Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang persuaded Yan Shaozhe to ask Xuan Zi to let him join the Soul Master Tournament, hoping to escape Huo Yuhao by drawing the Body Sect’s attention. As Elder Song led the students toward Star Luo City, she briefed them on the Shrek Inspection Corps’ mission and prepared them to confront suspected Evil Soul Masters near the Mingdou Mountains.

• Xu Yang asked Yan Shaozhe to help him join the tournament as a substitute, planning to leave with the Body Sect if they came for him.
• Elder Song arrived at the academy gates with Tang Yin and Xu Yang and named them substitutes for the reserve team.
• Elder Song explained that the Shrek Inspection Office would coordinate future operations with local authorities, upsetting Tang Yin.
• Elder Song gave the students Class 5 Soul Tool Shields, and she reprimanded Tang Yin when he tried to return his.
• Elder Song assigned the group to eliminate robbers suspected of working with Evil Soul Masters near the Mingdou Mountains and issued everyone a Flying Soul Tool.
• After resting several times, the group reached its destination a day or two later.

Elder Song and the Shrek party met White Tiger Duke Dai Hao at the Western Group Army camp and received intelligence about the bandits. After Huo Yuhao assessed the documents, the group set out with Du Leisi to hunt the bandits, stopping at the foot of a mountain to proceed stealthily.

• Elder Song showed the Shrek Token to Du Leisi and explained that the party had come to deal with the bandits.
• Dai Hao welcomed Elder Song, asked her to help find Dai Yueheng, and gave her the army’s bandit intelligence.
• Huo Yuhao rapidly analyzed the documents, then accepted Dai Hao’s invitation to consider joining the Western Group Army after graduation.
• Elder Song told Dai Hao that Mu En wanted the nations to cooperate against Evil Soul Masters and keep truthful records, so Dai Hao sent Du Leisi and several men with the Shrek party.
• Du Leisi praised Dai Hao during the flight, and Huo Yuhao questioned him about the marshal’s wives before stopping the group at the foot of a mountain.

Huo Yuhao used binoculars to help the group locate a bandit hideout, then led them into the cave to confront an Evil Soul Master. The corpses began swelling after the bandits were defeated, leaving the group facing an imminent danger.

• Huo Yuhao showed the group his binoculars, sold Du Leisi on their strategic value, and arranged for the Tang Sect to handle sales.
• Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi decided to join the Tang Sect, while Huo Yuhao secretly used soul skills to influence Tang Yin and Xu Yang.
• Huo Yuhao led the group to the cave and warned them that the corpses might contain a hidden trap, so Ma Xiaotao and the others burned them.
• Ma Xiaotao and the Inner Court students killed the bandits, leaving the Evil Soul Master alive as Gu Yuena burned the remaining corpses.
• The Evil Soul Master cursed the group, and the corpses on the ground began to swell, forcing everyone to take cover.

After a corpse explosion injured Tang Yin, Huo Yuhao killed the fleeing Death Messenger and Elder Song rushed Tang Yin back to Shrek Academy for treatment. In the Clear Sky Sect, Da Ming and Er Ming received Tang San’s order to bring Tang Yin to them as his intended successor.

• Elder Song shielded Tang Yin from the corpse explosion, but a corrosive fragment struck his crotch; Gu Ming and Xixi were also injured.
• The Death Messenger tried to seize Huo Yuhao as a hostage, but ran into Huo Yuhao’s sword and died.
• Elder Song knocked Tang Yin unconscious, cut away the corroded flesh, and flew him back to Shrek Academy while Zhang Lexuan led the remaining team onward.
• Zhang Lexuan reprimanded the Inner Court members for failing to guard against the Evil Soul Masters and credited Huo Yuhao’s warning about the corpses with preventing worse casualties.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang San’s message instructed Da Ming and Er Ming to bring Tang Yin from Shrek Academy and nurture him as his successor.