Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng returned to Shrek Academy on the final day of the holiday and caught up on sleep before resuming his routine. Oscar went out with Ning Rongrong, while Wang Xiaofeng tended his plants and headed to the Mimetic Cultivation Ground to train.

• Wang Feng saw Wang Xiaofeng off from Calabash Village and encouraged him to do his best in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Wang Xiaofeng ran back to Shrek Academy, arrived on the last day of the holiday, and fell asleep immediately in the dormitory.
• Xiao Wu came looking for Wang Xiaofeng, then left after Oscar promised her his pickled radishes if Wang Xiaofeng had no gifts for her.
• Xiao Wu told Oscar that Tang San had gone to the Blacksmith Shop to prepare a surprise for her, and she mentioned Ning Rongrong's recent situation.
• Wang Xiaofeng woke at night, ate Sausages, watered his Ginseng Doll and Azure Cloud Fungus, and went to the Mimetic Cultivation Ground to train.

Wang Xiaofeng gave Xiao Wu his remaining jars of pickled vegetables, while Oscar realized he could ask her for some more. Oscar later broke through to level forty, and the chapter ended with Flander and Grandmaster debating how to proceed with Oscar’s Fourth Soul Ring.

• Wang Xiaofeng told Oscar he had given Xiao Wu all his pickled vegetables, leaving Oscar to consider asking her for some.
• Ma Hongjun joined Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar for breakfast after staying up late to cultivate.
• Grandmaster resumed training after the break and excused the students from an assessment because they had maintained their standards.
• Oscar broke through the level-thirty-nine barrier in early March and became the team’s third Soul Ancestor.
• Oscar told Flander about reaching level forty, and Shao Xin congratulated him on his future as a Food-Type Titled Douluo.
• Flander planned to take Oscar to Sunset Forest for his Fourth Soul Ring, but Grandmaster stopped him and called for careful study first.

Oscar broke through to level forty, inspiring the Shrek students to keep advancing through Grandmaster’s sprint training. After the training ended and they received a three-day holiday, Wang Xiaofeng took Oscar to Russell Blacksmith Shop before they planned to visit the Auction House.

• Oscar told everyone he had reached level forty and received their congratulations.
• Flander praised Oscar as an example and urged the students to train harder for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• The students advanced over the following weeks, and Grandmaster’s sprint training came to an end.
• Wang Xiaofeng agreed to take Oscar to the Auction House during their holiday, then led him to Russell Blacksmith Shop after lunch.
• Wang Xiaofeng greeted the owner, Uncle Russell, and asked why he was sitting at the counter instead of forging weapons.

Wang Xiaofeng ordered heavier training weights from Luo Jin and took Oscar to an ordinary auction before returning to the academy. After three months of separate cultivation, he emerged in September and joined the others in the dining hall as the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament drew nearer.

• Wang Xiaofeng ordered another two hundred jin of Weight Blocks from Luo Jin and agreed to collect them in a month.
• Wang Xiaofeng brought Oscar to the Auction House, where they watched an uneventful auction until evening.
• Grandmaster ended centralized training and allowed the students to choose their own cultivation and activities.
• Wang Xiaofeng spent the next three months cultivating in the Mimetic Cultivation Ground.
• Wang Xiaofeng entered the dining hall in September and saw Oscar, Tang San, and Xiao Wu eating with nearly everyone else.

After several Shrek students announced they had reached level forty, Grandmaster arranged for them to travel to Sunset Forest to obtain Soul Rings. As Oscar prepared for the trip, Wang Xiaofeng continued struggling to perfect a Self-Created Soul Skill and hoped the hunt would inspire him.

• Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and their companions discussed their breakthroughs, and Ma Hongjun was dismayed when Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed they had also reached level forty.
• Grandmaster gathered the students and ordered them to meet at the school gate the next morning for a trip to Sunset Forest.
• Oscar enthusiastically packed for the trip while Wang Xiaofeng advised him to bring practical equipment instead of extra clothes.
• Wang Xiaofeng admitted his nearly completed Self-Created Soul Skill was weaker than a buffed Serious Punch and hoped the hunting trip would give him inspiration.

Grandmaster began the first stage of the Little Monsters’ graduation examination, a Soul Ring hunt in Sunset Forest where two hidden Soul Kings would ambush them. Tang San organized the group’s formation and precautions before they set out for the forest.

• Grandmaster explained that the Soul Ring hunt would test the team’s combat skills and teamwork, and that the teachers would intervene only if lives were at risk.
• Grandmaster revealed that two Soul Kings around Rank 53 or 54 would ambush the group and that they had to protect the bell in Ning Rongrong’s hand.
• Wang Xiaofeng warned Ma Hongjun not to underestimate the hidden attackers, and Dai Mubai cautioned that the opponents might know the team’s abilities.
• Tang San assigned the team’s formation, told Oscar to prepare Phantom Sausages, and ordered the boys to travel in groups of three.
• Grandmaster said the assessment had begun and refused to interfere, so the group set off for Sunset Forest.

The Shrek group entered Sunset Forest to hunt Fourth Soul Ring Soul Beasts, with Wang Xiaofeng advising Ma Hongjun to seek a fire-breathing beast rather than another bird-type one. Once their assessment began, Dai Mubai provoked the forest’s Soul Beasts, and the group was attacked by several thousand-year beasts.

• The group shared Wang Xiaofeng’s snacks on the way to Sunset Forest, and he beat Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun tried to take his peanuts.
• Dai Mubai explained Fourth Soul Ring age limits, while Wang Xiaofeng advised Ma Hongjun to broaden his offensive skills by hunting any suitably aged fire-breathing Soul Beast.
• The Shrek group entered Sunset Forest and changed formation as their assessment officially began.
• Dai Mubai released Soul Power to provoke nearby Soul Beasts, drawing several thousand-year beasts after the group had traveled two kilometers.
• Wang Xiaofeng caught a giant ape’s attack, then Ma Hongjun struck the beast and sent it crashing through trees while Wang Xiaofeng enhanced him and went to slack off beside Ning Rongrong and Oscar.

The Shrek group searched Sunset Forest for suitable Soul Beasts, but the Fire Apes they encountered were too young to serve their needs. Two mysterious young men watched them and planned to cause trouble that night, while the group ended the day without finding a suitable beast.

• Ma Hongjun, with his fire skills restricted, dodged a Fire Ape while Tang San weakened it with Blue Silver Grass and poison tea fragrance; Ma Hongjun knocked it unconscious.
• Tang San revealed that he had also bound and poisoned a second Fire Ape, but both beasts had only a little over a thousand years of cultivation, so the group left them and continued searching.
• Two young men watched Wang Xiaofeng and the others leave, discussed their mission involving Ning Rongrong, and decided to give the group excitement that night.
• Wang Xiaofeng briefly froze after noticing the two strangers, then rejoined the group without explaining what was wrong.
• The Shrek group found no suitable Soul Beasts by late afternoon, and Flander told the students to rest and continue searching the next day.

The group set up camp, prepared a restorative chicken soup, and settled in for the night before continuing their Soul Beast search. Zhao Wuji assigned Wang Xiaofeng to keep watch, leaving him patrolling the campsite alone.

• The students divided the camp chores, and Wang Xiaofeng caught a wild chicken while helping Tang San scatter Medicinal Powder.
• Wang Xiaofeng rebuilt Ma Hongjun's crooked tent and added leftover thousand-year Azure Cloud Fungus to the chicken soup.
• The group shared dinner, whose soup restored their energy, while Liu Erlong drove away Soul Beasts drawn by the food and fire.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Wang Xiaofeng to take the night watch, and Wang Xiaofeng began patrolling after the others went to bed.

Wang Xiaofeng and the others were attacked in their camp by a swarm of Pink Ladies whose poison mist surrounded them. They blew the mist away and searched for the swarm’s leader, while Flander and a Black-Clothed Youth watched from a distance and discussed their plan.

• Wang Xiaofeng noticed a sudden pink poison mist surrounding the camp and warned everyone to be careful.
• Tang San cleared part of the mist with a strange flower, and the group gathered while Oscar’s Detox Sausage only suppressed the poison.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San used the Gourd and a Blue Silver Grass fan to blow away the mist, revealing a huge swarm of Pink Ladies.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes to search for the Pink Ladies’ leader.
• Flander and the Black-Clothed Youth watched from beyond the mist and discussed carrying out the sect master’s mission without being too ruthless.

Tang San led the group through the Pink Ladies’ poisonous mist after Wang Xiaofeng’s improved Instant Step helped them escape the swarm. They found the Pink Lady and a huge white scorpion Soul Beast, which attacked them with fire.

• Tang San assigned battle positions and led the group toward the Pink Lady while Ning Rongrong stayed concealed.
• Wang Xiaofeng proposed using Instant Step to leap over the Pink Ladies, and Oscar drew some of the swarm away with Phantom Sausage duplicates.
• The group used Instant Step to escape the encirclement and reach clear ground outside the pink mist.
• They saw the giant Pink Lady and a huge white scorpion Soul Beast, which fired a pillar of flame at them.
• Everyone dropped to avoid the attack, and Ma Hongjun prepared to challenge the scorpion while Wang Xiaofeng grew a Calabash Vine.

Ma Hongjun’s fight against the Earth King turned against him, while Tang San subdued Pink Lady and Wang Xiaofeng was ambushed by a powerful scythe wielder. The chapter ended with Wang Xiaofeng preparing to fight the newcomer as Xiao Wu and the others faced enemies nearby.

• Tang San identified the Earth King as a roughly 4,500-year-old Soul Beast suited for Ma Hongjun, who attacked it with his Phoenix Flame.
• Ma Hongjun transformed into a flaming phoenix, but the Earth King struck him with a shockwave and a pillar of fire and lava; Ning Rongrong boosted him as Dai Mubai shouted in alarm.
• Pink Lady seized the opening to smash Dai Mubai, and Tang San bound it with Blue Silver Grass before it was pierced by crossbow bolts.
• As poisonous mist obscured their vision, Wang Xiaofeng shielded Oscar and Ning Rongrong from an incoming attack with the Gourd, then struck at the attacker.
• Wang Xiaofeng clashed with a five-ringed scythe wielder who said Grandmaster had invited him, and Wang Xiaofeng vowed to defeat him quickly.

Wang Xiaofeng fought a powerful young Soul King wielding a blood-colored scythe and overcame his reach and strength with a sudden burst of speed. The young man conceded defeat but vowed to win next time.

• Wang Xiaofeng and the young man traded close-range attacks, with the scythe repeatedly countering Wang Xiaofeng’s fists.
• Wang Xiaofeng struck the scythe with a powerful blow, forcing it from the young man’s hand and sending both fighters staggering back.
• The young man proposed that they settle the fight with one move, and Wang Xiaofeng agreed.
• Wang Xiaofeng used Eight Extremes - Instant to rush forward and punch the young man in the face before he could defend himself.
• The young man conceded, acknowledged Wang Xiaofeng, and promised he would not lose next time.

Wang Xiaofeng reunited with Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun after the group’s assessment battles, then learned how Xiao Wu and the others had lost Ning Rongrong’s bell. The assessment ended with Grandmaster promising punishment, while Pink Lady and the Earth King escaped and the group prepared to seek a more suitable Soul Beast.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the badly injured Ma Hongjun found Wang Xiaofeng, who teased Ma Hongjun about losing to the Earth King.
• The Black-Clothed Youth mocked Fool Scythe for losing to a Soul Ancestor, and the two left to complete their sect leader’s task.
• Wang Xiaofeng’s group found Xiao Wu and the others, and Oscar explained that Pig Head Meng’s Pig Immortal had tricked Xiao Wu and stolen Ning Rongrong’s bell.
• Wang Xiaofeng teased Oscar about disappointing Ning Rongrong’s father, while Ning Rongrong reassured Oscar that her father would not look down on him.
• Grandmaster criticized the group’s performance and postponed their punishment until they returned, while Pink Lady and the Earth King escaped.
• Flander decided the Earth King was not a suitable Soul Beast for Ma Hongjun and said they would look for another one.

After the Earth King disappeared, Wang Xiaofeng and the others returned to their ruined camp and waited out the night. The next morning, they encountered an injured Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent being pursued by a Flame Lord, and Oscar wanted the serpent for himself.

• Tang San determined that someone had cut the Blue Silver Grass binding the Earth King, and Wang Xiaofeng suspected the culprit was the opponent he had fought with a giant scythe.
• The group returned to their camp, found it wrecked by the Pink Ladies, and spent the night recovering around a bonfire.
• After breakfast, Wang Xiaofeng and the others resumed searching for Soul Beasts and released a pack of low-level Iron Toothed Weasels.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San sensed approaching Soul Beasts, and Zhu Zhuqing spotted an injured Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent pursued by a flaming creature.
• Tang San estimated that the pursuer was a four-thousand-five-hundred-to-five-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Flame Lord and the serpent was a three-thousand-eight-hundred-to-four-thousand-three-hundred-year-old Soul Beast; Oscar claimed the serpent for himself.

The Shrek group stopped the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, but Zhu Zhuqing’s attack enraged the Flame Lord pursuing it. The Flame Lord began an attack as Wang Xiaofeng warned everyone to scatter.

• Ma Hongjun’s Fire Phoenix aura briefly suppressed the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, but it tried to escape along the ground.
• Dai Mubai intercepted the serpent with help from Wang Xiaofeng and Ning Rongrong’s boosts, but it struck back with poisonous fog and sped away.
• Zhu Zhuqing caught the serpent and cut off its wings and crest, while Tang San bound it with Blue Silver Grass and stopped her from killing it.
• Dai Mubai reassured Zhu Zhuqing and flirted with her, and Wang Xiaofeng warned the group that the Flame Lord was a dangerous opponent.
• The Flame Lord emerged from the burning trees, gathered magma around its arm, and began its Flame Lord’s Meteor Volcano attack as Wang Xiaofeng shouted for everyone to scatter.

The group protected the immobilized Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent from the Flame Lord’s falling magma, and Oscar prepared to claim its Soul Ring. Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai then challenged the Flame Lord and were repelled, but Wang Xiaofeng boosted Ma Hongjun as he unleashed his golden-red Phoenix Flame.

• Ma Hongjun’s fire phoenix and Tang San, Dai Mubai, Wang Xiaofeng, and Zhu Zhuqing combined their attacks to break up the magma threatening the group.
• Oscar approached the immobilized Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent, whose dark purple Soul Ring had appeared, while Zhao Wuji and Flander led Oscar away to absorb it.
• Ma Hongjun attacked the Flame Lord with Phoenix Sunset Strike, but its magma fist dispersed his fire phoenix and sent him crashing into rubble.
• Dai Mubai charged the Flame Lord and was knocked back, while Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Stab left only a white mark on its neck.
• Ma Hongjun rose from the rubble, and Wang Xiaofeng sent him power through the calabash and Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ma Hongjun spread huge golden-red wings of flame, whose radiance began incinerating the Flame Lord’s magma.

Ma Hongjun failed to defeat the Flame Lord after charging recklessly and was knocked back, so Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing joined forces as the Hell White Tiger. Their attack smashed the Flame Lord’s arm but drained the fusion’s strength, while the Flame Lord quickly rebuilt its arm at a cost.

• Ma Hongjun shattered the Flame Lord’s magma balls and charged in, but the Flame Lord struck him with a magma fist and sent him flying.
• Wang Xiaofeng urged Ma Hongjun to stay back and breathe fire while the others took over.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger and charged at the Flame Lord.
• The Hell White Tiger smashed the Flame Lord’s right arm, but its charge stopped and its color dimmed.
• The Flame Lord reformed its arm with magma, though its body’s glow weakened, and roared in anger.

The group found and destroyed the Flame Lord’s core, allowing Ma Hongjun to begin absorbing its Soul Ring while Oscar absorbed the Phoenix Tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring. Oscar became a Soul Ancestor and revealed his new flight-granting Mushroom Sausage as Ma Hongjun’s absorption continued.

• Wang Xiaofeng used Purple Demon Eyes to locate the Flame Lord’s core, and Ma Hongjun smashed it to produce a crimson-purple Soul Ring.
• Ma Hongjun began absorbing the Flame Lord’s Soul Ring while the others camped, and Wang Xiaofeng collected valuable core fragments.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun continued their Soul Ring absorption as the group ate and waited.
• Oscar completed his absorption first and broke through to Soul Ancestor.
• Oscar revealed that his Fourth Soul Ring created a Mushroom Sausage that let its user fly for three minutes, with an additional thirty percent speed boost.

Oscar tested his Fourth Soul Skill by giving Zhao Wuji a flying Mushroom Sausage, while Ma Hongjun completed his Soul Ring absorption and revealed his new Phoenix Sunset Strike. The group settled down for the night, leaving Wang Xiaofeng on watch as Oscar and Ma Hongjun chatted.

• Oscar said he had reached level forty-two, and the group asked him to demonstrate his Fourth Soul Skill.
• Zhao Wuji ate Oscar's Mushroom Sausage and flew into the treetops before crashing down, while Flander and Grandmaster joked about his flying lessons.
• Ma Hongjun finished absorbing his Soul Ring, then apologized to Liu Erlong for making a loud phoenix cry.
• Ma Hongjun ate most of Wang Xiaofeng's dinner and persuaded him to share half a roasted sweet potato.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Ma Hongjun about his Fourth Soul Skill, and Ma Hongjun described Phoenix Sunset Strike as a lava attack for single targets or groups.