Chapter Summaries

Long Aotian entered Shrek Academy with his wedding procession while a hidden army prepared an attack on Shrek City. Vina remained reluctant to marry him but decided to return home and ask her father to postpone the wedding so she could stay at Shrek longer.

• Long Aotian handed out red envelopes and paperwork to enter Shrek Academy with his wedding procession.
• A soldier watching through a telescopic Soul Tool signaled the army outside Shrek City, where red-glowing spheres had been placed around the city and a squad had disappeared.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian tried to comfort Vina, but Vina stayed silent about her reluctance to marry Long Aotian.
• Wang Dong'er offered to fight Long Aotian if Vina refused the marriage, but Vina declined her help and Wang Dong'er stormed out.
• Huo Yuhao suggested that Shrek's teachers could help Vina refuse, but Vina decided to return home and ask her father to postpone the wedding.

Vina prepared to leave with Long Aotian, but explosions in Shrek City disrupted the bridal procession and revealed that Long Aotian was leading a Body Sect operation. He imprisoned Vina and joined the attack on Sea God Island, leaving her trapped in the carriage as the assault began.

• Vina told Huo Yuhao she planned to return, and Huo Yuhao watched her head downstairs before disappearing.
• Long Aotian proposed to Vina in front of the students, then offered to help her into the carriage.
• Explosions erupted in Shrek City, drawing the students away from the procession.
• Long Aotian shoved Vina into the carriage, revealed the procession was made up of Body Sect members, and sent his senior brothers toward Sea God Island.
• Long Aotian told Vina she would be forced to marry him and locked her inside an iron cage within the carriage.
• Long Aotian transformed his body and charged toward Sea God Island.

A bomb attack and a beast tide struck Shrek City at the same time, while Shrek’s leaders discovered that Body Sect disciples had caused the explosion. As the Soul Beasts froze outside the walls, the leaders sensed powerful presences appearing inside Shrek Academy.

• The city guard captain saw a beast tide pursuing fleeing Heavenly Soul soldiers and ordered Shrek City’s gates closed, leaving the soldiers outside to be swallowed by the beasts.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er arrived at the wall, where Jiang Nannan explained that thousands of Soul Beasts had been drawn to the city and that she had prepared paralysis rays.
• Jiang Nannan ordered the defenders to fire, freezing the Soul Beasts beneath the city walls.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo reported that Body Sect disciples had planted bombs in the city, then killed themselves after being caught.
• Cai Mei'er suggested the attack was revenge for Xuan Zi nearly killing Du Busi, and the leaders realized dozens of powerful presences had appeared inside Shrek Academy.

As the Body Sect attacked Sea God Island, Di Tian’s roar dispersed the Soul Beast tide threatening Shrek. Huo Yuhao freed Vina and froze a path across Sea God Lake so she could reach the battle, while Zhang Lexuan struggled to stop Long Aotian and the Body Sect.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er hurried back toward Shrek after sensing Zhang Lexuan’s presence, while Di Tian received a letter and burned it.
• Di Tian’s dragon roar sent the Soul Beasts fleeing from Shrek, and Jiang Nannan left the city wall after the danger passed.
• Zhang Lexuan fought three Body Sect Titled Douluo as Long Aotian pushed toward the Sea God Pavilion, and she restrained the attackers with ice chains.
• A mysterious Shadow Garden figure spoke to Vina before disappearing, after which Huo Yuhao arrived and opened her carriage.
• Vina asked Huo Yuhao to take her to Sea God Island, so he froze a wide path across the lake and she stepped onto the ice.

Vina crossed onto Sea God Island while Zhang Lexuan held three Body Sect Titled Douluo at bay. Zhang Lexuan revealed her overwhelming strength and killed all three, ending the invasion of Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao created an ice path across the water, and Vina ran across it to Sea God Island.
• Vina reached the Sea God Pavilion and saw Zhang Lexuan fighting three Body Sect Titled Douluo while a dark figure followed her onto the island.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped concealing her presence, and her cultivation surged beyond the three men’s ability to measure.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned a blood-red full moon and brought it crashing down on the three Titled Douluo, killing them.
• Zhang Lexuan identified herself as Sea God Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, and no one else came to invade Shrek.

Zhang Lexuan defeated the Body Sect attackers at Shrek, and the remaining leaders decided to strengthen the academy while she recovered. Long Aotian, wounded after escaping Yan Shaozhe’s attack, faced approaching Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhang Lexuan killed the invading Body Sect members, earning the respect of Yan Shaozhe and the other deans as Shrek’s pavilion master.
• Qian Duoduo blocked a surprise attack on Zhang Lexuan, and Yan Shaozhe struck the two fleeing assailants with Fire Phoenixes.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Yan Shaozhe not to pursue the escapees, and he ordered disciples to search for them while protecting Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed carrying out Zhang Lexuan’s exchange-student plan, and the deans agreed Shrek should devote more effort to developing Soul Tools.
• Long Aotian recovered from his wounds in the woods near the Star Dou Great Forest, then provoked the Soul Beasts gathering around him.

Huo Yuhao rescued Vina from the battle at Shrek and secretly ordered Shadow Garden members to escort her to the Heavenly Soul Empire. After recovering, Vina set off to find her father and investigate the Body Sect’s role, while Huo Yuhao told his friends that tensions between Shrek, the Body Sect, and the empire had sharply worsened.

• Huo Yuhao laid the unconscious Vina down in the forest, dismissed his liquid longsword, and ordered the kneeling Shadow Garden members to escort her home in secret.
• Vina woke alone in the forest, recovered through meditation, and concluded that a mysterious expert from Shadow Garden had rescued her.
• Vina decided to return quietly to the Heavenly Soul Empire, see her father, and investigate the incident before going back to Shrek.
• Vina thanked her unseen rescuer and set off, worried that Long Aotian might reach the imperial palace before her.
• At Shrek, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian found Huo Yuhao, who explained that Vina was likely returning home and that the Body Sect’s attack had strained relations among Shrek, the sect, and the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Xuan Zi ordered Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian to train in the Sea God Pavilion for two years, while revealing that Huo Yuhao would study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The four girls were sent away to follow their own paths as Huo Yuhao prepared to leave for his exchange.

• Huo Yuhao visited the recovering Zhou Yi with Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian before the four girls received Xuan Zi's summons.
• Xuan Zi told the four girls they would live and train in the Sea God Pavilion, with a minimum goal of reaching rank sixty within two years.
• Xuan Zi set Wang Dong'er a higher target of rank seventy and absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and she reluctantly agreed to his training.
• Xiao Xiao and the others asked to stay near Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi revealed that he would send Huo Yuhao to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as an exchange student for two years.
• Wang Dong'er and Wu Feng asked to accompany Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi refused and explained that each of them had to follow a separate path.
• Xuan Zi sent the four girls out of the Sea God Pavilion and ordered them to walk their own paths.

Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er packed to leave for special training and received a letter from Huo Yuhao, who had departed for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as an exchange student. Huo Yuhao traveled with Xian Lin'er and He Caitou, planning to visit the Sun Moon Empire and check on Si.

• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er packed their belongings and tried to sneak out before finishing, but Jiang Nannan arrived after hearing them scream.
• Jiang Nannan gave Xiao Xiao a letter from Huo Yuhao, explaining that the exchange had come up suddenly and he had left without seeing them.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er read Huo Yuhao's letter as Jiang Nannan watched from nearby and complained that Lord Shadow had not left her one.
• Huo Yuhao rode toward the exchange location with Xian Lin'er and He Caitou, intending to check on Si in the Sun Moon Empire.

Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen waited in a wealthy town for the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s exchange delegation to arrive. After the two academies’ leaders exchanged greetings, Huo Yuhao ended the chapter smoking one of He Caitou’s cigars in full view of the visitors.

• Meng Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao food while they waited for the delegation, and He Caitou arrived to apologize for what had happened to him and Fan Yu.
• Huo Yuhao spotted the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s Flying Soul Tools approaching and sent He Caitou to notify Xian Lin'er.
• Jing Hongchen and the delegation landed in the square, where Xiao Hongchen challenged Huo Yuhao about Shrek’s absence and Meng Hongchen defended the academy.
• Jing Hongchen and Xian Lin'er exchanged formal greetings as the Shrek group joined them.
• He Caitou mistook Huo Yuhao’s excitement for nerves and gave him a cigar; Huo Yuhao lit it and smoked as the Sun Moon delegation watched.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchanged students, while their leaders traded veiled barbs over past losses and injuries. Huo Yuhao headed to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Jing Hongchen and studied the Flying Soul Tool that carried him.

• Xiao Hongchen silenced the Sun Moon students who complained about Huo Yuhao, while Meng Hongchen watched Huo Yuhao with affection.
• Jing Hongchen and Xian Lin'er exchanged pointed remarks about Xuan Zi, Mu En, and Shrek's past gains before agreeing to begin the student exchange.
• The teachers led both groups to their new academies, and Jing Hongchen stopped Meng Hongchen from following Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Hongchen threatened Huo Yuhao over Meng Hongchen and Wang Dong'er, but Huo Yuhao mocked him by pretending to beg for his life.
• Jing Hongchen sensed Xian Lin'er's strength and reflected that Shrek remained formidable despite its losses.
• Jing Hongchen flew toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy using a wing-like Flying Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao followed while examining its design.

Huo Yuhao and the Shrek Academy students arrived in Mingdu to begin their exchange program at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As the academy prepared to test their physical condition, Huo Yuhao realized that his concealed metal items might cause trouble.

• Jing Hongchen brought the Shrek students into Mingdu and introduced Lin Jiayi as the director overseeing their studies and daily lives.
• Lin Jiayi welcomed the students, gave them academy codes, maps, and accommodation keys, and led them to the physical testing room.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to map the academy, including the underground area beneath the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Lin Jiayi explained that students had to remove metal before their physical tests, and Huo Yuhao worried about the Gold Soul Coins in his Slime and the Longsword of Life.

Huo Yuhao and He Caitou underwent Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s physical testing after being told to remove their boosting cigars and carried weights. He Caitou impressed the examiners with his strength, but Huo Yuhao’s test produced impossible readings of one hundred for physical strength and resilience, leaving the room stunned.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to study the testing Soul Tool while He Caitou shielded him, until Lin Jiayi noticed their cigars and ordered them extinguished.
• When teachers barred them from testing under the cigars’ influence, He Caitou removed heavy metal plates and Huo Yuhao pulled numerous moneybags from inside his clothes before storing them away.
• He Caitou’s results showed level seventy physical strength, level sixty-four resilience, and level fifty-one Soul Power, prompting Lin Jiayi to mark him as an exceptional student.
• Huo Yuhao stepped onto the tester, which reported level one hundred physical strength and resilience alongside other startling data, and Ye Xiaosheng wondered if the Soul Tool was broken.

Huo Yuhao’s test overloaded and destroyed a Level 7 Soul Guidance Physical Testing Device, though the Shrek group was told it had simply malfunctioned. Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to secretly surveil the Shrek students and pay special attention to Huo Yuhao, unaware that Huo Yuhao was watching them.

• The Soul Guidance Physical Testing Device’s Core Arrays shattered while measuring Huo Yuhao, and Lin Jiayi confirmed that Huo Yuhao was at level forty without a Soul Ring.
• Lin Jiayi sent the Shrek group away for more tests and reported the destroyed device to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen determined that Huo Yuhao’s test had overloaded the device and told Lin Jiayi to treat the damage as natural wear and tear.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to secretly monitor the Shrek students, keep them from leaving the academy if possible, and investigate Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao watched Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi from the distant testing grounds and smiled helplessly.

Huo Yuhao settled into Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, secretly recorded the Soul Tool designs he had observed, and learned introductory Soul Engineer knowledge overnight. The academy separated the Shrek students by assigning each a teacher through a drawing of lots, and Huo Yuhao's name was drawn first.

• Huo Yuhao used Slime tentacles to prepare and clean his dormitory, then recorded the Core Arrays and structures he had observed.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to scan an introductory Soul Engineer book while Electrolux continued analyzing his magic.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the scanned knowledge overnight and got ready for the day with help from his Slime Bodysuit.
• He Caitou asked Huo Yuhao how he was settling in, and Huo Yuhao said the academy and Shrek each had their strengths.
• Lin Jiayi explained that the teachers would draw lots to determine their students, and the youngest teacher drew Huo Yuhao's name.

Huo Yuhao was assigned to Xuan Ziwen, who challenged him to prove his Soul Tool skills before allowing him to study independently. Huo Yuhao began crafting a spring from Flexible Elastic Gold, leaving Xuan Ziwen intrigued by what he would make next.

• Xuan Ziwen introduced himself as Huo Yuhao’s teacher and said he would have to pass a test to avoid lessons.
• Huo Yuhao said he preferred to study on his own, irritating Xuan Ziwen, who offered permission to enter and leave Illustrious Virtue Hall if he passed a fifteen-minute test.
• Huo Yuhao chose Titanium Gold, Flexible Elastic Gold, and Blazing Fire Crystal, then used a black carving knife to shape the metals.
• Huo Yuhao compressed Titanium Gold into a rectangular block with his bare hands and fashioned Flexible Elastic Gold into a coil that stretched and sprang back.
• Huo Yuhao called the coil a spring, and Xuan Ziwen became impressed and eager to see his Soul Tool.

Huo Yuhao made a Level 5 handgun-shaped Soul Tool from Titanium Gold and Blazing Fire Crystal under Xuan Ziwen’s time limit. He hit every moving target without charging the weapon, leaving Xuan Ziwen stunned.

• Huo Yuhao carved more than a dozen Titanium Gold components and inscribed them with Core Arrays as Xuan Ziwen watched.
• Huo Yuhao shaped nine Blazing Fire Crystal bullets, assembled the components into a handgun, and finished just as Xuan Ziwen’s timer stopped.
• Xuan Ziwen examined the Soul Tool and doubted Huo Yuhao’s claim that this was his first practical attempt, then invited him to test it.
• Huo Yuhao fired all nine bullets with perfect accuracy at moving targets, and each bullet burst into flames on impact.
• Xuan Ziwen realized Huo Yuhao had not charged the Soul Tool and exclaimed in disbelief.

Huo Yuhao demonstrated a Soul Tool that worked without a charging core, prompting Xuan Ziwen to realize its technology could transform society. Xuan Ziwen praised Huo Yuhao’s talent and tried to recruit him to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but their conversation was interrupted by a sleepy girl entering the laboratory.

• Xuan Ziwen questioned Huo Yuhao about how his Soul Tool produced Level 5 power without a charging core, then asked to buy it.
• Huo Yuhao declined to give Xuan Ziwen the Soul Tool’s technology and warned him to consider the consequences of spreading it.
• Xuan Ziwen recognized the potential social impact of the invention, thanked Huo Yuhao for the warning, and invited him to study independently or receive instruction in the laboratory.
• Huo Yuhao explained that his Spirit Eyes let him see Core Arrays clearly, impressing Xuan Ziwen with his aptitude for Soul Tool engineering.
• Xuan Ziwen urged Huo Yuhao to join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and promised he could pursue Level 9 Soul Engineer rank, but Huo Yuhao declined.
• A sleepy black-haired girl entered the laboratory, greeted Xuan Ziwen, and sat down to rest without acknowledging Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao met his fellow student Ju Zi at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and explored the campus while realizing Shrek students were being watched. At a lakeside pavilion, he encountered Ji Juechen sharpening his sword as a woman waited affectionately for him to spar.

• Ju Zi pretended to sleep while Huo Yuhao met Xuan Ziwen, who encouraged him to seek a fourth Soul Ring and offered to help find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xuan Ziwen told Ju Zi to answer Huo Yuhao's questions and teased her that Huo Yuhao was more talented at Soul Tools than she was.
• Huo Yuhao explored Mingdu and discovered that soldiers and hidden watchers were monitoring Shrek students at the academy.
• Huo Yuhao abandoned his plan to leave the academy and settled on the roof of a pavilion beside a lake.
• Huo Yuhao saw Ji Juechen sharpening his sword while a woman waited for him to finish so they could spar.

Jing Ziyan watched Ji Juechen become fixated on Huo Yuhao and challenge him to a duel. Huo Yuhao repeatedly refused, but Ji Juechen persisted, and the chapter ended with Huo Yuhao stopping his sword between two fingers.

• Jing Ziyan noticed Huo Yuhao resting on the pavilion roof, and Ji Juechen sensed that he was different from everyone else.
• Ji Juechen approached Huo Yuhao and repeatedly asked him for guidance, while Huo Yuhao refused and tried to keep resting.
• Ji Juechen unleashed his sword intent, and Huo Yuhao sat up and warned him that he was frightening him.
• Huo Yuhao joked that Ji Juechen was a blockhead, and Ji Juechen helped him down from the roof.
• Ji Juechen thrust his sword at Huo Yuhao, who caught the blade between two fingers and called him a blockhead.