Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and Wang Dong went to Ye Chen’s dorm to ask his roommate to switch with Wang Dong so they could cultivate together. They met Ye Chen’s imposing roommate, Long San, but had not yet asked him to switch.

• Wang Dong agreed to try switching dorms with Ye Chen’s roommate so he could cultivate with Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong walked to the dorms and joked about meeting in the Freshman Competition.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Dormitory 108, found Wang Dong absent, and left to sell Grilled Fish with Tang Ya.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong reached Dormitory 112 while Mu En was away.
• Ye Chen met his tall, burly roommate, who introduced himself as Long San.

Ye Chen persuaded Long San to switch dorms so Wang Dong could live with him and cultivate using his Secret Art. Huo Yuhao returned to his dorm with grilled fish, only to find Long San there and learn that Wang Dong had moved out.

• Long San recognized Ye Chen as the Rookie King, and Ye Chen asked him to switch dorms so Wang Dong could move in with him.
• Long San agreed, and Wang Dong paid him 500 Gold Soul Coins before they exchanged rooms.
• Wang Dong sprayed deodorizer around the new room, then eagerly asked Ye Chen when they could cultivate together that night.
• Ye Chen left to meet Wu Feng and Ning Tian, while Wang Dong waited for him to return.
• Huo Yuhao came back with money and grilled fish for Wang Dong, but found Long San in his dorm and learned Wang Dong had moved in with Ye Chen.

Huo Yuhao confronted Wang Dong after she moved dormitories, but she said she preferred living with Ye Chen, leaving Huo Yuhao heartbroken and determined to surpass him. Meanwhile, Ye Chen dined with Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the Seven Treasures Hotel, where Ning Tian put her legs over his.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Wang Dong had moved to Dormitory 112 and went to ask her why.
• Wang Dong told Huo Yuhao she had chosen Ye Chen as a better roommate and sent him away.
• Long San told Huo Yuhao he was far behind Ye Chen, prompting Huo Yuhao to vow to surpass him and win Wang Dong back as a roommate.
• Ye Chen, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian enjoyed a feast at the Seven Treasures Hotel, where Wu Feng and Ning Tian fed Ye Chen.
• Ning Tian rested her white-stocking-clad legs across Ye Chen's legs, and he asked what she was doing.

Ning Tian tested Ye Chen’s condition by asking him to examine her, and his acupuncture convinced her that he was fine. After treating Ning Tian and Wu Feng, Ye Chen returned to the dormitory to cultivate with Wang Dong.

• Ning Tian pretended to have twisted her ankle and persuaded Ye Chen to examine her legs while Wu Feng watched.
• Ning Tian asked Ye Chen to use acupuncture, and his Silver Needle Soul Skill improved her blood, energy, and Soul Power circulation.
• Ye Chen treated Wu Feng with acupuncture too, and Ning Tian told Wu Feng that Ye Chen seemed healthy despite the Whale Rubber’s side effects.
• Ye Chen ate with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then returned to the academy to keep his promise to cultivate with Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong greeted Ye Chen happily, and he shared snacks with her while wondering about her disguise.

Ye Chen teased Wang Dong about dating other girls, making Wang Dong realize she was jealous and increasingly attracted to him. They began cultivating together, and their growing closeness boosted their cultivation speed to twelve times its normal rate.

• Ye Chen teased Wang Dong by saying he might date girls from their class, and Wang Dong grew jealous and sulked beneath the blankets.
• After Ye Chen returned from eating and showering, Wang Dong watched him in his boxer shorts and secretly planned to let him discover her true identity.
• Ye Chen urged Wang Dong to cultivate with him, and they exchanged embarrassed teasing before moving close together.
• Ye Chen activated his Resonance talent, and their closeness increased their cultivation speed to twelvefold.

Ye Chen spent the night cultivating with Wang Dong, who realized she might be falling for him. After a day of classes, he went to Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, where Tang Ya invited him over.

• Ye Chen told Wang Dong that their growing understanding made their secret technique more effective, and Wang Dong secretly watched him before falling asleep, wondering if she had fallen for him.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao declared that he would surpass Ye Chen, while Long San teased Ye Chen and Wang Dong about spending the night together.
• Ye Chen found Shrek Academy’s classes dull and judged its students’ progress to be divided by access to resources.
• After school, Ye Chen turned down Wu Feng and Ning Tian’s invitation and went to Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall outside Shrek City’s eastern gate.
• Tang Ya spotted Ye Chen at the stall and invited him to come over for grilled fish.

Tang Ya invited Ye Chen to join the struggling Tang Sect, and he accepted, becoming its Vice Sect Master. She gave him the sect’s manuals and secret techniques, while Ye Chen privately planned to reshape the sect around himself.

• Tang Ya took Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish and brought Ye Chen aside to offer him a meal.
• Tang Ya invited Ye Chen to join the Tang Sect, and Ye Chen asked how many members it had and what rank he would hold.
• Tang Ya revealed that the sect had only three members and promised Ye Chen the role of First Battle General and Tang Sect Deputy Hall Master.
• Ye Chen accepted, claiming he had long admired Tang San and the Tang Sect, while privately plotting to make the sect his own.
• Tang Ya appointed Ye Chen Tang Sect Vice Sect Master and handed him manuals containing the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Tang Sect Secret Arts.

Ye Chen joined the Tang Sect, gained extraordinary comprehension, and took Tang Ya to dinner at the Seven Treasures Hotel. Bei Bei searched for Tang Ya to celebrate their first-meeting anniversary but did not find her, and the chapter ended with Ye Chen and Tang Ya sharing a meal.

• Ye Chen accepted Tang Ya's offer to teach him Tang Sect techniques and checked in, earning the Heaven-Defying Comprehension talent.
• Ye Chen invited Tang Ya to dinner, and she agreed to introduce him to Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao afterward.
• Bei Bei went to Huo Yuhao's stall looking for Tang Ya, but Huo Yuhao did not manage to tell him she had left with Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen took Tang Ya to the Seven Treasures Hotel, where he used his Diamond VIP discount and offered to pay.
• Tang Ya promised to help Ye Chen learn the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Tang Sect secret arts, and the two began their dinner in a VIP room.

Ye Chen comforted Tang Ya as she revealed that the Iron Blood Sect had destroyed the Tang Sect and murdered her family, then promised to avenge them before the Freshman Assessment. Tang Ya was deeply moved by his resolve and leaned closer to him, while Ye Chen kept his growing interest in her carefully concealed.

• Tang Ya admired Ye Chen's medical background, but grew tearful when he asked about her family and explained that the Iron Blood Sect had destroyed the Tang Sect.
• Ye Chen comforted Tang Ya and declared that avenging her family mattered more urgently than rebuilding the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya warned that the Iron Blood Sect was powerful and that Shrek Academy students could not easily act in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Chen proposed hiring assassins to kill the Iron Blood Sect's leaders and promised to destroy the sect before the Freshman Assessment.
• Tang Ya thanked Ye Chen and moved closer to him, feeling more understood by him than by Bei Bei.

Tang Ya celebrated recruiting Ye Chen to the Tang Sect, while Bei Bei searched for her on their anniversary and found her at the academy. The chapter ended with Bei Bei learning that the prodigious freshman Soul Ancestor had joined the sect and realizing how exceptional Ye Chen was.

• Tang Ya blushed as she shared a meal with Ye Chen, who praised her and served her more food.
• Bei Bei searched Shrek City for Tang Ya, then returned to the academy and found her waiting at its gates.
• Bei Bei tried to embrace Tang Ya, but she dodged him and dismissed his worry about their anniversary.
• Tang Ya told Bei Bei that she had recruited Ye Chen to the Tang Sect and expected him to help her take revenge within three months.
• Tang Ya revealed that Ye Chen was Yan Shaozhe's disciple and the Rookie King, and Bei Bei reacted with shock at the twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor's achievements.

Bei Bei resented Ye Chen for disrupting his anniversary plans with Tang Ya and decided to keep them apart. Ye Chen returned to Ma Xiaotao’s room to help manage her Evil Fire, but woke up in her bed the next morning just as she caught him holding her nightdress.

• Bei Bei blamed Ye Chen for Tang Ya leaving and resolved to watch her closely so she would not interact with Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen went to Ma Xiaotao’s courtyard to check on her Evil Fire and found her drinking alone.
• Ma Xiaotao pulled Ye Chen close to absorb his ice-attribute aura, then asked him to take her to bed.
• Ma Xiaotao pulled Ye Chen under the quilt when he tried to leave, and he woke up in her bed the next morning.
• Ye Chen picked up Ma Xiaotao’s nightdress, and Ma Xiaotao opened the door and saw him holding it.

Ma Xiaotao caught Ye Chen with her pajamas, then agreed to indulge him just this once. After breakfast, Ye Chen skipped class to cultivate the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record’s techniques, rapidly mastering and transforming them with his comprehension and martial soul.

• Ma Xiaotao found Ye Chen with her pajamas and told him not to do it again, but softened and agreed to help him under conditions.
• Ye Chen persuaded Ma Xiaotao to follow through on her offer, and they spent time together before he secretly consumed Whale Rubber.
• Ye Chen skipped class with Mu Jin’s tacit permission and chose a paid cultivation room.
• Ye Chen quickly mastered the Mysterious Heaven Skill and used the Mysterious Jade Hand with his ice element and Silver Needle martial soul to create a new Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ye Chen began cultivating Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Purple Demon Eye.

Ye Chen mastered several martial arts and gained the Teleportation talent, which greatly strengthened his combat and escape abilities. After preparing to have lunch with Ma Xiaotao, he was recruited by Ling Luochen to join an Inner Court mission for experience.

• Ye Chen cultivated Control Crane and Lift Dragon and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to Great Completion, then advanced his Purple Demon Eye to the Subtlety realm.
• Ye Chen signed in and received Teleportation, which let him instantly move anywhere within his spiritual perception range at the cost of Soul Power.
• Ye Chen tested Teleportation by appearing on the path outside the training ground and judged that it would greatly increase his combat strength.
• Ye Chen finished studying the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and went to the Inner Court to meet Ma Xiaotao for lunch.
• Ling Luochen told Ye Chen that Dean Yan had suggested he gain field experience and that Xuan Zi had assigned him to join their mission; she took him further into the Inner Court.

Ye Chen was recruited for an Inner Court mission to destroy an evil Soul Master hideout and met Zhang Lexuan, who would escort the team. He accepted the assignment, unaware that Zhang Lexuan also intended to assess him for early entry into the Inner Court.

• Ling Luochen provoked Ye Chen into joining a mission, and he agreed after learning it might not be led by Xuan Zi.
• Ling Luochen brought Ye Chen to meet Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan in a Sea God Island courtyard.
• Zhang Lexuan greeted Ye Chen warmly and praised his talent as the Outer Court's number one genius.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the team would wipe out an evil Soul Master hideout and that Zhang Lexuan had come to escort them.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to help Ye Chen and planned to assess his performance for possible early admission to the Inner Court.

Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Ye Chen traveled to Bai Shi City to eliminate an evil Soul Master group, with Ye Chen being brought along for practical training. While they waited for their midnight attack, Zhang Lexuan called Ye Chen to her room and asked him to massage her feet.

• Ma Xiaotao explained that the Shrek Academy Inspection Team had sent the group to destroy an evil Soul Master den in the Dou Ling Empire that stole infants' hearts.
• The group arrived in Bai Shi City, where Zhang Lexuan ordered them to rest before launching a surprise attack at midnight.
• Zhang Lexuan called Ye Chen into her room and teased him by removing her outer robe.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Ye Chen to massage her feet, and he obediently began taking off her boots.

Ye Chen agreed to become Zhang Lexuan’s sworn younger brother, and Zhang Lexuan felt her fixation on Bei Bei begin to fade. Later, Ye Chen joined Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan as they prepared to leave for a nighttime mission.

• Ye Chen massaged Zhang Lexuan’s feet, and she said she wished he were her younger brother.
• Ye Chen agreed to become Zhang Lexuan’s sworn younger brother, and she promised to protect him.
• After Ye Chen left, Zhang Lexuan realized her admiration for him was replacing her feelings for Bei Bei and easing her long-standing obsession.
• Ye Chen rested instead of visiting Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen before the mission.
• When Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen came out late at night, Ye Chen joined them, and Zhang Lexuan said she would watch from behind unless they faced trouble they could not handle.

Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Ye Chen attacked the Blood Infant evil Soul Master’s stronghold after its men abducted two infants. As the villains fled through tunnels and into the darkness, Ye Chen teleported away, leaving Zhang Lexuan searching for him.

• Zhang Lexuan told Ye Chen she would support him if he needed help, and he joined Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen on their mission.
• The three reached the mountain valley where the Blood Infant’s followers had built caves and tunnels.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked after she saw masked men return carrying two abducted infants, killed them, and rescued the children.
• The Blood Infant Soul King emerged and confronted Ma Xiaotao, while his subordinates fled through hidden tunnels.
• Ling Luochen pursued the fleeing villains with Ye Chen, but Ye Chen vanished into the darkness using teleportation.
• Zhang Lexuan searched for Ye Chen while killing villains who crossed her path.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan fought the bandits while Ye Chen revealed his long-range Teleportation ability. After most of the bandits were killed, Ye Chen found Ma Xiaotao injured and unconscious from a strange corrosive substance.

• A dying Soul Grandmaster detonated himself behind Ye Chen, but Ye Chen's Ice Scale Armor left him unharmed.
• Zhang Lexuan rushed to Ye Chen, scolded him for disappearing, and asked about his Teleportation ability; he called it a special Soul Skill.
• Ye Chen and Ling Luochen hunted down the bandits hiding around the mountain, while Zhang Lexuan secretly killed some stragglers.
• A distant explosion drew Ye Chen and Ling Luochen toward Ma Xiaotao, who emerged from the flames with torn clothing and badly corroded thighs.
• Ma Xiaotao fainted into Ye Chen's arms, and he discovered a back wound where living red corrosive liquid was draining her Soul Power and stamina.

Ye Chen treated Ma Xiaotao after she was injured by an evil Soul Master and stayed with her while she recovered in Bai Shi City. A check-in reward gave him the Eternal Seed, a power that could convert lifespan into healing, and he planned to test it on Ma Xiaotao after she woke.

• Ye Chen froze and removed the corrosive blood-red substance from Ma Xiaotao's wounds, then gave her Whale Rubber to support her recovery.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen arrived, and Ye Chen explained that Ma Xiaotao needed treatment from a healing-type Soul Master.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan brought Ma Xiaotao to a Shrek Academy Inspection Team branch in Bai Shi City, where a Soul Elder treated her external injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao's wounds were mostly healed by dawn, and Ye Chen stayed beside her while she slept.
• Ye Chen checked in and received the Eternal Seed, which let him gain ten years of lifespan daily and spend lifespan to create powerful healing seeds.
• Ye Chen created and absorbed a Seed of Life, then decided to use one on Ma Xiaotao after she woke.

Ma Xiaotao awoke in the hospital and teased Ye Chen for not stealing a kiss, then discovered that Senior Sister Ling had changed her clothes. Ye Chen healed her injuries with a Seed of Life, and Ma Xiaotao, moved by his gift, pinned him down and cried.

• Ma Xiaotao woke to find Ye Chen beside her and wondered why he had not stolen a kiss.
• Ye Chen joked that he had changed Ma Xiaotao's clothes, then admitted Senior Sister Ling had done it instead.
• Ye Chen offered Ma Xiaotao a Seed of Life, and she refused until he claimed he had several hundred.
• Ye Chen fed Ma Xiaotao the pill, which quickly healed her injuries and restored her vitality.
• Ma Xiaotao scolded Ye Chen for wasting such a precious medicine, then pinned him down and cried as she realized how much he cared.