Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao accepted the name Sun-Eclipsing Phoenix for her mutated Martial Soul, while Xu Xingyu warned that her Evil Fire was not yet fully gone. As the freshman assessment approached, Xu Xingyu formed a team with Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue, while Wang Dong'er prepared to challenge Huo Yuhao for team captain.

• Jiang Nannan eased the tension between Ma Xiaotao and Xu Xingyu by suggesting Ma Xiaotao rename her mutated Martial Soul, and Ma Xiaotao chose Sun-Eclipsing Phoenix.
• Xu Xingyu reminded Ma Xiaotao that she could use the new name only after her Evil Fire was completely cleared, and Ma Xiaotao worried that her teacher would discover she had obtained the flames without permission.
• The homeroom teachers announced the approaching freshman assessment, explained its rules, and assigned students to three-person teams; Xu Xingyu joined Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue.
• Wang Dong'er learned that she had been assigned to a team with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, and she challenged Huo Yuhao to a fight to decide who would lead the team.
• Xu Xingyu warned Wang Dong'er to fight Huo Yuhao seriously, then began practicing with Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue for the assessment.

Xu Xingyu planned to help Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue demonstrate their abilities during the freshman assessment while keeping Xu Yanxue’s Ultimate Ice and Snow hidden. At their team meeting, Jiang Haoyue revealed a powerful Martial Soul that Xu Xingyu recognized as a Tyrant Dragon.

• Xu Xingyu planned to give Xu Yanxue opportunities to impress the Soul Tool Department while concealing her Ultimate Ice and Snow, and to let Jiang Haoyue show his abilities as well.
• Xu Xingyu met Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue, and the three agreed to introduce their Martial Souls before planning tactics.
• Xu Xingyu introduced himself as a level thirty-seven Control System Soul Elder with the Ziwei Star Martial Soul, and Xu Yanxue introduced herself as a level twenty-nine Control System Soul Grandmaster with an ice-element Martial Soul.
• Jiang Haoyue transformed into a towering, scale-covered figure with two yellow Soul Rings, and Xu Xingyu exclaimed that he had a Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

Xu Xingyu identified Jiang Haoyue’s mutated Martial Soul as a Tyrant Dragon and explained its Golden Dragon King bloodline and strengths. Jiang Haoyue gained confidence about his cultivation, and Xu Yanxue brought the group back to planning for the competition.

• Xu Xingyu recognized Jiang Haoyue’s Martial Soul as a Tyrant Dragon and learned that Jiang Haoyue’s family had called it Violent Dragon.
• Jiang Haoyue explained that he came from a branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and knew little about his mutated Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu explained how the Tyrant Dragon bloodline related to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and clarified that its strength could surpass the latter’s as it developed.
• Jiang Haoyue thanked Xu Xingyu and said the explanation gave him a clearer direction for cultivation.
• Xu Yanxue urged the group to plan their competition tactics, and Jiang Haoyue agreed to follow Xu Xingyu’s lead.

Xu Xingyu’s team dominated the freshman assessment, while Xu Xingyu watched the growing conflict between Wang Dong’er and Huo Yuhao threaten the cohesion of their team. After wondering whether he had misunderstood Huo Yuhao, Xu Xingyu turned his attention back to the remaining matches.

• Xu Xingyu, Xu Yanxue, and Jiang Haoyue practiced together and developed a coordinated strategy for the freshman assessment.
• Xu Xingyu’s team won its round-robin matches easily, with Jiang Haoyue defending, Xu Yanxue attacking, and Xu Xingyu commanding and finishing opponents.
• Xu Yanxue broke through Xie Huanyue’s defense with an ice sword while Xu Xingyu trapped him, and the referee intervened before the attack could seriously injure him.
• Wang Dong’er’s team grew divided as Huo Yuhao repeatedly ignored her plans and used Soul Shock to defeat opponents, while Xiao Xiao followed Wang Dong’er’s orders.
• Xu Xingyu considered why Huo Yuhao acted so differently from the person he remembered, then prepared for the team’s remaining matches.

Xu Xingyu faced Dai Huabin's team alone in the top-eight match and overwhelmed them with his strength. After eliminating Cui Yajie and beating Dai Huabin, he gave Dai Huabin one last chance to surrender.

• Xu Xingyu's team advanced to the top four and was matched against Dai Huabin's team.
• Dai Huabin provoked Xu Xingyu, driven by jealousy over his father's praise of Xu Xingyu, and released his Evil Eyes White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu sent Xu Yanxue and Jiang Haoyue off the arena and challenged Dai Huabin's team alone.
• Dai Huabin charged Xu Xingyu with his first and third Soul Skills active, but Xu Xingyu caught his claw and used him to knock Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie away.
• Xu Xingyu slammed Dai Huabin into the arena, threw him toward Zhu Lu, and warned him to surrender.

Xu Xingyu defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with a spiritual attack, leaving him disappointed and looking forward to facing Wang Dong’er’s team. He expected Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection to make the next fight more challenging, though he did not know an unexpected mishap was likely.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger as Dai Huabin made one last attempt to defeat Xu Xingyu.
• Xu Xingyu used Ziwei Star Divine Light, controlling its path with his spiritual power until it struck the Hell White Tiger.
• The spiritual attack overwhelmed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, ended their fusion, and left both unconscious.
• Xu Xingyu reflected that the freshman assessment had been boring and hoped Wang Dong’er’s team, especially Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection, would challenge him.
• Xu Xingyu looked forward to comparing Xu Yanxue and Wang Dong’er, unaware that an unexpected mishap was approaching.

Huo Yuhao watched Xu Xingyu overwhelm Dai Huabin and worried about the gap between them, but Tian Meng promised to help him grow stronger. Tian Meng warned him that using the black pearl could mark him as an Evil Soul Master, then agreed to possess him during the match, leaving Huo Yuhao confident despite the risks.

• Huo Yuhao watched Xu Xingyu defeat Dai Huabin and wondered whether he could ever recover Tian Meng's lost origin power or get revenge.
• Tian Meng encouraged Huo Yuhao by promising to help him awaken his Second Martial Soul during the holiday.
• Tian Meng warned Huo Yuhao that the black pearl carried a powerful evil attribute and could make other Soul Masters hunt him as an Evil Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao objected that he could not challenge Xu Xingyu without the pearl, so Tian Meng offered to possess him and unleash his power during the match.
• Tian Meng explained that possessing Huo Yuhao would leave him unable to protect him from mortal danger for several months, but Huo Yuhao accepted because he considered Shrek Academy safe.

After Wang Dong'er's team defeated Cao Jinxuan's team, Xu Xingyu congratulated them and met her teammates. Huo Yuhao left before Xu Xingyu could approach him about joining the Spirit Contract Pagoda, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm missed its only chance to recover its stolen origin power.

• Huo Yuhao knocked Cao Jinxuan unconscious with Soul Shock, while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao defeated the other team members.
• Wang Dong'er struggled against Zhou Sichen's shifting elemental abilities but defeated him with Sea God's Light.
• After the semifinals, Xu Xingyu congratulated Wang Dong'er's team and shook hands with Wang Dong'er, who eagerly looked forward to their final match.
• Wang Dong'er introduced Xu Xingyu to Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao, while Xiao Xiao admired Xu Xingyu and Huo Yuhao greeted him coldly.
• Huo Yuhao left the examination grounds before Xu Xingyu could discuss recruiting him, causing the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to miss its only chance to reclaim its origin power.

The freshman assessment final began with Wang Dong'er’s team facing Xu Xingyu’s team, while Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection supported his teammates. After Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock rebounded from Xu Xingyu, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm prepared to take over the fight, and Xu Xingyu resolved to punish what he saw as Huo Yuhao’s cheating.

• Wang Dong'er’s team and Xu Xingyu’s team charged into the final, with Xiao Xiao’s Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldrons trapping Jiang Haoyue and Wang Dong'er engaging Xu Yanxue.
• Xu Xingyu used Void Chaotic Astral Body to strengthen his teammates, while Huo Yuhao stayed back and used Spiritual Detection to support Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao launched Soul Shock at Xu Xingyu, but the attack failed against Xu Xingyu’s stronger spiritual power and caused Huo Yuhao to spit blood.
• Huo Yuhao shut his eyes as platinum-gold eyes appeared, and a teacher mistook the change for the Second Awakening of a Body Martial Soul.
• Xu Xingyu realized the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was preparing to fight in Huo Yuhao’s place and decided to teach Huo Yuhao a lesson, while Tian Meng looked forward to fighting Xu Xingyu and reclaiming his lost origin power.

Xu Xingyu fought the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had taken control of Huo Yuhao, and defeated him despite his powerful ice attack. Huo Yuhao then transformed under the influence of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and attacked Xu Xingyu before turning on Xiao Xiao.

• Xu Xingyu taunted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and refused to return his origin power on demand.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm attacked Xu Xingyu with Tian Meng's Finger, but Xu Xingyu emerged unharmed and beat him while a nine-colored divine dragon appeared behind him.
• Huo Yuhao transformed, revealing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's presence, and charged Xu Xingyu in a frenzy.
• Xu Xingyu fought the relentless Huo Yuhao and eventually sent him flying toward Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao roared at Xiao Xiao, grabbed her by the throat, and swung his tiger claw at her.

Xu Xingyu stopped Huo Yuhao from killing Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er knocked Huo Yuhao out before forfeiting the final to Xu Xingyu's team. After the injured students were taken for treatment, the academy prepared to announce the freshman assessment results and core disciples the following day.

• Xu Xingyu caught Huo Yuhao's claw before it could kill Xiao Xiao and struck him with fire-powered punches.
• Wang Dong'er kicked Huo Yuhao out of the arena, then forfeited the match and gave Xu Xingyu's team the win.
• The teachers and students watched in silence before Yan Shaozhe led the stands in applauding the winners.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao were taken to the infirmary, and teachers prepared to investigate Huo Yuhao's uncontrollable power.
• Yan Shaozhe dismissed the students and announced that the assessment results, class assignments, and core disciple spots would be revealed at Shrek Square the next day.

Shrek Academy announced the freshman assessment results and rewards, including support for Soul Spirits through a new Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City. Du Weilun then began announcing which freshmen had been approved as Outer Court core disciples.

• Du Weilun announced Dai Huabin's team took third place and Wang Dong's team, including Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, took second.
• Du Weilun named Xu Xingyu's team the champions, while Huo Yuhao's team showed little excitement after Huo Yuhao's questioning over his berserk episode.
• Du Weilun announced the top three teams could receive either a suitable Soul Ring from the academy or a suitable Soul Spirit with half the cost covered.
• The students learned Shrek had arranged for a Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City after Mu En guided the Sea God Pavilion elders toward reconciliation with the Pagoda.
• Du Weilun dismissed the winning team, praised the freshmen, and began announcing the list of newly approved Outer Court core disciples.

Du Weilun announced the freshmen chosen as core and provisional core disciples, but Huo Yuhao was on neither list and believed Shrek Academy had treated him unfairly. He did not know that Fan Yu had arranged for him to become a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department, leaving him unaware of the real reason for his omission.

• Du Weilun announced the core disciple list, which included Xu Xingyu and Wang Dong but not Huo Yuhao.
• Du Weilun named five provisional core disciples, and Huo Yuhao was left off that list as well.
• Huo Yuhao felt devastated by the omission and began to resent Shrek Academy.
• Fan Yu had decided to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple after being impressed by his assessment performance, despite concerns about his uncontrolled Second Martial Soul.
• At Fan Yu's urging, Du Weilun removed Huo Yuhao from the Martial Soul Department's provisional list because he was already designated a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department.

After the freshman assessment, Shrek Academy gave Xu Xingyu’s team their rewards and invited Xu Xingyu to apply for early entry into the Inner Court. He left with a year to decide whether to accept.

• Du Weilun assigned the first-year students to four classes based on their Battle Spirit types and introduced their homeroom teachers.
• Du Weilun brought Xu Xingyu, Xu Yanxue, and Jiang Haoyue to his office to receive their reward for winning the freshman assessment.
• Du Weilun presented the team with a five-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperor right leg bone, and Xu Xingyu and Xu Yanxue gave it to Jiang Haoyue.
• Du Weilun gave Xu Xingyu a letter of recommendation to apply for early entry into the Inner Court, citing his strength and his past confrontation with Ma Xiaotao.
• Xu Xingyu asked for time to consider the invitation, and Du Weilun said the recommendation would remain valid for one year.

Xu Xingyu and his teammates joined Class One, where he found himself caught between Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue while Huo Yuhao arrived after becoming Fan Yu's personal disciple and a Soul Tool Department core disciple. The students elected their class monitors, with Dai Huabin winning the Power Attack System position, and Xu Xingyu's first-year life officially began.

• Xu Xingyu entered Class One with his teammates, and Dai Huabin decided to put aside his pride and try to befriend him.
• Xu Xingyu sat between Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue, who glared at each other, and learned that Huo Yuhao had been called away by Zhou Yi.
• Huo Yuhao returned to class after Fan Yu accepted him as a personal disciple and gave him core disciple status in the Soul Tool Department, then discovered he had to sit beside Dai Huabin.
• Wang Yan held elections for the Control System and Power Attack System class monitors, and Xu Xingyu faced little competition for the Control System position.
• Wang Yan took the students to the Soul Fighting Arena to settle the Power Attack System election, and Dai Huabin won after Wang Dong'er and Xu Yanxue fought to a draw and were eliminated.

Xu Xingyu spent several quiet months studying and cultivating at Shrek Academy while opposing Zhou Yi’s attempts to trouble him. He visited the Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City and reunited with Gu Yuena, who had taken charge of it.

• Xu Xingyu led his classmates in resisting Zhou Yi’s attempt to expel students, forcing her to withdraw the expulsions.
• Xu Xingyu visited the newly established Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City after Gu Yuena was chosen to lead it.
• Xu Xingyu entered the branch and was pulled inside by Gu Yuena’s Soul Power.
• Gu Yuena embraced Xu Xingyu, and the two lovers greeted each other after a long separation.

Gu Yuena reunited with Xu Xingyu and reassured him about his relationship with other women before revealing that she had broken through Tang San’s formation and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The two prepared to visit the treasure land and recover the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.

• Gu Yuena took Xu Xingyu to her branch tower office and held him close until she finally let him go.
• Gu Yuena said she knew Xu Xingyu had started a relationship with Sister Nannan, and she asked him to keep her as the most important person in his heart.
• Xu Xingyu reassured Gu Yuena that she would always be the most important person in his life.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xingyu that she had broken through the restriction around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena had used Da Ming and Er Ming’s information and the Star Soul Pearl to identify and dismantle Tang San’s formation without damaging the treasure land.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena planned to retrieve the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ corpses while preserving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and winning over its Plant-type Soul Beasts. Their discussion was interrupted when Gu Qiuxi, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Xu Xingyu’s adopted little sister, recognized him at the Spirit Contract Pagoda and reunited with him.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena decided to wait until the end of Xu Xingyu’s year before taking the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ corpses, so they could find a way to preserve the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recruit its Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• Gu Qiuxi brought a document to Gu Yuena’s office and discussed a promise Gu Yuena had made to her.
• Gu Qiuxi sensed Xu Xingyu and embraced him, calling him Brother Xingyu, while Gu Yuena lamented that their time alone was over.
• Gu Qiuxi identified herself as Xu Xingyu’s little sister, and he recognized her as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion he had named Gu Qiuxi.
• Gu Qiuxi had taken human form and joined the Spirit Contract Pagoda to help Xu Xingyu’s plans for the Soul Beast Clan and change the future she had learned about from his memories.

Xu Xingyu discovered that Gu Qiuxi had gained the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and realized the Divine Core had passed from him to her during their Destiny Connection. Because the Core was already fusing with Gu Qiuxi and removing it would endanger her life, he accepted that he would have to pursue inheriting the Dragon God Divinity himself.

• Xu Xingyu saw Gu Qiuxi's Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and was shocked that she possessed its Bloodline.
• Gu Yuena and Gu Qiuxi told Xu Xingyu that Qiu'er believed he had given her the Golden Dragon King Divine Core during their Destiny Connection.
• Xu Xingyu remembered seeing a golden light leave his Star Soul Pearl and enter Gu Qiuxi's Eye of Destiny, and suspected it was the Divine Core.
• Xu Xingyu, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiuxi could not determine what contract Xu Xingyu's past self had made with the Five Great God Kings, so they resolved to wait for his memories or a God King to reveal the answer.
• Xu Xingyu realized the Divine Core was already fusing with Gu Qiuxi and could not be removed safely, so he accepted that he would have to continue toward inheriting the Dragon God Divinity.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena reunited before he resumed his routine for the rest of the year, while Huo Yuhao set out for the Far North to obtain a second Martial Soul. As the first year ended, Xu Xingyu’s group traveled to Sunset Forest to reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and dismantle the protections Tang San had left behind.

• Gu Yuena let Xu Xingyu leave her office, and after he spent time with her, Wang Dong'er scolded him for the mark Gu Yuena had left on him.
• Xu Xingyu spent the rest of the uneventful year attending classes, cultivating, and spending time with Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the others.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng whether the Far North could give him a Second Martial Soul stronger than Xu Xingyu’s, and Tian Meng reassured him before guiding him there.
• Xu Xingyu and his companions met at the gates of Shrek City, then Gu Yuena opened a portal and took them to Sunset Forest.
• Xu Xingyu’s group found that Sunset Forest had been depleted by Tang San’s formation and other measures, but Gu Yuena had already dismantled the formation protecting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.