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 finishing their laps, Lin Mo returned to class and found Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao both seeking to befriend him, while Huo Yuhao's closeness made the other boys resent him. Zhou Yi began class and called on Lin Mo after he failed to pay attention, leaving him to answer a question about Soul Master roles.

• Zhou Yi sent the students back to their dorms to change before class, and Lin Mo left Huo Yuhao to change on his own.
• Wang Dong'er declared that Lin Mo would be her friend, and Xiao Xiao shyly asked to get to know him too.
• Wang Dong'er sat beside Lin Mo and claimed him as her deskmate, while Xiao Xiao sat in front of him and Huo Yuhao greeted him from nearby.
• Lin Mo noticed the hostile looks from the other boys and worried about the trouble caused by the attention from the girls and Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Yi asked Huo Yuhao to state his Soul Power level, and Huo Yuhao answered that it was eleven.
• Zhou Yi called on the distracted Lin Mo to explain which Soul Masters were suited to offense, defense, and support.

Lin Mo learned that Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes could map their surroundings, then met Yan Shaozhe, who offered him a library job and gave him cultivation supplies. After Lin Mo’s gratitude unexpectedly shook Yan Shaozhe’s cultivation bottleneck, Yan transformed into a Light Phoenix and flew away.

• Zhou Yi dismissed the class early, then took Huo Yuhao away after seeing his Spirit Eyes and Spiritual Detection Sharing skill.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Lin Mo a job at the outer court library paying one Gold Soul Coin a day.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Lin Mo several cultivation medicines, and Lin Mo suspected his motives before accepting the gifts.
• Lin Mo sincerely appreciated Yan Shaozhe’s generosity, causing Yan Shaozhe’s bottleneck to tremble and making him erupt with joy.
• Yan Shaozhe transformed into a golden Light Phoenix and flew through the window, leaving Lin Mo staring after him.

Lin Mo used Mind-Concentrating Liquid to sharpen his senses and trigger a powerful cultivation vortex, while Huo Yuhao’s embrace caused their fortunes and destinies to resonate. Lin Mo woke with new closeness toward Huo Yuhao and confronted him for an explanation.

• Lin Mo consumed Mind-Concentrating Liquid and meditated, drawing a surging vortex of spiritual energy through the freshman dormitory building.
• Zhou Yi noticed the disturbance as a Mystic Bird phantom appeared behind Lin Mo, and Huo Yuhao returned to Dorm 108 to witness it.
• The Skydream Iceworm urged Huo Yuhao to embrace Lin Mo, and their contact sent warm energy into Huo Yuhao and caused their destinies to resonate.
• Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao entered meditation as their Soul Power mingled and the Mystic Bird phantom changed, prompting the Skydream Iceworm to recognize their connection.
• Lin Mo awoke, noticed his unexpected sense of closeness toward Huo Yuhao, and grabbed his collar to demand an explanation.

Lin Mo tried to escape Wang Dong’er’s attention, but Zhou Yi appointed him and Wang Dong as Freshman Class One’s vice monitor and class monitor. The class began a punishing run in iron vests, and Lin Mo quickly started running.

• Lin Mo rejected Wang Dong’er’s offer of protection, then quieted her chatter by giving her a leftover cream bun.
• Lin Mo teased Wang Dong’er about the bun and fled when she got angry.
• Zhou Yi named Wang Dong and Lin Mo the class monitor and vice monitor, allowing students to challenge them for the positions.
• Zhou Yi ordered the students to run laps wearing iron vests, with double training for whoever ran the fewest laps.
• Lin Mo put on an iron vest and began running, finding its weight manageable.

During a weighted-running lesson, Lin Mo tested his altered Soul Skills by meditating and then using both to strengthen himself and restore the exhausted students. His second Soul Skill emptied his reserves and left him unconscious, while Huo Yuhao caught him and Zhou Yi confirmed he was only overdrawn.

• After most students collapsed during the three-hour run, Lin Mo kept going alongside Huo Yuhao and noticed Huo Yuhao’s sudden breakthrough.
• Lin Mo stopped to meditate, then summoned his Mystic Bird Martial Soul and revealed that his two Soul Skills had changed.
• Lin Mo used Azure-Gold Blessing to raise his attributes by thirty percent and Azure-Gold Eternal Flame to restore the students’ Soul Power, stamina, and Spiritual Power.
• The second Soul Skill drained Lin Mo completely, and he collapsed before the worried students could reach him.
• Huo Yuhao caught Lin Mo, Xiao Xiao rushed to his side, and Zhou Yi transferred Soul Power into him and said he had only overdrawn himself.

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 met Zhang Lexuan again after his rebirth and remembered their past friendship and the unspoken love that ended when they became enemies. After showing him around the outer court library, he said goodbye and walked away, while Zhang Lexuan felt they had met before and promised they would meet again.

• Lin Mo encountered Zhang Lexuan at the outer court library, where she had been waiting to meet her future junior brother.
• Lin Mo remembered how he and Zhang Lexuan had grown close in his previous life, but he had never confessed before the Holy Spirit Church recalled him and war separated them.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized Lin Mo as the new library worker and showed him the outer court library and its rules.
• At dusk, Lin Mo thanked Zhang Lexuan, said goodbye, and walked toward the freshmen's dormitory without looking back.
• Zhang Lexuan watched him leave, felt as if she had lost something, and murmured that they had met before and would meet again.

Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao went to Sea God's Lake to celebrate the changes caused by Huo Yuhao's Mystic Water Pill, but Ma Xiaotao attacked them while her evil fire was raging. Zhang Lexuan stopped her and checked that Lin Mo was unharmed, left shaken by the thought that she had almost lost him again.

• Lin Mo found Huo Yuhao undergoing the effects of a Mystic Water Pill, took him to the communal showers, and swallowed a Soul Ascension Pill of his own.
• Huo Yuhao excitedly told Lin Mo about his changed body, and Lin Mo explained the Mystic Water Pill's effects before agreeing to go fishing with him.
• Lin Mo lured a school of carp to shore, and Huo Yuhao grilled fish for them by Sea God's Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Lin Mo and Huo Yuhao with dark red flames, forcing Lin Mo to flee while carrying Huo Yuhao.
• Zhang Lexuan restrained Ma Xiaotao with her Crescent Moon Lock and checked Lin Mo's pulse, then wondered why she felt she had almost lost him again.

After Ma Xiaotao’s attack, Zhang Lexuan took her away and promised the academy would compensate Lin Mo. In Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea, Skydream Iceworm explained the Mystic Bird’s connection to the heavenly mandate and revealed that Huo Yuhao and Lin Mo’s Martial Souls had fused through a resonance of fortune and heavenly mandate, leaving Huo Yuhao convinced they were destined to be together.

• Zhang Lexuan apologized to Lin Mo for Ma Xiaotao’s attack, promised compensation, and took Ma Xiaotao back to the inner court for treatment.
• Huo Yuhao asked Skydream Iceworm what the Mystic Bird was, and she described it as a symbol of the heavenly mandate and a divine messenger.
• Skydream Iceworm explained that the Mystic Bird was also a symbol of the Human Emperor, and that only those it acknowledged could feel its auspicious energy.
• Huo Yuhao worried that Lin Mo had not acknowledged him, but Skydream Iceworm said 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’s first three months at Shrek Academy passed smoothly, and he reached rank 29 while navigating Wang Dong’er’s frustration over losing her class position. As the freshman assessment approached, Zhou Yi assigned Lin Mo as a reserve on Huo Yuhao’s team to keep his exceptional strength and identity from being exposed too soon.

• Lin Mo broke through to rank 29 and defeated Wang Dong’er, who briefly ignored him before forgiving him.
• After Huo Yuhao became vice class monitor, Wang Dong’er complained to Lin Mo, and he comforted her by explaining why Huo Yuhao suited the role.
• Zhou Yi announced the freshman assessment and had students write down their preferred cultivation paths; Lin Mo and Wang Dong’er chose assault, Huo Yuhao chose control, and Xiao Xiao chose assault.
• Zhou Yi assigned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to Team One, while Lin Mo’s name was left out of the regular team assignments.
• Zhou Yi told Lin Mo, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao that Lin Mo would join Huo Yuhao’s team as a reserve because his strength and identity 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.