Recaps

Fan Yu intervened in Zhou Yi and Mu Jin’s confrontation, then directed their students to Soul Tool Department testing. Qian Duoduo recognized Xu Xingyu as the suspected divine examinee and arrived to oversee his examination, hoping to recruit him for the department’s ultimate soldier plan.

• Fan Yu stopped Zhou Yi and Mu Jin from quarrelling and sent Zhou Yi with Huo Yuhao to laboratory two.
• Mu Jin explained that Xu Yanxue wanted to join the Soul Tool Department while Xu Xingyu only wanted to take its courses as a secondary subject.
• Fan Yu directed Xu Yanxue and Xu Xingyu to the second floor for examinations, then returned to the laboratory.
• Mu Jin took Xu Yanxue and Xu Xingyu to their assigned examiners and laboratories.
• Qian Duoduo recognized Xu Xingyu from the applications as the suspected divine examinee and took over his examination.

Xu Xingyu easily passed the Soul Tool Department’s theory test, then used the practical assessment to forge two rare metals into a spirit alloy. His successful creation of Star Silver left Qian Duoduo astonished.

• Xu Xingyu completed the theory test at breakneck speed, and Qian Duoduo found every answer correct and exceptionally well reasoned.
• Xu Xingyu chose Deep Sea Heavy Silver and Starfall Iron for the practical test, then took out two Heavy Silver hammers and began forging them.
• Xu Xingyu used the hammers to bring both metals to first-grade thousand refinement and then fused them with his magnetic field control.
• Xu Xingyu successfully forged the first spirit alloy, a new piece of Star Silver.

Xu Xingyu explained spirit alloy to Qian Duoduo and began crafting a custom Battle Armor component during his Soul Tool assessment. He used a Gold of Life carving knife whose curse Electrolux had removed, revealing the weapon’s history and its new name, the Blade of Life’s Watch.

• Xu Xingyu explained that spirit alloy combined two metals and possessed a form of spirituality, while Qian Duoduo marveled at its quality.
• Xu Xingyu decided to craft a suit of Battle Armor for himself, and Qian Duoduo reminded him that only half a shichen remained in the assessment.
• Xu Xingyu used his jade-green carving knife to cut the star silver with ease, astonishing Qian Duoduo.
• Xu Xingyu had obtained the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from the Star Luo Empire after trading for it with items found in Ye Yushuang’s storage ring.
• Xu Xingyu had Electrolux remove the knife’s curse and renamed it the Blade of Life’s Watch.

Xu Xingyu completed his gauntlet Soul Tool examination while Xu Yanxue impressed the Soul Tool Department with a powerful new battery. After explaining why they had revealed Spirit Contract Pagoda techniques to Shrek, Xu Xingyu returned to his dormitory and found Wang Dong'er exhausted.

• Xu Xingyu finished his gauntlet Soul Tool just as time ran out, and Qian Duoduo approved him to minor in Soul Tool Department courses.
• Qian Duoduo learned that Xu Yanxue had created a Level 3 Soul Tool Battery and considered recruiting both siblings as core talents for the department.
• Xu Xingyu chose the Martial Soul Department as his main focus and explained to Xu Yanxue that they had shown their techniques to build Shrek's support for the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue returned to their dormitory building, where Xu Xingyu found Wang Dong'er sprawled out in exhaustion in his room.

Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er discussed their first day of classes and the Martial Soul direction Xu Xingyu planned to choose, then agreed to visit Shrek City's food street. The next day, Xu Xingyu found himself caught between three beautiful girls facing off against one another.

• Xu Xingyu returned to the dormitory late after completing the Soul Tool Department assessment with Yan Xue, and Wang Dong'er greeted him with a hug.
• Xu Xingyu explained that his Soul Tool courses would take little time and agreed to accompany Wang Dong'er to the food street the following day.
• Xu Xingyu told Wang Dong'er he planned to focus on his Ziwei Star Martial Soul and choose the Control System, then reassured her that the Control System and Power Attack System shared a class.
• Wang Dong'er admitted she wanted to stay with Xu Xingyu to keep him from bringing home another new sister.
• The next day, Xu Xingyu stood between three beautiful girls who glared at one another on Shrek City's food street.

Xu Xingyu was caught between Wang Dong'er, Xu Yanxue, and Jiang Nannan during an outing on Shrek's food street. Jiang Nannan arranged a date with him after the freshmen assessment, and Xu Xingyu began wondering how her spiritual power had become so strong before an angry voice interrupted them.

• Xu Yanxue joined Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong'er's planned food-street outing, prompting Wang Dong'er to call Jiang Nannan as backup.
• Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue each held one of Xu Xingyu's arms and argued over whether to take him for tea or iced drinks.
• Jiang Nannan suggested showing them around, then used an unexplained means to ask Xu Xingyu for a date after the freshmen assessment, and he agreed.
• Xu Xingyu sensed Jiang Nannan had reached level forty-five and wondered what had caused her spiritual power to grow so much.
• An angry feminine voice shouted at Tang Ya to stop going too far.

Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall during their anniversary date, but arrived after the fish had sold out. After Xu Sanshi accidentally set Huo Yuhao’s clothes and grill alight, he compensated him with ten Gold Soul Coins, and a furious girl in pink attacked Xu Sanshi as he tried to leave.

• Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran joined the line at Huo Yuhao’s stall, but Huo Yuhao told them his grilled fish had sold out.
• Dugu Yanran asked to reserve fish for the next day, but Huo Yuhao declined because he wanted to focus on cultivation and treat customers fairly.
• Xu Sanshi accidentally knocked over Huo Yuhao’s grill, setting his clothes alight, and used his Black Tortoise Martial Soul to put out the fire.
• Xu Sanshi gave Huo Yuhao ten Gold Soul Coins to compensate him for the ruined grill and dinner, and Huo Yuhao accepted them.
• As Xu Sanshi turned to leave, a girl in pink shouted at him to compensate her for her grilled fish and hurled golden needles at him.

Tang Ya attacked Xu Sanshi after he damaged Huo Yuhao’s stall and grilled fish, then demanded more compensation until Dugu Yanran intervened. Their argument reopened the long-standing Tang Sect–Dugu Family grudge, rooted in the Tang Sect’s exclusion of the Dugu Family from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang Ya struck Xu Sanshi with Dragon Whisker Needles over the damaged stall, clothes, and grilled fish.
• Xu Sanshi pointed out that he had compensated Huo Yuhao with ten Gold Soul Coins, but Tang Ya demanded further payment.
• Dugu Yanran defended Xu Sanshi and criticized Tang Ya, prompting the chapter to recount the Tang Sect’s history with the Dugu Family.
• The Dugu Family left the Tang Sect after being denied fair access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and their descendants continued to resent one another.

Tang Ya and Dugu Yanran argued over Huo Yuhao’s compensation until Bei Bei challenged Xu Sanshi to a soul fight over the damage to Huo Yuhao’s stall. Dugu Yanran proposed a two-on-two match between the couples, and the chapter left Bei Bei looking to Huo Yuhao for help while Wang Dong’er’s admiration for the Tang Sect crumbled.

• Tang Ya and Dugu Yanran traded insults over whether Xu Sanshi had adequately compensated Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei said the Tang Sect would let the matter go only if Xu Sanshi faced him in the Soul Fighting Zone for wrecking Huo Yuhao’s stall.
• Dugu Yanran proposed a two-on-two soul fight with herself and Xu Sanshi against Tang Ya and Bei Bei, and Bei Bei accepted.
• Bei Bei recognized that Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran’s teamwork gave them an advantage and looked toward Huo Yuhao for help.
• Xu Xingyu’s group heard the story and judged Tang Ya’s reaction unreasonable, while Wang Dong’er lost her admiration for the Tang Sect.

Xu Xingyu and the others watched as Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Dugu Yanran, and Tang Ya prepared for a Soul Fighting match, while Jiang Nannan explained the competitors and discussed her own cultivation. The chapter ended as the teams entered the fighting platform and the crowd waited for the match to begin.

• Jiang Nannan explained that Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei often drew because they held back, Xu Sanshi limited his Black Tortoise Power, and Soul Spirits were forbidden in matches.
• Jiang Nannan predicted Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran had the advantage over Bei Bei and Tang Ya, citing Dugu Yanran's strength and her teamwork with Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Xingyu asked about Jiang Nannan's cultivation, and she said she had reached level forty-five and could apply for early inner-courtyard admission if she became a Soul King that year.
• Xu Yanxue caught Xu Xingyu staring at Jiang Nannan, prompting him to apologize as Jiang Nannan wondered whether he had become interested in her.
• Wang Dong'er decided to win Jiang Nannan over as an ally, then the four competitors entered the fighting platform as the crowd awaited the match.

Before their Soul Fighting match, Bei Bei extorted a Mystic Water Pill from Xu Sanshi to remove the Dragon Whisker Needles Tang Ya had lodged in him. Xu Sanshi then wagered another pill on the match, leaving both men to head for the arena with the stakes set.

• Xu Sanshi complained that Tang Ya had gone too far with the Dragon Whisker Needles, while Bei Bei defended her and blamed Xu Sanshi for bullying his junior brother and destroying Yuhao's grilled fish.
• Bei Bei demanded a Mystic Water Pill to remove the needles and warned Xu Sanshi that fighting with them still in his body could cost him and Dugu Yanran the match.
• Xu Sanshi handed over a Mystic Water Pill, and Bei Bei removed the Dragon Whisker Needles from his body.
• Xu Sanshi wagered that Bei Bei would return the pill if Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran won, while Bei Bei would owe another pill if he and Tang Ya won.
• Bei Bei accepted the wager and left for the arena, while Xu Sanshi grew suspicious and resolved not to hold back.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya fought Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran in a Soul Fighting match, but the opposing pair gained the upper hand with their coordinated attacks and lightning poison. Bei Bei and Tang Ya suddenly began countering with uncanny precision, while Huo Yuhao watched from the stands with his eyes shut and a faint Soul Ring glowing beneath his seat.

• The referee started the match, and Dugu Yanran summoned lightning snakes while Bei Bei released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul to destroy them.
• Xu Sanshi blocked Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw with his Black Tortoise Shield and tied him down, while Dugu Yanran sent lightning snakes after Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and her Blue Silver Grass to evade and repel the snakes, whose lightning poison could disrupt her nerves.
• Dugu Yanran and Xu Sanshi drove Bei Bei and Tang Ya toward defeat, but Tang Ya suddenly found a way to evade the snakes and Bei Bei began attacking Xu Sanshi with striking precision.
• Bei Bei unleashed Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunder's Fury as Xu Sanshi wondered why Bei Bei and Tang Ya seemed to anticipate their opponents' moves.
• Huo Yuhao sat in a remote part of the stands with his eyes shut and sweat on his forehead as a faint Soul Ring glowed beneath his seat.

Huo Yuhao secretly used Spiritual Detection to help Bei Bei and Tang Ya during their Soul Fighting match against Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran. After Huo Yuhao's interference and Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit both violated the rules, the referee declared a draw, leaving Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei at odds.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to help Bei Bei and Tang Ya after they fell behind, while Xu Xingyu noticed the spiritual fluctuation and prepared to stop him.
• Huo Yuhao suddenly coughed up blood and collapsed when his Soul Shock was intercepted and swallowed by Xu Sanshi's Mysterious Serpent Soul Spirit.
• The referee stopped the match and initially declared Bei Bei and Tang Ya the winners after Xu Sanshi's Soul Spirit was released in the arena.
• Xu Sanshi accused Bei Bei of cheating and revealed a ball of light containing Huo Yuhao's spiritual power, exposing his assistance.
• After Huo Yuhao recovered enough to demonstrate Spiritual Detection, the referee declared the match a draw and warned him not to interfere again.
• Xu Sanshi and Dugu Yanran left dissatisfied, and the incident created a rift between Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei.

After the Soul Fighting match was declared a draw, Xu Xingyu and his companions discussed how Huo Yuhao had secretly helped Bei Bei and Tang Ya. Jiang Nannan revealed that a Ten Thousand Year Dream Tapir Head Soul Bone had greatly strengthened her spiritual power and explained the training space she had mastered with Zi JI's help.

• Xu Xingyu confirmed that Huo Yuhao had supported Bei Bei and Tang Ya with Spiritual Detection and disrupted Xu Sanshi with Mental Shock.
• Jiang Nannan described how she had sensed Huo Yuhao's spiritual attacks, surprising Wang Dong'er with her improved perception.
• Jiang Nannan revealed that she had received a Ten Thousand Year Dream Tapir Head Soul Bone from the Mysterious Underworld Sect.
• Jiang Nannan explained that Zi JI had helped her control the Soul Bone's Illusory Dream Space, where she trained her spiritual power and Soul Power.
• Jiang Nannan said she could currently use Illusory Dream Space on herself for up to three days a week, allowing her cultivation to approach the Soul King level.

Wang Dong'er asked Xu Xingyu to help improve her spiritual power after worrying that Jiang Nannan was advancing faster, and he put her through an exhausting training session with special steel balls. After she extracted the spiritual power from all seventy-five balls, Xu Xingyu spotted a red dot approaching them across Sea God Lake.

• Wang Dong'er decided to train her spiritual power after comparing her progress with Jiang Nannan's.
• Xu Xingyu woke Wang Dong'er early and took her to Sea God Lake, where he had her lift special steel balls with her spiritual power.
• Wang Dong'er struggled as Xu Xingyu increased the number of balls, finally collapsing after she lifted seventy-five.
• Xu Xingyu ordered Wang Dong'er to absorb the spiritual power stored in the balls, and she extracted it from all of them.
• Xu Xingyu noticed a red dot approaching them across Sea God Lake.

Xu Xingyu protected Wang Dong'er from Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire rampage, using his Dragon God Martial Soul and Ultimate Ice to suppress her. Ma Xiaotao woke with strange Yin Fire and conflicting energies, then embraced and kissed Xu Xingyu, who lost consciousness.

• Xu Xingyu shielded Wang Dong'er as Ma Xiaotao arrived in a frenzy and attacked his Purple Tenuity Star God Barrier.
• Xu Xingyu released his Dragon God Martial Soul, whose pressure subdued Ma Xiaotao after she transformed into a fire phoenix.
• Xu Xingyu used Ultimate Ice to extinguish Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, but she remained unresponsive and showed signs of Yin Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao suddenly embraced Xu Xingyu and forcibly kissed him as two conflicting energies raged inside her.
• Xu Xingyu fell asleep while Ma Xiaotao kissed him.

Yan Shaozhe rushed to stop Ma Xiaotao after her Evil Fire drove her into a rampage, but found Xu Xingyu fighting her and suppressing her with his Second Martial Soul and Ultimate Ice. Yan Shaozhe was ready to thank Xu Xingyu until he saw the two kissing.

• Yan Shaozhe brooded over his distrust of the Spirit Contract Pagoda and his teacher's decision to build relations with it.
• Du Weilun told Yan Shaozhe that Ma Xiaotao had gone on a rampage and escaped the inner court.
• Yan Shaozhe recalled that Jiang Nannan's Supreme Yin Jade Body had once suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, but the fire had adapted and developed into Yin Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe reached Ma Xiaotao and saw Xu Xingyu overpowering her with his Second Martial Soul and Ultimate Ice.
• Yan Shaozhe prepared to thank Xu Xingyu, then swore when he saw Xu Xingyu and Ma Xiaotao kissing.

Xu Xingyu woke in Ma Xiaotao’s room and struggled to escape her unconscious embrace without waking her, but had to splash her with water when she pinned him down. Ma Xiaotao woke, freed him, and realized her Evil Fire had been suppressed, leaving her to wonder what had happened between them.

• Xu Xingyu woke in Ma Xiaotao’s room and recognized her while she held him in her arms.
• Xu Xingyu tried to slip free without waking Ma Xiaotao, but she rolled over and pinned him beneath her.
• Xu Xingyu dropped a ball of water onto Ma Xiaotao to wake her so he could breathe.
• Ma Xiaotao released Xu Xingyu, then recalled fighting her classmates and losing control to her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao sensed her Evil Fire had been suppressed for weeks and wondered whether she had done something to Xu Xingyu.

Ma Xiaotao mistakenly believed she had lost her chastity after waking beside Xu Xingyu, but his explanation and her own examination showed that they had only fought and she had forcibly kissed him. They apologized and agreed to help one another, then Ma Xiaotao recognized Xu Xingyu as the person Jiang Nannan had been thinking about; their conversation was interrupted by her teacher Yan Shaozhe.

• Ma Xiaotao cried and demanded that Xu Xingyu take responsibility, believing she had lost her chastity while unconscious.
• Xu Xingyu explained that their clothes were torn during the fight and that her injuries came from battling the Inner Court teachers; Ma Xiaotao examined herself and realized he was telling the truth.
• Ma Xiaotao apologized and offered Xu Xingyu one favor, which he accepted, and the two introduced themselves.
• Ma Xiaotao recognized Xu Xingyu as the person Jiang Nannan had been thinking about and explained how she had acquired Yin Fire.
• Xu Xingyu sensed someone outside the room and called out, prompting Yan Shaozhe to appear and praise his awareness.

Yan Shaozhe compensated Xu Xingyu for Ma Xiaotao’s earlier rampage by giving him three valuable Soul Bones, then asked him to help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. Xu Xingyu accepted the bones, suspecting Yan’s gift also served as payment for the request.

• Yan Shaozhe apologized to Xu Xingyu for his disciple’s actions and offered him compensation from Shrek Academy.
• Xu Xingyu opened the pouch and found a Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, a Snow Demon Head Soul Bone, and a wing-type External Soul Bone from a Silver Emperor Heavenly Falcon.
• Xu Xingyu suspected Yan Shaozhe had chosen the Soul Bones to secure his help, since they suited three girls at the academy, and accepted them for an experiment.
• Xu Xingyu asked Yan Shaozhe what else he wanted, and Yan asked him to help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire from time to time.

Xu Xingyu saw through Yan Shaozhe’s attempt to use Ma Xiaotao’s treatment and an offer of a Shrek City branch to draw the Spirit Contract Pagoda into Shrek’s influence. He agreed to help Ma Xiaotao because her clan belonged to the Pagoda, while leaving any cooperation with Shrek for Silver Dragon Douluo to decide.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Xu Xingyu three rare Soul Bones and proposed that Shrek let the Spirit Contract Pagoda establish a branch in Shrek City.
• Xu Xingyu recognized that Shrek hoped to influence the Pagoda by placing its graduates in the organization, but trusted the Pagoda’s contracts to prevent infiltration.
• Xu Xingyu considered his plans to weaken Shrek and sever Tang San’s remaining influence through Shrek Academy and Sea God Island.
• Xu Xingyu explained that he would help Ma Xiaotao because the Ma Clan belonged to the Spirit Contract Pagoda and Ma Zhengtian had asked him to aid his sister.
• Yan Shaozhe thanked Xu Xingyu and promised to support cooperation at the next Sea God Pavilion Meeting; Xu Xingyu said Silver Dragon Douluo would decide whether to meet with Shrek.

Xu Xingyu warned Ma Xiaotao and Yan Shaozhe that their proposed treatments for her Evil Fire could destabilize the Yin Fire inside her, then offered two alternatives with different risks and rewards. After demonstrating that his Ultimate Fire fused yin and yang flames, Yan Shaozhe began to suspect Xu Xingyu possessed a mutated Silver Dragon Martial Soul and abruptly realized something about the Dragon God.

• Xu Xingyu explained that Ultimate Ice or a yang-leaning Immortal Herb could make Ma Xiaotao’s Yin Fire and Evil Fire spiral out of control, potentially killing her.
• Xu Xingyu proposed either converting Ma Xiaotao’s Yin Fire into yang fire at the cost of some cultivation levels or forming a Yin-Yang Vortex to refine her Evil Fire at greater risk.
• Yan Shaozhe favored the safer treatment, while Ma Xiaotao preferred the riskier method that could give her both Ultimate Yang Fire and Ultimate Yin Fire.
• Xu Xingyu demonstrated how his red Ultimate Fire separated into golden yang fire and black yin fire before merging again.
• Yan Shaozhe suspected Xu Xingyu’s dragon-shaped Martial Soul was a mutated Silver Dragon and began imagining his potential to become a god, then stopped short at the thought of the Dragon God.

Yan Shaozhe imagined Xu Xingyu and the Spirit Contract Pagoda were part of a divine plan to subjugate Soul Beasts, then urged Ma Xiaotao to abandon a dangerous cultivation plan. His warning was interrupted by an angry accusation that he had stolen someone from the Soul Tool Department.

• Yan Shaozhe inferred that Xu Xingyu was the Dragon God's successor and decided Shrek should fully support the Spirit Contract Pagoda's supposed plan against the Soul Beasts.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Yan Shaozhe about Xu Xingyu's fire-control method, and Yan Shaozhe realized she wanted to use it for her second treatment plan.
• Yan Shaozhe warned Ma Xiaotao that pursuing Ultimate Yang Fire and Ultimate Yin Fire could turn her into an Evil Soul Master.
• Yan Shaozhe recalled that he had spared Feng Ling after her Martial Soul awakened as an Evil Phoenix, and explained that this regret shaped his determination to protect Ma Xiaotao.
• An angry voice accused Yan Shaozhe of stealing someone from the Soul Tool Department.

Qian Duoduo came to take Xu Xingyu to the Soul Tool Department, sparking a dispute with Yan Shaozhe over which department should claim the talented first-year. The argument ended with Qian Duoduo revealing that he wanted Xu Xingyu involved in Shrek Academy’s Ultimate Soldier Plan.

• Qian Duoduo stormed into Yan Shaozhe’s office, greeted Xu Xingyu, and tried to take him off Sea God Island.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped Qian Duoduo and objected that Xu Xingyu was a first-year who did not belong to the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo explained that Xu Xingyu had chosen to study Soul Tools early and had passed the department’s assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Xu Xingyu should focus on cultivation and join the Martial Soul Department instead.
• Qian Duoduo praised Xu Xingyu’s Soul Tool talent and said his inventions could raise the Shrek Inspection Team’s survival rate by thirty or forty percent.
• Yan Shaozhe realized Qian Duoduo might intend for Xu Xingyu to carry out the Ultimate Soldier Plan, while Xu Xingyu judged the plan to be a glorified assassination role.

Ma Xiaotao escorted Xu Xingyu away from the arguing deans and teased him about her figure and their supposed first kiss. When she explained how Jiang Nannan’s Yin Qi had fused with her Evil Fire to create Yin Fire, Xu Xingyu realized he had indirectly caused the problem.

• Ma Xiaotao quietly led Xu Xingyu out while the deans argued, then stretched after their long sleep.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Xu Xingyu about admiring her figure and offered him a chance to pursue her, but he joked that he already had fiancées.
• Ma Xiaotao told Xu Xingyu that Jiang Nannan had once helped suppress her Evil Fire, but an accident caused Yin Fire to form in her origin.
• Xu Xingyu realized that Jiang Nannan’s Supreme Yin Jade Body, which he had helped her use, had indirectly caused Ma Xiaotao’s Yin Fire.