Recaps

Chen Ping obtained a five-cubic-meter Storage Ring from Qian Duoduo and sold his rare metals through Ning Tian for sixty-eight thousand Gold Soul Coins. Back in his dormitory, he consumed a Soul Ascension Pill and felt its energy spread through his body.

• Chen Ping chose more than five hundred kilograms of refined iron, prompting Qian Duoduo to give him a five-cubic-meter Storage Ring.
• Chen Ping invited Ning Tian and Wu Feng to dinner and asked Ning Tian to help sell his rare metals.
• Ning Tian took Chen Ping to a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect shop, where the metals sold for sixty-eight thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ping counted his savings and resolved to reach one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins before the semester ended.
• Chen Ping bit into the Soul Ascension Pill, drank its green liquid, swallowed the shell, and felt its energy course through his body.

After nearly three months at Shrek, Chen Ping had built a thriving food and massage business, excelled in class, and advanced to Soul Power Level twenty, though he had no time to obtain a Soul Ring. As Mu Jin inspected the freshman assessment grounds, he ran into Zhou Yi and taunted her.

• Chen Ping's Premium Buddha Jumps Over the Wall attracted loyal customers, while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Wang Dong bought it for their own reasons.
• Chen Ping expanded his connections, dominated his class results, and broke through to Soul Power Level twenty just before the freshman competition.
• Mu Jin credited Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng with driving Class Nine to strong results and expected the class to retain many students after the competition.
• Mu Jin inspected the assessment grounds and encountered Zhou Yi.
• Mu Jin called Zhou Yi the school's teacher whose name must not be mentioned, making her visibly furious.

Mu Jin confronted Zhou Yi with evidence that her brutal weighted training had injured the students in Class One and threatened their futures. Zhou Yi denied the evidence and accused Mu Jin of using it to retaliate for his brother’s expulsion as freshmen gathered around them.

• Zhou Yi privately admitted to Mu Jin that she had expelled his younger brother because she resented Mu Jin and wanted Fan Yu for herself.
• Mu Jin warned Zhou Yi that she might lose her teaching position and presented her with records compiled by Chen Ping’s massage shop.
• Mu Jin revealed that students from Zhou Yi’s Class One had widespread injuries, while students from other classes were in good condition and gaining strength.
• Mu Jin accused Zhou Yi of harming young students with relentless weighted training and challenged her fitness to teach.
• Zhou Yi denied responsibility, called the records fabricated, and claimed Mu Jin was attacking her over his brother’s expulsion.

Mu Jin confronted Zhou Yi with verified data showing that her teaching had harmed students and with evidence that former students and influential families were demanding accountability. Zhou Yi attacked Mu Jin, but a middle-aged man kicked her away as she threatened them.

• Mu Jin showed Zhou Yi comparison tables documenting the poor physical condition of students she had taught or expelled, and explained that Teacher Li had verified the data.
• Mu Jin told Zhou Yi that rumors about her had spread across the continent and that families, including the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, were pressuring Director Du Weilun.
• Mu Jin explained that students and families had united to prevent Zhou Yi from teaching or directing the incoming First Year.
• Zhou Yi called out Chen Ping's name, then manifested six Soul Rings and lunged at Mu Jin in a rage.
• A dark-faced middle-aged man kicked Zhou Yi in the chin, sending her flying and knocking out several teeth.

Du Weilun attacked Zhou Yi after her misconduct was exposed, while students celebrated her downfall and Chen Ping reflected on the students’ fight for fairness. Chen Ping then received a hidden achievement and 8,888 academic genius points for organizing the student movement.

• Du Weilun kicked Zhou Yi down and rejected her attempts to explain herself.
• Du Weilun tore off Zhou Yi’s mask and condemned her abuse of students, declaring that she had to answer for her actions.
• Students cheered Zhou Yi’s defeat as Chen Ping watched and considered how their collective struggle had brought justice.
• Chen Ping received the hidden Student Movement achievement and 8,888 academic genius points.

After Chen Ping unexpectedly earned 8,800 Academic Genius Points, Mu En decided to reward him with the prospect of directing Shrek's Martial Soul Department. Mu En then summoned the Sea God Pavilion elders to address corruption at the academy.

• Chen Ping received 8,800 Academic Genius Points for guiding the student movement and considered using them to improve his competition chances.
• Mu En praised Chen Ping's character and abilities, deciding that he could eventually become director of Shrek's Martial Soul Department.
• Mu En agreed to a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and said the elders should seize the chance to clean house.
• Mu En and elders across Shrek Academy vanished from their usual places and hurried toward the golden ancient tree.

Chen Ping and Wang Yan prepared for the fallout from Zhou Yi’s crimes as the Sea God Pavilion elders debated how to punish those responsible. Mu En recommended execution, leaving Fan Yu unable to protect Zhou Yi.

• Wang Yan explained to Chen Ping that Shrek Academy was a powerful political organization and that its internal wrongdoers would be judged by the academy itself.
• Chen Ping offered to help Wang Yan draft official documents about the case.
• Xuan Zi presented the case against Zhou Yi and her accomplices to the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Mu En urged the elders to speak, then recommended killing Zhou Yi and the teachers who had helped conceal her misconduct.
• Qian Duoduo tried to plead for Fan Yu, but Mu En made clear that Fan Yu could not shield Zhou Yi from punishment.

Mu En defended his recommendation to kill Zhou Yi and the academy officials who helped conceal her crimes, arguing that Chen Ping was worth nurturing as a future administrator. Wang Yan told Chen Ping that the Sea God Pavilion had decided to hold those responsible accountable, leaving Chen Ping shaken by the realization that his actions had led someone to their death.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi that he had recommended killing Zhou Yi and the complicit academy officials, and explained why he wanted Shrek to nurture Chen Ping.
• Xuan Zi agreed to relay the meeting's decision to Wang Yan and use the opportunity to sound out Chen Ping.
• Wang Yan told Chen Ping that the Sea God Pavilion had decided someone must pay for the scandal, specifically Zhou Yi and the officials who helped her.
• Chen Ping accepted that Zhou Yi deserved punishment but struggled with the fact that he had personally set her execution in motion.
• Chen Ping realized that Shrek was unlike the schools he had known and that he needed to accept its harsher reality.

After learning that Zhou Yi had orchestrated the crimes exposed by Mu Jin’s Recording Pearl, Fan Yu faced Qian Duoduo and Du Weilun in shame. He offered to resign and begged the academy to spare Zhou Yi, but Qian Duoduo told him Mu En had made the final decision and sent him to plead with Chen Ping.

• Qian Duoduo rebuked Fan Yu for defending Zhou Yi and told him to leave and apologize to Mu Jin.
• Fan Yu realized Zhou Yi had used his trust to promote teachers who helped her target students, and Du Weilun arrived expecting to lose his positions over the fallout.
• Fan Yu knelt before Qian Duoduo and apologized to Du Weilun, then offered to resign if the academy would spare Zhou Yi’s life.
• Qian Duoduo angrily reminded Fan Yu of the students Zhou Yi had harmed and condemned his plea as an abuse of his position.
• Qian Duoduo said Mu En had made the final decision and told Fan Yu to go beg Chen Ping if he wanted Zhou Yi to live.

After Zhou Yi was sentenced to death, Chen Ping struggled with the consequences of wielding the system’s power, while Mu En exposed his conflicted feelings and proposed another punishment. Chen Ping then noticed a timid, powerful man nearby, realizing Mu En’s plan had another purpose.

• Chen Ping returned from Wang Yan’s office shaken after writing Zhou Yi’s sentence and learning that the punishment would cost lives.
• Mu En stopped Chen Ping from retreating to his dormitory and praised his reluctance to wield deadly authority recklessly.
• Mu En revealed that Chen Ping wanted Zhou Yi punished but did not want her death on his conscience, though he would not ask for her to be spared.
• Mu En proposed crippling Zhou Yi’s Soul Power and forcing her to survive as a beggar in Shrek City instead of executing her.
• Chen Ping followed Mu En’s gaze and saw a timid, powerfully built man standing nearby, recognizing that Mu En’s plan served three purposes.

Shrek Academy publicly announced Zhou Yi’s punishment and plans to treat the students she had harmed, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong celebrated the decision. Chen Ping’s role in drafting the notice drew a crowd to his massage shop, leaving his next encounter with them ahead.

• Chen Ping accepted Mu En’s decision to cripple Zhou Yi’s cultivation and confine her to Shrek City, recognizing its benefits for Fan Yu, the students, and himself.
• The day before the Freshman Competition, freshmen gathered around Shrek Academy’s notices and celebrated the measures against Zhou Yi and her accomplices.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to share the notice’s contents with Wang Dong, including Zhou Yi’s punishment and the academy’s plan to treat harmed students.
• Wang Dong cheered, and Huo Yuhao felt relieved that Zhou Yi would no longer teach their classes.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong decided to visit Chen Ping, whose massage shop was already crowded after the official notice he had written for Wang Yan was posted.

Chen Ping’s massage shop drew a crowd of students eager to support him after his evidence helped bring Zhou Yi down. In the academy’s secret chamber, Fan Yu ended his relationship with Zhou Yi and left her to face the consequences.

• Students crowded around Chen Ping’s shop to top up their cards and thank him for exposing Zhou Yi’s wrongdoing.
• Xie Huanyue joined the customers and put five thousand Gold Soul Coins on his card.
• In a secret chamber, Zhou Yi cursed Chen Ping and Mu Jin and insisted Fan Yu would rescue her.
• Fan Yu and Qian Duoduo confronted Zhou Yi, and Qian Duoduo condemned her for repaying kindness with cruelty.
• Fan Yu told Zhou Yi they were finished, said he would spend the rest of his life atoning, and bid her farewell forever.

Qian Duoduo crippled Zhou Yi and condemned her to live under guard outside Shrek Academy, while Mu Jin organized Freshman Competition teams. Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were placed together, setting up a team aiming for the championship.

• Qian Duoduo destroyed Zhou Yi's cultivation, bound her in chains, and arranged for Soul Saints to prevent her from killing herself as she wandered Shrek City.
• Mu Jin dismissed Freshman Class Nine for the afternoon and asked the students to submit their cultivation directions to help form competition teams.
• Chen Ping chose the Power Attack System, reasoning that battlefield control and offense were closely related.
• Mu Jin assigned Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Chen Ping to Team One, and Nanmen Yun'er regretted missing a place on their team.

Mu Jin explained the Freshman Competition’s elimination rules and encouraged Class Nine by predicting that many of its students could advance. After class, Chen Ping told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that their plan was to let Wu Feng charge through weaker teams while keeping the others’ strength hidden.

• Mu Jin said roughly half the freshmen would be eliminated by percentage, but estimated Class Nine’s retention rate could exceed sixty or even seventy percent.
• Mu Jin explained that students would draw opponents for at least ten matches, with six wins likely securing advancement, and that the top sixty-four teams would enter knockout rounds.
• Mu Jin dismissed the class and said the matches would begin the following afternoon.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian asked Chen Ping what tactics their team would use.
• Chen Ping suggested that Wu Feng charge into opponents while Ning Tian and he conserved their strength, and Ning Tian recognized the plan would conceal their abilities.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng prepared for the freshman assessment and were assigned their first match against Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen. The match began with the Class Three team forming a defensive formation around Zhao Haochen.

• Chen Ping trained with his Touch Dragon Staff before heading to the assessment grounds.
• Chen Ping found Ning Tian and Wu Feng in Area Thirty-Three, where the teams prepared for the elimination rounds.
• Wang Yan warned the freshmen not to maim their opponents and announced the first match between Class Nine and Class Three.
• Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian took their positions against Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• Wang Yan started the assessment, and the Class Three students released their Martial Souls in an inverted triangle formation around Zhao Haochen.

Wu Feng charged across the Soul Fighting arena and defeated Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen by taking Zhao Haochen’s chicken-leg buffs for herself. Wang Yan announced Chen Ping’s team’s first victory, leaving the other teams in Area Thirty-Three intimidated by Wu Feng.

• After Wang Yan began the assessment, Wu Feng activated Dragon Transformation and charged straight at the opposing team.
• Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng dodged Wu Feng’s attack, leaving Zhao Haochen exposed as he summoned chicken legs with his food-system Soul Skill.
• Wu Feng took Zhao Haochen’s chicken legs, ate them, and knocked him out of the arena.
• Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng attacked Wu Feng together, but she dodged their crossing strike and slapped both of them out of the arena.
• Wang Yan announced Chen Ping’s team’s first victory, and the other teams in Area Thirty-Three grew nervous.

Chen Ping's team dominated their first two days of freshman matches, with Wu Feng overwhelming opponents and Ning Tian's support making her even faster. By the second day, teams in Area Thirty-Three chose to forfeit rather than face them.

• Wu Feng returned after defeating Ouyang Junyi's team, and Chen Ping teased her before she shared the remaining braised chicken drumsticks with him and Ning Tian.
• Chen Ping tested the drumstick's speed boost and estimated it increased his speed by nearly thirty percent, prompting Ning Tian to defend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support abilities.
• Chen Ping's trio won their matches on the second day, as Wu Feng continued to overwhelm opponents with her strength and speed.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng's speed by forty percent in one match, and Wu Feng defeated three opponents after using only one Soul Skill.
• After Wu Feng sent a stubborn Soul Master flying with Dragon Claw and made him cry, teams in Area Thirty-Three began forfeiting their matches against Chen Ping's team.

Chen Ping's team won all five of their matches as rival teams forfeited to avoid exposing their strength, making them District 33's seeded team. After Wang Yan warned them that the next day's opponents would be tougher, Chen Ping spotted the dispirited Xu Sanshi at the massage shop.

• Teams chose to forfeit against Chen Ping's team, and the three passed the time playing Fight the Landlord, where Ning Tian won 500 Gold Soul Coins from Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping's team secured five consecutive victories without facing a serious challenge.
• Wang Yan congratulated the team as District 33's seed and warned them that stronger opponents could await them the next day.
• Wu Feng celebrated their success and asked to keep using the same approach, but Chen Ping said they should wait to see their opponents before deciding.
• At the massage shop, Chen Ping recognized a dejected Xu Sanshi and went over to him while Ning Tian and Wu Feng began soaking their feet.

Chen Ping learned that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire made her lose control and had cost her a chance to join Shrek Academy’s reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament. The chapter ended with him suggesting that she restrain herself with Deep Sea Silver cuffs.

• Chen Ping found Xu Sanshi exhausted after Ma Xiaotao had repeatedly summoned him to help suppress her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived and insisted on taking Xu Sanshi, who pleaded for a day off because he had no strength left.
• Ma Xiaotao paid a young Soul Master to give up his seat and soaked her feet in ice water, melting the ice with her body heat.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that her Evil Fire caused her loss of control and had cost her a place on the reserve team.
• Chen Ping suggested that Ma Xiaotao cuff herself with restraints made from Deep Sea Silver.

Chen Ping advised Ma Xiaotao on ways to ease her Evil Fire and listed rare ingredients that could suppress or purify it. He offered her a new shop package for the next day, leaving her hopeful while planning to turn her condition into a profitable deal.

• Ma Xiaotao acknowledged that she had refused restraints for her Evil Fire, and Chen Ping examined her before explaining cooling remedies and warning her to control her temper.
• Chen Ping called Su Xiang over and added honeysuckle tea, a chrysanthemum cold compress, and a foot soak to the shop’s services for 188 Gold Soul Coins per session.
• When Ma Xiaotao questioned whether the remedies would cure her, Chen Ping named rare ingredients that could suppress or purify her Fire Evil Poison.
• Chen Ping encouraged Ma Xiaotao to try his new package the next day, and she regained hope that her condition could improve.
• Chen Ping intended to negotiate a larger deal through Yan Shaozhe so he could maximize his profits from treating Ma Xiaotao.

Class Nine’s endurance helped its teams avoid elimination, and Chen Ping’s team entered the sixth round as District 33’s seeded team. Chen Ping prepared to counter Huang Chutian’s team without revealing their trump cards, and the assessment began with Huang Chutian and the Blue Sisters releasing their Martial Souls.

• Class Nine’s teams used their stamina advantage to win matches, and none had been eliminated after five rounds.
• Teacher Wang Yan named Chen Ping’s team the seeded team and scheduled them to face Huang Chutian’s team first in the sixth round.
• Chen Ping used Sound Transmission to tell Ning Tian and Wu Feng to spread out and have Ning Tian leave the arena if the fight turned dangerous.
• Chen Ping’s team took positions apart, undermining the Blue Sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill and making Huang Chutian suspect someone had leaked their strategy.
• Huang Chutian released his Martial Soul and transformed, while the Blue Sisters began raising their long blue hair.

Wu Feng and Chen Ping faced Huang Chutian and the Lan Sisters in a team battle, where the sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped Wu Feng. Chen Ping turned their hair net against them, leaving all three opponents bound as Wu Feng broke free and knocked Huang Chutian unconscious.

• Wu Feng and Chen Ping attacked Huang Chutian from both sides, and Wu Feng’s Dragon’s Fire forced the Lan Sisters to redirect their hair toward Chen Ping.
• Ning Tian enhanced Wu Feng and Chen Ping’s speed, but Wu Feng was caught when Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to form a resilient blue hair net.
• Chen Ping spun the Touch Dragon Staff to tangle the hair net, then used the strands to bind Huang Chutian along with the Lan Sisters.
• Wu Feng burned through the net with Dragon’s Fire and punched Huang Chutian unconscious.

Chen Ping’s team defeated Huang Chutian’s team, then won all ten matches in the Round-Robin Stage as their opponents conserved strength rather than challenge them directly. Afterward, Wang Yan reported the standout students to Xuan Zi, who praised Chen Ping’s ingenuity and questioned Wang Yan’s doubts about his nephew.

• Teacher Li treated Huang Chutian, who woke beside the Blue Sisters and recalled how Chen Ping had tangled their Heavenly Net with his staff to defeat their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian left the arena with most of their strength intact, while Huang Chutian’s team had exhausted its resources.
• The other teams avoided challenging Chen Ping’s team and targeted Huang Chutian’s weakened team, which suffered its second defeat.
• Chen Ping’s team won all ten Round-Robin Stage matches, and Wu Feng earned MVP.
• Wang Yan gave Xuan Zi a list of undefeated students and other promising teams, then credited Wu Feng and Ning Tian for Chen Ping’s success.
• Xuan Zi argued that Chen Ping deserved praise for leading the two girls and breaking the Heavenly Net through his own ingenuity.

Xuan Zi praised Chen Ping’s martial talent and moved to keep him in the Martial Soul Department, while arranging for Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao to face each other in the tournament. The next day, Mu Jin announced that every team in Freshman Class Nine had advanced.

• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that Chen Ping’s staff techniques could earn him a provisional Core Disciple place and refused to let the Soul Tool Department claim him.
• After learning that Qian Duoduo had requested Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao, Xuan Zi ordered Wang Yan to change the tournament format so the two students would fight.
• The students of Freshman Class Nine gathered as Mu Jin announced that the assessment results had been finalized.
• Mu Jin told Freshman Class Nine that all thirty-three teams had advanced, thanks to their performance and perseverance.

Freshman Class Nine celebrated after all ninety-nine students passed the assessment, earning Mu Jin recognition and setting a Shrek record. Mu Jin praised Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng for their ten-win record, explained the Promotion Tournament, and told Chen Ping to stay after class for a special reward.

• Freshman Class Nine celebrated as Mu Jin announced that all ninety-nine students had passed the assessment and advanced.
• Mu Jin reflected that the class's perseverance and results had earned him public commendation and academy rewards.
• Mu Jin urged the students to keep working hard and explained that twelve of their thirty-three teams had reached the Promotion Tournament's top sixty-four.
• Mu Jin praised Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng for winning all ten matches, and the class applauded them.
• Mu Jin explained that undefeated teams would not face each other before the round of sixteen, then signaled for Chen Ping to stay after class for a great treasure.