Chapter Summaries

Jiang Qin turned away Xiao Wu’s offer, then Zhu Zhuqing came to him seeking ways to grow stronger and ended up spending the night with him. The next morning, Jiang Qin promised to take responsibility for her, just as Dai Mubai knocked with something important to say.

• Xiao Wu left after Jiang Qin refused to take advantage of her offer to save the others.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Jiang Qin’s room and asked him how to gain three purple Soul Rings and learn Feng Hou Qi Men Rongrong had demonstrated.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered herself in return for Jiang Qin’s help, and they kissed and spent the night together.
• Jiang Qin woke beside Zhu Zhuqing and promised to take responsibility for her.
• Dai Mubai knocked at the door and called to Jiang Qin, saying he had something important to tell him.

Jiang Qin hid Zhu Zhuqing in his wardrobe while Dai Mubai visited and tried to persuade him to confront Tang San. Jiang Qin saw through Dai Mubai’s scheme and refused, leaving Dai Mubai to depart without winning him over.

• Zhu Zhuqing panicked at Dai Mubai’s arrival, and Jiang Qin hid her in his wardrobe before opening the door.
• Dai Mubai joked about Jiang Qin hiding a beauty, then complained about Zhu Zhuqing while she listened from the wardrobe.
• Dai Mubai told Jiang Qin that Tang Hao had injured Zhao Wuji after Tang San was hurt during a lesson.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and urged Jiang Qin to fight Tang San, claiming he would support him.
• Jiang Qin recognized that Dai Mubai wanted to use him against Tang San and refused to target Tang San.
• Dai Mubai warned Jiang Qin and left after his persuasion failed.

The Shrek group reached an inn before setting out for Soul Hunting and fought with seven students from Canghui Academy after Ma Hongjun provoked them. After Shrek lost, Dai Mubai blamed Ning Rongrong and threatened her, prompting Jiang Qin and Zhu Zhuqing to confront him before Zhao Wuji intervened.

• The Shrek Seven Devils’ relationships remained strained, and Zhao Wuji led the group to a town where they planned to stay overnight before Soul Hunting.
• Ma Hongjun provoked seven students from Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Xiao Wu fought them while Jiang Qin, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing watched.
• The Shrek fighters lost after their poor teamwork left Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San injured.
• Dai Mubai blamed Ning Rongrong for not helping, and she mocked him for attacking her instead of facing the opponents who had beaten him.
• Dai Mubai threatened to rape and kill Ning Rongrong, so Jiang Qin shielded her and Zhu Zhuqing condemned him before Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to stop arguing.

After Zhao Wuji stopped the students' quarrel and sent them back to their rooms, Zhu Zhuqing lost faith in Dai Mubai and signed a marriage contract with Jiang Qin. Jiang Qin gained powerful rewards, including a technique he passed to Zhu Zhuqing, and ended by asking whether she wanted revenge.

• Zhao Wuji scolded Dai Mubai for blaming his classmates and ordered everyone back to their rooms.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Jiang Qin she was disappointed in Dai Mubai and had lost faith in him.
• Jiang Qin asked Zhu Zhuqing to enter a marriage contract with him, and she agreed and signed it.
• Jiang Qin received a hundred-thousand-year-old skull, Emperor Spirit, and the technique Spirit Binding and General Dispatch.
• Jiang Qin unlocked Laborer's Strength Exhausted, which transferred 70% of the monthly Soul Power paid by loan signatories to him.
• Jiang Qin passed Spirit Binding and General Dispatch to Zhu Zhuqing and asked whether she wanted revenge.

Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Beast for Oscar, and Jiang Qin identified a suitable Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Tang San insisted on leading the attack, and the serpent lunged at him as the group prepared to fight.

• Dai Mubai apologized to Zhu Zhuqing and tried to win back her favor while Ma Hongjun teased them.
• Zhao Wuji warned everyone to stay alert as the group entered the forest's dangerous depths.
• Jiang Qin identified a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and recommended it as Oscar's third Soul Ring.
• Oscar thanked Jiang Qin for helping him, indirectly criticizing Tang San and drawing the group's attention to him.
• Tang San volunteered to lead the attack, so Zhao Wuji assigned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to assist him.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent stirred up dust with its wings and lunged straight at Tang San.

Jiang Qin warned Tang San about the winged Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Tang San ignored him, was struck twice, and blamed Jiang Qin. When Dai Mubai offered help, Jiang Qin and Ning Rongrong pressured Tang San to face the serpent alone, leaving him injured and unable to accept assistance.

• Jiang Qin warned Tang San that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was charging, but Tang San dismissed the warning and was hit in the crotch.
• Tang San blamed Jiang Qin for distracting him, prompting Ma Hongjun to rebuke him and Oscar and Ning Rongrong to withdraw their offers of help.
• Jiang Qin warned Tang San again, but Tang San mocked him and was struck in the rear by the serpent as it flew at him.
• Dai Mubai suggested that the group help Tang San so Oscar could absorb the serpent's Soul Ring, while Jiang Qin and Ning Rongrong insisted that helping would show a lack of faith in Tang San.
• Tang San reluctantly claimed he could handle the serpent alone, and Jiang Qin applauded him sarcastically.

Tang San fought the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after refusing help, but his injuries and exhaustion left him badly weakened. Oscar forced him to eat a Big Sausage, and Zhao Wuji ordered Jiang Qin to treat Tang San while Oscar prepared to absorb the Soul Ring.

• Tang San attacked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Hidden Weapons, but it dodged them and struck his hands with its tail.
• Tang San refused Xiao Wu's help and continued fighting until he killed the serpent, collapsing from exhaustion and injuries.
• Tang San told Oscar to take the serpent's Soul Ring, but Oscar mistook his resistance for modesty and forced a Big Sausage into his mouth.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Jiang Qin to give Tang San a recovery pill and told Oscar to prepare to absorb the Soul Ring.

Jiang Qin offered Tang San valuable healing pills, but Tang San rejected them and accused him of false kindness, angering Zhao Wuji and the others. As Oscar prepared to finish off the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his third Soul Ring, Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed the serpent for Meng Yiran.

• Jiang Qin offered Tang San five Foundation-Fortifying Soul-Restoring Pills, but Tang San knocked them away and refused them.
• Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong criticized Tang San, while Zhao Wuji threatened him before Jiang Qin stopped Zhao Wuji from retaliating.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai argued over the pills, and Tang San refused to apologize to Jiang Qin and began healing with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Xiao Wu left Tang San, and Oscar went to kill the dying Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his third Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran appeared, and Chao Tianxiang told Zhao Wuji that the serpent was meant to provide Meng Yiran with a Soul Ring.

Zhao Wuji negotiated with Chao Tianxiang over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, hoping to secure it for Oscar. The discussion turned against them when Tang San insisted he was barely hurt and proved his strength, giving Chao Tianxiang reason to dismiss Zhao Wuji’s appeal.

• Chao Tianxiang claimed the serpent as her prey and showed Zhao Wuji the two wounds she had inflicted on it.
• Chao Tianxiang identified herself as Snake Granny, and Zhao Wuji recognized her and treated her with respect, suspecting the Dragon Duke was nearby.
• Zhao Wuji argued that Tang San had been badly injured fighting the serpent, prompting Chao Tianxiang to hesitate.
• Tang San contradicted Zhao Wuji, stood up, and declared that the serpent had been no trouble for him.
• Tang San demonstrated his strength by throwing two Hidden Weapons at nearby trees, and Chao Tianxiang pointed out that he looked vigorous rather than badly wounded.

Zhao Wuji tried to settle the dispute over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent by proposing a contest, but Tang San’s outburst enraged Chao Tianxiang and brought Meng Shu’s powerful presence near. Zhao Wuji conceded the Soul Ring to Meng Yiran, who absorbed it and left; Tang San then confronted Zhao Wuji over giving it away.

• Zhao Wuji proposed that the juniors compete for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, but Tang San angrily insisted the serpent belonged to him.
• Chao Tianxiang took Tang San’s words as an insult, summoned her six Soul Rings, and drew the approaching presence of Meng Shu.
• Zhao Wuji yielded the Soul Ring to Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran killed the serpent and began absorbing it.
• After absorbing the Soul Ring, Meng Yiran thanked everyone, while Ma Hongjun beat Tang San for his outburst.
• Chao Tianxiang advised Zhao Wuji to have Tang San treated before leaving with Meng Yiran.
• Tang San stood up despite his injuries and demanded to know why Zhao Wuji had given away the Soul Ring he had worked to obtain.

Tang San berated Zhao Wuji for surrendering the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Zhao Wuji explained that yielding it to Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter had protected everyone from her powerful husband. Tang San apologized to Zhao Wuji and Oscar, then ended the chapter exhausted and suffering in his tent as Xiao Wu cared for him.

• Tang San accused Zhao Wuji of cowardice for giving the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter, and Zhao Wuji subdued him with his Soul Saint pressure.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Chao Tianxiang’s husband was a Soul Douluo and warned Tang San that his defiance could have gotten everyone killed.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu whispering intimately to Jiang Qin, then apologized stiffly to Zhao Wuji and, at Zhao Wuji’s insistence, to Oscar.
• Oscar lamented the loss of his Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and potential flying Soul Skill while Jiang Qin agreed that the snake might have possessed one.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to camp for the night, and Xiao Wu wiped Tang San’s forehead as he lay exhausted and in pain, asking why he had acted that way.

After the Titan Giant Ape attacked the camp, Jiang Qin recognized that it was targeting Xiao Wu and tried to stop Zhao Wuji from provoking it. The beast ignored Zhao Wuji and charged straight toward Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu urged Tang San to apologize to Jiang Qin, but Tang San flew into a rage and blamed Jiang Qin for keeping him from becoming Shrek Academy’s boss.
• A thunderous crash interrupted Jiang Qin and Zhu Zhuqing in his tent, and Jiang Qin found the trees around the camp destroyed.
• Jiang Qin warned Zhao Wuji about the danger and gave him Soul Recovery Pills.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and ordered Jiang Qin to lead the others away.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing followed Jiang Qin toward Zhao Wuji, despite his warning them to run.
• Jiang Qin told Zhao Wuji that the Titan Giant Ape was not there for them, but it ignored Zhao Wuji and charged toward Xiao Wu.