Recaps

Chi Hong battled Wang Dong at Shrek Academy, using Charmeleon to defeat him and trigger its evolution into Charizard. He ended the chapter at level nineteen after Huo Yuhao fled with the unconscious Wang Dong rather than accept a battle.

• Chi Hong interrupted Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s private fight and accepted Wang Dong’s challenge.
• Chi Hong punched Wang Dong away, then Wang Dong summoned his Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and revealed his yellow and purple Soul Rings.
• Chi Hong summoned Charmeleon, which dodged Wang Dong’s Wing Blade with Dodge and obscured him with Smokescreen.
• Charmeleon struck Wang Dong with a critical Flamethrower, winning the battle and gaining enough experience to evolve into Charizard.
• Chi Hong reached level nineteen and invited Huo Yuhao to battle, but Huo Yuhao refused and carried the unconscious Wang Dong away.

Chi Hong kept challenging students with Charizard and became known as a bully before classes began. On the first day, he challenged his homeroom teacher Zhou Yi to a race, and the chapter ended as he mounted Charizard to overtake her.

• Chi Hong warned Mu En that Charizard had hatched from a family dinosaur egg, and Mu En cautioned him about partnering with Soul Beasts.
• Chi Hong defeated freshmen and older outer academy students with Charizard, while Wang Dong avoided him.
• Chi Hong joined Class One, where Zhou Yi ordered the students other than Chi Hong to run one hundred laps and praised his fighting spirit.
• Chi Hong proposed having his classmates battle him, but Zhou Yi refused and ordered him to run two hundred laps as well.
• Chi Hong challenged Zhou Yi to a race, and she flew ahead after he gave her a ten-second head start.
• Chi Hong summoned Charizard, climbed onto its back, and set off to overtake Zhou Yi.

Chi Hong humiliated Zhou Yi in a race, prompting Du Weilun to intervene when she tried to attack him. Back in his Dormitory, Chi Hong reached level twenty and summoned Froakie as his second Pokémon.

• Chi Hong used Charizard to lap Zhou Yi repeatedly, and she quit the race in anger.
• Zhou Yi tried to attack Chi Hong after he challenged her teaching and questioned her reliance on Fan Yu, but Du Weilun arrived and rebuked her.
• Zhou Yi left, and Chi Hong told Class One that they would begin a hard-fought battle.
• Chi Hong checked his game panel in his Dormitory and planned to collect the Plates hidden at Shrek Academy while training more Pokémon.
• Chi Hong used Communication to summon Froakie, his second Pokémon, alongside a white ten-year Soul Ring.

Chi Hong bonded with Froakie, trained it through battles until it evolved into Frogadier, and then provoked Xu Sanshi and Beibei into a two-on-one battle. The chapter ended as Chi Hong sent Charizard and Frogadier into the Soul Battle Arena against the Outer Court Twin Stars.

• Chi Hong fed Froakie spicy Pokéblocks and shook its hand, raising its friendship to 60/100.
• Chi Hong used Charizard to challenge older students and Froakie to gain experience against students in his year; Froakie evolved into Frogadier after repeated battles.
• Xu Sanshi threatened Huo Yuhao over grilled fish, but Jiang Nannan told Xu to stay away from her.
• Chi Hong challenged Xu Sanshi, then taunted Beibei into joining the fight by questioning his ties to Tang Ya and the Tang Sect.
• Chi Hong, Xu Sanshi, and Beibei went to the Soul Battle Arena as students gathered to watch.
• Chi Hong sent out Charizard and Frogadier to face Xu Sanshi and Beibei in a two-on-one battle.

Chi Hong used Charizard and Froakie to defeat Beibei and Xu Sanshi in the Soul Arena. Froakie then leveled up and evolved into Greninja, learning several new moves.

• Tang Ya cheered for Beibei, while Huo Yuhao questioned why he had joined the Tang Sect and realized Tang Ya had complicated feelings for him.
• Chi Hong ordered Froakie and Charizard to fill the arena with Smokescreen, and Beibei answered with a lightning attack that spread across the arena.
• Charizard used Dragon Breath to scatter the smoke, and Xu Sanshi blocked it with his Xuanwu Formation Shield.
• Froakie paralyzed Xu Sanshi and Beibei with Lick, then used Quick Attack to send Beibei crashing into Xu Sanshi.
• Charizard struck Xu Sanshi with Dragon Claw, and the Pokémon defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi as the spectators reacted.
• Froakie gained experience, leveled up, and evolved into Greninja, learning Water Shuriken, Night Slash, Role Play, Haze, Shadow Sneak, Aerial Ace, and other moves.

Chi Hong defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi, then trained Greninja and Charizard while investigating why Greninja's Water-type attacks grew stronger at Sea God Lake. His investigation was interrupted by Mu En, the Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Chi Hong defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi, and Froakie evolved into Greninja after the battle.
• Chi Hong urged Huo Yuhao to prioritize revenge over romance, and Huo Yuhao resolved to learn from him.
• News of Chi Hong's victory spread through Shrek Academy, drawing Yan Shaozhe's interest ahead of the Freshman Assessment.
• Chi Hong trained Greninja and Charizard to improve their teamwork, and their sparring matches ended in stalemates.
• Chi Hong noticed Greninja's Water-type attacks were stronger at Sea God Lake and was approached by Mu En while preparing to investigate.

Chi Hong apologized to Mu En for letting Greninja and Charizard battle beside Sea God Lake, then asked to swim there because he suspected the Splash Plate was hidden beneath it. Mu En awakened Charizard’s Solar Power and a new move, leaving Chi Hong eager to learn what else the Plates could do.

• Chi Hong recalled Greninja and Charizard and apologized to Mu En for their battle, though he admitted he had let them train there to strengthen their bond.
• Mu En praised Chi Hong’s bond with his Soul Beasts, and Chi Hong tried to persuade him to let Greninja swim in Sea God Lake.
• Mu En offered Chi Hong a reward and placed his hand on Charizard’s head, channeling powerful fire energy into him.
• Charizard’s body turned golden as he awakened the Hidden Ability Solar Power and learned Blazing Inferno.
• Chi Hong thanked Mu En and resolved to visit again, while Mu En teased him for hoping to get more out of him.

Mu En offered Chi Hong a reward if he won the Freshman Assessment and hinted that Charizard resembled a rare treasure. Two months later, Chi Hong entered the team battles alone, where his first match began against Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters.

• Mu En told Chi Hong to win the championship to learn about his treasure and receive rewards for Charizard and Greninja.
• Chi Hong trained for two months while Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong avoided revealing their Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Chi Hong reviewed Charizard and Greninja’s abilities before facing Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo in the first match.
• Chi Hong sent out Charizard, who knocked Huang Chutian out with Dragon Claw.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used their Heavenly Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Charizard answered with Flamethrower.

Chi Hong defeated Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo in a tournament match, and Professor Oak rewarded him with a Life Orb after Charizard awakened a Hidden Ability. The chapter left Chi Hong heading back to the dormitory with his first tournament victory and new item, unaware that Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi doubted his reliance on his Soul Beasts.

• Charizard's Solar Fire tore through Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, burned their hair, and Greninja put out the flames before they were hurt.
• Chi Hong's Soul Beasts intimidated the spectators, and the twins fled the arena after the match.
• Chi Hong gained a large amount of experience, and Greninja's age surpassed two thousand years.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi discussed Chi Hong's strength, agreed that he relied too much on his Soul Beasts, and doubted he could become one of the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Professor Oak congratulated Chi Hong on his first tournament victory and sent him a Life Orb.

Chi Hong advanced to the Freshman Assessment’s Final Four and battled Dai Huabin’s team, where Charizard and Greninja quickly gained the upper hand. As Greninja rushed to protect him, Cui Yajie emerged from the smoke beside Chi Hong, revealing that she had targeted him directly.

• Chi Hong gave Greninja the Life Orb, strengthening its life-energy control, and later swept through the Knockout Stage to reach the Final Four.
• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi in the stands, while Zhou Yi secretly hoped Dai Huabin’s team would defeat Chi Hong.
• Chi Hong summoned Charizard and Greninja against Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, and Charizard met Dai Huabin’s White Tiger defenses head-on.
• Greninja defeated Zhu Lu with Night Slash, while Charizard knocked Dai Huabin down and pinned him.
• Greninja realized Cui Yajie was missing and ran toward Chi Hong, but Cui Yajie emerged from the smoke near him and declared that his separated Soul Beasts had given her a chance to win.

Chi Hong’s team defeated Cui Yajie and faced Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, which proved powerful enough to challenge Charizard and Greninja in close combat. After using the clash to train his Pokémon, Chi Hong ordered them to unleash their activated abilities, leaving the battle poised for a fiery and watery finishing attack.

• Cui Yajie attacked Chi Hong with Nine-Tailed Needle, but Chi Hong brushed it aside before Greninja stepped in to fight her.
• Greninja tricked Cui Yajie with Substitute and knocked her out with a critical Aerial Ace.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused their martial souls into the Hell White Tiger and challenged Charizard and Greninja.
• Chi Hong sent Charizard and Greninja into close combat to train their physical abilities, even as the Hell White Tiger held its ground.
• Chi Hong ordered Blazing Inferno and Water Shuriken; Charizard rose into the air with Blaze and Solar Power active as Greninja’s Torrent summoned a towering waterspout.

Chi Hong defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, then prepared to face Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao in the Freshman Assessment final. As the match began, Greninja used its newly learned Protect against their Golden Road attack.

• Charizard and Greninja defeated the fused Hell White Tiger, leaving Zhu Lu unconscious and Dai Huabin unable to rise.
• Chi Hong brushed off Dai Huabin's threat, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong defeated Ning Tian's team to reach the final.
• Professor Oak sent Chi Hong a TM for Protect, which Chi Hong gave to Greninja to learn.
• Chi Hong entered the final against Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi discussed their predictions.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unleashed Golden Road at Chi Hong, and Greninja stepped in front of him and used Protect.

Chi Hong won the Freshman Assessment after Greninja and Charizard defeated Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, earning experience and new skills for his Pokémon. Yan Shaozhe named Chi Hong a core disciple, but Chi Hong questioned the benefits and demanded money instead.

• Xiao Xiao's control skill briefly pinned Charizard while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Martial Soul Fusion Skill failed to break Greninja's Protect.
• Greninja used a feint and a single slash to defeat Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, while Charizard defeated Xiao Xiao.
• Chi Hong won the Freshman Assessment, and Charizard gained Flare Blitz as its age rose to 6,500 years while Greninja gained Extrasensory and reached 4,900 years.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the selected core disciples, including Chi Hong but not Huo Yuhao.
• Chi Hong asked Yan Shaozhe about the champion's prize and dismissed the core disciple benefits, saying he would rather receive money.

Chi Hong challenged Shrek's approach to nurturing talent and secured permission to train in Sea God Lake. Mu En then gave him the Flame Plate, explaining its power and revealing that the other Plates were scattered across the continent.

• Chi Hong argued with Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi that Shrek should actively support students like Huo Yuhao instead of relying on competition to nurture talent.
• Chi Hong asked to train in Sea God Lake, and Xuan Zi granted him permission despite Yan Shaozhe's objections.
• Chi Hong went to Sea God Lake, where Mu En stopped him and offered him a reward.
• Mu En revealed the Flame Plate and explained that it contained the primordial Fire Law and had responded to Chi Hong.
• Mu En told Chi Hong that the other Plates were scattered among the Star Dou Forest, the Far North, the ocean, empires, and sects.

Mu En gave Chi Hong the Flame Plate on the condition that he eventually purify Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire. The plate awakened divine-level fire power in Chi Hong and Charizard, while Mu En revealed that another plate lay beneath Sea God Lake but could not yet be removed.

• Mu En introduced himself as the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion and offered Chi Hong the Flame Plate if he helped his grand-disciple Ma Xiaotao overcome her evil fire.
• Mu En explained that the Flame Plate’s true Fire Law might purify Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and transform it into Ultimate Fire.
• The Flame Plate erupted with immense heat when Mu En handed it to Chi Hong, and Mu En contained the flames before Sea God Lake could be damaged.
• The Flame Plate merged into Chi Hong, giving him control over fire and strengthening Charizard’s Solar Fire and fire-type moves.
• Chi Hong agreed to help Ma Xiaotao after training until the next semester, and Mu En explained that removing the plate beneath Sea God Lake would take about the same amount of time.

Chi Hong received a one-use Ho-Oh Poké Ball from Professor Oak and decided to investigate the Far North for the Ice Pillar Plate. He arrived with Charizard, then sent Greninja ahead to stealthily explore the ice sheet’s subterranean region.

• Chi Hong received a Legendary Pokémon Ball containing Ho-Oh, usable once against a single threatening opponent after he mastered the Flame Plate.
• Chi Hong considered the restrictions on the Poké Ball and planned to search the Far North for the Ice Pillar Plate, possibly using Tian Meng’s help.
• Chi Hong flew north on Charizard and arrived in the Far North, where the cold did not affect him or Charizard.
• Chi Hong switched to Greninja because its stealth made it better suited to exploring the dangerous region.
• Chi Hong sensed the Ice Pillar Plate beneath the ice sheet, and he and Greninja set off in search of it.

Chi Hong used Charizard to draw away the Ice Jade Scorpions while he and Greninja entered the Ultimate Ice pillar to retrieve the Ice Pillar Plate. Meanwhile, the Ice Empress rejected Tian Meng’s offer and attacked him and Huo Yuhao.

• Chi Hong sensed Tian Meng’s arrival and watched him trap the Ice Empress in a membrane made from his Inner Focus and Remains.
• Huo Yuhao emerged, and the Ice Empress scorned him for becoming Tian Meng’s human master.
• Chi Hong summoned Charizard to provoke the Ice Jade Scorpions and lure the colony away from the pillar.
• Chi Hong and Greninja reached the pillar’s base, and Chi Hong used the Flame Plate to melt a tunnel through its Ultimate Ice.
• The Ice Empress rejected Tian Meng’s promise of eternal life, declared she would refine him and break through her limit, and unleashed a wave of icy power.

Chi Hong obtained the Ice Pillar Plate, gaining control over ice and immunity to the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice. When she confronted him, he summoned Ho-Oh from its Poké Ball.

• The Ice Empress stopped attacking Tian Meng and Huo Yuhao after realizing he had lured her away, allowing them to escape.
• Chi Hong found the Ice Pillar Plate inside the ice pillar, absorbed it, and fled as the pillar began to collapse.
• The Ice Empress caught up with Chi Hong and attacked him, but the Plate made him immune to her Ultimate Ice.
• Chi Hong warned the Ice Empress that his Poké Ball held a Million-Year Soul Beast, then released Ho-Oh when she refused to back down.

Chi Hong used Ho-Oh’s Sacred Fire to defeat the Ice Empress and offered her a chance to live by becoming his companion. After sensing the Ice Pillar Plate’s divine Ice Law, the Ice Empress began to believe that Chi Hong could help her ascend to godhood.

• Ho-Oh’s aura overwhelmed the Ice Empress, and Chi Hong ordered it to attack her with Sacred Fire.
• Ho-Oh burned through the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice defenses and left her barely alive, so she pleaded with Chi Hong to spare her.
• Chi Hong offered the Ice Empress a contract as his companion, explaining that his partners grew alongside him instead of serving as Soul Rings.
• The Ice Empress doubted his promises, but Chi Hong invoked Ho-Oh’s power and the prospect of becoming a deity to make her reconsider.
• Chi Hong released the Ice Pillar Plate’s power, and the Ice Empress recognized its divine Ice Law and began to believe him.

Chi Hong captured the Ice Empress as his second Martial Soul and gained access to her soul skills, but her low opinion of him limited how much of her power he could use. The chapter ended with Chi Hong deciding he would have to make her recognize who was in charge.

• The Ice Empress agreed to Chi Hong's contract, entered the Advanced Poké Ball, and was named Ice Empress.
• Ho-Oh returned to the Legendary Pokémon Ball, leaving Chi Hong a Rainbow Wing.
• Chi Hong summoned Ice Empress and discovered that her four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring let him use her abilities and soul skills.
• Ice Empress said she could currently use only the power of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast because Chi Hong was too weak.
• Chi Hong saw that Ice Empress's Friendship was zero and learned she resented him for taking her treasure and forcing her into the contract.

Chi Hong used the Ice Pillar Plate to strengthen the Ice Empress and persuaded her to cooperate with him, claiming to be the reincarnation of the Creator God. After bringing her true body to his Dormitory and cultivating palm-to-palm, he gained her trust and mastered several of her abilities.

• Chi Hong returned to Shrek Academy and explained to the Ice Empress that their lives were linked, then used the Ice Pillar Plate to strengthen her Ultimate Ice.
• The Ice Empress recognized Chi Hong's control over the Ice Pillar Plate, and he claimed to be the reincarnation of the Creator God named Arceus.
• Chi Hong rewarded the Ice Empress with more Ice Law power as she agreed to behave, raising her affinity until he moved to a second stage of cultivation.
• Chi Hong summoned the Ice Empress's true body and had her sit with him on the bed to channel the Ice Pillar Plate's power through their joined palms.
• The Ice Empress's affinity reached 20, and Chi Hong mastered Ultimate Ice, Ice Empress's Pincers, and Ice Empress Protection.

Chi Hong gained a Legendary Pokémon Ball containing Kyurem after reporting the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the Ice Pillar Plate to Professor Oak. At the new semester, he met Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, learned Huo Yuhao had awakened a Necromancer Martial Soul, and remembered his promise to deal with Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.

• Chi Hong raised his Friendship with the Ice Empress by helping her absorb power, then recalled her into an Advanced Poké Ball.
• Chi Hong told Professor Oak about the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and the Ice Pillar Plate, and Professor Oak sent him a Legendary Pokémon Ball containing Kyurem.
• Chi Hong went to find opponents at the start of the new semester, but his classmates fled from him.
• Chi Hong approached Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao and asked them to battle; Huo Yuhao said his new Martial Soul was called Necromancer.
• Chi Hong warned Huo Yuhao not to reveal his Martial Soul carelessly, and Wang Dong defended him by comparing his situation to Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Chi Hong remembered that he had promised Mu En he would deal with Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.

Chi Hong demonstrated that Charizard’s Ultimate Fire could counter Ma Xiaotao’s flames, then used the Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice to stop her powerful attack and calm her evil fire. He left Ma Xiaotao agreeing to follow his instructions, though his demand that she remove her clothes raised the stakes of their encounter.

• Chi Hong summoned Charizard, and Ma Xiaotao recognized its Ultimate Fire as a force capable of suppressing her Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire Phoenix and struck Charizard with Phoenix Fire Line, which Charizard blocked with Flamethrower.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Charizard with Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, but Chi Hong stepped in and used Ice Empress Protection to extinguish the flames and suppress her evil fire.
• The Ice Empress berated Chi Hong for drawing on her Soul Power, warned him that Mu En was extraordinarily powerful, and then fell silent.
• Chi Hong told Ma Xiaotao he could solve her evil fire problem if she followed his instructions, then told her to take off her clothes.

Chi Hong used Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, then watched Huo Yuhao unveil a necromantic power during the Beast Arena assessment. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao challenging the teachers’ accusations of cruelty and favoritism.

• Chi Hong drew on Ultimate Ice to treat Ma Xiaotao, who passed out after his effort, and Mu En encouraged him to take his second-year advancement exam.
• Chi Hong watched Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin compete in the Beast Arena, where Dai Huabin scored 145 points by defeating a Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Huo Yuhao summoned Skeleton Soldiers through the Gate of the Undead and sent them against the Flame Lion King.
• The Skeleton Soldiers overwhelmed the Flame Lion King until Du Weilun dispersed them, leaving the beast badly injured.
• Zhou Yi accused Huo Yuhao of learning an Evil Soul Master’s methods, and Huo Yuhao challenged her for condemning him while overlooking Dai Huabin’s brutality.

Huo Yuhao was condemned for using a necromantic soul skill, but Chi Hong defended him as he passed the Beast Arena assessment and received Dai Huabin’s apology. Later, Chi Hong accompanied Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong after buying Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, and the three came under attack from assassins sent by Dai Huabin.

• Du Weilun and Zhou Yi accused Huo Yuhao of using an Evil Soul Master's methods, and Zhou Yi removed him from the Soul Tool Department's core disciples.
• Chi Hong challenged Zhou Yi and Du Weilun for judging Huo Yuhao instead of guiding him, while the Ice Empress questioned why Chi Hong was helping him.
• Chi Hong summoned Greninja to kill a Thousand-Year Soul Beast and earn full marks, while Huo Yuhao also received full marks and Dai Huabin kowtowed in apology.
• Chi Hong bought Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber from the Treasure Pavilion, hoping it would strengthen Greninja, and left with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao sensed danger in a grove, and Chi Hong ordered Charizard to burn the forest, exposing six assassins sent by Dai Huabin to kill Huo Yuhao.