Chapter Summaries

After reviewing evidence of Zhou Yi’s abuses against students, Fan Yu confronted his wife in the Confinement Room and broke down when she refused to repent. Yan Shaozhe then crippled Zhou Yi, while Fan Yu resigned and left in despair.

• Du Weilun showed Fan Yu records proving Zhou Yi had harmed and expelled students, and Fan Yu was overwhelmed with shame.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Qian Duoduo, ordered Du Weilun to take him to Zhou Yi, and ignored Fan Yu.
• Fan Yu resigned from all his positions and followed Qian Duoduo to the Confinement Room.
• Fan Yu confronted Zhou Yi, but she insisted that her teaching methods were right, and he left in tears.
• Yan Shaozhe presented the evidence to Zhou Yi, who again denied wrongdoing, then shattered every meridian in her body with a strike to her dantian.

Qian Duoduo crippled Zhou Yi and told Fan Yu to spend the rest of his life atoning for their crimes. Meanwhile, Qian Chaoguang received a student-led joint letter supporting him, and the students’ loyalty began to break through his emotional reserve.

• Qian Duoduo destroyed Zhou Yi’s meridians and Martial Soul, then declared that she would be remembered as a disgrace to Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe left to check the Inspection Team’s progress and promised Qian Chaoguang a suitable reward alongside Zhou Yi’s Judgment Document.
• Qian Duoduo told Fan Yu to atone for the harm he and Zhou Yi had caused, and Fan Yu accepted the task.
• Wang Dong and a crowd of students brought Qian Chaoguang a joint letter signed by students and upperclassmen, pledging to withdraw if the academy protected Zhou Yi.
• Qian Chaoguang carefully stored the letter and felt the students’ support break through his emotional barrier.

Qian Chaoguang reassured his classmates that he would not be expelled and that Zhou Yi would face consequences, prompting a celebratory chase through Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, the Inspection Team uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in the Outer Courtyard and began planning investigations, student support, and the academy’s public response.

• Qian Chaoguang told his classmates that the academy would deal with Zhou Yi fairly and that he would not be expelled, and the students celebrated by carrying him through the Outer Courtyard.
• Wang Dong and the other students playfully chased Qian Chaoguang until teachers ended the commotion before afternoon class.
• Back in the dormitory, Wang Dong complained that she had organized a Joint Letter for Qian Chaoguang, and they traded teasing remarks.
• Qian Duoduo, Yan Shaozhe, and Fan Yu reviewed reports revealing extensive misconduct in the Outer Courtyard and discussed screening Zhou Yi’s former students and addressing the fallout.
• Qian Duoduo rebuked Yan Shaozhe for criticizing Qian Chaoguang, arguing that Qian Chaoguang’s actions had exposed rot in the Martial Soul Department and protected the academy.

Yan Shaozhe questioned Qian Chaoguang’s motives, but Qian Duoduo defended him and secured his place in the Soul Tool Department alongside Huo Yutong. The next morning, Wang Yan replaced Zhou Yi as New Student Class One’s homeroom teacher and announced a class-wide physical assessment for that afternoon.

• Yan Shaozhe questioned how Qian Chaoguang had organized the case against Zhou Yi and wondered whether he could be a Sun Moon Empire agent.
• Qian Duoduo argued that Mu En trusted Qian Chaoguang, then reserved him for the Soul Tool Department as a Core Disciple.
• Qian Duoduo told Yan Shaozhe that Huo Yutong would also join the Soul Tool Department and had already received Core Disciple status.
• Qian Chaoguang entered New Student Class One to enthusiastic applause, then led the students in greeting their new homeroom teacher, Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan introduced himself, eased the class’s tense atmosphere, and announced a physical data assessment for the afternoon.

Qian Chaoguang received Source Light Liquid as a reward for reporting Zhou Yi and learned from Wang Dong that it could improve a light-attribute Spirit Master's foundation. He drank the precious liquid, and its power began merging with his body.

• Wang Yan asked Qian Chaoguang to describe Class One and gave him a reward for reporting Zhou Yi.
• Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong noticed that his Extreme Ice Light seemed less cold than before.
• Qian Chaoguang showed Wang Dong the Source Light Liquid, and she explained its effects on light-attribute Spirit Masters.
• Qian Chaoguang drank the Source Light Liquid, whose scorching energy spread through his body and began merging with it.

Qian Chaoguang’s Source Light Liquid stalled because his body and Martial Soul could not absorb or merge with it, awakening Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness. Electrolux examined Qian Chaoguang and began to address the problem, leaving him unable to control his body.

• Qian Chaoguang found the Source Light Liquid frozen inside him, unable to improve his Martial Soul or transform into cultivation.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm complained about the blinding light in the Sea of Consciousness, but could not identify the treasure or help it merge.
• Electrolux awakened after sensing the Source Light Liquid and explained how he had arrived in Qian Chaoguang’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chaoguang told Electrolux that the light and life energy had stalled inside his body, and Electrolux examined him.
• Electrolux said the external light could not merge with Qian Chaoguang’s own light and that the problem was easy to solve, then left Qian Chaoguang unable to control his body.

After Electrolux extracted the Source Light Liquid’s Light Element, Qian Chaoguang refined the remaining life energy and rose to level 18. Wang Yan brought New Student Class One to a new training ground for individual fitness tests, and Qian Chaoguang spoke with him as the tests began.

• Electrolux left a golden bead of concentrated Light Element in Qian Chaoguang’s Sea of Consciousness and said the remaining life energy was his to refine.
• Qian Chaoguang woke at level 18 after the life energy strengthened his cultivation and tempered his body.
• Qian Chaoguang thanked Wang Dong, then teased her about forgiving her 130,000 Gold Soul Coin debt before she chased after him.
• Wang Yan brought New Student Class One to a training ground and explained his new program of varied physical tests and individualized training.
• Qian Chaoguang helped distribute the test forms, and Wang Yan approached him before he had taken his own tests.

Qian Chaoguang discussed his contribution to exposing corruption in the academy with Wang Yan, then offered to share his family's physical-training research with him. Wang Yan struggled to accept such valuable knowledge as a gift.

• Wang Yan told Qian Chaoguang that the academy had uncovered more than a dozen parasites after investigating Zhou Yi, and that Qian Chaoguang would be informed of the judgment results.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Wang Yan about physical training and explained that his family had researched exercise equipment and training methods over tens of thousands of years.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to draw up the blueprints and methods and give them to Wang Yan, hoping the knowledge would aid his research and teaching.
• Wang Yan resisted accepting the knowledge as a gift and urged Qian Chaoguang not to disregard his ancestors' wishes.

Qian Chaoguang persuaded Wang Yan to accept his training knowledge and help design exercise plans for the students. The chapter ended with Shrek’s punishments for Zhou Yi and Fan Yu revealed.

• Qian Chaoguang argued that knowledge should be shared and convinced Wang Yan to accept the materials he planned to draw.
• Wang Yan invited Qian Chaoguang to help research and design the students’ training plans, and Qian Chaoguang agreed.
• New Student Class One’s special test ended when the bell rang, with everyone except Qian Chaoguang having participated.
• Shrek crippled Zhou Yi’s Soul Power and placed her under house arrest while claiming publicly that she had been expelled.
• Shrek stripped Fan Yu of his positions, honors, and rewards, leaving him an ordinary Soul Tool Department researcher.

After the Zhou Yi incident was settled and several Shrek teachers were punished, Qian Chaoguang focused on helping Wang Yan improve Class One’s training. Over the following two months, the students made rapid progress while Qian Chaoguang kept a low profile and earned gratitude and admiration from across the Outer Courtyard.

• More than ten former Shrek teachers, Du Weilun, and the Outer Courtyard dean received punishments, while rumors said Yan Shaozhe had also been disciplined by the Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Qian Chaoguang told Wang Yan that he had done what he believed was right, and the Zhou Yi incident was settled.
• Qian Chaoguang and Wang Yan designed individualized training plans and new exercise equipment, which the Logistics Department quickly provided for Class One.
• Class One’s students improved rapidly, and Wang Dong gained two ranks in just over two months while Huo Yutong brought meals to Qian Chaoguang as he avoided crowds.
• A grateful senior who had finally avenged himself thanked Qian Chaoguang with more than a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a Storage Soul Tool ring.
• Qian Chaoguang continued to excel in class, and his detailed notes were repeatedly borrowed by his classmates.

Qian Chaoguang continued his arduous cultivation while his teasing and bickering with Wang Dong became part of their friendly routine. With New Student Class One’s first assessment set to begin the next day, Wang Yan distributed each student’s training results and personalized cultivation recommendations.

• Qian Chaoguang estimated that he would reach rank twenty by the end of the school year and planned to seek Extreme Ice Light’s second Spirit Ring in the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s home.
• Qian Chaoguang teased Wang Dong after their morning exercise, and the two bickered as they had over the past two months.
• Huo Yutong noticed Qian Chaoguang’s improved mood and reflected on how the class had grown more united since the Zhou Yi incident.
• Wang Yan announced that the first assessment would begin the next day and explained that students had to pass to become official first-year students.
• Wang Yan had Qian Chaoguang hand out forms containing each student’s training results and personalized cultivation recommendations.

Wang Yan explained the New Student Assessment’s 3v3 format and announced the temporary teams for Class One. Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong were paired with Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong revealed she needed to win the competition to join the Tang Sect.

• Wang Yan asked the students to choose cultivation directions and explained that the assessment would use points from at least ten 3v3 battles, with the top sixty-four advancing to eliminations.
• Wang Yan praised Song Qinghan for refusing a direct pass so he could compete alongside his classmates.
• Wang Yan announced Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong as the first team, prompting Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong to complain about each other.
• After the other students left, Qian Chaoguang urged Huo Yutong to ask Wang Yan to change the team so Xiao Xiao could join her.
• Wang Dong said she could join the Tang Sect only by winning first place, and she did not want to change teams because she thought Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong would help her win.

Wang Yan learned that Qian Chaoguang could use Light Sharing to strengthen Wang Dong’s light-attribute abilities and encouraged the trio before the New Student Competition. On the way back, Qian Chaoguang dismissed the need for tactics, and Wang Dong learned the teachers had forbidden him from using his blade.

• Wang Yan reviewed the three students’ forms, and Qian Chaoguang explained that he had developed a supportive use for Light Mimicry.
• Qian Chaoguang demonstrated Light Sharing, which let Wang Dong’s soul skills gain the power of Extreme Ice Light while leaving Huo Yutong unable to use the boost offensively.
• Wang Yan praised the skill, said the trio could compete for the New Student Competition championship, and sent them back to rest.
• Wang Dong asked Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong about their plans for the competition, but Qian Chaoguang said their strengths made tactics unnecessary against most teams.
• Wang Dong asked if Qian Chaoguang would use his blade in the competition, and Huo Yutong explained that the teachers had banned him from using it because it was too dangerous.

Qian Chaoguang told Wang Dong she would fight alone in the New Student Competition while he and Huo Yutong concealed their strength, then revealed to her that he and Huo Yutong were childhood sweethearts and a couple. The competition began that afternoon, and the three were assigned to the Thirty-Third District.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that Wang Dong would compete alone while he and Huo Yutong saved their strength, and he listed several powerful student teams as potential rivals.
• Wang Yan reminded the class to draw lots at noon and gather at their assigned Assessment Zones before the competition began.
• Wang Dong teased Huo Yutong about her closeness with Qian Chaoguang, and Qian Chaoguang kissed Huo Yutong and declared that they were childhood sweethearts who had lived together for years.
• Wang Dong spent the hours before the competition stunned by the revelation that she was the third wheel.
• The New Student Competition began with 317 groups, and Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong drew the Thirty-Third District.

Qian Chaoguang’s team began its first new-student assessment match against Ouyang Junyi’s team, using Huo Yutong’s support skills and Qian Chaoguang’s buff to gain the upper hand. Wang Dong charged Ouyang Junyi with Huo Yutong’s Locking guiding her attacks, while the opponents struggled to recover from their own teammate’s confusion.

• Teacher Li announced that Qian Chaoguang’s team would face Ouyang Junyi’s team in the first match and began the assessment.
• Qian Chaoguang used Extreme Ice Light—Light Sharing to buff Wang Dong, then pushed her into the attack.
• Huo Yutong confused Zhao Haochen, causing him to interrupt his soul skill and slap his teammate Chen Junfeng.
• Ouyang Junyi warned his team about Huo Yutong’s mind-control skill and charged Wang Dong, while Chen Junfeng knocked Zhao Haochen unconscious.
• Huo Yutong used Spirit Eye—Locking on Wang Dong, revealing the attack trajectories of Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng.

Wang Dong easily defeated two opponents with Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang supporting her through their coordinated tactics. Class One swept the first round of the New Student Assessment without a loss, and the story left them advancing with momentum.

• Wang Dong cut through Ouyang Junyi’s attack, then knocked him and Chen Junfeng out of the match with Huo Yutong’s support.
• Teacher Li recorded a victory for Class One’s Qian Chaoguang Team as the spectators marveled at Wang Dong’s strength.
• Wang Dong celebrated the team’s tactics with Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, who jokingly called their strategy the Pig-Raising Style.
• Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng recovered and dragged their Chicken Leg Martial Soul teammate away after blaming him for the loss.
• Class One passed the first round undefeated after benefiting from the Scientific Training Method developed by Wang Yan and Qian Chaoguang.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong won their first five matches with ease, though Teacher Li warned that tougher opponents awaited. After discussing their plans and joking over dinner, they ran into Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao, who had come to meet Qian Chaoguang.

• Qian Chaoguang's team won two quick matches on the second morning, bringing their record to five straight wins as other teams began surrendering to them.
• Teacher Li warned the trio that their strong record would likely match them against tougher teams, and Qian Chaoguang promised they would be careful.
• On the way back, Wang Dong wanted more fights, while Huo Yutong revealed her weapons and armor and Qian Chaoguang insisted they keep their close-combat skills as a trump card.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to treat Wang Dong and Huo Yutong to dinner using an IOU, and the three left the Assessment Zone joking together.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong encountered Xu Sanshi with Ma Xiaotao, who questioned Xu Sanshi about them and kept her attention on Qian Chaoguang.

Ma Xiaotao confronted Qian Chaoguang about the strange ice power that had stopped her before, while also asking about a cure for her Evil Fire Phoenix. When Ma Xiaotao attacked to test whether Qian Chaoguang had a hidden Guardian, he broke through her flames with an icy blade strike.

• Ma Xiaotao sent Wang Dong away but allowed Huo Yutong to stay, then took Qian Chaoguang to Sea God Lake to question him.
• Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao that a Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower could cure her evil fire, and she grew angry because she had no way to find one.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that she had come to ask about the strange Cold Ice Power and demanded to know whether Qian Chaoguang had a Guardian.
• Qian Chaoguang admitted that he had caused the freezing effect through a hard-to-replicate coincidence and denied having a Guardian.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire Phoenix flames to test him, but Qian Chaoguang transformed himself with Extreme Ice Light and cut through her fiery wings.

Qian Chaoguang broke through Ma Xiaotao’s flame blockade, impressing her enough to end their fight once she learned he had no powerful backer. When he demanded an apology and compensation for being burned, Ma Xiaotao had to stay and answer for her actions.

• Qian Chaoguang used his Extreme Ice Light to cut through Ma Xiaotao’s flames and faced her again despite his depleted strength.
• Ma Xiaotao stopped fighting after deciding that Qian Chaoguang had no one backing him, and she asked whether their earlier encounter had truly been a coincidence.
• Qian Chaoguang confirmed that it had, named Qian Duoduo as his teacher, and criticized the Martial Soul Department and Zhou Yi.
• Ma Xiaotao began raising the temperature again, but stopped when Qian Chaoguang pointed out that teachers and students were nearby and invoked the School Rules.
• As Ma Xiaotao turned to leave, Qian Chaoguang demanded an apology and compensation for her attack, leaving her unable to walk away without consequences.

After Ma Xiaotao gave Qian Chaoguang a huge Hair Crystal as compensation, he recognized its future value and happily treated Huo Yutong and Wang Dong to a feast. The trio began the sixth round of the assessment against Huang Chutian Team, with Wang Dong charging Huang Chutian before he had finished his Martial Soul Possession.

• Ma Xiaotao tossed Qian Chaoguang a large Hair Crystal, believing she had tricked him into accepting it as an apology gift.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized the crystal's potential to become valuable Titanium Gold and celebrated by treating Huo Yutong and Wang Dong to an expensive meal.
• The trio arrived early at the venue and learned that their five consecutive wins had made them the seeded team in the Thirty-Third District.
• Qian Chaoguang warned Wang Dong and Huo Yutong that the Lan sisters could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and reminded them of their plan.
• Teacher Li started the sixth-round assessment between Qian Chaoguang Team and Huang Chutian Team.
• Wang Dong rushed Huang Chutian as he completed his Martial Soul Possession, catching him off guard.