Recaps

Li Mu looted the White Tiger Duke's hidden storeroom, then brought a massive glacier down on the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to destroy it completely. Huo Yutong watched the mansion's destruction as the story left the estate silent beneath the ice.

• Huo Yutong recoiled and retched after seeing two dead bodies, while Li Mu reflected on how difficult it had been to adapt to violence.
• Li Mu froze and shattered the bodies, then broke into a hidden compartment beneath the main hall of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Li Mu followed a concealed passage to a storeroom, ignored the secret letters, and took its spirit herbs, medicines, and precious ores.
• Huo Yutong waited outside after washing the blood from herself, and Li Mu formed an enormous glacier above the mansion.
• Li Mu sent the glacier crashing down, crushing the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and the surrounding area into silence.

After destroying the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Li Mu returned to Heaven Dou City with Huo Yutong and prepared her to continue on without him. He left her with communication equipment and pills to strengthen her, then headed back to Shrek Academy.

• Li Mu took Huo Yutong back to Heaven Dou City and rented a house before buying Soul Tool manufacturing equipment.
• Li Mu assembled a workbench and showed Huo Yutong plans for an encrypted communicator that could connect them over roughly seventy kilometers.
• Huo Yutong asked whether Li Mu intended for her to enroll in an academy in the Sun Moon Empire, but he instead addressed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and brought out pills and medicinal herbs.
• Li Mu said the pills could help Huo Yutong reach rank twenty within half a month, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm silently withdrew after he hinted that he understood her plan.
• After giving Huo Yutong a few instructions, Li Mu left for Shrek Academy.

Li Mu returned to Shrek Academy, intending to kill Zhou Yi before leaving for the Sun Moon Empire, and inspected the treasures recovered by the Snow Empress. He consumed a ten-thousand-year Infernal Delicate Apricot and began fusing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.

• Li Mu entered Shrek City using his student credentials and returned to his dormitory, where he found Wang Dong awake and wary.
• Li Mu decided to deal with Zhou Yi before leaving, fearing she and others could blame him for defecting from Shrek Academy.
• Li Mu examined the Snow Empress's haul, finding a hundred-thousand-year earth-attributed left leg Soul Bone, a ten-thousand-year Infernal Delicate Apricot, and other spirit herbs.
• Li Mu ate the Infernal Delicate Apricot, causing flames to ignite over his Second Soul Ring.
• Li Mu pressed the hundred-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone into his leg to begin fusing with it.

Li Mu absorbed a hundred-thousand-year earth dragon Soul Bone and gained two powerful earth-based Soul Skills, though he still lacked the Earth Escape Technique he wanted. After studying alchemy and visiting Shrek Academy’s snack street, he encountered Xu Sanshi pleading with Jiang Nannan, who pointed to Li Mu and claimed she would rather be with him.

• Li Mu suppressed the earth dragon Soul Bone with the Silver Dragon King bloodline and gained Earth Stomp and Earth Amplification.
• Li Mu regretted not obtaining the Earth Escape Technique but looked forward to learning Wind Escape after reaching three rings.
• Li Mu studied first-grade pill formulas until evening, then went to Shrek Academy’s snack street.
• Li Mu pushed through a crowd and found Xu Sanshi pleading with Jiang Nannan to give him another chance.
• Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi and pointed at Li Mu, saying she would rather get together with him.

Li Mu intervened in Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi’s argument, turning their confrontation into a violent fight. After beating them both, he challenged Jiang Nannan to seek help from Shrek Academy’s teachers, and she admitted that she wished Xu Sanshi would die.

• Li Mu questioned Jiang Nannan after she said she would not get together with Xu Sanshi, and Xu Sanshi attacked him with three Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Mu blocked the coins and hurled them back, piercing Xu Sanshi’s arm, while Jiang Nannan confronted him for grabbing her wrist.
• Li Mu slapped Jiang Nannan, then fought Xu Sanshi with his flaming saber and a powerful kick that sent Xu Sanshi crashing into nearby students.
• Li Mu slapped Jiang Nannan a second time and told her and Xu Sanshi to stop ruining other people’s lives.
• Li Mu asked why Jiang Nannan did not report Xu Sanshi’s harassment to a teacher, and she said she wished someone would kill him.

Li Mu beat Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi after accusing them of dragging him into their conflict, then went to a Shrek City shop to look for Soul Tool materials. There, the Lan Xuanyu Template revealed a Class 4 Soul Tool crafting-bench blueprint that surpassed the technology available in Shrek City.

• Li Mu struck Xu Sanshi with an ice hammer, kicked Jiang Nannan, and blamed them both for involving him in their dispute.
• Li Mu threw Jiang Nannan aside and severed Xu Sanshi’s left arm with a flaming saber before leaving.
• Students helped Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi and went to report the incident to teachers.
• Li Mu visited a Shrek City shop and followed an attendant to its basement, where discarded Soul Tool equipment was stored.
• The Lan Xuanyu Template identified usable parts among the discarded equipment and produced a blueprint for a Class 4 Soul Tool crafting bench.

Li Mu bought discarded Soul Tool workbenches and damaged Soul Tools at a steep discount, then continued shopping at Shrek City’s auction houses. He arrived at the Shrek Auction House seeking rare ores, including materials monopolized by the nobles and restricted from ordinary people.

• Li Mu slipped the attendant a five-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin card, and the young man agreed to sell the damaged Soul Tools for a hundred Gold Soul Coins each.
• Li Mu paid with a gemstone and stored forty discarded Soul Tool workbenches and other damaged Soul Tools in the Silver Dragon Space, where Wang Dong made room for them.
• Li Mu left with the items listed at a price far below their estimated value, then bought more supplies at two smaller auction houses.
• Li Mu arrived at the Shrek Auction House, intending to find rare metal ores that the three great empires prohibited ordinary people from possessing.
• Li Mu considered how the Sun Moon Empire could use secret trade networks to obtain those ores and build powerful Soul Tools.

Li Mu bought metals and medicinal plants at the Shrek Auction House, then returned to Shrek Academy, where Du Weilun questioned him about injuring Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan. Li Mu challenged Zhou Yi’s presence and authority, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• A Shrek Auction House representative treated Li Mu courteously after recognizing his Shrek Academy uniform.
• Li Mu purchased more than thirty kinds of metal and a large quantity of spirit herbs and medicinal plants, spending over 3.4 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Mu left the auction house as people watched him greedily, but few dared follow because they feared Shrek Academy.
• At his room, Li Mu found Zhou Yi and Du Weilun waiting for him.
• Du Weilun asked whether Li Mu had injured Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, and Li Mu challenged Zhou Yi’s right to be involved.

After Zhou Yi failed to get Du Weilun to punish Li Mu, she left, and Li Mu vowed to kill her after the freshman assessment. He entered the Silver Dragon Space to study soul-tool, pill-refining, and forging knowledge, then began making a powerful compressed hand cannon.

• Du Weilun told Zhou Yi that Li Mu’s punishment belonged to the Martial Soul Department and offered to handle it himself, so Zhou Yi left without getting her way.
• Du Weilun asked Li Mu to pay a few thousand Gold Soul Coins for the injured students and warned him that he would have to handle any revenge on his own.
• Li Mu vowed to kill Zhou Yi after the freshman assessment, then entered the Silver Dragon Space, where Wang Dong was waiting.
• Li Mu studied three e-books covering soul tools, pill refining, and forging while Wang Dong remained silent nearby.
• After half a month, Li Mu engraved a core formation for a Class 2 compressed hand cannon, whose focused power surpassed that of higher-class soul cannon shells.

Li Mu kept Wang Dong under threat and prepared to take her to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while planning to use the surviving influence of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to advance his ambitions. He left the chapter determined to eliminate Dai Yueheng and Dai Luoli so Huo Yuhao could inherit that power.

• Li Mu checked that his palm cannon held five shells and reminded Wang Dong that she had no choice but to go with him to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Li Mu reflected that Wang Dong's presence could keep her from becoming Tang Wutong and believed Tang San would not notice his interference while she was young.
• Li Mu and Wang Dong left their shared dormitory and went to class, where the students showed little reaction to Dai Huabin's disappearance.
• Li Mu considered how Huo Yutong's status as Dai Hao's child could let her inherit the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's influence.
• Li Mu planned to secretly eliminate Dai Yueheng and Dai Luoli, then use the mansion's remaining power and prestige to make a coup in the Star Luo Empire easier.

Mu Jin let the students form their own teams for the freshman tournament, and Li Mu teamed up with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. After class, Li Mu went alone to Shrek Lake, where Ma Xiaotao suddenly flew toward him with her Evil Fire out of control.

• Mu Jin allowed students to choose their own tournament teams, and Li Mu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao registered together.
• Mu Jin announced that the freshman assessment tournament would begin the following afternoon.
• Zhu Lu remained subdued as she thought about Dai Huabin's death and the sealed news of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion massacre.
• Li Mu went alone to Shrek Lake and reflected on Sea God Island's decline.
• Ma Xiaotao flew toward Li Mu amid concentrated flames, and he opened his gold-and-silver eyes as Yan Shaozhe stood at the Sea God Pavilion entrance.

Li Mu evaded Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to draw him into rescuing Ma Xiaotao, then returned to Shrek Academy for the freshman assessment. He and his teammates defeated their first opponents in seconds, drawing the crowd’s attention.

• Ma Xiaotao lost control and attacked Li Mu, who avoided her while his flames held back her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe subdued Ma Xiaotao, then let Li Mu leave without confronting him.
• Li Mu returned to Shrek Academy and joined Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao for the freshman assessment.
• Li Mu defeated all three members of their opposing team with three streams of water, ending the match in under ten seconds.

After Li Mu withdrew from Shrek Academy over being denied core disciple status, Wang Dong left with him, sparking outrage across the academy. Du Weilun tried to negotiate as Li Mu headed for the exit, but Li Mu demanded his withdrawal papers and predicted the academy would label his departure an expulsion.

• Li Mu left his Shrek Academy uniform behind, and Wang Dong followed by laying down his own uniform and declaring he would withdraw too.
• Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe watched them leave, while students across Shrek Academy began protesting the unfair core disciple selection.
• Wang Dong packed their belongings as Li Mu waited, then Li Mu stored everything and led him toward the outskirts of Shrek City.
• Du Weilun watched Li Mu enter his office and offered to reconsider core disciple status later, but Li Mu demanded his papers and asked whether the academy had expelled him.