Chapter Summaries

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, the elders debated how to handle Zhou Yi and Fan Yu after Lin You’s complaint, and decided to ask Lin You what he wanted after the assessment. Lin You and Huo Yuhao visited Huo Yun’er, where Yuhao told her about their perfect records and showed off her matching ring, leaving her mother regarding Lin You as a worthy son-in-law.

• Xuan Zi regretted that Lin You had chosen the Soul Tool Department, while Xian Lin’er warned him not to poach the student.
• Xian Lin’er raised the question of how Shrek Academy should punish Zhou Yi and address Fan Yu’s future in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo worried that Fan Yu might refuse to teach Lin You, and Yan Shaozhe suggested asking Lin You what he wanted after the assessment.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao visited Huo Yun’er, and Yuhao proudly told her that they had both won all ten of their assessment matches.
• Huo Yun’er grilled black carp for Lin You and Huo Yuhao, and Yuhao showed her the matching ring Lin You had given her.

Wang Yan announced that every student in Freshman Class One had passed the New Student Assessment, earning him a promotion and the class a record-breaking result. As the Knockout Tournament approached, Lin You promised to support Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with a new tactic.

• Wang Yan congratulated Freshman Class One on every student passing the assessment and told them he would always support them.
• Wang Yan’s gentle training helped all thirty teams advance, and his achievement earned him a commendation and promotion to special-grade teacher.
• Lin You reflected on his desire to help people and joined the class in celebrating their success.
• Wang Yan praised Lin You, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao for winning ten consecutive round-robin matches and advised the class to show their strengths in the Knockout Tournament.
• Wang Dong bragged about his performance, while Xiao Xiao reminded him that Lin You’s strength had helped them endure their matches.
• Lin You said he would stop holding back and use Freezing Tactics to support Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in the Knockout Tournament.

Lin You advanced through the New Student Assessment with an effortless win in the morning, then faced Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba in the afternoon Top 32 match. Sea God Pavilion elders watched from above to assess Lin You and Huo Yuhao, and the afternoon battle began with Lin You releasing an intimidating pressure.

• Du Weilun called the students for the Top 64 matches and reflected on Lin You and Huo Yuhao's extraordinary strength.
• Lin You, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated their three morning opponents in under a minute after the opponents pleaded for an easy match.
• Lin You decided not to use White Phosphorus Smoke against students again and joked about testing dangerous abilities on Evil Soul Masters instead.
• Qian Duoduo welcomed two Sea God Pavilion Venerable Elders, who had come to observe Lin You and Huo Yuhao's abilities.
• Lin You faced Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba in the afternoon match, and the fight began as his pressure made them stiffen.

Lin You froze Soul Elder Xie Huanyue inside a huge ice ball, securing victory for his team in the assessment match. The proctor declared Lin You’s team the winner, while the Venerable Elders watched with delight.

• Xie Huanyue charged Lin You with support from Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba, while Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong engaged the other two opponents.
• Xiao Xiao used the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron to collide with Xie Huanyue and soak him with water.
• Lin You used Ice Burst Heavenly Star to freeze Xie Huanyue inside an enormous ice ball, leaving him unable to move.
• Wang Dong knocked Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba unconscious with Butterfly God’s Light, and the proctor caught them before they hit the ground.
• The proctor declared Xie Huanyue defeated and announced Lin You’s team as the winner, while Lin Lao and Song Lao exchanged pleased looks.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Dai Huabin with her physical strength, then watched as Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie turned on him during the match. Dai Huabin was left bloodied and unable to understand why his teammates were attacking him.

• Lin Lao and Song Lao discussed finding exceptional Soul Bones for Huo Yuhao and Lin You, then went to watch Huo Yuhao's match.
• Huo Yuhao repeatedly knocked Dai Huabin back with her physical strength and taunted him without revealing her Martial Soul.
• Dai Huabin shouted for Zhu Lu, intending to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Huo Yuhao.
• Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie attacked Dai Huabin from both sides, tearing him bloody and knocking him to the ground.
• Dai Huabin shouted at Zhu Lu to stop, but she and Cui Yajie continued attacking him.

Huo Yuhao used her powers to make Dai Huabin attack his fiancée, Zhu Lu, in front of the spectators, and Yan Shaozhe ended the match and confronted him. Dai Huabin realized he could not escape responsibility for his actions.

• Huo Yuhao stopped Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie from beating Dai Huabin, then ordered them to finish him off.
• Dai Huabin used White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Huo Yuhao struck him and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Dai Huabin saw Huo Yuhao as weak and attacked her, but the illusion broke when Yan Shaozhe slapped him.
• Dai Huabin discovered he had torn Zhu Lu's clothes and left her exposed, while Huo Yuhao, Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Yan Shaozhe watched.
• Yan Shaozhe declared Huo Yuhao's team the winners and told Dai Huabin that Huo Yuhao had only switched Zhu Lu and herself in his judgment.

After Huo Yuhao defeated and humiliated Dai Huabin, Yan Shaozhe let him withdraw from the academy while secretly accepting that Huo Yuhao might take revenge on the White Tiger Duke Residence. Huo Yuhao reunited with Lin You, and they decided to wait for Dai Huabin to come after them.

• Yan Shaozhe ordered Dai Huabin to submit his withdrawal application and leave, while privately reflecting on Huo Yuhao's ties to the White Tiger Duke Residence.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Yan Shaozhe, then left to share the news with Lin You.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian discussed Huo Yuhao's frightening fighting ability and Mental Control, and Ning Tian decided to ask her father for greater support.
• Huo Yuhao told Lin You what had happened, and he chose to wait for Dai Huabin to seek revenge before dealing with him.

Lin You and his teammates advanced through the New Student Assessment tournament to the semifinals, where they expected to face his mysterious younger sister’s team. Lin You assigned Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to handle Ning Tian and Wu Feng while he prepared to face his sister himself.

• Lin You arrived at the Top 16 drawing ceremony with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, where he spotted Xuan Zi among the spectators and worried about the old man leading a team.
• Lin You's team defeated its opponents and advanced to the Top 8, with Lin You stepping in only once while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao handled the rest.
• Huo Yuhao's team was revealed as the only remaining team led by a Soul Elder, and both his team and Lin You's advanced to the Top 4 that afternoon.
• Lin You told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to keep Ning Tian and Wu Feng away while he faced his sister in the semifinal.
• Lin You, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao joined hands and declared that they would become champions.

As the New Student Assessment semifinals approached, Huo Yuhao resolved to defeat Lin You and prove she had grown beyond being his little sister, while hiding her romantic feelings from Xiao Xiao. Yan Shaozhe arrived to oversee the matches and began the draw, leaving Lin You confused by Huo Yuhao’s sudden icy demeanor.

• At dawn, Huo Yuhao resolved to defeat Lin You so she could prove herself and pursue a love beyond their sibling bond.
• Huo Yuhao removed her Sapphire Ring, then told Xiao Xiao that they would be opponents and agreed they should both reach the finals.
• Students climbed the trees around the Assessment Zone to watch the matches, while teachers gathered to see the championship rounds.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s headmaster, praised the new students, and began the semifinal draw.
• Wang Dong envied Lin You and Huo Yuhao’s abilities, while she and Wu Feng exchanged fierce looks as their teams prepared to compete.
• Lin You noticed Huo Yuhao’s icy expression and tried to make her smile, but he could not tell why she seemed upset.

Lin You's team and Huo Yuhao's team won their semifinals, setting up an expected final between the siblings. As both teams prepared, Huo Yuhao and Lin You each planned to face the other themselves, while Xiao Xiao doubted their chances.

• Lin You drew a lot that put his team on the opposite side of the bracket from Huo Yuhao's, leaving the siblings able to meet only in the finals.
• Lin You, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Tao Tiantian's Class Eight team in a brief semifinal, freezing all three opponents and advancing.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Control to make Cao Jinxuan's team fight one another until they collapsed, securing her team's place in the final.
• Mu Jin asked Huo Yuhao about Lin You's abilities, and Huo Yuhao said his Martial Soul was air and vowed to defeat him herself.
• Lin You told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that he would handle Huo Yuhao, while Xiao Xiao privately worried that their team had little chance of winning.

Shrek Academy’s Venerable Elders gathered to watch the final between Huo Yuhao’s and Lin You’s teams, debating the rivals’ strengths and Lin You’s disruptive influence on campus. Elder Gong explained the match rules, and both teams entered the arena ready to fight.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Mu Lao onto the platform where the Venerable Elders had assembled to watch the final.
• Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi discussed Lin You and Huo Yuhao’s chances, while Mu Lao blamed Lin You for disrupting students’ cultivation.
• Elder Gong announced that the teams could fight freely in the arena, with flying limited to ten meters, and that anyone he rescued would withdraw.
• Wu Feng taunted Wang Dong, who answered with a throat-slitting gesture, while Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian greeted each other politely.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao faced each other as the teams prepared to begin the match.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao faced off in the assessment match, trading fierce close-range attacks as their teammates advanced and prepared their abilities. Lin You used Elementalization to attack, but Huo Yuhao slipped around his tornado, and the arena suddenly filled with scorching heat and green smoke.

• Elder Gong began the match, and both teams rushed into position as Wang Dong took to the air, Wu Feng activated her Red Dragon Martial Soul, and Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin You and Huo Yuhao collided and exchanged teasing words before launching into a rapid hand-to-hand fight.
• Lin You used Ice Armor to block Huo Yuhao's attacks, but she adapted her movement and pressed him with an increasingly fierce assault.
• Lin You activated his first Soul Skill and transformed into a cyan tornado, while Huo Yuhao maneuvered around its attacks.
• Huo Yuhao anticipated Lin You's return from Elementalization, but green smoke appeared as the arena's heat suddenly rose.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao fought to a standstill as Lin You used fire walls to stall her and secretly spread dew across the grass. Meanwhile, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao struggled against Ning Tian and Wu Feng, whose coordinated attacks put Wang Dong under pressure.

• Huo Yuhao's mental interference caused Lin You's White Phosphorus Fireball to miss, and they exchanged punches without either gaining a decisive advantage.
• Lin You made a large fire wall to force Huo Yuhao to dodge while he quietly gathered dew across the nearby grass.
• Wang Dong and Wu Feng fought evenly until Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng's speed, allowing her to knock Wang Dong away and prepare a follow-up attack.
• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron Tremor to stun Wu Feng, but Ning Tian immediately dispelled the stun so Wu Feng could evade the cauldron.
• Wu Feng boosted by Ning Tian clashed with Wang Dong again and used Dragon Fire, while Wang Dong held his ground with the strength of his two Soul Rings and accumulated combat experience.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then joined Huo Yuhao against Lin You. Lin You dispersed his White Phosphorus Smoke after Huo Yuhao threatened his companions, and the ensuing fight ended with Lin You accidentally punching Wang Dong in the chest.

• Wang Dong used his combat experience and Xiao Xiao's support to hold off Wu Feng while Xiao Xiao attacked Ning Tian.
• Xiao Xiao trapped and knocked down Ning Tian, and Elder Gong rescued her, eliminating her from the match.
• Wang Dong stopped Wu Feng from reaching Ning Tian, then defeated her with Xiao Xiao's help.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Lin You and threatened his companions unless he dispersed the White Phosphorus Smoke; Lin You called out her demand and then cleared the smoke.
• Lin You punched the charging Wang Dong and realized awkwardly that his fist had landed on Wang Dong's chest.

Lin You defeated the exhausted Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, then countered Huo Yuhao’s Demonic Illusion Sharingan by freezing himself and the entire Assessment Zone. He emerged from the ice conscious and taunted Yuhao after freezing her solid.

• Lin You dodged Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s attacks, kicked Wang Dong down, and overpowered her while Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons were blocked by a wall of fire.
• Lin You defeated Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, leaving himself panting as the spectators assumed Huo Yuhao would win.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Lin You’s damp-grass setup and used Demonic Illusion Sharingan to disrupt his vision.
• Lin You activated Extreme Ice Feast before the illusion took hold, freezing himself and spreading ice across a fifty-meter radius.
• Huo Yuhao was trapped in the freezing zone and turned into an ice sculpture as the Assessment Zone plunged to nearly one hundred degrees below zero.
• Lin You regained consciousness after the Sharingan’s effect ended and taunted the frozen Huo Yuhao.

Lin You overwhelmed the freshman competition with an Extreme Ice Hell that froze nearly the entire Assessment Zone, prompting Mu En to identify it as the beginnings of an Ice Domain. Yan Shaozhe declared Team Lin You the champions of the New Student Assessment Knockout Tournament.

• Elder Gong entered the Extreme Ice Hell, found its cold nearly impossible to withstand, and failed to break the ice around Wang Dong.
• Yan Shaozhe melted the ice with light-attributed flames, freeing Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong.
• Xiao Xiao and the rescued students saw Lin You's overwhelming strength, while Ning Tian eagerly considered recruiting him as her husband.
• Mu En called Lin You's power the embryonic form of an Ice Domain, and the Venerable Elders praised his potential.
• Yan Shaozhe announced Team Lin You as the final champions, and the venue erupted.

Lin You’s team won the New Student Assessment, and Huo Yuhao cried in his arms after admitting she wanted him to see her as more than a child. The six celebrated at a grilled fish restaurant, where Lin You entrusted the meal to his excited little sister.

• Wu Feng and Ning Tian accepted their defeat, while Huo Yuhao brooded over losing to Lin You.
• Xiao Xiao woke Wang Dong from her daze and told her their team had won the championship.
• Lin You warmed Huo Yuhao, embraced her, and comforted her as she confessed she wanted him to notice she had grown up.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the assessment was over and said the New Student Assembly would award the top three and assign first-year classes the next morning.
• Lin You invited Wu Feng, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to celebrate, and they headed to a grilled fish restaurant.
• At the restaurant, Huo Yuhao eagerly perked up, and Lin You declared that his little sister would handle the food.

Du Weilun announced the New Student Assessment results, rewards, and Core Disciple selections at Shrek Academy. Lin You's team was crowned champion, and Lin You and the other top performers prepared for their class assignments and special rewards.

• Du Weilun named Zhou Sichen's Team third and Huo Yuhao's Team second in the New Student Assessment.
• Du Weilun announced Lin You's Team as champion, and Lin You, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao stepped forward.
• Du Weilun granted the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining suitable Soul Rings and gave Lin You's Team and Huo Yuhao's Team a confidential special reward.
• Du Weilun named Lin You, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Lan Luoluo, Lan Susu, and Xie Huanyue as Outer Academy Core Disciples.
• Du Weilun finished the announcements, and the students moved on to class assignments.

Yan Shaozhe consulted Sky Dream about Soul Bones for Huo Yu Chan and Lin You, and Sky Dream specified the kinds they needed. Yan Shaozhe readily agreed and produced two bags of Soul Bones, leaving Lin You astonished by Shrek Academy’s wealth.

• Yan Shaozhe assigned the first-year students to their classes and summoned Huo Yu Chan and Lin You to speak with him.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yu Chan to bring Sky Dream out, then explained Shrek Academy’s offer to provide Soul Bones.
• Sky Dream considered which Soul Bones Huo Yu Chan should keep or replace and requested a powerful, life-preserving pair of leg bones for her.
• Sky Dream also requested special-ability Soul Bones for Lin You, and Yan Shaozhe immediately produced two bags of them.

Lin You and Huo Yuhao learned the conditions for receiving two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, and both agreed to the academy’s demands. Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao her soul bone in advance, while the academy planned to develop both students in martial souls and Soul Tools.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Lin You a soul bone if he would forgive Zhou Yi, which would lessen her punishment but not erase it.
• Lin You accepted the request and agreed to go see Zhou Yi.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao to become a Second-Level Soul Tool Master within a year and earn the corresponding badge.
• Yan Shaozhe opened a leather pouch and revealed Huo Yuhao’s pale-yellow leg bone, which carried a static charge.
• Yan Shaozhe told Huo Yuhao the soul bone was hers as the Sea God Pavilion council chose to have both students cultivate martial souls and Soul Tools.