Chapter Summaries

Tang Wutong defeated Huang Chutian’s team, then confronted Ye Xixuan and confessed that she liked him, leaving him more certain that God King Tang was manipulating her. The Freshman Assessment continued, and the teams led by Ye Xixuan, Tang Wutong, and Xie Huanyue advanced to the final four.

• Tang Wutong used her Light of the Butterfly God to overwhelm Huang Chutian, Ye Mochen, and Ye Moyang and send them out of bounds.
• Tang Wutong confronted Ye Xixuan about his conversation with Ning Tian and disparaged the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Tang Sect.
• Ye Xixuan questioned whether Tang Wutong’s fixation on him was truly her own choice, and she became distressed before saying she liked him.
• Tang Wutong left, while Ye Xixuan recognized the Golden Trident rune as God King Tang’s Divine Seal and worried about being controlled.
• Rumors about Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong spread through Shrek Academy, and the teams led by Ye Xixuan, Tang Wutong, and Xie Huanyue advanced to the final four.

Ye Xixuan's team and Tang Wutong's team won their semifinals, setting up a final against each other that afternoon. The two teams unexpectedly met at the Freshman Canteen before the championship match.

• Du Weilun drew the semifinal pairings, matching Ye Xixuan's team against Xie Huanyue's team and Tang Wutong's team against Zhou Sichen's team.
• Ye Xixuan pierced Xie Huanyue's Rubber Elephant defense with his shadow spear, and the Lan sisters trapped the Luo brothers as Ye Xixuan's team won.
• Tang Wutong defeated Zhou Sichen and his teammates alone, securing her team's place in the final.
• Du Weilun announced the semifinal results and said he would referee the final that afternoon.
• Ye Xixuan's team and Tang Wutong's team unexpectedly ran into each other at the Freshman Canteen.

The Freshman Assessment finalists gathered for their match as academy officials watched, and Ye Xixuan faced Tang Wutong in the opening exchange. The battle began with Manzhu pressing the Lan sisters and Xiao Xiao revealing her twin martial souls, leaving Wang Yan alarmed by her second martial soul’s soul ring.

• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo treated Ye Xixuan to lunch, and Tang Wutong’s team sat nearby before the finalists rested for the afternoon match.
• Cai Mei'er, Zhang Lexuan, Xuan Zi, and other officials watched as Du Weilun introduced the teams and started the final.
• Tang Wutong and Ye Xixuan took to the air while the other four contestants released their martial souls.
• Manzhu slipped through the Lan sisters’ Hair Net, but Xiao Xiao played her Nine Phoenix Ceremonial Flute and slowed the net with its jade-green radiance.
• Cai Mei'er recognized Xiao Xiao’s twin martial souls, and Wang Yan lamented that she had already attached a soul ring to her second martial soul.

The freshmen tournament narrowed to a clash between Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong after the Lan sisters defeated Manzhu and Xiao Xiao with their martial soul fusion skill. Ye Xixuan countered Tang Wutong’s powerful Butterfly God Slash and left her trapped in his threads, furious and demanding to know what he had done.

• Cai Mei'er and Zhang Lexuan discussed Ye Xixuan, Tang Wutong, and the Clear Sky Sect’s intentions toward Shrek Academy.
• The Lan sisters used their Heavenly Net martial soul fusion skill to defeat Manzhu and overwhelm Xiao Xiao, and Du Weilun eliminated all four from the fight.
• Tang Wutong and Ye Xixuan fought in midair, trading attacks powered by their light and dark abilities.
• Tang Wutong unleashed Butterfly God Slash, but Ye Xixuan used Shadow-Carved Cycle to cut apart its golden orb.
• After the explosion, Ye Xixuan held Tang Wutong in place with threads, and she glared at him in shame and fury.

Ye Xixuan revealed that his shadow domain could project and physically reproduce inanimate objects, creating a Shadow Hammer that matched Tang Wutong’s Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Wutong steadied herself and charged at him, insisting that he could not copy the hammer’s abilities.

• Xuan Zi joked that Tang Wutong had fallen into Ye Xixuan’s web, while Cai Mei'er and Zhang Lexuan reacted awkwardly to their closeness.
• Ye Xixuan released Tang Wutong from his spatial spider silk, but she demanded to continue their fight in front of the spectators.
• Tang Wutong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer, exposing that she possessed twin martial souls.
• Ye Xixuan used World Projection to create a physical Shadow Hammer that replicated the Clear Sky Hammer within his shadow domain.
• Tang Wutong charged at Ye Xixuan, declaring that he could not replicate the Clear Sky Hammer’s abilities.

Ye Xixuan defeated Tang Wutong and won the Freshman Assessment with Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo. As Shrek’s leaders learned the Body Sect had come for Ye Xixuan, Du Busi arrived with ten other Titled Douluos and demanded that Shrek hand him over.

• Ye Xixuan overpowered Tang Wutong’s Clear Sky Hammer strike, sending her out of the arena and securing the championship for his team with Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Du Weilun announced the team’s victory, and Cai Mei’er praised the freshmen before sending Ye Xixuan and the sisters to collect their rewards.
• Xuan Zi sensed that the Body Sect was nearby and hurried to the Sea God Pavilion to tell Mu En, who identified the visitors.
• Xuan Zi confronted Du Busi in the sky above Shrek Academy, where Du Busi revealed ten more Titled Douluos had accompanied him.
• Du Busi demanded that Shrek hand over the boy from the Night Family, while Xuan Zi mocked the Body Sect’s claim to welcome all Soul Masters with body martial souls.

Du Busi threatened Shrek Academy with war to force Ye Xixuan to join the Body Sect, but Mu En intervened and offered a compromise. The chapter ended with Mu En allowing Ye Xixuan to join the Body Sect if he chose, shocking both sides.

• Du Busi declared war on Shrek Academy and ordered the Body Sect elders to search for Ye Xixuan.
• Xuan Zi rallied Shrek Academy's Titled Douluo as both sides prepared to fight.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Ye Xixuan and the Lan Sisters to her office and told them the Body Sect had arrived.
• Mu En appeared through the Golden Tree, suppressed both sides' auras, and confronted Du Busi.
• Du Busi explained that he wanted Ye Xixuan as the Body Sect's successor, and Mu En offered to let Ye Xixuan join if he wished.

Mu En and Du Busi agreed to arrange an engagement between Ye Xixuan and Princess Vina, linking Shrek Academy and the Body Sect against the Sun Moon Empire. After the Body Sect withdrew, Mu En revealed to Xuan Zi that he had accepted the proposal to give Ye Xixuan more protection and options before his own death.

• Du Busi agreed to set aside the Body Sect’s grievances with Shrek Academy and revealed that his sect served the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Du Busi offered to teach Ye Xixuan the Body Sect’s secret art and help awaken his martial soul again if he joined the sect.
• Du Busi demanded that Ye Xixuan and Princess Vina publicly announce their engagement, and Mu En accepted on Ye Xixuan’s behalf.
• Du Busi led the Body Sect away, and Mu En sent Cai Mei'er to reassure Shrek Academy’s students and the residents of Shrek City.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that he had accepted the engagement to leave Ye Xixuan more contingencies as his own end approached.

After the Freshman Assessment, Zhang Lexuan awarded Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo paired soul bones and gave Ye Xixuan a separate reward. The sisters left with gratitude, while Ye Xixuan stayed behind with Zhang Lexuan as evening fell.

• Zhang Lexuan gave Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo a pair of nine-thousand-year Purple Vine arm soul bones for winning the Freshman Assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that the paired bones suited the sisters and might strengthen their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and told them to keep the reward secret.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo accepted the soul bones and left, grateful to Ye Xixuan for helping them win.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ye Xixuan that the academy had another reward for him and invited him to come get it himself.
• Ye Xixuan approached Zhang Lexuan and asked for his reward as evening fell and the office curtains were drawn.

Ye Xixuan learned that the Body Sect had come to Shrek Academy because of him and went to hear Mu En’s explanation. He discovered that the sect’s retreat had been secured by an agreement to betroth him to Princess Vina, leaving him stunned.

• Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan discussed the Body Sect’s visit, and Zhang Lexuan warned him to respect Tang Ya’s wishes.
• Tang Ya met Ye Xixuan outside Zhang Lexuan’s office, teased him about the Freshman Assessment, and left with him for a quiet grove.
• Ye Xixuan returned to Sea God Pavilion after dark, and Mu En told him the Body Sect had reached an agreement with Shrek Academy.
• Mu En revealed that Ye Xixuan was expected to become engaged to Princess Vina of the Heaven Dou Empire in exchange for the Body Sect teaching him its Body Secret Art and helping his martial soul undergo a second awakening.
• Ye Xixuan was shocked by the betrothal, while Mu En assured him that Vina would not interfere with his other relationships.

Ye Xixuan accepted the academy’s arrangement to become betrothed to Princess Vina, then attended the freshman assembly, where he was named assessment champion and an Outer Court core disciple. After the new Class One students clashed over class leadership, Ye Xixuan suggested letting Tang Wutong and Dai Huabin settle their dispute in the Soul Fighting Zone.

• Mu En advised Ye Xixuan about his relationships and told him he could blame the academy for the betrothal; Ye Xixuan agreed to marry Princess Vina.
• Du Weilun announced the Freshman Assessment rankings, named Ye Xixuan’s team champions, and awarded the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining their next Soul Rings.
• Du Weilun named Ye Xixuan, Tang Wutong, and others as core disciples before assigning freshmen to classes; Ye Xixuan joined Class One with Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Wang Yan nominated Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong as Class One’s monitor and deputy monitor, prompting Zhu Lu to challenge Tang Wutong’s nomination on Dai Huabin’s behalf.
• Tang Wutong insulted Dai Huabin and his family, and Wang Yan stopped their escalating confrontation; Ye Xixuan suggested they fight in the Soul Fighting Zone.

Tang Wutong and Dai Huabin fought for the vice class monitor nomination, and Tang Wutong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer and overwhelmed him with a devastating Great Sumeru Hammer strike. Dai Huabin was left gravely injured as Wang Yan called for a healing Soul Master.

• Wang Yan made Tang Wutong and Dai Huabin wager their eligibility for vice class monitor on the outcome of a match in the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Tang Wutong told Ye Xixuan she would not let him down, while Xiao Xiao and the Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo teased him about his interactions with the girls.
• Dai Huabin charged Tang Wutong with his White Tiger martial soul enhanced by White Tiger Protection Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Tang Wutong revealed her twin martial souls and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, Sumeru Skyward, detonating all three Soul Rings.
• Wang Yan deflected the hammer enough to spare Dai Huabin's head, but the strike shattered the bones in all four of his limbs, and Dai Huabin passed out.
• Tang Wutong dismissed Zhu Lu's threat and challenged Wang Yan's criticism, after which Wang Yan ordered everyone to leave the arena and summoned a healing Soul Master.

Tang Wutong defeated Dai Huabin with a dangerous Ring Detonation strike, and Shrek Academy treated both her and Dai Huabin while investigating the consequences. Ye Xixuan kept his distance from Tang Wutong, and the chapter ended with the healer revealing that Dai Huabin had suffered irreversible damage that could threaten his inheritance.

• Tang Wutong confronted Ye Xixuan after the match, while Zhu Lu accused them of deliberately targeting Dai Huabin and Tang Wutong openly challenged her.
• Du Weilun arrived with a Tree of Life healing-type Soul Saint, who treated Tang Wutong and stabilized Dai Huabin’s injuries.
• Du Weilun made himself deputy homeroom teacher of first-year Class One and escorted Dai Huabin to the infirmary with Wang Yan and Zhu Lu.
• Tang Wutong stumbled into Ye Xixuan’s arms, but he broke free and walked away, leaving Xiao Xiao, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo encouraged by his rejection of her.
• The healer privately told Du Weilun that Dai Huabin had permanently lost his ability to function as a man, and Du Weilun ordered him to keep the discovery secret.

After losing to Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong, Dai Huabin woke in the infirmary, discovered he had lost his sexual function, and drove Zhu Lu away in anger. The school year then passed peacefully, and seven months later Ye Xixuan had reached the peak of level thirty-nine, nearing level forty.

• Ning Tian asked Wu Feng for details about the clash between Tang Wutong, Dai Huabin, and Ye Xixuan, then considered how to deal with them.
• Dai Huabin woke in the infirmary, realized he could not respond to Zhu Lu's advances, and angrily ordered her to leave.
• Ye Xixuan and Huang Chutian saw Zhu Lu crying, and Huang Chutian later sat beside her in class, only to be rebuffed when he mentioned seeing her cry.
• Du Weilun became Year One Class One's deputy homeroom teacher and supported Wang Yan's lessons while Dai Huabin was absent.
• Dai Huabin returned to class after a week but grew withdrawn and stopped speaking to Zhu Lu, while Ye Xixuan continued his studies and Soul Tool Department practice.
• Seven months passed, and Ye Xixuan reached the peak of level thirty-nine, close to breaking through to level forty.

As the semester neared its end, Ye Xixuan dealt with Tang Wutong’s mistaken assumptions about his feelings and was summoned to Zhang Lexuan’s office. There, Zhang introduced him to Princess Vina, his betrothed fiancée.

• Tang Wutong flirted with Ye Xixuan in class, while he remained baffled by her belief that he liked her.
• Dai Huabin glared at Ye Xixuan and Tang Wutong, and Zhu Lu feared the changes in Dai and concealed that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill no longer worked.
• After class, Wang Yan told Ye Xixuan that Vice Dean Zhang Lexuan wanted to see him.
• Ye Xixuan went to Zhang Lexuan’s office, where she introduced the silver-haired Princess Vina as his fiancée.

Ye Xixuan met his fiancée, Princess Vina, and discovered that she possessed powerful mental abilities and knew secrets about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. They left together under Vina’s simulation skill after Ye Xixuan spotted Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan nearby.

• Ye Xixuan met Vina in Zhang Lexuan’s office, and the two greeted each other as fiancés.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Vina planned to hunt for a soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest after Ye Xixuan reached level 40.
• Vina revealed that she was developing her mental-attribute brain martial soul and intended to obtain a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Vina demonstrated her Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing skills, then shared her secrets about the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with Ye Xixuan.
• Ye Xixuan promised Vina he would not make her regret being honest with him, and Vina took his hand.
• When Ye Xixuan spotted Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan in Shrek Square, he asked Vina to conceal them with her Second Simulation Soul Skill.

Ye Xixuan and Vina shared an intimate moment by Sea God Lake before Ma Xiaotao arrived seeking his help with her Evil Fire Phoenix. Ma Xiaotao revealed she had reached level seventy, overwhelmed Ye Xixuan, and carried him into the lake while Vina watched.

• Vina told Ye Xixuan she was glad they had met and kissed him as they embraced by Sea God Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao flew toward the shore, and Ye Xixuan explained to Vina that he helped her manage the side effects of her martial soul.
• Ye Xixuan bound Ma Xiaotao with his Heavenly Spider Claws and asked her to show him respect.
• Ma Xiaotao burned through the spider silk, revealed that she had broken through level seventy, and overwhelmed Ye Xixuan with her Phoenix Flame.
• Ma Xiaotao wrapped her arms around Ye Xixuan and plunged into Sea God Lake while Vina watched.

Ye Xixuan absorbed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, reached level 40, and reunited with his fiancée Vina, who had witnessed what happened in the lake. Mu En arranged for Vina, Ma Xiaotao, and Ye Xixuan to go with Lexuan to the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving Ye Xixuan uneasy about the group’s future dynamics.

• Ye Xixuan absorbed most of Ma Xiaotao’s accumulated evil fire in the lake, and his Soul Power broke through to level 40.
• Vina saw what happened underwater with her Spiritual Detection Soul Skill, then helped Ye Xixuan ashore and cleaned his clothes and abdomen.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that Vina was Ye Xixuan’s fiancée and flew to the Sea God Pavilion to confront Mu En.
• Ye Xixuan and Vina shared an intimate moment before going together to meet Mu En.
• Mu En arranged for Lexuan to take Ye Xixuan, Vina, and Ma Xiaotao to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, then told Ye Xixuan and Vina to find a room in the Sea God Pavilion.

Ye Xixuan and Vina grew closer during a private conversation in the Sea God Pavilion, where Vina encouraged him to consider his relationship with Ma Xiaotao. After learning more about Ling Luochеn’s family tragedy and Ye Xixuan’s fear of being treated as a substitute, Vina reassured him of her sincerity, and he began to give in to her invitation to stay the night.

• Ye Xixuan accompanied Vina to a guest room in the Sea God Pavilion, where she asked him to consider his relationship with Ma Xiaotao.
• Vina teased Ye Xixuan and invited him to be intimate with her, and he responded to her advances.
• Vina told Ye Xixuan that Ling Luochеn’s younger brother had likely died during an expedition to the Far North while seeking an ultimate-ice soul ring.
• Ye Xixuan realized Ling Luochеn might have treated him as a substitute for her brother, and Vina comforted him by affirming that he was her fiancé in his own right.
• Vina invited Ye Xixuan to stay with her, and he struggled to resist while reminding himself they had to hunt soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Ye Xixuan and Vina joined Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao on an expedition to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings. After reaching the forest’s Mixed Zone, Vina’s Spiritual Detection made Ma Xiaotao realize she might have witnessed an intimate moment, leaving the group awkwardly silent.

• Ye Xixuan and Vina met Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao at Shrek Academy’s gates, and Zhang Lexuan assigned roles for their expedition.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Xuan Zi and Elder Song followed in secret.
• Wang Yan told First Year Class One that Ye Xixuan had reached Level 40 and gone to obtain a soul ring, surprising the students and upsetting Tang Wutong.
• Ye Xixuan, Vina, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao entered the Star Dou Great Forest and used Vina’s abilities to travel into the Mixed Zone.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Vina’s Spiritual Detection might have revealed her intimate encounter with Ye Xixuan, and the group fell into an awkward silence.