Chapter Summaries

Gu Yunxiao left the dormitory while Bei Bei and Tang Ya discussed Huo Yuhao’s new roommate. After Mu En and Yan Shaozhe reviewed Gu Yunxiao’s enrollment information, they suspected he was the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden heir and considered how that connection might help Ma Xiaotao.

• Gu Yunxiao left the dormitory to scout the Practical Soul Tool Department’s freshman classroom, while Bei Bei warned Huo Yuhao to keep some distance from him because of their past conflict.
• Bei Bei took Huo Yuhao to explore the academy, and Mu En praised Huo Yuhao’s politeness after he greeted him.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Mu En Gu Yunxiao’s enrollment form, and Mu En confirmed that Gu Yunxiao had extraordinary abilities and powerful protectors.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that hidden powers such as the Clear Sky Sect and the Evil Soul Masters could rival Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe and Mu En speculated that Gu Yunxiao was a Clear Sky Sect disciple using an alias, perhaps even its heir with twin martial souls.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe considered that Gu Yunxiao’s connection to the Clear Sky Sect could help him suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and potentially lead to an alliance through marriage.

Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe to protect and accommodate Gu Yunxiao, including letting him study both martial arts and soul tools. At the Star Emperor Hotel, Zi JI finally acted on her feelings and kissed Gu Yunxiao.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that two Super Douluos secretly protected Gu Yunxiao and warned him not to slight the young man or act impulsively.
• Yan Shaozhe worried that Gu Yunxiao had chosen the Practical Soul Tool Department, but Mu En advised him to encourage Gu Yunxiao to study in both departments and convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Gu Yunxiao read a beginner's guide to soul tools in his suite at the Star Emperor Hotel and considered how they might help him prepare for battle armor.
• Zi JI nervously approached Gu Yunxiao, then rose onto her toes and kissed him on the lips.

Gu Yunxiao punished Zi JI after she teased him, while Bi Ji returned and found them together. Elsewhere, Shrek Academy's elders gathered at the Sea God Pavilion to discuss Gu Yunxiao's suspected ties to the Clear Sky Sect and the two powerful Douluos protecting him.

• Gu Yunxiao carried Zi JI to the bed, and she welcomed his punishment; Bi Ji returned with snacks, found them together, and stayed nearby to guard him.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe called an emergency Sea God Pavilion Meeting about Gu Yunxiao's identity and the academy's future.
• Yan Shaozhe distributed dossiers identifying Gu Yunxiao as almost certainly a successor of the Clear Sky Sect, shocking the elders.
• Mu En told the elders that he had been unable to detect the two hidden Super Douluos until they revealed traces of their auras, prompting concern and calls for caution.

Mu En concluded that Gu Yunxiao was the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden heir and proposed giving him resources from both Shrek Academy departments. The elders debated which department should receive more of his time, and Mu En reminded them that Gu Yunxiao had chosen the Practical Soul Tool Department himself.

• Mu En explained why he believed Gu Yunxiao and the two female soul masters were connected to the Clear Sky Sect, and the elders agreed to keep the suspected identity secret.
• Xuan Zi worried about the two Super Douluos protecting Gu Yunxiao, but Mu En assured him he could handle any threat with the Golden Ancient Tree’s support.
• Mu En proposed making Gu Yunxiao a core disciple of both the Soul Tool Department and the Martial Soul Department after the new student assessment, and suggested pairing him with Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Gu Yunxiao should spend more time in the Martial Soul Department so he could grow closer to Xiaotao, while Xian Lin'er protested on behalf of the Soul Tool Department.
• Xuan Zi and Elder Song supported Yan Shaozhe’s position, leaving Xian Lin'er upset, but Mu En cautioned them that Gu Yunxiao had chosen the Practical Soul Tool Department himself.

The Sea God Pavilion agreed to let Gu Yunxiao manage his own schedule after gaining dual disciple status, while Mu En urged Xuan Zi to overcome the guilt that had kept him from leading the academy. Two days later, Gu Yunxiao acknowledged Zi JI as his woman and helped her recover after their time together.

• Mu En decided that Gu Yunxiao could arrange his own schedule after becoming a dual disciple, and the pavilion members accepted the arrangement.
• Yan Shaozhe listed the promising new students, including Dai Huabin, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, and Wang Dong'er.
• Mu En asked Xuan Zi to stop blaming himself for the deaths of eight inner court disciples and to take on more responsibility for the academy.
• After Xuan Zi left, Mu En wondered what had caused the soul beasts in the mixed zone to riot, unaware that Gu Yunxiao had ridden the Three-Eyed Golden Lion through the area.
• Two days later, Gu Yunxiao told Zi JI that their intimacy had strengthened her Dragon Clan bloodline and acknowledged her as his woman.
• Zi JI asked Gu Yunxiao for a kiss, and he kissed her tenderly.

After sharing a kiss with Gu Yunxiao, Zi JI teased the jealous Bi Ji before secretly following him to Shrek Academy. In Freshman Class Two, Gu Yunxiao revealed his exceptional cultivation, declined the class monitor position, and caught Xian Lin'er's attention as she asked him to come with her after class.

• Zi JI kissed Gu Yunxiao, then followed him in secret, while Bi Ji confronted her jealously about using the bed she had made.
• Gu Yunxiao entered Freshman Class Two, where Liu Ruyan introduced herself and the students showed interest in him.
• Xian Lin'er introduced the Practical Soul Tool Department and had the students introduce themselves.
• Gu Yunxiao revealed that he was a rank-thirty-seven Soul Elder with the Extreme Dust Ice Bow martial soul, startling the class.
• Gu Yunxiao declined Xian Lin'er's offer to make him class monitor, and Liu Ruyan accepted the position.
• Gu Yunxiao studied and practiced with soul tools during class, then followed Xian Lin'er out when she asked to speak with him.

Xian Lin'er asked Gu Yunxiao why he chose the Practical Soul Tool Department, and Yan Shaozhe tried to recruit him into the Martial Soul Department. Gu Yunxiao agreed to attend one Martial Soul Department class each month and pressed Yan Shaozhe for an ice-attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone within three days.

• Xian Lin'er asked Gu Yunxiao why he had chosen the Practical Soul Tool Department, and he said its one hour of daily classes was the main reason.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived at Xian Lin'er's office and invited Gu Yunxiao to join the Martial Soul Department while keeping his Soul Tool Department status.
• Gu Yunxiao rejected Yan Shaozhe's offers of a soul bone and more flexible study arrangements, warning that he would skip classes.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to let Gu Yunxiao attend only one Martial Soul Department class each month, and Gu Yunxiao accepted.
• Gu Yunxiao reminded Yan Shaozhe to provide an ice-attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone within three days.

Gu Yunxiao agreed to join the Martial Soul Department and chose Zhou Yi’s Freshman Class One, where he immediately objected to her exhausting training methods. Yan Shaozhe ordered the freshmen to stop and rest, while Gu Yunxiao’s first impression of the class was shaped by Zhou Yi’s treatment of them.

• Yan Shaozhe persuaded himself that offering Gu Yunxiao a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was worth it and invited him to meet the Martial Soul Department’s teachers and students.
• Gu Yunxiao selected Freshman Class One, whose homeroom teacher was Zhou Yi, and Yan Shaozhe decided to warn her about his special attendance arrangements.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Gu Yunxiao to the field, where Zhou Yi’s freshmen were running laps as part of a test.
• Gu Yunxiao said the students had reached their limits and warned that continued running could harm their knees and future health.
• Zhou Yi defended her training methods, but Yan Shaozhe told her to stop the students and let them rest.

Gu Yunxiao joined Freshman Class One while remaining a student in the Practical Soul Tool Department, and Xiao Xiao’s explanation of Zhou Yi’s training left Yan Shaozhe furious with the teacher. After revealing his rank thirty-seven cultivation, Gu Yunxiao left Shrek Academy to consider his plans for claiming treasures and founding his own faction.

• Xiao Xiao told Gu Yunxiao that Zhou Yi had made the freshmen run a hundred laps under threat of expulsion, though she believed the order was only a test of their fitness.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Zhou Yi to his office at noon after learning what she had told the freshmen, while Gu Yunxiao joined Class One.
• Zhou Yi introduced Gu Yunxiao to the class, and he announced that he was a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder.
• Gu Yunxiao left class for the Soul Tool Department but instead went to explore Shrek City and considered seeking a Soul Bone, visiting the Heaven Dou Empire’s treasure lands, and building a faction in Dragon City.

Gu Yunxiao reunited with Jiang Nannan in Shrek City and told her he had enrolled in both of Shrek Academy’s departments. Jiang Nannan invited him to lunch at a popular barbecue restaurant, where her roommate worked.

• Gu Yunxiao recognized Jiang Nannan, whom he had once helped by giving her a spiritual herb that cured her mother’s illness.
• Jiang Nannan excitedly greeted Gu Yunxiao and hinted that she wanted to repay him, but he turned their conversation toward her mother’s health.
• Gu Yunxiao revealed that he had recently enrolled at Shrek Academy in both the Soul Tool Department and the Martial Soul Department.
• Gu Yunxiao and Jiang Nannan compared their cultivation; he was a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder, while she was a rank thirty-three Soul Elder.
• Jiang Nannan offered to cook for Gu Yunxiao and then invited him to lunch at a barbecue restaurant where her roommate worked part-time.

Jiang Nannan took Gu Yunxiao to a barbecue restaurant, where they ran into Tang Ya, who feared he might expose her secret. At Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe removed Zhou Yi from teaching Freshman Class One and appointed Wang Yan in her place, leaving Zhou Yi resentful and Wang Yan responsible for Gu Yunxiao’s class.

• Jiang Nannan led Gu Yunxiao to a barbecue restaurant while holding his hand, drawing attention from passersby.
• Jiang Nannan introduced Gu Yunxiao to Tang Ya, who realized he was the person her friend had been pursuing and worried he knew her secret.
• Yan Shaozhe told Wang Yan he would take over as Freshman Class One’s homeroom teacher.
• Yan Shaozhe reassigned Zhou Yi to assist Fan Yu in the Soul Tool Department, citing both Gu Yunxiao and her teaching methods.
• Zhou Yi accepted the reassignment angrily, while Wang Yan agreed to lead Freshman Class One.

Gu Yunxiao and Jiang Nannan shared lunch and an evening stroll in Shrek City, growing closer as they talked about their lives and feelings. Jiang Nannan learned that Gu Yunxiao would soon leave Shrek Academy for the Heaven Dou Empire, and his answer about liking someone left her anxious and hopeful.

• Jiang Nannan treated Gu Yunxiao to barbecue and listened as he described meeting Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jiang Nannan admitted she had been thinking about something at night, but blushed and refused to explain when Gu Yunxiao asked.
• Gu Yunxiao agreed to stroll around Shrek City with Jiang Nannan and told her he would soon take an extended leave to handle something in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Gu Yunxiao and Jiang Nannan spent the evening walking through Shrek City, where she asked whether he had ever liked a girl.
• Gu Yunxiao said he had liked girls who were not at Shrek Academy, thinking of Gu Yuena and Gu Mingli.

Gu Yunxiao admitted to Jiang Nannan that he was attracted to her looks but did not share her deeper feelings, and she chose to stay close to him anyway. They went to buy grilled fish, where Gu Yunxiao encountered Huo Yuhao and offered Gold Soul Coins to skip the line.

• Gu Yunxiao told Jiang Nannan that he was not faithful and refused to identify the women he meant.
• Jiang Nannan confessed that she liked Gu Yunxiao, and he explained that he was only attracted to her appearance rather than romantically in love with her.
• Jiang Nannan held Gu Yunxiao's hand as they walked, and he teased her before suggesting they get grilled fish.
• The pair drew attention from students who speculated that Gu Yunxiao was Jiang Nannan's boyfriend, and Jiang Nannan explained that she had once claimed to have a boyfriend to avoid trouble.
• Gu Yunxiao recognized Huo Yuhao at the grilled fish stall and offered fifty Gold Soul Coins to anyone who would give up their place in line.

Gu Yunxiao and Jiang Nannan ate grilled fish before Xu Sanshi attacked Gu Yunxiao and insulted him for being with Jiang Nannan. Gu Yunxiao crippled Xu Sanshi’s hand with a Gold Soul Coin and advanced on him, leaving Xu Sanshi terrified and in pain.

• Gu Yunxiao paid a girl to queue for grilled fish, then he and Jiang Nannan bought two from Huo Yuhao and ate them.
• Xu Sanshi hurled a Gold Soul Coin at Gu Yunxiao, who caught it and held Jiang Nannan back from intervening.
• Xu Sanshi insulted Gu Yunxiao and demanded a fight, while Jiang Nannan told Gu Yunxiao about Xu Sanshi’s strength and background.
• After giving Xu Sanshi three breaths to apologize, Gu Yunxiao struck him with the Gold Soul Coin, which curved around Xu Sanshi’s dodge and shattered his right hand.
• Gu Yunxiao approached the injured Xu Sanshi, who scooted backward in fear.

Gu Yunxiao brutally punished Xu Sanshi for provoking him, then took Xu Sanshi’s resources and left with Jiang Nannan. After Bei Bei rushed the unconscious Xu Sanshi to Shrek Academy, Jiang Nannan apologized to Gu Yunxiao for causing the conflict.

• Gu Yunxiao broke Xu Sanshi’s hands, feet, and jaw despite Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s attempts to intervene.
• Gu Yunxiao took Xu Sanshi’s Gold Soul Coins and cultivation resources, destroyed his storage ring, and warned Bei Bei that Xu Sanshi could seek revenge.
• Bei Bei carried Xu Sanshi to Shrek Academy for treatment, leaving Tang Ya irritated that he had abandoned their plans together.
• Huo Yuhao explained the fight to Tang Ya while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux discussed Gu Yunxiao’s innate ability to control wind and water.
• Gu Yunxiao and Jiang Nannan continued their stroll and returned to the academy, where Jiang Nannan apologized for the conflict with Xu Sanshi.

Jiang Nannan accepted Gu Yunxiao’s Mystic Water Pills and confessed her feelings with a kiss, which he returned. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe decided how Shrek Academy would cover up Xu Sanshi’s injuries and avoid angering Gu Yunxiao.

• Gu Yunxiao gave Jiang Nannan two Mystic Water Pills and urged her to refine their effects.
• Jiang Nannan tried to kiss Gu Yunxiao, then told him she liked him even if he only desired her looks; he kissed her in return.
• Gu Yunxiao left for the Star Emperor Hotel, where Zi JI barged into his shower and Bi JI continued guarding him.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Xu Sanshi was out of danger and discussed the incident with Du Weilen.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered the academy to suppress news of the fight, cover Xu Sanshi’s expenses, and announce that he and Gu Yunxiao had been having a friendly spar.

Yan Shaozhe gave Gu Yunxiao an ice-attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and assured him that Shrek Academy would not punish him for injuring Xu Sanshi. Gu Yunxiao then announced that he was taking leave, leaving Yan Shaozhe struggling to object.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Gu Yunxiao a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and discussed the aftermath of his fight with Xu Sanshi.
• Gu Yunxiao said he regretted that Xu Sanshi had survived, while Yan Shaozhe confirmed Xu Sanshi would recover and promised the academy would make no disciplinary mark against Gu Yunxiao.
• Gu Yunxiao declined an apology from Xu Sanshi, warned that he would hurt him again if provoked, and agreed to let the academy handle future disputes by its rules.
• Yan Shaozhe told Gu Yunxiao that Zhou Yi had been transferred temporarily to the Soul Tool Department and Wang Yan would take over as Freshman Class One's homeroom teacher.
• Gu Yunxiao told Yan Shaozhe he was taking leave and said he had already spoken with Dean Xian, leaving Yan Shaozhe stunned.

Gu Yunxiao secured leave from Shrek Academy for one to three months, and Mu En advised Yan Shaozhe to wait until Gu returned before asking him to treat Ma Xiaotao. Gu Yunxiao then visited Freshman Class One, where he asked Xiao Xiao about the new homeroom teacher, Wang Yan.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Gu Yunxiao how long he planned to be away, and Gu Yunxiao said he needed one to three months for personal business.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En about recent events and Gu Yunxiao's leave request, and Mu En agreed to let Gu go.
• Mu En offered Yan Shaozhe two options for dealing with Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, and Yan chose to wait until Gu Yunxiao returned so he would not resent the academy.
• Yan Shaozhe regretted giving Gu Yunxiao a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, interrupting his sudden clarity, and Mu En told him he would be the death of him someday.
• Gu Yunxiao visited Freshman Class One during a break, spoke with Xiao Xiao about Zhou Yi's reassignment, and asked what people thought of Wang Yan.

Gu Yunxiao met Wang Dong'er at class and noticed how she reacted when he stopped looking at her. As the lesson began, Wang Dong'er kept staring at him and defended her double standard, while Gu Yunxiao privately considered his future conflict with the Divine Realm.

• Xiao Xiao explained that Teacher Wang was well regarded by students despite his low talent, and said Wang Dong'er had helped investigate him.
• Wang Dong'er returned, and Gu Yunxiao admired her beauty while thinking that God King Tang had not yet put many schemes in motion.
• After Gu Yunxiao apologized for staring, he turned his attention to Xiao Xiao, frustrating Wang Dong'er when he did not look at her again.
• When class began, Wang Dong'er kept watching Gu Yunxiao, and Xiao Xiao asked why she was staring at him.
• Wang Dong'er claimed it was different because she was a girl, and Gu Yunxiao privately reflected on his destined fight against the Divine Realm.

Gu Yunxiao left Shrek Academy with Bi Ji and Zi JI, heading for Dragon City to obtain profound ice marrow and begin plans for building his own faction. Wang Dong'er was unsettled by Gu Yunxiao's polite distance, while he discussed Zi JI's growing strength during their journey north.

• Gu Yunxiao declined Xiao Xiao's invitation to lunch, and Wang Dong'er watched him leave before denying that she liked him.
• After notifying Jiang Nannan and securing leave, Gu Yunxiao returned to the Star Emperor Hotel and prepared to depart with Bi Ji and Zi JI.
• Gu Yunxiao set out for Dragon City, planning to obtain ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow before traveling to the Far North for his fourth soul ring.
• Gu Yunxiao planned to help the Ice and Snow Empresses, reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and establish a faction based in Dragon City.
• During the flight, Gu Yunxiao explained Dragon City's value as a base and asked Zi JI about her cultivation, learning she might reach level ninety-eight in a few hundred years.