Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong defeat the would-be assassin, Huo Yuxi rushes over, relieved but guilty that she couldn’t help. Xiang Jun reassures her that they are all right.
• Tang Wutong suspects Dai Huabin arranged the attack, but Xiang Jun argues that he likely lacks the money and would not expose his involvement. They realize Zhou Yi may be behind it.
• Han Ruoruo and several Inner Court students arrive. Wu Ming identifies the unconscious attacker as Lei Su, a level 72 Soul Sage wanted by Shrek’s Inspection Corps for his crimes. Han Ruoruo takes him away and promises the academy will investigate.
• Back at the dormitory, Xiang Jun searches Lei Su’s Storage Soul Tool. It holds modest cash, ordinary materials, strange objects, whale rubber, and—most importantly—a Purple-Patterned Electric Eel Torso Bone bought at auction.
• Tang Wutong declines the Soul Bone and tells Xiang Jun to keep it, adding that he needn’t repay the two million Gold Soul Coins she lent him. Huo Yuxi also refuses a share, saying she did not earn one. Xiang Jun ultimately accepts the Soul Bone and turns his attention to the whale rubber.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang Jun shows clearheaded judgment about the likely culprit and continues to tease those close to him. He is delighted by the Soul Bone but jokes that Tang Wutong may be trying to “buy” him.
• Tang Wutong is proud of helping defeat Lei Su and openly generous toward Xiang Jun, though she becomes flustered when he jokes about her motives. She claims she shares his bed only to avoid rooming with Gu Yuena.
• Huo Yuxi’s guilt over being unable to contribute contrasts with her friends’ reassurance; she refuses a reward she feels she did not earn.
• Han Ruoruo reacts protectively and angrily to the attack on her students. Wu Ming’s recognition of Lei Su underscores the significance of their victory.

Significant themes

• Trust and loyalty: The group reassures one another and shares the spoils without insisting on repayment.
• Power and underestimation: Lei Su’s defeat shows how teamwork and an opponent’s overconfidence can overcome a formidable Soul Sage.
• Suspicion and accountability: The characters consider who ordered the assassination, while the academy takes responsibility for investigating.
• Affection expressed through banter: Tang Wutong’s generosity and Xiang Jun’s teasing hint at closeness beneath their comic exchanges.

Key plot points and events

• Xiang Jun gives Huo Yuxi a rare thousand-year piece of whale rubber and urges her to consume it to improve her chances in Shrek’s freshman assessment.
• Though repulsed by its smell and taste, Huo Yuxi swallows it. Its medicinal energy spreads through her body, and Xiang Jun tells her to meditate and refine it.
• With Huo Yuxi meditating, Xiang Jun realizes there is nowhere else for him to sleep. Tang Wutong suggests they share the bed; he agrees partly because of the rewards and favors she has given him.
• During the night, Wutong teases Xiang Jun about his supposed lack of interest in intimacy. He protests that he is simply tired, but their banter turns into playful physical wrestling, and they spend the night together.
• The next morning, Huo Yuxi wakes refreshed after absorbing the whale rubber. She finds Xiang Jun asleep with Wutong resting against him and, jealous and flustered, concludes that nothing improper happened because their clothes are still neat. She quietly leaves to get them breakfast.
• Wutong wakes soon afterward, pleased by how comfortably she slept.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuxi accepts Xiang Jun’s help despite her embarrassment and disgust, showing determination about the assessment and gratitude toward him. Her jealousy at seeing him beside Wutong reveals feelings she has been trying to suppress.
• Xiang Jun continues to help Yuxi, but his practical, self-interested side appears when he weighs Wutong’s generosity against his “principles.” He is easily flustered by her teasing and tries to defend himself.
• Tang Wutong grows increasingly bold and flirtatious with Xiang Jun. Her teasing provokes a playful confrontation, and her contentment the next morning suggests she enjoyed their closeness.
• The chapter’s relationships are shaped by teasing, favors, and unspoken attraction: Xiang Jun looks after Yuxi, while Wutong competes for his attention, leaving Yuxi to witness their intimacy from the sidelines.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and romantic tension: Yuxi’s reaction exposes a growing emotional attachment to Xiang Jun.
• Sacrifice and obligation: Yuxi accepts the unpleasant treatment because she wants to succeed and feels indebted to Xiang Jun.
• Comedy through innuendo and misunderstanding: Wutong’s provocative jokes and Xiang Jun’s embarrassed protests drive the chapter’s humor.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Wutong wakes beside Xiang Jun and accidentally discovers his arousal, leaving her embarrassed and curious. Huo Yuxi returns with breakfast, and the three eat before heading to class.
• On the way, they meet Gu Yuena. Xiang Jun suspects her healed injuries and connection to the Sea God’s Light conceal a dangerous purpose, though he also finds her choices puzzling.
• Gu Yuena deliberately teases Tang Wutong by admitting she ignored her because she wanted to. Tang Wutong gets furious, but Xiang Jun calms her by pulling her close. Gu Yuena watches their intimacy with an unreadable, knowing smile.
• In class, Han Ruoruo announces that the freshman assessment begins in half a month. Students must compete in teams of three; those who fail will be expelled. Students may choose teammates, with dormmates given priority.
• Because of his unusual Soul Ancestor-level cultivation, Xiang Jun must compete alone. Once team formation begins, Xiao Xiao asks to join Tang Wutong’s group.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wutong’s embarrassment around Xiang Jun gives way to jealousy and anger when Gu Yuena provokes her. Xiang Jun responds protectively, while Huo Yuxi’s thoughtful breakfast reinforces her care for him.
• Xiang Jun remains wary of Gu Yuena, privately questioning her motives and past decisions. Gu Yuena, meanwhile, enjoys needling Tang Wutong and appears amused by her relationship with Xiang Jun.
• The students’ confidence shifts to anxiety when they learn that failing the assessment means expulsion. Many see Xiang Jun as their strongest potential teammate, but the academy’s solo rule prevents them from relying on him.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and rivalry: Gu Yuena’s teasing exposes tension between her and Tang Wutong.
• Hidden motives and uncertainty: Xiang Jun’s suspicions about Gu Yuena hint at deeper dangers.
• Competition and pressure: The assessment’s high stakes force the freshmen to consider teamwork, ambition, and survival.

Key plot points

• Students finish forming teams for the upcoming freshman assessment. Confident in her strength, Tang Wutong invites Huo Yuxi onto her team after noticing she has been left out. Xiang Jun privately wonders whether Tang will be so welcoming once she learns Huo’s true identity.
• Gu Yuena recruits Zhu Lu, who has been isolated while Dai Huabin recovers from his injuries. Gu’s real motive is to strengthen her team and improve her chances against Tang Wutong.
• After class, Xiao Xiao proposes that Tang, Xiang Jun, and their teammates discuss their plans together, partly because she hopes to get closer to Xiang Jun.
• Gu Yuena stops Tang and asks to speak with her alone. Suspicious of Gu, Xiang Jun consults Poseidon about the Sea God’s Light he has noticed around her.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wutong remains boastful about her abilities, but her invitation to Huo Yuxi shows a more generous side. She is also instantly jealous when Gu Yuena proposes a bet—and particularly when she realizes Guena may be interested in Xiang Jun.
• Huo Yuxi feels grateful to Tang for including her, softening her resentment despite their rivalry over Xiang Jun.
• Gu Yuena combines social skill with competitive intent: she kindly welcomes the unpopular Zhu Lu, while privately planning to challenge Tang.
• Zhu Lu accepts Gu’s invitation after being left without a team, beginning a new partnership.
• Xiang Jun watches the rivalries with amusement but remains wary of Gu Yuena and her unusual connection to the Sea God.

Significant themes

• Competition and ambition: The freshman assessment drives team formation and Gu Yuena’s challenge.
• Inclusion and social isolation: Huo Yuxi and Zhu Lu are both overlooked, but Tang and Gu each offer them a place.
• Jealousy and rivalry: Tang and Gu’s dislike of one another is intensified by their competing interest in Xiang Jun.
• Hidden identities and mysteries: Xiang Jun’s knowledge of Huo’s identity and his questions about Gu’s Sea God’s Light hint at larger secrets.

Ending

Gu Yuena wagers that the loser of the assessment must accept a major consequence: if Tang loses, she must trade seats with Gu and leave Dormitory 404; if Gu loses, she will withdraw from Shrek Academy. Tang realizes the wager is really about Gu Yuena’s desire to be closer to Xiang Jun.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wutong angrily warns Gu Yuena to stay away from Xiang Jun. Gu Yuena needles her by claiming she’ll spend more time with him in the future, and Tang accepts her challenge to settle things during the freshman assessment.
• Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao thinks Xiang Jun is admiring her and is delighted that her long efforts to get his attention may have paid off. Huo Yuxi misreads Xiang Jun’s fixed stare as attraction to Xiao Xiao—and wonders if she herself might appeal to him for the same reason.
• Xiang Jun’s consciousness is actually in the Sea God Hall, confronting Poseidon. Poseidon reveals he secretly arranged for Gu Yuena to marry Xiang Jun in exchange for using the Sea God’s Light to remove the Asura Divine Power from her wound.
• Poseidon argues that Gu Yuena would be a powerful ally against the Tang God King and his supporters in the Divine Realm. He also says Gu Yuena swore on her Divine Soul that betraying Xiang Jun would lead to the destruction of the Soul Beast Clan. Xiang Jun remains appalled and unconvinced.
• Xiang Jun returns to his body and asks Tang Wutong why she is upset. She brushes him off and suggests the group go eat. They head to Food God House, where Xiang Jun orders an expensive meal for four; Xiao Xiao asks what Gu Yuena wanted with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang Jun is frustrated by Poseidon’s interference and the sudden marriage arrangement. He understands the strategic reasons for securing Gu Yuena’s support, but doubts she could be won over without the circumstances that brought her together with Tang Wulin in the original story.
• Poseidon is shamelessly casual about arranging Xiang Jun’s marriage and imposing a severe oath, treating both as practical solutions to future political conflict.
• Gu Yuena openly provokes Tang Wutong and appears confident about her future closeness to Xiang Jun.
• Tang Wutong is fiercely possessive and competitive, though she hides the cause of her anger from Xiang Jun.
• Xiao Xiao interprets Xiang Jun’s attention as romantic interest, while Huo Yuxi forms her own mistaken, slightly excited interpretation.

Significant themes

• Miscommunication and comic irony: The girls misread Xiang Jun’s gaze while his mind is elsewhere.
• Power, loyalty, and coercion: Poseidon treats marriage and Gu Yuena’s oath as tools for building an alliance.
• Rivalry and possessiveness: Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena compete over Xiang Jun, with the freshman assessment set as their arena.
• Strategic alliances and future conflict: The proposed marriage is framed as preparation for Xiang Jun’s eventual confrontation with the Tang God King and his allies.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Wutong insists their team must reach the freshman assessment finals—and, above all, defeat Gu Yuena. The thought of losing and having to swap seats with her horrifies Tang Wutong, making her unusually serious and proactive.
• The four teammates introduce their abilities: Tang Wutong is a level-38 flying attacker; Xiao Xiao is a level-22 control specialist with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron; Huo Yuxi is a level-15 support fighter with Spirit Eyes; and Xiang Jun listens and assesses the group.
• Huo Yuxi hesitantly reveals her first soul skill, Visual Perception Enhancement. It boosts nearby allies’ vision for about fifteen minutes, with its strength and duration determined by her spiritual power.
• Xiang Jun and the others experience the skill firsthand: it sharpens their sight and makes movement seem slower. They recognize its tactical value and reassure Huo Yuxi that it is far from useless.
• After a cheerful meal, the group returns to the academy at Tang Wutong’s urging to practice team coordination.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wutong’s rivalry with Gu Yuena motivates her to take the assessment seriously, though her confidence and vanity remain evident. She eagerly looks forward to using Huo Yuxi’s support.
• Huo Yuxi’s insecurity about being the weakest member surfaces when she introduces herself and describes her skill. The team’s genuine praise helps her reconsider its worth.
• Xiang Jun recognizes the skill’s potential, especially as Huo Yuxi’s spiritual power grows, and offers firm encouragement. His thoughts also suggest he knows more about Huo Yuxi’s unusual potential than she does.
• Xiao Xiao is modest about her own strength and realizes that her teammates each possess exceptional abilities.
• The team’s supportive response to Huo Yuxi strengthens their rapport and sets up their upcoming coordination training.

Significant themes

• Hidden potential: An ability that seems modest can become powerful when its broader applications are understood.
• Teamwork and mutual support: The group’s combined strengths—and their encouragement of Huo Yuxi—may matter as much as individual power.
• Confidence and rivalry: Tang Wutong’s determination is driven by her personal competition with Gu Yuena, while Huo Yuxi must overcome her self-doubt.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wutong invites Xiang Jun to spar with her team—herself, Huo Yuxi, and Xiao Xiao—before the freshman assessment. Xiang Jun agrees, eager to test himself, but agrees not to use the Seagod’s Trident or Golden Thirteen Halberds.
• When the girls summon their martial souls, Xiang Jun stays still, then manifests enormous “Virtue” gauntlets. His extraordinary speed and relentless elbow strikes quickly overwhelm all three. Tang Wutong surrenders, while Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao are left exhausted.
• Tang Wutong tries to explain away her defeat and asks Xiang Jun to carry her back to the dormitory. Xiao Xiao moves to help, but Tang Wutong gives her a warning glare, stopping her.
• Over the next half-month, Xiang Jun’s sparring helps the team improve its coordination. The freshman assessment begins: 311 teams must each fight ten round-robin matches in three days. Only the top 150 may remain at Shrek Academy, and the top 64 advance to elimination rounds.
• From the spectator stands, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei’er discuss their investigation into Xiang Jun. They have found no useful information about his origins, leaving Yan worried.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang Jun shows off a formidable, unusual fighting style and enjoys teasing Tang Wutong. Despite his overwhelming strength, his training helps the others grow.
• Tang Wutong is competitive and personally invested in the spar, but is decisively defeated. Her playful request to be carried—and her glare at Xiao Xiao—suggests possessiveness or growing affection toward Xiang Jun.
• Xiao Xiao is eager to compete and appears jealous when Tang Wutong seeks Xiang Jun’s attention.
• Huo Yuxi remains quiet and uneasy about fighting Xiang Jun, though she takes part and improves through the training.
• Yan Shaozhe remains troubled by how little is known about Xiang Jun; Cai Mei’er shares his concern.

Significant themes

• Strength and growth: Painful, repeated sparring builds teamwork and prepares the students for a high-stakes assessment.
• Mystery and identity: Xiang Jun’s unexplained background makes him an object of concern even to Shrek’s leadership.
• Rivalry and affection: The sparring and post-fight exchange mix competition with teasing, jealousy, and possible romantic tension.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Shaozhe’s extensive investigation turns up almost nothing about Xiang Jun’s past. He confirms Xiang Jun has no family or faction ties and privately decides that Shrek Academy should recruit him.
• While waiting for his match, Xiang Jun chats with Tang Wutong, who suggests renting a place in Shrek City because the dorms lack private bathrooms. Xiang Jun teases her for spending nearly all her time in the boys’ dorm.
• Xiang Jun is called to Arena 14 to face Class Seven’s seeded team: Huang Chutian and twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• The Lan sisters are fascinated by Xiang Jun’s long blue hair, while Huang Chutian nervously asks him not to hit his face. Xiang Jun agrees with a smile.
• The teams introduce themselves. Xiang Jun reveals that his Soul Power has risen to Level 44, while Huang Chutian is Level 25 and the sisters are Levels 21 and 22.
• Huang Chutian steels himself to defend his class’s honor and attacks after activating his Great Strength Divine Ape Martial Soul. Xiang Jun counters with Ten Thousand Thunder Prison Attraction, filling the arena with powerful lightning and knocking Huang Chutian out almost immediately.
• Seeing their teammate defeated, the Lan sisters make a brief attempt before surrendering. Xiang Jun is declared the winner.
• Gu Yuena watches Xiang Jun and senses an aura belonging to a deity other than the Sea God. After the match, someone calls out to Xiang Jun.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang Jun remains composed and overwhelmingly confident in battle. His rapid growth is highlighted by his Level 44 Soul Power and formidable lightning ability. He trades familiar teasing with Tang Wutong and treats Huang Chutian’s request as an opportunity for mischief.
• Yan Shaozhe shifts from investigating Xiang Jun to planning to bring him into Shrek, seeing his isolation as an opportunity.
• Tang Wutong is comfortable enough with Xiang Jun to spend most of her time in his dorm, and their banter suggests growing familiarity.
• Huang Chutian moves from fear to determined defiance, but his courage cannot overcome the enormous gap in strength.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo are drawn to Xiang Jun’s unusual hair and quickly recognize that fighting him after Huang Chutian falls is futile.
• Gu Yuena becomes more wary and curious after sensing an unfamiliar divine aura around him.

Significant themes

• Power and imbalance: Xiang Jun’s strength makes the match effectively one-sided, despite his opponents’ resolve.
• Courage versus ability: Huang Chutian’s determination earns respect, but bravery alone cannot close the gap between them.
• Mystery and recruitment: Xiang Jun’s unknown origins and unusual divine aura deepen the intrigue surrounding him while attracting Shrek’s interest.
• Familiarity and attraction: Tang Wutong’s closeness and the Lan sisters’ fascination with Xiang Jun add lighter interpersonal tension around his growing prominence.

Key events

• After winning their first freshman-assessment match, Xiang Jun is stopped by the Lan Sisters, who ask how he cares for his blue hair and whether they can touch it. He gives them the fictitious brand name “Stankong,” but Tang Wutong intervenes before they can get closer.
• Tang Wutong warns Xiang Jun to avoid “bad women,” then gives him a cup of juice from a buy-one-get-one-free deal. The two tease each other over sharing it, with Tang Wutong’s coy request to taste his drink turning into playful, intimate banter.
• Xiang Jun asks where Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao have gone. He learns that the Soul Guidance Department’s dean summoned Yuhao and that Xiao Xiao went along to support him.
• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong stroll beside Sea God Lake. The chapter then shifts to the Soul Guidance Research Laboratory, where Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao are astonished by its advanced technology.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiang Jun remains composed and mischievous, responding to the Lan Sisters’ interest with dry humor and trading flirtatious jokes with Tang Wutong.
• Tang Wutong shows jealousy and protectiveness when she sees the Lan Sisters approaching Xiang Jun. Her teasing, blushing behavior around the shared drink reveals her romantic interest, even as she tries to maintain a haughty front.
• The Lan Sisters are curious about Xiang Jun’s unusually beautiful hair; they retreat after Tang Wutong steps in.
• Xiao Xiao demonstrates concern for Yuhao by accompanying him to the meeting.

Significant themes

• Jealousy and affection: Tang Wutong’s possessive warnings are played for comedy but reveal her feelings for Xiang Jun.
• Playful romantic teasing: The juice-sharing exchange lets the pair flirt while disguising their affection with jokes.
• Technological disparity: Huo Yuxi and Xiao Xiao’s shock at the laboratory introduces the advanced state of Shrek’s Soul Tool research compared with the wider Douluo world.

Key plot points and events

• Xian Lin’er invites Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuxi to join Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department, offering them immediate Core Disciple status and access to its resources.
• Xiao Xiao declines, fearing her parents’ reaction. Huo Yuxi hesitates, wanting to consult Xiang Jun before deciding.
• Back at the dorm, Huo Yuxi finds Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong playfully wrestling. Xiang Jun encourages her to accept the offer, judging Soul Guidance Technology a good fit for her talents.
• Tang Wutong dismisses Soul Tools as toys, but Xiang Jun defends them as progress and criticizes Hidden Weapons. She lets the argument go because Xiang Jun is “different” to her.
• Three days later, the Freshman Assessment’s round-robin stage ends. Four teams—including Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong’s, Gu Yuena’s, Xie Huanyue’s, and Ning Tian’s—finish undefeated. Dai Huabin misses the event while recovering, and Gu Yuena has taken his fiancée, Zhu Lu.
• Xiao Xiao celebrates reaching the elimination rounds, crediting the vice class monitor.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuxi is recognized as unusually promising because her Spirit Eyes and rare Mental Attribute suit soul engineering. Though tempted by the Core Disciple offer, she prioritizes Xiang Jun’s opinion and worries about upsetting him.
• Xian Lin’er aggressively recruits Huo Yuxi, seeing her as a valuable prospect and hoping to secure her before the rival department can claim her.
• Xiang Jun supports Huo Yuxi’s potential and reassures her that the Soul Guidance Department is right for her. His influence over her is clear.
• Tang Wutong shows jealousy at Xiang Jun and Huo Yuxi’s closeness and openly opposes Soul Tools, but tolerates Xiang Jun’s criticism of Hidden Weapons because of her special regard for him.
• Xiao Xiao declines the recruitment offer but remains close to the group and is pleased by her team’s progress.

Significant themes

• Tradition versus innovation: Soul Tools are presented as an emerging force, while Tang Wutong’s defense of Hidden Weapons reflects attachment to tradition.
• Talent and opportunity: Huo Yuxi’s unusual abilities may flourish if she receives the right training and resources.
• Affection, loyalty, and influence: Huo Yuxi’s deference to Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong’s jealousy shape personal decisions alongside the larger competition.
• Competition and achievement: Several freshman teams finish the round-robin stage undefeated, setting up the elimination rounds.

Xiang Jun swiftly defeated his quarterfinal opponents before watching Gu Yuena defeat Tang Wutong in the Freshman Assessment. Gu Yuena won the match, but Xiang Jun carried the exhausted Tang Wutong away in his arms, leaving Gu Yuena unsettled about their closeness.

• Tang Wutong bragged that she would soon challenge Gu Yuena, while Xiang Jun doubted she could win against the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xiang Jun defeated Xie Huanyue and his teammates with a lightning-wreathed water dragon before they could release their martial souls.
• Gu Yuena eliminated Tang Wutong's teammates, leaving Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena to fight alone.
• Tang Wutong used the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Gu Yuena countered with Silver Dragon's Roar and exhausted her soul power.
• Tang Wutong admitted defeat, and the referee announced Gu Yuena's team as the winner.
• Xiang Jun carried the exhausted Tang Wutong off the arena, and Gu Yuena wondered whether they had grown intimate.

After losing to Gu Yuena, Tang Wutong decided to return home for several months and planned one last night with Xiang Jun before leaving. She brought him to the Rose Hotel, where she asked whether he would remember her while she was away.

• Xiang Jun comforted Tang Wutong after her defeat, and she began thinking about claiming a golden spear in the Divine Realm.
• Tang Wutong told Xiang Jun she would leave the next morning and asked him to keep her company that night.
• Tang Wutong sent Huo Yuxi out with a gold card, then hurried Xiang Jun away from the academy before Huo Yuxi returned.
• Tang Wutong brought Xiang Jun to the Rose Hotel, where they entered the Red Ocean room together.
• Tang Wutong asked Xiang Jun whether he would forget her while she was away, and he promised he would always remember her.

Tang Wutong and Xiang Jun shared an intimate farewell before she left Shrek City to return to the Divine Realm. Xiang Jun watched her depart and then returned to Shrek Academy, planning to train the daughter of fortune.

• Tang Wutong warned Xiang Jun to beware of other women, especially Gu Yuena, then bit his neck as a farewell mark.
• Tang Wutong and Xiang Jun spent the night together at the Rose Hotel, where she asked what they were to each other and Xiang Jun called her his lifelong best buddy under the covers.
• At dawn, Tang Wutong left to return before the new term, and Xiang Jun walked her to the city gates.
• Tang Wutong kissed Xiang Jun's cheek before flying away on her Light Goddess Butterfly, leaving him stunned.
• Xiang Jun returned to Shrek Academy and planned to train the daughter of fortune while Huo Yuxi waited in the Dormitory.

Xiang Jun returned to the Dormitory and found Huo Yuxi alone after Tang Wutong left for home, while the Freshman Assessment finals brought Xiang Jun and Gu Yuena face to face. The match began with Gu Yuena summoning her spear and revealing her three Spirit Rings.

• Xiang Jun found Huo Yuxi staring blankly at the ceiling, and she noticed a red mark on his neck before learning that Tang Wutong had gone home for several months.
• Huo Yuxi cheered up at the thought that she and Xiang Jun would be alone in the Dormitory, then went to buy him breakfast.
• Xiang Jun defeated a team of three Soul Grandmasters in the semifinals, while Gu Yuena defeated Ning Tian's team, setting up their final.
• Yan Shaozhe told the gathered elders that Xiang Jun's Sea God's Light could suppress Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, and Ma Xiaotao watched the finals with Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming.
• Du Weilun started the Freshman Assessment final between Xiang Jun and Gu Yuena, who said she wanted to test the power of his Sea God Martial Soul.
• Gu Yuena produced an ornate white spear and revealed three Spirit Rings as a dragon roared.

Xiang Jun fought Gu Yuena in the Soul Arena, countering her defenses with teleportation and the Seagod’s Trident. After the Thunder God Fragment unleashed a powerful lightning strike, Gu Yuena remained standing but was unable to gain the advantage as Xiang Jun prepared to send her off the stage.

• Xiang Jun summoned his Seagod’s Trident and faced Gu Yuena’s Silver Dragon Phantom in the Soul Arena.
• Gu Yuena attacked first with Silver Dragon’s Wrath, but Xiang Jun dodged and countered with Unfixed Storm, which she stopped by locking the space around herself.
• Xiang Jun teleported in front of Gu Yuena with Ocean Current Crossing and struck her with the trident, forcing her down onto one knee.
• Xiang Jun activated Thunder God’s Wrath, and the Thunder God Fragment summoned a massive bolt of lightning that struck Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena recovered enough to attack Xiang Jun with her Silver Dragon Spear, but he teleported away, leaving her unable to overcome him.
• Xiang Jun raised the Seagod’s Trident and prepared to send Gu Yuena off the stage.

Xiang Jun defeated Gu Yuena to win the Freshman Assessment, and Du Weilun shielded her from Xiang Jun’s final attack. The academy named its Core Disciples and summoned the semifinalists for special rewards.

• Xiang Jun’s barrage of Seagod’s Trident phantoms battered the arena, but Du Weilun protected Gu Yuena and concealed that the attack had injured him.
• Gu Yuena admitted defeat to Xiang Jun, and Du Weilun announced him as the Freshman Assessment champion.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuxi celebrated Xiang Jun’s victory and teased Cui Yajie and Gu Yuena, while Han Ruoruo blushed as Wu Ming teased her about Xiang Jun.
• Du Weilun named Xiang Jun, Gu Yuena, Tang Wutong, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao as Core Disciples; Dai Huabin missed selection because of his injuries.
• Xiang Jun watched Zhu Lu during the ceremony, and Du Weilun dismissed the freshmen while inviting the semifinalists to collect special rewards.

After winning the Freshman Assessment, Xiang Jun received the academy’s usual rewards and was summoned to Yan Shaozhe’s office for a special prize. There, he discovered that the prize was an exceptionally complete Soul Bone from a Moon Abyss Princess.

• Ning Tian tried to recruit Xiang Jun to her sect, but Gu Yuena interrupted and said he had other plans that evening.
• Du Weilun gave the top teams jade bottles and promised academy help obtaining high-quality Spirit Rings when they reached cultivation bottlenecks.
• Yan Shaozhe congratulated Xiang Jun on winning the Freshman Assessment and gave him an emerald-green jade box as a special reward.
• Xiang Jun opened the box and recognized the complete azure Soul Bone inside as belonging to a Moon Abyss Princess.

Xiang Jun refused Yan Shaozhe’s offer to join Shrek’s Inner Court, then negotiated for greater payment to use Sea God’s Light to treat Yan Shaozhe’s disciple’s evil fire. Back at the dormitory, he gave Huo Yuxi a Soul Ascension Pill, but she tried to return it.

• Yan Shaozhe explained the mysterious fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone and invited Xiang Jun to join the Inner Court, but Xiang Jun declined.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Xiang Jun to use Sea God’s Light to dispel the evil fire afflicting his personal disciple and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Xiang Jun claimed using Sea God’s Light could harm his cultivation and told Yan Shaozhe he would have to pay more.
• Xiang Jun returned to the dormitory and found Huo Yuxi washing his bedding and removing the curtain between their beds.
• Xiang Jun gave Huo Yuxi a Soul Ascension Pill, but she protested that it was too precious to accept.

Huo Yuxi advanced to rank eighteen after Xiang Jun persuaded her to take a Soul Ascension Pill, while Gu Yuena joined Class One as vice monitor. At dinner, Gu Yuena introduced Xiang Jun to four ferocious beasts from the Star Dou Forest, and Xiang Jun revealed Poseidon as his ally.

• Xiang Jun warned Huo Yuxi that she needed to reach rank twenty for the next advancement exam, and she took a Soul Ascension Pill that raised her cultivation to rank eighteen.
• Gu Yuena took Tang Wutong's seat in class, and Xiao Xiao worried that Gu Yuena held a grudge against her.
• Han Ruoruo congratulated the class on passing the Freshman Assessment and appointed Xiang Jun class monitor and Gu Yuena vice monitor.
• Gu Yuena invited Xiang Jun to dinner at the Food God House and introduced him to Di Tian, Xiong Jun, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King.
• Xiang Jun summoned Poseidon's phantom, revealing his connection to the former First Generation Sea God before Gu Yuena and the four ferocious beasts.

Poseidon revealed that Xiang Jun had originally been a spirit of the ocean, prompting Gu Yuena and Di Tian to reconsider their view of him and his place among soul beasts. Meanwhile, Tang Wutong returned to the Divine Realm in a hurry, but found her parents missing from their palace.

• Poseidon joined Xiang Jun and the others for a meal, then revealed that he had used his divine power to make Xiang Jun completely human.
• Xiang Jun confirmed that he had originally been a spirit of the ocean, and Gu Yuena asked whether anyone else knew.
• Di Tian reconsidered Xiang Jun as one of the Soul Beast Clan, while Xiang Jun pitied him after recalling his miserable fate in the original story.
• Tang Wutong returned to the Clear Sky Sect and asked Niu Tian and Tai Tan to send her back to the Divine Realm.
• Tang Wutong reached her parents' palace, found it empty, and hurried on despite not knowing where they were.