Recaps

Lin Xi learned he was barred from the advancement assessment, while Huo Yutong prepared to cook for him and Wang Dong'er arranged to move into the girls' dormitory. Dai Huabin challenged Huo Yutong to an assessment-score wager, with Lin Xi agreeing to apologize if she lost and the winner choosing the apology's wording.

• Wang Dong'er told Lin Xi that Teacher Wang had barred him from taking the advancement assessment, and Lin Xi explained that the academy wanted to avoid his class earning a perfect score.
• Huo Yutong revealed she was studying how to cook high-grade ingredients so she could make Lin Xi lunch, though she hid her real reason from him.
• Wang Dong'er told Lin Xi she would move into a new girls' dorm room that afternoon.
• Dai Huabin arrived with Zhu Lu and blamed Lin Xi for making him miss the teacher's explanation of the assessment rules.
• Huo Yutong challenged Dai Huabin to compare their assessment scores, and Lin Xi agreed to apologize if she lost, with the winner choosing the apology's wording.
• Dai Huabin accepted the wager, confident his level thirty-seven made victory certain.

Huo Yutong entered the advancement assessment after Dai Huabin scored 140 points by defeating a thousand-year Soul Beast. She easily defeated a thousand-year Wind Wolf with her mysterious black Third Soul Skill, leaving Yan Shaozhe curious about its effects.

• Huo Yutong let Wang Dong'er experience her Third Soul Skill, and Wang Dong'er decided she would rather fight Lin Xi than face Huo Yutong.
• Dai Huabin volunteered to go first, chose a thousand-year Soul Beast, defeated it, and received 140 points.
• Huo Yutong stepped up for Class One's next turn and requested a thousand-year opponent.
• Huo Yutong revealed her white, purple, and black Soul Rings, dodged the Wind Wolf's attacks, and struck it down after a minute.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected Huo Yutong's Third Soul Skill disrupted the Wind Wolf's senses and looked to Lin Xi for answers.

Huo Yutong defeated a thousand-year Soul Beast with her third Soul Skill, helping Freshman Class One build a commanding lead. Dai Huabin accepted that he had lost his bet with Lin Xi, who planned to give him an apology to recite in two days, while a startling revelation emerged in the viewing stands.

• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Severing to disrupt the Wind Wolf and earned one hundred and fifty points from Yan Shaozhe.
• Lin Xi confronted Dai Huabin about their bet, and Dai Huabin tried to punch him before Huo Yutong knocked him down.
• Lin Xi explained the wager to Wang Yan, and Dai Huabin admitted it was true.
• Lin Xi said he would provide Dai Huabin's apology in two days, and the assessment continued.
• Someone in the viewing stands reacted with surprise to the revelation that Lin Xi had a younger sister.

After the advancement assessment, Second Year Class One welcomed transfer student Lin Qiu'er, who claimed to be Lin Xi's younger sister. Lin Xi recognized the danger surrounding her and, with Electrolux and Morgan's help, stopped the Sea God's divine consciousness from taking Wang Dong'er's soul fragment.

• Second Year Class One finished the advancement assessment with the best results, and Lin Xi teased Dai Huabin about an apology he planned to make him recite.
• Wang Yan arrived late and introduced Lin Qiu'er as a transfer student and Lin Xi's younger sister, a level fifty-eight Power Attack System Battle Soul King.
• Lin Xi recognized Lin Qiu'er and called on Electrolux and Morgan for help, using a Command Spell to alert Morgan.
• The Sea God's divine consciousness tried to guide a fragment of Wang Dong'er's soul into Lin Qiu'er's body, but Electrolux and Morgan blocked it and destroyed most of the divine wisp.
• Lin Xi returned to the classroom's attention as Wang Yan told him that Lin Qiu'er wanted him to show her around campus.

Lin Qiu'er explained that she had enrolled at the academy to explore the human world and planned to stay with Lin Xi. As she accompanied him around campus, she recognized that he was denying Huo Yutong's feelings because he feared changing their relationship.

• Lin Xi asked Lin Qiu'er why she had transferred to the academy and claimed to be his little sister, and she said she had come to experience the human world and would stay with him for now.
• Lin Qiu'er asked how things were progressing between Lin Xi and Huo Yutong, but Lin Xi insisted Huo Yutong's affection was only a passing childhood crush.
• Lin Xi stopped arguing and showed Lin Qiu'er around the campus.
• Lin Qiu'er recalled studying Huo Yutong's memories and explained to herself why she had come to find Lin Xi and posed as his little sister.
• Lin Qiu'er concluded that Lin Xi was deceiving himself about Huo Yutong's feelings and felt secretly pleased by his denial.

Tang San discovered that the Divine Sense he had attached to Xiao Qi had been destroyed, and he suspected an expert near her was responsible. He sent Niu Tian and Tai Tan to investigate Shrek Academy, while hiding his real motives from Xiao Wu.

• Tang San left the God Realm Committee after sensing that his Divine Sense on Xiao Qi had been destroyed, and concluded that a powerful enemy was near her.
• Tang San contacted Niu Tian and Tai Tan, claimed someone might be trying to harm Xiao Qi, and learned she had gone to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San ordered Niu Tian and Tai Tan to investigate people with six or more rings near Xiao Qi and bring the suspected enemy out.
• Tang San weighed his other options and decided that Niu Tian and Tai Tan were still his best choice to handle the investigation.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San why he had left the meeting, and he reassured her that Xiao Qi was well while privately vowing that no one would stop his plans.

Lin Xi attended the Treasure Appraisal Fair with Huo Yutong, Wang Dong'er, and Lin Qiu'er, bought Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, and left Shrek City with Huo Yutong and Lin Qiu'er. He planned to use the outing as a chance for Dai Huabin's men to attack him.

• Wang Dong'er invited Lin Xi and Huo Yutong to the Treasure Appraisal Fair, and Lin Qiu'er asked what it was.
• After dinner, Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, Wang Dong'er, and Lin Qiu'er entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Wang Dong'er marveled at the treasures on display.
• Lin Xi bought the defective Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for five thousand Gold Soul Coins and received red privileges, while Huo Yutong and Wang Dong'er received purple privileges.
• Lin Xi made an excuse to leave with Huo Yutong, but Lin Qiu'er caught up with them and learned that he planned to draw out Dai Huabin's men.
• Lin Qiu'er insisted on joining Lin Xi and Huo Yutong, and the three of them headed out of Shrek City.

Lin Xi and his companions were ambushed outside Shrek City, but Artoria swiftly defeated the attackers. Lin Xi used his necromancer Martial Soul to uncover that Dai Huabin had ordered the assassination, then handed the unconscious assailants to Shrek’s guards and awaited the academy’s response.

• Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Lin Qiu'er walked into an ambush by five Soul Kings and a Soul Emperor outside Shrek City.
• Artoria appeared at Lin Xi’s call and defeated all six attackers with a burst of golden light.
• Lin Xi used his necromancer Martial Soul to compel the Soul Emperor to reveal that Dai Huabin had ordered the assassination after a dispute with his classmates.
• Lin Xi questioned the Soul Emperor, who described Dai Huabin’s motives, while the other attackers were unable to move or escape.
• Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Lin Qiu'er carried the assailants back toward the city, where guards took them away for the academy to handle.
• Lin Xi watched the guards leave and wondered whether Shrek Academy would respond as he expected.

Lin Xi confronted Yan Shaozhe over the academy’s attempt to protect Dai Huabin, rejected the offered compensation, and carried out plans with Lin Qiu'er and Huo Yutong. The chapter ended as Dai Huabin learned that his hired assassins had failed.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Lin Xi treasures and barred Dai Huabin from the inner court instead of pursuing the matter, but Lin Xi refused the deal and left with Huo Yutong and Lin Qiu'er.
• Lin Xi told Lin Qiu'er that a Servant had arranged preparations throughout the academy and assured Huo Yutong that Shrek Academy would soon regret its actions.
• Lin Xi demanded that Dai Huabin fulfill his bet by reading an apology that criticized both Dai Huabin and the Duke's Mansion in front of the class.
• Lin Xi warned Dai Huabin that he had not yet settled the score for the previous night, leaving Dai Huabin anxious and distracted through class.
• Dai Huabin learned that the assassins he had sent after Lin Xi and his classmates had failed.

Lin Xi broadcast a recording proving Dai Huabin had arranged an assassination attempt and rejected Yan Shaozhe’s offer of compensation, demanding proper punishment. Xuan Zi tried to seize Lin Xi, but Mu En intervened and ordered a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to decide how the academy would respond.

• Lin Xi’s recording of the Soul Emperor’s confession played across Shrek Academy, leaving Dai Huabin terrified as students heard the evidence.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and tried to stop the broadcast, then took Lin Xi aside and offered compensation, but Lin Xi demanded that Dai Huabin be punished.
• Yan Shaozhe insisted Dai Huabin would be barred from the inner court, but Lin Xi said he did not trust his promise.
• Xuan Zi attacked Lin Xi, claiming he was targeting Shrek, but Mu En blocked the attack and rebuked him.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and assured Lin Xi that the academy would give him an explanation.

The Sea God Pavilion elders debated Lin Xi’s public recording of Dai Huabin’s assassination attempt, with Xian Lin'er defending him and Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi criticizing his actions. Mu En condemned the academy’s response and left Xuan Zi still insisting Lin Xi was rebellious.

• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo supported Lin Xi, while Qian Duoduo wondered how he had made the tiny broadcasting Soul Tool.
• Yan Shaozhe warned that Lin Xi’s recording had damaged the academy’s reputation, and Xuan Zi accused Lin Xi of being a spy.
• Xian Lin'er argued that no faction would send a genius like Lin Xi away as a spy and declared the Soul Tool Department’s support for him.
• Xuan Zi accused the Soul Tool Department of taking Lin Xi’s side, and Xian Lin'er angrily challenged his disrespect.
• Mu En silenced the argument, faulted Yan Shaozhe for failing to make Dai Huabin apologize and pay a price, and condemned Xuan Zi for attacking a student to hide the truth.
• Xuan Zi defended himself and continued to claim Lin Xi had rebellious intentions.

Mu En reprimanded Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion elders for mishandling Lin Xi’s case, then ordered the academy’s leaders to apologize and make amends. With his death approaching, he worried Shrek’s entrenched arrogance would leave it unable to survive future threats.

• Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi for treating Shrek like a private army and ordered him to treat Lin Xi with the respect he showed Mu En.
• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion members that their handling of Lin Xi’s case had revealed how badly the academy had become corrupt.
• Yan Shaozhe learned from Elder Zhuang that Mu En had little time left, and Mu En urged him to correct his narrow-mindedness.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi to apologize to Lin Xi, expel Dai Huabin, and provide whatever compensation Lin Xi requested.
• After the elders left, Mu En worried that Shrek’s arrogance and deep-rooted problems could bring about its destruction.

Lin Xi explained why he refused compensation from Shrek Academy and demanded no reward beyond fair treatment. When Yan Shaozhe asked what would satisfy him, Lin Xi named the Snow Empress's and Evil Emperor's Soul Rings as impossible examples, then demanded that White Tiger Duke Dai Hao apologize in person for the Duke's Mansion.

• Huo Yutong predicted that Dai Huabin would be expelled, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe would apologize, and the academy would offer compensation.
• Lin Xi told Lin Qiu'er that he wanted no compensation from Shrek Academy and reminded her that the Duke's Mansion was also responsible.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi apologized to Lin Xi, and Yan Shaozhe offered to fulfill any request the academy could manage.
• Lin Xi asked whether Shrek could obtain the Snow Empress's and Evil Emperor's Soul Rings, showing that the academy could not give him what he wanted.
• Lin Xi told Yan Shaozhe that Dai Hao, the White Tiger Duke, should apologize to him and Huo Yutong in person.

Lin Xi explained why he and Huo Yutong could not attack the Duke’s Mansion outright, then returned to class and noticed Wang Dong’er acting strangely. The chapter ended with him approaching her to ask whether she felt unwell.

• Yan Shaozhe agreed to bring the White Tiger Duke to meet Huo Yutong, who asked for him to come immediately.
• Lin Xi told Lin Qiu’er that attacking the Duke’s Mansion would unite the Star Luo Empire’s nobles against them and would not let Huo Yutong take revenge herself.
• Lin Xi, Huo Yutong, and Lin Qiu’er returned to class, where Lin Xi noticed Wang Dong’er sitting quietly apart from the other students.
• Classmates crowded around Lin Xi with questions about the attempted assassination, and he spent the rest of the day answering them.
• Huo Yutong brought Lin Xi dinner, and he then went to ask the still-dazed Wang Dong’er whether she felt unwell.

Wang Dong'er told Lin Xi that she had dreamed of another world, and he mistakenly thought her memories as Tang Wutong were returning. She kept the dream’s real contents secret, leaving both of them confused about its connection to Lin Xi.

• Lin Xi noticed Wang Dong'er was distracted and asked her what was wrong.
• Wang Dong'er said she had dreamed of another world but claimed she could not remember it clearly, and Lin Xi suspected the dream involved her memories as Tang Wutong.
• Lin Xi reassured Wang Dong'er and left, unaware that she was watching him with unanswered questions.
• Wang Dong'er recalled that her dream had let her experience the life of another Lin Xi in a world of electrical appliances, from infancy through university.
• The narration revealed that Morgan's mental restriction had caused Lin Xi's memories to merge into Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness, producing the dream.

The author explained the novel’s premium release, power progression, planned Heroic Spirit summons, and romance direction. The chapter ended with extra-chapter rules and thanks to readers.

• The author said the book was going premium and explained the delay while stockpiling chapters.
• The author described Lin Xi as a semi-invincible protagonist whose strength would keep growing, and listed the next summon as an Assassin.
• The author outlined Lin Xi’s power milestones, including major increases at one ring, four rings, seven rings, and godhood.
• The author explained how Huo Yutong became the central heroine and said the romance would focus on her, Qiu'er, and Dong'er.
• The author set extra-chapter goals based on monthly votes, Qidian coins, and first-day subscriptions, then thanked readers.

The academy confirmed the recording Lin Xi had revealed and announced that Dai Huabin would be expelled and Dai Hao would have to apologize in person. The official confirmation caused another uproar among the students.

• Lin Xi revealed the recording.
• The academy issued a notice confirming that the recording was true.
• The academy announced that Dai Huabin would be expelled and Dai Hao would be required to apologize in person.
• The students erupted in another uproar after the official confirmation.

Dai Hao felt an unexplained closeness to Huo Yutong and asked whether they had met, but she shook her head. Elsewhere, battles intensified, and Qin Yi unleashed a powerful presence in grief and indignation.

• Dai Hao asked Huo Yutong whether they had met before, and she closed her eyes and shook her head.
• Song Ming silenced the uproar and ordered everyone to let Commander Li finish.
• Li Changlin realized that the Heaven and Earth Great Shift could copy an opponent's cultivation technique and memorized the burly man's footwork.
• Xiang Yu slammed his knee into the red-haired man's face as the man bent over to protect his crotch.
• The Holy Emperors doubled the force of their attacks against the Golden Spirit Peak barrier.
• Qin Yi roared at the sky and released a powerful presence that blasted aside the surrounding earth.

Yan Shaozhe brought Dai Yueheng to the office after rumors spread about his father's visit and Huo Yun'er. Dai Yueheng realized the situation had become serious, though he remained unsure which rumors were true.

• Dai Yueheng heard rapidly spreading rumors despite not having visited Shrek Square.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Dai Yueheng into the office, where Dai Yueheng appeared grim.
• Dai Yueheng wondered how his classmates had learned about Huo Yun'er when his father had only come to apologize and state his position.

Lin Xi secretly sent Melusine to bring Dai Huabin over while Yan Shaozhe fetched Dai Yueheng. Melusine threw Dai Huabin to the ground, leaving Yan Shaozhe shocked by her appearance.

• Yan Shaozhe recognized Melusine as the one Lin Xi had used to suppress Dai Huabin's team during the previous year's freshman assessment.
• Melusine threw Dai Huabin to the ground without answering Yan Shaozhe.
• Lin Xi had secretly released Melusine and asked her to bring Dai Huabin over while Yan Shaozhe went to fetch Dai Yueheng.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan hurried toward Shrek on Tang San's orders, fearing that Wang Dong'er was in danger from someone capable of erasing his Divine Sense. Before they reached Shrek, ten figures appeared before them.

• Tang San ordered Niu Tian and Tai Tan to act.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan hurried toward Shrek out of concern for Wang Dong'er.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan made no attempt to conceal their presence.
• Ten figures appeared before Niu Tian and Tai Tan while they were still some distance from Shrek.

Mu En demanded evidence for a claim based on Lord Sea God's divine oracle, prompting an angry response from Tai Tan. Mu En remained unmoved and began questioning the oracle before the exchange cut off.

• Mu En asked for evidence, abruptly silencing the lively atmosphere.
• Tai Tan shouted that they were discussing Lord Sea God's divine oracle.
• Mu En calmly dismissed Tai Tan's objection and began pointing out that ten thousand years had passed.

Lin Xi prepared to escape with Yutong and Qiu'er if the two visitors attacked while Mu En was disabled. Morgan confirmed that they had left, allowing Lin Xi to breathe a sigh of relief.

• Lin Xi ordered Morgan to remain ready to use the water mirror.
• Lin Xi secretly finished the summoning spell for the Undead Demiplane so he could whisk Yutong and Qiu'er away if necessary.
• Morgan told Lin Xi that the two visitors had gone.
• Lin Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Repeated interrogations over the following days clarified Huo Yutong's identity throughout Shrek Academy. The revelations severely damaged the Duke's Mansion's reputation, though the White Tiger Duke's military achievements tempered the students' condemnation.

• Huo Yutong and her companion faced repeated interrogations over the next few days.
• Huo Yutong and her companion's efforts gave practically everyone at Shrek Academy a correct understanding of her identity.
• Shrek Academy's students condemned the second young master's assassination of a classmate and the duke's conduct.
• The White Tiger Duke's achievements in defending the nation kept the students from condemning the Duke's Mansion even more harshly.

Wang Yan gathered the core disciples of Second Year Class One for their assessment in the Soul Fighting Zone. Xuan Zi led them inside and began explaining the group assessment, with Ning Tian absent on leave.

• Wang Yan gathered the core disciples of Second Year Class One at the entrance to the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Xuan Zi arrived and confirmed that everyone except Ning Tian, who had taken leave, was present.
• Xuan Zi led the students into the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Xuan Zi began explaining that the core disciple assessment would be a group assessment.