Chapter Summaries

Dai Huabin tried to recruit Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong by warning them against Dai Loli, but Huo Yutong rejected him and later stunned the class by revealing her ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring. Wang Dong repaid most of her debt to Qian Chaoguang, leaving their relationship playfully unresolved as Teacher Wang arrived.

• Dai Huabin warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong not to get close to Dai Loli, but Huo Yutong took Qian Chaoguang away and bluntly dismissed him.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu he wanted Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as allies against Dai Yueheng, whom he considered his true rival.
• Huo Yutong intimidated Zhou Sichen and the class by displaying her ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring, leaving Dai Huabin shocked and dispirited.
• Wang Dong offered Qian Chaoguang 150,000 Gold Soul Coins to settle her debt; he took 130,000, destroyed the IOU, and returned the rest.
• Huo Yutong teased Wang Dong about liking Qian Chaoguang, and Wang Dong denied it just as Teacher Wang arrived.

Wang Yan explained the Upgrade Assessment, in which second-year students would fight chosen Soul Beasts for scores, and the classes gathered at the Beast Fighting Arena. Qian Chaoguang was assigned to go first and prepared to demonstrate his strength, though Wang Yan warned him not to kill the academy’s Soul Beasts.

• Wang Yan explained the assessment rules and advised students to choose challenging but safe Soul Beasts.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong enjoyed improved cafeteria meals as dual-department Core Disciples, while Wang Dong felt jealous of their food.
• The students received assessment forms and assembled at the Beast Fighting Arena under heavy teacher supervision.
• Wang Yan told Qian Chaoguang that he would take the first turn to set an example for the class.
• Qian Chaoguang headed into the arena after Wang Yan stopped him from threatening to kill a Soul Beast.

Qian Chaoguang revealed his two ten-thousand-year soul rings during his Shrek Academy combat assessment and chose to face the strongest thousand-year Soul Beast. The assessment began as a Ferocious Giant Tiger entered the arena and advanced toward him.

• Qian Chaoguang submitted his assessment form and told the chief referee that he specialized in the Power Attack System.
• Qian Chaoguang chose to fight a thousand-year Soul Beast and asked for the strongest one.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed his two ten-thousand-year soul rings, shocking the teachers and students watching, including Du Weilun and Dai Huabin.
• Yan Shaozhe scolded Qian Duoduo for having tried to hide Qian Chaoguang, while Qian Duoduo boasted about his disciples.
• A thousand-year Ferocious Giant Tiger emerged from the Beast Pen and slowly approached Qian Chaoguang.

Qian Chaoguang tested the Ferocious Giant Tiger’s strength with his Eight-Point Light Wheels, wearing down its armor and blunting its claws before preparing to meet it head-on. The chapter ended as he launched an ice-blue heavy fist toward the tiger’s descending attack.

• Qian Chaoguang countered the Ferocious Giant Tiger’s blood-colored attack with four Eight-Point Light Wheels.
• Qian Chaoguang used the wheels to outmaneuver the tiger, damage its crystal armor, and wear down its claws.
• Qian Chaoguang ended his probe as the wheels ran out of energy, while Yan Shaozhe watched the tiger’s clipped claws.
• The Ferocious Giant Tiger charged at Qian Chaoguang, who reinforced his right arm with the Extreme Ice Light Armguard and Blood Qi Wolf Smoke.
• Qian Chaoguang rushed upward and thrust his ice-blue heavy fist toward the pouncing tiger.

Qian Chaoguang defeated a thousand-year Ferocious Giant Tiger with a single punch and earned a perfect assessment score, leaving Dai Huabin despairing at the gap between them. Huo Yutong later also earned full marks by defeating a thousand-year Soul Beast, while the class assessments continued.

• Qian Chaoguang knocked out the Ferocious Giant Tiger by punching through its mouth, then told Du Weilun he had held back to avoid killing an academy asset.
• Du Weilun awarded Qian Chaoguang the full 150 points for his battle and technique, and Dai Huabin was left shaken by the display.
• Wang Yan praised Qian Chaoguang, who hurried off to wash and change after getting tiger saliva on his clothes.
• Wang Dong and Dai Huabin each scored 130 points against a thousand-year Soul Beast, while Huo Yutong defeated one and earned full marks.

Qian Chaoguang explained the Treasure Appraisal Meet and its hidden purpose to Huo Yutong and Wang Dong. He and Huo Yutong planned to attend and use their privileges, while Wang Dong set off on her own.

• Zhang Bowen delivered Treasure Appraisal Meet invitations for Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong, and said Huo Yutong had received hers separately.
• At dinner, Qian Chaoguang explained that merchants used the event to invest in Shrek’s Core Disciples, hoping for future repayment and customers.
• Wang Dong eagerly asked about valuable goods and showed excitement at the chance to spend her abundant Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yutong guessed that the Inner Courtyard’s Gathering Treasure Pavilion was behind the event, and Qian Chaoguang confirmed they would attend and use their privileges.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that the event would likely be Shrek’s final test for them and would bind them to a major favor, and Wang Dong said she would go off on her own.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traveled to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion for its Treasure Appraisal Meet, where they prepared to assess their credit limits. They reached the appraisal counter after Qian Chaoguang noticed two conspicuously displayed priceless treasures.

• Wang Dong left Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong alone after teasing them about being a third wheel.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong followed the invitation map through Shrek City to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion.
• The siblings presented their invitations and entered the pavilion, where they were escorted to the second-floor Treasure Appraisal Meet.
• Qian Chaoguang asked to have his and Huo Yutong's credit limits assessed before browsing.
• Qian Chaoguang scanned the displays and spotted two priceless treasures near the entrance before the pair reached the west-side counter.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong received top-tier VIP status at the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, where Qian recognized the academy’s rare treasures as a test meant to secure their loyalty. He explained the stakes to Huo Yutong, then encountered Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who declined his offer to fight for money.

• Xiao Hong informed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that they had become top-tier VIPs and gave them Crimson Spirit Warm Jade Cards with free annual selections and a forty-percent discount.
• Qian Chaoguang passed the Golden Mang soul bone, explaining to Huo Yutong that the academy had reserved two other rare treasures for them as a test and that taking them would create a major favor owed to the academy.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that refusing the academy’s offer could cost them their dual Core Disciple status, resources, or standing, and advised her that help generally came with something expected in return.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi approached the siblings, and Xu Sanshi complained that Qian Chaoguang had extorted Mystic Water Pills and Gold Soul Coins from him a year earlier.
• Qian Chaoguang challenged Xu Sanshi to fight for one thousand Gold Soul Coins per match, but Xu Sanshi refused.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong inspected a piece of Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow that Shrek had prepared for him, while Mu En explained why he believed Qian Chaoguang could become a great leader and possibly develop Dual Ultimate Martial Soul. The siblings then turned their attention to an unusual soul bone.

• Xu Sanshi pulled Bei Bei aside to ask how he could win Jiang Nannan's heart.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong examined the Thousand Year Cold Ice Marrow, which had once been Ten Thousand Year grade and was priced at nearly thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that the marrow was worth far more than its listed price and said Shrek had likely acquired it for her benefit.
• Lin Lao asked Mu En whether the siblings would trade for the treasures, and Mu En said Qian Chaoguang would accept the offer.
• Mu En predicted that Qian Chaoguang could become an unprecedented owner of Dual Ultimate Martial Soul and that he and Huo Yutong might help Shrek thrive for centuries.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong fixed their attention on an unusual soul bone.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong discovered a strange Void Spirit Turtle left arm bone, which Electrolux identified as a crystal containing a powerful Mental Imprint rather than a true Spirit Bone. They reserved it and two other treasures, including ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber, before continuing their search.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong examined the Void Spirit Turtle left arm bone and learned that only Spirit Masters with spiritual-type Martial Souls could buy it.
• Qian Chaoguang consulted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress, who both sensed that the supposed Spirit Bone was unusual.
• Electrolux explained that the object was a protective crystalline body containing pure Mental Power and a Mental Imprint, and said it would suit Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong used their privileges to reserve the Void Spirit Turtle crystal and the other treasures prepared for them by the academy.
• Qian Chaoguang also secured ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber for Huo Yutong.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong shopped in Shrek City, while Ma Xiaotao learned that his Ultimate Ice might suppress her evil fire and rushed to find him. The chapter ended with Ma Xiaotao confronting Qian Chaoguang and looking to him for help.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong bought rare treasures at the Treasure Appraisal Meet and then explored Shrek City's night market.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Qian Chaoguang's Second Martial Soul had likely caused the cold impact that might help control her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to seek Qian Chaoguang's help and flew toward Shrek City after Yan Shaozhe told her where he was.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that her Void Spirit Turtle Left Arm Bone was not a real soul bone and warned her to keep its true nature secret.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived in a blaze of flames and confronted Qian Chaoguang.

Ma Xiaotao asked Qian Chaoguang to suppress the evil fire inside her, but he demanded proper compensation and explained the costs and limits of treatment. He offered her a temporary suppression plan or a costly treatment that might cure her evil fire and transform her into Ultimate Fire, and she chose the second option.

• Ma Xiaotao offered Qian Chaoguang a Crystal Slab, but he rejected the initial offer and started to leave with Huo Yutong.
• Ma Xiaotao apologized and gave Qian Chaoguang the Crystal Slab, then explained her condition in full.
• Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao that suppressing her evil fire would take substantial time and effort, and that it could not be cured at the root without powerful Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Qian Chaoguang offered a cheaper, temporary suppression method or an expensive treatment that might cure her evil fire and let her transform into Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao immediately chose the expensive treatment.

Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao he could cure her evil fire and potentially help her reach Ultimate Fire, but he made clear that awakening Ultimate Fire would cost extra. He told Yan Shaozhe he could cure Ma Xiaotao within ten years at the latest, leaving negotiations over his price still to come.

• Ma Xiaotao rushed to Yan Shaozhe and reported Qian Chaoguang's offer to cure her evil fire and help her transform it into Ultimate Fire.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong grilled fish, and he clarified that awakening Ultimate Fire was a separate price from curing Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao he trusted Qian Chaoguang and planned to meet him the next day.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong's class achieved a one-hundred-percent pass rate on the Upgrade Assessment, while students who failed received one retake in three days.
• Qian Duoduo accompanied Qian Chaoguang to meet Yan Shaozhe, where Qian Chaoguang promised he could cure Ma Xiaotao's evil fire within ten years at the latest.

Qian Chaoguang negotiated with Yan Shaozhe over helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire and eventually raise it to Ultimate Fire, securing a major reward for his younger sister and a place as an observer at Sea God Pavilion meetings. He left planning to use his new access and knowledge of the future to influence Shrek’s decisions.

• Qian Chaoguang told Yan Shaozhe that treating Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and advancing her martial soul to Ultimate Fire were separate tasks requiring separate compensation.
• Qian Chaoguang demanded two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and two Soul Bones for his younger sister, including one set from a hundred-thousand-year Mental Attribute Evil Eye Tyrant, and Yan Shaozhe agreed while setting limits on the source of the other ring.
• Qian Chaoguang asked for an observer seat at Sea God Pavilion meetings and the chance to offer opinions, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to the request.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the dormitory with Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and considered how his observer status could help him influence Shrek’s choices using his knowledge of the future.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Wang Dong had bought a costly left arm bone and that Huo Yutong’s new Soul Crystal granted her a powerful defensive skill. After Wang Yan announced a Core Disciple Selection Tournament, Qian Chaoguang went to meet Ma Xiaotao about suppressing her evil fire and raced across Sea God Lake toward Sea God Island.

• Qian Chaoguang found Wang Dong admiring the Golden Mang Left Arm Bone, teased her, and learned her fathers had given her ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Chaoguang chose to save the Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, while Huo Yutong told him her Void Spirit Turtle Soul Crystal had raised her Mental Power and granted her Mind Barrier.
• Wang Yan informed the core disciples that a selection tournament would take place in three days, with seven chosen for a special mission, and asked Qian Chaoguang to stay behind.
• Wang Yan told Qian Chaoguang that Ma Xiaotao was waiting for him by Sea God Lake, and Qian Chaoguang set off across the water toward Sea God Island.

Qian Chaoguang used the cold of Sea God Lake to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire while tempering his own body and purifying her Soul Power. After nearly a day, Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire was suppressed for the time being, and she was stunned by how well Qian Chaoguang had endured the process.

• Qian Chaoguang froze part of Sea God Lake into an ice bath and sealed himself and Ma Xiaotao inside the ice.
• Qian Chaoguang and Ma Xiaotao pressed their palms together as his Ultimate Ice suppressed her evil fire and her flames tempered his body.
• When Qian Chaoguang’s Soul Power ran out, his Bloodline Power unsealed more energy, while Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power entered him and was purified.
• Qian Chaoguang’s cultivation advanced toward rank twenty-eight as he absorbed traces of Ma Xiaotao’s purified Soul Power.
• After nearly a day, Ma Xiaotao opened her eyes and found her evil fire suppressed deep in her bloodline.
• Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao to get ashore, and she was shocked that he seemed fine after enduring the process.

Qian Chaoguang suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and brushed off her attempts to flirt with him, then helped Huo Yutong prepare upgraded Soul Tools for the Core Disciple Selection Tournament. The tournament was about to begin, and Qian Chaoguang looked forward to testing his secret move against the other Second Year core disciples.

• Qian Chaoguang helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire, ignored her flirtation, and hurried off to eat.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong and Wang Dong that Ma Xiaotao had tried to seduce him, and he had rejected her.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that the selection tournament would choose the Reserve Team and ordered Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to make the top seven.
• Qian Chaoguang helped Huo Yutong upgrade her Soul Tools from Class 2 to Class 3 before the tournament.
• Wang Yan led the thirteen Second Year core disciples to the Soul Fighting Zone, where several familiar faces appeared.

Xuan Zi began a no-rules brawl to select the final seven Core Disciples, who would form a reserve team. As the students scrambled to form alliances, Qian Chaoguang’s group and He Caitou launched a coordinated attack, leaving the contest underway.

• Twenty-eight Core Disciples gathered in the Soul Fighting Zone, including thirteen from Second Year Class One.
• Xuan Zi announced that anyone who admitted defeat or was rescued out would be eliminated, and that the final seven would win.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and He Caitou prepared to act together before Xuan Zi abruptly started the fight.
• Wang Dong carried Huo Yutong toward Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, while Qian Chaoguang knocked out two students with rapid punches.
• Bei Bei’s group joined forces with Wang Dong and Huo Yutong, while Qian Chaoguang charged toward He Caitou.
• He Caitou unleashed firepower across the arena with Huo Yutong’s Lock On guidance, as the other students formed smaller teams.

Qian Chaoguang and his companions formed a seven-person team in the arena and relied on Huo Yutong’s Lock On guidance to face nineteen Core Disciples. As the opponents closed in, Huo Yutong used Group Weakness and a mental attack to debilitate them, leaving the Hell White Tiger in the best condition.

• Qian Chaoguang used his Soul Tool Thruster and Eight-Point Light Wheels to break through the crowd and help He Caitou join the group.
• Qian Chaoguang, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Wang Dong, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yutong formed a seven-person formation, with Huo Yutong guiding their attacks through Lock On.
• Zhou Sichen warned the other students that Qian Chaoguang could defeat a thousand-year Soul Beast with one punch, prompting the nineteen remaining opponents to encircle the group.
• Qian Chaoguang urged Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan to trust Huo Yutong’s guidance, and Bei Bei agreed to follow their plan.
• Huo Yutong activated Group Weakness and struck the opponents with a mental attack, slowing and weakening them as Zhu Lu and Dai Huabin’s Hell White Tiger resisted the effects better than the others.

Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang overwhelmed the opposing Core Disciples in the Grand Melee, leaving Dai Huabin as the only one still conscious. Dai Huabin conceded, shaken by the siblings’ decisive victory.

• Huo Yutong unleashed Mind Storm across the arena, knocking several opponents down and exhausting most of her Mental Power.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and overwhelmed the remaining Core Disciples with his pressure and attacks.
• The Hell White Tiger disintegrated, and Dai Huabin fell while an Eight-Point Light Wheel stopped just short of his throat.
• Qian Chaoguang pulled Dai Huabin to his feet and asked whether he conceded, and Dai Huabin agreed.