Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong dominated the selection match, leaving Dai Huabin and the other students shaken by the gap in their strength. Xuan Zi named the seven survivors the Reserve Team for the next Entire Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament and ordered Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to stay behind.

• Dai Huabin realized how far Qian Chaoguang had surpassed him and went to check on Zhu Lu.
• Xuan Zi called for teachers to tend to the defeated students and privately recognized that Qian Chaoguang's Hundred Thousand Year First Soul Ring was real but not attached to his current Martial Soul.
• The awakened students were frightened by the pressure of Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong's attack, while Xuan Zi lectured them about the match.
• Xuan Zi explained that the seven who remained would serve as the Reserve Team and be evaluated over the next five years for a chance to represent Shrek.
• Xuan Zi ordered the seven to keep their selection secret, announced weekly training and a chance to train with the current Shrek Seven Monsters, then dismissed everyone except Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong.

After Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong impressed the academy during the Grand Melee, Xuan Zi praised them and said they were expected to lead the team in the tournament five years later. Their friends waited outside, where Wang Dong revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and twin martial souls, and Bei Bei rallied everyone to compete together.

• Bei Bei and the others left the Soul Fighting Zone, still stunned by Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and Qian Chaoguang’s ten-thousand-year First Ring.
• Xuan Zi praised Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s performance, encouraged them to use surprise tactics against future opponents, and said they could lead the academy team in five years.
• Xuan Zi dismissed the siblings after urging them to stay humble, then told Zhang Bowen that their abilities and soul rings made them future champions.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong found Wang Dong, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan waiting outside, and Bei Bei congratulated them on their progress.
• Xu Sanshi asked about the siblings’ abilities and wealth, prompting Wang Dong to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer and twin martial souls.
• Bei Bei brought the conversation back to the team and urged everyone to aim to compete in the tournament five years later.

The new Shrek Seven Monsters Reserve Team settled into academy life as He Caitou told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong about his revenge plans and the three-person combat project. After wrestling with a choice between his nation and Qian Chaoguang’s cause, He Caitou secretly chose to trust Qian Chaoguang, while Wang Dong struggled to keep up with the team’s training.

• Xu Sanshi proposed that the seven Reserve Team members rank themselves by age and call one another fellow apprentices, but the idea was set aside because not everyone would join the Tang Sect.
• He Caitou joined the Tang Sect after the group shared a meal with Tang Ya, then stopped Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to explain his altered Ultimate Solo Soldier Project and reveal his past.
• Qian Chaoguang promised to help He Caitou take revenge on the Sun Moon Imperial Family and asked whether he would stand by them against powerful enemies, even if that meant opposing his nation and Shrek.
• A week later, He Caitou privately told Qian Chaoguang that his faith and nation could not judge his enemies, but Qian Chaoguang could.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong began more demanding Reserve Team training, and Wang Dong persevered despite complaining about the workload.

Xuan Zi brought the Reserve Team and Shrek’s regular competitors together to introduce themselves and prepare for the Entire Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. The Inner Courtyard students were left stunned by the Reserve Team’s young members and their unexpectedly high levels and soul tool ranks.

• Over two weeks of Xuan Zi’s intense combat training, the Reserve Team grew more familiar with one another, and Huo Yutong advanced to Level 37.
• Xuan Zi gathered the Reserve Team and the Inner Courtyard disciples, including Ma Xiaotao, and explained that the tournament would begin in ten days and that the reserves might also compete.
• Xuan Zi warned the students to obey orders and not lose, then had the Reserve Team introduce themselves first.
• Wang Dong announced that she was a Second Year student at Level 31, surprising the Inner Courtyard disciples.
• Qian Chaoguang introduced himself as a Level 27 Soul Grandmaster and Third Level Soul Tool Master, and Huo Yutong followed as a Level 37 Soul Elder and Third Level Soul Tool Master, stunning the Inner Courtyard students.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong joined the academy’s tournament teams, while Xuan Zi warned the Regular Team Members to keep their Soul Tool Master ranks secret. Ma Xiaotao selected a team built around Huo Yutong’s battlefield coordination, and the two sides prepared for a friendly match.

• Xuan Zi made the Regular Team Members swear to keep Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s Soul Tool Master ranks secret.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo introduced themselves, and Qian Chaoguang resolved to try to prevent their future injuries and deaths.
• Xuan Zi announced a friendly match and had Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng choose their teams.
• Ma Xiaotao chose Gongyang Mo and Huo Yutong first, then selected Ling Luochen, Qian Chaoguang, He Caitou, and Wang Dong as Dai Yueheng chose his teammates.
• Ma Xiaotao told her team that Huo Yutong would direct the battle with Lock On, allowing them to coordinate attacks without speaking.

Ma Xiaotao’s team prepared to face Dai Yueheng’s team, and Qian Chaoguang revealed the deadly skill he could use without restraint. The match began with Huo Yutong’s battlefield guidance, He Caitou’s Soul Tool barrage, and multiple buffs empowering the allies as Qian Chaoguang advanced to meet Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei.

• Ma Xiaotao assigned Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong to adapt during the fight and said the team had to win against Dai Yueheng’s side.
• Wang Dong asked why the Shrek Seven Monsters had no Soul Tool Department member, and Ma Xiaotao said the Inner Courtyard could not leave out anyone except a Soul Engineer.
• Xuan Zi started the match, and Ma Xiaotao charged while Ling Luochen transformed the field into an Icy World.
• Qian Chaoguang drew the Bright Light Blade, revealed two ten-thousand-year soul rings, and used Light Sharing on Wang Dong.
• Huo Yutong spread her battlefield-guidance skill as He Caitou followed her directions and opened fire with his Soul Tools.
• Gongyang Mo boosted the allies’ strength and soul power recovery, while Qian Chaoguang used He Caitou’s strength, defense, and soul power cigars before confronting Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei.

Qian Chaoguang used Huo Yutong’s buffs and a new blade technique to overpower Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi in combat. Xuan Zi pulled them from danger and identified Qian Chaoguang’s weakened Blade Intent as Blade Qi.

• Huo Yutong’s Madness and Group Weakness weakened Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi while her other buffs helped Qian Chaoguang’s strength surge.
• Qian Chaoguang sent Xu Sanshi staggering with a slash that carved a deep mark into the Dark Tortoise Shield.
• Qian Chaoguang’s three Eight-Point Light Wheels blinded Bei Bei, and his Bright Light Blade pierced Bei Bei’s defenses before Xuan Zi removed him from the field.
• Xuan Zi pulled Xu Sanshi away as Qian Chaoguang continued to overwhelm him, leaving Xu Sanshi sprawled on the ground and gasping for air.
• Xuan Zi identified Qian Chaoguang’s attack as a weakened form of Blade Intent, which Qian Chaoguang had developed into Blade Qi.

Ma Xiaotao’s team decisively defeated Dai Yueheng’s team, with Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s abilities proving pivotal. After the losers accepted Xuan Zi’s punishment, he gave both sides an hour to recover before another match.

• Qian Chaoguang used Blade Qi to drive back Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi while Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen and Qian Chaoguang cornered Jiang Nannan and Xi Xi.
• He Caitou and Wang Dong held Chen Zifeng at bay as Huo Yutong guided their side with Lock On, and Dai Yueheng’s team lost more fighters.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Dai Yueheng, Qian Chaoguang held his blade at Xi Xi’s neck, and Chen Zifeng surrendered to end the match.
• Dai Yueheng and the other defeated students shouted that they were pigs, while Jiang Nannan said it softly and Xu Sanshi praised her before she scolded him.
• Xuan Zi gave both teams an hour to rest before they fought again, and the Inner Courtyard disciples began recovering their Soul Power.

Qian Chaoguang reviewed his fight with Xi Xi and resolved to adapt his blade techniques to mature Spirit Masters before Xuan Zi rearranged the teams for another battle. He charged Ling Luochen alone and called on the Ice Empress as his Extreme Ice Light Soul Ring activated.

• Qian Chaoguang recovered and used his Sea of Consciousness to review the battle, concluding that his blade techniques needed to evolve beyond ordinary cold-weapon combat.
• Xuan Zi switched Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang onto Ma Xiaotao's team and Jiang Nannan and Yao Haoxuan onto Dai Yueheng's team.
• Xuan Zi started the next battle without giving either side time to settle new tactics, and Huo Yutong's Lock On anchored onto the opposing members.
• Qian Chaoguang used his Soul Tool Thruster to rush toward Ling Luochen while the other fighters engaged across the arena.
• Qian Chaoguang called on the Ice Empress, and his Extreme Ice Light Soul Ring activated as an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion phantom appeared around him.

Qian Chaoguang used his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul and Eternal Frozen Domain to eliminate Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo, turning the match in the Outer Courtyard’s favor. After the battle ended, the Inner Courtyard disciples questioned Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong about their Twin Martial Souls and Qian Chaoguang’s apparent Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Qian Chaoguang revealed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s aura, freezing Ling Luochen and knocking her out of the match.
• Qian Chaoguang used Eternal Frozen Domain to stop Gongyang Mo in midair, then tackled and restrained him until he conceded.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Soul Power ran out, and Gongyang Mo sat beside him and helped him recover while Xuan Zi freed Ling Luochen from the ice.
• With Ling Luochen and Gongyang Mo out, Ma Xiaotao fought Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xi Xi alone before being defeated.
• After the match, Chen Zifeng asked whether Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong had Twin Martial Souls and questioned Qian Chaoguang’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

After demonstrating the changing colors of his spirit rings, Qian Chaoguang was named captain of the Reserve Team, with Huo Yutong as its Main Control Soul Master, ahead of their trip to Star Luo City. Xuan Zi questioned how Qian Chaoguang used two martial souls at once, but Qian Chaoguang feigned ignorance and left Xuan Zi without an answer.

• Qian Chaoguang showed the Inner Courtyard disciples his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul and transformed its spirit rings from black to red and then gold.
• Xuan Zi appointed Qian Chaoguang captain of the Reserve Team and Huo Yutong its Main Control Soul Master, then told everyone to gather for the trip to Star Luo City the next morning.
• Huo Yutong quietly reacted to the mention of Star Luo City, and Qian Chaoguang took her hand.
• After the others left, Xuan Zi asked Qian Chaoguang how he had used two martial souls at once.
• Qian Chaoguang claimed he had simply trusted his instincts and suggested asking Wang Yan, and Xuan Zi eventually let him and Huo Yutong return to their dormitory.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Supervision Corps to the official and reserve teams, who chose to join it. Qian Chaoguang also resolved to reform the Corps, believing Shrek had overstepped by interfering in imperial affairs.

• Qian Chaoguang led the sleepy Wang Dong out of Shrek Academy with the other team members and their teachers.
• Xuan Zi explained that many Inner Courtyard disciples had died before graduating while serving in the Shrek Supervision Corps.
• Xuan Zi said the Corps hunted evil soul masters and also intervened against imperial officials, prompting Qian Chaoguang to question Shrek’s authority and neutrality.
• Xuan Zi asked the reserve members whether they would join the unpaid Corps or withdraw.
• The seven reserve members answered together that they would join, while Qian Chaoguang remained determined to change the Corps in the future.

Ma Xiaotao briefed the Reserve Team on its first Supervisory Mission to hunt the Hand of Death bandits near the Mingdou Mountain Range, while Qian Chaoguang suspected his grandfather’s attackers might still be alive. The team set out at speed, and Qian Chaoguang astonished the Inner Court students by keeping pace; after stopping at noon, Wang Dong asked Huo Yutong for grilled fish.

• Wang Yan distributed Shrek supervisors’ rings, and Ma Xiaotao explained their use and the mission to eliminate the Hand of Death bandits within three to four days.
• Qian Chaoguang recalled his grandfather’s warning about evil soul masters and concluded that the attackers might have survived or belonged to a larger organization.
• Ma Xiaotao assigned companions to help the less powerful students keep up, but Qian Chaoguang refused help and equipped Class 4 Soul Tool Thrusters.
• The team raced toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, and Qian Chaoguang kept pace with the Inner Court students without showing fatigue.
• The group stopped at noon, where Wang Dong asked Huo Yutong to make grilled fish and Xu Sanshi remembered his earlier losses over the dish.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong showed the group how they kept food fresh with ice and a simple refrigerator, then prepared an elaborate wilderness meal. The chapter left them cooking the game the others had hunted.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that he used his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and a storage soul tool to keep ingredients frozen for months.
• Huo Yutong revealed a cooling soul tool Qian Chaoguang had made for her, which he called an ice box or refrigerator.
• Xuan Zi assigned the group to hunt, gather firewood, and help Huo Yutong prepare lunch.
• Qian Chaoguang set up stoves and cookware while Ma Xiaotao used her Phoenix Flame to light the charcoal and cook rice.
• The hunting group returned with rabbits, pheasants, and a wild boar, and Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang began roasting and slow-cooking the meat.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong prepared a lavish meal for the Shrek students, bringing the Inner Courtyard and Outer Courtyard groups closer together. After eating and resting longer than planned, the group prepared to continue their journey.

• Huo Yutong grilled game as Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng returned with fish and mushrooms, which Qian Chaoguang prepared for several dishes.
• The group eagerly fought over the roasted chickens and rabbits while Qian Chaoguang cooked twice-cooked pork and water-boiled fish.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong finished the meal with grilled fish, fish soup, braised boar, and rice, and Xuan Zi snuck away with a bowl made from Soul Power.
• Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng made wooden tableware, and the Inner Courtyard disciples shared food and washed their utensils afterward.
• The meal and extended rest helped the Inner Courtyard and Outer Courtyard students grow closer before they resumed their journey.

After the group shared a meal, they used military Flying Soul Tools to travel toward the Hand of Death Bandit Group. During the flight, Qian Chaoguang told Ice Empress that Snow Empress had failed her human transformation but remained alive, and promised they could meet again in three years if all went well.

• The group finished every bit of food, and Xuan Zi stored the leftover fish soup in a Special Large Gourd.
• Dai Yueheng retrieved military Flying Soul Tools at the border, while Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong used the smaller devices Qian Duoduo had made for them.
• Ice Empress worried that Snow Empress might have died during her tribulation, and Qian Chaoguang revealed that Snow Empress had failed to transform into a human but survived.
• Ice Empress apologized for doubting Qian Chaoguang and begged him to save Snow Empress, and he agreed to do his best.
• After the group learned to use the Flying Soul Tools, they set off and covered five hundred li in two hours.

Qian Chaoguang and the Shrek students traveled to the western border, rested with the army, and began searching the Mingdou Mountain Range for the Hand of Death bandits. The chapter ended as Wang Yan returned from scouting and called the group over, after Qian Chaoguang challenged Dai Yueheng’s account of his father’s family.

• Xuan Zi flew Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and the others to the western border, where the journey left many students vomiting.
• Dai Yueheng spoke with the White Tiger Guards and brought the group to the military camp, where Huo Yutong saw Dai Hao and became upset.
• The military reported that the Hand of Death bandits had more than three hundred members and operated in the Mingdou Mountain Range, so the group set out to find them.
• Ma Xiaotao arranged the team’s formation as they entered the mountains, and Wang Yan later went alone to investigate the bandits’ tracks.
• Dai Yueheng bragged about Dai Hao’s discipline with women, and Qian Chaoguang questioned how Dai Loli fit into the family if the White Tiger Duke had only one wife.
• Wang Yan returned from the darkness and beckoned the students over.

Qian Chaoguang identified signs that an evil soul master group was nearby and helped Wang Yan locate their cave. Before the Shrek Guardians entered, he warned Xuan Zi and the team that the five-ring enemy might control and explode corpses.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that the missing Wenlan Tree heartwood indicated evil soul masters were close, and scolded Ma Xiaotao for her lack of knowledge.
• Wang Yan deduced that the enemy would remain nearby while the forest still held Wenlan Trees, then led the group to a cave beneath a hillside.
• The team changed into Shrek Guardian equipment and prepared to move out.
• Qian Chaoguang stopped everyone and summoned Xuan Zi, warning him of the enemy’s possible corpse-controlling ability.
• Qian Chaoguang told the seven Regular Team Members at the front to beware of every corpse as they entered the cave.

Qian Chaoguang warned the Inner Courtyard disciples to wear Soul Tool Armor and avoid the corpses, but most dismissed his advice. As the teams entered the cave, he destroyed the corpses they encountered and urged everyone to stay cautious while the fighting ahead continued.

• Qian Chaoguang offered the team Soul Tool Armor, but most Inner Courtyard disciples refused to wear it, while Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen accepted chest armor.
• Ma Xiaotao led the Inner Courtyard team into battle, and Wang Yan followed with the Reserve Team under his command.
• Qian Chaoguang scanned the area and found that Xuan Zi was drinking and eating on the slope above the cave instead of overseeing the battle.
• The Reserve Team entered the cave and found more than a hundred corpses, including dead infants, along the passage.
• Qian Chaoguang destroyed the corpses with Extreme Ice Light and Ultimate Ice, then told Xu Sanshi that caution had kept him alive before.
• Wang Yan backed Qian Chaoguang’s warning and ordered the team to prepare to face the evil soul masters.

Qian Chaoguang protected the Reserve Team from a bandit leader’s chain Corpse Explosions, but the Inner Court students suffered severe injuries. Xuan Zi arrived to find the cave covered in blood and poison, furious and stricken by the damage.

• Wang Yan sent the Reserve Team to help finish off the bandits, and Qian Chaoguang stayed near Huo Yutong while using his Divine Sense to move corpses away.
• A voice from deeper in the cave announced a chain Corpse Explosion, and Qian Chaoguang warned the others and shielded the Reserve Team with Extreme Ice Light.
• More than five hundred explosions tore through the cave, leaving the Reserve Team mostly unharmed but blasting Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao and injuring the other Inner Court students.
• Ling Luochen emerged in the best condition, while Gongyang Mo, Xi Xi, Chen Zifeng, and Yao Haoxuan suffered serious injuries and poisoning.
• Xuan Zi rushed into the cave, where his white light evaporated the corrosive blood and poison, and he roared in anger.