Chapter Summaries

Bai Jingtian, near death after his family was slaughtered, chose four rewards that could give him power and a chance at survival. He received the Sea Tiger template and Hell-style martial arts inheritance, then used a trial card as Sea Tiger began recombining his cells so he could save his father himself.

• Bai Jingtian read nine reward options as he lay gravely wounded and rejected the choices tied to Tang San, Shrek Academy, and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Bai Jingtian selected options six, seven, eight, and nine for scientific knowledge, a Magnetic Field template, the Dark Asura Path, and Magnetic Field Haunting.
• The reward system granted Bai Jingtian the Sea Tiger template and Hell-style martial arts inheritance after a critical-hit bonus.
• Bai Jingtian activated the Magnetic Field Haunting trial card and summoned Sea Tiger Bai Junlang.
• Sea Tiger merged with Bai Jingtian and used Magnetic Field Rotation, Cellular Recombination to help him recover and save his father.

Bai Jingtian used magnetic field power to heal himself and his father, then killed the Rakshasa Envoy and his followers. With the Bai Clan nearly wiped out, Bai Jie began considering what they could do next.

• Bai Jingtian restored his body with magnetic field power and rushed to save his father, Bai Jie.
• Bai Jingtian healed Bai Jie's chest wound as the Rakshasa Envoy approached and threatened to devour him.
• Bai Jingtian faced the Rakshasa Envoy and killed his remaining subordinates in moments.
• Bai Jingtian pierced the Rakshasa Envoy's chest and killed him with Sea Tiger Blast Fist, while the two Soul Kings beside him were left mortally cut in half.
• Bai Jingtian asked Bai Jie where they should go next, and Bai Jie said they had two paths but only one seemed possible.

Bai Jingtian agreed to attend Shrek Academy temporarily before moving with Bai Jie to the Sun Moon Empire, intending to build the Bai Clan’s reputation along the way. They arrived in Shrek City, where Bai Jie explained their businesses and warned that Mu Jin’s reassignment could leave Bai Jingtian vulnerable to Zhou Yi.

• Bai Jie offered Bai Jingtian a choice between studying at Shrek Academy and starting over in the Sun Moon Empire, and Bai Jingtian chose to pursue both plans in sequence.
• Bai Jingtian resolved to make a name for himself and the Bai Clan at Shrek Academy before leaving for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Bai Jie sold the family’s land, and a week later he and Bai Jingtian arrived in Shrek City.
• During the journey, Bai Jingtian studied Sea Tiger techniques and Soul Tools, becoming confident he could make a Class 5 Soul Tool with the right materials.
• Bai Jie told Bai Jingtian about the clan’s businesses and Mu Jin’s help, while worrying that Zhou Yi might teach him.

Bai Jingtian met Mu Jin, who helped him find a way to avoid being placed in Zhou Yi’s class at Shrek Academy. After he passed the registration combat assessment with a single punch, Bei Bei and Huo Yutong noticed him, leaving Bai Jingtian intrigued by another woman whose name included Tong.

• Bai Jingtian showed Mu Jin his precise control of lightning, and she worried Zhou Yi might target him at Shrek Academy.
• Bai Jie suggested Bai Jingtian could avoid Zhou Yi’s class by performing well in the registration assessment, and Mu Jin offered to watch the assessment.
• Bai Jingtian confirmed that Bai Junlang had helped him improve, then Bai Jie arranged for him to rest while he investigated surviving Bai Clan members.
• Bai Jingtian knocked out a Soul Elder with one punch during Shrek Academy’s registration assessment and asked the recruiters if his performance was good enough.
• Bei Bei praised Bai Jingtian’s lightning control, while a girl suggested recruiting him into the Tang Sect alongside Huo Yutong.
• Bai Jingtian recognized Huo Yutong’s name and wondered whether the Bai Clan was fated to encounter women named Tong.

Bai Jingtian enrolled in Mu Jin’s class, met a fellow practitioner of the Complete Realm, and began settling into Shrek Academy. His new dormmate Wang Dong challenged him to a spar after they traded insults.

• Bai Jingtian discovered he had been assigned to Mu Jin’s Class Nine instead of Zhou Yi’s class.
• Bai Jingtian and the Well-Fed Douluo sensed that each had reached the domain of the Complete Realm, then silently acknowledged one another.
• Bai Jingtian showed Mu Jin Electric Movement and kept pace with her on their way to Shrek City to celebrate with Bai Jie.
• Bai Jingtian reviewed his Sea Tiger techniques and planned to practice new ones in the nearby woods.
• Wang Dong demanded that Bai Jingtian obey him or leave the academy, and Bai Jingtian mocked him until Wang Dong challenged him to spar.

Bai Jingtian effortlessly taunted and outmaneuvered Wang Dong in a fight outside the dormitory, while Huo Yutong and Bei Bei watched. Wang Dong unleashed her thousand-year Soul Skill, but Bai Jingtian dodged it and continued mocking her from a nearby tree.

• Bai Jingtian dismissed Wang Dong's challenge and blocked or dodged her opening kicks without taking his hands from his pockets.
• Wang Dong revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and attacked with her First Soul Skill, Wing Guillotine, but Bai Jingtian used Electric Force to evade and press her head into a humiliating kowtow.
• Huo Yutong watched Bai Jingtian's skill, and Bei Bei reassured her while recognizing Bai Jingtian as a remarkable freshman he hoped to recruit for the Tang Sect.
• Enraged, Wang Dong flew up and fired her thousand-year Soul Skill at Bai Jingtian, blasting a crater where she thought he stood.
• Bai Jingtian revealed himself on a nearby tree branch and mocked Wang Dong for missing him.

Bai Jingtian overwhelmed Wang Dong in their fight, countering her Butterfly God's Light with precise lightning attacks before knocking her unconscious. Mu En took charge of Wang Dong afterward and suspected that the Bai Clan massacre had left Evil Soul Master sympathizers inside Shrek Academy.

• Wang Dong, furious after Bai Jingtian outmaneuvered her, attacked him with Butterfly God's Light from the air.
• Bai Jingtian used Electric Missile to intercept Wang Dong's attacks, impressing Bei Bei and Huo Yutong with his control of lightning.
• Wang Dong poured most of her remaining Soul Power into another Butterfly God's Light attack, but Bai Jingtian shattered it with Electric Bullet Fist.
• Bai Jingtian continued striking Wang Dong until she fell unconscious beside Mu En, then checked that her injuries were not severe.
• Mu En took responsibility for Wang Dong and suspected that vermin remained in the academy after the Bai Clan was wiped out by Evil Soul Masters.

After Wang Dong’s fight with Bai Jingtian, Bei Bei and Huo Yutong approached him at Shrek Academy, and Bei Bei invited him to join the Tang Sect. Bai Jingtian refused but agreed to exchange lightning-control techniques with Bei Bei, while Huo Yutong watched.

• Bai Jingtian left the dormitory to practice in a grove because he expected Wang Dong to return and cause trouble.
• Bei Bei and Huo Yutong introduced themselves to Bai Jingtian and asked to get acquainted.
• Bai Jingtian told Bei Bei that Sea Tiger had taught him, then refused Bei Bei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei asked Bai Jingtian to exchange pointers on controlling lightning, and Bai Jingtian agreed while Huo Yutong chose to watch.
• Bei Bei and Bai Jingtian faced off in a clearing and released their Soul Rings and lightning as Tian Meng remarked on Bai Jingtian’s control and spiritual power.

Bai Jingtian defeated Bei Bei in a spar, then punched Tang Ya into Sea God Lake after she reacted callously to the deaths of his clan. Huo Yutong questioned Tang Ya’s behavior as Bei Bei rescued her, while Bai Jingtian left to cultivate Ice and Snow alongside Extreme Fire.

• Bai Jingtian won a full-strength spar against Bei Bei, who praised his abilities and hoped to fight alongside him in the tournament.
• Tang Ya found Bei Bei, Huo Yutong, and Bai Jingtian, then tried to recruit Bai Jingtian into the Tang Sect.
• After Bai Jingtian told Tang Ya that Evil Soul Masters had killed many members of his family, Tang Ya exclaimed that it was wonderful, and Bai Jingtian struck her into Sea God Lake.
• Bai Jingtian told Bei Bei that Tang Ya should be replaced as Tang Sect master, then left the clearing.
• Huo Yutong challenged Bei Bei about Tang Ya’s insensitive remark, and Bei Bei pulled Tang Ya from the lake while changing the subject to her injuries.
• Bai Jingtian found another clearing and began cultivating Ice and Snow to prepare for a possible fight with Ma Xiaotao.

Wang Dong returned to the dormitory resentful after Bai Jingtian’s beating, while Bai Jingtian continued studying Soul Tools and cultivating. At Tang Ya’s bedside, Bei Bei began questioning whether the struggling Tang Sect deserved his sacrifices.

• Wang Dong returned from the infirmary, found Shrek Academy had rejected her dormitory-change request, and feared Bai Jingtian when she saw him in their room.
• Bai Jingtian sorted his Soul Tool materials and resumed cultivating with the Bodhidharma Sutra.
• A healing-type Soul Saint treated the unconscious Tang Ya and noted that her chest bones were nearly shattered.
• Bei Bei reflected on Huo Yutong’s words and his sacrifices for Tang Ya, and wondered whether the Tang Sect was worth his efforts.

On the first day of school, Bai Jingtian joined Freshman Class Nine, where Mu Jin named him deputy monitor alongside Ning Tian as monitor. His classmates noticed his unusual focus, and Ning Tian anticipated that she and Bai Jingtian could make a strong team in the freshman assessment.

• Bai Jingtian continued cultivating and studying while keeping an uneasy but peaceful arrangement with his roommate Wang Dong.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng entered the classroom, and Bai Jingtian recognized them and reflected on their relationship and Tang San's treatment of them.
• Wu Feng noticed Bai Jingtian's pensive expression and watched him, while Ning Tian teased her for staring.
• Mu Jin introduced herself and appointed Ning Tian class monitor and Bai Jingtian deputy monitor.
• Bai Jingtian introduced himself as a rank-twenty-nine Lightning Element cultivator, then returned to studying the Bodhidharma Sutra.
• Ning Tian sensed Bai Jingtian's unusual presence and looked forward to teaming with him in the freshman assessment.

Mu Jin introduced Shrek Academy’s rules and teaching plan, while Zhou Yi punished Freshman Class One and learned that Wang Dong had lost a fight to Bai Jingtian of Freshman Class Nine. Zhou Yi stormed into Mu Jin’s class to confront Bai Jingtian, but the teachers’ argument nearly turned into a fight before Du Weilun intervened.

• Mu Jin outlined Shrek Academy’s rules and the class’s three-month teaching plan.
• Zhou Yi ordered Freshman Class One to run a hundred laps, then questioned Wang Dong about her fight with Bai Jingtian.
• After Wang Dong said she had lost to Bai Jingtian of Freshman Class Nine, Zhou Yi dragged her to Mu Jin’s classroom to demand that Bai Jingtian answer for hitting her student.
• Bai Jingtian explained that Wang Dong had insulted him first and blocked Zhou Yi’s attempt to slap him.
• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi argued over their past rivalry and revealed their Soul Rings, but Du Weilun arrived and stopped them before they fought.

At Shrek Academy, Bai Jingtian challenged Zhou Yi to a duel after she proposed settling his conflict with Wang Dong through another fight. The challenge left Du Weilun alarmed and Zhou Yi weighing the consequences, as the duel was set to begin.

• Du Weilun questioned Wang Dong and Bai Jingtian about their dormitory fight, and Bai Jingtian accused Wang Dong of making unfair demands and threatening him.
• Wang Dong tried to blame Bai Jingtian, but Zhou Yi proposed that they duel again in three days to settle the dispute.
• Bai Jingtian accused Zhou Yi of disrupting class and intimidating students, then challenged her to fight him immediately.
• Mu Jin warned Bai Jingtian that Zhou Yi was a Soul Emperor, while Du Weilun asked whether he was serious.
• Bai Jingtian insisted on the challenge, confident in his abilities despite Zhou Yi's advantage in Soul Power.

Bai Jingtian challenged Zhou Yi in the Soul Fighting Zone and used his speed and taunts to dodge her attacks before knocking off her disguise mask. With Zhou Yi enraged and Bai Jingtian activating three blood-red battle markings, the duel was poised to escalate.

• A large crowd gathered to watch Bai Jingtian challenge Zhou Yi, while Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yutong discussed the match.
• Du Weilun refereed as Bai Jingtian and Zhou Yi began their duel, and Zhou Yi attacked him with her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Bai Jingtian dodged Zhou Yi’s strikes and knocked her to the ground with an Iron Mountain Lean.
• Zhou Yi activated her First Soul Skill, Red Dragon’s Wrath, but Bai Jingtian continued to evade her attacks.
• Bai Jingtian used Extreme Speed Bullet Fist to punch Zhou Yi’s disguise mask off and reveal her face.
• Bai Jingtian declared that he would punch Zhou Yi’s head apart as three blood-red battle markings appeared on his forehead.

After Zhou Yi’s disguise was exposed and rumors about her spread through the stands, she lost control and attacked Bai Jingtian. Bai Jingtian blinded her and bombarded her head with Electric Missiles, while Du Weilun noticed something unusual about his attacks and prepared to intervene.

• The students in the Soul Fighting Zone mocked Zhou Yi and spread rumors that she had used her beauty to gain influence, while teachers failed to stop the gossip.
• Zhou Yi heard the rumors, lost what remained of her composure, and blamed Bai Jingtian as she began activating her sixth Soul Skill.
• Bai Jingtian charged at Zhou Yi, dodged her dragon breath, and used Thunder Electric Shock to temporarily blind her.
• Bai Jingtian evaded Zhou Yi’s attacks and fired Electric Missiles at her head, repeatedly adjusting their path to bypass her defenses.
• Du Weilun noticed that Bai Jingtian’s attacks were harming a Soul Emperor despite her strengthened defenses, entered his Martial Soul Possession state, and prepared to save him.

Bai Jingtian outmaneuvered Zhou Yi and defeated her in the Soul Fighting Zone, prompting the students to celebrate his victory. Shrek Academy dismissed Zhou Yi and assigned a new homeroom teacher to Freshman Class One, while Mu Jin suggested Zhou Yi faced further consequences.

• Bai Jingtian baited Zhou Yi into an all-out charge, dodged her with an explosion, and struck her back with his Sea Tiger Blast Fist, knocking her unconscious.
• Du Weilun examined Zhou Yi as the students erupted in cheers for Bai Jingtian, while Bei Bei watched and Tang Ya complained about him.
• Huo Yutong ignored Tang Ya's criticism and said Bai Jingtian was handsome.
• Several figures left the Soul Fighting Zone and entered the Sea God Pavilion.
• Shrek Academy dismissed Zhou Yi from her teaching position, held her accountable for abusing her authority to expel students, and appointed a new homeroom teacher for Freshman Class One.

Bai Jingtian met Yan Shaozhe, who offered him exceptional rewards to join the Martial Soul Department as a core disciple. Bai Jingtian declined the shortcuts, saying he wanted to earn such treatment through his own abilities.

• Bai Jingtian expected the Martial Soul Department to investigate Zhou Yi after her public defeat and considered Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department unnecessary for his plans.
• Yan Shaozhe decided that trading Zhou Yi for a top-tier genius would benefit the academy and prepared an offer for Bai Jingtian.
• Mu Jin brought Bai Jingtian to meet Yan Shaozhe in the dean's office.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to make Bai Jingtian a core disciple immediately, arrange his next two Soul Rings, and select a Soul Bone for him when he entered the inner court.
• Bai Jingtian declined Yan Shaozhe's offer, saying he wanted to earn the treatment through his own abilities and avoid causing trouble for other teachers.

Fan Yu went to confront Bai Jingtian over Zhou Yi’s beating, but Mu En revealed Bai Jingtian’s Soul Tool genius and redirected Fan Yu toward recruiting him. Meanwhile, Bai Jingtian returned home for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy materials, and his father supported his choices and offered help.

• Fan Yu armed himself to punish Bai Jingtian, but met Mu En outside the dormitory and concealed his weapons.
• Mu En told Fan Yu that Bai Jingtian could understand Level 5 Soul Tool blueprints, prompting Fan Yu to consider taking him as a disciple through Mu Jin.
• Bai Jingtian returned home and obtained a sixth-year textbook and its owner’s notes from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Bai Jie warned Bai Jingtian against taking risks, then accepted his explanation that Mu Jin had helped him prepare to fight Zhou Yi.
• Bai Jie told Bai Jingtian the family business had restarted and gave him a Storage Soul Tool.

After defeating Zhou Yi, Bai Jingtian explained combat and Martial Soul control to his classmates, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng considered how his abilities could help their team in the freshman assessment. He learned that Fan Yu had invited Mu Jin to a meal and left wondering whether Fan Yu’s interest was really in him.

• Bai Jingtian returned to Freshman Class Nine, where his classmates admired him, and told Wu Feng that attacks needed to hit their targets to be useful.
• Ning Tian compared Bai Jingtian’s dodging to the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Bai Jingtian explained that he had relied on enhanced reactions rather than a movement technique.
• Bai Jingtian told Wu Feng that the Heart Separation Control Method was useful and pointed to the Body Sect’s Martial Soul control as an example.
• Mu Jin began class, and Bai Jingtian noticed her unusual mood while his classmates mistook his scrutiny for attentive listening.
• Bai Jingtian asked Mu Jin what had happened, learned Fan Yu had invited her to a meal, and wondered whether Fan Yu’s real interest was in him.

Bai Jingtian returned to Shrek Academy after discussing Fan Yu and Mu Jin with his father, then encountered Ma Xiaotao attacking near Sea God Lake. He fought her until Fan Yu arrived and drove her back with a Soul Cannon, leaving Bai Jingtian wondering why Fan Yu was there.

• Bai Jingtian told Bai Jie about Fan Yu and Mu Jin, and Bai Jie suggested Fan Yu was using Mu Jin to approach Bai Jingtian because of his Soul Tool talent.
• Bai Jingtian returned to Shrek Academy and found Mu En missing from the dormitory entrance, prompting him to suspect Ma Xiaotao had lost control again.
• Bai Jingtian met Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao by Sea God Lake, where Ma Xiaotao rushed toward them in a frenzy.
• Bai Jingtian kicked Ma Xiaotao with his Sea Tiger Explosive Kick and used Ice and Snow to counter her flames.
• Fan Yu fired a Soul Cannon Shell at Ma Xiaotao, shielded Bai Jingtian and the others, and continued shooting to force her back.