Chapter Summaries

Cao Yu used his immobilization technique to subdue his new roommate, Wang Dong, and bullied him until he agreed to Cao Yu’s demands. Afterward, Cao Yu learned Wang Dong’s name and privately reflected on the fact that she was a girl disguised as a boy.

• Cao Yu entered Room 108 and provoked Wang Dong, who attacked him with a fast kick.
• Cao Yu caught Wang Dong’s kick and immobilized him with the Weak Immobilization Technique.
• Cao Yu teased Wang Dong and demanded that he handle the dorm cleaning and call him Brother Yu.
• After Cao Yu repeatedly struck Wang Dong with a book, Wang Dong reluctantly agreed to his demands.
• The immobilization wore off, and Cao Yu helped Wang Dong up before learning his name.
• Cao Yu privately thought about Wang Dong being a girl disguised as a boy and praised Tang San as a future father-in-law.

Cao Yu and Wang Dong spent the days before classes cultivating and bickering, then joined Huo Yuhao for breakfast on the first morning of school. At Class One, Cao Yu drew the attention of the girls with his looks and magic tricks, while Wang Dong and the other boys watched in dismay.

• Cao Yu teased Wang Dong about his enormous pile of luggage, and the two shared a dorm while the semester enrollment continued.
• Cao Yu lazed around during the remaining days before classes, while Wang Dong privately imagined getting stronger and defeating him.
• On the first morning of classes, Cao Yu playfully poked Wang Dong's cheek, then took Huo Yuhao to breakfast and brought Wang Dong hot food.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong went to the first-year building and entered Class One, where the girls crowded around Cao Yu and left Wang Dong surprised.
• Cao Yu performed magic tricks for the girls, who enthusiastically gathered around him, while the boys glared at him for taking their chances to sit beside them.

Cao Yu and his classmates endured Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap test, while the girls flocked around him and Huo Yuhao showed how much stronger he had become. After the run, Zhou Yi expelled several students, who left to complain, while Cao Yu wondered why none of the girls had been cut.

• Zhou Yi introduced herself as Class One’s homeroom teacher, demanded that students who had fought stand up, then ordered the class to run a hundred laps when nobody did.
• Cao Yu ran slowly with the girls following him, while Huo Yuhao ran ahead and Wang Dong stayed beside Cao Yu.
• Huo Yuhao’s improved fitness was credited to the medicinal herbs Cao Yu had secretly given him after Cao Yu’s father prepared more than he could handle.
• The girls offered Cao Yu drinks after the run, and he chose a strawberry-flavored bottle while Wang Dong was left without one.
• Zhou Yi cut several students, including Tai Long after he argued with her, and they went to the academic affairs office to complain.
• Cao Yu noticed that no girls had been cut and suspected they had stayed because of his charm.

Cao Yu flirted with his deskmate Luo Yan during Zhou Yi’s lesson, then was unexpectedly called on to explain the role of Soul Tools. His demonstration nearly caused a disaster before he argued that Soul Tools would develop into Battle Armor.

• Cao Yu and Wang Dong changed clothes and arrived in class, where Zhou Yi began teaching about Soul Master attack and defense systems.
• Cao Yu learned his deskmate was named Luo Yan, and the two exchanged flirtatious notes about her figure and his ideal girl.
• Zhou Yi called on Cao Yu to explain why Wang Dong’s answer about Soul Tools was outdated.
• Cao Yu brought out Milk Bottle Soul Tools and a Heavenly Thunder Cannon, then began charging the cannon until its energy frightened the class.
• Cao Yu stopped the demonstration before the cannon fired and predicted that Soul Tools would develop into Battle Armor, prompting Zhou Yi to tell him to put his equipment away.

Cao Yu finished Zhou Yi’s class and went to lunch with Luo Yan and Wang Dong, where their wealth drew attention. Back in the dormitory, Cao Yu pinned Wang Dong down after he pressed him about Luo Yan and the Cao Clan.

• Zhou Yi announced three months of physical training and warned the students that anyone who failed her assessment would be expelled.
• Luo Yan invited Cao Yu to eat with her, and he agreed before teasing her as she squeezed past him.
• At the cafeteria, Luo Yan tried to pay for Cao Yu, but he revealed an even larger fortune and offered to treat Wang Dong.
• After the meal, Wang Dong asked Cao Yu about his relationship with Luo Yan and his family’s background, so Cao Yu pinned him to the bed and ignored his pleas for mercy.

Cao Yu teased Wang Dong before Zhou Yi appointed Wang Dong class monitor and began iron-vest endurance training. After male students mocked Wang Dong’s running, he showed his strength by overtaking them and leaving them behind.

• Cao Yu leaned close to Wang Dong, teased him about his perfume, and warned him to show more respect.
• Zhou Yi appointed Wang Dong class monitor of Freshman Class One and told the students to run laps wearing iron vests.
• Huo Yuhao asked Cao Yu why Zhou Yi had not made him class monitor, and Cao Yu said he preferred chatting with the girls.
• Several male students mocked Wang Dong and challenged him to give up the class monitor position.
• Cao Yu and Huo Yuhao urged Wang Dong not to let an outsider take the position, so Wang Dong sped ahead and left the other boys far behind.

Cao Yu helped Luo Yan after Zhou Yi’s exhausting class, then finalized the purchase of a shop outside Shrek and prepared to open a grilled-fish business with Huo Yuhao. Their first meal attracted a crowd of eager customers, forcing Cao Yu to rush out and buy more fish.

• After class, Zhou Yi had a man in white heal the exhausted students and then dismissed them.
• Cao Yu helped the pale Luo Yan back to the dorm, while Wang Dong complained about being left out.
• Cao Yu paid five hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for several shop deeds and worked with Huo Yuhao to prepare one shop for business.
• Cao Yu and Huo Yuhao celebrated their first day by eating Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, but the aroma drew a crowd of customers to the shop.
• When the customers demanded grilled fish despite the shortage of ingredients, Cao Yu returned to the market to buy more fish.

Cao Yu and Huo Yuhao opened their grilled-fish shop and served customers while recruiting staff. After Tang Ya, Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, and female students visited, teasing about their feelings for Cao Yu gave way to Jiang Nannan secretly touching his leg.

• Cao Yu and Huo Yuhao served grilled fish to the shop’s first customers, who praised the food and offered to spread the word about job openings.
• Cao Yu invited interested applicants to come the following evening and explained that the shop was only open at night for now.
• Tang Ya, Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, and a group of female students arrived, and the students teased the three women about liking Cao Yu.
• Ning Tian blushed and sulked after the students joked about a love triangle or love square, while Tang Ya comforted her.
• Cao Yu joined the group after the fish ran out, held Ning Tian’s hand, and realized Jiang Nannan was secretly teasing him by touching his leg with her foot.

Cao Yu teased Jiang Nannan while serving grilled fish, then recognized Xu Sanshi and revealed his past connection to the Black Tortoise Sect. Xu Sanshi abandoned his attempt to approach Jiang Nannan and left with Bei Bei, while the students realized Cao Yu had an impressive background.

• Cao Yu secretly teased Jiang Nannan as they ate grilled fish, and she flushed while Tang Ya and Ning Tian worried she was ill.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei entered the shop after smelling the grilled fish, and Xu Sanshi spotted Jiang Nannan and prepared to approach her.
• Cao Yu displayed a Black Tortoise Divine Pill and reminded Xu Sanshi that he had once taken the sect's pills before giving the Black Tortoise Sect money.
• Xu Sanshi recognized Cao Yu, treated him with deference, and left with Bei Bei after Cao Yu said the shop had run out of food.
• Bei Bei wondered whether Cao Yu belonged to the Cao Clan of Star Luo City, while the female students laughed and speculated about his background.

Cao Yu returned to the dorm after a profitable evening running his shop, then spent his Spending Points on Soul Bones and a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell Blueprint. A disappointing lottery yielded a new card fusion module and Dream Entry Technique, and the chapter left him with three incomplete card projects.

• Xu Sanshi told Bei Bei that his great-grandfather believed the person associated with the Cao Clan was likely a Limit Douluo, and they returned to Shrek Academy.
• Cao Yu washed off the fish smell, calculated his earnings, and bought two roughly 100,000-year Soul Bones and a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell Blueprint.
• Cao Yu combined his five Soul Bones on the Soul Bone Fusion Platform and began a hundred-pull lottery with his remaining Spending Points.
• The lottery gave Cao Yu several cards and items, including a Card Fusion Module and Dream Entry Technique, while wasting 43 draws on 'Thank you for participating.'
• Cao Yu fused his unused experience cards, producing partial progress toward a Soul Power Enhancement Card, a Black Hall Bearers Experience Card, and a Limit Douluo Experience Card.

After gaining a Deep Sea Demon Whale Torso Bone, Cao Yu took on a system mission to enter Zhou Yi’s dreams 250 times. His first dream visit ended abruptly after he altered her dream, and he woke to find Wang Dong had cared for his nosebleed.

• Cao Yu received a Deep Sea Demon Whale Torso Bone with four sea-area abilities, then triggered a mission to enter Zhou Yi’s dreams 250 times.
• Cao Yu used the Dream Entry Technique and discovered that he could leave his body and observe other people’s dreams.
• Cao Yu entered Zhou Yi’s dream, watched her dream, then created a crowd of fake cameramen that startled her and caused the dream to shatter.
• The system recorded Cao Yu’s mission progress as 1/250, and he found tissues from his nosebleed after waking.
• Cao Yu noticed Wang Dong sleeping nearby and murmured that she was pretty nice.

Cao Yu and Wang Dong took a morning walk to Sea God Lake, where Cao Yu’s teasing flustered Wang Dong. Their outing was interrupted by the dangerously overheated Ma Xiaotao, whom Cao Yu froze in midair with his Body Immobilization Technique.

• Cao Yu woke exhausted after entering someone else’s dream, and Wang Dong teased him about his dark circles and nosebleed.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong ate breakfast together, then walked to Sea God Lake.
• Cao Yu called Wang Dong more beautiful than the lake, leaving Wang Dong flustered and worried he had discovered her secret.
• Ma Xiaotao raced toward them, radiating heat that evaporated the lake water.
• Cao Yu used the Body Immobilization Technique to stop Ma Xiaotao in midair, astonishing Wang Dong.

Cao Yu used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s raging Evil Fire and carried her to shore. After Xuan Zi learned that Cao Yu had an extremely cold Ice Martial Soul, he eagerly accepted his offer to help Ma Xiaotao when her Evil Fire flared again.

• Cao Yu summoned a Shadow Clone and had the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm channel extreme cold into his finger to help Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Fire Phoenix resisted the ice, but the flames receded and ice coated her body as Cao Yu flew her back to shore.
• Wang Dong accused Cao Yu of taking advantage of Ma Xiaotao, and Cao Yu admitted it, making Wang Dong turn away in frustration.
• Xuan Zi arrived with the others, recognized Cao Yu, and explained that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire required suppression.
• Cao Yu offered to help Ma Xiaotao with his extremely cold Ice Martial Soul, and Xuan Zi eagerly thanked him and asked what compensation he wanted.

Senior Xiaotao woke after Cao Yu suppressed the Evil Fire inside her, and Xuan Zi entrusted Cao Yu with helping her resolve it. Back in class, Cao Yu noticed Zhou Yi's exhaustion and considered using his Dream Entry Technique on her again, while Luo Yan questioned why he was watching their teacher.

• Senior Xiaotao woke in Cao Yu's arms, and Xuan Zi warned her not to cultivate alone while arranging for Cao Yu to help control her Evil Fire.
• Xuan Zi and Xiaotao left across Sea God Lake, and Wang Dong accused Cao Yu of taking advantage of Xiaotao before flying ahead to class.
• Cao Yu arrived at class and noticed Zhou Yi looked exhausted, then privately planned to give her nightmares when she slept with Fan Yu.
• Luo Yan asked Cao Yu why he kept watching Zhou Yi, and Cao Yu wondered aloud whether some people lived behind masks before declaring that there was only one truth.

Cao Yu took Wang Dong to his grilled-fish shop, and she eagerly ate several portions. Three months later, his businesses had settled into routine while his Dream Entry Technique left Zhou Yi exhausted; she suspended physical training as the chapter ended.

• Cao Yu invited Wang Dong to eat grilled fish at his shop, where Huo Yuhao served them.
• Wang Dong enjoyed the savory and spicy fish and asked for more, while Cao Yu teased her.
• Cao Yu's shops settled into operation over three months, but customers rejected snail rice noodles because of their smell.
• Cao Yu continued using the Dream Entry Technique on Zhou Yi, whose nightmares and vivid dreams led her to sleep separately from Fan Yu.
• Zhou Yi continued drilling Class One, and the class fell from more than ninety students to sixty-seven.
• Zhou Yi suspended physical training, looking exhausted after her recent trouble sleeping.

Zhou Yi explained the new student assessment, and Cao Yu was assigned to a team with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. After class, Xiao Xiao confessed her feelings to Cao Yu, who told her to pursue him.

• Zhou Yi explained that teams of three would compete in the new student assessment, with the top teams advancing to the knockout rounds.
• Zhou Yi assigned Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the same team.
• Xiao Xiao asked Cao Yu to talk, and he left Wang Dong to walk with her to Sea God Lake.
• Xiao Xiao told Cao Yu that she liked him, and Cao Yu invited her to pursue him.
• Xiao Xiao agreed, and she and Cao Yu sealed their promise with a pinky swear.

Cao Yu teased Wang Dong about telling Xiao Xiao to pursue him, then joined Wang Dong for grilled fish and met Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi. Their conversation about the approaching new student assessment was interrupted when Senior Sister Xiaotao arrived.

• Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Cao Yu and went upstairs, while Cao Yu returned to the dorm and found Wang Dong brooding over a pillow.
• Cao Yu told Wang Dong that he had asked Xiao Xiao to pursue him, and Wang Dong berated him for being shameless.
• Wang Dong persuaded Cao Yu to treat him to grilled fish, and Cao Yu revealed that he was a Soul Elder rather than a Soul Grandmaster.
• Cao Yu and Wang Dong went to the shop, where Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi greeted them and offered advice about the new student assessment.
• Cao Yu, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi shared a meal before Senior Sister Xiaotao arrived and greeted Cao Yu.

Cao Yu reunited with Ma Xiaotao at his grilled-fish shop, and she asked him to suppress her returning Evil Fire with his ice-attribute Soul Power. They began the treatment in a secret chamber, where Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire fought against his cold Qi.

• Ma Xiaotao sat beside Cao Yu at his shop, ordered spicy grilled fish, and praised his business.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the ice attribute Cao Yu had left in her was wearing off, so she needed his help again.
• Cao Yu left with Ma Xiaotao while Wang Dong watched them go and grew agitated.
• In a secret chamber, Ma Xiaotao had Cao Yu sit on a platform a meter away and begin circulating his Soul Power.
• Cao Yu hesitated to ask Ma Xiaotao to move closer, then started the treatment as his ice-attribute Soul Power suppressed her Evil Fire.

Cao Yu finished suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then discussed tactics with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao for the upcoming team assessment. The competition was set to begin that afternoon, with the three preparing to face students from other classes.

• Ma Xiaotao thanked Cao Yu for helping her, teased him about asking for a more outrageous reward, and left the secret chamber without giving him a hug.
• Cao Yu returned to his dorm, went to sleep, and failed to notice someone watching him from the opposite bed.
• Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discussed their assessment strategy, and Cao Yu revealed that he was a Soul Elder and that his Second Martial Soul could enhance speed and attack power.
• Wang Dong described her Martial Soul’s close-range, long-range, and flight abilities, while Xiao Xiao introduced her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Ninephoenix Worshipping Flute.
• Zhou Yi announced that the competition would begin that afternoon and that the teams would face students from other classes during the ten round-robin matches.

Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao entered the freshman assessment at Shrek Academy and were assigned to face three students from Freshman Class Three. Their first match began in Area Thirty-three, and the chapter ended as both teams released their Martial Souls.

• Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao learned that only 150 of the 310 teams would remain at the academy and were assigned to Area Thirty-three.
• The trio ate hot pot and grilled fish, returned to the dormitory for a nap, and then went back to the assessment zone.
• Teacher Wang Yan introduced himself, warned the students not to seriously injure their opponents, and announced the first match between Cao Yu's team and Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• After Wang Yan started the assessment, Xiao Xiao released her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Wang Dong unfurled his wings, startling their opponents and Wang Yan.
• Zhao Haochen shouted for his big chicken leg as the match got underway.