Chapter Summaries

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.

Tang San encouraged Ning Rongrong to finish her running and advised Zhu Zhuqing on cultivating her Hell Spirit Cat. At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Flender announced the students’ graduation requirement, and Tang San agreed to join team Soul Fighting.

• Ning Rongrong admitted she had not finished her twenty laps, but Tang San reminded her that stamina was crucial, and she turned back to complete the run.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang San for cultivation advice, and he suggested developing her Hell Spirit Cat’s darkness attribute and training her claws and calves by climbing the cliff with weights.
• Ning Rongrong arrived last after completing her laps, and Flender allowed her to join the group traveling to Suotuo City.
• At the Soto Great Soul Arena, Flender announced that students needed Gold Soul Fighting Badges to graduate.
• Tang San showed Flender his Gold Soul Fighting Badge and declined individual matches, but Yu Xiaogang said he should still compete in team Soul Fighting.
• Tang San agreed to team matches despite the stronger opponents he and Xiao Wu would face.

Tang San and his companions finished their Soul Fighting matches, then set out with Zhao Wuji for the Star Dou Great Forest after Oscar reached level thirty. At a hotel near the forest, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun fought students from Canghui Academy, and their teacher Ye Zhiqiu confronted them.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu won their Doubles Soul Fighting matches, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun lost their team match; the others won their bouts.
• Oscar entered deep meditation, then told Flender that he had broken through to level thirty, prompting Flender to send the group to the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhao Wuji.
• The Shrek group traveled on foot to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest and stopped at a hotel.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, and he and Ma Hongjun defeated its students after a quarrel turned into a fight.
• Ye Zhiqiu approached the group to ask which sect they belonged to, and Ma Hongjun proudly answered that they were from Shrek Academy.

Ye Zhiqiu challenged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun after learning their academy had no powerful backing, and beat them outside the hotel. When a Canghui Academy student provoked Tang San and Xiao Wu, the confrontation escalated until Tang San bound Ye Zhiqiu and aimed a sharpened Blue Silver vine at his throat.

• Ye Zhiqiu released his Mysterious Turtle Martial Soul and demanded that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun call out their teacher, but Ma Hongjun insulted him and challenged him to settle things outside.
• Tang San refused to help Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who went outside and were beaten by Ye Zhiqiu while the others stayed to eat.
• A Canghui Academy student mocked Tang San's group, so Tang San whipped him across the mouth with a Blue Silver vine.
• The injured student overturned Tang San's table, and Xiao Wu kicked him across the room.
• Ye Zhiqiu confronted Xiao Wu, but Tang San bound him with Blue Silver vines and formed another vine into a spear aimed at his throat.

Tang San captured a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed they had pursued it first. Zhao Wuji faced a difficult choice as he weighed their claim against Oscar’s need for a Soul Ring.

• Ye Zhiqiu apologized to Tang San’s group and fled with the Canghui Academy students, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned battered and received Recovery Sausages from Oscar.
• The Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San sensed and captured a fleeing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San pointed out the serpent’s wound and suggested they find another Soul Beast, but Zhao Wuji told Oscar to absorb it because its age suited him.
• Meng Yiran and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang emerged from the woods, and Meng Yiran accused the Shrek group of taking the serpent her party had pursued.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang’s reputation and worried that the Dragon Duke might be nearby, leaving him uncertain how to respond.

Tang San helped Zhao Wuji avoid a conflict with Snake Granny by returning the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then secretly hunted down the Man Faced Demon Spider. He killed it and recovered the Eight Spider Lances before returning to Oscar, who was absorbing the Pink Lady's Soul Ring.

• Tang San persuaded Zhao Wuji to return the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Meng Yiran, who killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang San spent two days searching for a Man Faced Demon Spider while the Shrek group traveled through the forest.
• Zhao Wuji found a Pink Lady, and the group subdued it so Oscar could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Tang San sensed a Man Faced Demon Spider nearby and sneaked away while Xiao Wu agreed to keep his departure secret.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider with his Annihilation Light and Blue Silver Grass, then retrieved the Eight Spider Lances from its body.
• Tang San concealed the Eight Spider Lances in his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Purse, covered his tracks, and returned to Oscar.