Recaps

Tang San identified several Immortal Herbs and proposed using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan overcome their poison. Dugu Bo agreed to begin Tang San’s treatment, and the chapter ended as Tang San prepared to enter the spring.

• Tang San recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and explained that Immortal Herbs could be powerful medicines or deadly poisons.
• Tang San proposed that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan take the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, but warned the treatment could neutralize Dugu Bo’s poison abilities.
• Tang San offered instead to use his blood and detoxifying pills to remove most of their toxins without weakening their Martial Souls or combat strength.
• Tang San said Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could later take Earth Dragon Golden Melons to encourage their Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Souls to evolve.
• Dugu Bo agreed to Tang San’s plan, and Tang San removed his Soul Tools and clothes beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Dugu Yan peeked at him shyly.

Tang San endured Ice-Fire Body Tempering in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then cultivated there for three months while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan used his pills to purge their poison. By the end, Tang San had grown stronger and Dugu Yan was nearly cured, while Dugu Bo’s poison had been greatly reduced.

• Dugu Bo cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and sent them to Tang San, who swallowed them and leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San endured six hours in the spring and emerged with a stronger, transformed body; Dugu Yan blushed and teased him, while he told Dugu Bo to prepare poison-suppressing pills.
• Tang San considered giving the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Ye Lingling, then explored the garden and wondered who would claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Tang San cultivated at the well for three months, reached level twenty-seven, strengthened his Blue Silver Grass’s ice-and-fire resistance, and evolved his Dreamlike Illusion Eyes to ten thousand years.
• Dugu Bo’s poison fell to about thirty percent of its original level, Dugu Yan’s poison was almost completely cleared, and both of their eyes turned deep black.

Tang San helped Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan use the Earth Dragon Golden Melons to evolve their Martial Souls and overcome the danger of their toxins. After her evolution, Dugu Yan kissed Tang San and vowed to wait for him, leaving him to answer her declaration.

• Tang San told Dugu Bo that he and Dugu Yan could safely take the Earth Dragon Golden Melons to complete their Martial Soul evolutions.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan ate the fruits and endured an hour of transformation.
• Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Earth Dragon, and his Soul Power rose to the peak of level ninety-two.
• Dugu Yan's Martial Soul evolved into a Jade Phosphorous Flood Dragon, and her Soul Power rose from level twenty-seven to level thirty.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan became free from the danger of their Martial Soul toxins rebounding.
• Dugu Yan kissed Tang San and told him she would wait for him forever, then waited for his response.

Tang San left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan after gathering Immortal Herbs and sharing methods to strengthen Dugu Yan. He parted from them at Sunset Forest, promising to return for the Soul Master Tournament in four years.

• Dugu Yan agreed to wait for Tang San, and Dugu Bo accepted him as his grandson-in-law and gave him the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Purse.
• Tang San gathered the Immortal Herbs he recognized, then gave Dugu Bo the Blood Swan Kiss and explained how it could amplify poison.
• Tang San urged Dugu Bo to strengthen the defenses around the herb garden, and Dugu Bo agreed to protect it with his strongest poison formation.
• Tang San revealed his two Soul Rings and described Whale Rubber body-tempering, persuading Dugu Bo to use it to prepare Dugu Yan for a stronger third Soul Ring.
• Tang San told Dugu Yan to share the Whale Rubber method only with Ye Lingling, and Dugu Bo agreed to help Dugu Yan find Whale Rubber.
• At Sunset Forest, Tang San said goodbye to Dugu Yan and promised to return in four years; Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan flew toward Heaven Dou City.

Tang San returned to Nuoding City after nearly a year away and reunited with Xiao Wu, who had been worried about him. They decided to apply for early graduation, and Tang San was startled by Yu Xiaogang’s transformed appearance before making his request.

• Tang San traveled by carriage from the town outside Sunset Forest to Nuoding City and reflected on his gains and plans for the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San returned to Dorm Seven, where Xiao Wu rushed into his arms and reproached him for being gone so long.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed his travels and her Soul Power Level, then agreed to apply for early graduation.
• Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and found him clean-shaven, dressed differently, and speaking in an affected voice.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he had returned to apply for early graduation.

Tang San and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Academy, bought a house, and spent a year preparing for Tang San’s next breakthrough. They entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find his third Soul Ring and discovered an unusual plant in a clearing.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he had reached Level 27, and Yu recommended Shrek Academy as his next school.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu received approval to graduate and bought a courtyard house in Nuoding City.
• Yu Xiaogang mistakenly believed Tang San had gone to Suotuo City and left Nuoding City the following day.
• A year later, Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest after Tang San reached Level 30.
• Xiao Wu guided Tang San around dangerous areas to a clearing, where they found a tall, golden-veined plant emitting warm energy.

Tang San absorbed the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass’s nine-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained a powerful supportive third skill, and reached Soul Power level thirty-three. When he revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form, she was left shaken, and he reassured her by saying his mother had been like her.

• Xiao Wu lured away the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts guarding the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass, allowing Tang San to approach it.
• Tang San cut down the Heart-Linked Sacred Grass and absorbed its nine-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San’s Soul Power rose from level thirty to level thirty-three, and he gained the Blue Silver Heart-Link skill.
• Tang San explained the skill’s supportive abilities to Xiao Wu as they left the forest.
• Tang San stopped Xiao Wu and revealed that he knew she was a human-form Soft Bone Rabbit and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San told the frightened Xiao Wu that his mother had been like her.

Tang San revealed that his mother had been a Soul Beast in human form, reassuring Xiao Wu that he accepted her true identity. After Xiao Wu consumed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and condensed her third Soul Ring, they left the Star Dou Great Forest together, reconciled and more powerful.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that his mother was the Blue Silver Emperor, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Xiao Wu confessed her fear that he would reject her.
• Xiao Wu gave the Lovesick Heartbreak Red her blood, gained its recognition, and consumed it, concealing her Soul Beast presence and raising her Soul Power to level thirty.
• Tang San confessed his connections with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu accepted them while asking him to be honest with her from then on.
• Xiao Wu condensed a roughly three-thousand-year third Soul Ring, raising her Soul Power to level thirty-three.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu walked hand in hand toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

After returning to Nuoding City, Tang San and Xiao Wu spent two and a half years cultivating and preparing for their next Soul Rings. Tang San planned to visit Holy Soul Village before hunting a twenty-thousand-year plant Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring.

• Tang San chose to return to Nuoding City with Xiao Wu, deciding he had time to find a catalogue of Immortal Herbs and a solution to Ye Lingling's Martial Soul defect.
• Two and a half years later, Tang San practiced the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Xiao Wu watched, and the pair prepared to leave Nuoding City.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu had both reached level forty, while Xiao Wu had already condensed a fourth Soul Ring close to eight thousand years old and reached level forty-two.
• After consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Tang San greatly strengthened his Spiritual Power and Dreamlike Illusion Eyes, gaining the Annihilation Light attack and an improved Disguise ability.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu they would eat, visit Holy Soul Village, and then hunt for a Soul Ring; he intended to absorb a plant Soul Beast's twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy students at an inn. When Iron Wolf and his companions harassed the girls and smashed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s table, Xiao Wu confronted them, and one man reached for her arm.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu visited Holy Soul Village, and Tang San left a letter for Tang Hao before they traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at an inn near the forest and discussed searching for a twenty-thousand-year-old Plant-type Soul Beast.
• Shui Bing'er and six Skywater Academy students came into the dining room, and Tang San recognized Shui Bing'er.
• Iron Wolf and two companions entered, harassed the Skywater Academy girls, and smashed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s table when Shui Bing'er ignored him.
• Xiao Wu demanded an apology and payment for their ruined meal, but Iron Wolf insulted her, and one of his companions reached for her arm.

Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated three men who had harassed Shui Bing'er and the other Skywater Academy students, then compensated the restaurant owner for the damage. After Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er introduced themselves, Shui Bing'er learned that Tang San had come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring and was spurred to catch up with his extraordinary progress.

• When one of the men reached for Shui Bing'er, Tang San pierced his palm with Blue Silver Grass and demanded an apology and compensation.
• The bald man and his two companions revealed their Soul Rings, but Tang San and Xiao Wu fought back and tied them up with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San chopped off one arm from each man and threw them out of the restaurant, where they fled.
• Tang San paid the restaurant owner for the damage and asked him to prepare another meal.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself and thanked Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Shui Yue'er asked whether they had come to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Shui Bing'er realized Tang San had reached level forty and felt driven to catch up with him.

After a month of searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Plant-type Soul Beast, Tang San agreed to let Xiao Wu ask Er Ming for help. They reached the Lake of Life, where Er Ming joyfully welcomed Xiao Wu and met Tang San as her boyfriend.

• Shui Bing'er and Tang San said goodbye, while Shui Yue'er teased her sister about being interested in him.
• After more than a month of searching without finding a Plant-type Soul Beast close to twenty thousand years old, Xiao Wu suggested asking Er Ming for help.
• Tang San agreed, and Xiao Wu led him toward the Lake of Life, reaching it after sixteen days of travel.
• Xiao Wu called to Er Ming, who recognized her and hurried over, delighted to see her again.
• Xiao Wu introduced Tang San to Er Ming as her boyfriend.

Xiao Wu and Tang San asked Er Ming for help finding a Plant-type Soul Beast for Tang San’s fourth Soul Ring, but Er Ming refused to help a human hunt. Da Ming led them to a Thunderclap Hell Vine that might sacrifice itself to prevent its unstable lightning from destroying the forest, and they waited for its decision.

• Er Ming questioned Tang San’s relationship with Xiao Wu, then accepted him after she explained that he had given her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and was the Blue Silver Emperor’s son.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to help Tang San find a roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Plant-type Soul Beast, but he refused.
• Da Ming emerged from the lake and revealed that a Thunderclap Hell Vine might sacrifice itself to Tang San before its unstable lightning caused a catastrophe.
• Da Ming led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Er Ming to the Thunderclap Hell Vine, where he explained their request and the vine fell silent to consider it.

Tang San absorbed the Thunderclap Hell Vine’s sacrifice, gaining a powerful fourth Soul Ring, lightning abilities, and an External Soul Bone called the Thunder God’s Heart. After thanking Da Ming and Er Ming, he left the forest with Xiao Wu.

• Da Ming told Tang San that the Thunderclap Hell Vine had agreed to sacrifice itself for the forest, and the vine began transferring its energy into him.
• Tang San endured the violent energy for two hours, absorbed the twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and advanced from Soul Power level forty to level forty-four.
• Tang San discovered his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Lightning Prison, and learned that his Blue Silver Grass had gained lightning immunity and could absorb lightning attacks.
• Tang San sensed the External Soul Bone attached to his heart, named it the Thunder God’s Heart, and learned that its Indestructible Thunder Heart skill granted super armor, recovery, and stronger lightning attacks.
• Xiao Wu checked on Tang San, and he reassured her that he was well and had gained an External Soul Bone.
• Tang San thanked Da Ming and Er Ming, promised to protect Xiao Wu, and left the forest with her.

After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled to Suotuo City as Shrek Academy’s enrollment approached. At the Rose Hotel, Dai Mubai tried to claim the last room and insulted Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to confront him.

• Tang San absorbed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, transforming his Blue Silver Grass into a sharp weapon and raising his Soul Power from level forty-four to forty-nine.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu left the forest, traveled to Suotuo City, and chose to stay at the Rose Hotel.
• The hotel attendant said only one room remained, and Tang San agreed to take it with Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai arrived with two women and demanded the room, claiming the hotel always reserved one for him.
• Xiao Wu challenged Dai Mubai, who propositioned her, and Tang San stopped her from attacking before threatening to teach Dai Mubai a lesson.

Tang San confronted Dai Mubai and beat him despite Dai Mubai activating his White Tiger Martial Soul and strongest enhancement skill. After revealing his disguised level of forty-nine, Tang San bound Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass and whipped him until he was badly injured.

• Dai Mubai attacked Tang San, but Tang San blocked every strike and knocked him back without moving from his spot.
• Dai Mubai revealed his White Tiger Martial Soul and level thirty-seven, and Tang San answered by showing disguised Soul Rings and announcing he was a level-forty-nine Battle Soul Ancestor.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged, but Tang San struck him with Blue Silver Grass that overpowered his attacks.
• Tang San bound Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass and whipped him while Xiao Wu urged him on.
• Tang San stopped after Dai Mubai was badly hurt and released him.

Tang San and Xiao Wu spent the night together at the Rose Hotel after Xiao Wu confessed she wanted to be his first. The next morning, they left hand in hand to explore Suotuo City and shop for clothes.

• Tang San made Dai Mubai pay for the damage to the hotel and apologize before leaving with his companions.
• The manager led Tang San and Xiao Wu to the hotel’s largest suite, where they ate dinner and Xiao Wu bathed.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she had grown up and wanted to be his first, and Tang San embraced and kissed her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu spent the night together, then woke in the morning and decided to explore Suotuo City.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu dressed, tidied themselves, and left the Rose Hotel hand in hand.

Tang San and Xiao Wu encountered Flender in his shop, where Tang San bought a Hair Crystal and agreed to enroll at Shrek Academy. The next day, they found the academy in a shabby village and saw students lining up to apply.

• Tang San recognized Flender in a shop and bought a Hair Crystal for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender recognized Tang San, explained that he was the dean of Shrek Academy, and invited him to enroll the next day.
• Tang San agreed to attend Shrek and left with Xiao Wu, puzzled by Flender's willingness to give him the Hair Crystal.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu followed the road out of Suotuo City and found Shrek Academy in a poor village.
• Tang San identified the elderly admissions teacher at the entrance as Li Yusong, while applicants waited in line.

Tang San and Xiao Wu waited to register at Shrek Academy as Li Yusong rejected unqualified applicants and refused refunds. Ning Rongrong joined them, and Tang San and Xiao Wu released their four Soul Rings during registration.

• Li Yusong warned applicants that Shrek accepted only exceptional students, refused to refund a boy's registration fee, and drove the boy and his father away by revealing his Soul Emperor strength.
• Tang San spotted Zhu Zhuqing in line and wondered whether Dai Mubai was still recovering from their recent fight.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Tang San, met Xiao Wu, and learned that Tang San had lied about his age when they met four years earlier.
• Ning Rongrong registered with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and Li Yusong asked whether her family knew she had come.
• Tang San paid for himself and Xiao Wu, passed Li Yusong's bone-age check, and released his Martial Soul alongside Xiao Wu's, revealing two yellow and two purple Soul Rings each.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Shrek Academy’s final trial, where Zhao Wuji tested whether they could survive against him for the time it took an incense stick to burn. The fight began with Tang San restraining Zhao Wuji, whose strength failed to break Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.

• Li Yusong sent Oscar to lead Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to the final trial.
• Oscar introduced the four students to Zhao Wuji, who announced that they had to hold out against him for an incense stick’s time to pass.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu revealed that they were Soul Ancestors, and the four shared their Martial Soul abilities and planned their tactics.
• The four released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, prompting Zhao Wuji to take the trial more seriously.
• Tang San bound Zhao Wuji’s ankles with Blue Silver Grass, and Zhao Wuji was shocked when his strength could not break it.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhao Wuji by combining Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with their Soul Skills and Ning Rongrong’s buffs. Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and targeted Xiao Wu with Gravity Compression.

• Zhao Wuji broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass only after using Martial Soul Possession, while Tang San concluded he could win through attrition.
• Tang San linked his thoughts with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, boosted their recovery and attributes, and received Ning Rongrong’s Strength and Speed buffs.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji together, but his Gravity Enhancement slowed them and he drove Zhu Zhuqing from the fight.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, shrugging off Tang San’s attacks before using Gravity Compression against Xiao Wu.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Zhao Wuji’s examination and enrolled at Shrek Academy. As Oscar led them to the dining hall, he spread a rumor about Yu Xiaogang and Flender that left Tang San embarrassed and Xiao Wu blushing.

• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to withstand Zhao Wuji’s attack while Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass until the incense burned out.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the fight, declared that the four had passed, and Oscar restored his strength with sausages.
• Oscar assigned Tang San and Xiao Wu to separate dormitories, with Tang San sharing a room with Oscar and Xiao Wu sharing with Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang was romantically interested in Flender, and Tang San admitted Yu Xiaogang was his teacher.
• Tang San denied Oscar’s rumor implicated him, then appealed to Xiao Wu to vouch for him, making her blush when she realized what he meant.

Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang at the academy and learned that Dai Mubai was one of its other students. Oscar’s gossip about Dai Mubai’s womanizing upset Zhu Zhuqing, who left the dining hall, while Tang San revealed that he had beaten Dai Mubai.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar went to the dining hall, where Tang San found Yu Xiaogang dressed and groomed unusually.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San about his Soul Power, learned it was Level forty-nine, and asked Oscar whether he had seen Flender.
• Oscar told Tang San that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were the academy’s other students, and that Dai Mubai was recovering from a beating in his dorm.
• Tang San revealed that he had beaten Dai Mubai after seeing him with twins in Suotuo City.
• Oscar recounted Dai Mubai’s history of pursuing women, and Zhu Zhuqing listened with growing anger before leaving the dining hall.
• Tang San dismissed Oscar’s concern about Zhu Zhuqing, and the students finished eating and returned to their dorms to cultivate.

Tang San and Xiao Wu found Ma Hongjun harassing Cui in the village, and intervened. Tang San subdued and whipped Ma Hongjun after his Phoenix Possession and fire attack failed, while Ma Hongjun begged him to stop.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu walked beyond Shrek Academy and came upon Ma Hongjun arguing with Cui, who was trying to end their relationship.
• Ma Hongjun grabbed Cui when she tried to leave, so Xiao Wu kicked his hand away and helped Cui escape.
• Tang San confronted Ma Hongjun and knocked him to the ground with a single kick.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Possession and spat flames at Xiao Wu, but Tang San blocked them with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San bound Ma Hongjun upside down and whipped him for bullying Cui until Ma Hongjun cried out that he would not do it again.

Tang San punished Ma Hongjun, then cultivated with Xiao Wu at a waterfall and joined Shrek Academy’s first formal class. Flender appointed Yu Xiaogang as lead instructor and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a running task before taking the students to the Great Soul Arena that evening.

• Tang San stopped whipping Ma Hongjun after Oscar intervened, and Oscar gave Ma Hongjun Recovery Sausages to heal his wounds.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu found a quiet waterfall behind the academy and cultivated there; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing asked to join them the next day.
• Flender told the students to put aside their grudges and introduced Yu Xiaogang as their lead instructor.
• Flender assigned each student to eat one of Oscar’s sausages, and Tang San ate first to reassure the others.
• Flender ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village and told everyone else to cultivate before meeting at the village entrance to go to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City.