Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng, Grandmaster, and Ma Hongjun fled the Yunxi Qingniao King while Liu Erlong held off the beast and the Gryphon and Purple-Eyed Stone Finch attacked. Liu Erlong was injured, and as more Yunxi Qingniaos emerged, Wang Xiaofeng carried her away with the others.

• Grandmaster estimated the ages of two Yunxi Qingniaos Liu Erlong had caught, but Wang Xiaofeng spotted their king arriving and urged everyone to flee.
• Wang Xiaofeng escaped with Grandmaster while Ma Hongjun carried a young Yunxi Qingniao and was struck by the king's fireball; Liu Erlong shielded him, and Wang Xiaofeng pulled him to safety.
• Liu Erlong fought the Yunxi Qingniao King, but the Gryphon ambushed her and the Purple-Eyed Stone Finch petrified the king.
• Liu Erlong used her Sixth Soul Skill to knock the Gryphon away, driving the Purple-Eyed Stone Finch to flee, then collapsed after coughing blood.
• As several more thousand-year Yunxi Qingniaos emerged, Wang Xiaofeng carried Liu Erlong away with Grandmaster and Ma Hongjun.

Wang Xiaofeng fled through Sunset Forest with Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Ma Hongjun as four Cloud-Resting Azure Birds pursued them. After Grandmaster sacrificed himself to distract the birds, Wang Xiaofeng was cornered and began fighting back.

• Wang Xiaofeng followed Grandmaster's advice and ran toward the forest's center, hoping to reach Dugu Bo while the Cloud-Resting Azure Birds closed in.
• Grandmaster summoned Luo Sanpao, whose foul-smelling gas made all four birds crash, then drew their attention with a second attack.
• The birds retaliated with a fireball that burned Grandmaster and forced Luo Sanpao back into him, but Wang Xiaofeng continued carrying Grandmaster and the others.
• The birds caught up and surrounded Wang Xiaofeng, who set Liu Erlong and Ma Hongjun beside Grandmaster and prepared to fight.
• Wang Xiaofeng used Adamantine Defense to block one bird, then struck another with his Red Calabash-enhanced fist, while two birds fired dark purple fireballs at him.

Wang Xiaofeng fought off the Cloud-Resting Azure Birds while protecting the unconscious Ma Hongjun and two others. After killing one bird, crippling another, and driving the last away, he took medicine and carried the three unconscious people toward safety.

• Wang Xiaofeng evaded the Cloud-Resting Azure Birds’ fireballs by using Soul Power to propel himself through the air and shield himself with his Purple Calabash.
• A Cloud-Resting Azure Bird circled behind Wang Xiaofeng and attacked Ma Hongjun, but Wang Xiaofeng intercepted it and broke its claw in a collision.
• The remaining birds attacked Wang Xiaofeng, who dodged a beak strike but was slammed into a tree by a powerful wing.
• Wang Xiaofeng escaped a stream of purple flames and used his Combination Soul Skill, Meteor Flash Rush, to kill the bird that breathed them.
• The last Cloud-Resting Azure Bird fled, and Wang Xiaofeng took healing pills before carrying Ma Hongjun and the other two unconscious people away.

Wang Xiaofeng got Liu Erlong, Grandmaster, and Ma Hongjun into a cave and drove off the pursuing wolves with his Stinky Powder. After waking two days later, he learned Ma Hongjun had obtained his Third Soul Ring from the Cloud-Resting Azure Bird and saw his Phoenix Martial Soul Avatar, while Liu Erlong embraced him out of guilt for failing to protect him.

• Wang Xiaofeng found a hidden cliff cave and used his last strength to get Liu Erlong, Grandmaster, and Ma Hongjun inside as wolves approached.
• Wang Xiaofeng scattered Stinky Powder at the cave entrance, driving away the six wolf-type Soul Beasts before collapsing.
• Wang Xiaofeng woke two days later and learned from Ma Hongjun that Liu Erlong had treated Grandmaster's burns and gone to gather food with him.
• Ma Hongjun told Wang Xiaofeng that he had obtained his Third Soul Ring from the Cloud-Resting Azure Bird he had carried, then showed off his Phoenix Martial Soul Avatar.
• Liu Erlong scolded Ma Hongjun for releasing his Martial Soul in the cave, punched him, and embraced Wang Xiaofeng after he woke.

Wang Xiaofeng recovered in a cave while Grandmaster and Liu Erlong cared for him and Ma Hongjun. After Ma Hongjun described drinking a red liquid before absorbing his new soul ring, Wang Xiaofeng consulted his notebook and identified two possible natural treasures.

• Grandmaster entered the cave and found Wang Xiaofeng awake in Liu Erlong's embrace, then said he was recovering from his injuries.
• Wang Xiaofeng joked about the upcoming assessment, and Grandmaster told him to prepare for a makeup exam.
• Liu Erlong served soup, and Wang Xiaofeng corrected Ma Hongjun's misunderstanding about his Gluttony soul skill.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Ma Hongjun why his Martial Soul had changed so much after absorbing the Cloud-Resting Azure Bird's soul ring.
• Ma Hongjun recalled that Liu Erlong gave him red liquid from an earthenware shard before he absorbed the ring.
• Wang Xiaofeng searched his Encyclopedia of Natural Treasures and found Dragon Rock Blood and Magma Milk as possible matches.

Ma Hongjun and Wang Xiaofeng stood watch while Liu Erlong rested, but a sudden snowstorm brought a powerful northern Soul Beast out of the forest. With Wang Xiaofeng boosting him, Ma Hongjun activated his third Soul Skill and flew to attack the thousand-year beast.

• Liu Erlong hit Ma Hongjun and Wang Xiaofeng, then ordered them to stand watch while she went to sleep beside Grandmaster.
• Wang Xiaofeng noticed the abnormal cold and snowfall and warned Ma Hongjun to stay alert.
• Ma Hongjun activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and Wang Xiaofeng sensed a Soul Beast hidden in the forest.
• A human-faced, bird-bodied Soul Beast emerged and used wind and snow to suppress Ma Hongjun's flames.
• Wang Xiaofeng boosted Ma Hongjun, who used Phoenix Bathing in Fire to take flight and dive toward the Soul Beast.

Ma Hongjun fought a powerful Bird-bodied Human-faced Soul Beast, using his Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens to drive it away. He survived the battle but exhausted much of his Soul Power, while the Soul Beast escaped after being frightened by something in the cave.

• The Bird-bodied Human-faced Soul Beast attacked Ma Hongjun with Ice Crystal Rain, but he used his flames and flight to crash into it.
• Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line failed to pierce the beast's ice defenses, and its icy-blue Soul Power suppressed his Phoenix Flame.
• Angered, Ma Hongjun unleashed Phoenix Soaring Nine Heavens and shattered the ground around the beast, but it blocked much of the attack with a massive block of ice.
• Wang Xiaofeng found Ma Hongjun alive in the pit and helped him out after absorbing the remaining Phoenix Flame.
• Ma Hongjun explained that the Soul Beast escaped after something frightened it, and he and Wang Xiaofeng suspected Liu Erlong's presence had scared it away.

After recovering in a hidden cave, Wang Xiaofeng, Ma Hongjun, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong returned to Shrek Academy. The group reunited with Flander, who asked whether Ma Hongjun had obtained his Soul Ring.

• Wang Xiaofeng described the night battle, and Grandmaster identified Ma Hongjun's opponent as a Shebi Bird that could control the weather.
• The group spent five days in the cave while Grandmaster and Wang Xiaofeng recovered and Ma Hongjun practiced his new skill.
• Grandmaster decided the group would return to the academy, and they arrived there that afternoon.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun admired the academy's new golden sign before heading to the cafeteria.
• Liu Erlong confronted Flander after overhearing him call her terrifying, and Zhao Wuji backed Flander's claim that he had been praising her.
• Flander asked whether Ma Hongjun had obtained his Soul Ring.

Grandmaster assessed the Shrek students and introduced written tests on Soul Beast knowledge, while Dai Mubai secured time off to focus on breaking through his bottleneck. Wang Xiaofeng later went to inspect the Auction House, where four attendants greeted him at the entrance.

• Grandmaster assessed the students, finding several close to breakthroughs, and tested Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun on Soul Beast knowledge.
• Dai Mubai asked Grandmaster for leave to break through level thirty-nine, and Grandmaster granted him a month.
• Grandmaster made written tests part of the monthly assessments, and Ma Hongjun received fewer than ten points while Wang Xiaofeng earned a perfect score.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained that repeated tests could help students remember knowledge that might save their lives in a Soul Beast forest.
• Wang Xiaofeng followed Liu Erlong's directions to the Auction House and entered after noticing its round building and hammer emblem.
• Four young women at the entrance asked Wang Xiaofeng whether they could help him.

Wang Xiaofeng visited the Heaven Dou Auction House and obtained Purple VIP qualification after presenting his Great Spirit Arena Black Card. He entered the auction area, where a guide was expected to explain the bidding process.

• A young woman led Wang Xiaofeng to the qualification room after explaining that certification required assets worth ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Wind Elder assessed Wang Xiaofeng’s Black Card, found a balance of 123,521 Gold Soul Coins, and granted him Purple VIP status.
• Wind Elder explained that the Black Card marked Wang Xiaofeng as a young Soul Elder certified by the Great Spirit Arena, impressing the three youths who had been dozing.
• The young woman explained the auction rules and told Wang Xiaofeng about the high-class and annual super auctions, including a past auction of a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Wang Xiaofeng reached the auction area on the second floor, received a mask, and waited for someone to guide him through the process.

Wang Xiaofeng attended an auction and became suspicious that a sapphire was a powerful treasure after his Gourd reacted to it. He bid against a masked young woman, and the auction ended with her recognizing him as the bidder.

• Wang Xiaofeng studied the Auction House and watched several items sell, but found nothing worth buying.
• Wang Xiaofeng saw his Gourd tremble when the host displayed a rare sapphire from the Sri Lanka Kingdom.
• A masked young woman bid twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins for the sapphire, and Wang Xiaofeng raised her offer because he suspected it was a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure.
• The young woman and Wang Xiaofeng drove the sapphire's price up to thirty-two thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The young woman stood up in frustration, and Wang Xiaofeng recognized her as the young lady he had met at Moonlight Hotel more than two years earlier.

Wang Xiaofeng left the auction after losing the sapphire to the girl in the Purple VIP section, who followed him through Heaven Dou City and confronted him. When she attacked with her Frost Aura, he prepared to fight back.

• Wang Xiaofeng and the masked girl bid against each other until she won the sapphire for seventy-five thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Xiaofeng left the Auction House, declined a secure exit, and wandered through Heaven Dou City while the girl followed him.
• The girl confronted Wang Xiaofeng in an alley, accused him of targeting her, and demanded to know who had sent him.
• The girl summoned her staff and revealed that she was a Soul Ancestor with two yellow and two purple Soul Rings.
• The girl used her First Soul Skill, Frost Aura, to freeze the area around them, and Wang Xiaofeng criticized her familiar tactics.

Wang Xiaofeng faced the girl in a rematch, recognizing the strengths of her Soul Skills and revealing that he was a four-ring Soul Ancestor. When she recognized him from an encounter years earlier, their fight gave way to an argument, leaving their rivalry unresolved.

• The girl used her Moon Shadow and Moon Power Soul Skills to freeze Wang Xiaofeng and threaten him with unavoidable attacks.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained how her Soul Skills worked, startling her because she had never shown them in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Wang Xiaofeng summoned his Green Calabash and revealed four Soul Rings, prompting the girl to recognize his calabash incantation from years ago.
• The girl recalled meeting Wang Xiaofeng when she was fifteen, and they argued over who had acted like a pervert during their earlier fight.
• The two stopped preparing to fight and cursed at a bystander who asked whether they were going to continue.

Wang Xiaofeng traded insults with a hungry girl, then returned to Shrek and described what he learned about the Auction House. As he settled into academy life, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship kept drawing him into their lively routine.

• Wang Xiaofeng mocked the girl when her stomach growled, left without telling her his name until she called after him, and she vowed to teach him a lesson.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Oscar and Ma Hongjun that he had visited the Auction House and explained that powerful factions enabled its slave trade.
• Wang Xiaofeng spent the night cultivating alongside Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, then tried to slip away with Dai Mubai in the morning.
• Dai Mubai offered to introduce Wang Xiaofeng to junior female students, but Zhu Zhuqing overheard and left him panicking.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Zhu Zhuqing headed to breakfast with Dai Mubai, and he gradually grew accustomed to life at Shrek over the next month.

After a month of cultivation, Wang Xiaofeng had stabilized his Rank 40 foundation and sensed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were breaking through. He and the others visited Zhu Zhuqing, who had just broken through, and brought her lunch while Dai Mubai remained elsewhere in the Beast Area.

• Wang Xiaofeng finished cultivating and sensed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were undergoing breakthroughs.
• At breakfast, Wang Xiaofeng told everyone that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were likely breaking through, leaving Ning Rongrong discouraged about her own progress.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the others went to the Beast Area with packed meals after Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing missed lunch.
• Dai Mubai's breakthrough released a powerful roar that frightened the Soul Beasts and students in the Beast Area.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the others found Zhu Zhuqing, who had just broken through, and gave her a hot meal.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing received a month of leave to travel to the Star Luo Empire and find Soul Beasts for their next Soul Rings. The Grandmaster made the journey a two-month assessment for the others and sent the group off with a safer route, warning them about the tense border.

• Dai Mubai arrived as the group gathered to celebrate his impending breakthrough, and he and Zhu Zhuqing asked Flander for leave to seek Soul Beasts in the Star Luo Empire.
• Flander granted them a month away, and the Grandmaster asked Dai Mubai to bring Wang Xiaofeng and the others along.
• The Grandmaster explained to Flander that Dai Mubai's status left him with limited border intelligence, and Flander agreed to secretly follow the group and protect them.
• The next morning, the Grandmaster told the group the trip would count as their assessments for two months and gave them a map marking likely Soul Beast locations near the border.
• The Grandmaster warned the group about recent clashes between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, and they agreed to avoid unnecessary trouble.

The Shrek group traveled toward the border, stopped in Green Mountain Town to rest and gather information, and learned where to find the nocturnal Soul Beasts they sought. After waiting for dusk, they set out toward their destination.

• Flander, Liu Erlong, and the Grandmaster left the academy while Zhao Wuji stayed behind to guard it.
• Wang Xiaofeng cooked dinner for the group, and they prepared to cross into the Heaven Dou Empire the next morning.
• The group reached Green Mountain Town, where Dai Mubai replenished supplies and Wang Xiaofeng gathered local information.
• Wang Xiaofeng told the group the border was three kilometers away and their destination lay fifty kilometers west along it.
• Dai Mubai explained that the Flowing Light Tiger and Shadow Cat Demon were nocturnal, so the group rested until dusk before setting out.

Wang Xiaofeng and the others searched a forest for suitable Flowing Light Tigers and Shadow Cat Demons, then discovered both kinds of Soul Beasts fighting nearby. They prepared to wait for the battle to end and claim a suitable Soul Beast amid the likely melee.

• Zhu Zhuqing spotted signs of a fight to the east, and Wang Xiaofeng led the group to investigate.
• Wang Xiaofeng reassured Dai Mubai that he could keep boosting Zhu Zhuqing and used his senses to locate the battle.
• Wang Xiaofeng boosted the group so they could watch six Shadow Cat Demons battling three Flowing Light Tigers from a tree.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing judged the Soul Beasts’ ages and identified several suitable candidates.
• Wang Xiaofeng warned that nearby Soul Beasts were also waiting to take advantage, so a large melee would likely follow.

Dai Mubai warned the Shrek group about the Flowing Light Tigers’ wide-area Soul Skill, and Wang Xiaofeng shielded them from its devastating blast. After the group returned to the wrecked battlefield, they worried that the Soul Beasts they had come to hunt might all be dead.

• The Flowing Light Tigers charged their Meteor Fall Soul Skill while the Shadow Cat Demons waited for an opening and other Soul Beasts watched for the weakened survivors.
• Dai Mubai recognized Meteor Fall and led the Shrek group away from the battlefield, carrying Oscar while Zhu Zhuqing carried Ning Rongrong.
• Meteor Fall exploded across the forest, and Wang Xiaofeng enlarged his Gourd to shield the group from the shockwave.
• Three men fleeing Spirit Hall spotted the explosion and headed toward the Shrek group’s location.
• After the blast, Wang Xiaofeng broke up Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s argument, and the group returned to find the battlefield devastated and wonder whether the Soul Beasts had survived.

Wang Xiaofeng and the Shrek group found the surviving Shadow Cat Demons, and Zhu Zhuqing killed one that was the right age for her. After the others fled, a pair of suspicious men emerged and confronted the group.

• Wang Xiaofeng used his Soul Power to locate buried Soul Beasts and led the group to investigate several spots.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the girls uncovered injured Shadow Cat Demons, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked and killed one with the group's boosts.
• The remaining Shadow Cat Demons struck at Zhu Zhuqing, but Wang Xiaofeng blocked their attack with his Gourd and suffered backlash.
• The surviving Shadow Cat Demons fled, leaving behind a corpse with a Purple Soul Ring that Zhu Zhuqing said fit her needs.
• Wang Xiaofeng noticed two men emerging from the ground, and one called the Shrek group tender-skinned young masters and ladies.