Chapter Summaries

Leng Xiyue prepared to return to Extreme Ice City after learning that delegations from Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall had arrived. There, Huang Yan showed Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Xing the thriving city and Jiuzhou Academy, ending by inviting them to observe Miho’s lecture on Sensha-dō.

• A Royal Guard captain summoned Leng Xiyue back to Extreme Ice City, and Leng Xiyue sent a Warp Prism ahead to test its transport function.
• Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing toured Extreme Ice City with Huang Yan and saw its rebuilt neighborhoods, abundant supplies, and organized administration.
• Huang Yan explained how the Jiuzhou Empire used technology, factories, and centralized resource distribution to support the city and its people.
• Huang Yan took the delegation to Jiuzhou Academy, where nearly thirty thousand students had enrolled within two days of its opening.
• Huang Yan spoke with female students repairing a tank, learned that Miho was giving an open Sensha-dō lecture, and invited the delegation to attend.

Miho Nishizumi showed the Heaven Dou envoys around Jiuzhou Academy and explained its educational divisions and industrial strength. Leng Xiyue arrived by warp and greeted “Xue Qinghe,” leaving the visitors face-to-face with her.

• Huang Yan introduced Miho Nishizumi to Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Xing, who had arrived after her lecture ended.
• Qian Renxue asked why students could use armored vehicles, and Miho Nishizumi explained the academy’s rules and the Empire’s industrial advantage.
• Miho Nishizumi described the academy’s basic education, Soul Master, Soul Tool, Military, and Industrial divisions, prompting Ning Fengzhi to recognize the tournament team’s potential.
• Miho Nishizumi explained that the academy’s policies aimed to give ordinary people education and livelihoods, while many students still chose the Military Academy.
• Leng Xiyue arrived through a warp in an aircraft and greeted “Xue Qinghe” after stepping out of the transport.

Leng Xiyue presided over the Jiuzhou Empire’s recognition ceremony, while Qian Renxue secured a diplomatic victory for Heaven Dou at the palace gates. After Spirit Hall’s delegation departed, Leng Xiyue reunited warmly with Qian Renxue and invited her to spend the night.

• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue arrived at the palace with Heaven Dou’s delegation as Spirit Hall’s delegation arrived at the same time.
• Qian Renxue challenged Yue Guan’s attempt to make Heaven Dou wait, citing the imperial family’s rights over the former Northern Province, and entered alongside Spirit Hall’s delegation.
• The Platinum Bishop presented Spirit Hall’s recognition of the Jiuzhou Empire, and Leng Xiyue signed treaties with Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou.
• Spirit Hall’s delegation departed after the signing, while Huang Yan and other officials stayed to negotiate with Heaven Dou’s representatives.
• Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue reunited in private, and Leng Xiyue asked Qian Renxue to stay with her that night.

Leng Xiyue signed a twenty-year non-aggression treaty with Heaven Dou and negotiated trade in rifles, combat vehicles, and military advisers in exchange for resources. After settling the empire’s affairs, she told Qian Renxue she was ready to confront the continent’s Child of Destiny and the Divine Realm forces behind him.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed a twenty-year non-aggression treaty, and Leng Xiyue agreed before signing it with Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi.
• Leng Xiyue rejected Heaven Dou’s request to study Jiuzhou’s civilian industries but offered military exports and training in exchange for minerals, medicinal ingredients, and livestock.
• The parties agreed that Jiuzhou would export thirty thousand rifles and one thousand combat vehicles and send an Advisory Group to Heaven Dou.
• Heaven Dou agreed to pay with large quantities of high-quality minerals, which Leng Xiyue planned to use for future shipbuilding and military development.
• Late that night, Leng Xiyue told Qian Renxue she intended to face the continent’s Child of Destiny and the Divine Realm manipulators behind him.

Three months later, Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City so Tang San could take an entrance exam at an academy chosen by Grandmaster. After exploring the prosperous city, they checked into the Star-Moon Hotel, where Tang San noticed merchants' excitement about the Nine Provinces Trade Guild.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City, and Xiao Wu complained that Grandmaster had sent them to take an exam at an unclassified academy.
• Tang San recalled that Spirit Hall's assassination attempt had left Grandmaster unable to walk and vowed revenge, though he planned to bide his time.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu ate and searched for lodging while Tang San observed the city's busy streets, patrols, and self-propelled steel vehicles.
• Xiao Wu chose the Star-Moon Hotel, and Tang San requested two rooms at the counter.
• Tang San overheard merchants discussing the Nine Provinces Trade Guild and remembered its name.

Tang San and Xiao Wu explored Suotuo City and learned about the powerful Nine Provinces Trade Guild before Tang San spotted a crystal that appeared to contain valuable Hair Gold. He tried to buy it from guild president Wu Rou, but the chapter ended as he offered two hundred Gold Soul Coins.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu left the Star-Moon Hotel to explore the city and shop at the Nine Provinces Trade Guild.
• Tang San learned from a clothing-store attendant that the guild provided jobs, improved life in Suotuo City, and approved shops with its seal.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu visited the guild and saw its vast selection of finely crafted tools, Soul Tools, and Soul Power Vehicles.
• Tang San spotted an apparently worthless crystal and suspected it contained Hair Gold, then asked to buy it.
• Wu Rou introduced herself as the guild president and said the guild had many similar crystals, so Tang San offered two hundred Gold Soul Coins for one.

Tang San demonstrated the Dragon Whisker Needle to Wu Rou in hopes of trading its secrets for hair gold. Wu Rou judged it only middle grade compared with the guild’s mass-produced guns, leaving Tang San without the reward he wanted.

• Wu Rou invited Tang San and Xiao Wu upstairs after Tang San asked what he could gain by explaining how to use plate crystal.
• Wu Rou gave Tang San hair gold granules to demonstrate, and Tang San explained how hair gold could be drawn into fine, retractable needles.
• Tang San used a Dragon Whisker Needle to penetrate a Soul King-level dummy’s protective aura and damage its arm.
• Wu Rou tested the needle, recognized its insidious effect, and offered Tang San two thousand golden granules, calling the weapon middle grade.
• Tang San argued that the Dragon Whisker Needle was among the finest hidden weapons, but Wu Rou shot through a dummy’s head with a mass-produced gun and challenged him to compare them.

Tang San exchanged most of his gold grains for Nine Provinces Trade Guild credits, while Leng Xiyue and Wu Rou began undermining his confidence in his skills and planned to keep Xiao Wu away from him. Xiao Wu suspected Wu Rou was connected to her mother, and Tang San proposed seeking her out again at Shrek Academy.

• Wu Rou offered Tang San 230,000 Gold Soul Coins for his gold grains, and he kept two thousand grains while taking three debit cards for the rest.
• Leng Xiyue and Ah Yin emerged after Tang San and Xiao Wu left, and Wu Rou explained that the guild had been acquiring plate crystal to make Tang San's Hidden Weapons less useful.
• Wu Rou comforted Ah Yin, who struggled with the prophecy about Tang San, while Leng Xiyue warned that Tang San might still threaten Spirit Hall and planned to restrict Ah Yin's actions before their next meeting.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Wu Rou's bearing reminded her of her mother, but Tang San discouraged her from returning to the guild and suggested they might meet Wu Rou at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu decided to register at Shrek Academy the next morning, where they hoped to encounter the Trade Guild's president again.

Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled to Shrek Academy, expecting grand facilities but finding a humble village school whose reputation and entrance standards drew powerful applicants. They passed the first screening alongside Ning Rongrong, while a cold, beautiful girl remained in line behind them.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu rode from the Star-Moon Hotel, passed the Shrek Technology Branch, and met Ning Rongrong on the way to the Soul Master Academy.
• Ning Rongrong praised Shrek Academy’s teaching staff and resources, but Xiao Wu was dismayed when they arrived at its modest village entrance.
• Zhao Wuji explained the academy’s strict age, Soul Power, and fee requirements, then tested the applicants’ ages and Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong passed the first round, and Tang San noticed a cold, striking girl waiting behind her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu paid their fees, revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and passed Zhao Wuji’s first test.
• Zhao Wuji noted that another Shrek student also had a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong advanced through Shrek Academy’s entrance tests and learned that the final assessment would be a team fight. They faced a choice between a platform of formidable-looking men and one occupied by apparently relaxed students.

• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that another Blue Silver Grass user at the academy had reached Soul Ancestor level, then led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing inside after they qualified to skip the first tests.
• Zhao Wuji had Tang San and Xiao Wu demonstrate their level-twenty-nine soul power, prompting Ning Rongrong to reveal the same level and Zhu Zhuqing to show level twenty-seven.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the third test involved crossing Snow Empress’s domain and an area guarded by a student with ultimate fire, but let the four newcomers skip it.
• Zhao Wuji described the fourth test: Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong could fight together against one opponent at a time and had to defeat two people to pass.
• Zhao Wuji warned the four not to judge the opponents by their appearances, then left to find Flender for tea.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong challenged Miho Nishizumi, believing her summoned bear and summoning style would be manageable. Miho transformed Boko Bear into a giant and easily countered their opening moves, leaving Tang San fighting the bear while Zhu Zhuqing failed to land a hit on Miho.

• Ning Rongrong warned Tang San that Leng Xiyue’s group was dangerous, but Tang San chose to challenge them with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Miho Nishizumi sent the four against her, then used her fifth Soul Skill to enlarge Boko Bear into a towering giant.
• Tang San proposed that Ning Rongrong support him while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing slipped past the bear to attack Miho.
• Miho’s first Soul Skill made Boko Bear’s punch intensify gravity; Ning Rongrong boosted the team’s speed, and Tang San knocked her clear before dodging the blow.
• Boko Bear’s attack sent Tang San out of the arena, but he caught the railing and returned while Ning Rongrong was rescued by an unknown person.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Miho with Netherworld Hundred Claws, but Miho dodged every strike and invited her to try again.

Xiao Wu exploited Miho Nishizumi’s evasion mechanism to win the first fight, and Leng Xiyue introduced herself before presenting Qin Menglan as the next opponent. Qin Menglan entered the arena in powerful all-purpose armor, and the second fight began with Ning Rongrong fleeing Qin’s opening attack.

• Xiao Wu bewitched Miho Nishizumi, discovered that low-aggression contact bypassed her evasion, and used Waist Bow to throw her out of the arena; Leng Xiyue caught Miho and returned her to the stage.
• Leng Xiyue praised Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, then introduced herself as a level fifty-three Power Attack System Battle Soul Master and named Qin Menglan as their next opponent.
• Leng Xiyue gave Tang San and the others drinks that restored their soul power before the fight against Qin Menglan began.
• Qin Menglan activated her wristwatch and donned black armor, then revealed a huge Clear Sky Hammer; Tang San organized his team while Ning Rongrong used her buffs.
• Qin Menglan struck the arena with her hammer, sending force through the floor toward Ning Rongrong, who ran out of the arena as Qin’s Steel Wings propelled her forward.

Qin Menglan defeated Tang San in a rematch after agreeing not to use her armor, though both were seriously hurt. Leng Xiyue declared the examination passed, ordered Tang San to kneel at their dormitory as the wager’s loser, and took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the dormitory.

• Qin Menglan defeated Xiao Wu with a mental attack, and Tang San handed the unconscious Xiao Wu to Ning Rongrong before challenging Qin Menglan to fight without her armor.
• Qin Menglan accepted Tang San’s challenge and borrowed Oscar’s gauntlet, then used it to launch him into the air and strike him repeatedly.
• Tang San fired Dragon Whisker Needles and used Parasite to paralyze Qin Menglan, but the gauntlet’s preset sequence sent them crashing into the ground.
• Qin Menglan knocked Tang San out of the arena before fainting, and Leng Xiyue treated her and announced that the others had passed the examination.
• Leng Xiyue ordered Oscar and Dai Mubai to take Tang San for treatment and bring him to kneel at the dormitory, then escorted Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu there.

Leng Xiyue planned to lure Tang Hao into a trap and beat him after Tang San badly injured Qin Menglan. After seeing Tang San’s underhanded tactics, Ah Yin also became furious with her son.

• Leng Xiyue showed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing around the villa while Miho Nishizumi stayed with them.
• Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai discussed whether Tang Hao would come to Shrek Academy to seek revenge, and Leng Xiyue decided to lure him out instead.
• Leng Xiyue recalled Ah Yin and explained that she intended to use her to draw Tang Hao into a trap, then sent an artificial version of Ah Yin’s body outside as bait.
• Leng Xiyue ordered Tian Meng, Kaldalis, and Probius to prepare to attack Tang Hao, while Xiao Bai showed Ah Yin what had happened in the match.
• Ah Yin saw Tang San’s psychological attack and sneak attack on Qin Menglan and condemned him for bullying a younger girl.

Ah Yin accepted that Tang San might not be her son and secured Leng Xiyue’s promise to spare Tang Hao. When Tang Hao came to Shrek Academy to discuss Tang San, Leng Xiyue offered to drop the matter if he carried out her plan to kill corrupt Spirit Hall members.

• Leng Xiyue persuaded Ah Yin that Tang San had taken over her son’s body, and Ah Yin asked her to spare Tang Hao.
• Leng Xiyue promised not to kill Tang Hao but warned that he would face punishment and a trial if he continued to protect Tang San and oppose Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao visited Zhao Wuji and asked him to protect Tang San, then realized Leng Xiyue and her allies were backed by powerful figures.
• Leng Xiyue met Tang Hao with Tian Meng and Jie Yun, and Tang Hao apologized for Tang San injuring her younger sister.
• Leng Xiyue offered to let Tang San’s matter go if Tang Hao killed nearly two thousand corrupt Spirit Hall members listed in her notebook.

Leng Xiyue persuaded Tang Hao to eliminate corrupt Spirit Hall officials, then learned about the gifted new student Liu Qinghan and met her at the dorm. The chapter ended with Tang San kneeling outside Leng Xiyue’s door after accepting his punishment.

• Leng Xiyue tested Tang Hao by asking him to eliminate corrupt officials, and he agreed after thinking of Ah Yin and his revenge.
• Leng Xiyue promised Tang Hao a personal favor if he completed the mission and asked Zhao Wuji about the academy’s admissions.
• Zhao Wuji told Leng Xiyue that Liu Qinghan had passed the Snow Empress’s domain, and Leng Xiyue watched footage of her fighting Dai Mubai with her Azure Dragon martial soul.
• Leng Xiyue learned Liu Qinghan had no notable family background and returned to the dorm after seeing Tang San kneeling outside her door.
• Leng Xiyue met Liu Qinghan during a gathering with the other girls and was struck by her elegant appearance.

Leng Xiyue welcomed the new students to Shrek Academy, promised the Jiuzhou Empire would protect them, and helped Ah Yin make peace with Tang Hao’s situation. The next morning, Tang San apologized for his behavior, and Leng Xiyue arranged a welcome banquet to reconcile him with Qin Menglan.

• Leng Xiyue explained Shrek Academy’s tournament graduation requirement and assured the newcomers that the Jiuzhou Empire would defend them, even against Spirit Hall.
• Leng Xiyue spoke privately with Ah Yin, who promised to support her more fully; Leng Xiyue then raised Ah Yin’s strength from Soul Elder to Soul King.
• Ah Yin explained that Tang Hao had not approached Liu Qinghan because he knew she was not Ah Yin, whom he loved alone.
• The next morning, Leng Xiyue’s group ate breakfast before heading to the training ground, while the others went to their work and research.
• Tang San came to see Xiao Wu, apologized for his challenge, and asked to apologize to Qin Menglan; Leng Xiyue invited him to a welcome banquet to help them reconcile.

The new students explored Shrek Academy’s training facilities and attended Flender’s first address, learning about tuition, academy rules, and their flexible lessons. The chapter ended with Flender assigning separate morning lessons to Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing, and warning everyone to prepare for danger at the Great Soul Arena that night.

• Leng Xiyue showed Ning Rongrong and the others the gravity-training area and set it to twice normal gravity, where Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Liu Qinghan, and Zhu Zhuqing tried it.
• Flender welcomed the new students and announced that tuition was ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, with a six-month payment deferral for those short on money.
• Flender explained Shrek’s rules, encouraged fair fighting and gambling, and handed the new students a list of teachers to choose from.
• Tang San asked what the Great Soul Arena was, but Flender told him he would find out that night.
• Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, separate lessons while warning the others to be in peak condition for the dangerous evening training.

Flender assigned the students lessons meant to build their combat skills and relationships, then spoke privately with Tang San about Yu Xiaogang and read his letter. The chapter ended with Flender destroying the letter and preparing for the students’ evening lesson at the Great Soul Arena.

• Flender sent Oscar to teach Ning Rongrong about weapons and gun-fu, while Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing to tour Suotuo City and get to know each other.
• Flender dismissed the other students and asked Tang San to follow him to his office.
• Tang San told Flender that Yu Xiaogang had been attacked by Spirit Hall and gave him a letter from his teacher.
• Flender read Yu Xiaogang’s request that Tang San verify his theories, and concluded that Yu Xiaogang was becoming increasingly distant from him.
• Flender destroyed Yu Xiaogang’s letter, told Tang San to prepare for the evening lesson, and headed out as the students’ new group arrived at the Great Soul Arena.

Flender brought the students to the Soto Great Soul Arena and challenged each to win a match, while Leng Xiyue learned why Liu Qinghan refused to compete and agreed to protect her. The chapter ended with Leng Xiyue choosing to watch Dai Mubai and Oscar face each other in doubles.

• Flender assigned the students to win one match at the Soto Great Soul Arena, with dinner as the reward or penalty.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing registered for doubles, while Oscar persuaded Ning Rongrong to team up with him by revealing his impressive record.
• Liu Qinghan refused to enter the arena because competing there could expose her to danger, and Leng Xiyue promised to protect her.
• Manager Ao showed Leng Xiyue the schedule, which paired Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's Hell White Tiger against Oscar and Ning Rongrong's Dream Sky Glaze.
• Leng Xiyue approved of the match and decided to watch Dai Mubai and Oscar compete.