Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin met Wang Dong at class, explained his absence through Huo Yutong’s cover story, and agreed to spar with him at the Soul Dueling Zone. The chapter ended as Wang Dong took to the air to begin their match.

• Wang Dong confronted Tang Wulin for disappearing from their dorm, and Huo Yutong told him an academy elder had been studying Tang Wulin’s Golden Soul Ring.
• Wang Dong challenged Tang Wulin to a fight, and Tang Wulin accepted so he could test his strength.
• Huo Yutong went to study Soul Tools while Wang Dong teased Tang Wulin about her feelings for him.
• Wang Dong paid the entry fee and told Tang Wulin about the costly Soul Dueling Zone requirements for advancing in the academy.
• Tang Wulin and Wang Dong entered the arena, and Wang Dong summoned his wings and flew into the air.

Tang Wulin tested his strength against Wang Dong in a sparring match and endured her strongest attack without injury. Wang Dong surrendered, and Tang Wulin demanded that she pay for his ruined uniform.

• Wang Dong revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and attacked Tang Wulin with her Butterfly Wing Guillotine.
• Tang Wulin blocked Wang Dong's First Soul Skill with his scaled hand, then showed his speed and used Bluesilver Grass to pull her toward the ground.
• Wang Dong unleashed the Light of the Butterfly God, burning through the Bluesilver Grass, while Tang Wulin activated Golden Dragon Body.
• Tang Wulin emerged without a scratch, and Wang Dong surrendered after realizing she could not defeat him.
• Tang Wulin demanded that Wang Dong pay for his damaged school uniform.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong received Ma Xiaotao’s apology and compensation after Mu En intervened over her earlier mistreatment of them. Mu En then warned Yan Shaozhe to protect the two students before departing, leaving them as his last hope for changing the Academy.

• Wang Dong bought Tang Wulin a new school uniform, and they parted ways as Tang Wulin headed to Sea God's Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe explained to Ma Xiaotao that Mu En intended to take Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong as Direct Disciples, making them her Martial Uncles, and ordered her to apologize and surrender half her belongings.
• Ma Xiaotao handed her Storage Soul Tool to Huo Yutong and reluctantly apologized for hurting her.
• Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe that further unfair treatment of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong would cost him more than his position as Martial Soul Department dean.
• Mu En vanished from Sea God's Pavilion, leaving Yan Shaozhe responsible for the two students while he dealt with urgent matters.

Mu En traveled to the Extreme North to ask the Snow Empress whether Huo Yutong might be a transformed soul beast, but her investigation found no such beast there. He left without an explanation for Huo Yutong’s strange abilities, while the Snow Empress continued seeking information to help her rebuild her cultivation.

• Mu En met the Snow Empress in the Extreme North and described Huo Yutong’s unusual defeat of Ma Xiaotao and her strange behavior.
• The Snow Empress agreed to investigate whether a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had transformed into a human.
• The Snow Empress returned and told Mu En that Ah Tai, Bing'er, and the others knew of no such soul beast in the Extreme North in recent years.
• The Snow Empress explained that other places might produce Ice Attribute Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, but none would have ice of the quality Mu En described.
• Mu En left, still unable to explain Huo Yutong’s powers, and the Snow Empress considered asking Bing'er to investigate further.

Wang Yan organized First Year Class Seven for the Freshman Assessment, grouping Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Zhou Sichen as the seeded team and explaining the upcoming class assignments. Tang Wulin chose the Assault System and resolved to win the championship so he could obtain herbs for unsealing his next seal.

• Wang Yan announced that the Freshman Assessment would be three-on-three matches and named Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Zhou Sichen as the class’s strongest team.
• Wang Yan assigned the rest of the class to groups and warned Tang Wulin’s team that they had to win the championship.
• Tang Wulin chose the Assault System when students selected their future paths.
• Huo Yutong and two other students applied to join the Soul Engineering Department, while Wang Yan explained their transfer arrangements.
• Wang Yan began teaching the class how to face teams with Soul Elders, and Tang Wulin focused on winning the assessment to earn herbs for his next seal.

Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Zhou Sichen faced Zhu Lu’s team in their first Freshman Assessment battle. Tang Wulin defeated the opponents almost instantly, leaving his team with an overwhelming victory.

• After class, Zhou Sichen asked Tang Wulin about training together, but Tang Wulin said their team already knew each other well.
• Zhu Lu confronted Tang Wulin, blaming him for Dai Huabin’s departure, while her teammates expected their match to end badly.
• At the start of the battle, Zhou Sichen sat out as Tang Wulin charged Zhu Lu and knocked her out of the competition field in one blow.
• Tang Wulin used Bluesilver Grass to shatter an arrow aimed at Huo Yutong and bind Zhu Lu’s two remaining teammates.
• Zhu Lu’s teammates surrendered, giving Tang Wulin’s team the day’s fastest victory.

Tang Wulin's team faced Ning Tian, a Soul Elder, and her teammates in the class tournament. Huo Yutong knocked Ning Tian unconscious, and Tang Wulin eliminated Wu Feng, giving his team another quick victory.

• Zhou Sichen joked that his team would quickly win again, but Tang Wulin warned him not to underestimate their opponents.
• Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian introduced themselves, revealing that Ning Tian was a Level 31 Soul Elder.
• The teams began fighting, and Huo Yutong used her Spiritual Power to knock Ning Tian unconscious before she could finish her incantation.
• Tang Wulin stopped Wu Feng from turning to help Ning Tian and struck her off the stage.
• With Ning Tian unconscious and Wu Feng eliminated, Nanmen Yun'er could not stop Tang Wulin's team from winning quickly.

Tang Wulin's team faced Huang Chutian and the Lan Sisters in the Elimination Round, and Tang Wulin quickly overpowered Huang Chutian with help from Zhou Sichen and Huo Yutong. The Lan Sisters then joined together and unleashed a powerful soul power fluctuation, leaving the match's outcome uncertain.

• Tang Wulin's team finished the Round Robin with ten straight victories, while Ning Tian's team earned eight.
• Zhou Sichen recognized that their next opponents were twin sisters, and Huang Chutian challenged Tang Wulin's team before the match.
• Tang Wulin crushed Huang Chutian in a clash of strength and dislocated his hand.
• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu attacked Tang Wulin with a net of hair, but Zhou Sichen's flame-wreathed tiger set it on fire.
• Huang Chutian tried to counter with his Second Soul Skill, but Huo Yutong's mental interference made him fire in the wrong direction, and Tang Wulin punched him away.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo embraced and intertwined their hair, releasing an immense soul power fluctuation across the arena.

Tang Wulin defeated Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu after they used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, and reflected with Huo Yutong on how close the match had been. An aged voice urged Huo Yutong to try a Martial Soul Fusion with Tang Wulin, and she asked him to do so.

• Lan Luoluo and Lan Susu used Heavenly Net and Earthly Web to trap Tang Wulin, while Zhou Sichen protected Huo Yutong.
• Tang Wulin used the Golden Dragon Claw and the Crushing Property to break through the sisters’ hair and knock them unconscious.
• Tang Wulin’s team won the match, and he later told Huo Yutong he should have anticipated the sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yutong heard an aged voice tell her to try a Martial Soul Fusion with Tang Wulin, then asked him to try one.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong tried to fuse their Soul Powers and accidentally triggered a deeper fusion of their powers. A mysterious force drew Life Force from the Golden Ancient Tree to cocoon them, leaving the Shrek elders to wait and see what would happen.

• Huo Yutong suggested that Tang Wulin imitate the twins who had used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the two embraced to try it.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong brought their Soul Powers into contact, causing their Soul Powers, Bloodline Powers, Spiritual Powers, and Martial Souls to begin fusing uncontrollably.
• Huo Yutong lost consciousness, and a gray-eyed presence used her body to identify remnants of Life Divine Power within Tang Wulin.
• The gray death-attribute divine consciousness fused with Tang Wulin's life-attribute divine power, and the Golden Ancient Tree began supplying them with Life Force.
• Xuan Zi and the Shrek elders arrived at Huo Yutong's room, but Mu En stopped Xuan Zi from attacking the cocoon surrounding Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

Huo Yutong learned from Electrolux that she and Tang Wulin had each gained a third Martial Soul and could perform Martial Soul Fusion. She woke beside Tang Wulin, remained in his arms, and fell asleep again.

• Huo Yutong woke in her Sea of Consciousness and met Electrolux, who revealed that the Gray Sphere had awakened during her Martial Soul Fusion with Tang Wulin.
• Electrolux told Huo Yutong that Tang Wulin’s Life Force had evolved his Bluesilver Grass and given him the third Martial Soul Son of Nature, while she had gained the Necromancer.
• Electrolux explained that Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin could use a complementary Martial Soul Fusion and that cultivating together could help them move toward godhood.
• Electrolux sent Huo Yutong back to reality and continued renovating her Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Yutong woke beside Tang Wulin, failed to wriggle out of his embrace, and fell asleep again while resting against him.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong discovered that their Martial Soul Fusion had succeeded, bringing dramatic changes to their powers and revealing new Martial Souls. They decided to ask Mu En about the unexplained transformation.

• Tang Wulin woke beside Huo Yutong and found that his Soul Power had risen to Level 20 overnight.
• Tang Wulin summoned his transformed blue-gold Bluesilver Grass, and he and Huo Yutong concluded that their Martial Soul Fusion had succeeded.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong embraced again, causing their Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Spiritual Power to merge.
• A green-gold soul ring appeared beside Tang Wulin, revealing his Third Martial Soul, Son of Nature, and allowing him to sense Life Force and nearby plants.
• Huo Yutong manifested a gray soul ring and said her Martial Soul was called the Necromancer.
• Tang Wulin decided to ask Mu En about their new Martial Souls and the changes they had undergone.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong learned that their attempted Martial Soul Fusion had drained much of the Golden Ancient Tree’s life force, prompting a Sea God’s Pavilion Meeting. As Xuan Zi argued that Huo Yutong should be expelled, Tang Wulin defended her and revealed that they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong entered Mu En’s room, where the Sea God’s Pavilion elders were arguing about the Golden Ancient Tree and Huo Yutong.
• Mu En permitted the two students to observe the meeting and explained that their room had absorbed life force from across Sea God Island, greatly depleting the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Xuan Zi blamed Huo Yutong for the academy’s loss and said she should be expelled, leaving her pale and distressed.
• Tang Wulin defended Huo Yutong and insisted she could not leave his side.
• Tang Wulin told Xuan Zi that he and Huo Yutong had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong demonstrated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to the Sea God's Pavilion elders, revealing a powerful area-control ability. Mu En approved of its strength and then asked to examine Tang Wulin's Bluesilver Grass Martial Soul.

• Mu En asked Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to demonstrate their Martial Soul Fusion Skill outside Sea God's Pavilion.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong embraced and fused their powers, creating a sphere of light and a hundred-meter field of Bluesilver Grass that restrained the elders.
• Mu En sensed that the spiritual Bluesilver Grass absorbed Soul Power, physical strength, Life Force, and Spiritual Power, while Old Zhuang noted that the skill could not target airborne opponents.
• Tang Wulin said the fusion had consumed about eighty percent of their Soul Power, though it could absorb energy from those it bound and last longer against more targets.
• Xuan Zi asked to see a fusion based on the Golden Dragon, but Mu En said the two could not use the skill again soon and then asked to examine Tang Wulin's Bluesilver Grass Martial Soul.

Mu En identified Tang Wulin’s Bluesilver Grass as the evolved Bluesilver Emperor, then sent him and Huo Yutong to the Freshman Assessment. They reached their elimination match exhausted and learned they would face Xie Huanyue, a Soul Elder.

• Tang Wulin summoned his Martial Soul, and Mu En identified it as the Bluesilver Emperor after hearing about its stronger vines and ability to control nearby Bluesilver Grass.
• Mu En suspected the Golden Ancient Tree’s Life Force had evolved Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul, while Tang Wulin kept his newly formed Third Martial Soul, the Son of Nature, secret.
• Mu En urged Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to hurry to the Freshman Assessment, warning that missing the elimination match would cost Tang Wulin his chance at the promised herbs.
• Xuan Zi questioned whether the Golden Ancient Tree’s energy had been wasted, but Mu En told him to let the matter go rather than risk alienating Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong arrived at the arena depleted after using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and rushing across campus.
• Zhou Sichen confirmed their opponent was Xie Huanyue, a Soul Elder, and Tang Wulin told him he would have to carry the battle.

Tang Wulin's Team faced Xie Huanyue's group, whose powerful defense blunted Tang Wulin's punch, while Huo Yutong's battlefield guidance helped their teammates outmaneuver the Luo brothers. The chapter ended as Tang Wulin's Team began a counterattack during the opponents' brief opening.

• Zhou Sichen told Tang Wulin that Xie Huanyue was a durable Defense System Soul Master and the Luo brothers were Agility Attack Type Soul Masters with Mantis Blade Martial Souls.
• Tang Wulin charged when the match began, and the Luo brothers engaged Zhou Sichen's Flame Tiger and Ice Bear while Xie Huanyue blocked Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin's punch sent Xie Huanyue flying but did little damage because Xie Huanyue's body absorbed most of its force.
• Huo Yutong directed Zhou Sichen's Ice Bear to evade the Luo brothers' Second Soul Skills, leaving them briefly stunned after their attacks missed.
• With Xie Huanyue out of position and the Luo brothers vulnerable, Tang Wulin's Team began a counterattack guided by Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection.

Tang Wulin’s team struggled to overcome Xie Huanyue’s defenses after eliminating the Luo brothers, but Huo Yutong restored Tang Wulin’s strength by transferring Soul Power to him. Tang Wulin defeated Xie Huanyue with a powered-up Golden Dragon Claw, securing the team’s place in the top eight.

• Tang Wulin restrained Xie Huanyue with the Bluesilver Emperor and helped Zhou Sichen’s Summoned Creatures hold the Luo brothers in place.
• Tang Wulin knocked Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba out of the arena, then joined Zhou Sichen’s assault on Xie Huanyue.
• Xie Huanyue withstood Tang Wulin’s punches and Zhou Sichen’s Ice and Fire Duet, leaving the team unable to break through his defenses.
• Huo Yutong ran to Tang Wulin and hugged him from behind, transferring Soul Power to him.
• Tang Wulin unleashed the Golden Dragon Claw and Golden Dragon Body, broke through Xie Huanyue’s defenses, and knocked him out of the arena.
• Tang Wulin’s team defeated Xie Huanyue and advanced to the top eight.

After Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong won their match, Tang revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to Zhou Sichen and told Mu En about his newly awakened Third Martial Soul, Son of Nature. Mu En explained that he had been assessing Tang’s character and saw him as a possible successor who could help save Shrek Academy.

• Tang Wulin thanked Huo Yutong for transferring Soul Power through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill during the match, then explained the skill to Zhou Sichen.
• Zhou Sichen reacted with disbelief at their rare Martial Soul Fusion Skill before leaving to carry out a task for Wang Yan.
• Tang Wulin asked Mu En to secure his room and revealed the Son of Nature, a Third Martial Soul that filled the room with vitality.
• Tang Wulin told Mu En that the Son of Nature had likely consumed the Golden Ancient Tree’s Life Force and acknowledged his responsibility for its damage.
• Mu En praised Tang Wulin’s honesty and explained that he had been observing Tang’s character while searching for someone who could save Shrek Academy.

Mu En praised Tang Wulin’s character and entrusted him with helping save Shrek Academy, promising to nurture him as its future Sea God’s Pavilion Master. He also explained that Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong’s unusually deep Martial Soul Fusion could let their powers merge, then examined a mysterious pill in a bottle after they left.

• Mu En praised Tang Wulin’s honesty, courage, and conduct, and Huo Yutong agreed with his assessment.
• Mu En promised to devote himself to nurturing Tang Wulin and asked him to save Shrek Academy; Tang Wulin promised to do everything he could.
• Tang Wulin asked Mu En about his and Huo Yutong’s ability to transfer and merge Soul Power through skin contact.
• Mu En explained that their Martial Soul Fusion had reached an exceptional level and advised them to experiment with how their different powers could combine.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong left, and Mu En speculated about Huo Yutong’s powers before examining a bottle containing a pill that gave off a faint Dragon Roar.

Tang Wulin's group defeated Wang Dong's team in the Freshman Assessment final and became champions. The chapter ended with the assessment over and an author’s note discussing Shrek’s Second Team.

• Tang Wulin's group reached the final after defeating their opponents in the preceding matches.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong used their Martial Soul Fusion to strengthen Huo Yutong's Soul Impact, knocking Cao Jinxuan out immediately.
• Tang Wulin restrained Wang Dong with Bluesilver Emperor and defeated her after she surrendered.
• Tang Wulin and Zhou Sichen overwhelmed Xiao Xiao, eliminating Wang Dong's entire group.
• Tang Wulin's group won the Freshman Assessment championship.