Recaps

Chen Ping planned to make a Level 2 flying soul tool by adapting a turbojet design into a more efficient turbofan, and began forging the Thousand Refined steel needed for its turbine blades. After hammering through the day and into the night, he felt he was finally beginning to understand Thousand Refinement.

• Chen Ping identified a turbofan and bypass duct as the key to making a flying soul tool usable by lower-level Soul Masters.
• Chen Ping decided to forge by feel rather than dwell on the principles of Thousand Refinement.
• Chen Ping tested the heated Hundred Refined steel and began working it with a one-handed hammering technique.
• Chen Ping hammered for over ten hours, refining the steel until it became palm-sized and its grain patterns improved.
• Chen Ping felt he had begun to grasp the feel of Thousand Refinement.

Chen Ping used the Living Being Carving Knife while forging Hundred-Refined Steel and unexpectedly completed Thousand Refinement, creating the first Thousand-Refined metal on the Douluo Continent. He suspected the knife had bestowed life on the steel and wondered whether it could make Thousand-Refined metal reproducible.

• Chen Ping hammered Hundred-Refined Steel for hours and urged it to develop traits that resisted heat and metal fatigue.
• Chen Ping used the Living Being Carving Knife to restore his strength and vitality, then resumed hammering.
• A bright gray light appeared after Chen Ping's next hammer blow, and he quenched and tempered the resulting Thousand-Refined Fine Steel.
• Chen Ping realized the Living Being Carving Knife might have supplied the steel with vitality and considered whether it could enable mass production of Thousand-Refined metal.

Chen Ping discovered that his Thousand Refinement fine steel had gained high-temperature resistance, then used it to prepare for building a smithing hammer and demonstrated a powerful flame-jet Core Array. The next morning, Shrek Academy began its entrance and advancement examinations, while Chen Ping emerged from Qian Duoduo's laboratory looking utterly exhausted.

• Chen Ping found that his Thousand Refinement fine steel resisted heat and realized it could serve both as turbine-blade material and as a smithing hammerhead.
• Chen Ping activated two Class 2 Soul Tool Core Formations and produced a concentrated blue flame for his planned Soul Power Turbofan Engine Module.
• New students arrived at Shrek Academy for entrance examinations as returning students prepared for their advancement examinations.
• Chen Ping came out of Qian Duoduo's laboratory with dark circles and barely any strength, alarming senior students and discouraging new students from joining the Soul Tool Department.

After emerging from the Soul Tool Department laboratory, Chen Ping hurried to the Martial Soul Department and arrived just in time for the advancement assessment briefing. Learning that Huo Yuhao was also absent and had been granted a separate assessment, Chen Ping reflected that his actions had already begun to disrupt the original timeline.

• Chen Ping finished developing his upgraded turbofan Flying Soul Tool after days of testing and work in Qian Duoduo's laboratory.
• Chen Ping realized the term had begun and rushed to the Martial Soul Department classroom for the advancement assessment briefing.
• Mu Jin welcomed Chen Ping and explained that Dean Qian had arranged separate assessments for him and another absent student.
• Wang Dong passed Chen Ping a note asking whether Huo Yuhao was also in seclusion in the Soul Tool Department, and Chen Ping said he did not know where Huo Yuhao was.
• Chen Ping wondered whether the Secret Art Soul Bone he had sold to Ning Tian had affected Huo Yuhao's return and considered how killing Zhongli Ren had changed events.

Chen Ping slept through Mu Jin’s assessment briefing after spending several days and nights working, while Dai Huabin struggled with his class-monitor duties and believed his month of training with whale rubber had made him stronger. The chapter left Dai Huabin’s hopes of cultivating at noon thwarted by a student council meeting.

• Chen Ping’s physical strength had surpassed Dai Huabin’s after months of eating nourishing Soul Beast meat with Wu Feng and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Chen Ping fell asleep during Mu Jin’s explanation of the advancement assessment, and Mu Jin told Dai Huabin to wake him if he was still asleep at roll call.
• Dai Huabin resented being left with the class-monitor workload because Huo Yuhao had not returned as deputy monitor.
• Dai Huabin reflected that he had eaten whale rubber for a month and believed his physical ability rivaled a rank-forty Soul Ancestor’s.
• Zhu Lu told Dai Huabin that he had to attend a student council meeting at noon, ruining his plan to cultivate toward rank thirty-seven.

Chen Ping and Wu Feng arrived at Shrek Academy’s Beast Fighting Arena for the second-year advancement assessment, where Chen Ping reflected on the disappearance of Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Forests. Dai Huabin challenged Chen Ping to follow his lead and fight a thousand-year soul beast, leaving the class wondering whether Chen Ping could keep his top position.

• Chen Ping marveled at the Beast Fighting Arena, and Wu Feng explained that even the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could scarcely afford to maintain one of its scale.
• Chen Ping compared Shrek’s costly beast enclosures with Spirit Hall’s self-sustaining Soul Hunting Forests and lamented that none of those forests remained ten thousand years later.
• Mu Jin arrived, and Dai Huabin distributed the assessment forms before the teachers led the students into the arena.
• More than a hundred students from Class One and Class Two lined up for their advancement assessments as twenty teachers stood by to ensure their safety.
• Dai Huabin told Chen Ping that he intended to take first place and challenge a thousand-year soul beast, then dared Chen Ping to follow his lead.

Chen Ping watched Dai Huabin and the other students gather for the advancement assessment, where Class Two’s Xie Huanyue chose to challenge a thousand-year Soul Beast. Xie Huanyue absorbed the Wind Netherwolf’s charge without moving, and Chen Ping recognized his remarkable force-dissipation technique as Xie transformed to counterattack.

• Du Weilun criticized Wang Dong for standing at the head of Class One’s line, and Dai Huabin hurried forward to reclaim his place as class monitor.
• Du Weilun sent Class Two’s Xie Huanyue to demonstrate first, and Xie chose a thousand-year Soul Beast despite being a Defense System Soul Master.
• A thousand-year Wind Netherwolf burst from the arena passage and slammed into Xie before he could activate Martial Soul Possession.
• Xie absorbed the wolf’s impact through his surging fat and stayed rooted to the ground, impressing Chen Ping with his force-dissipation technique.
• Xie shouted for his Rubber Elephant to possess him, seized the Wind Netherwolf by the neck, and transformed his fat into muscle.

Xie Huanyue defeated a thousand-year Wind Netherwolf and earned a perfect score on the second-year assessment. Dai Huabin requested older Soul Beasts for the remaining challenges, prompting Du Weilun to explain how their age would affect scoring.

• Xie Huanyue crushed the Wind Netherwolf with his thousand-year Soul Skill, and Teacher Li was called to treat the injured beast.
• Du Weilun awarded Xie Huanyue a perfect score of one hundred and fifty, astonishing the teachers and students.
• Dai Huabin, worried that Chen Ping might tie with Xie Huanyue, asked Du Weilun to raise the age limit of the challenge Soul Beasts.
• Du Weilun sent Wang Yan to request older Soul Beasts and told the students that each additional five hundred years added ten points to the base score.

Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Wu Feng fought increasingly powerful Soul Beasts during the assessment, while Dai Huabin was stung by the consequences of his own bold declarations. The chapter ended with Dai Huabin resolving to become unrivaled among his peers after teachers reminded him that stronger rivals could surpass him.

• Xiao Xiao controlled a thousand-year Blazing Fire Monkey but failed to defeat it, earning one hundred and twenty points.
• Wang Dong defeated a two-thousand-year Soul Beast with Butterfly God Slash, but Du Weilun deducted twenty points, leaving her with one hundred and fifty.
• Wu Feng repeatedly knocked down a two-thousand-year Soul Beast until it retreated to the Beast Pens, earning one hundred and seventy points and taking the lead.
• Dai Huabin chose to challenge a three-thousand-year Soul Beast after hearing teachers praise his talent and briefly believing their admiration had returned.
• The teachers compared Dai Huabin to Yue Heng and noted that Xiaotao and last year's freshman champion had shown that stronger people could surpass him, prompting Dai Huabin to resolve to become unrivaled among his peers.

Dai Huabin faced a healthy three-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger in the Beast Fighting Arena and attacked it head-on with his White Tiger Martial Soul. The tiger broke through Dai Huabin’s defenses and struck back, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Dai Huabin entered the arena to face a three-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger, while Yan Shaozhe formed a barrier to contain its roar.
• The Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger circled Dai Huabin before suddenly pouncing with its claws and full weight.
• Dai Huabin released his White Tiger Martial Soul and activated his first and third Soul Skills, then slid beneath the tiger to strike its belly.
• Dai Huabin’s claw failed to break the tiger’s protective barrier, and the tiger shattered his barrier with a kick.
• The Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger twisted around and brought a claw down toward Dai Huabin’s face.

Dai Huabin defeated a three-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger in the advancement assessment and earned a score of 185, taking first place from Wu Feng. He left the arena believing his score would be hard for Chen Ping to beat.

• Dai Huabin and the Golden-Eyed Hanging-Forehead Tiger fought fiercely until Dai Huabin tore open the tiger's belly and the referee stopped its final counterattack.
• Dai Huabin recovered from the fight as Zhu Lu admired him and his classmates watched in shock and respect.
• Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe awarded Dai Huabin a base score of 140 and a technique score of 45, for a total of 185.
• Dai Huabin took first place from Wu Feng and arrogantly assumed Chen Ping would struggle to surpass his score.

Chen Ping chose to challenge a five-thousand-year Soul Beast, shocking the students and teachers who knew his Soul Power Level was only twenty-seven. The Scorpion Tiger that entered the arena recognized Chen Ping’s strength, leaving both of them wary of each other before the fight began.

• Chen Ping leapt into the Beast Fighting Arena after Dai Huabin implicitly singled him out as a target.
• When asked which Soul Beast he would challenge, Chen Ping chose a five-thousand-year one despite the crowd’s disbelief.
• Chen Ping summoned the Touch Dragon Staff and revealed his yellow and purple Soul Rings, convincing the supervising teacher to arrange the challenge.
• A five-thousand-year tiger-type Soul Beast entered the arena, and Chen Ping recognized it as a Scorpion Tiger with a degraded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger bloodline.
• Chen Ping and the Scorpion Tiger assessed each other’s strength and became wary before their battle began.

Chen Ping faced the Scorpion Tiger’s black-mist attack in the Beast Fighting Arena and used the ground’s vibrations to compensate for his lost sight. The Scorpion Tiger crept close and lunged at him, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• The Scorpion Tiger spread black mist across the arena, forcing Chen Ping to stop retreating.
• Chen Ping removed his shoes and entered the mist to move quietly and sense vibrations through the arena floor.
• Wang Yan and Yan Shaozhe explained how Chen Ping’s barefoot approach could help him detect the Scorpion Tiger.
• Chen Ping and the Scorpion Tiger waited silently in the mist, each listening for the other to move first.
• Chen Ping sensed a faint vibration and swung his Touch Dragon Staff as the Scorpion Tiger lunged from six or seven meters away.

Chen Ping fought a five-thousand-year Scorpion Tiger in the Beast Fighting Arena, countering its ambush and abilities with precise staff strikes and raw strength. He left the beast badly battered, astonishing Dai Huabin and the watching Soul Masters.

• The Scorpion Tiger hid in black fog and attacked Chen Ping, but Chen Ping revealed himself perched on his Touch Dragon Staff and struck the beast’s head.
• Chen Ping followed up with a heavy blow toward the Scorpion Tiger’s waist, but the beast deflected it with its hooked tail and unleashed wind blades as it charged.
• Chen Ping dodged the wind blades and wedged his Touch Dragon Staff into the Scorpion Tiger’s jaws, triggering a corrosive effect inside its mouth.
• Chen Ping yanked out the staff, toppled the Scorpion Tiger, and flipped it over with another thrust to its chest.
• Dai Huabin watched Chen Ping overpower the Scorpion Tiger and was astonished by his strength and ability to counter its attacks.

Chen Ping pursued the scorpion tiger after it fled, survived its hidden volley of poisonous needles, and fought back using his feet to hurl the Touch Dragon Staff. He activated Deadly Toxin to amplify his poison attacks and left the scorpion tiger unconscious in the Beast Fighting Arena.

• The scorpion tiger feigned weakness, sprang off the arena wall, and fired thousands of poison needles at Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping spun the Touch Dragon Staff to deflect the needles, but several stung his hands and left them swollen and numb.
• When the scorpion tiger lunged, Chen Ping kicked the staff into its shoulder, then struck it again with the same foot-launched attack.
• Chen Ping built up his Five-Layer Poison Seal and activated his Second Soul Skill, Deadly Toxin, to strengthen his poison.
• Three venom bubbles burst over the scorpion tiger, draining its remaining vitality and knocking it unconscious.

Chen Ping defeated the five-thousand-year Scorpion Tiger in his advancement assessment and earned a record-breaking score of 229. After receiving treatment and praise, he left the arena and went to Qian Duoduo’s office in the Soul Tool Department.

• Du Weilun stopped Chen Ping from killing the unconscious Scorpion Tiger, and Chen Ping reminded him not to deduct points for the interruption.
• Dai Huabin watched Chen Ping’s victory and conceded that Chen Ping’s strength had shattered his belief that he was peerless among his peers.
• Teacher Li healed Chen Ping and checked on the Scorpion Tiger while Chen Ping reflected on his Blood Qi Armor.
• Yan Shaozhe awarded Chen Ping 49 technique points, giving him a total score of 229 and first place in the advancement assessment.
• Wang Yan welcomed Chen Ping and praised his performance, and Chen Ping later left the arena for Qian Duoduo’s office in the Soul Tool Department.

Chen Ping reported back to Qian Duoduo after his seclusion, showing off his Level 2 Core Arrays and a Level 2 Flying Soul Tool. Qian Duoduo tested the device and was left stunned by its immense thrust and five visible Mach disks.

• Chen Ping visited Qian Duoduo after passing his advancement assessment and returning from seclusion.
• Chen Ping produced a handful of Level 2 Core Arrays, surprising Qian Duoduo, who prepared to give him a Level 2 Soul Engineer badge.
• Chen Ping presented his Level 2 Flying Soul Tool as the real result of his month in seclusion.
• Qian Duoduo tested the Flying Soul Tool with the Soul Power of a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, and its nozzles produced enough thrust to nearly pull him off his feet.
• Qian Duoduo cut off the Soul Power supply and stared in shock at the device's five Mach disks and its Four-Ring Soul Ancestor-level thrust.

Qian Duoduo recognized the strategic importance of Chen Ping’s Level 2 Flying Soul Tool and arranged to protect both its design and Chen Ping from unwanted attention. He gave Chen Ping an invitation to the academy’s Treasure Appraisal Fair.

• Qian Duoduo tested Chen Ping’s Flying Soul Tool and considered how it could strengthen the Star Luo Empire’s deterrence against the Sun Moon Empire.
• Qian Duoduo certified Chen Ping as a Level 2 Soul Engineer and assigned him to study soul tool encryption before using his Flying Soul Tool again.
• Qian Duoduo told Chen Ping to conceal his role as the tool’s designer and recorded that he would receive credit for it once he became at least a Soul Saint.
• Qian Duoduo gave Chen Ping an invitation to the academy’s Treasure Appraisal Fair and explained that the event helped the academy win over promising young Soul Masters.

Chen Ping tried to absorb the Earth-Splitting Savage Elephant Right Leg Bone, but his martial soul drained his soul power at an alarming rate. As he examined his flickering soul rings, he discovered that the patterns inside them were rapidly changing.

• Qian Duoduo told Chen Ping to take whatever treasures he wanted from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and then left after learning Huo Yuhao had returned.
• Chen Ping remembered his unused Earth-Splitting Savage Elephant Right Leg Bone and decided to absorb it before the Treasure Appraisal Fair.
• The soul bone attached itself to Chen Ping's Touch Dragon Staff, which began consuming his soul power until he activated a Level Four Milk Bottle.
• Chen Ping noticed that his yellow and purple soul rings were flickering and studied the intricate patterns inside them.
• Chen Ping was startled when the patterns forming the soul skills in both soul rings began changing rapidly.

Chen Ping's Touch Dragon Staff evolved into a Savage Elephant Beast Staff after absorbing the Earth-Splitting Savage Elephant Soul Bone, and its Soul Skills changed with it. He discovered he could switch back to his previous Martial Soul form, though doing so would consume nearly all his Soul Power and required a cooldown.

• Chen Ping watched his Touch Dragon Staff and Soul Rings transform as it absorbed the Earth-Splitting Savage Elephant Soul Bone.
• Chen Ping examined the Savage Elephant Beast Staff and learned it granted physical strength and stance stability, favored blunt attacks, and suited Splitting Staff and Upright Staff techniques.
• Chen Ping's system revealed that his first Soul Skill now let him accumulate up to three stacks of Staff Momentum and release them to increase attack damage.
• Chen Ping sensed that he could switch between the Insect Glaive and Beast Staff forms, changing their Soul Skills, but switching would consume nearly all his Soul Power and trigger a cooldown.

Chen Ping accepted the Treasure Appraisal Fair invitation and went to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. After jumping into Shrek City and buying the girls roses, the three arrived at the pavilion.

• Chen Ping decided to use the academy's resources at the Treasure Appraisal Fair to strengthen himself.
• Chen Ping found Ning Tian and Wu Feng in the classroom and learned they had also received invitations.
• The three jumped from the academy wall into Shrek City instead of taking the long route to the city gate.
• Chen Ping bought a little flower girl’s roses, gave one each to Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and planned to make rose pastries with the rest.
• The three followed the invitation map and reached the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion for its Treasure Appraisal Fair, where Chen Ping sensed nine Soul Bones on display. Ning Tian said she would use her sect’s money to buy supplies rather than apply for credit, and the guide realized she belonged to the wealthy Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian arrived at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and showed their invitations to a greeter.
• The guide led them through the lavish entrance hall and up to the second-floor exhibition of treasures.
• Chen Ping sensed nine Soul Bones and saw a thirty-thousand-year Kongming Shadow Leopard Trunk Soul Bone that he could not afford.
• Chen Ping asked whether Wu Feng and Ning Tian would have their credit limits assessed, but Ning Tian declined and offered to lend him money from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• The guide nearly stumbled when Ning Tian dismissed the cost of the purchases, then understood Ning Tian’s wealth after hearing her sect’s name.

Chen Ping learned that Mu En had personally upgraded him to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s top-tier VIP, granting him one displayed item each year. After considering but rejecting the idea of choosing a Soul Bone immediately, Chen Ping continued to explore the exhibition hall for other treasures.

• Chen Ping asked Ning Tian about her Gold Soul Coins and learned she could afford six or seven thirty-thousand-year-old Soul Bones.
• Mu En visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with Elder Lin and explained that he had come to reward Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping received a crimson top-tier VIP card granting him one item from the pavilion each year, regardless of its price or transaction method.
• Xiao Hong relayed Mu En’s praise for Chen Ping’s Freshman Competition victory and explained that Mu En had raised his planned Black Level rating by one level.
• Chen Ping decided not to choose a Soul Bone yet and continued exploring the exhibition hall.

Chen Ping toured the Treasure Appraisal Fair and discovered a rare golden apple that could improve a Soul Master's cultivation aptitude. He reserved it while continuing to browse, then ran into Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.

• Chen Ping examined the fair's treasures and found a golden apple that improved the aptitude of Soul Masters with innate soul power no higher than Level 7.
• Chen Ping reasoned that the fruit had not appeared in the original story because Huo Yuhao's Ultimate Attribute Martial Soul made Shrek's leaders unlikely to suspect he had low innate soul power.
• Chen Ping asked the attendant to reserve the golden apple and continued browsing the exhibits.
• Chen Ping bought another golden crystal, passed on the expensive Soul Bones, and decided to return to the fair the following year.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi approached Chen Ping, and Xu Sanshi complained that Chen Ping would not call him Older Brother Xu.

Chen Ping’s record-breaking Beast Fighting Arena score spread through Shrek’s Outer Court while Mu En explained to Elder Lin why Chen Ping merited a Red-Level VIP Card. The Treasure Gathering Pavilion decided to support his growth with one needed resource each year, leaving Chen Ping free to pursue his own path.

• Chen Ping’s score of 229 against a five-thousand-year Scorpion Tiger became widely known across the Outer Court, along with exaggerated rumors about his past.
• Xu Sanshi grew uneasy around Chen Ping, knowing he might lose if they fought in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Elder Lin questioned whether Chen Ping deserved a Red-Level VIP Card and an investment worth tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins.
• Mu En revealed that Chen Ping had only level-two innate Soul Power but had reached level twenty-seven by age twelve and possessed exceptional physical strength.
• Mu En cited Chen Ping’s defeat of the Scorpion Tiger, his potential as a Level 9 Soul Engineer, and his evolving Martial Soul as reasons to invest in him.
• Mu En decided Chen Ping would receive one essential resource each year rather than unlimited support, so he could develop freely without being held back by shortages.