Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hai visited his father Jiang Tian’s grave and recalled how poverty and a mistaken accusation had led to his father’s death. After reaching rank ten with only half a rank of innate soul power, Jiang Hai vowed to continue his father’s work, while Zhang Lexuan arrived to help him obtain his first soul ring.

• Jiang Hai cleared weeds from Jiang Tian’s grave, lamented that he had failed to find his father’s killers, and said he had reached rank ten after three years of cultivation.
• Jiang Hai recalled that Jiang Tian had died after Shrek Academy mistook him for an Evil Soul Master while he was being used to threaten its students.
• Jiang Hai summoned his Bronze Coffin martial soul and vowed to gather the bodies of monsters hiding among humanity.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Jiang Hai not to become an Evil Soul Master and expressed surprise that he had reached rank ten despite his half-rank innate soul power.
• Jiang Hai mocked his abilities beside Zhang Lexuan, who had promised three years earlier to help him obtain his first soul ring.

Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Jiang Hai’s first soul ring, discussing the conflict between humans and soul beasts and his possible future with the Tang Sect. A mysterious divine consciousness appeared over the forest and chose to rush away, after which Zhang Lexuan took Jiang Hai deeper into the outer ring to search for a suitable soul beast.

• Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest while discussing soul beast hunting and the future of the forest.
• Jiang Hai said he might go to the Sun Moon Continent, and Zhang Lexuan urged him to consider joining the Tang Sect and studying at Shrek Academy.
• The sky darkened as a mysterious consciousness appeared, considered Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan, then rushed away after Zhang Lexuan revealed her eight soul rings.
• Zhang Lexuan took Jiang Hai into the forest’s outer ring and asked what kind of soul beast he wanted for his first soul ring.
• Jiang Hai suggested a dark gold terrorclaw bear, but Zhang Lexuan said he was unlikely to find one nearby and offered to choose another soul beast.

Jiang Hai insisted on taking an eight-hundred-year Diamond Tiger with a royal bloodline as his first soul beast, despite Zhang Lexuan's warnings. He fought it with his Bronze Coffin and impressed Zhang Lexuan, who resolved to bring him to Shrek Academy.

• Zhang Lexuan found an eight-hundred-year Diamond Tiger and warned Jiang Hai that its soul ring was too dangerous for his first.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed the tiger's royal bloodline, but Jiang Hai remained determined to absorb its ring and sent her away from the fight.
• Jiang Hai summoned his Bronze Coffin and stepped beyond Zhang Lexuan's protection as the Diamond Tiger charged him.
• Jiang Hai blocked the tiger's first strike with the coffin, then swung it into the beast and slammed it to the ground.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized Jiang Hai's extraordinary strength and timing and decided to find a way to get him into Shrek Academy.

Jiang Hai killed the Diamond Tiger with repeated blows from his Bronze Coffin, then absorbed its Soul Ring despite Zhang Lexuan’s warning about its resentment. His martial soul filtered the beast’s power and transformed its corpse and Soul Bone into a Golden Coffin, leaving Zhang Lexuan determined to recruit him to Shrek Academy.

• Jiang Hai battered the Diamond Tiger to death with the Bronze Coffin, and a deep yellow Soul Ring appeared above its corpse.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Jiang Hai that the royal-blooded beast’s intense resentment made its Soul Ring dangerous to absorb, but he said his coffin martial soul could protect him.
• Jiang Hai drew the Diamond Tiger’s corpse into the Bronze Coffin and began absorbing the Soul Ring as the coffin filtered the beast’s violent energy.
• The Diamond Tiger’s Soul Bone and corpse melted into golden liquid and formed a Golden Coffin inside Jiang Hai’s Bronze Coffin.
• Jiang Hai completed the absorption, healed his wounds, and thanked Zhang Lexuan, who resolved to bring him to Shrek Academy.

Jiang Hai revealed that his first soul skill, Diamond Body, greatly enhanced his defense and strength, and Zhang Lexuan invited him to join Shrek Academy. He agreed despite secretly fearing the academy would discover Lin Youtian’s corpse inside his Golden Coffin, then followed Zhang Lexuan toward people she knew near the forest’s outskirts.

• Jiang Hai demonstrated Diamond Body, which strengthened his body and increased his strength by about ten percent.
• Zhang Lexuan inferred that Jiang Hai’s martial soul had evolved, explained the dangers of hunting increasingly powerful soul rings, and formally invited him to join Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Shrek Academy had searched for Pinghai City's missing city lord, Lin Youtian, while Jiang Hai concealed that Lin Youtian’s corpse was inside his Golden Coffin.
• Jiang Hai accepted Zhang Lexuan’s invitation but secretly planned to find a reason to leave Shrek Academy if its restrictions became a problem.
• Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Hai encountered people ahead, and she decided to take him to meet them because members of a sect she wanted him to join were with them.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya met Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Hai after Tang Ya absorbed a thousand-year Mandala Snake’s soul ring, and the group discussed Huo Yuhao’s Tang Sect admission quota. Zhang Lexuan hoped Jiang Hai could join the Tang Sect, and Bei Bei offered him membership and a place at Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to help Bei Bei sense Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan approaching.
• Bei Bei greeted Zhang Lexuan and learned she had come to help Jiang Hai obtain his first soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned Huo Yuhao about his age, prompting Tang Ya and Bei Bei to defend his Tang Sect exemption quota.
• Huo Yuhao offered to give up his chance to attend Shrek Academy for Jiang Hai, but Tang Ya refused to take the place from him.
• Zhang Lexuan clarified that she wanted Jiang Hai to join the Tang Sect, and Jiang Hai said he was eleven, had level thirteen soul power, and was a Power Attack System Battle Soul Master.
• Bei Bei invited Jiang Hai to join the Tang Sect and offered to recommend him to Star Luo Royal Academy.

Jiang Hai refused to join the Tang Sect and explained that he felt no loyalty to the Star Luo Empire, prompting Zhang Lexuan to reveal how its city lord had blocked his martial soul awakening. After hearing Jiang Hai’s story, Huo Yuhao gave up his Shrek Academy admission slot for him, despite Tian Meng’s objections.

• Zhang Lexuan persuaded Jiang Hai to visit Shrek Academy, but he declined to join the Tang Sect and said he felt no attachment to the Star Luo Empire.
• Jiang Hai questioned why anyone should owe loyalty to a sovereign or country, and Zhang Lexuan warned him about the Sun Moon Empire’s ambitions.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that Jiang Hai had awakened his martial soul at eight, two years late, after Lin Youtian, the lord of Pinghai City, charged commoners fees for awakenings.
• Bei Bei promised to help Jiang Hai enter Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao offered him his own admission slot.
• Tian Meng protested that Huo Yuhao should attend Shrek Academy, but Huo Yuhao stood by his decision.

Jiang Hai traveled toward Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan and the others, declined Bei Bei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, and learned that its legendary techniques had been lost. While resting, he discovered that the Golden Coffin increased his soul power and intelligence.

• Zhang Lexuan led the group west toward Shrek Academy and arranged to find a way to secure Jiang Hai’s place there.
• Bei Bei invited Jiang Hai to join the Tang Sect and warned him not to learn its secret arts without joining, but Jiang Hai declined.
• Jiang Hai asked about Guanyin’s Tears and Bodhi Blood, and Tang Ya explained that those and other legendary Tang Sect techniques had been lost.
• Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao resolved to work together to restore the Tang Sect, while Jiang Hai left them to their plans.
• Jiang Hai entered the Bronze Coffin and discovered that the Golden Coffin increased his soul power and intelligence, making his hazy memories clearer.

Jiang Hai chose to pursue admission to Shrek Academy while keeping his Golden Coffin hidden, and Zhang Lexuan brought him and Huo Yuhao to Shrek City. As enrollment began, Zhang Lexuan sought an exception for Jiang Hai and went to ask Dean Yan Shaozhe for help.

• Jiang Hai cultivated in his Bronze Coffin and resolved to conceal his Golden Coffin at Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan encouraged Jiang Hai to keep socializing and promised to help him enter Shrek Academy.
• The group traveled four days to Shrek City, where Bei Bei and Tang Ya explained the academy's admission standards and combat assessments.
• Zhang Lexuan left Bei Bei and Tang Ya to guide Jiang Hai and Huo Yuhao while she sought permission for Jiang Hai to take the assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan found Yan Shaozhe overseeing admissions and told him she had discovered a genius for the academy.

Zhang Lexuan persuaded Yan Shaozhe to let Jiang Hai attempt Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment despite his age and low soul power, citing his unusual talent and Shrek’s past failure to protect his family. She brought him to the assessment, where Wang Yan began checking his bone age.

• Zhang Lexuan told Yan Shaozhe that Jiang Hai was eleven, had awakened his martial soul late, and needed special permission to enter Shrek Academy this year.
• Yan Shaozhe recalled Jiang Hai’s actions against Lin Youtian and listened as Zhang Lexuan described him killing an eight-hundred-year-old royal-blooded Diamond Tiger and absorbing its soul ring.
• After discussing Jiang Hai’s coffin martial soul, Yan Shaozhe gave Zhang Lexuan written authorization for him to take the entrance assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan reunited with Jiang Hai, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao, then took Jiang Hai to the assessment plaza.
• Wang Yan accepted Yan Shaozhe’s authorization and began checking Jiang Hai’s bone age after noticing the calluses on his hand.

Jiang Hai progressed through Shrek Academy’s entrance tests and entered a battle royal against nine other candidates. When the other students joined forces against him, he summoned the Bronze Coffin to block their attacks, and he recognized Wang Dong as Tang Wutong.

• Wang Yan approved Jiang Hai’s identification after Zhang Lexuan brought him forward, and Zhang Lexuan left him to continue the admission process on his own.
• Jiang Hai passed the martial soul test by revealing his 1,400-jin Bronze Coffin, then easily passed the soul ring and soul skill assessment.
• At the fourth test, Ma Xiaotao told ten candidates they had to fight until only one remained standing, with no fixed number guaranteed admission.
• Wang Dong attacked Jiang Hai, and the two exchanged hand-to-hand blows until another candidate bound Jiang Hai’s leg and the others joined the attack.
• Wang Dong revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly wings, and Jiang Hai recognized her as Tang San’s daughter, Tang Wutong.
• Jiang Hai summoned the Bronze Coffin, which absorbed the candidates’ attacks as the battle royal continued.

Jiang Hai overwhelmed the other candidates in Shrek Academy’s fourth-stage assessment, while Wang Dong proved to be the only one who could challenge him. Ma Xiaotao announced the four who passed and revealed her strength as a six-ring Soul Emperor, whom Jiang Hai recognized as the famed Ma Xiaotao.

• Jiang Hai used the Bronze Coffin to eliminate candidate after candidate, while Ma Xiaotao rescued those in immediate danger.
• Wang Dong struck Jiang Hai with Wing Guillotine, but he activated Diamond Body, knocked her from the air, and defeated the last opponents.
• Ma Xiaotao ended the assessment and named Jiang Hai, Wang Dong, Le Qianqian, and Chen Yong as the candidates who passed.
• When an eliminated boy challenged the results, Ma Xiaotao displayed her six soul rings and warned the candidates against causing trouble.
• Jiang Hai recognized Ma Xiaotao as Shrek Academy’s famed genius, second only to Zhang Lexuan.

Jiang Hai and the other three successful candidates registered at Shrek Academy, where Jiang Hai befriended Chen Yong and shared advice on predicting attacks. After they left, Yan Shaozhe discussed the candidates with Ma Xiaotao and hinted that Jiang Hai’s potential was greater than she realized.

• Ma Xiaotao passed Jiang Hai, Wang Dong, Chen Yong, and Le Qianqian, then told them to find the Freshman Registration Office themselves.
• Jiang Hai reassured Le Qianqian, met Chen Yong, and explained how he predicted opponents’ attacks; Chen Yong thanked him for the advice.
• Jiang Hai led the group to register and pay their tuition, officially enrolling at Shrek Academy and learning that he and Chen Yong shared Room 109 while Wang Dong had Room 108.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao to assess the four candidates, and she praised each one while judging Wang Dong the most outstanding.
• Yan Shaozhe challenged Ma Xiaotao’s judgment, saying her eye for talent still fell short of Lexuan’s, as Ma Xiaotao argued that Jiang Hai’s low soul power would limit his future.

Jiang Hai and the others arrived at Shrek Academy’s first-year dormitory, where he recognized the elderly gatekeeper as Dragon God Douluo Mu En and won his permission to study there. After settling into a room with Chen Yong, Jiang Hai explained that he would often cultivate inside his coffin martial soul, and Chen Yong agreed to share the room.

• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Jiang Hai had awakened his martial soul at eight and said he might take him as a disciple if he performed well.
• Jiang Hai bowed to Mu En at the dormitory entrance and asked permission to study at Shrek Academy without harming its grounds.
• Mu En saw through the nature of Jiang Hai’s Tenfold Heavenly Coffin, welcomed the students, and returned to his nap.
• Wang Dong questioned Jiang Hai about how he identified Mu En and what he knew about his martial soul, but Jiang Hai evaded her questions and went into room 109 with Chen Yong.
• Mu En wondered whether to pass his remaining power to Jiang Hai but admitted he still could not let go.
• Jiang Hai offered to help Chen Yong clean their dusty room and warned him that he would often cultivate inside his martial soul; Chen Yong said he did not mind.

Jiang Hai devised a scheme for Chen Yong to earn money by provoking Shrek Academy freshmen into paying for fights. Chen Yong won two matches and pocketed both gold coins, while Mu En allowed the scheme to continue.

• Chen Yong accepted bedding from Jiang Hai, and the two ate dinner together before Jiang Hai promised to show him how to earn money at Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Hai gave Chen Yong a sign insulting the freshmen and instructed him to demand one gold coin for each fight.
• Liu Yun paid a gold coin to challenge Chen Yong, who defeated him by taking away his Cloud Auspicious Staff and stopping a punch just before his face.
• Mu En advised Chen Yong to show defeated opponents more consideration, and Chen Yong said Jiang Hai had given him similar advice.
• Chen Yong provoked another freshman, defeated him, and apologized while offering to return the gold coin; the opponent let him keep it, and Chen Yong pocketed it happily.

Jiang Hai challenged Shrek Academy’s second- and third-year students for ten gold coins per fight, defeating veteran Soul Grandmasters with his strength and Bronze Coffin. As third-year Gu Dao entered the fight, Jiang Hai prepared for a more serious battle.

• Jiang Hai called the second- and third-year students out and charged ten gold coins for each lesson, while Chen Yong packed up his profitable stall and joined the crowd.
• Jiang Hai defeated Yu Xiu with a single exchange, then used the Bronze Coffin to overcome Xu Li’s soul skills and send him flying.
• Jiang Hai defeated five more challengers with the Bronze Coffin as Tang Ya and Bei Bei watched from the crowd.
• Third-year Gu Dao stepped forward and introduced himself as a rank-twenty-six agility-type Battle Soul Master.
• Jiang Hai gripped the Bronze Coffin as Gu Dao activated Gale Shadow and Gale Blade, beginning their fight.

Jiang Hai defeated Gu Dao and challenged Shrek Academy’s second- and third-year students, then battled Xi Feng while honing his strength. Xi Feng’s Frost Attachment briefly froze Jiang Hai, but his attack failed to break through Jiang Hai’s Diamond Body, leaving the fight poised for Jiang Hai to recover and win.

• Jiang Hai predicted Gu Dao’s charge and struck him with the Bronze Coffin, then defeated him with a series of punches.
• With no one else stepping forward, Jiang Hai insulted the gathered students until Xi Feng accepted his challenge.
• Jiang Hai activated Diamond Body and exchanged powerful blows with Xi Feng, pushing him backward and nearing a Soul Power breakthrough.
• Xi Feng’s Frost Attachment froze Jiang Hai, but his Iron Mountain Charge failed to break through Jiang Hai’s defense.
• Bei Bei said Xi Feng had missed his best chance and predicted Jiang Hai would win once he recovered.

Jiang Hai defeated five challengers in succession, breaking through to rank fourteen and consolidating his strength. Xu Sanshi then wagered three Mystic Water Pills that Jiang Hai could not break through his defenses, and Jiang Hai began recovering before their duel.

• Jiang Hai broke through Xi Feng’s ice shield, defeated him, and reached rank fourteen.
• Zhou Yi explained that Jiang Hai’s eight-hundred-year-old Diamond Tiger soul ring helped give him strong offense and defense.
• Xu Sanshi arrived, challenged Jiang Hai, and offered to let him try to break through his defenses without using soul skills or fighting back.
• Jiang Hai demanded Mystic Water Pills as the wager, and Xu Sanshi agreed to give him three, handing the bottle to Bei Bei.
• Jiang Hai said he needed to recover from his earlier battles, then sat down to restore his soul power while Xu Sanshi waited.

Jiang Hai defeated Xu Sanshi in a challenge by using the Bronze Coffin and briefly borrowing Lin Youtian’s power, winning three Mystic Water Pills. Xu Sanshi broke through afterward, while Jiang Hai left exhausted and Zhou Yi began considering how to train him.

• Jiang Hai faced Xu Sanshi and repeatedly struck his defenses with the Bronze Coffin, while Xu Sanshi endured the blows and benefited from their vibrations.
• Jiang Hai used the Bronze Coffin’s ability to borrow Lin Youtian’s power, increasing his strength enough to overwhelm Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Power to send the coffin flying, but the soul skill meant he had lost the challenge, and he spat blood.
• Bei Bei gave Jiang Hai the three Mystic Water Pills, and Chen Yong helped the exhausted Jiang Hai leave as the crowd recognized his strength.
• Xu Sanshi broke through in soul power after the fight, Jiang Nannan slipped away unnoticed, and Zhou Yi left to consider Jiang Hai’s training.

Jiang Hai absorbed a Mystic Water Pill by Sea God Lake, which cleared and strengthened his meridians and raised his soul power to rank fifteen. The next morning, he and Chen Yong trained with heavy weights, then cultivated while exhausted.

• Chen Yong offered Jiang Hai half the gold coins he had earned, but Jiang Hai told him to keep the money and asked him to stand guard while he absorbed a Mystic Water Pill.
• Jiang Hai swallowed the pill beside Sea God Lake and used Zhang Lexuan's Meditation Method to guide its medicinal power through his body as Chen Yong kept watch.
• After absorbing the pill, Jiang Hai bathed in Sea God Lake and discovered his soul power had risen from rank fourteen to rank fifteen, with his meridians and physique greatly improved.
• Jiang Hai and Chen Yong returned to Dormitory 109, where Jiang Hai reviewed the day's challenges before falling asleep.
• The next morning, Jiang Hai and Chen Yong ate a hearty meal and ran around Shrek Academy; Jiang Hai carried his Bronze Coffin, while Chen Yong ran with heavy iron locks.
• After they collapsed near the entrance square, Jiang Hai urged Chen Yong to cultivate while his body was at its limit, and Chen Yong felt his soul power improving faster.