Chapter Summaries

During the ongoing advancement assessment, Wang Dong and Cao Yu’s friends passed smoothly. Cao Yu then showed them his new Shrek City research facility, where Soul Engineers were developing Soul Tools and other inventions, and left Wang Dong grumbling about the mobile phone’s ability to let couples show off their love.

• Wang Dong defeated a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Cao Yu and his companions passed the advancement assessment.
• While cultivating with Cao Yu, Wang Dong asked about the surprise Cao Yu had promised to reveal.
• Cao Yu brought his friends to a new research facility in Shrek City, where Huo Yuhao watched a Level 8 Soul Engineer assemble a Soul Tool.
• Cao Yu showed the group models of inventions, including the Hongguang Automobile, and invited them to visit the facility again.
• Back at the dorm, Cao Yu explained that mobile phones could be used to chat and post daily life, prompting Wang Dong to complain about people showing off their love from afar.

Cao Yu brought the core disciples to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s appraisal fair and offered to pay for everything they bought. He ended the evening eager to return, confident that his Tenfold Cashback ability would keep him from losing money.

• After the advancement assessment, Zhou Yi announced that core disciples could attend the Treasure Appraisal Fair, and Cao Yu agreed to go with Wang Dong.
• Cao Yu asked Wang Dong to invite the other core disciples and told them he would cover their purchases.
• Cao Yu and the group reached the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Xiao Xiao tried to block his view of the welcoming girls.
• On the second floor, Cao Yu urged his classmates to buy whatever they wanted, and they thanked him for his generosity.
• Cao Yu reflected that Tenfold Cashback meant he would not lose money and named the experience “Day One Record—A Visit to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.”

Cao Yu refused a top-tier VIP discount at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and paid full price for his purchases. After class the next day, he slipped away from the research institute and returned to the pavilion.

• Cao Yu rejected the VIP card Elder Lin had arranged for him and paid five million Gold Soul Coins for his purchases.
• Cao Yu complained that he had not bought enough, then decided to visit the Treasure Gathering Pavilion again after the welcoming staff saw him off.
• The next morning, Luo Yan asked Cao Yu about the fair, and she and Xiao Xiao argued over him in class until Wang Yan told them to settle it after class.
• That evening, Cao Yu left the group at the research institute and headed alone to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where the greeters welcomed him.

Cao Yu visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Xu Sanshi mistook his intentions before discovering Cao Yu had spent millions buying goods. Back at the research institute, Cao Yu studied Soul Tool lighting and considered developing mass-market electrical technology, while Shrek’s elders discussed his nightly visits and debated whether to stop him.

• Cao Yu and Xu Sanshi watched the girls at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion until Cao Yu went upstairs and spent several million buying things.
• Xu Sanshi fled after Cao Yu offered to treat him, embarrassed that Cao Yu’s visit had been genuine shopping.
• Cao Yu returned to the research institute and studied Soul Tool lighting, its engraved patterns, and how stored Soul Power kept it running.
• Cao Yu considered developing Soul-Power phones and pursuing both low-end electrical products and high-end Soul Tools.
• Cao Yu reminded Huo Yuhao to stop working and sleep, then the two returned to Shrek Academy with the others.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Elder Lin reported Cao Yu’s nightly visits to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, but Xuan Zi and the presiding elder rejected the idea of stopping him.

Cao Yu and the other second-year core disciples joined an all-year battle royale to select seven reserve candidates for the Shrek Seven Devils. The melee left Cao Yu’s group with an advantage, and Cao Yu sent an upper-year attacker flying with Lightning Five Consecutive Whips.

• Zhou Yi told the second-year core disciples they would compete in a selection tournament alongside upper-year students.
• Cao Yu learned that the tournament would select seven winners and told Luo Yan he planned to face the senior students.
• Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao formed a group at the Soul Fighting Zone and moved to protect Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Ya and the others eliminated several opponents, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi defeated He Caitou.
• An upper-year disciple lunged at Cao Yu, who dodged and knocked him out with Lightning Five Consecutive Whips.

Cao Yu and the other victors learned they had been selected as the reserve team for the Shrek Seven Devils, then worked on metal projects and helped Wang Dong absorb a Soul Bone. The next day, Xuan Zi began their combat training, and the team fought in changing combinations under his supervision.

• Xuan Zi explained that the seven victors would form the reserve team and train with him once a week.
• Xuan Zi warned Cao Yu about visiting the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Cao Yu later joined the others for dinner.
• Cao Yu inspected newly delivered metal supplies at the research institute and led the group in developing their designs.
• Cao Yu helped Wang Dong absorb a Soul Bone, and they found that it made their Soul Power circulate faster during cultivation.
• Xuan Zi started the team's actual combat training, and Cao Yu sparred with the others until several girls teamed up against him.

Elder Xuan’s students trained in combat and improved through repeated sparring. Days later, Ma Xiaotao took Cao Yu to Sea God Lake and urgently asked him to use his cold attribute to suppress her Evil Fire.

• Cao Yu sparred with Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian’s team, while Bei Bei fought Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao and gave them advice.
• Elder Xuan ended the day’s training, and the students went back to their dormitories after dinner.
• After several days, Wang Dong made Cao Yu pay for breakfast before they went to Zhou Yi’s class.
• Ma Xiaotao appeared at the classroom door, took Cao Yu away, and carried him toward Sea God Lake.
• Ma Xiaotao told Cao Yu that her Evil Fire was overwhelming her and asked him to use his cold attribute to suppress it.

Cao Yu helped Ma Xiaotao control her Soul Power, but the encounter in Sea God Lake turned intimate and left them together. Ma Xiaotao flew back to the Inner Court after teasing him, while Cao Yu planned to visit her again.

• Cao Yu used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's ice attribute to soothe Ma Xiaotao's unstable Soul Power, and they fell into Sea God Lake.
• Cao Yu and Ma Xiaotao remained in the lake for hours before he led her ashore.
• Ma Xiaotao woke, cried over what had happened, and hesitated between striking Cao Yu and gently touching his face.
• Cao Yu promised Ma Xiaotao he would take responsibility and marry her, but she teased him and flew toward the Inner Court.
• Cao Yu watched Ma Xiaotao leave, changed clothes, and walked back in high spirits, planning to see her again.

Cao Yu teased Wang Dong about his relationship with Ma Xiaotao, while Wang Dong struggled with jealousy and her own feelings. Two weeks later, Xuan Zi brought the reserve team face-to-face with the Inner Court members, and Ma Xiaotao's mischievous smile left Cao Yu fearing her revenge.

• Cao Yu returned to the dormitory tired after helping Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong questioned him about their relationship.
• Cao Yu hinted that he and Ma Xiaotao were together, making Wang Dong praise his audacity and feel uneasy about her rivals.
• Cao Yu joked with Wang Dong about giving birth, and she blushed before turning off the light and eventually falling asleep.
• Over the next two weeks, Cao Yu, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao trained under Xuan Zi and improved through combat practice.
• Xuan Zi arrived with Inner Court members, including Ma Xiaotao, and introduced them to the official and reserve Shrek Seven Devils teams.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a rank-sixty-seven Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor, followed by Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Xi Xi.

Xuan Zi assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to lead teams in a friendly match, and Cao Yu joined Ma Xiaotao’s side. With Cao Yu’s help, Ma Xiaotao’s team defeated every opponent and won.

• Ling Luochen and the remaining inner-court students introduced themselves before Xuan Zi announced a friendly match led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng.
• Ma Xiaotao picked Cao Yu first, and the two flirted while the teams finished selecting their members.
• The match began, with Ma Xiaotao charging Dai Yueheng and Cao Yu targeting Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Cao Yu defeated Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, then joined Ma Xiaotao to overwhelm Dai Yueheng.
• Cao Yu and Ma Xiaotao’s team eliminated the remaining opponents and won the match.

Cao Yu was named captain of the reserve team and prepared to travel with everyone to Star Luo City, where he planned to visit Xu Jiujiu. His relationships with Ma Xiaotao and several other women came into the open, while Wang Dong was left flustered by Cao Yu’s teasing and considered revealing that she was a girl.

• Xuan Zi named Cao Yu the reserve team's captain and told the students to gather at the academy gates the next morning to leave for Star Luo City.
• Cao Yu invited Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to visit his home in Star Luo City, and Xiao Xiao asked what gifts to bring for his parents.
• Ma Xiaotao possessively linked arms with Cao Yu, prompting Tang Ya and Ning Tian to question him about their relationship.
• Dai Yueheng noticed the women confronting Cao Yu and quickly left, while Cao Yu tried to explain himself to them.
• Wang Dong laughed at Cao Yu's predicament, so Cao Yu pinned her down and teased her before leaving her blushing and considering revealing her identity.

Xuan Zi led the Shrek Academy teams on a mission to eliminate the Death Messengers, a band of Evil Soul Master bandits near the border. After traveling to the Star Luo Empire’s western military headquarters, the White Tiger Duke welcomed Cao Yu personally, surprising the others.

• Xuan Zi explained that Inner Court students served as inspectors who hunted Evil Soul Masters, and everyone agreed to join the mission against the Death Messengers.
• The teams received modified Flying Soul Tools made by the Cao household and practiced operating them before flying toward the border.
• Xuan Zi led the group across a long distance, and Dai Yueheng negotiated with a Star Luo military squad that escorted them to camp.
• The group reached the Ming Dou Mountain Range headquarters, where Du Leisi announced their arrival to the marshal.
• The White Tiger Duke greeted Cao Yu warmly and invited him inside, leaving Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, and Wang Dong astonished.

Cao Yu and the Shrek group met with Dai Hao, who explained why the Death Hand Bandit Gang was difficult for the army to eliminate. After tracking the gang to its mountain hideout, Cao Yu prepared to use his own method to attack it.

• Dai Hao welcomed Cao Yu and the others, praised his Soul Tool research, and explained that the bandits exploited the sensitive border between the two empires.
• Cao Yu brought food and wine to Xuan Zi, then rested with the group before they set out for the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Ma Xiaotao led the group through the mountain while Wang Yan used Wenlan Trees and footprints to locate the bandits' cave.
• Cao Yu told Ma Xiaotao not to let anyone enter the cave and promised he had a better way to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• At the cave entrance, Ma Xiaotao handed things over to Cao Yu, who took out a Flying Soul Tool and ordered everyone to retreat.

Cao Yu used missiles from his Flying Soul Tool to destroy the Evil Soul Masters, then traveled with the Shrek Inspection Corps toward Star Luo City. He welcomed the group to his enormous manor as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament approached.

• Cao Yu dropped three missiles on the hillside, killing the Evil Soul Masters and leaving a massive crater.
• Wang Yan identified the group to Sun Moon Empire soldiers, who let them leave while their leader hurried back to report the incident.
• Cao Yu explained to Ling Luochеn that the Evil Soul Masters would not have kept hostages, and Dai Yueheng agreed with him.
• Tang Ya, Ma Xiaotao, Ning Tian, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao teased and restrained Cao Yu over his popularity with girls.
• The group reached Star Luo City, where crowds had gathered for the upcoming tournament, and Cao Yu welcomed them to his manor.

Cao Yu returned to the Cao Clan residence with the Shrek group, where Ma Xiaotao and Xiao Xiao were introduced as his future daughters-in-law. After visiting the Star Emperor Hotel for Wang Yan’s tournament briefing, Cao Yu left to visit Xu Jiujiu at the palace.

• Cao Yu returned to the Cao Clan residence with the group and introduced his parents and grandfather to everyone.
• Ma Xiaotao and Xiao Xiao gave gifts to Cao Yu’s family, and Cao Yu identified them as his future daughters-in-law.
• Cao Xiang invited the group to stay at the residence, but Wang Yan declined because the tournament organizers had arranged their accommodations.
• Wang Yan briefed the Shrek team at the Star Emperor Hotel on the knockout team-battle preliminaries and warned them not to underestimate their opponents, especially the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Cao Yu left the hotel and headed toward the palace to see Xu Jiujiu.

Cao Yu visited Xu Jiujiu at the Star Luo Imperial Palace, spent the night and morning with her, and missed the team's elimination match. After learning that Ma Xiaotao and the others had won, he faced Ma Xiaotao's questions about where he had been, while Dai Yueheng prepared to tell the group more about Cao Yu.

• Cao Yu joined Xu Jiawei and the veteran retirement group for tea and wine at the palace, then Xu Jiujiu took him to her bedroom.
• Cao Yu and Xu Jiujiu spent the night together, and Cao Yu stayed with her through the morning.
• Cao Yu left the palace and headed to the Star Emperor Hotel, where he asked Ma Xiaotao whether the team had won its elimination match.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted Cao Yu after noticing Xu Jiujiu's scent on him, and Cao Yu admitted that he had gone to the palace to see her.
• Tang Ya explained that Xu Jiujiu was one of their sisters, while Dai Yueheng began sharing stories about Cao Yu with the curious group.

Cao Yu watched Shrek Academy begin its first tournament match against Yunluo Academy, while Xiao Hongchen’s earlier provocation ended in embarrassment. Ling Luochеn won Shrek’s first two individual matches, and Xu Jiawei teased Cao Yu for watching the female competitors instead of the match.

• Xiao Hongchen challenged Shrek Academy in the corridor, but Cao Yu mocked him until he angrily left.
• Cao Yu watched the tournament from the imperial city wall beside Xu Jiawei, who encouraged him to spend time with Xu Jiujiu.
• Shrek Academy drew Yunluo Academy for a one-on-one elimination match and sent Ling Luochеn out first.
• Ling Luochеn quickly defeated Ma Yingjun, whose old-model Soul Tools drew Cao Yu’s attention.
• Ling Luochеn defeated Shang Yue as well, while Cao Yu admired her appearance until Xu Jiawei reminded him to watch the match.

Shrek Academy defeated Yunluo Academy after Ling Luochen froze Situ Yu and forced his team to concede. During a visit to the auction house, Cao Yu won several Soul Tools, including the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and gave Wang Yan the items he had purchased for his research.

• Situ Yu transformed into a Soul Tool Turret and attacked Ling Luochen, but she froze him in a block of ice.
• Situ Yu broke free and had Yunluo Academy concede before Ling Luochen could attack again, securing Shrek Academy's victory.
• Two days later, Wang Yan took the Shrek Academy team to an auction hosted by Qing Ya.
• Cao Yu won the first Soul Tool lot for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and a Milk Bottle Soul Tool for thirty thousand.
• Qing Ya unveiled the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife as the final mystery item, and Cao Yu acquired every auction item.
• Cao Yu handed Wang Yan the Soul Tools he had bought for him to support his idea of combining Soul Masters with Soul Tools.

Shrek Academy defeated Qianling Academy in a team battle and then beat Zhengtian Academy in the third round, keeping their tournament run strong. That evening, Cao Yu celebrated with Tang Ya and Ning Tian, who both kissed him and called it his punishment.

• The referee announced a team battle between Shrek Academy and Qianling Academy, and both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Dai Yueheng overwhelmed Fei Yuyan's winged Blazing Tiger, knocking Fei Yuyan out of the match.
• Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo shattered Qianling Academy's shield formation, and Shrek's team forced the academy to concede.
• Shrek Academy defeated Zhengtian Academy the next day, then celebrated its three round-robin victories at the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Cao Yu secretly kissed Tang Ya, who kissed him back and called it his punishment; Ning Tian then kissed him too.

Cao Yu and the Shrek team secured first place in their group and prepared to face Dou Ling Royal Academy in the round of sixteen. After receiving invitations to a top-tier auction, Cao Yu brought the group to the event, where they saw Jiujiu hosting.

• Shrek Academy won its next four matches and finished the group stage with seven victories.
• Wang Yan warned Ma Xiaotao and the team that Dou Ling Royal Academy's members all used Soul Tools ahead of their round-of-sixteen match.
• Qing Ya invited Cao Yu and the others to Starlight Auction House's top-tier auction, and Cao Yu promised to attend.
• Cao Yu gathered roughly three billion in funds from his businesses and led the group to the auction house that evening.
• Qing Ya guided the group into Auction Hall One, where they saw Jiujiu hosting the auction on a light-guiding screen.