Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin's team won the Freshman Assessment and received a Soul Bone as their champion reward. Tang Wulin gave it to Zhou Sichen, strengthening their friendship as the freshmen settled into their assigned classes.

• Li Panfeng announced Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Zhou Sichen as the Freshman Assessment champions and awarded them suitable maximum-age Soul Rings.
• Gong Changlong offered to help Tang Wulin's team hunt for Soul Rings, and the academy assigned the freshmen to four classes.
• Li Panfeng gave Tang Wulin's team a Soul Bone as their exclusive champion reward and left them to decide how to distribute it.
• Zhou Sichen urged Tang Wulin to keep the Soul Bone, but Tang Wulin gave it to Zhou Sichen, with Huo Yutong agreeing.
• Zhou Sichen joked about Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong marrying, and Tang Wulin playfully chased him as their awkwardness faded.

Electrolux discovered that Tang Wulin's First Soul Ring contained a complete soul and suggested its age might be increased. Tang Wulin explained Soul Spirits to Huo Yutong, prompting Electrolux to speculate that Huo Yuhao was her future child and to consider developing Soul Spirit technology early.

• Electrolux told Huo Yutong that Tang Wulin's First Soul Ring contained a complete soul and might be possible to strengthen.
• Huo Yutong asked Tang Wulin whether his First Soul Ring was unusual, and he admitted it was.
• Tang Wulin explained that his Soul Ring was a Soul Spirit and described the future technology to Huo Yutong.
• Electrolux speculated that Huo Yuhao might be Huo Yutong's child and said he could research Soul Spirits with Tang Wulin's cooperation.

Wang Yan explained the demanding requirements for the second-year Promotion Exam as the students prepared to leave for vacation. Huo Yutong refused to obtain a Soul Ring with Tang Wulin because she planned to travel to the Extreme North, while Tang Wulin prepared to advance his cultivation over the break.

• Wang Yan warned the class that students would face level requirements, individual exams, and a Class Exam at the start of the next semester, with failures leading to expulsion.
• Tang Wulin asked Huo Yutong to obtain their Second Soul Rings together, but she refused because she wanted to return home to visit her mother's grave.
• Huo Yutong prepared to travel to the Extreme North after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told her their destination, despite her growing skill in Soul Tools and the Soul Engineering Department deans' interest in her.
• Tang Wulin planned to use vacation to reach Two Rings and absorb the Third Seal, while supporting Tang Ya as she worried about falling behind Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan.
• Wang Yan finished his advice and dismissed the students to pack for vacation.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong spent their last day together before she left for the Extreme North to seek her Second Martial Soul. After she departed, Tang Wulin returned to the Academy, intending to collect on Gong Changlong's promise.

• Tang Wulin asked when Huo Yutong would leave, and she told him she was departing that afternoon for the Extreme North.
• Huo Yutong offered to gather their friends for grilled fish to ease Tang Wulin's loneliness, but he chose to share the meal with just her.
• Huo Yutong grilled fish for Tang Wulin beside Sea God Lake, and they lingered over their meal until all the fish were gone.
• Tang Wulin walked Huo Yutong to the Academy gates and warned her to stay safe and avoid the Duke's Mansion.
• Huo Yutong headed north, and Tang Wulin returned to the Academy to make Gong Changlong fulfill his promise.

Tang Wulin and Gong Changlong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Second Soul Ring, and Tang Wulin chose to pursue a Life Attribute ring for his Bluesilver Emperor. Gong Changlong led him toward an area where Life Attribute Soul Beasts were more likely to be found.

• A herd of Shattertooth Pigs charged at Tang Wulin, and Gong Changlong lifted him into a tree to let them pass safely.
• Gong Changlong explained four possible paths for Tang Wulin's Bluesilver Emperor Soul Rings: poison, increased quantity and toughness, elemental enchantment, and vitality enhancement.
• Tang Wulin chose a Life Attribute Soul Ring, believing it best suited him because his Third Martial Soul was the Son of Nature.
• Gong Changlong agreed that vitality enhancement suited the Bluesilver Emperor and led Tang Wulin toward an area with a greater chance of finding a related Soul Beast.

Gong Changlong led Tang Wulin into Myriad Demon King’s territory to find a suitable Life-attribute Soul Beast, then left him to fight a seven-thousand-year-old Deep Marsh Ghost Vine. After learning that it shared damage across its many vines, Tang Wulin ran toward the swamp’s center to confront it more directly.

• Gong Changlong explained that Myriad Demon King’s territory fostered Plant-type Soul Beasts and guided Tang Wulin toward an area with unusual Life Force.
• Gong Changlong identified a barren swamp as the home of a Deep Marsh Ghost Vine and burned it to provoke the seven-thousand-year-old Soul Beast.
• Gong Changlong left Tang Wulin to fight, promising to intervene if he was in danger.
• Tang Wulin dodged the Ghost Vine’s attacks and found that his Golden Dragon Claw could not damage its branches.
• Gong Changlong explained that the Ghost Vine devoured Life Force and shared damage among its vines, so Tang Wulin ran toward the swamp’s center to attack it.

Tang Wulin used King's Descent to defeat the seven-thousand-year Deep Marsh Ghost Vine and absorbed its soul ring, gaining the Bluesilver Connection skill. After Gong Changlong praised his victory, Tang Wulin wondered how Huo Yutong was doing.

• Tang Wulin fought through the Deep Marsh Ghost Vine’s attacks and discovered that Gong Changlong had weakened it with an earlier strike.
• Tang Wulin unleashed King's Descent, bound the vines with Bluesilver Emperor, and crushed the Deep Marsh Ghost Vine with a powerful punch.
• Gong Changlong urged Tang Wulin to absorb the purple soul ring, and Tang Wulin completed the absorption in less than half an hour.
• Tang Wulin learned that Bluesilver Connection let him share up to fifty percent of damage with his Bluesilver Emperor.
• Gong Changlong praised the new skill, and Tang Wulin wondered how Huo Yutong was faring.

Tian Meng tried to persuade Snow Empress to join Huo Yutong’s God Creation Plan, but Snow Empress refused until Electrolux revealed his divine sense and promised a success rate above seventy percent. Snow Empress accepted, agreeing to join Huo Yutong and Ice Empress.

• Snow Empress captured Tian Meng and doubted that she could help Huo Yutong become a god.
• Tian Meng learned that Snow Empress planned to transform into a human to escape her coming Great Tribulation and invited her to join them.
• Snow Empress threatened to destroy Tian Meng, but Electrolux awakened through Huo Yutong and spoke to her.
• Electrolux claimed he had more than a seventy percent chance of helping Huo Yutong become a god if Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined them.
• Snow Empress accepted Electrolux’s offer and clasped Huo Yutong’s hand.

Tang Wulin trained with He Caitou to master fighting Soul Engineers after absorbing the Third Seal, while worrying that Huo Yutong had not returned from Star Luo City. School began with no sign of her, and Tang Wulin still had no way to learn what had happened.

• Tang Wulin dodged He Caitou’s Soul Tool Cannon Shells and completed a week of training that helped him control his improved strength and adapt to Soul Engineer combat.
• He Caitou praised Tang Wulin’s progress and asked whether Huo Yutong had returned, but Tang Wulin said she was still missing.
• Tang Wulin feared Huo Yutong might have been captured by the Duke’s Mansion, but he could find no answers and decided to wait for her return.
• Shrek Academy’s term began, but Huo Yutong had still not returned, and Tang Wulin could get no news of her.

Tang Wulin and his classmates learned the format of the Promotion Exam, while he remained preoccupied with Huo Yutong’s disappearance. At the Beast Fighting Arena, he chose to challenge a thousand-year soul beast as the Individual Assessment began.

• Wang Yan announced that students would fight soul beasts for individual scores and that three students would face three thousand-year soul beasts in the Class Exam, with Tang Wulin barred from participating.
• Wang Yan told the class that the individual assessments would begin that afternoon and the Class Exam would follow three days later, leaving Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen worried about the burden on them.
• Tang Wulin ignored Wang Yan’s exam advice because he was more concerned about Huo Yutong’s continued absence.
• At the Beast Fighting Arena, Wang Yan sent Tang Wulin out as Class One’s first contestant and warned him not to kill the soul beast.
• Tang Wulin chose to challenge a thousand-year soul beast, surprising the referee, who did not realize the soul beast was in greater danger than Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin crushed a Golden Leopard in his Advancement Assessment without using his Martial Soul. The judges awarded him the academy’s first perfect score, 150 points.

• Gong Changlong arranged for Tang Wulin to face a durable Golden Leopard, hoping to reduce the risk of an accident.
• The Golden Leopard charged, but Tang Wulin struck it with one punch and sent it flying.
• Tang Wulin relentlessly attacked the Golden Leopard until the referee ordered him to stop.
• Li Panfeng gave Tang Wulin a perfect score of 150 points, the highest score in the academy’s history.

Tang Wulin worried that Huo Yutong had not returned in time for the assessments, then met her racing across Sea God Lake in a transformed, snow-white appearance. Huo Yutong changed back and asked him to go with her to find Mu En so she could explain what had happened.

• Tang Wulin's classmates completed the Individual Assessment, and every student in Class One passed.
• Tang Wulin continued to worry about Huo Yutong's absence as the Class Assessment deadline approached.
• Tang Wulin saw a white-clothed girl running across Sea God Lake on blocks of ice and caught her when she leaped toward him.
• The girl revealed herself as Huo Yutong, whose hair, eyes, and appearance had changed dramatically.
• Huo Yutong returned to her familiar appearance and asked Tang Wulin to find Mu En with her before she explained her absence.

After fusing with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress in the Extreme North, Huo Yutong reached level 30 and gained powerful Soul Skills and Soul Bones. She returned late to the academy, where Mu En and Tang Wulin reacted with shock to her transformation.

• Huo Yutong recalled how the Snow Empress became her second Martial Soul and the Ice Empress fused with her as a Soul Spirit, raising her to level 30.
• Huo Yutong gained three Soul Rings for her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, new Soul Skills, and several Soul Bones during her month in the Extreme North.
• Huo Yutong explained to Mu En that she had traveled north after sensing a summons and returned with a Second Martial Soul.
• Tang Wulin and Mu En struggled to believe Huo Yutong's account, while Mu En asked her to name her Soul Skills.
• Huo Yutong concealed the true strength of her Soul Rings and claimed she had narrowly defeated an Ice Jade Scorpion to obtain her External Soul Bone.
• Mu En recognized the value of Huo Yutong's scorpion-tail Soul Bone and realized she had returned as a top genius, despite facing an expulsion crisis for missing the start of term.

Mu En assigned Huo Yutong and Tang Wulin a combat test to make up for her tardiness, warning Tang Wulin not to underestimate her. Huo Yutong overwhelmed him with ice and spirit attacks, leaving him frozen as the assessment’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Mu En decided to raise the difficulty of Huo Yutong’s Advancement Assessment and made Tang Wulin her opponent.
• Tang Wulin charged while Huo Yutong retreated and used Armor of Ice and Snow to strengthen her ice control.
• Huo Yutong used Simulation to make her Emperor Sword strike Tang Wulin, whose Bluesilver Emperor vines froze and shattered.
• Tang Wulin activated Golden Dragon Body, crushed the Emperor Sword, and launched a golden Dragon Head attack at Huo Yutong.
• Huo Yutong used Will of Snow to disrupt Tang Wulin with a spiritual attack, then froze him into an ice sculpture.

After Huo Yutong defeated Tang Wulin with her powerful Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, she reassured him that her growth would not drive them apart. Tang Wulin embraced her, admitting his fear of losing her, and Huo Yutong comforted him.

• Tang Wulin recovered from Huo Yutong's freezing attack, and Mu En explained the formidable nature of her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul.
• Mu En left to inform the Sea God's Pavilion elders about Huo Yutong and considered investigating the origin of her Second Martial Soul.
• Huo Yutong asked whether Tang Wulin was angry, and he admitted he felt unsettled by how much stronger she had become.
• Huo Yutong took Tang Wulin's hand, joined their Soul Power, and promised she would always remain his Huo Yutong.
• Tang Wulin embraced Huo Yutong and apologized, revealing his fear that she would leave him like Na'er and his parents had.
• Huo Yutong gently patted Tang Wulin's back as he trembled, soothing him.

Tang Wulin asked Huo Yutong about her External Soul Bone and learned that her scorpion tail could freeze enemies from within. After he touched it at her invitation, Huo Yutong became flustered and fled to clean her room, leaving Tang Wulin confused.

• Tang Wulin asked Huo Yutong about the abilities of her External Soul Bone, and she explained that its tail could extend and inject concentrated Ice Element into an enemy.
• Huo Yutong told Tang Wulin that the Ice Jade Scorpion clan had sacrificed venom to pursue the ultimate ice attribute and that her tail could freeze a soul beast from within in seconds.
• Tang Wulin asked to examine Huo Yutong's scorpion tail, then touched it and startled her with its sensitivity.
• Huo Yutong offered to let Tang Wulin touch her tail again, but she eventually flicked it across his face and rushed into Sea God's Pavilion to clean her room.
• Tang Wulin remained outside, confused by Huo Yutong's sudden departure.

Two days later, Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Zhou Sichen faced three Thousand-Year soul beasts in the Beast Fighting Arena. Huo Yutong revealed that she had become a Soul Elder and supported her teammates as Wang Dong attacked the Golden Lion.

• Huo Yutong returned to her room only in the afternoon, blushing when Tang Wulin asked where she had gone, and gave him no explanation.
• Wang Yan warned Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and Zhou Sichen to prioritize safety before the assessment began.
• Huo Yutong's group released their Martial Souls, and Wang Yan was startled to see her One White, Two Purple soul rings.
• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection Sharing and Will of Snow to guide and sharpen her teammates, while Zhou Sichen summoned a Radiant Golden Eagle to support them.
• Wang Dong's Butterfly Wing Guillotine failed to pierce the Golden Lion's defenses, so she prepared her Thousand-Year Soul Skill.
• Huo Yutong struck the airborne Golden Lion with Soul Impact, allowing Wang Dong to hit it with Light of the Butterfly God.

Wang Dong and Zhou Sichen struggled against three Thousand-Year soul beasts during First Year Class One’s Class Assessment. Huo Yutong stepped in at the last moment, defeating the beasts and securing the class’s promotion with a perfect score.

• Wang Dong used Butterfly God Slash to badly wound the Golden Lion, but exhausted her Soul Power without defeating it.
• As the Golden Lion prepared to attack Wang Dong, Huo Yutong struck it with her scorpion tail and knocked it out of combat.
• Huo Yutong froze the Wind Wolf with her tail and Ultimate Ice Element, while the Fire Monkey fled from her.
• The referee awarded First Year Class One a perfect score of one hundred and fifty points and announced its promotion to second year class one.

After Class One’s assessment ended with no students eliminated, Mu En sent Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to a Treasure Appraisal Fair, teasing them about their growing relationship. Tang Wulin reflected on how important Huo Yutong had become to him, while Huo Yutong used her ice powers to calm her embarrassment before they headed to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

• Class One completed its Advancement Assessment with every student advancing, and Huo Yutong repeated her explanation to Wang Yan and the others.
• Mu En gave Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong invitations to a Treasure Appraisal Fair and suggested they use the outing to develop their relationship.
• As they walked toward Shrek City, Tang Wulin considered whether his feelings for Huo Yutong were familial, friendly, or romantic, and recognized that she was more important to him than anyone else.
• Huo Yutong transformed using her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and Armor of Ice and Snow to suppress her bashfulness about the Scorpion Tail Incident.
• Huo Yutong took Tang Wulin’s hand and led him toward the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong received the highest-level Red Authority at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s appraisal fair and found Beibei and Xu Sanshi arguing over a dangerous Dragon-attributed Soul Bone. Tang Wulin chose the Soul Bone and hinted that he knew who had brought it to the fair.

• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong presented their invitations and received Red Authority, allowing each of them to take one item from the fair.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong encountered Beibei and Xu Sanshi debating whether Beibei should risk absorbing an ancient emerald-green Left Leg Bone.
• Beibei explained that the Soul Bone’s Dragon’s Might had caused every previous absorber to fail, and he decided not to risk it because he needed to care for Tang Ya.
• Tang Wulin told Beibei that he wanted the Soul Bone, saying his bloodline was strong enough to withstand its Dragon’s Might.
• Tang Wulin hinted that he knew who had found the Soul Bone and placed it in the fair, leaving Beibei stunned.