Chapter Summaries

Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong returned to class, where Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Dragon King inside Tang Wutong and grew suspicious of her relationship with Xiang Jun. Gu Yuena challenged Tang Wutong to another Soul Fighting bet, leaving the terms of her prize unclear until she clarified that Tang Wutong would have to agree to one thing unconditionally.

• Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong arrived at class together, and Dai Huabin reacted bitterly to Tang Wutong's return.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Golden Dragon King inside Tang Wutong and considered devouring it, but Xiang Jun's presence made her reconsider.
• Gu Yuena detected Tang Wutong's scent on Xiang Jun and suspected Tang Wutong had been staying with him.
• Gu Yuena challenged Tang Wutong to a Soul Fighting bet, offering to return her old seat and leave Shrek Academy if Tang Wutong won.
• Gu Yuena said that if she won, Tang Wutong would have to agree to one thing unconditionally.

Tang Wutong returned to class and challenged Gu Yuena to a contest during the advancement assessment, while Xiang Jun and Xiao Xiao reunited after vacation. At Beast Fighting, Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena agreed that the lower-scoring student would bring the other breakfast for a month, just as Han Ruoruo prepared to begin the test.

• Tang Wutong imagined defeating Gu Yuena, while Gu Yuena worried that absorbing the Golden Dragon King Origin might make her as foolish as Tang Wutong.
• Xiao Xiao told Xiang Jun that she had reached rank 29 during vacation and admitted she had missed seeing him.
• Han Ruoruo explained that students would fight Soul Beasts in the advancement assessment and needed a score above sixty to pass.
• Tang Wutong came up with a plan after hearing the assessment involved Soul Beasts.
• At Beast Fighting, Tang Wutong challenged Gu Yuena to compete for the higher score, with the loser bringing the winner breakfast for a month.
• Han Ruoruo called for quiet as the assessment was about to begin, and Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena returned to their places after trading insults.

Tang Wutong used the pressure of her unsealed Golden Dragon King Origin during the advancement assessment, frightening the Soul Beast and disrupting the exam. The remaining assessments were canceled, Tang Wutong received full marks, and she reminded Gu Yuena to prepare breakfast for her and Xiang Jun.

• Tang Wutong volunteered to begin the assessment and chose to challenge a thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Tang Wutong released her Golden Dragon King Origin, and its dragon pressure made weaker students collapse while Xiang Jun caught the unsteady Zhu Lu.
• Dai Huabin watched Xiang Jun help Zhu Lu, burning with jealousy but unable to act against the pressure on his Martial Soul.
• Xuan Zi heard the dragon roar from Sea God Lake and rushed toward the Outer Court, while Gong Changlong arrived and scolded Du Weilun for harming his Soul Beasts.
• Du Weilun canceled the remaining assessments and awarded Tang Wutong full marks; Tang Wutong teased Gu Yuena about making breakfast for her and Xiang Jun.

Xiang Jun visited Elder Jin to seek a Soul Ring and was led to a miniature world, where he discovered the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine, a powerful Soul Beast descended from the Thunder God's bloodline. The vine was gravely injured, and Elder Jin had not yet revealed what he intended for Xiang Jun.

• Han Ruoruo postponed the advancement exam, and Tang Wutong left with Xiang Jun before he headed to Sea God Island.
• Tang Wutong encountered Xuan Zi after Xiang Jun departed.
• Elder Jin greeted Xiang Jun, recognized that he had reached rank fifty, and noticed the Ice Empress hidden in his arms.
• Elder Jin brought Xiang Jun and the Ice Empress through a spatial vortex into a miniature world.
• Elder Jin explained that the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine had arisen from the Thunder God's divine blood and had survived only because Elder Jin intervened.
• The Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine woke and asked Elder Jin who Xiang Jun and the Ice Empress were.

Xiang Jun gained the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine as a Spirit Ring after revealing the Thunder God Fragment embedded in his Seagod's Trident. Meanwhile, Xuan Zi tried to recruit Tang Wutong as his disciple, but she rejected him and left him stunned.

• Elder Jin revealed that Xiang Jun had absorbed the Thunder God Fragment, and the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine sensed the Thunder God's bloodline in him.
• Elder Jin explained that Little Lei faced a hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation with a ruined body, and Little Lei agreed to become Xiang Jun's Spirit Ring.
• Xiang Jun promised to help Little Lei return to life after ascending to the Divine Realm, then entered the vine's clearing to absorb its power.
• Elder Jin used a golden leaf to help Little Lei form a scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for Xiang Jun.
• Xuan Zi offered to take Tang Wutong as his final disciple, but she insulted his Soul Ring configuration and left with Xiao Xiao.
• Han Ruoruo spotted a round red nose on the ground and asked Xuan Zi whether he had dropped it.

Tang Wutong found a suggestive book in Xiang Jun’s bed and secretly kept it, while Xiang Jun completed absorbing the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine’s Spirit Ring and gained the Thundercloud Technique. Elder Jin then presented him with a matching lightning Soul Bone to absorb.

• Xuan Zi learned that Tang Wutong had a Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and decided she was not suited to be his final disciple.
• Tang Wutong found the Sea God Pearl in her brocade pouch and planned to use it to win Xiang Jun over.
• Tang Wutong discovered a suggestive book under Xiang Jun’s quilt, read it, and hid it in her pouch.
• Xiang Jun finished absorbing the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine’s Spirit Ring, reaching Soul Power Level fifty-four and gaining the Thundercloud Technique.
• Elder Jin presented Xiang Jun with a lightning Soul Bone that shared the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine’s origin.

Xiang Jun absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine Soul Ring and Soul Bone, gaining powerful lightning abilities and setting his sights on helping the Soul Beasts. He agreed to help the Ice Empress reach the Snow Empress, while Tang Wutong secretly studied a book of intimate techniques.

• Xiang Jun absorbed the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine right leg bone, reached level fifty-five, and gained Lightning Elementalization, which granted intangibility, speed, and defensive benefits.
• Xiang Jun left the Sea God Pavilion and decided to discuss helping Soul Beasts survive heavenly tribulations with Gu Yuena so he could grow stronger and gain faith power.
• The Ice Empress asked Xiang Jun to help her friend, the Snow Empress, and Xiang Jun agreed.
• Xiang Jun flew toward the Dormitory as the Ice Empress considered trying to get closer to him.
• In Dormitory 108, Huo Yuxi found Tang Wutong hiding beneath a blanket and secretly reading a book of intimate techniques.

Xiang Jun returned and received a miniature White Tiger Dagger Soul Tool from Huo Yuxi, while Tang Wutong tried to hide what she had been reading. Half a month later, Gu Yuena and Tang Wutong competed to fuss over Xiang Jun at breakfast, and Tang Wutong’s suggestive remark left Gu Yuena suspicious and Xiang Jun embarrassed.

• Huo Yuxi worked on Soul Tools and considered attaching self-destructing weapons to undead creatures for suicide attacks.
• Xiang Jun returned from the Sea God Pavilion, and Tang Wutong hastily hid her book before questioning him about his trip.
• Huo Yuxi gave Xiang Jun a small, white dagger she had made as her first Level 2 Soul Tool, and he thanked her.
• After half a month, Gu Yuena brought breakfast to class while Tang Wutong teased her and took the food.
• Gu Yuena offered Xiang Jun seafood congee, but Tang Wutong implied he had eaten buns with her the previous night, making Gu Yuena suspicious and Xiang Jun cough awkwardly.

During a history lesson, Xiang Jun mocked Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and later asked Gu Yuena whether any Star Dou Forest Soul Beasts were nearing a heavenly tribulation. Gu Yuena was reassured that Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong had not crossed a line, while Tang Wutong woke from a nightmare about Gu Yuena and Xiang Jun.

• Han Ruoruo taught the class about Yu Xiaogang, and Gu Yuena called him a complete good-for-nothing.
• Xiang Jun asked Gu Yuena whether any Soul Beasts in Star Dou Forest would soon face a heavenly tribulation, and she promised to notify him if there were any.
• Gu Yuena asked how far Xiang Jun and Tang Wutong had gone, and Xiang Jun claimed he had not even had his first kiss.
• Gu Yuena stopped Xiang Jun from swearing on the Sea God and believed his denial that anything improper had happened with Tang Wutong.
• Gu Yuena asked Xiang Jun what looked different about her, and he complimented her earrings.
• Tang Wutong woke in the classroom after dreaming that Gu Yuena had stuffed her under a bed and Xiang Jun had walked in.

Tang Wutong woke from a nightmare, confronted Xiang Jun about Gu Yuena, and later joined the Core Disciples as they received invitations to the Treasure Appraisal Fair. Gu Yuena arranged for Di Tian to gather Gold Soul Coins for her before the fair that evening.

• Tang Wutong found Xiang Jun saying goodbye to Gu Yuena and demanded to know why they had been together, and Xiang Jun claimed they had discussed the Core Disciples' meeting.
• Tang Wutong warned Xiang Jun to stay away from Gu Yuena and boasted of her Peerless Wisdom.
• Han Ruoruo gave the gathered Core Disciples invitations to the annual Treasure Appraisal Fair and told them it would take place that evening.
• Xiang Jun agreed to attend the fair with Gu Yuena, while Tang Wutong pointed out that they would need Gold Soul Coins to buy anything.
• Gu Yuena used her mental wisdom and ordered Di Tian to gather as many Gold Soul Coins as possible, but Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts had none.

Di Tian and the Myriad Demon King robbed the Star Luo Empire's treasury to gather Gold Soul Coins for Gu Yuena. They left the treasury empty, took a mysterious box containing what Di Tian suspected was a northern Soul Beast, and escaped after leaving a message blaming the Body Sect.

• Di Tian decided to steal Gold Soul Coins from the Star Luo Empire rather than risk raiding Shrek Academy, and he took the Myriad Demon King with him.
• Di Tian and the Myriad Demon King located the treasury beneath the Star Luo Imperial Palace and subdued its guards with Di Tian's pressure.
• The pair emptied the treasury, taking its treasures, coins, and even its valuable flooring.
• Di Tian found a box containing an embryo-like figure and took it, recognizing a familiar aura and suspecting it belonged to a powerful northern Soul Beast.
• Di Tian wrote “The Body Sect was here!” on the bare wall before he and the Myriad Demon King vanished through a spatial vortex.

Xu Jiawei learned that the Star Luo Treasury had been robbed and found it stripped bare, including its floors and doors. Suspecting the Body Sect had been framed, he decided to secretly rob smaller factions to replenish the empire’s wealth.

• Xu Jiujiu told Xu Jiawei that the Star Luo Treasury had been robbed, and he flew with her to investigate.
• Huang Jinxu explained that one of the two thieves had knocked him unconscious with a single elbow strike before they emptied the treasury.
• Xu Jiawei entered the treasury and found its treasures, coins, doors, and flooring gone, then broke down in rage.
• Xu Jiawei noticed a message implicating the Body Sect and reasoned that the thieves had meant to provoke conflict between the empire and the sect.
• Xu Jiawei secretly instructed Xu Jiujiu to prepare masks and summon Heavenly Fiend and Sui Xing so they could rob smaller factions.

Di Tian returned from robbing the Star Luo Treasury with wealth and a mysterious frozen Snow Empress, which Gu Yuena claimed for future use. Gu Yuena also ordered the Ferocious Beasts to prepare a tiger Soul Beast for its tribulation, then joined Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuxi as they gathered for the Treasure Appraisal Fair.

• Di Tian and Myriad Demon King returned to Shrek City with spoils from the Star Luo Treasury, including Gold Soul Coins exchanged for gold cards.
• Di Tian gave Gu Yuena the gold cards and treasures, then showed her the Snow Empress sealed in a cold-emitting box.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to help a tiger-type Soul Beast reach its two-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation within three years.
• Gu Yuena and Tang Wutong dressed for the Treasure Appraisal Fair, each intent on outshining the other with their wealth.
• Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuxi met Gu Yuena and Xiao Xiao, and Gu Yuena remarked that they were late.

Xiang Jun and his companions attended Shrek Academy’s Treasure Appraisal Fair, where their credit privileges revealed the academy’s differing attitudes toward them. Xiang Jun gained access to the third floor and bought a piece of juvenile whale rubber, leaving Tang Wutong curious about his plans.

• Xiang Jun stopped Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena from arguing as the group headed to the Treasure Appraisal Fair.
• Xiao Xiao and Tang Wutong each received a credit limit of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a ten-percent discount, while Gu Yuena received four hundred thousand and a twenty-percent discount.
• Xiang Jun’s invitation granted him the fair’s highest privileges, including one free item each year and access to the third floor; Huo Yuxi declined an assessment.
• Xiang Jun spotted a piece of juvenile whale rubber priced at six thousand Gold Soul Coins and asked a staff member to wrap it up.
• Tang Wutong offered to bring Xiang Jun a ten-thousand-year piece, but Xiang Jun said the cheap whale rubber was not ordinary and left her wondering why he wanted it.

Gu Yuena and Tang Wutong fought over a Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, while Xiang Jun escaped to the Inner Court Treasure Appraisal Fair and met Wu Ming. The chapter ended with an unexpected fiery-red figure arriving on the third floor.

• Gu Yuena tried to buy the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, but Tang Wutong claimed it and the two raised their bids against each other.
• Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena asked Xiang Jun to decide who should get the Soul Bone, but he had already slipped away.
• Xiang Jun used his special permission to enter the Inner Court Treasure Appraisal Fair, where he saw rare Soul Bones and a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring customization service using Sea Soul Beasts.
• Wu Ming recognized Xiang Jun, offered to show him around, and learned he could take one item for free each year.
• Wu Ming challenged Xiang Jun to a Soul Fighting match, and an unexpected fiery-red figure arrived as the Inner Court disciples backed away.

Ma Xiaotao encountered Xiang Jun and Wu Ming at the Treasure Appraisal Fair, prompting Wu Ming to suspect that Ma Xiaotao and Xiang Jun already knew each other. After the fair, Xiang Jun returned to the academy and was summoned by Mu En, who wanted to speak with him.

• Ma Xiaotao left seclusion to clear her head and spotted Wu Ming with Xiang Jun at the fair.
• Wu Ming teased Xiang Jun about Han Ruoruo, then introduced him to Ma Xiaotao, who recognized him but concealed their past encounter.
• Gu Yuena used her higher VIP rank to claim the Golden Radiance Soul Bone from Tang Wutong, while Xiao Xiao bought cultivation materials.
• Xiang Jun met Tang Wutong and the others after visiting the fair's third floor, carrying an additional Soul Bone in his Soul Tool.
• Mu En called Xiang Jun over for a private conversation, and Xiang Jun asked Tang Wutong and Huo Yuxi to go ahead without him.

Mu En summoned Xiang Jun to the Sea God Pavilion, apologized for Ma Xiaotao’s incident, and examined Xiang Jun’s Seagod’s Trident. After struggling to lift it, Mu En mistook Xiang Jun’s silence for evidence of a connection to Poseidon and imagined becoming the Sea God’s High Priest.

• Tang Wutong and Huo Yuxi left, and Mu En teased Xiang Jun before taking him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En revealed that Yan Shaozhe was his eldest disciple and Ma Xiaotao was his granddisciple, then apologized for Ma Xiaotao’s loss of control at Sea God Lake.
• Xiang Jun showed Mu En the Seagod’s Trident, and Mu En discovered that its unassisted weight was 108,000 jin.
• Mu En summoned his dragon Martial Soul and nine Spirit Rings to hold the trident, while Xiang Jun easily took it back and twirled it.
• Mu En asked whether a blue-haired man in blue-and-gold robes had given Xiang Jun the trident, then took Xiang Jun’s silence as confirmation and pictured himself becoming the Sea God’s High Priest.

Mu En offered Xiang Jun early entry into the Inner Court and gave him a token granting access to the Sea God Pavilion, but Xiang Jun remained reluctant. Half a month later, the Core Disciples gathered at the Soul Arena, where Xuan Zi announced that the final seven students remaining would form Shrek’s reserve team for the upcoming tournament.

• Mu En invited Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuxi to join the Inner Court, and Xiang Jun said he would think about it.
• Mu En gave Xiang Jun a token that let him enter the Sea God Pavilion and seek Mu En’s help.
• Xiang Jun, Xiao Xiao, Tang Wutong, Gu Yuena, Huo Yuxi, and the other Core Disciples gathered at Shrek’s Soul Arena after receiving a notice from the academy.
• Huo Yuxi joined Xiang Jun’s group, and Xiao Xiao asked Xiang Jun to help her compete in the tournament.
• Xuan Zi announced that the last seven students remaining in the arena would become the reserve team for the Shrek Seven Devils in the tournament one month later.

Xiang Jun and his allies dominated the Outer Court free-for-all, securing the seven reserve-team places for Shrek Academy’s upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament. Xuan Zi brought them to meet the main team, where the introductions revealed Ma Xiaotao’s interest in Xiang Jun’s level 55 cultivation.

• Xuan Zi began the free-for-all, and the students joined forces against Xiang Jun before he immobilized them with Unfixed Storm.
• Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena eliminated most of the Core Disciples, leaving Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, Gu Yuena, Huo Yuxi, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, and Zhu Lu standing.
• Xuan Zi named the seven survivors the reserve team and took them to meet the tournament’s main team.
• Dai Yueheng learned that Dai Huabin had been eliminated, while the main and reserve team members introduced themselves.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a Level 67 Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Emperor, and Xiang Jun revealed that he was a Level 55 Sea God Soul King.

The reserve team introduced their Martial Souls and cultivation levels, revealing Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Gu Yuena as exceptionally talented. Xuan Zi arranged a seven-person team Soul Fighting match, and Ma Xiaotao and Xiang Jun began choosing their teams.

• Xiang Jun, Tang Wutong, and Gu Yuena revealed their high cultivation levels, while the other reserve members introduced their abilities.
• Xuan Zi proposed a seven-person team Soul Fighting match between Ma Xiaotao and Xiang Jun.
• Ma Xiaotao chose Gongyang Mo and Dai Yueheng for her team, while Xiang Jun chose Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuxi.
• Tang Wutong and Gu Yuena privately argued over which of them Xiang Jun would choose.
• Ma Xiaotao picked Tang Wutong as her third teammate, leaving Tang Wutong stunned.