Chapter Summaries

Minghui carried Ma Xiaotao to her room after helping her suppress her Evil Fire, and the two traded teasing remarks while washing up. Ma Xiaotao backed down when Minghui threatened to expose how quickly her legs had gone soft and give her the nickname “Soft-Legged Tao.”

• Ma Xiaotao urged Minghui to hurry, so he lifted her and carried her to her room.
• Ma Xiaotao had Minghui help her into the bathroom, then spent three quarters of an hour bathing while he waited.
• After Ma Xiaotao emerged in a house dress, she teased Minghui, who retorted that he could use his hands.
• Ma Xiaotao tried to grab Minghui, but he evaded her and ran into the bathroom while mocking her about the Ice-Fire Body Tempering session.
• Minghui quickly washed and warned Ma Xiaotao that he would tell everyone about her soft legs and call her “Soft-Legged Tao,” so she admitted defeat.

Minghui and Ma Xiaotao finished their cultivation and went to the Inner Court Canteen, where Ma Xiaotao explained their Ice-Fire Body Tempering method to the others. She left determined to use Minghui’s help to overcome her Evil Fire and surpass Ling Luochen.

• Minghui proposed alternating cultivation days with adaptation days and planned to hone his skills in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ma Xiaotao invited Minghui to dinner at the Inner Court Canteen, and he gladly accepted the free meal.
• At the Canteen, Gongyang Mo noticed Ma Xiaotao’s improved complexion, prompting her to explain how Minghui’s Guidance Method and opposing Soul Power tempered their bodies.
• Xuan Zi explained why the method depended on compatible attributes and bodies able to withstand the circulation, while Ma Xiaotao emphasized Minghui’s healing Light Attribute.
• Ma Xiaotao resolved to cultivate at full strength with Minghui’s help and widen her lead over Ling Luochen.

Minghui shared a meal with Shrek Academy’s Inner Court members, then left with Beibei, who began introducing him to the Outer Court. The others discussed whether Zhou Yi would treat Minghui harshly, and Xian Lin'er asked Qian Duoduo to remind her to look after him.

• Beibei met Minghui and offered to show him around the academy, while keeping Elder Mu’s identity secret as requested.
• Ma Xiaotao and Minghui wolfed down their meals after the energy-consuming Ice-Fire Body Tempering, and Ma Xiaotao invited Minghui to visit her residence the next afternoon.
• Ma Xiaotao left to cultivate, and Minghui finished eating before departing with Beibei.
• Xian Lin'er asked Qian Duoduo to tell Fan Yu to remind Zhou Yi to treat Minghui more gently, while Yan Shaozhe said Zhou Yi would understand his talent and avoid targeting him.
• Beibei began explaining the Outer Court to Minghui as they walked away from the Canteen.

Minghui asked Beibei about the Outer Court’s prominent students and arranged to spar with Beibei and meet Xu Sanshi. At his new dormitory, he met his twelve-year-old roommate Xiao Yu, who was shocked to learn Minghui had reached Soul Power Level 34.

• Beibei told Minghui that Jiang Nannan was the Outer Court’s most famous beauty, Xu Sanshi was its top defender, and Beibei himself was its top attacker.
• Minghui asked Beibei to arrange sparring matches with him and introduce him to Xu Sanshi and other students.
• Beibei introduced Minghui to Tang Ya and mentioned that he had later joined her Tang Sect.
• Minghui arrived at Room 303 and met his roommate Xiao Yu, a twelve-year-old with a Level 24 Golden Frying Pan martial soul.
• Xiao Yu learned that Minghui was ten years old and had Level 34 Soul Power, then eagerly pledged to rely on him at the academy.

Minghui learned how the Body Sect had freed Xiao Yu’s family from an abusive noble, then settled into life at Shrek Academy and met Yi Wanzhou before their homeroom teacher arrived. The chapter ended as Zhou Yi entered the classroom and a sharp smack rang out.

• Xiao Yu told Minghui how a noble had forced his father into servitude, abused him, and was eventually exposed and killed by the Body Sect.
• Minghui and Xiao Yu settled into their dormitory and cultivated through the night.
• Minghui trained in the back mountain the next morning, then joined Xiao Yu in class.
• Minghui met Yi Wanzhou, who explained his name and Beef Ball Martial Soul, and Xiao Yu asked him for a skewer after class.
• Zhou Yi arrived at the classroom, and a sharp smack suddenly sounded.

Minghui and his classmates faced Zhou Yi’s first harsh assessment after she became their homeroom teacher. Zhou Yi sent the entire class to run one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza or risk expulsion, and the students began the grueling test.

• Zhou Yi insulted the students and demanded that anyone who had fought during enrollment stand up.
• When no one stood, Zhou Yi ordered the entire class to run one hundred laps or be expelled, then revealed her Soul Emperor strength.
• Minghui took out a Miniature Recording Soul Tool and left with the other students, while Zhou Yi privately reflected on his talent and background.
• The hundred students gathered at Shrek Plaza and started the thirty-thousand-meter run, with female students beginning to fall behind.

Minghui stopped a student’s heart from failing during Zhou Yi’s punishing run and exposed his second Martial Soul to the other students. After the assessment, Zhou Yi expelled several students, prompting one to demand an explanation.

• Minghui and Xiao Yu ran alongside the students as Zhou Yi ordered the exhausted runners to speed up.
• A female student collapsed, and Minghui used the Light of Life to revive her and stabilize several other students in danger.
• The revived student and several others withdrew and went to the Academic Affairs Office to complain about Zhou Yi.
• Zhou Yi dismissed the complaints and expelled several students who had failed the assessment.
• A fair-skinned youth demanded to know why he had been expelled.

Zhou Yi expelled students she accused of cheating and ordered the rest to return for class, while Minghui and Xiao Yu discussed her authority at Shrek Academy. Minghui kept his plans against Zhou Yi private and considered how he could use the academy’s leadership and history to advance his own ambitions.

• Zhou Yi exposed Yang Wei for completing only ninety-seven laps and expelled him, then drove out students who challenged her decisions.
• Zhou Yi told the remaining students that her class demanded obedience and gave them fifteen minutes to change before class.
• Minghui and Xiao Yu went to their dormitory, where Minghui noticed Mu En watching the students and avoided revealing his plans against Zhou Yi.
• Minghui told Xiao Yu that he would first see whether Zhou Yi was capable as a teacher, while privately considering how to gain influence at Shrek Academy.
• As they washed and changed, Minghui explained that his Radiant Plume Divine Bow had both light and ice attributes and healing abilities.

Minghui used Zhou Yi’s lesson on Soul Master combat to expose flaws in her claims and provoke her into threatening him with expulsion. The class ended with Minghui openly challenging her and asking whether she thought he was stupid.

• Xiao Yu and the other students returned to class after the break, while Du Weilun dealt with complaints about Zhou Yi expelling eight students.
• Zhou Yi announced that students who questioned her in class would be expelled, and Minghui secretly recorded her.
• During a lesson on attack and defense, Minghui correctly explained that Soul Tools had blurred the roles of different Soul Masters.
• Minghui challenged Zhou Yi’s claim that an agility-type Soul Master would always defeat a tool-type Soul Master, citing equipment, defenses, and other battle factors.
• Zhou Yi dismissed his objections and threatened to expel him if he questioned her again, prompting Minghui to ask whether she was insulting his intelligence.

After Zhou Yi expelled Minghui for questioning her lesson, he publicly challenged Shrek Academy and accused it of failing its students. Yan Shaozhe intercepted him but agreed to handle the matter impartially rather than risk escalating the conflict.

• Zhou Yi expelled Minghui from her class, and Minghui left after warning her about the consequences of reckless troublemaking.
• Minghui flew above the Freshman Teaching Building and used a loudspeaker to announce that Zhou Yi had expelled him for questioning her teaching.
• Minghui challenged Shrek Academy members with Soul Power at Rank 50 or below, demanding that Zhou Yi's students be allowed to challenge him as well.
• Yan Shaozhe rushed to stop Minghui, but Minghui warned that his family had already been informed and that witnesses outside the academy had heard him.
• Yan Shaozhe, unwilling to risk a confrontation with the Qing Luan Sect and Body Sect, asked Minghui to come down and promised to handle the matter impartially.

Minghui confronted Shrek Academy’s leadership after Zhou Yi expelled him, and Yan Shaozhe brought them to his office to investigate. Minghui revealed that his teacher Du Busi had reached rank 99, leaving Yan Shaozhe unable to punish him and demanding to know what Minghui wanted.

• Yan Shaozhe took Minghui and Zhou Yi to the Martial Soul Department dean's office to discuss the expulsion.
• Zhou Yi refused to admit wrongdoing, and Minghui asked them to summon Fan Yu so he could hear what she had done.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er tried to calm Minghui and keep the dispute from damaging the academy's reputation, but Minghui insulted them.
• Minghui warned that his teacher would retaliate if anyone hit him and revealed that Du Busi had broken through to rank 99.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted that he could not punish Minghui and demanded to know what he wanted, while blaming Zhou Yi for provoking him.

Minghui gathered Shrek Academy’s leaders and teachers after Zhou Yi expelled him, then revealed that he had recorded her insulting students. The recording’s contents had not yet been played, leaving Zhou Yi panicked as the assembled adults prepared to judge what happened.

• Yan Shaozhe summoned Fan Yu, while Minghui told Zhou Yi not to back down if she meant to stand by her actions.
• Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, Fan Yu, Xuan Zi, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao arrived at the dean’s office, and Ma Xiaotao reassured Minghui.
• A powerful Azure Luan and two imposing auras arrived outside, prompting Xian Lin'er to escort Qingyi and Ming Chen into the office.
• Xu Sanshi, Beibei, and Tang Ya saw Qingyi and Ming Chen arrive and remarked that Zhou Yi had challenged people with a powerful background.
• Minghui ordered Zhou Yi to remain silent and produced a Recording Soul Tool, saying it captured her calling students trash and idiots that morning.

Minghui used a recording of Zhou Yi’s words and conduct to condemn her teaching methods and challenge Shrek Academy’s leadership. He left the academy’s higher-ups stunned and enraged, while Zhou Yi and Fan Yu faced the consequences of his accusations.

• Minghui played a recording of Zhou Yi and argued that her threats to expel students and praise for causing trouble abused her authority and undermined the academy’s teaching.
• He warned that denying students fairness could encourage cruelty and tyranny, especially among nobles who might later hold power.
• Minghui accused Zhou Yi’s training of endangering students’ health through disrupted running rhythms and prolonged cold exposure, and demanded that the Class One students be examined.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Mei'er were furious with Zhou Yi, while Fan Yu stared at his wife in shock.
• Minghui questioned whether Shrek Academy meant to educate righteous people or merely cultivate powerful monsters, then threatened to dismantle it and punish its leaders if they were not his parents’ old friends.

Minghui’s speech exposed Shrek Academy’s problems, and Yan Shaozhe punished Zhou Yi for her misconduct. He later offered Minghui a powerful soul bone or a legendary technique as compensation, while Minghui’s parents realized Elder Mu was preparing for the academy’s future.

• Yan Shaozhe sent Qingyi, Ming Chen, and Minghui to the Inner Court, then told Ma Xiaotao to leave.
• Fan Yu offered to resign and accept punishment, but Yan Shaozhe warned that Zhou Yi’s former students and their families could endanger them outside the academy.
• Zhou Yi accepted Yan Shaozhe’s punishment: her martial soul would be crippled, she would lose her post and be expelled, and she would be confined to Shrek City.
• An hour later, Yan Shaozhe offered Minghui either a fifty-thousand-year Fearful Demonic Dragon Wisdom Skull or instruction in Monarch Overlord.
• Qingyi and Ming Chen concluded that Elder Mu was preparing for Shrek Academy’s future and had arranged for Yan Shaozhe to pass on his technique to Minghui.
• Qingyi told Yan Shaozhe to be more thoughtful and work harder for Elder Mu’s sake, leaving him embarrassed.

Minghui secured Yan Shaozhe’s promise to teach him Monarch Overlord and began cultivating with Ma Xiaotao, while the academy considered Zhou Yi’s conduct. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao asking Minghui to help her up after their cultivation session.

• Qingyi chose Monarch Overlord for Minghui, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to teach him the technique each afternoon.
• Ma Xiaotao told Han Ruoruo about Zhou Yi and Minghui’s remarks, prompting Han Ruoruo to condemn Zhou Yi and await the academy’s decision.
• Minghui invited Ma Xiaotao to cultivate with him after dinner, and his parents left Yan Shaozhe’s residence.
• Yan Shaozhe went with Cai Mei'er to a Sea God Pavilion meeting, and Cai Mei'er urged him to try to have a child soon.
• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao cultivated in the basement beneath her residence, where she eventually asked him to help her up.

Minghui and Ma Xiaotao tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill at Sea God Lake, where their auras formed a strange balance before a surge of Spiritual Power knocked them both unconscious. At dusk, Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming spotted the lights flickering over the pair and ran to investigate.

• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao went to the reefs by Sea God Lake to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ma Xiaotao instructed Minghui to sit on her lap, and they summoned their Martial Souls and sensed each other's auras.
• Minghui felt Ma Xiaotao's flame aura, while Ma Xiaotao sensed his cool Wind and Life auras.
• A black streak from Ma Xiaotao's firelight moved toward Minghui's Martial Soul, but a frigid aura suppressed it as the four lights formed a balance around an ice-blue bead.
• A Spiritual Power fluctuation from Minghui's Eye of the Soul made both him and Ma Xiaotao faint on the reefs.
• After dinner, Han Ruoruo noticed the glowing lights, and Wu Ming ran with her to investigate.

Ma Xiaotao and Minghui woke after sleeping for three days and nights inside a tent, embarrassed by their situation and angry at Dai Yueheng for not explaining how long their Martial Soul Fusion would take. Ma Xiaotao went to confront him, and he stepped outside to face her.

• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo found Ma Xiaotao and Minghui unconscious and glowing by the reef, and Yan Shaozhe ordered a tent set up around them.
• Inner Court disciples gathered to watch the tent, while Gongyang Mo and others left to avoid being caught up in Ma Xiaotao's anger.
• Minghui woke with Ma Xiaotao clinging to him and complained that his arms had gone numb; Ma Xiaotao realized they had slept in the tent for a long time and feared the Inner Court would gossip.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao that Dai Yueheng had not expected them to attempt Martial Soul Fusion there and that no one had seen inside the tent.
• Ma Xiaotao shouted for Dai Yueheng outside his residence, and he came out ready to fight her.

Minghui and Ma Xiaotao discovered that their earlier fusion had left mysterious beads in their bodies, then tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill at the Inner Court Training Ground. Their combined Soul Power circulated faster and grew stronger, leaving Ma Xiaotao eager to cultivate with Minghui more often.

• Minghui discovered a golden bead containing what he suspected was Ma Xiaotao's Power of Nirvana, while Ma Xiaotao found a black bead of evil fire in her lower dantian.
• Minghui suggested that a deeper fusion might solve Ma Xiaotao's evil-fire problem, prompting her to punch him and trade teasing threats with him.
• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao went to the Inner Court Training Ground to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, holding hands as they summoned their martial souls.
• Minghui sensed that his Body Martial Soul's Eye of the Soul was participating as their wind and fire auras intertwined.
• Ma Xiaotao felt their Soul Power merge into a stronger green-and-red force, circulate fifty percent faster, and expand her meridians, making her want to cultivate with Minghui more often.

Minghui and Ma Xiaotao formed a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill that strengthened her flames and improved both of their abilities. As Ma Xiaotao controlled their enormous fire phoenix over Sea God Lake, the academy’s leaders and students watched in astonishment, while Ling Luochen looked forward to fusing with Minghui herself.

• Minghui discovered that fusing with Ma Xiaotao boosted his Azure Luan Beast Soul, Body Martial Soul, cultivation, and physical strength.
• Minghui and Ma Xiaotao fused their Martial Souls into a gigantic fire phoenix with green flames and a shifting golden halo.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the fusion amplified her fire control and Spiritual Power, while she sensed Minghui’s body and teased him about it.
• Minghui teased Ma Xiaotao in return, and she calmed herself before guiding the fire phoenix toward Sea God Lake.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Gongyang Mo, and Ling Luochen witnessed the fire phoenix’s power, and Ling Luochen hoped to form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Minghui.

Ma Xiaotao and Minghui tested their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which transformed her fire abilities and boosted their cultivation. Yan Shaozhe approved Minghui moving into the Inner Court near Ma Xiaotao, while the two made a five-year bet about who would defeat the other.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Phoenix Meteor Shower over Sea God Lake, then used her enhanced Phoenix Fire Line to turn the water into a vast sea of fire.
• Minghui complained that maintaining Ma Xiaotao's attacks drained his Soul Power, and she provoked him into agreeing to a duel in five years, with the loser becoming the winner's subordinate or concubine.
• Ma Xiaotao and Minghui ended their fusion, and Yan Shaozhe praised their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as an advantage for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao and Minghui told Yan Shaozhe that their fusion increased their cultivation speeds, with Minghui explaining that it also strengthened his Azure Luan Beast Soul and Body Martial Soul.
• Yan Shaozhe approved Minghui moving into the Inner Court near Ma Xiaotao, and she led him to choose a room.