Chapter Summaries

Su Wen was rescued from a stream in the Star Dou Great Forest by Ma Xiaotao and a Shrek Academy group led by Zhang Lexuan. As he accepted their help, he realized they were heading toward a disastrous mission involving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Xuan Zi’s disappearance.

• Su Wen nearly drowned in a stream before Ma Xiaotao pulled him out.
• Ma Xiaotao proposed taking Su Wen along, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to let him travel with the group.
• Su Wen recognized the rescuers as Shrek Academy students and decided to repay their kindness, though he worried Shrek might not accept him.
• That night, Su Wen recalled that the group’s mission would lead to severe casualties and Xuan Zi’s disappearance.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Su Wen grilled fish, and he eagerly ate it after surviving in the wilderness for two weeks.

After Ma Xiaotao rescued Su Wen, she helped him awaken his martial soul and discovered that he had Innate Full Soul Power. Su Wen learned that his seemingly plain white-ball martial soul was a Pokeball that could capture Soul Beasts, and Shrek’s Inner Courtyard members began treating him as a rare talent.

• Su Wen thanked Ma Xiaotao for feeding him, and she asked whether he had awakened his martial soul.
• Zhang Yi provided awakening stones, and Ma Xiaotao set up a formation for Su Wen to test his martial soul.
• Su Wen awakened a white-ball martial soul that he recognized as a Pokeball capable of capturing Soul Beasts according to the age of his Soul Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao tested Su Wen’s soul power, and the crystal ball released a brilliant light that revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao excitedly hugged Su Wen, Zhang Yi marveled at the result, and Zhang Lexuan left to notify Xuan Zi.

Xuan Zi discovered that Su Wen had a rare martial soul that could control Soul Beasts and brought him into Shrek Academy. Su Wen revealed that his first Soul Ring could grow with the cultivation of a Soul Beast he captured, and he began searching for one with Zhang Lexuan.

• Xuan Zi sensed Su Wen's Soul Power and asked about his martial soul, and Su Wen explained that he could control Soul Beasts.
• Xuan Zi invited Su Wen to join Shrek Academy, and Su Wen agreed but asked to find his first controllable Soul Beast.
• Su Wen revealed his jade-colored first Soul Ring and explained that its age would increase as the Soul Beast he captured grew stronger, prompting Xuan Zi to report the discovery to Mu En.
• Zhang Lexuan caught a seventeen-year-old Qing Feng Bird, but Su Wen rejected it after his attribute panel showed it had no attribute, potential, or cultivation value.
• The Qing Feng Bird escaped, while Zhang Lexuan continued accompanying Su Wen as Xuan Zi went to report to the Inner Courtyard.

Su Wen captured a Wind Baboon with extraordinary potential, which became his first Soul Beast and gained the name Hurricane. He returned to camp with Zhang Lexuan while planning how to prevent the coming disaster involving a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and Xuan Zi.

• Zhang Lexuan subdued a troop of Wind Baboons, and Su Wen selected the fourteen-year-old baboon identified as a Destined Godslayer.
• Su Wen captured the Wind Baboon, discovered its potential and evolution path, and named it Hurricane.
• Zhang Lexuan took Su Wen back to camp, where he resolved to keep Xuan Zi alert when the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast appeared.
• Zhang Lexuan told the Inner Courtyard Disciples to keep Su Wen's unusual capture secret, while they speculated about his talent.

Su Wen refined a Marrow Cleansing Pill while bathing, then spent the night under Ma Xiaotao’s care and received a Shrek uniform. The group prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest’s core, with Su Wen assigned to travel with Xuan Zi.

• Su Wen swallowed the Marrow Cleansing Pill in the pool and cultivated as its medicinal power raised his Soul Power by one level.
• Ma Xiaotao found Su Wen after several hours, helped dry him and his clothes, and took him back to the cabin to sleep.
• Su Wen woke beside Ma Xiaotao and received a new Red and White Uniform that Zhang Lexuan had brought for him.
• Zhang Yi welcomed Su Wen into the Inner Courtyard, and Xuan Zi announced that Zhang Lexuan would lead the group into the forest while Su Wen accompanied him.

Su Wen cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest while Xuan Zi watched over him and Hurricane, and he reflected on his rapid progress and Hurricane’s growth. When Hurricane wandered off and returned with a scarlet fruit, a giant python chased it, and Su Wen noticed that both their levels had risen.

• Xuan Zi left with Su Wen after Zhang Yi concealed the wooden cabin underground, while Ma Xiaotao joined the Inner Courtyard team.
• Su Wen challenged Xuan Zi for leaving the team exposed to danger, and Xuan Zi claimed he had only been testing him.
• Su Wen watched a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast fly past and reviewed his and Hurricane’s progress after half a month of cultivation.
• Xuan Zi allowed Hurricane to play on the ancient tree while Su Wen cultivated with the Spirit Pill Technique.
• Hurricane returned with a scarlet fruit as a giant python chased it, and Su Wen saw Hurricane’s stats jump and realized his own level had risen too.

Su Wen learned that Hurricane had stolen a Dragon Beard Fruit from a Nether Python and discovered that eating the fruit could increase his own strength through his Pet Beasts. After briefly ordering Xuan Zi to beat the python until it thanked him, Su Wen returned the fruit and Xuan Zi began considering an idea after seeing Su Wen meditate.

• Su Wen learned that Xuan Zi had driven the Nether Python from its Dragon Beard Wood, allowing Hurricane to take its Dragon Beard Fruit.
• Su Wen asked whether the Nether Python had thanked him and told Xuan Zi to beat it until it did, so Xuan Zi carried it away to fight.
• Su Wen learned Hurricane had eaten two Dragon Beard Fruits and that its gains could feed back to him, raising his base value.
• Xuan Zi returned with the battered Nether Python, and Su Wen realized it could not speak before returning the Dragon Beard Fruit to it.
• Xuan Zi praised Su Wen for having principles, then noticed his empty wine gourd and food supply and hit upon an idea while Su Wen meditated.

After Xuan Zi left Su Wen alone with a protective fan, Su Wen joined the Shrek camp and discovered that Hurricane could grow stronger by eating powerful Soul Beast meat. The fan then warned of a powerful nearby enemy, likely a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Xuan Zi left Su Wen meditating with a fan that could simulate his presence and protect him.
• Su Wen realized Xuan Zi had gone to find food, then climbed down to the camp and joined Zhang Yi and Ma Xiaotao for roasted baboon meat.
• Hurricane ate raw Blood Red Baboon meat, and Su Wen saw its stats rise as it digested the energy.
• Su Wen realized Hurricane's growth could boost his own cultivation, then noticed the fan flashing red and sensed a powerful enemy nearby.

Su Wen detected a powerful pursuer approaching the Shrek team in the Star Dou Great Forest, prompting Zhang Lexuan to lead an urgent retreat. Xuan Zi sensed Su Wen was in danger and rushed to help, while the enemy continued closing in on the fleeing group.

• Su Wen warned Zhang Lexuan of the approaching danger and showed her Xuan Zi's jade fan, whose red crystal was flashing.
• Zhang Lexuan ordered the team to retreat toward the forest's outskirts, carrying Su Wen while Ruo Ling took Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhang Lexuan and Zhang Yi suspected the pursuer was either a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast or a human expert of similar strength.
• Xuan Zi sensed that Su Wen was in danger, abandoned his cooking, and raced back toward the team.
• Zhang Lexuan estimated the pursuer was ten thousand meters away and would catch up within three minutes.

Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek Inner Courtyard elites prepared to hold off a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger until Xuan Zi arrived. Their attacks barely slowed it, and the chapter ended with Ruo Ling grievously struck by the beast.

• Zhang Lexuan ordered the group to stop fleeing, assigned their roles, and made survival the condition for passing their assessment.
• Ruo Ling’s spirit bird scout was killed almost immediately, revealing that their pursuer was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger.
• The Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger emerged and charged the group, so Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and Sixth Soul Skill, Moon Eclipse.
• Zhang Yi followed with his Demon Vine Avatar and Soul Skills, but the wooden cocoon he formed burst apart in less than two seconds.
• The Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger struck Ruo Ling with one swipe, sending her crashing through several trees as the others watched in shock.

As the Blood Corrosion Demon Tiger overwhelmed the wounded Shrek team, Su Wen used his Pokeball to trap the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. The beast immediately rampaged inside, leaving Su Wen injured and the outcome uncertain.

• Zhang Lexuan used Moon Eclipse to restrain the Blood Corrosion Demon Tiger while the team wounded it, but the battle left several disciples incapacitated and the survivors badly hurt.
• Zhang Lexuan unleashed her ultimate move again, provoking the tiger to activate Blood Explosion and charge at her.
• Su Wen caught the exhausted Zhang Lexuan as Zhang Yi and the others tried to hold the beast back and urged Ma Xiaotao to escape with Su Wen.
• With the tiger about to attack, Su Wen summoned his Pokeball and captured it, leaving the team stunned.
• The Blood Corrosion Demon Tiger rampaged inside the Pokeball, and Su Wen spat blood from the strain.

Su Wen’s Pokeball shattered after holding back the Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger long enough for Shrek’s disciples to kill it, leaving him unconscious but apparently not permanently harmed. Xuan Zi arrived late and faced the group’s disappointment, while Su Wen woke in Ma Xiaotao’s care to find his Martial Soul intact and his Soul Power at level fourteen.

• Su Wen endured severe pain as the Pokeball cracked, then Zhang Lexuan and the Inner Courtyard disciples attacked the weakened Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger when it broke free.
• Xuan Zi reached the camp after the battle and found the Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger dead, the disciples wounded, and Su Wen unconscious.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xuan Zi that Su Wen had sacrificed his Martial Soul to hold back the beast, while Xuan Zi accepted responsibility for the mission’s failure.
• Su Wen woke beside Ma Xiaotao, checked that his Pokeball remained in his Sea of Consciousness, and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to level fourteen.

After waking from more than a month of unconsciousness, Su Wen learned that he was recovering in Sea God Pavilion and was welcomed by Mu En, who invited him to a meeting about the failed operation. He entered the meeting room knowing Xuan Zi would likely face only minor consequences, and resolved to build his strength and influence within Shrek.

• Su Wen woke in Sea God Pavilion and reunited with Ma Xiaotao, who had watched over him while he was unconscious.
• Mu En explained that Sea God Pavilion would be Su Wen’s home, apologized for Xuan Zi’s failure, and checked that Su Wen’s Martial Soul had recovered.
• Mu En asked Ma Xiaotao to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, then had Su Wen push him to the meeting room.
• Su Wen anticipated that Shrek’s leaders would excuse Xuan Zi rather than remove him, since the academy needed his strength.
• Su Wen entered the meeting room with Mu En, where Xuan Zi lowered his head and the assembled elders watched Su Wen with concern and guilt.

Mu En convened the Sea God Pavilion to address Xuan Zi’s mishandling of the Star Dou Great Forest expedition, where Su Wen had helped prevent deaths. Xuan Zi kept his positions but received severe penalties, including three months of confinement without food.

• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe argued over whether Su Wen should join the Soul Guidance Department or the Martial Soul Department, until Mu En said Su Wen could decide later.
• Mu En questioned Xuan Zi about the expedition, and Xuan Zi offered to resign from his positions in the Sea God Pavilion and Surveillance Group.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er defended Xuan Zi, but Mu En ordered him to return to work and take responsibility.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to thank Su Wen for saving him from the Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger, and Su Wen accepted with a smile.
• Mu En barred Xuan Zi from leading outside teams for ten years, suspended his pay to compensate the injured students, ordered compensation for them, and confined him without food for three months.
• Xuan Zi accepted the punishment with a sigh of relief.

Su Wen settled into Sea God Pavilion and discovered that the Golden Ancient Tree accelerated his cultivation. At the Inner Courtyard dining hall, Lu Xiaoxiao learned that the young-looking Su Wen had saved Zhang Yi’s team from a Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger.

• Mu En assigned Su Wen a place to live in the Golden Log Cabin inside the Golden Ancient Tree, and Su Wen let Hurricane play on the island.
• Su Wen cultivated under the Golden Ancient Tree and estimated that he could reach level fifteen in two months.
• Su Wen rowed to the Inner Courtyard dining hall with Hurricane and discovered that he needed a meal card.
• Lu Xiaoxiao mistook Su Wen for a child who had somehow entered Shrek Academy, until Zhang Yi arrived and recognized him.
• Zhang Yi told Lu Xiaoxiao that Su Wen had held off the Blood-Eroding Demon Tiger for a minute and saved his team.
• Su Wen ate several plates of food while Lu Xiaoxiao studied him and offered him more.

Su Wen discovered Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire still tormented her and decided to seek an Ice Element Soul Beast in the Land of Extreme North. A year and two months later, he had reached rank twenty and prepared to pursue his second Soul Beast while Ma Xiaotao remained close to him.

• Su Wen asked Yan Shaozhe where Ma Xiaotao was, and Yan led him to her hidden chamber.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Ma Xiaotao had to endure her Evil Fire with little help, and Su Wen decided his second Soul Beast should be Ice Element.
• Ma Xiaotao woke and saw Su Wen, while Yan Shaozhe teased her that Su Wen’s next Soul Beast might help suppress her Evil Fire.
• Over a year later, Su Wen reached rank twenty, gained a yellow Pokeball, and saw Hurricane’s Pokeball turn half yellow as he planned a trip to the Land of Extreme North.
• Ma Xiaotao woke in Su Wen’s cabin and pulled him into her arms, and Su Wen resolved to put the northern expedition on the agenda.

Su Wen chose an Ice Attribute Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring and set out for the Land of Extreme North with Yan Shaozhe. They reached An Yang City, the boundary between human territory and the frozen wilderness.

• Ma Xiaotao clung to Su Wen and demanded to go with him, but he refused and left after promising to look out for her in the future.
• Su Wen told Mu En he had decided to seek an Ice Attribute Soul Beast, and Mu En assigned Yan Shaozhe to accompany him.
• Su Wen and Yan Shaozhe agreed to leave early the next morning, while Hurricane excitedly anticipated gaining a companion.
• Yan Shaozhe used a Level 8 Flying Soul Tool to carry Su Wen north, and they discussed the conflict between the Martial Soul and Soul Guidance departments.
• The pair reached An Yang City, where Yan Shaozhe explained that continuing north would take them into the Land of Extreme North.

Su Wen discussed choosing an Ice Jade Scorpion as his second Soul Beast with Yan Shaozhe while dining in An Yang City. He met Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the crowded tavern, saw through Ning Tian’s disguise, and introduced himself as a Shrek Academy student.

• Su Wen told Yan Shaozhe that he had chosen the Ice Jade Scorpion for his second Soul Beast.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng searched An Yang City for a tavern while accompanying a family elder who needed to hunt a Soul Beast.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng asked to share Su Wen’s table, and Su Wen agreed after realizing Yan Shaozhe had left.
• Su Wen recognized Ning Tian’s disguise, prompting Ning Tian to reveal that she was the Young Sect Master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
• Su Wen introduced himself as a Shrek Academy student, and he and Ning Tian shook hands.

Su Wen traveled with Yan Shaozhe and Ning Tian to the Land of Extreme North to obtain a Soul Ring, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng reacted to his plans and abilities. After rejecting a nearby clan of Ice Jade Scorpions for their low potential, Su Wen continued searching for a better choice.

• Su Wen teased Wu Feng and spoke with Ning Tian, who learned that he was eight and seeking a Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Grandpa Zhu, and Ning Tian realized the respected elder was accompanying Su Wen to the Land of Extreme North.
• Su Wen and the others crossed the frozen wilderness under protection from the extreme cold as Ning Tian asked about his Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring choice.
• Yan Shaozhe found a clan of Ice Jade Scorpions, but Su Wen rejected them because their potential was too low.
• Yan Shaozhe spread his Spiritual Power to search for another group of Ice Jade Scorpions.

Su Wen captured a seven-potential Ice Jade Scorpion, named her Ice Sovereign, and discovered her Ice Domain skill. He tested the domain before Ning Tian arrived and asked whether he had obtained his Soul Ring.

• Yan Shaozhe said they had searched the outskirts for Ice Jade Scorpions and might need to venture into the Extreme North's hinterland if this group was unsuitable.
• Su Wen chose a larger Ice Jade Scorpion with seven potential points, and Yan Shaozhe helped him capture it.
• The Ice Jade Scorpion evolved to level 21 with the Ice Domain skill and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion as her next evolution stage, while Hurricane also reached level 21.
• Su Wen named the new Soul Beast Ice Sovereign, and she accepted the name.
• Ice Sovereign used Ice Domain, slowing and chilling those inside while boosting Su Wen and weakening Hurricane.
• Ning Tian ran over and asked Su Wen whether he had obtained his Soul Ring.