Chapter Summaries

After dying in a battle shaped by the Holy Spirit Church’s betrayals and tangled loyalties, Lin Mo was reborn at the start of his life in the Douluo Continent. He found a recommendation letter for Shrek Academy, set out for safety, and arrived as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed an auspicious presence in him.

• Lin Mo recalled how the Holy Spirit Church’s saintesses and leaders had betrayed their own side, leading to his death at Huo Yuhao’s hands.
• Lin Mo woke at the time of his first transmigration and discovered a storage ring containing fifty gold soul coins and a Shrek Academy recommendation letter.
• Lin Mo decided to go to Shrek Academy, though he worried about meeting Huo Yuhao again, and then set off.
• After Lin Mo left, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed an auspicious aura and wondered whether he was one of its kind.
• Lin Mo reached Shrek Academy and was stunned by its vast, city-like scale.

Lin Mo joined Shrek Academy without an assessment, only to discover that his roommate was Huo Yuhao, the person who had killed him in his previous life. Meanwhile, Xu Yuwan dreamed of Lin Mo and ordered him found and captured alive; after Lin Mo began cultivating, the Skydream Iceworm recognized his Martial Soul as the Mystic Bird.

• Lin Mo entered Shrek Academy with a recommendation letter, met the elderly dorm supervisor, and was assigned to room 108.
• The dorm supervisor sensed Lin Mo's Mystic Bird energy and concluded that the Dou Ling Imperial Family was making its move, then summoned Shaozhe.
• Lin Mo opened room 108 and found Huo Yuhao there, then failed to get a room change and resigned himself to living with him.
• Xu Yuwan woke from a vivid dream about Lin Mo, whose presence had restored sensation to her legs, and ordered Xue Chen to find and capture him alive.
• Lin Mo began cultivating beside Huo Yuhao, drawing a powerful vortex of energy that led the Skydream Iceworm to identify his Martial Soul as the Mystic Bird.

Mu En identified Lin Mo as the Auspicious Mystic Bird and planned to observe him before making him his disciple, while Yan Shaozhe agreed to watch over him. Lin Mo began classes alongside several future Shrek Seven Monsters and faced Zhou Yi’s demanding first-day test.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Lin Mo was the Auspicious Mystic Bird, refused to waive his freshman assessment, and said he intended to observe him before taking him as a disciple.
• Mu En announced he would visit the Dou Ling Empire and ordered Yan Shaozhe to keep an eye on Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo entered Freshman Class One and found Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er among his classmates, then chose an inconspicuous seat.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher and ordered the class to run one hundred laps of Shrek Square within two hours.
• Lin Mo joined the run at his own pace while Wang Dong'er raced ahead of the other students.

With Huo Yuhao close to failing Zhou Yi’s running test, Lin Mo revealed his Azure Flame Mystic Crow Martial Soul and used his abilities to help Huo Yuhao finish the laps. The rescue left Huo Yuhao flustered and secretly holding one of Lin Mo’s feathers.

• Lin Mo finished his hundred laps early and decided to help Huo Yuhao, who still had twelve laps left with only five minutes to go.
• Lin Mo transformed in midair, stunning the students and drawing Zhou Yi’s, Wang Dong’s, and Xiao Xiao’s attention; Xiao Xiao felt an inexplicable attraction to him.
• Lin Mo carried Huo Yuhao, used Azure-Gold Eternal Flame to restore his strength, and flew him through the remaining twelve laps in under three minutes.
• After landing, Lin Mo released Huo Yuhao, who fell and grabbed Lin Mo’s right wing, accidentally plucking a feather.
• Lin Mo scolded Huo Yuhao while checking his wing, unaware that Huo Yuhao had hidden the feather behind his back.

After completing the entrance test, Lin Mo found Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao eager to befriend him, while their attention drew the hostility of the other boys. In Zhou Yi's first lesson, Huo Yuhao revealed his low starting Soul Power, and Zhou Yi called on Lin Mo after catching him not paying attention.

• Zhou Yi dismissed the students to change before class, and Lin Mo left Huo Yuhao waiting outside their dorm room.
• Wang Dong'er declared Lin Mo her friend, and Xiao Xiao shyly asked to get to know him.
• Wang Dong'er sat beside Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao sat in front of him, while Huo Yuhao's greeting made Lin Mo fear he was surrounded by jealous classmates.
• Zhou Yi began class, and Huo Yuhao stated that his Soul Power was rank eleven.
• Zhou Yi caught Lin Mo sprawled over his desk and called on him to explain which soul masters focused on attack, defense, and support.

Lin Mo attended Zhou Yi’s first lesson and was offered a paid job in Shrek Academy’s outer court library by Yan Shaozhe, who also gave him cultivation supplies. Lin Mo’s approval mysteriously helped Yan Shaozhe break through his bottleneck, and Yan Shaozhe transformed into a Light Phoenix and flew away, leaving Lin Mo stunned.

• Zhou Yi taught Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao that physical training would be their focus for the next three months, then summoned them to her office.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Spirit Eyes and Spiritual Detection Sharing, impressing Zhou Yi, who took him away and left Lin Mo waiting.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and offered Lin Mo a job at the outer court library for one gold soul coin a day.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Lin Mo several cultivation medicines, and Lin Mo accepted them while suspecting Yan Shaozhe had ulterior motives.
• After Lin Mo approved of Yan Shaozhe’s generosity, Yan Shaozhe’s Super Douluo bottleneck trembled and he transformed into a Light Phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe flew through the office window in a burst of golden light, leaving Lin Mo staring after him in shock.

Lin Mo used Mind-Concentrating Liquid to sharpen his perception and cultivate, creating a surge of spiritual Qi that drew attention to the freshman dormitory. When Huo Yuhao embraced him, their powers resonated and their Mystic Bird and Spirit Eyes fused; Lin Mo later woke feeling strangely close to Huo Yuhao and demanded an explanation.

• Lin Mo consumed Mind-Concentrating Liquid and began cultivating, causing spiritual Qi throughout the freshman dormitory to double.
• Zhou Yi noticed the disturbance outside the dormitory, while Huo Yuhao returned to Dorm 108 and saw the Mystic Bird phantom behind Lin Mo.
• The Skydream Iceworm urged Huo Yuhao to embrace Lin Mo, and their contact sent a surge of Qi into Huo Yuhao and activated his Spirit Eyes.
• Lin Mo’s Mystic Bird and Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes began to fuse as the Skydream Iceworm recognized their resonance as fortune answering heaven’s mandate.
• Lin Mo awoke with heightened perception and an unexpected sense of closeness to Huo Yuhao, then cornered him and demanded an explanation.

Lin Mo tried to escape Wang Dong’er’s attention, but she followed him until he quieted her with a leftover cream bun. At Shrek Square, Zhou Yi named Wang Dong’er class monitor and Lin Mo deputy, then began a weighted running exercise that Lin Mo started without hesitation.

• Lin Mo left Huo Yuhao after being teased about dating, but Wang Dong’er and Xiao Xiao caught up with him outside the freshman dormitory.
• Wang Dong’er insisted that she would protect Lin Mo, and he ignored her until she accidentally bumped into him; he stopped her chatter by putting a leftover cream bun in her mouth.
• Wang Dong’er ate the bun, learned it was Lin Mo’s lunch leftover, and threatened to spit it out until Lin Mo warned her about the fine for littering.
• Lin Mo activated his Martial Soul and fled when Wang Dong’er grew furious, while Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao laughed at the exchange.
• Zhou Yi appointed Wang Dong’er class monitor and Lin Mo deputy class monitor, saying students could challenge them for their positions.
• Zhou Yi ordered the class to wear fifteen-kilogram iron garments and run laps until class ended, and Lin Mo quickly put one on and began running.

Lin Mo tested his altered soul skills during Zhou Yi’s endurance lesson and used them to strengthen and restore nearly a hundred exhausted students. He collapsed after exhausting his Soul Power and spiritual power, while Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Zhou Yi rushed to help him.

• After more than two hours of running, Lin Mo remained steady while most students, including Wang Dong'er, struggled or collapsed.
• Huo Yuhao manifested wings and glowing characters as he continued running, while Lin Mo stopped to meditate and recover.
• Lin Mo summoned his Azure Flame Mystic Crow and used Azure-Gold Blessing to boost his attributes and Azure-Gold Eternal Flame to restore the students across Shrek Square.
• Lin Mo collapsed after his second soul skill drained all his Soul Power, and Huo Yuhao caught him as Xiao Xiao and Zhou Yi hurried over.
• Zhou Yi explained that Lin Mo had overdrawn his Soul Power and spiritual power, then transferred Soul Power to him.

Lin Mo visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, where Huo Yuhao’s affection for him intensified and the stall drew a crowd of customers. As Lin Mo enjoyed a fish, an angry man reached for Huo Yuhao, prompting Lin Mo to turn cold.

• Lin Mo left the academy and found Huo Yuhao cleaning carp at a stall near the city gate.
• Huo Yuhao became lost in admiring Lin Mo, and Lin Mo used his power to keep the fish from burning.
• The first customers praised Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, and a crowd gathered to buy the remaining fish.
• Huo Yuhao offered Lin Mo a grilled fish, which Lin Mo tasted and found delicious.
• An angry man shouted at Huo Yuhao for refusing to sell to him and reached for his face, while Lin Mo’s killing chill made nearby people recoil.

Lin Mo fought Xu Sanshi after Xu attacked him and Huo Yuhao, then demanded one retaliatory strike under the academy rules. Mu Beibei intervened but stepped aside, and Lin Mo left after using his soul fire to drop Xu Sanshi to his knees.

• Lin Mo shielded Huo Yuhao from Xu Sanshi's attack, then kicked Xu away with his Azure-Gold Blessing soul skill.
• Lin Mo gathered a crowd beneath his murderous aura and formed a saber from his azure soul fire to strike Xu Sanshi.
• Mu Beibei blocked Lin Mo's saber and asked him to let the matter go, while Tang Ya urged Beibei to let Lin Mo beat Xu.
• Lin Mo cited the academy rule against upper-year students attacking lower-year students and demanded one return blow or a hearing at the academic affairs office.
• Mu Beibei stepped aside, and Lin Mo struck Xu Sanshi with soul fire, making him collapse to his knees before Lin Mo walked away.
• Tang Ya grabbed Huo Yuhao when he tried to follow Lin Mo.

Lin Mo reunited with Zhang Lexuan, the woman he had loved in his previous life, when she showed him around the outer court library. Though she remembered nothing of their past, he left after telling her goodbye, while she sensed they would meet again.

• Lin Mo arrived at the outer court library and recognized Zhang Lexuan, who had waited there to meet her future junior brother.
• Lin Mo recalled how he and Zhang Lexuan had become close in his previous life, only to be separated by war and die without confessing his feelings.
• Lin Mo introduced himself to Zhang Lexuan, and she invited him to learn the library’s duties and rules.
• After showing Lin Mo around, Zhang Lexuan and Lin Mo stood silently at the entrance until he thanked her and said goodbye.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Lin Mo leave and murmured that they must have met before and would meet again.

Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao went to Sea God's Lake after Huo Yuhao's Mystic Water Pill transformed his body, but Ma Xiaotao attacked them during their breakfast. Zhang Lexuan restrained Ma Xiaotao and checked that Lin Mo was safe, then wondered why she had thought she had almost lost him again.

• Lin Mo found Huo Yuhao undergoing the effects of a Mystic Water Pill and carried him to the communal showers before swallowing his own Soul Ascension Pill.
• The next morning, Lin Mo slapped Huo Yuhao to prove he was awake, explained the pill's effects, and agreed to go fishing with him.
• Lin Mo caught a school of black carp with a piece of meat bun, and Huo Yuhao grilled fish for him by Sea God's Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao with her evil fire, but Zhang Lexuan appeared and bound her with her fifth soul skill, Crescent Moon Lock.
• Zhang Lexuan checked Lin Mo's pulse, confirmed he was unharmed, and wondered why she had thought she had almost lost him again.

After Ma Xiaotao’s rampage, Zhang Lexuan apologized to Lin Mo and took her away, while Huo Yuhao learned from Skydream Iceworm that Lin Mo’s Mystic Bird represented the Heavenly Mandate. Skydream’s explanation left Huo Yuhao convinced that he and Lin Mo were destined to be together, though Lin Mo remained unaware of his misunderstanding.

• Zhang Lexuan apologized to Lin Mo for Ma Xiaotao’s attack, promised compensation, and carried Ma Xiaotao away for treatment.
• Lin Mo surveyed the wreckage and held the unconscious Huo Yuhao.
• Skydream Iceworm explained that Huo Yuhao represented fortune, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion represented fate, and the Mystic Bird represented the Heavenly Mandate.
• Skydream Iceworm said the Mystic Bird was the first innate Martial Soul and a symbol of the Human Emperor, whose auspicious power only benefited those it acknowledged.
• Huo Yuhao lamented that Lin Mo had not acknowledged him, and Skydream Iceworm told him their powers had resonated and their Martial Souls had fused.
• Huo Yuhao interpreted Skydream Iceworm’s explanation as proof that he and Lin Mo were destined to be together for life.

Lin Mo advanced to rank 29 and comforted Wang Dong'er after she lost the vice monitor position to Huo Yuhao. As the freshman assessment approached, Zhou Yi assigned teams and made Lin Mo a reserve member of Huo Yuhao's team to keep his strength and special circumstances concealed.

• Lin Mo broke through to rank 29, then took the class monitor position from Wang Dong'er in a duel.
• Huo Yuhao earned the class's recognition and became vice monitor, leaving Wang Dong'er upset until Lin Mo comforted her.
• Zhou Yi explained the freshman assessment and had the students choose their future cultivation directions.
• Zhou Yi assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to Team One, while Lin Mo was left off the team lists.
• Zhou Yi told Lin Mo he would join Huo Yuhao's team as a reserve member because his power and special circumstances needed to remain concealed.

Zhou Yi explained that Lin Mo’s unusual Martial Soul benefited those around him and made him a living medicine, so Shrek Academy had concealed his ability and planned to train him as a core disciple. A senior wanted Lin Mo to prove himself by captaining his team to the freshman assessment championship before becoming his personal disciple, and Lin Mo wept with joy at his sudden good fortune.

• Xiao Xiao revealed that she had twin Martial Souls and changed her branch choice from assault to control after Zhou Yi pointed out that it suited her better.
• Zhou Yi named Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Lin Mo as seeded contestants and set winning the freshman assessment championship as their goal.
• Zhou Yi told Lin Mo that his Martial Soul surpassed top-tier beast Martial Souls, improved the condition and Soul Power circulation of nearby people, and could even regenerate severed limbs and revive the dead.
• Zhou Yi explained that the academy had made Lin Mo a reserve contestant to protect his secret, while also designating him a core disciple for focused training.
• Zhou Yi revealed that a senior would accept Lin Mo as a personal disciple only if he captained his team to victory in the freshman assessment finals, and Lin Mo cried tears of joy.

Lin Mo politely put off Xiao Xiao’s confession, then worried that Wang Dong'er might confess too while they ate Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish. Back at the dormitory, Lin Mo discovered the hidden weapons Beibei and Tang Ya had given Huo Yuhao and mistakenly took Huo Yuhao’s embarrassed reaction as proof of ulterior motives.

• Xiao Xiao confessed that she liked Lin Mo, and Lin Mo gently told her they were too young to discuss romance before she fled in embarrassment.
• Lin Mo went to Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish stall, where he ate beside Wang Dong'er and worried she might confess to him.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yuhao about his Martial Soul and soul skills, then left with a dejected Xu Sanshi.
• Beibei and Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao a treasure pouch full of hidden weapons, which he opened after returning to the dormitory with Lin Mo.
• Lin Mo realized the hidden weapons could be used in the freshman assessment and accused Huo Yuhao of having ulterior motives toward him.
• Huo Yuhao blushed at Lin Mo’s remark, and Lin Mo concluded in alarm that Huo Yuhao really did have ulterior motives.

Lin Mo refereed a practice match between Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er, then tested Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao's combat abilities. During the spar, Xiao Xiao's Threelives Soulstabilizing Cauldron inexplicably bonded with Lin Mo and clung to him, leaving Zhou Yi demanding an explanation.

• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao teamed up against Wang Dong'er, whose attacks were repeatedly countered by Xiao Xiao's cauldron and Huo Yuhao's detection.
• Wang Dong'er complained to Lin Mo about the unfair match, and he teased her before ruffling her hair.
• Lin Mo activated his Martial Soul and challenged Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to test their practical combat abilities.
• Xiao Xiao split the Threelives Soulstabilizing Cauldron into three and sent it toward Lin Mo, but the cauldrons merged and stopped in front of him.
• The Threelives Soulstabilizing Cauldron nuzzled against Lin Mo and refused to return to Xiao Xiao, who struggled to pull it away.
• Zhou Yi confronted Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao in her office and demanded to know what had happened.

Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao discovered a powerful connection between their Martial Souls, which produced manifestations linked to the Mystic Bird and an Azure Luan. Skydream Iceworm explained why their Martial Souls could fuse, leaving Huo Yuhao troubled by the possibility that Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao were destined for each other.

• Zhou Yi told Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao to hold hands and sense each other's Soul Power, and their energies intertwined in three colors.
• Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao entered a strange state and embraced as the Mystic Bird, Xiao Xiao's cauldron, and her flute appeared around them.
• The Mystic Bird landed on Xiao Xiao's cauldron, which gained a Mystic Bird design, while an Azure Luan emerged from her flute and circled the Mystic Bird.
• Huo Yuhao asked Skydream Iceworm about the manifestations, and she explained that Xiao Xiao's Martial Souls were connected to the Mystic Bird as its vessel and descendant.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether Lin Mo and Xiao Xiao were destined for each other, then fell silent as he watched them together.

Lin Mo learned that he had Martial Soul Fusion Skills with both Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao, then searched the library for clues about his mysterious martial soul. He found no answers, and Zhang Lexuan helped him up from the piles of books before he hurried to put them away.

• Wang Yan confirmed that Lin Mo could perform Martial Soul Fusion Skills with both Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao, leaving Lin Mo distressed and Wang Dong'er feeling excluded.
• Zhou Yi sent Lin Mo and the others to rest before their freshman assessment, and Lin Mo went to the library after lunch.
• Lin Mo searched the martial soul classification section for information about his special martial soul but found no matching records.
• Zhang Lexuan found Lin Mo lying among the scattered books, offered him her hand, and watched him quickly return the books to their shelves.
• Zhang Lexuan felt an inexplicable emptiness in her palm after Lin Mo let go of her hand.