Chapter Summaries

At Shrek Academy’s entrance test, Li Yan stunned Li Yusong with his extraordinary strength, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing became interested in him. Xiao Wu exposed Dai Mubai’s behavior to Ning Rongrong, leaving Dai furious as both girls stood beside Li Yan.

• Xiao Wu passed the test as a level thirty-two Battle Soul Elder, and Tang San followed with a level thirty-five Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Li Yan revealed that he was a twelve-year-old level forty-five Battle Soul Ancestor with a Black Dragon Martial Soul and a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring, astonishing Li Yusong.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Wu about Li Yan’s talent and learned that he had started with level-six Innate Soul Power and a different Martial Soul before training his way to his current strength.
• Xiao Wu teased Zhu Zhuqing about liking Li Yan, then pointed out Ning Rongrong approaching him; Ning Rongrong introduced herself and asked whether she could call him Brother Yan.
• Xiao Wu told Dai Mubai that everyone had passed the first test and asked to go straight to the final test, then revealed his behavior from the previous night to Ning Rongrong, who moved to Li Yan’s other side as Dai Mubai glared at them.

Li Yan and the other new students faced Zhao Wuji in Shrek Academy’s final assessment, where Li Yan’s strength impressed his companions and surprised Dai Mubai. After the group passed the one-incense-stick challenge, Li Yan continued fighting Zhao Wuji to seek a breakthrough, and Zhao Wuji escalated the battle with his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Dai Mubai led Li Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others to Zhao Wuji, who changed the assessment so they would all face him together.
• Li Yan and Tang San organized the group, then Li Yan activated three enhancement Soul Skills and fought Zhao Wuji alongside the black dragon.
• Tang San supported the team with Blue Silver Grass while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked from the sides and Ning Rongrong strengthened the others; the group lasted through the incense stick and passed.
• Zhao Wuji invited Li Yan to continue fighting, and Li Yan formed a battle halberd with Dark Evil Dragon Break and struck Zhao Wuji with powerful blows.
• Zhao Wuji announced that he was getting serious and activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

Li Yan broke through to Soul Ancestor during his fight with Zhao Wuji, and he and Tang San joined Shrek Academy. Zhu Zhuqing confronted her fiancé Dai Mubai about abandoning her, leaving their engagement unresolved.

• Li Yan injured Zhao Wuji with his true-damage halberd, then broke through to Level 46 Soul Ancestor while suppressing him.
• Tang San healed Li Yan and Zhao Wuji, and Zhao Wuji welcomed the students as members of Shrek Academy.
• Li Yan and Tang San planned to visit their father and fight at the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to speak privately, and she accused him of leaving her to face danger alone in the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's demands and walked away while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong watched.

Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong learned why Zhu Zhuqing feared returning to the Star Luo Empire and comforted her over Dai Mubai’s betrayal. After Li Yan privately consoled Zhu Zhuqing, the group set out to enjoy Suotuo City, while Ning Rongrong resolved to win Li Yan for herself.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong urged Zhu Zhuqing to explain why she was upset, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed her engagement to Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Empire’s deadly succession rules.
• Zhu Zhuqing told them Dai Mubai had fled years earlier and later abandoned himself to indulgence, leaving her to face danger and hardship alone.
• Ning Rongrong offered to confront the Star Luo Emperor, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to let her risk innocent lives over a matter between Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to shop in Suotuo City and visit the Soul Fighting Arena, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go.
• Li Yan noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s tears and comforted her privately before the group left together.
• Ning Rongrong saw Zhu Zhuqing grow more dependent on Li Yan and resolved that Li Yan would be hers.

Li Yan and his companions visited Li Gang and Wang Hong to tell them they had enrolled at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Tang Hao appeared at Shrek Academy and beat Zhao Wuji before ordering him to protect the children.

• Li Yan introduced Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to Li Gang and Wang Hong and told them he and Xiao San had enrolled at Shrek Academy.
• Wang Hong pointed out that Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu seemed interested in Li Yan, while Li Gang joked that his son would become the continent's youngest Titled Douluo.
• A powerful stranger summoned Zhao Wuji to the back mountain and challenged him over how he had treated the children.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and suppressed Zhao Wuji for an incense stick's time without using his Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao opened Zhao Wuji's meridians and told him to protect the children, and Zhao Wuji agreed.

Li Yan and his companions registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Tang San and Xiao Wu faced two veteran Soul Elders. As the fight began, Li Yan considered recruiting their opponents and watched Tang San overwhelm one of them with a spear.

• Tang Hao decided to seize resources from a Spirit Hall Branch and invest in Li Yan, whom he hoped would eventually help him destroy the Spirit Hall and avenge Ah Yin.
• Li Yan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing registered for matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena, choosing codenames and forming teams.
• Li Yan and Ning Rongrong bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each on Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Yan to guide her in a future team match.
• Li Yan considered recruiting the opposing Soul Elders, Li Hu and Zhao Lei, if their character proved suitable, and told Tang San and Xiao Wu to go easy on them.
• Tang San fought Li Hu with a spear created through his first Soul Skill, while Xiao Wu injured Zhao Lei with a Waist Bow; the opponents regrouped and prepared to use a special move.

At the Soul Fighting Arena, Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the Lion-Tiger Combination after Xiao Wu blocked Li Hu’s powerful attack with her Invincible Golden Body. After several successful matches and a dramatic win over a Soul King team, Li Yan sought out Li Hu and Zhao Lei to recruit them.

• Li Hu and Zhao Lei combined their Soul Power, raising Li Hu’s strength, but Xiao Wu blocked his Black Tiger Gouges Heart with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Tang San fought Li Hu until Li Hu ran out of Soul Power, then knocked him off the platform to win the match.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing defeated their opponents, and Li Yan won his own match against a high-level Soul Ancestor.
• Li Yan teamed up with Tang San to defeat a Soul King team, earning the name Dragon Halberd and turning his ten thousand Gold Soul Coins into two million.
• Li Yan visited Li Hu and Zhao Lei and offered to recruit them.

Li Yan tried to recruit Li Hu and Zhao Lei by promising to help them develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and grow stronger, then explained his Martial Soul Evolution Theory to the group. Tang San believed his Blue Silver Grass would evolve after gaining his fourth Soul Ring, and Li Yan said its next stage was the Blue Silver King.

• Li Yan offered to make Li Hu and Zhao Lei founding members of his planned power and help them complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but they asked for time to consider.
• Li Yan returned to his lounge and told Tang San he was confident the brothers would eventually join.
• Tang San told Li Yan that he sensed his Martial Soul would evolve after he obtained his fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Yan explained how stronger physiques, over-limit Soul Rings, and compatible Soul Rings could promote Martial Soul evolution, and offered to advise Ning Rongrong about evolving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for a price.
• Li Yan described his own Martial Souls and said Tang San's Blue Silver Grass could evolve into the Blue Silver King and, ultimately, the Blue Silver Emperor.

Li Yan explained how Tang San’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Souls could evolve, while Ning Rongrong teased him and openly offered to bring him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as her future partner. At the Rose Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing worried that Li Yan would choose Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong began writing home to arrange their next steps.

• Li Yan told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass could evolve toward the Blue Silver King and potentially the Blue Silver Emperor, and said Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat could also evolve with suitable Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Yan to help choose her third Soul Ring when she reached Soul Elder, while Ning Rongrong complained that he charged her for knowledge.
• Ning Rongrong teased Li Yan about liking Zhu Zhuqing, then confessed that she loved him at first sight and offered him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support and wealth.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether Li Yan would accept Ning Rongrong and followed the group to the Rose Hotel, where Li Yan booked three rooms.
• Ning Rongrong took out paper and a pen to write to her father, asking him to send someone and money to buy Li Yan’s theory about evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Martial Soul.

Zhu Zhuqing confessed her feelings to Li Yan, and he agreed to be with her. She returned to her room embarrassed, while Ning Rongrong realized her best friend had gotten together with the man she liked.

• Ning Rongrong praised Li Yan and said she would compete fairly with Zhu Zhuqing for him.
• Worried about losing Li Yan, Zhu Zhuqing went to his room and asked whether he would accept Ning Rongrong's proposal.
• Li Yan said Ning Rongrong's confession had been a joke, and Zhu Zhuqing realized she had misunderstood the situation.
• Zhu Zhuqing confessed that she had fallen for Li Yan after he saved her, and he agreed to be with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Li Yan, then fled back to her room in embarrassment after he teased her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that Li Yan had agreed to be with her, leaving Ning Rongrong stunned.

Zhu Zhuqing confessed her feelings to Li Yan, and he accepted her, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu reacted to their new relationship. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai saw them together and plotted against them before Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would join the academy as a teacher.

• Ning Rongrong accepted Zhu Zhuqing's relationship with Li Yan and wrote to Bone Douluo, asking him to meet Li Yan and buy the theory of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul Evolution.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Zhu Zhuqing had confessed to Li Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she was nervous about facing him.
• Li Yan took Zhu Zhuqing's hand and led her with the others to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai saw Li Yan and Zhu Zhuqing holding hands, suspected they had been intimate, and resolved to report Zhu Zhuqing to the imperial family and have her killed.
• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would join Shrek Academy as a teacher, giving Li Yan a bad feeling.