Recaps

Huo Yuhao faced his classmates’ doubts about entering Shrek Academy at low ranks, but Wang Dong, Tang Wulin, and Xiao Xiao stood up to defend him. After Wang Yan explained the freshman assessment rules, the group began considering how they could form teams.

• Wang Yan explained that Huo Yuhao had entered through a Tang Sect quota and would be expelled if he failed the grade examinations.
• Wang Dong, Tang Wulin, and Xiao Xiao stood up to support Huo Yuhao and warned the class against challenging them.
• Wang Yan asked whether the three classmates had a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Huo Yuhao clarified that only he and Tang Wulin had one.
• Huo Yuhao promised to treat the others to barbecue, and Tang Wulin asked for a whole roasted lamb while Wang Dong teased him for ignoring his big brother.
• Wang Yan announced that the freshman assessment would take place in three months and use three-person teams with at most one Power Attack System Soul Master.
• Tang Wulin realized he and Wang Dong could not be on the same team under the rules, and Wang Dong considered asking whether Tang Wulin could team up with Huo Yuhao as a pair.

Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and Xiao Xiao confronted Zhou Yi after she berated Wang Dong and her students for questioning her teaching methods. As Zhou Yi unleashed her power and Wang Dong attacked, Huo Yuhao guided Tang Wulin into a sudden strike from behind.

• Wang Dong agreed to find teammates after hearing that a Soul Elder and two students with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill had entered the academy.
• Huo Yuhao recalled his hatred of the Duke's Mansion, and Tang Wulin encouraged him to do his best in the coming competition.
• Wang Yan sent the class to run laps on the playground to assess their fitness, while the group noticed students running around Shrek Square under Zhou Yi's supervision.
• Wang Dong challenged Zhou Yi's teaching methods, and Tang Wulin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao stood with him.
• Zhou Yi threatened to have them expelled and summoned her martial soul, so Wang Dong attacked with Butterfly God's Light.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to guide Tang Wulin, who activated Golden Dragon Body and struck at Zhou Yi from behind.

Tang Wulin attacked Zhou Yi after Wang Dong challenged her teaching methods, but his blow badly injured her despite his attempt to hold back. He fed her a rare healing pill and worried over her, while Wang Dong defended their actions and Wang Yan arrived to witness the aftermath.

• Tang Wulin followed Wang Dong and struck Zhou Yi from behind after Huo Yuhao helped him lock onto her.
• Zhou Yi failed to block the blow, and Tang Wulin's fist broke her fingers and struck her chest, knocking her unconscious.
• Tang Wulin fed Zhou Yi a rare healing pill and anxiously checked on her injuries.
• Wang Dong reassured Tang Wulin that Zhou Yi had brought the injury on herself and criticized her treatment of the students.
• Wang Yan arrived and heard Wang Dong claim Zhou Yi had failed to meet a teacher's basic responsibilities.

After Tang Wulin defeated Zhou Yi, Yan Shaozhe apologized to the students and announced that Zhou Yi had been dismissed for her abusive teaching and history of harming students. With Wang Yan unable to continue class, Tang Wulin and his friends decided to celebrate together.

• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao what had happened, then carried the unconscious Zhou Yi to the infirmary after Yan Shaozhe arrived to take charge.
• Yan Shaozhe apologized to the students for Zhou Yi's conduct and assured them the matter had been settled.
• Yan Shaozhe told Tang Wulin, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao that Zhou Yi had been dismissed after an investigation found years of abuse and arbitrary expulsions.
• Tang Wulin asked whether Zhou Yi's injured former students had received compensation, and Yan Shaozhe assured him that compensation had been distributed.
• Yan Shaozhe gave the class the day off, and Xiao Xiao invited Tang Wulin, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to celebrate with a meal.

Tang Wulin and his companions ate hotpot, and he explained his strength and soul skill to Xiao Xiao. When Tang Wulin planned a trip to a treasured land, Tang San advised him to bring Xiao Xiao only if she agreed to become his concubine, leaving Tang Wulin confused about the word.

• Xiao Xiao was shocked by Tang Wulin's appetite, but insisted on paying for their hotpot meal.
• Tang Wulin explained that his strength came from bloodline power and described the effect of his Soft Bone Rabbit soul skill.
• Tang Wulin told Xiao Xiao that he and Wang Dong would likely leave to visit a special place, and he invited Huo Yuhao to come along.
• Xiao Xiao asked to join them, but Tang Wulin hesitated because he did not know her well.
• Tang San awoke briefly and told Tang Wulin he could bring Xiao Xiao only if she agreed to become his concubine.
• Tang Wulin asked Tang San what a concubine was, while Tang San fell silent.

Tang San manipulated Tang Wulin into agreeing to bring Xiao Xiao to the Tang family’s treasured land, where Immortal Herbs were kept. He left Xiao Xiao to choose between an Immortal Herb and Tang Wulin’s affection, and she chose the herb while agreeing to keep the choice secret.

• Tang San told Tang Wulin that divine children were rare and used his worries about the family line to urge him to take concubines, but Tang Wulin insisted he would have only one wife.
• Tang Wulin admitted that he felt some fondness for Xiao Xiao, and Tang San agreed to let her accompany him to the Tang family’s treasured land.
• Tang Wulin returned to Xiao Xiao and told her she could come with him, making her delighted.
• Tang San appeared to Xiao Xiao and offered her a choice between an Immortal Herb and Tang Wulin’s affection.
• Xiao Xiao chose the Immortal Herb, called Tang San Dad, and agreed not to tell Tang Wulin about her choice.

Niu Tian took Tang Wulin, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao through spatial passages toward a wasteland covered in poisonous miasma. When Tang Wulin felt something inside him struggling to break free, Niu Tian brought him back into the passage, where silver light entered Tang Wulin and his strange symptoms subsided.

• Niu Tian teased Tang Wulin about bringing Xiao Xiao, then led the group while Tai Tan stayed at Shrek Academy to spar with Mu En.
• Wang Dong took Tang Wulin's free hand, and Xiao Xiao held Wang Dong's, leaving Huo Yuhao at the back as Niu Tian opened a spatial rift.
• Niu Tian guided the group through several spatial passages to a wasteland near ten-thousand-year-old jade phosphorus seven-absolute flowers.
• Tang Wulin felt something inside him trying to break free, so Niu Tian took him back into the spatial passage while the others waited.
• A deafening sound rang in Tang Wulin's mind, and silver streaks of light flowed into him until the heat and pressure in his body faded.
• Niu Tian returned with Tang Wulin, and Wang Dong embraced him as Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao watched with concern.

Tang Wulin awakened a new ability to merge with space, then followed Niu Tian and the others through a poisonous miasma to a desolate field of flowers planted by his father. Seeing the damage to the land, Tang Wulin vowed to grow strong enough to change it.

• Tang Wulin explained that he could merge with space and attack while remaining beyond his enemies' reach.
• Niu Tian led the group toward the Immortal Herbs and protected them as they crossed a poisonous miasma.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to reveal the dangerous mist, and Niu Tian shielded the group from it.
• Tang Wulin saw the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and Jade Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers that his father had planted across the desolate land.
• Niu Tian told Tang Wulin that he would need to surpass his father's power to change the place, and Tang Wulin vowed to do so.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Tang Wulin, and Huo Yuhao reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Niu Tian confronted its plant-type Soul Beast guardians. Youyou sensed Tang Wulin’s unusual vitality and wondered why he had not become the Child of Nature, a person chosen to help nature recover.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao admired the valley’s abundant elemental energy, while Tang Wulin worried that its plant-type Soul Beasts might have grown into hundred-thousand-year creatures over ten thousand years.
• Niu Tian reassured the group and used cyan lightning to destroy vines that reached toward them as they approached the lake.
• A female voice warned the humans not to provoke the guardians, and Niu Tian dismissed the plant-type Soul Beasts as servants guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the Tang family.
• Tang Wulin and Wang Dong introduced themselves as descendants of the person the guardians recognized, and Youyou approached Tang Wulin after sensing his rich, high-grade vitality.
• Youyou explained that the Child of Nature was a seed chosen by nature to help restore it when nature had been severely damaged.

Tang Wulin met Youyou at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, proved his connection to Tang San, and received an ancient book containing the Tang Sect’s lost Medicine and Poison Chapters. Youyou then summoned immortal herbs suited to strengthening Tang Wulin’s Spiritual Power and body, leaving him ready to choose them.

• Youyou sensed Tang Wulin’s life force and destructive aura, then recognized his surname and asked after Tang San.
• Youyou said Tang Wulin had to pass a trial to receive a book, but Niu Tian revealed Wang Dong’er’s golden trident mark and confirmed their identities as Tang San’s children.
• Youyou gave Tang Wulin the book, and he and Wang Dong read Tang San’s Medicine and Poison Chapters.
• Youyou allowed Tang Wulin to choose a limited number of immortal herbs and said he needed stronger Spiritual Power and a stronger body to withstand the power within him.
• Youyou summoned Jiaojiao and Bingbing, then produced a purple medicinal herb and advised Tang Wulin to follow Tang San’s path of tempering his eyes and body.

At the ice-and-fire spring, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass offered to sacrifice itself and become Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, hoping he would eventually help it regain sentience. Huo Yuhao refused because he had already promised to accept the Ice Empress as his soul, and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass said they would have to use another method.

• The Infernal Delicate Apricot gave Niu Tian a fist-sized piece of Blazing Gel as compensation for offending the group.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass asked Huo Yuhao whether his ice-attribute martial soul lacked a soul, then offered to sacrifice itself to become his martial soul.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass explained that it hoped Huo Yuhao could follow Tang Wulin, the Son of God, and help it regain its sentience by reaching godhood.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao not to accept, revealing that it planned for him to obtain the Ice Empress as his soul.
• Huo Yuhao refused the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass because he had already committed to the Ice Empress, and the grass said they would use the final method.

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass chose to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wulin accepted the decision before preparing for his Ice and Fire Golden Body refinement. After absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Tang Wulin advanced his Purple Demon Eye to the perfected pinnacle of Subtlety, and Niu Tian announced that the dangerous refinement was next.

• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass offered to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao and have her soul reside in a Soul Bone, and Tang Wulin urged Huo Yuhao to accept.
• Niu Tian assured Tang Wulin that the sacrifice would not endanger Huo Yuhao and gave Tang Wulin the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Crystal and the Blazing Gel for his refinement.
• Youyou gave Tang Wulin the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Tang Wulin drank its droplets.
• The herb's power strengthened Tang Wulin's spiritual power and advanced his Purple Demon Eye from Panoramic View to the perfected pinnacle of Subtlety.
• Niu Tian announced that Tang Wulin would next undergo the dangerous Ice and Fire Golden Body refinement.

Tang Wulin swallowed the Blazing Gel and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Crystal, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine their power and break through the Golden Dragon King's third seal. As his strength increased, the opposing dragon auras awakened two ancient dragon souls and terrified the plant soul beasts.

• Niu Tian explained the refinement process and gave Tang Wulin the Blazing Gel and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Crystal.
• Tang Wulin swallowed both treasures, endured their clashing powers, and jumped into the meeting point of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when Niu Tian called to him.
• Tang San guided the well's power and the treasures' energy toward the Golden Dragon King's third seal, whose power balanced the ice and fire within Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin absorbed the power safely, strengthening his body and forming the embryonic second Blood Essence Soul Ring.
• The Golden Dragon King's pressure awakened two ancient dragon souls, and Youyou and the plant soul beasts trembled in fear.

Tang Wulin absorbed the immortal herb and was baptized by the Water and Fire Dragon Kings, transforming his body and evolving his Martial Souls. The Dragon Kings returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Tang Wulin emerged stronger but still unable to absorb their Soul Bones.

• The Water and Fire Dragon Kings appeared above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and poured their essence into Tang Wulin.
• The Dragon Kings' essence reshaped Tang Wulin and evolved his Soft Bone Rabbit into a top-tier super Martial Soul.
• The essence transformed Tang Wulin's Clear Sky Hammer, adding ice and fire powers and increasing its weight to a ton and a half.
• The Water and Fire Dragon Kings returned to the well after their essence stopped flowing, leaving their Soul Bones beyond Tang Wulin's current strength.
• Tang Wulin climbed from the spring, dressed with Niu Tian's help, and told him that he had absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the Dragon Kings' essence.

After Tang Wulin explained his gains and named his evolved Martial Soul the Iceflame Charm Rabbit, Huo Yuhao accepted a sacrifice from the octagonal mysterious ice grass. He gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and right arm Soul Bone, while the plant’s soul was moved into his Sea of Consciousness to await revival.

• Tang Wulin told everyone about his gains and named his evolved Martial Soul the Iceflame Charm Rabbit.
• Huo Yuhao chose a right arm Soul Bone, and the octagonal mysterious ice grass began its sacrifice.
• The octagonal mysterious ice grass burned away its cultivation and soul, giving Huo Yuhao a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a right arm Soul Bone.
• Youyou planted the octagonal mysterious ice grass’s seed, while its soul joined Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yuhao promised to revive the octagonal mysterious ice grass, and Wang Dong asked him to show his new Soul Skills.

Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Skills and physical improvements he gained from the octagonal mysterious ice grass, then Tang Wulin urged Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to choose immortal herbs. Youyou began presenting the herbs, and the chapter ended as she introduced the Earthgold Dragon Melon.

• Huo Yuhao described his ice-control Soul Skill, domain, and Soul Bone Skills, while Niu Tian assessed their strength.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said the octagonal mysterious ice grass had cleansed Huo Yuhao's body, raised his talent to about innate full soul power, and strengthened his First Soul Ring.
• Tang Wulin invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to choose immortal herbs, and Youyou introduced the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Niu Tian warned Wang Dong against taking the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, and she decided against it.
• Wang Dong suggested the eight-petal immortal orchid for Second Brother, but Youyou protested that he should not receive another herb.
• Youyou resumed her introductions and presented the Earthgold Dragon Melon as a top-tier earth-attribute immortal herb.

Xiao Xiao consumed the Earthgold Dragon Melon and evolved her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron into the Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron. She began explaining its powerful abilities while Tang Wulin lamented that he had not awakened a domain.

• Xiao Xiao chose the Earthgold Dragon Melon after learning its earth attribute suited her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Tang Wulin guarded Xiao Xiao as she ate the melon, whose energy strengthened her body and transformed her Martial Soul.
• Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron merged into the Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron, drawing in the surrounding earth-vein power.
• Xiao Xiao tried to embrace Tang Wulin in gratitude, but he dodged by hiding in a fold of space and warned that he might hurt her with his strength.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that her evolved Martial Soul granted a State-Guarding Domain and abilities including suppressing mountains and rivers and evil.
• Tang Wulin became despondent when he realized Xiao Xiao had a powerful domain while he still had none.

Xiao Xiao discovered that her Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron could anchor fortune, and she used a small cauldron to help Tang Wulin control his strength. The group then chose an immortal herb for Wang Dong, who swallowed it despite Tang Wulin warning that it would make absorbing other herbs difficult.

• Xiao Xiao explained that her Nine Provinces State-Guarding Cauldron could anchor fortune and split off up to eight smaller cauldrons.
• Xiao Xiao placed a small cauldron above Tang Wulin, helping him find a way to control his strength.
• Tang Wulin offered Xiao Xiao a hug, and Xiao Xiao pulled him into her arms while Wang Dong watched and Huo Yuhao remained distracted.
• Niu Tian told Wang Dong that her soul power was lowest among the four, prompting her to ask Youyou for an immortal herb.
• Wang Dong chose a white, grass-shaped immortal herb that could raise soul power and help condense a soul core, then swallowed it despite Tang Wulin's warning.

Tang Wulin and his companions left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after absorbing immortal herbs and reaching the threshold for Soul Rings, while Tang Wulin promised Youyou he would return every three years. Half a month later, the four students returned as Soul Elders, and Wang Yan expected them to secure the top two places in the Freshman Tournament.

• Wang Dong reached the bottleneck before becoming a Soul Elder, and Niu Tian urged her to cultivate more diligently.
• Niu Tian asked Youyou for a Heart of Silk Beauty, but Tang Wulin objected to taking the precious treasure; Youyou then gave it to him herself.
• Tang Wulin promised Youyou he would visit in three years and return every three years afterward, and Youyou began counting the days after he left.
• Half a month later, Wang Yan was astonished that all four children had become Soul Elders and said they could secure the top two places in the Freshman Tournament.
• Wang Dong confidently declared that they would win, citing her rank thirty-five cultivation and Xiao Xiao's support.

Tang Wulin continued treating Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and prepared with Huo Yuhao for the freshman assessment. The four friends’ cultivation had risen dramatically, and the assessment was set to begin the next day.

• Tang Wulin finished cleansing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, and Yan Shaozhe’s request for an immortal herb was refused.
• Tang Wulin discovered his ultimate fire could gradually cleanse Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, so she began visiting every two weeks and brought a ten-thousand-year soul beast as payment.
• Ma Xiaotao told Tang Wulin she would cheer him on at the freshman assessment the next day.
• Huo Yuhao checked that Tang Wulin was well, and they reflected on Huo Yuhao’s transformation and rapid rise to level thirty-nine.
• Tang Wulin noted that he had reached level thirty-seven, Xiao Xiao was level thirty-seven, and Wang Dong was level thirty-two before the assessment began.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Huabin, whose role in Huo Yuhao’s mother’s death reignited Huo Yuhao’s desire for revenge. The freshman assessment began, and the pair learned their first opponents would be three students from Freshman Class Three.

• Dai Huabin passed Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao recognized his older half brother as one of those responsible for his mother’s death.
• Tang Wulin comforted Huo Yuhao, who resolved to seek revenge himself and use the assessment to make the Dai Family pay.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao arrived at Zone Thirteen, where other teams underestimated them because they had only two members.
• Mu En announced that he was a Level 99 Soul Master and officially opened the freshman assessment.
• The zone’s teacher announced that Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao would face Xu Ming, Wang Yu, and Zhou Min in the first match.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao crushed their opponents in the freshman combat assessment while concealing some of their abilities. On the third day, Tang Wulin’s team faced Huang Chutian’s team, and Tang Wulin asked the Lan twins to demonstrate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao defeated a three-person team in seconds, with Huo Yuhao knocking out the girl through Soul Shock and Tang Wulin kicking the two boys out of the arena.
• The students spread stories about the pair, while Huo Yuhao explained that he was hiding their strengths to prepare for a future fight against Dai Huabin and his teammate.
• Tang Wulin’s team easily won its second-day matches using Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock and Tang Wulin’s kicks.
• On the third day, Tang Wulin’s team faced Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo after behind-the-scenes manipulation kept them from meeting Wang Dong’s team.
• Tang Wulin asked Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill so he could see it.

Tang Wulin’s team defeated Huang Chutian and the Lan twins after Tang Wulin broke free of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and crushed Huang Chutian’s attack. The chapter ended with the twins learning that Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Wang Yan’s class secured both of the freshman assessment’s top two teams.

• Teachers discussed the danger of the Lan twins’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Huang Chutian called Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo into action.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo embraced and unleashed their Hair Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang Wulin teleported into its path to test it.
• Huang Chutian attacked Tang Wulin with Power Cannon Hammer, but Tang Wulin crushed the net and shattered the attack with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Huang Chutian surrendered, and the referee declared Tang Wulin’s team the winner.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo asked about Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Tang Wulin confirmed they had one.
• A teacher congratulated Wang Yan because the top two teams in the freshman assessment were both in his class.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er in the round of thirty-two. Tang Wulin overwhelmed Wu Feng while holding back, then terrified her with his Golden Dragon Claw, leaving her unconscious as Ning Tian conceded.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves as Soul Elders, shocking Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and enhanced Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er as the match began.
• Wu Feng attacked Tang Wulin, but he effortlessly blocked and threw her toward the arena boundary; Nanmen Yun'er caught her before she fell out.
• Wu Feng repeatedly charged Tang Wulin, who turned aside her attacks and sent her flying while continuing to hold back.
• At Ning Tian's request, Tang Wulin revealed his Golden Dragon Claw, frightening Wu Feng so badly that she fainted, and Ning Tian conceded.