Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin traveled to Suotuo City with Golden Crocodile Douluo, bought the Plate Gold Hair Crystal from Flender, and learned that Xiao Wu was nearby. Xiao Wu arrived with Tang San to seek admission to Shrek Academy, but left him behind, and Tang San angrily wondered why she still seemed to care about Tang Wulin.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to escort Tang Wulin to Suotuo City and suppress his cultivation to Soul Douluo level so their target would not flee.
• Tang Wulin entered Flender's shop and took the Plate Gold Hair Crystal after Golden Crocodile Douluo intimidated Flender into lowering its price.
• Tang Wulin asked the system to conceal Xiao Wu from Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the system confirmed that Xiao Wu was in Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San arrived in Suotuo City after graduating from Notting Junior Academy and planned to seek admission to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu left Tang San to go elsewhere, and Tang San angrily wondered whether she still cared about Tang Wulin.

Xiao Wu encountered Tang Wulin in Suotuo City and recognized him after he revealed his identity. Tang San arrived and realized that Xiao Wu's childhood friend had returned, leaving him feeling he had lost any chance with her.

• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San's offer to protect her and told him to call her Sister Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu noticed Tang Wulin outside a shop and felt that his eyes reminded her of Wulin.
• Tang Wulin recognized Xiao Wu and was surprised that her cultivation had reached level thirty-four.
• Tang San arrived and grew wary when he saw Xiao Wu speaking with Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin told Xiao Wu that his name was Tang Wulin, and Xiao Wu was shocked to learn he had come to Suotuo City.

Tang Wulin reunited with Xiao Wu in Suotuo City, while Tang San grew jealous and followed them. Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu headed to the Rose Hotel, leaving Tang San alarmed by what he saw.

• Xiao Wu excitedly reunited with Tang Wulin, who introduced Elder Jin and said he had been cultivating away from Nuoding City.
• Tang Wulin confronted Tang San about Yu Xiaogang abandoning him, and Xiao Wu told Tang San to stop interrupting.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo left the group, and Xiao Wu and Tang Wulin set off to explore Suotuo City together.
• Xiao Wu and Tang Wulin discussed her handmade bag and agreed to check out Shrek Academy, while Tang San followed them in anger.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu and Tang Wulin arrive at the Rose Hotel and called out to Xiao Wu in alarm.

Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu visited the Rose Hotel, where a clerk claimed only one room remained and tried to persuade them to share it. Dai Mubai arrived to claim the room and challenged them, while Tang Wulin’s presence unsettled him.

• Tang Wulin brought Xiao Wu to the Rose Hotel, and she blushed after initially mistaking his reason for coming there.
• Tang Wulin asked for two rooms, but the clerk claimed only one was available and urged Xiao Wu to share it with him.
• Dai Mubai entered with two women and insisted the hotel’s last room was reserved for him.
• Xiao Wu refused to give up the room, and Dai Mubai challenged her and Tang Wulin to fight for it.
• Dai Mubai felt immense pressure from Tang Wulin’s gaze, while Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu clarified that they were only friends.

Tang Wulin beat Dai Mubai with a single slap after Dai challenged him at the hotel, then checked in with Xiao Wu. The receptionist revealed that the hotel had 25 vacant rooms, exposing that the fight had started over a false claim that only one room remained.

• Dai Mubai challenged Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu to a fight, but Tang Wulin stepped in to face him alone.
• Tang Wulin struck Dai Mubai with a slap that sent him crashing into a wall and left him spitting blood.
• Dai Mubai backed down, paid 250 Gold Soul Coins for the damage, and left with Xiao Hong and Xiao Lu.
• A black-clad girl watched Dai Mubai leave with the twins and laughed coldly at his behavior.
• Tang Wulin booked two rooms for himself and Xiao Wu after refusing the manager's offer of free rooms.
• The front desk employee revealed that 25 rooms had been available all along, leaving everyone stunned.

Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu checked into separate rooms at the Rose Hotel, where Xiao Wu learned he was a level 45 Soul Ancestor and left to cultivate. Tang Wulin told Golden Crocodile Douluo he planned to go to Shrek Academy and kill Tang Hao, while Tang San waited outside the hotel and left in anger, still uncertain what had happened between Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu.

• The manager gave Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu free room cards, and they went upstairs to inspect Tang Wulin's rose-filled Red Ocean room.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang Wulin about Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Wulin explained how Yu Xiaogang had mistreated him when he refused to become his disciple.
• Tang Wulin revealed that he was a level 45 Soul Ancestor, startling level 34 Xiao Wu into leaving to cultivate.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Tang Wulin he had detected no Titled Douluo-level experts in Suotuo City, and Tang Wulin asked him to keep watch for the powerful presence he suspected was Tang Hao.
• Tang Wulin told Golden Crocodile Douluo he had to attend Shrek Academy because someone important to him would be there, and resolved that Tang Hao had to die.
• Tang San waited outside the Rose Hotel, worried about Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu, then left angrily while promising himself he would see Xiao Wu again at Shrek Academy.

Tang Wulin and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Tang Wulin recognized Zhu Zhuqing and gained a dark-element reward from the system. After Li Yusong discovered Tang Wulin was a Soul Ancestor from Spirit Hall, he waived the entrance test and sent him on to the final stage, leaving Shrek Academy poised for major changes.

• Tang Wulin told Xiao Wu he had studied at Spirit Hall Academy, and they set out for Shrek Academy.
• At the entrance, Tang Wulin spotted Zhu Zhuqing and received the Dark Power reward after checking in with her.
• Xiao Wu mistook Li Yusong for a gatekeeper before he revealed Shrek's strict age and cultivation requirements.
• Dai Mubai recognized Tang Wulin and hurried Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing inside for the next stage.
• Li Yusong sensed Tang Wulin's Soul Ancestor cultivation, learned he was from Spirit Hall, and let him skip the initial test.

Xiao Wu revealed that she was a level 34 Soul Elder and, like Tang Wulin, qualified to skip to Shrek Academy’s final test. Dai Mubai led the group toward the vice dean’s test, while Tang San worried that Tang Wulin might be stronger than him.

• Xiao Wu introduced herself as a level 34 Soul Elder, and Li Yusong allowed her and Tang Wulin to proceed directly to the last test.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang Wulin about his reputation and remarked on how shabby Shrek Academy looked as they entered.
• Dai Mubai led Tang Wulin, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward the final test after explaining its entry requirements.
• Dai Mubai said the group would have to endure a level 76 defense-type Battle Soul Saint for the time it took an incense stick to burn, though the vice dean would suppress his cultivation.
• Dai Mubai suggested Tang Wulin might help the group, and Tang San silently wondered whether Tang Wulin had reached Soul Elder rank.

Tang Wulin and four other prospective students gathered for Shrek Academy’s fourth trial, where they were told to withstand Zhao Wuji for the time it took an incense stick to burn. During introductions, Ning Rongrong recognized Tang Wulin from a meeting years earlier, and the chapter revealed that he had gained the Heart of Support ability from that encounter.

• Dai Mubai told Zhao Wuji that Tang Wulin had beaten him and persuaded him to take special care of Tang Wulin during the trial.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and told Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang Wulin to last against him while he used Soul Ancestor-level cultivation.
• Tang San introduced his two Blue Silver Grass control skills, both based on Entanglement, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing explained their support and agility roles.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was a level 34 Soul Elder, and Ning Rongrong praised her talent before learning Tang Wulin’s name.
• Tang Wulin introduced himself as a level 45 Battle Soul Ancestor, and Ning Rongrong recognized him as Brother Tang from their childhood meeting.
• Tang Wulin recalled that meeting Ning Rongrong had granted him the Heart of Support, an ability that let him apply enhancement methods to others.

Tang Wulin revealed his Soul Ancestor cultivation and powerful Soul Rings to Tang San and the others, while Tang Hao recognized him and plotted to kill him after the assessment. Golden Crocodile Douluo overheard Tang Hao’s threat and prepared to defend the Son of the Spirit Hall.

• Tang San doubted that Tang Wulin was a Soul Ancestor until Tang Wulin manifested his Golden Dragon Martial Soul and displayed two purple and two black Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang Wulin from a nearby tree, blamed Yu Xiaogang for claiming Tang Wulin had been left in the Soul Hunting Forest, and vowed to kill him after the assessment.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo overheard Tang Hao’s plan from behind another tree and declared that he wanted to see whether Tang Hao could harm the Son of the Spirit Hall.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted with shock to Tang Wulin’s strength and Soul Rings, while Tang Wulin proposed a plan for fighting Zhao Wuji.
• Tang San insisted that his control abilities would help against Zhao Wuji, but Tang Wulin questioned whether Blue Silver Entanglement could trouble a Soul Saint.

Zhao Wuji began the students’ assessment by limiting his power, but Tang Wulin’s unusual Soul Ring configuration and strength shocked him. Tang San’s attempt to control Zhao Wuji failed, and Tang Wulin rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a counterattack, earning a system reward while Tang San seethed.

• Zhao Wuji transformed and set the assessment terms, while Ning Rongrong enhanced the group with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin attacked Zhao Wuji with his Dragon Claw, and Zhao Wuji was astonished by his strength and purple, purple, black, black Soul Rings.
• Zhao Wuji suspected Tang Wulin might be the Spirit Hall Holy Son and blamed Dai Mubai for putting him in danger.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass failed to restrain Zhao Wuji, who broke free and repelled Zhu Zhuqing with his Immovable Bright King Body.
• Tang Wulin caught Zhu Zhuqing in midair and received a 90,000-year Shadow Torso Bone from his system, while Tang San angrily blamed him for the failed attack and the rescue.

Tang Wulin overwhelmed Zhao Wuji in the Shrek assessment, defeating the Soul Saint with only two Soul Skills before the incense burned out. The group passed, while Tang Hao secretly resolved to kill Tang Wulin, who was thinking the same about him.

• Tang San dismissed Tang Wulin’s earlier success as luck, but Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong rebuked him.
• Tang Wulin unleashed his Dragon King Sacred Body and attacked Zhao Wuji, whose Gravity Enhancement failed to slow him.
• Zhao Wuji used his Ten-Thousand-Year Gravity Squeeze Soul Skill, but Tang Wulin continued fighting without faltering.
• Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Breaks the Heavens struck through Zhao Wuji’s strongest defense and sent him flying as the incense went out.
• Zhao Wuji declared the group had passed, while Tang San convinced himself that Zhao had gone easy on Tang Wulin.
• Tang Hao feared Tang Wulin’s potential and decided the boy could not be allowed to live, while Tang Wulin privately considered killing Tang Hao too.

Zhao Wuji showed the new students their shabby dormitories, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang Wulin went shopping in Suotuo City. When Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing with Tang Wulin, he became jealous and resolved to confront her.

• Zhao Wuji led the new students to the dormitories, warned Dai Mubai to leave, and explained where the boys and girls would stay.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang Wulin decided to buy bedding and other necessities in Suotuo City, while Tang San went to his cabin.
• The group spent the afternoon shopping and stopped for a meal to celebrate their new friendship.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong about meeting Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, and the group spotted him there with the twin sisters.
• Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing walking beside Tang Wulin, grew jealous of his fiancée, and angrily took the twin sisters back to the hotel.

Tang Wulin and the girls settled into Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu about her feelings for him. Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing over her time with Tang Wulin, and she challenged his right to question her, leaving him furious beneath the tree.

• Tang Wulin declined Oscar’s offer to share a room, then cleaned an empty boys’ dormitory room and waited for night.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing cleaned their room while Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu about her relationship with Tang Wulin.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu after she admitted she was relieved to hear Tang Wulin had no known romantic interest.
• Dai Mubai came to the girls’ room looking for Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu secretly followed them after Zhu Zhuqing left.
• Dai Mubai demanded to know Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship with Tang Wulin and accused her of getting close to her fiancé’s rival.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had only met Tang Wulin that day and challenged Dai Mubai’s right to interrogate her, making him lose his composure.

Tang Wulin rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Dai Mubai, then was lured into the woods by Tang Hao, who revealed himself and attacked. Tang Wulin drew Tang Hao away from the academy, where Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared and trapped him with his eighth Soul Skill.

• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but Tang Wulin stopped him with two slaps and escorted Zhu Zhuqing back to the dormitory.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu revealed they had followed Zhu Zhuqing out of concern, while Zhu Zhuqing privately thought about Tang Wulin holding her hand.
• Tang Wulin received a reward for holding Zhu Zhuqing's hand, then heard Tang Hao threaten him and hurried to the woods outside the academy.
• Tang Hao showed Tang Wulin two captured Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards and pursued him after Tang Wulin fled toward an open area.
• Tang Hao revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, declaring that Tang Wulin would die for joining Spirit Hall.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared and used his eighth Soul Skill, Heaven-Sealing Earth-Trapping, to restrain Tang Hao.

Golden Crocodile Douluo overwhelmed Tang Hao in battle after Tang Hao attacked Tang Wulin and two guards. Tang Hao fled, then detonated his remaining Soul Rings to fight for the Clear Sky Sect, but Golden Crocodile cut off both his arms and disrupted his Great Sumeru Hammer.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived to confront Tang Hao, while Tang Wulin freed the two guards and moved them out of the fight.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo defeated Tang Hao's Clear Sky True Body and countered his Ring Detonation, forcing Tang Hao to flee.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo pursued Tang Hao and threatened to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Tang Hao to stop and detonate his remaining three Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao began using the Great Sumeru Hammer, but Golden Crocodile Douluo attacked from behind with Explosive Claw and severed both his arms.
• Tang Hao crashed to the ground as his Great Sumeru Hammer dissipated and he lost the ability to fight effectively.

Golden Crocodile Douluo captured Tang Hao after severing both his arms, and Tang Wulin learned that the assassin was safely held nearby. After Tang Hao’s attempted murder was reported to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards, Tang Wulin settled in for a peaceful night while Tang San sensed that something felt wrong.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo knocked Tang Hao unconscious after the backlash from detonating his rings weakened him, then recovered the Soul Bones from his severed arms.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Tang Wulin the two arm Soul Bones and showed him Tang Hao, whom he had stashed in a sack in the next room.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said he would take Tang Hao to Spirit Hall and explained that he would stay in Suotuo City until the day after tomorrow for Tang Wulin’s protection.
• Tang Wulin told Golden Crocodile Douluo how he had recognized Tang Hao, and the two discussed the unconscious guards from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo woke Xing Ergou and Xing Sangou, who condemned Tang Hao and promised to report his attack on Tang Wulin and Rongrong to their sect master.
• Xing Sangou called the Clear Sky Sect the “Haozi Sect” as the guards left; Golden Crocodile Douluo departed, Tang Wulin went to bed, and Tang San wondered if something was wrong.

Tang Wulin and the new students began their first day at Shrek Academy, discovering its modest facilities and Flender’s unusual approach to teaching. Flender sent Ning Rongrong and Oscar to begin their support-system course, while Tang Wulin, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing headed back to rest before night classes.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo carried Tang Hao away from Suotuo City as Xing Ergou flew after them, intending to report what happened to the sect master.
• Tang Wulin joined Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong for breakfast, where they learned Flender would meet them at the training ground.
• At the training ground, Flender welcomed the five new students, collected their tuition, and explained that Shrek had no classroom building and held courses at night.
• Flender took Ning Rongrong and Oscar aside for their support-system course while Tang Wulin, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to rest.
• Flender told Ning Rongrong and Oscar that survival in battle required strong legs, then ordered them to run twenty laps around the village.

Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy after completing only ten of her assigned twenty laps, while Bibi Dong ordered the captured Tang Hao to be kept alive and made to suffer. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi learned Tang Hao had attacked Rongrong’s guards and concluded the incident was meant to turn his sect against Spirit Hall.

• Ning Rongrong ran ten laps around the village, stopped at noon, and returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender watched her without offering special treatment.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought the unconscious Tang Hao to Bibi Dong and explained that Tang Wulin had identified him as the man who had threatened him.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan to arrange for Tang Hao to suffer a fate worse than death, then sent Golden Crocodile Douluo back to protect Tang Wulin.
• Xing Ergou reported to Ning Fengzhi that Tang Hao had knocked him and his brother unconscious while they guarded Ning Rongrong, and that a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo had saved her.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin determined that Tang Hao’s attack was intended to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect blame Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi considered becoming closer allies with Spirit Hall.

After Tang Hao’s attack on Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Golden Crocodile Douluo’s strength and arranged extra protection for Rongrong. At Shrek Academy, Rongrong returned from Flender’s lesson and told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing about his running assignment, leaving them doubtful of his advice.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin identified the Spirit Hall elder with the golden crocodile Martial Soul as Golden Crocodile Douluo and feared Tang Hao had provoked one of the world’s strongest fighters.
• Chen Xin sent Gu Rong to protect Ning Fengzhi and hurried to Suotuo City to guard Ning Rongrong, prompting Gu Rong to angrily protest that he wanted to protect her too.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the girls’ dormitory and told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that she had left Flender’s lesson early.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Flender had instructed her to run twenty laps around the village and that she had already completed ten.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Flender’s lesson, arguing that running fast was not a sensible goal for a Support System Soul Master.