Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Notting Academy, visited Old Jack in Holy Soul Village, and continued toward Suotuo City. On the road, Tang San gave Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu Godly Zhuge Crossbows, and Lin Xuan tried to enchant his with a Blazing Fire Talisman.

• Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Notting Academy and stopped at Holy Soul Village to say goodbye to Old Jack.
• Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San gave Old Jack ten Gold Soul Coins, and he accepted them after initially refusing.
• Tang San gave Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu Godly Zhuge Crossbows and explained their power and how to use them.
• Lin Xuan asked whether his Blazing Fire Talisman could enchant a crossbow, and Tang San agreed they could try.
• Lin Xuan drew two Blazing Fire Talismans, applied one to himself, and stuck the other onto his Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Lin Xuan tested elemental enchantments on the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, destroying one with fire before successfully enhancing another with wind. As Tang San and Xiao Wu supported him, Tang Hao watched from the shadows and finally let go of his killing intent toward Lin Xuan.

• Lin Xuan used a Blazing Fire Talisman on the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and its bolts shattered a granite slab before the heat ruined the weapon.
• Lin Xuan enchanted Xiao Wu's crossbow with Gale Talismans, and its bolts pierced through a thick tree trunk without damaging the weapon.
• Tang San gave Lin Xuan the crossbow and four hundred and eighty poisoned bolts, while Xiao Wu willingly let Lin Xuan keep the weapon.
• Lin Xuan carried Xiao Wu as the three traveled west, unaware Tang Hao had followed them through the woods.
• Tang Hao recalled considering killing Lin Xuan because of his closeness to Xiao Wu, then decided to let him live and hoped he would protect her.

Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City, found a place to stay, and went to the Great Soul Arena. There, they watched Dai Mubai lose a match, and Lin Xuan noticed Zhu Zhuqing in the stands.

• Lin Xuan agreed to share a room with Xiao Wu after she argued that they had shared a room since childhood.
• The three rested at the inn, ate dinner, and decided to visit the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu bought tickets and watched Dai Mubai fight Tie Niu.
• Dai Mubai lost after his attacks weakened, and Lin Xuan noticed Zhu Zhuqing rising from her seat in the stands.

Lin Xuan and his companions left the Battle Arena and traveled to Shrek Academy to enroll. His level-thirty-five Soul Power at age twelve stunned the admissions examiner and the other applicants, and he was left to state his Martial Soul as the chapter ended.

• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai leave the arena and recalled seeing him with twin girls outside the Rose Hotel.
• Lin Xuan refused Xiao Wu’s request to fight, and the three watched more matches before returning to the inn for the night.
• The next morning, Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached the shabby Shrek Academy and joined the enrollment line.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing passed the entrance test at levels twenty-six and twenty-seven.
• Li Yusong’s Soul Power Detector showed Lin Xuan was level thirty-five, and Lin Xuan said he was twelve and had a support-type Paper Martial Soul.

Lin Xuan brought Xiao Wu and Tang San to Shrek’s entrance test, where their extraordinary Soul Power levels shocked the examiners and other applicants. Dai Mubai arrived and led the five who had passed toward the fourth test, while Zhu Zhuqing continued to avoid him.

• Xiao Wu tested at level thirty-three, and Tang San tested at level thirty-one despite having Blue Silver Grass.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were stunned by the three twelve-year-old Soul Elders’ levels.
• Li Yusong called for Dai Mubai to escort the applicants to the fourth test, but Dai Mubai was asleep in a tree and took time to answer.
• Dai Mubai saw the three applicants’ results and realized that the twelve-year-old Lin Xuan was only two levels below him despite being three years younger.
• Dai Mubai led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San past the first three tests, while Zhu Zhuqing kept her distance from him.

Lin Xuan and the others met Zhao Wuji for the fourth entrance test, where they had to survive against a level seventy-six Soul Sage for one incense stick. After introducing their abilities, Lin Xuan handed command to Tang San, leaving the group to prepare for the test.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu noticed the lipstick marks on Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji publicly pointed them out, embarrassing him.
• Zhao Wuji took over the test and ordered the five newcomers to hold out against him for one incense stick.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that he was a level seventy-six Soul Sage, and Dai Mubai advised the group to focus on dodging and surviving.
• Lin Xuan described his three support skills, and Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong introduced their abilities.
• Lin Xuan told Tang San to lead the team because he was the control type, and Tang San resolved to meet Lin Xuan's trust.

Tang San organized the students to survive Zhao Wuji’s attack by relying on speed, evasions, and Lin Xuan’s talismans. Lin Xuan’s layered boosts impressed Ning Rongrong, but Zhao Wuji’s overwhelming power quickly showed how difficult the trial would be.

• Tang San devised a plan to evade Zhao Wuji, using Lin Xuan’s Gale and Frost Lock Talismans while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu harassed him and Ning Rongrong boosted their speed.
• Lin Xuan applied Gale and Frost Lock Talismans to all five students, then used Clear Mind Talismans on himself, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong was stunned that Lin Xuan could support the whole group with multiple effects, then added her own strength and speed boosts to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Possession and first Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body, as the students prepared to fight.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked from different angles, but Zhao Wuji shattered Xiao Wu’s frost and narrowly missed striking Zhu Zhuqing as she escaped.

Lin Xuan helped the others hold off Zhao Wuji during the test, using talismans and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to wound him and run down the incense. After the test ended, Zhao Wuji questioned whether Lin Xuan was really a support.

• Zhao Wuji broke through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and charged at Ning Rongrong and Lin Xuan, forcing Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to intercept him.
• Lin Xuan carried the frozen Ning Rongrong away, then used Frost Lock Talismans to briefly restrain Zhao Wuji and give her time to escape.
• With the others keeping Zhao Wuji occupied, Lin Xuan fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and pierced Zhao Wuji's hand and foot.
• Enraged, Zhao Wuji unleashed his full strength, knocked Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing back, and charged at Lin Xuan again.
• Lin Xuan restrained Zhao Wuji with three Frost Lock Talismans until the incense burned out, ending the test.
• Zhao Wuji withdrew his Martial Soul, acknowledged Lin Xuan's crossbow and instant ice chains, and asked whether he was truly a support.

After passing Shrek Academy’s entrance test, Lin Xuan and the others settled into their dorms. Xiao Wu revealed to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that she and Lin Xuan had shared a bed for six years at Notting Academy.

• Lin Xuan explained that his Godly Zhuge Crossbow was a weapon for self-defense, and Tang San gave Zhao Wuji an antidote for its poison.
• Zhao Wuji recovered from the poisoned wound, declared that all five had passed the entrance test, and sent Dai Mubai to show them to their dorms.
• Xiao Wu asked to share a room with Lin Xuan, but he told her to go upstairs with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai showed Lin Xuan and Tang San to their room, while the three girls settled into theirs.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Xiao Wu’s history with Lin Xuan, and Xiao Wu said they had shared a bed and blanket for six years.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned that Lin Xuan’s talismans helped Xiao Wu and Tang San cultivate faster, while Lin Xuan used one to ease Tang San’s recovery. Watching from the woods, Tang Hao decided he would side with Lin Xuan if Tang San ever had to choose between him and Yu Xiaogang.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu how she and Lin Xuan had reached such high Soul Power levels, and Xiao Wu credited Lin Xuan’s Martial Soul.
• Lin Xuan considered improving his combat methods, then used a Clear Mind Talisman to relieve his mental fatigue.
• Lin Xuan gave Tang San a Clear Mind Talisman, which eased his meridian blockage and sped up his Mysterious Heaven Skill cultivation.
• Tang Hao watched the two boys meditate and reflected on Lin Xuan’s help to Tang San and his past conflict with Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao resolved to choose Lin Xuan for Tang San if his son could not decide between Lin Xuan and Yu Xiaogang.

Lin Xuan and the others ate a meager breakfast at Shrek Academy and headed to the training ground, where Ma Hongjun tried to ingratiate himself with the three girls. The chapter left Ma Hongjun introducing himself and offering to take them to Suotuo City for lunch.

• Lin Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong found only coarse buns, eggs, and clear soup for breakfast, and Ning Rongrong reluctantly ate an egg.
• Dai Mubai arrived reeking of alcohol, and Zhu Zhuqing ignored him while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu recoiled from him.
• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Xuan how his Martial Soul had helped the others advance quickly, but he refused to reveal the secret.
• Ma Hongjun approached the group, stared at the girls, introduced himself as a level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster and Flender’s personal disciple, and offered to take them to Suotuo City for lunch.

Xiao Wu beat Ma Hongjun after Lin Xuan used talismans to strengthen her and shield her from his flames. Zhao Wuji arrived with Dai Mubai as Ning Rongrong pressed Lin Xuan to explain or sell the talismans.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu rebuked Ma Hongjun, who challenged them and insisted strength mattered more than words.
• Lin Xuan applied his Fire-Suppressing Talisman and Blazing Fire Talisman to Xiao Wu, whose rank thirty-three Soul Elder strength shocked Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation, Charm, Waist Bow, and Explosive Eight-Stage Fall to defeat Ma Hongjun in under ten seconds.
• Ning Rongrong praised Xiao Wu and asked Lin Xuan about his talismans, but Lin Xuan refused to teach or sell them.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Dai Mubai after hearing the commotion.

After Ma Hongjun harassed the girls, Lin Xuan burned him with a Blazing Fire Talisman and threatened him, while Ning Rongrong revealed she was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter. Zhao Wuji and the others backed down, leaving the confrontation tense.

• Oscar arrived and healed Ma Hongjun with a sausage after Zhao Wuji found several broken ribs and fractures in his arms.
• Ma Hongjun blamed Xiao Wu for his injuries, so Lin Xuan attacked him with a Blazing Fire Talisman, burning his trousers and hair despite Zhao Wuji’s attempt to stop the flames.
• Lin Xuan warned Ma Hongjun not to insult anyone again, while Xiao Wu clung to Lin Xuan and Tang San criticized Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong defended Lin Xuan and revealed that her father was Ning Fengzhi, master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and Oscar grew wary of the sect’s power, and the standoff remained unresolved.

After Xiao Wu and Lin Xuan beat Ma Hongjun for harassing the girls, the new students headed to meet Flender, with Lin Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu affirming their friendship. Flender learned that Ning Rongrong was among the students Ma Hongjun had harassed and prepared to meet the group at the main training ground.

• Zhao Wuji stopped the argument, sent Oscar to help Ma Hongjun get medical treatment, and ordered Lin Xuan, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San to assemble at the main training ground.
• Lin Xuan reassured Tang San that they would leave Shrek Academy together if it failed to meet their expectations, and Xiao Wu joined their promise.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched the friends walking together and privately envied their support for one another.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Lin Xuan for standing up to Ma Hongjun and told him she had used her family name to make Zhao Wuji back down.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Ma Hongjun had been badly injured by Xiao Wu and Lin Xuan after harassing the female students, including Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi's daughter.
• Flender decided Ma Hongjun should learn from the beating, then went with Zhao Wuji to meet the new students.

Flender assigned Lin Xuan and Ning Rongrong twenty laps around the village as stamina training, but Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them. The group kept running together, though Ning Rongrong was nearly exhausted by the seventh lap.

• Hidden in a tree, Tang Hao watched the students and judged that Shrek Academy did not live up to its reputation.
• Flender ordered Lin Xuan and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps while the Battle Soul Masters prepared for night training.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing each left the training ground to join Lin Xuan and Ning Rongrong on the run.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu said they wanted to stand by Lin Xuan, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong said they preferred to avoid Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• After seven laps, Lin Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing maintained their pace, but Ning Rongrong was flushed, panting, and struggling to keep running.

During Flender’s village run, Lin Xuan used Gale and Clear Mind Talismans to ease the students’ pace and explain how the Clear Mind Talisman improved cultivation. Ning Rongrong eagerly offered to buy one, while Lin Xuan considered using her interest to build ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Rongrong struggled to continue running, and Lin Xuan steadied her and gave her water.
• Lin Xuan sent Gale and Clear Mind Talismans to the runners, easing their movement and clearing their minds.
• Ning Rongrong caught up with the others and asked Lin Xuan about the Clear Mind Talisman.
• Lin Xuan explained that the talisman calmed distracting thoughts and improved meditation and Soul Power cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong offered Lin Xuan up to ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for a talisman, and Tang San thought about what that money could buy in ore.

Lin Xuan refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to buy his talismans, then challenged her to finish twenty laps before he would consider helping her. After the group ran and went to Suotuo City for a meal, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned more about the years of effort behind Lin Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Tang San’s strength.

• Lin Xuan refused to sell Ning Rongrong a talisman, and told her to catch up to him after running twenty laps if she wanted one a day.
• Ning Rongrong completed the laps with help from Lin Xuan’s Gale Talisman, while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Lin Xuan finished the run.
• Ning Rongrong invited the group to Suotuo City for a feast, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them.
• At dinner, Xiao Wu described Lin Xuan’s daily talisman practice and combat training, as well as Tang San’s blacksmithing and study of metal devices.
• Ning Rongrong reconsidered her own effort, while Zhu Zhuqing took Lin Xuan’s hard-won strength as a path she could follow.

Lin Xuan gave his companions Clear Mind Talismans, and Ning Rongrong paid him with a pouch of Gold Soul Coins while asking him to call her Rongrong. The group returned to Shrek Academy, where they found Dai Mubai waiting by the village entrance.

• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Xuan to explain how he made the Clear Mind Talisman, and Xiao Wu tried to stop her from pestering him.
• Lin Xuan created four Clear Mind Talismans and gave one each to Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong gave Lin Xuan a pouch containing at least two hundred Gold Soul Coins, and he agreed to call her Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Xuan to call her Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu reacted jealously.
• Lin Xuan warned the group to prepare for Flender's combat class before they returned to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xuan spotted Dai Mubai leaning against a haystack near the village entrance.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Lin Xuan’s Clear Mind Talisman greatly improved meditation. Flender then assigned the students their first practical combat class at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and led them toward the city.

• Lin Xuan avoided Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing refused to hear Dai Mubai’s explanation before leaving with Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing used Lin Xuan’s Clear Mind Talisman and found that it sharply increased their meditation efficiency.
• Xiao Wu explained that the Clear Mind Talisman was Lin Xuan’s Self-Created Soul Skill, astonishing Ning Rongrong and impressing Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender announced that Shrek students had to earn Silver Soul Fighting Badges and assigned Dai Mubai with Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing with Ning Rongrong, and Lin Xuan with Xiao Wu for two-on-two matches.
• Flender assigned Tang San to a one-on-one match, and Lin Xuan offered to team up with him after his match with Xiao Wu.
• Flender led the students out of Shrek Academy toward the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.

At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Lin Xuan’s talisman-enhanced support helped Xiao Wu and Tang San win their matches, then he defeated a level-thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder in a singles bout. As the group left Suotuo City, a mysterious figure emerged from the woods and blocked the road.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San competed in arena matches, with Dai Mubai losing his two-on-two bout with Oscar.
• Lin Xuan and Xiao Wu defeated two level-thirty-four Soul Elders, then Lin Xuan and Tang San beat two control-type opponents using his talismans.
• Lin Xuan entered a singles match against Hound, a level-thirty-seven Assault-type Battle Soul Elder, and knocked him out of the arena.
• Flender ended the group's matches and led them out of the Great Soul Arena, noting their results.
• At Suotuo City's southern gate, Flender stopped when a dark figure emerged from the woods, and Tang San and Lin Xuan sensed danger.