Chapter Summaries

El and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek Academy after El awakened the Fire Dragon King and arranged for Di Tian to take the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s medicinal herbs to the Star Dou Great Forest. They reported to Director Du, learned they had been assigned to Freshman Class One, and arrived as Zhou Yi expelled Lu Renjia ahead of the Freshman Assessment.

• The Fire Dragon King took control of his bone dragon body, and Di Tian reunited with the Fire and Water Dragon Kings before El ordered him to collect the medicinal herbs and bring them to the Lake of Life.
• El explained that the dragons would pose as a dwindling old family so he could gain access to Shrek Academy’s Golden Tree, then Di Tian carried the group away from the emptied Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Half a month later, El and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City and told Director Du that Huo Yutong’s changed appearance came from a martial soul second awakening.
• Director Du assigned El and Huo Yutong to Freshman Class One and gave them their uniforms and badges.
• Zhou Yi announced the Freshman Assessment’s stakes, then expelled Lu Renjia after he voiced doubts about their class’s chances against Soul Elders.

El confronted Zhou Yi over her treatment of students and challenged her claim to be a worthy teacher. Zhou Yi, enraged, expelled him and ordered him to take Huo Yutong with him.

• El entered the classroom without knocking and insulted Zhou Yi, saying she did not deserve respect or the title of teacher.
• Zhou Yi released her Soul Emperor pressure, but El remained unaffected and helped Lu Renjia back into his chair.
• El pointed out the empty seats and accused Zhou Yi of expelling weaker students and abusing her authority.
• Zhou Yi invoked El's absence and disrespect as grounds to expel him from Shrek.
• Zhou Yi told El to return to his family and take Huo Yutong with him.

After Zhou Yi insulted El’s family and Huo Yutong, El threatened to summon a Limit Douluo, forcing Yan Shaozhe to intervene and punish Zhou Yi. El rejected a simple apology and demanded a one-on-one fight with Zhou Yi in the Soul Fighting arena.

• Zhou Yi mocked El’s family and called Huo Yutong a little bastard, provoking El to release his dragon might and threaten to summon a Limit Douluo elder.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared, apologized on behalf of Shrek Academy, and promised Zhou Yi would publicly apologize and lose her homeroom position and future senior teacher evaluations.
• Yan Shaozhe restrained Zhou Yi and asked El whether the proposed punishment satisfied him.
• El said he still wanted to beat Zhou Yi for insulting Huo Yutong, then demanded a fair one-on-one fight with her in the Soul Fighting arena without restrictions on her soul power.
• El asked Yan Shaozhe to release Zhou Yi and declared that he would defeat her until even her own mother would not recognize her.

After Zhou Yi insulted Huo Yutong, El challenged her to a fight despite being a Soul Elder facing a Soul Emperor, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to referee. Huo Yutong learned about the duel and hurried to the Soul Fighting Zone, worried for El but ready to help if he was in danger.

• Yan Shaozhe removed Zhou Yi's restraints and agreed to referee El's duel with her, while warning her not to endanger him.
• Zhou Yi planned to use the fight to cripple El, believing the academy would protect her because she was Fan Yu's wife.
• El left for the Soul Fighting Arena, and students and teachers from across the freshman classes followed to watch the duel.
• Huo Yutong arrived at the teaching building and learned that El had challenged Zhou Yi after she insulted her.
• Huo Yutong hurried to the Soul Fighting Zone, prepared to use her soul skill if El fell behind.

El faced Teacher Zhou Yi in a Soul Fighting match before a packed Soul Fighting Zone, where his Alatreon Martial Soul overwhelmed her Red Dragon and left her badly struck down. The match ended with El advancing toward Zhou Yi as the crowd stared at his three unusual Soul Rings.

• Mu Jin mocked Zhou Yi for agreeing to fight a student and warned her not to disgrace Fan Yu.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the match, set rules against fixed-charge Soul Tools and serious injuries, and acted as referee.
• Zhou Yi released her Red Dragon Martial Soul, exerted her Dragon might, and charged at El with her Soul Skills.
• El possessed his Alatreon Martial Soul, suppressed Zhou Yi's dragon aura, and punched her across the platform.
• El revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings as he approached Zhou Yi and declared that even a true dragon would not help her.

El overwhelmed Zhou Yi in the Soul Fighting Arena, countering her fire-based abilities with his dragon-element powers and defeating her despite her higher cultivation. After Zhou Yi refused to accept defeat and tried to attack again, El knocked her out, leaving the arena stunned.

• El punched Zhou Yi off her feet, then kicked her away again when she tried to use her Soul Skills.
• El explained that his dragon element could erase natural elements and interfere with elemental attacks.
• Zhou Yi used her Fire Dragon Flame Breath, Lava Domain, and Lie Yan Storm, but El’s Spell-Breaking Edict erased her domain and severed her control over the fire tornadoes.
• El transformed Zhou Yi’s Lie Yan Storm into a Frostflame Vortex, then restored the conflict between its ice and fire elements, causing an explosion that badly injured her.
• Zhou Yi struggled back to her feet and charged El again, but her legs gave out and El knocked her into the air with an uppercut.

El brutally defeated Zhou Yi in the Soul Fighting match and stopped just short of killing her after Yan Shaozhe intervened. Yan Shaozhe declared El the winner, and the arena crowd erupted in cheers.

• El repeatedly struck Zhou Yi, breaking her ribs, arm, and legs while condemning her treatment of students and her insults toward his family.
• Zhou Yi tried to concede, but El kept attacking until he lifted her by the neck and nearly suffocated her.
• Yan Shaozhe told El through a voice transmission not to kill Zhou Yi, and El loosened his grip before striking her with controlled ultimate lightning.
• El tossed Zhou Yi aside and asked Yan Shaozhe to announce the result; Yan Shaozhe declared El the winner.
• The students cheered El for defeating the six-ring Soul Emperor Zhou Yi, while Fan Yu was the only one who paid attention to her condition.

El confronted Fan Yu over Zhou Yi’s abuse of students after defeating her, while former student Lu Renjia described the harm she had caused. Fan Yu was left speechless as El and Lu Renjia held him accountable for enabling her.

• Fan Yu rushed into the Soul Fighting Zone, found Zhou Yi severely burned, and questioned El about hurting her.
• El explained that Zhou Yi had attacked him with powerful soul skills and accused Fan Yu of protecting her because of their personal connection.
• El condemned Zhou Yi’s treatment of her students and argued that Fan Yu had become an accomplice by knowing about the abuse and doing nothing.
• Lu Renjia recounted Zhou Yi’s punishing training, unfair expulsions, and the lasting injuries suffered by students, including Bao Huiyi.
• Lu Renjia challenged Fan Yu for failing to defend the students and used Zhou Yi’s own claim that the strong reign supreme to justify her defeat.

Fan Yu apologized for Zhou Yi’s abuse of her students and took responsibility, while Yan Shaozhe used the incident to protect the Martial Soul Department and study El’s dragon energy. El reunited with Huo Yutong after defeating six opponents, and their teasing drew the crowd’s attention as the freshmen realized they would soon face him in the Freshman Assessment.

• Fan Yu apologized to Lu Renjia, El, and the injured students, promised compensation, and took Zhou Yi to seek treatment from Elder Zhuang.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged Zhou Yi’s treatment to gain information about El’s dragon energy and returned to the Sea God Pavilion in high spirits.
• Students praised El for defeating six opponents, until an upperclassman reminded the freshmen that their Freshman Assessment was approaching and they might have to fight him.
• El found Huo Yutong, and Huang admitted he had influenced her to act clingy and jealous.
• El reassured Huo Yutong, lifted her into the air, and drew the attention of students who admired them both.

Lu Renjia thanked El for punishing Zhou Yi but planned to leave Shrek Academy, fearing its leadership might retaliate against him. El urged him to stay and help change the academy, then promised to protect him; the chapter ended with Elder Zhuang examining the unconscious Zhou Yi.

• Lu Renjia thanked El for standing up for Zhou Yi's victims and mourned his friend Bao Huiyi.
• Lu Renjia told El and Huo Yutong that he had decided to withdraw from Shrek Academy because he feared its leaders might resent his criticism.
• El told Lu Renjia to stay and work to change the academy, promising he would not suffer unfair treatment while El remained there.
• El left with Huo Yutong, and Lu Renjia shouted his thanks after them.
• Elder Zhuang examined the unconscious Zhou Yi and said the energy affecting her was unlike anything he had encountered.

Wang Yan took over as Freshman Class One’s homeroom teacher and learned about his students as they introduced their Martial Souls and cultivation ranks. After arranging for the class to demonstrate their Soul Skills, he sent El to the Academic Affairs Office separately, while Huo Yutong looked ahead to testing herself and confronting the memory of Dai Huabin.

• Wang Yan apologized for Zhou Yi’s treatment of the class and promised the academy would arrange medical care before asking the students to introduce themselves.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong shared their Soul Powers and Martial Souls; Wang Yan became especially intrigued by Huo Yutong’s Spirit Eyes and suspected she had an ice-attribute Second Martial Soul.
• El introduced his Alatreon Martial Soul and rank 36 Soul Power, exciting Wang Yan with the prospect of researching it.
• Wang Yan took the class to the Soul Fighting Arena to demonstrate their Soul Skills, while telling El to report to the Academic Affairs Office under separate arrangements from Dean Yan.
• Huo Yutong wanted to test her renewed strength against her peers and thought of Dai Huabin, whom she blamed for her mother Huo Yun’er’s death.

El learned that Shrek Academy had advanced him directly to the Freshman Assessment quarterfinals and required him to compete alone. Yan Shaozhe revealed that the academy wanted to give El a stage to show off and hoped to arrange female students around him to help preserve his powerful martial soul bloodline.

• Du Weilun told El that the academy had granted him a bye into the quarterfinals because his strength could overwhelm ordinary freshmen.
• El accepted the arrangement and learned that he had to compete as a one-person team.
• After El left, Du Weilun asked Yan Shaozhe why the academy still required El to compete.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that El enjoyed showing off, so a prominent stage would make him happier and improve his opinion of Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to observe what type of girl El preferred so he could arrange suitable introductions for the sake of passing on El's martial soul.

El spent his first day at the academy surveying its poor facilities and settling into his dorm. His roommate Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao bonded over teasing and tickling before Xiao Xiao asked about Huo Yutong’s relationship with El and learned that she had twin martial souls.

• El toured the campus, complained about the dorms and cafeteria, and decided he would improve them once he joined the academy’s upper management.
• El noticed his roommate’s expensive bedding and assumed the roommate had set his sights on him.
• Huo Yutong returned to the room and found Xiao Xiao lounging on her bed and praising her luxurious bedding.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether Huo Yutong was El’s girlfriend, and Huo Yutong blushed as she said they were not a couple yet.
• Xiao Xiao tried to tickle Huo Yutong, but Huo Yutong overpowered her and tickled her in return.
• Huo Yutong explained that she and El were distant cousins, and Xiao Xiao asked whether Huo Yutong had twin martial souls.

Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao discovered that they both had twin martial souls, and Xiao Xiao explained that El had prevented Zhou Yi from pressuring her to add a premature soul ring. Later, El moved into Wang Dong’s dorm room and exposed her as a girl disguised as a boy.

• Xiao Xiao deduced from Huo Yutong’s hair and strength that she had a second martial soul, then revealed her own Nine-Phoenix Ceremonial Flute.
• Xiao Xiao told Huo Yutong that Zhou Yi had pressured her to add a soul ring to her second martial soul for the Freshman Assessment, and credited El with protecting her.
• Huo Yutong objected when Xiao Xiao said she liked El, and Xiao Xiao assured her she would not steal him.
• Wang Dong returned to the dormitory and found El already installed as her roommate.
• El left the room so Wang Dong could bathe, then returned to call her a cross-dressing pervert and reveal that he knew her true identity.

El revealed that he recognized Wang Dong'er as a girl because her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul appeared only in women, then sensed a sliver of the Sea God's divine sense within her. He left the story coveting the God King's divine sense as nourishment for Xeno'jiiva.

• Wang Dong'er feared El would expose her secret, but he left her to shower and waited for her in their dorm room.
• El explained that he identified Wang Dong'er through an obscure book describing the Light Goddess Butterfly as a female-only martial soul.
• Wang Dong'er asked El to move rooms, but he reminded her that she was the one staying in the boys' dormitory.
• Wang Dong'er suddenly clutched her forehead, and El sensed the Sea God's divine sense within her and craved it for Xeno'jiiva.

El and Wang Dong'er stayed in the same dorm room while Sea God Tang San secretly plotted to use El and Huo Yutong in his plans for Xiao Qi. Two days later, Wang Yan announced the freshman assessment teams, placing Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao together and sending Song Qinghan to the Soul Tool Department.

• El told Wang Dong'er he would not move out, then left the dorm to shower while she began inventing rules for their room.
• Tang San sensed El's unusual nature and devised a plan involving El, Huo Yutong, Xiao Qi, and the Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• El and Wang Dong'er both spent the day without cultivating, and two days passed while Wang Yan finalized the class teams.
• Wang Yan assigned Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to team ten for the Freshman Assessment.
• Wang Yan offered Song Qinghan his special admission slot in the Soul Tool Department, and Song Qinghan accepted.

Huo Yutong, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong formed their team for the Freshman Assessment and faced their first opponents in Division 33. El hinted that his role in the assessment was unusual, while the match began with Wang Yan as referee.

• After Dean Yan's lengthy speech, Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao went to find Wang Dong and met El, who had skipped the speech to sleep.
• The four escaped the crowd and went to Sea God Lake, where Xiao Xiao, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong introduced themselves and shared their Soul Power ranks and Martial Souls.
• Xiao Xiao declared that the team would aim for the championship, and El said they would have to get past him first before learning what special arrangements he had made.
• The Water Dragon King recognized Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly but concealed from Huo Yutong that Wang Dong was a girl.
• In the afternoon, Huo Yutong, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong faced Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen of Freshman Class Three in their first Division 33 assessment match, with Wang Yan as referee.

Huo Yutong and her team dominated the Freshman Assessment until they faced Huang Chutian's team, whose twin sisters trapped Wang Dong with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the twins' Heavenly Net closed in, Huo Yutong activated her second Soul Skill, Fear Boiling.

• Huo Yutong showed Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao how Simulation could disguise her appearance, imitate Soul Rings, and turn her invisible.
• Huo Yutong's team swept through its second-day matches in under a minute each.
• In the third-day match against Huang Chutian's team, Huo Yutong recognized the threat posed by the twin sisters' hair Martial Souls and directed Wang Dong to attack them while Xiao Xiao restrained Huang Chutian.
• Huang Chutian broke through Xiao Xiao's suppression long enough to cancel Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light with his Power Cannon Hammer.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net, to bind Wang Dong and hinder Spiritual Detection.
• As the twins' net swept toward her, Huo Yutong activated her purple second Soul Skill, Fear Boiling.

Huo Yutong used her second Soul Skill, Fear Boiling, to defeat Wang Dong’er’s team’s opponents without killing them, then led her team through the tournament undefeated and into the quarterfinals. At the next draw, Yan Shaozhe announced that the team holding the orange lot had hit the jackpot.

• Huo Yutong combined Fear Boiling, Dragon Might, and Soul Shock to stop Wang Dong’er’s hair attack and knock out Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu.
• Wang Yan and the medical teacher confirmed that the Lan sisters were unconscious but out of danger, and Huo Yutong explained that she had controlled her force.
• Huo Yutong’s team won all ten round-robin matches and advanced to the quarterfinals after completing the round of sixteen.
• El arrived at the assessment area, alarming the remaining teams, while Yan Shaozhe began the next draw.
• Yan Shaozhe told the team that drew the orange lot that they had hit the jackpot.

El was added directly to the Freshman Assessment quarterfinals, where a drawn team would have to fight him for a place in the rankings or a guaranteed inner-court admission. Meanwhile, Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao began a fierce battle against a three-Soul-Ring team.

• Yan Shaozhe announced that El would compete alone against a drawn team for a quarterfinal spot, while El's defeated opponents would earn guaranteed inner-court admission.
• Freshman Class Five's selected team forfeited rather than face El, but Lu Renjia's team accepted the draw and stepped up to fight him.
• El beckoned Lu Renjia's team forward, and they began their match.
• Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba, a team with three Soul Rings.
• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection Sharing as Xiao Xiao halted Xie Huanyue with her cauldron and Wang Dong dodged the Luo brothers' attack before striking Xie Huanyue.