Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi punished Class One with a hundred-lap run, then tried to expel Yuanen Tiandong for hiding that he had fought. After Yuanen Tiandong lost to Wang Dong'er, Zhou Yi dismissed him from the class, leaving him to appeal to Shrek Academy’s academic affairs office.

• Zhou Yi ordered the class to run a hundred laps, then questioned Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er about their fights and added twenty laps to Wang Dong'er's punishment for losing to a student from another class.
• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao finished their runs, while Zhou Yi expelled ten students for allegedly slacking and singled out Yuanen Tiandong for failing to admit he had fought.
• Yuanen Tiandong endured Zhou Yi's Soul Emperor pressure, so she offered him a chance to stay in Class One if he defeated Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er defeated Yuanen Tiandong without holding back, and Zhou Yi dismissed him from Class One.
• Yuanen Tiandong went to the academic affairs office to find out whether he could remain at Shrek Academy.

Xu Xingyu was named as a candidate for Class Nine’s class monitor, then accepted a challenge from Wu Feng and Ning Tian after Wu Feng insulted him. Their match began in the Soul Fighting Arena, where Xu Xingyu’s three purple-black Soul Rings startled the two girls.

• Xu Xingyu brought Xu Yanxue to Class Nine, where she declared that he was the only one she liked and drew the boys’ hostility.
• Mu Jin explained Shrek Academy’s strict examinations and proposed Xu Xingyu as class monitor, but Xu Xingyu initially refused the position.
• Wu Feng mocked Xu Xingyu and argued that Ning Tian should be class monitor, prompting Xu Xingyu to accept the position and challenge them to prove themselves.
• Mu Jin took Xu Xingyu, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian to the Soul Fighting Arena, where Wu Feng and Ning Tian faced Xu Xingyu together.
• The fighters released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and Ning Tian began supporting Wu Feng as the match started.

Xu Xingyu defeated Wu Feng and Ning Tian in the class monitor competition, then became monitor of Freshman Class Nine while Xu Yanxue won the vice monitor contest. An unseen old man observed Xu Xingyu’s power and suspected he possessed a second, Ultimate Fire Martial Soul, before disappearing.

• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng with three Soul Skills, but Xu Xingyu took control of Wu Feng’s fire attack and sent a pursuing Fire Fist after her and Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian conceded just before the Fire Fist struck, and Xu Xingyu sent it into the sky to burst like fireworks.
• Xu Xingyu reflected on Douluo Continent’s reliance on Soul Skills and resolved to reform its cultivation methods; Mu Jin declared him the winner, and the class chose him as monitor without opposition.
• Xu Yanxue won the vice monitor position by defeating the other competitors, while Xu Xingyu sensed someone in the stands but found them empty.
• An old man revealed he had watched the match, praised Xu Xingyu’s spiritual power, suspected his flames were Ultimate Fire, and decided Xu Yanxue was worth watching too before vanishing.

After their first day of classes, Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue asked Mu Jin to help them enroll in Soul Tool Department courses, presenting proof of their exceptional skill. Mu Jin agreed to take them to the department, unaware of the people he would encounter there.

• Mu Jin taught Freshman Class Nine about history and led their physical training, announcing that they would wear school-issued iron vests during future sessions.
• Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue visited Mu Jin after class and asked to take Soul Tool Department electives before their third year.
• Mu Jin cautioned them to focus on cultivation, but the siblings showed him their Level 3 and Level 2 Soul Engineer badges.
• Xu Xingyu said he would prioritize the Martial Soul Department, while Xu Yanxue said she hoped to pursue the Soul Tool Department.
• Mu Jin agreed to take the siblings to the Soul Tool Department's teaching building, thinking he might see the man he had once lost.

Xu Xingyu accompanied Mu Jin and other students to Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department, where Mu Jin encountered her old rival Zhou Yi. Their confrontation revealed the painful history behind their rivalry, leaving Mu Jin determined to keep proving Zhou Yi wrong through her teaching.

• Xu Yanxue inspected Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department and judged its technology less advanced than the Spirit Contract Pagoda’s.
• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi argued after Zhou Yi brought Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department, and Mu Jin mocked his low Soul Power.
• Mu Jin recalled that she and Zhou Yi had once been close friends before they became rivals for Fan Yu’s affection, which Zhou Yi won.
• Mu Jin blamed Zhou Yi’s recklessness during an inner-court assessment for causing their supervising senior’s death and ending their friendship.
• Mu Jin remembered Zhou Yi expelling her younger brother Mu Rong, costing him his chance to become a Soul Tool Department core disciple.
• Mu Jin resolved to surpass Zhou Yi as a teacher and became the only instructor in their cohort whose teaching results rivaled hers.

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.