment Zone for Fan Yu to finish testing a Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.
• Zhou Yi told Fan Yu that she had expelled two students and that Yan Shaozhe had personally brought them back.
• Fan Yu doubted Zhou Yi at first, then realized she expected him to smooth things over with Yan Shaozhe.

Fan Yu learned that Zhou Yi’s expulsion of Lin You and Wang Dong had become a serious academy matter because both students were indispensable. He was told Zhou Yi’s classes had been suspended and that the academy would investigate her conduct.

• Zhou Yi told Fan Yu how she had assessed Lin You and Wang Dong, argued with Lin You, and impulsively expelled them.
• Fan Yu suspected Wang Dong was connected to the Clear Sky Sect and urged Zhou Yi to stay home while he sought help from Qian Duoduo.
• Fan Yu found Qian Duoduo, Du Weilun, and the Martial Soul Department’s Vice Dean gathered at the Soul Tool Department’s Academic Affairs Office.
• Qian Duoduo told Fan Yu that Zhou Yi’s classes had been suspended and that the matter had become serious.
• The Vice Dean explained that Lin You and Wang Dong were critically important, and that Zhou Yi had crossed the academy’s bottom line by expelling students who had passed their assessment.
• Qian Duoduo sent Fan Yu away and advised him to spend time with Zhou Yi and learn more from his researchers.

After Fan Yu left, the academy leaders discussed how to investigate its tangled networks of corruption and organize the Outer Academy Supervisory Team. Three days later, Lin You woke from his transformation and discovered that his cultivation had surged to level seventeen and a half, leaving him eager to absorb the rest of his pill's effects.

• Qian Duoduo and the other leaders worried about Fan Yu and the academy's entrenched connections while planning the Supervisory Team.
• Du Weilun asked whether the team should receive help from the Inner Academy, but the old man insisted it remain an Outer Academy body.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that researchers under Fan Yu had secretly sold precious metals and offered Soul Tool support for an investigation.
• After sleeping for three days, Lin You woke with sharper senses and a body transformed by the Profound Spirit Soul Water Pill, high-energy food, and the Golden Ancient Tree's blessing.
• Lin You cultivated with his Siphon Cultivation Method, absorbed Soul Power for ten minutes, and reached level seventeen and a half.

Lin You realized that abundant energy could awaken new elements in his Periodic Table Martial Soul, and discovered that the newly awakened element was phosphorus. His attempt to create white phosphorus caused a powerful fire outside the dormitory, which Mu En quickly extinguished.

• Lin You noticed that reaching Soul Power Level eighteen now required far more soul power and discovered a third glowing point on his Periodic Table Martial Soul.
• Lin You inferred that surplus energy from the triple baptism had awakened a new element, and concluded that enough energy could awaken further elements without Soul Rings.
• Lin You identified the new element as phosphorus and created a piece of white phosphorus in his hand.
• Lin You saw the phosphorus begin to sizzle and threw it out the window, where it ignited on contact with oxygen and set nearby trees ablaze.
• Mu En suppressed the fire and heat, then assessed the white phosphorus flames as a form of Ultimate Fire.

Lin You told Mu En about Huo Yuhao’s planned second martial soul and four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, then accepted an offer to join Shrek’s Inspector Group. He left Mu En alarmed by his extreme ideas about punishing criminals.

• Lin You greeted Mu En after accidentally scorching his hand with his Ultimate Fire and jokingly declared Mu En his master.
• Mu En explained that Shrek intended to help train Lin You and Huo Yuhao, and recalled the resources he had secured for them.
• Lin You revealed that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm planned for Huo Yuhao to gain the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and a four-hundred-thousand-year first Soul Ring.
• Mu En offered Lin You a place in the Shrek Inspector Group, and Lin You accepted after hearing it investigated criminals.
• Lin You claimed he favored execution for minor crimes and exterminating nine clans for serious ones, leaving Mu En furious.

Lin You received two Sapphire Rings from Mu En, then sparred with Huo Yuhao in the dormitory corridor. Huo Yuhao froze Lin You with her Spirit Eye control, but remained trapped in ice herself, leaving them at a stalemate.

• Mu En gave Lin You two Sapphire Rings after Lin You asked for gifts for himself and Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Lin You about the disturbance caused by his cultivation and tried to surprise him with an attack.
• Lin You used Elementalization to avoid Huo Yuhao's strike, then retreated until the skill's duration ended.
• Lin You raised a Water Wall and froze Huo Yuhao when she charged through it.
• Huo Yuhao used her Spirit Eye to control Lin You, but realized she could not thaw herself without releasing her control.

Lin You thawed and cared for Huo Yuhao after their spar left her dangerously chilled, while she quietly resolved to protect him from his admirers. He gave her a Sapphire Ring that was a Storage Soul Tool, and she left determined to grow stronger.

• Lin You dried Huo Yuhao's clothes and helped drive the cold from her body after their spar left her shivering and feverish.
• Huo Yuhao wondered why she kept challenging Lin You, then decided she needed to protect him from Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Ma Xiaotao.
• Lin You gave Huo Yuhao a Sapphire Ring and explained that it was a Storage Soul Tool he had obtained from Old Mu.
• Huo Yuhao put the ring on her middle finger and resolved to reach level twenty within half a month so Lin You would stop treating her like a child.
• Huo Yuhao headed to class, planning to celebrate her progress with Lin You and their mother over grilled fish.

Lin You returned to Freshman Class One and met Wang Yan, the new teacher who had replaced Zhou Yi. After chatting with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, he settled in as Wang Yan resumed the lesson on Soul Beasts.

• Lin You arrived late to class and introduced himself to Wang Yan, who welcomed him and explained his friendly approach to teaching.
• Wang Yan studied Lin You, recalling that Dean Yan had personally instructed him to look after the boy.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao reacted with excitement when Lin You returned, and Wang Dong questioned how he had spent the past two days.
• Lin You joked that he was the Limit Douluo's grandson, and Wang Dong grabbed him when he pretended to leave.
• Wang Yan clapped his hands and continued the lesson on the Soft Bone Rabbit and its Soul Rings.