Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng and the girls were ambushed after Rat Martial Soul Man pretended to be harmless, and Ma Hongjun arrived to help. The attackers’ stronger accomplice then struck Wang Xiaofeng with an Evil Tiger Streamer Wave.

• Wang Xiaofeng shielded Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu as Rat Martial Soul Man emerged from the ground and claimed he had burrowed into the wrong place.
• Xiao Wu and Wang Xiaofeng let Rat Martial Soul Man approach, but he revealed his treachery and attacked while an unseen attacker struck from behind.
• Wang Xiaofeng used his Gourd to shield the group, but the blow made him spit blood; Zhu Zhuqing blocked Rat Martial Soul Man’s Netherworld Hundred Claws with Ning Rongrong’s enhancement.
• Ma Hongjun arrived and drove Rat Martial Soul Man underground with his Phoenix Fire Line.
• A second attacker punched Wang Xiaofeng and his Gourd, sending them flying, then praised Wang Xiaofeng for enduring an Evil Tiger Streamer Wave.

Wang Xiaofeng protected Oscar from a hidden assassin and defeated him with a powerful counterattack. After the man was thrown across the ground, Wang Xiaofeng took Oscar’s Sausage and ate it.

• Wang Xiaofeng pulled Oscar out of the way of a surprise claw attack and drove the attacker off.
• Wang Xiaofeng searched for the hidden assassin, detected him, and struck him hard enough to pin his feet in the ground.
• Oscar threw a stone to distract the assassin, who dodged and exposed his back.
• Wang Xiaofeng used Flash Step to get behind the assassin and kick him across the ground.
• Wang Xiaofeng took Oscar’s Sausage and began eating it.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fought Wang Hu and the Rat Martial Soul Man alongside their companions. After Wang Hu severely wounded Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing fused with him to summon the Hell White Tiger, which struck Wang Hu down and pursued him for another attack.

• Dai Mubai charged Wang Hu with strength and speed boosts, but Wang Hu overpowered him and blasted him with Evil Tiger Streamer Wave.
• The Rat Martial Soul Man tried to ambush Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Wu paralyzed him with Charm and caught him with her scorpion braid.
• Wang Hu lifted the bloodied Dai Mubai and threatened Zhu Zhuqing as she rushed to save him.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Wang Hu's attack and fused with Dai Mubai, summoning the Hell White Tiger.
• Wang Hu used Evil Tiger Roar against the Hell White Tiger, but it struck him and chased him down for another heavy blow.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Wang Hu but collapsed from their injuries, while Xiao Wu killed another opponent and Wang Xiaofeng helped the group escape. Zhuqing began absorbing a Soul Ring, and Dai Mubai prepared to absorb the Purple Soul Ring from a tiger he had accidentally killed as Wang Xiaofeng returned after drawing pursuing Soul Beasts away.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing used the Hell White Tiger to kill Wang Hu, then fell unconscious from their injuries and depleted Soul Power.
• Wang Xiaofeng caught Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu emerged after defeating another enemy and the group gathered to recover.
• Wang Xiaofeng ordered Ma Hongjun and Oscar to clean up the battlefield and help Zhuqing prepare to absorb the Shadow Cat Demon’s Soul Ring.
• The group discovered a Purple Soul Ring above a tiger Dai Mubai had killed by chance, carried the corpse away, and retreated from the area.
• Dai Mubai woke up and learned that Zhuqing had begun absorbing a Soul Ring; he then started recovering so he could absorb the tiger’s Purple Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned after leading pursuing Soul Beasts away and provoking a Heavy Armor Mad Dragon.

Dai Mubai absorbed the Flowing Light Tiger's Soul Ring and gained his Fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower. After Wang Xiaofeng questioned its range, Dai Mubai challenged him to a spar despite not having fully recovered.

• Wang Xiaofeng returned to the group and learned that Dai Mubai was struggling to absorb the Flowing Light Tiger's Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiaofeng fell asleep from exhaustion while the others watched over Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai completed his absorption and gained a fourth Purple Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai explained that White Tiger Meteor Shower could strike an area of over two hundred square meters with more than a hundred golden spheres.
• Dai Mubai challenged Wang Xiaofeng to spar, while Zhu Zhuqing smiled ominously behind him.

Wang Xiaofeng tested his defense against Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower, and Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated the precise cutting power of her Netherworld Slash. Flander and Grandmaster watched from nearby and agreed the students’ training had been enough, leaving them to return to cultivating at the academy.

• Dai Mubai unleashed White Tiger Meteor Shower at Wang Xiaofeng, whose Gourd absorbed the blasts until the force knocked it away.
• Wang Xiaofeng used Eight Extremes - Instant to escape the remaining meteors, then scolded Dai Mubai for targeting him during their spar.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Slash on a boulder, and it split cleanly in two after she had already walked away.
• Flander praised the students’ Soul Skills to Grandmaster, who agreed they needed no further training arrangements.

After returning from their training trip, the Shrek students were told to focus on cultivation for the upcoming tournament, though Wang Xiaofeng doubted they could win. A few days later, Nidya found him at the academy and tried to take him to an auction, but he refused because he had class.

• Dai Mubai bought two comfortable carriages, and Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun took turns driving the injured group back to the academy after several days of sightseeing.
• Flander praised the students’ training and told them to spend the remaining year cultivating for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Wang Xiaofeng privately judged that the team’s Soul Power levels would leave them far behind the strongest competitors from Spirit Hall.
• Grandmaster canceled the students’ leave and ordered classes to resume the next day.
• Nidya found Wang Xiaofeng at Shrek Academy and tried to pull him to an auction, but he said he had class.

Wang Xiaofeng’s classmates teased him about Nidya, who had come to see him after class. He left with her for the Auction House, and they stopped to look for food when she admitted she was hungry.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun questioned Wang Xiaofeng about Nidya, and he told them about their past grievances.
• Dai Mubai struggled to remember Nidya’s name, while Wang Xiaofeng warned him that Zhu Zhuqing had been listening.
• After class, Wang Xiaofeng’s friends teased him and left as Nidya waited for him outside.
• Nidya grabbed Wang Xiaofeng’s wrist and pulled him along toward the Auction House.
• Nidya’s stomach growled, and Wang Xiaofeng found that the restaurants near the academy gates were full.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya ate at a food stall before returning to the Auction House. During the break, Nidya explained that her martial soul had led her to Wang Xiaofeng’s room two years earlier, where she had barged in and removed his bath towel.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya shared a boxed meal, and Wang Xiaofeng ate nearly everything the old man had left.
• Wang Xiaofeng paid the old man with a Silver Soul Coin and left with Nidya for the Auction House.
• At the Auction House, Nidya asked Wang Xiaofeng to call her by her name instead of “young lady.”
• Nidya said her martial soul had trembled two years earlier and led her to Wang Xiaofeng’s room.
• Nidya admitted she had barged in and removed Wang Xiaofeng’s bath towel, then awkwardly said she had been young and ignorant.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya attended an auction where a rare spirit liquid sold for far above its worth, while a wealthy man outbid Wang Xiaofeng for slaves. When Nidya bid on the Moonlight Gem, the same man challenged her, and the gem’s price climbed to 187,000 Gold Soul Coins.

• Host Laiya opened the auction and presented Jade Tree Heart Spirit Liquid, which Nidya explained had strict requirements for use.
• A bidder bought the spirit liquid for 77,000 Gold Soul Coins, more than ten times its estimated value.
• Wang Xiaofeng failed to buy and free the enslaved girls because a middle-aged man in the white section outbid him.
• Nidya began bidding on the Moonlight Gem, and the man in the white section matched her bids.
• Nidya and the man drove the Moonlight Gem’s price to 187,000 Gold Soul Coins before Laiya brought down her hammer.

Wang Xiaofeng watched the afternoon auction after Nidya bought the Moonlight Gem, then chose two affordable items from the evening auction list. At the crowded evening auction, he won the Meteorite Iron after his martial soul reacted to it.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's owner gave up bidding on the Moonlight Gem, and Nidya won it for 180,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Xiaofeng stayed to watch the afternoon auction, then requested the evening auction list and circled a Ginseng Doll and Meteorite Iron.
• Nidya brought Wang Xiaofeng into the packed evening auction using her purple invitation letter, where representatives from nearly every sect had gathered for the Soul Bone.
• Laiya presented the Meteorite Iron as the first item, and Wang Xiaofeng won it for 1,500 Gold Soul Coins after his martial soul reacted to it.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya bought Meteorite Iron and a Ginseng Doll at the auction, then parted ways after teasing and bickering. Back at the dormitory, Oscar and Ma Hongjun wrongly insinuated that Wang Xiaofeng had been on a romantic outing with Nidya, and he beat them for it.

• Wang Xiaofeng outbid the other customers for the Ginseng Doll after buying the Meteorite Iron, and the Auction House gave him a cart to transport the living Soul Beast.
• Nidya pinched Wang Xiaofeng when she caught him looking at the attendant, then grew angry when he refused to comfort her.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya left the Auction House, and Wang Xiaofeng pushed the cart away while Nidya complained that he had left her alone.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun cornered Wang Xiaofeng at the dormitory and teased him about his outing with Nidya, so he hit them.

Wang Xiaofeng settled into cultivating a Ginseng Doll and making wine until Oscar told him Tang San had returned. The reunited friends welcomed Tang San, but Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai reacted uneasily when they learned Dugu Bo had come with him.

• Wang Xiaofeng gave Oscar and Ma Hongjun jars of Tiger Bone Wine to take to Dai Mubai, then sent them fleeing with Flash Step.
• Wang Xiaofeng began watering and tracking the Ginseng Doll’s growth with diluted Moon Dew as campus life settled into a routine.
• Oscar told Wang Xiaofeng that Tang San had returned, and Wang Xiaofeng hurried to meet him.
• Wang Xiaofeng joked with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the reunited group laughed together as they shared stories from the past half year.
• Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai reacted with surprise and distrust when Tang San said Dugu Bo had accompanied him to the academy.
• Tang San explained that Dugu Bo had not deliberately harmed them before and had only been repaying Prince Xue Xing’s favor.

Tang San reunited with his companions, revealed he had reached level thirty-eight, and said he had brought them cultivation-enhancing gifts without side effects. At the secluded Wooden Houses, he began taking out the gifts, while Wang Xiaofeng noticed Tang San’s Brocade Pouch and wondered if it was a legendary immortal artifact.

• Tang San told his companions that he had reached level thirty-eight, and they teased Xiao Wu about his training.
• Tang San promised to give everyone treasures that could increase cultivation and assured Grandmaster that they would have no side effects.
• Liu Erlong led the group to her secluded Wooden Houses so Tang San could distribute the gifts without interruption.
• Liu Erlong and Grandmaster agreed to stand guard while Tang San reached into the Brocade Pouch at his waist and took out a large chrysanthemum.
• Wang Xiaofeng noticed the Brocade Pouch and wondered whether it was an immortal artifact with its own storage space.

Tang San gave Wang Xiaofeng a green vine that resembled the vine on his calabash martial soul, along with a thousand-year Azure Cloud Fungus for his supposed hidden injuries. Wang Xiaofeng opened the box and summoned his calabash to examine the mysterious vine.

• Tang San opened two jade boxes, revealing an ordinary green Lingzhi and a section of familiar green vine.
• Wang Xiaofeng recognized the vine as resembling the one on his calabash martial soul, and Tang San explained that he had found it beneath the Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Plant at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San gave Wang Xiaofeng the vine and a thousand-year Azure Cloud Fungus, explaining that the fungus could treat hidden injuries from years of intense training.
• Wang Xiaofeng accepted the gifts, listened to Tang San explain how to consume the fungus, and went aside to inspect the vine.
• Wang Xiaofeng opened the jade box and summoned a six-inch-tall calabash in his right palm.

After Wang Xiaofeng took an Immortal Herb, he lost consciousness and wandered through a strange, star-filled realm until he found a Calabash Vine. He was left unable to touch its calabashes or learn how to return.

• Wang Xiaofeng held the Green Calabash near the Calabash Vine, but it showed no reaction before he suddenly blacked out.
• Grandmaster moved to check on Wang Xiaofeng, but Liu Erlong stopped him, and they saw that Wang Xiaofeng was breathing steadily after taking an Immortal Herb.
• Wang Xiaofeng awoke in a boundless realm of stars and clouds and followed his sixth sense through it for an unknown length of time.
• Wang Xiaofeng spotted an emerald-green Calabash Vine bearing four shifting, translucent calabashes and ran toward it.
• Wang Xiaofeng complained to the vine and asked whether he could return, but received no answer; he found that he could touch the vine but not the calabashes.

After absorbing the immortal medicines, Dai Mubai gained four levels while Wang Xiaofeng remained at level forty-three. Wang Xiaofeng concealed his embarrassment over his behavior in the Different Dimension and turned Dai Mubai’s attention to Zhu Qing, who was nearing the end of her absorption.

• Dai Mubai approached Wang Xiaofeng, who threw down the Gourd and cursed until Liu Erlong punched him into the dirt.
• Dai Mubai dragged Wang Xiaofeng aside, then asked about his reaction to absorbing the immortal medicine.
• Dai Mubai said he had advanced four levels to become a level forty-six Soul Ancestor, while Wang Xiaofeng reported that he was still level forty-three.
• Dai Mubai tried to comfort Wang Xiaofeng, who was distracted by memories of the Different Dimension and the true face of his Golden Finger.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Dai Mubai he was fine and pointed out that Zhu Qing was nearing the final stage of absorbing her medicine.

Wang Xiaofeng revealed how much his Soul Skills had grown after absorbing the Calabash Vine, while the others discovered the effects of their Immortal Herbs. Ma Hongjun’s transformation left the group needing a week to stabilize and control their increased strength.

• Wang Xiaofeng boosted the group’s strength and attack power, then explained that his Second Soul Skill could now provide a seventy-percent increase.
• Wang Xiaofeng claimed the Calabash Vine had fused into his martial soul and changed his Soul Skills, and Tang San accepted his explanation.
• Wang Xiaofeng learned that Ma Hongjun’s Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower had purified his Phoenix Bloodline and triggered a mutation in his Third Soul Skill.
• Ma Hongjun appeared handsome after his transformation, but he struggled to control his increased strength and the sparks and heat coming from his body.
• After Grandmaster absorbed the Nine Grade Lingzhi, he ordered everyone to spend a week stabilizing and controlling their newfound strength, with Liu Erlong arranging their meals.

As winter snow fell, Wang Xiaofeng returned to Liu Erlong’s wooden house and watched the Shrek students train under her supervision. Over breakfast, Ning Rongrong planned to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss her martial soul and Tang San’s hidden weapons, and invited Wang Xiaofeng to go with her.

• Wang Xiaofeng collected breakfast and hot soup from the cafeteria before returning through the snow to Liu Erlong’s wooden house.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar sparred, with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu defeating Dai Mubai and Tang San overcoming Ma Hongjun.
• Wang Xiaofeng recalled that Liu Erlong had led the students’ combat training since the Grandmaster left three days earlier, while no one had managed to beat him except through a two-against-one match.
• Ning Rongrong announced she would ask Liu Erlong for leave to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and discuss her martial soul and hidden weapons.
• Tang San confirmed he had promised to make hidden weapons for the sect, and Ning Rongrong invited Wang Xiaofeng to accompany her on the visit.

Wang Xiaofeng agreed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Rongrong invited him, and Ning Tian welcomed him and showed him around the sect. The tour continued through the sect’s cultivation grounds and battle arenas.

• Ning Rongrong invited Wang Xiaofeng to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he agreed while making clear he did not want to join a sect.
• Ning Rongrong quickly obtained a leave slip from Liu Erlong and took Wang Xiaofeng to the sect in its carriage.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Tian greeted Wang Xiaofeng and Ning Rongrong went to see her father.
• Ning Tian led Wang Xiaofeng through the sect and showed him its Mimetic Cultivation Ground and Soul Battle Stage.