Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar attended their first lesson at Shrek Academy, where Flander introduced the teachers, gave them cultivation manuals, and sold them Storage Soul Tools on credit. Flander then sealed their Soul Power and made them run two laps around the village, leaving them free to spend the rest of the day as they wished and inviting them to observe Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s lesson at dusk.

• Wang Xiaofeng woke Oscar and carried him to the Training Field, where Flander introduced teachers Lu Qibin, Li Yusong, and Shao Xin.
• Flander gave Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar manuals on Soul Power cultivation and sold each a Storage Soul Tool for five hundred Gold Soul Coins on credit.
• Flander taught Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar that Support System Soul Masters needed stamina and physical training to escape enemies.
• Flander sealed Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar’s Soul Power and assigned them to run two laps around the village.
• Wang Xiaofeng encouraged the exhausted Oscar to finish the run, and Flander removed their seals afterward.
• Flander dismissed Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar for the day and invited them to watch Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s lesson at dusk.

Wang Xiaofeng studied a book on cultivation and Martial Souls, then dragged a tree back to make a forest mimetic cultivation ground. That evening, Flander took the students to the Great Spirit Arena for practical combat, where Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun prepared to compete as a team.

• Wang Xiaofeng discovered that the book Flander gave him described a Soul Power circulation route that could increase his cultivation speed and explained mimetic cultivation environments.
• Wang Xiaofeng borrowed hoes, dug up a tree in a nearby forest, and dragged it back to the dormitory with his Martial Soul.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar watched Zhao Wuji's exhausted students recover with Oscar's sausages, and Wang Xiaofeng ate more than a dozen himself.
• Flander led Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to the Great Spirit Arena and explained its ranks and rules.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun registered as a two-versus-two team, while Dai Mubai and Oscar formed the opposing team.

Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun won their first two-versus-two match as the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix Combination after Ma Hongjun’s flames and Wang Xiaofeng’s calabash-and-speed skills defeated their opponents. The chapter ended with Wang Xiaofeng injured and Ma Hongjun realizing he needed to help him.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun registered as the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix Combination and watched Dai Mubai and Oscar win their match.
• Wang Xiaofeng predicted Dai Mubai and Oscar would win because their opponents focused on Dai Mubai and overlooked Oscar’s support.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun faced the Rose Combination, whose members summoned Wild Boar and Wire Grass Martial Souls.
• Ma Hongjun burned away the Wire Grass, but the dirt-armored Wild Boar Spirit Master charged through the flames and knocked Ma Hongjun aside.
• Wang Xiaofeng enlarged his Green Calabash to block the charge, then used Flash to get behind the Wild Boar Spirit Master and punch him out of the arena.
• The Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix Combination won, and Ma Hongjun noticed Wang Xiaofeng’s legs were badly wounded.

After his Soul Arena match, Wang Xiaofeng explained his dangerous Self-Created Soul Skill, Flash, and taught it to his friends and Zhao Wuji. Their attempts revealed its severe risks and destructive power, leaving Wang Xiaofeng meditating that night while Zhao Wuji screamed in pain.

• Wang Xiaofeng recovered from his leg injuries with Oscar's sausages, then discussed the group's Soul Arena matches with Flander and the others.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained that Flash compressed Soul Power in the feet and released it explosively, and offered to teach the Self-Created Soul Skill to his friends.
• Wang Xiaofeng guided Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Wuji through the Soul Power circulation needed to use Flash.
• Dai Mubai tried Flash under Wang Xiaofeng's supervision, shot off in the wrong direction, and injured himself badly enough to need Oscar's sausages.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and used Flash, blasting the group away and wrecking the surrounding ground and buildings.

Wang Xiaofeng completed his Mimetic Cultivation Ground, and Oscar became Shao Xin’s disciple to improve his cultivation. Wang Xiaofeng discovered that his martial soul had made the calabashes grow rapidly, boosting his cultivation speed sixfold.

• Wang Xiaofeng finished planting trees and calabashes throughout his Mimetic Cultivation Ground.
• Oscar told Wang Xiaofeng that he had investigated Shao Xin and decided to become his disciple.
• Shao Xin accepted Oscar and revealed that his Sixth Soul Skill produced three beans a day that could double Oscar’s cultivation speed for an hour each.
• Wang Xiaofeng meditated in the Mimetic Cultivation Ground, where his martial soul caused the calabash seedlings to grow and feed Soul Power back to him.
• Wang Xiaofeng realized his cultivation speed had increased sixfold, while Oscar excitedly announced that he had reached Level 25.
• Wang Xiaofeng traced the many new calabashes to his Green Calabash martial soul and understood that it had caused his rapid breakthrough.

Wang Xiaofeng followed a demanding training routine at Shrek Academy as winter arrived, while Dai Mubai broke through to Rank 30 at just thirteen years and six months. The group set out with Zhao Wuji for the Star Dou Great Forest so Dai Mubai could obtain his third Soul Ring, and he revealed his plan to hunt a Millennium Vajra Tiger.

• Wang Xiaofeng trained under Zhao Wuji's Soul Power pressure, ran in weighted armor, sparred with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and cultivated while the others followed his example.
• Dai Mubai roared through the academy to announce that he had broken through to Rank 30, but Flander mistook the noise for a disturbance and beat him before hearing the news.
• Flander praised Dai Mubai for breaking Qin Ming's record by reaching Soul Elder at thirteen years and six months, then ordered Zhao Wuji to lead the group to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Xiaofeng's Soul Power quietly reached Level 26, and he and Oscar joined Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Wuji for the early-morning departure.
• Dai Mubai told the group that his family had identified ideal Soul Beasts for his first five Soul Rings and said he wanted to hunt an old Millennium Vajra Tiger for its powerful Soul Skill.

Shrek Academy traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Dai Mubai’s Third Soul Ring, and Wang Xiaofeng proposed opening a Winery with Dai Mubai using his magically transformed wine. As the group entered a deeper part of the forest, a Bloodthirsty Berserk Tiger ambushed Wang Xiaofeng, leaving Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji facing the beast.

• Zhao Wuji stopped the group at a Small Town for the night, where Wang Xiaofeng shared his gourd-brewed wine and agreed with Dai Mubai to open a Winery in Suotuo City.
• At dawn, Zhao Wuji woke the group, and they set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to help Dai Mubai obtain his Third Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai assigned the group their positions and led them through the forest, while Oscar gave everyone extra sausages for emergencies.
• After an hour of travel, Zhao Wuji called a rest before they entered a deeper area of the forest.
• A Bloodthirsty Berserk Tiger attacked Wang Xiaofeng from behind and left three bloody gashes across his waist.
• Oscar healed Wang Xiaofeng with a sausage as Dai Mubai stood between him and the Bloodthirsty Berserk Tiger.

Dai Mubai fought and killed a Bloodthirsty Berserk Tiger to claim its Soul Ring as his third, with Wang Xiaofeng strengthening him and Zhao Wuji overseeing the battle. Dai Mubai survived the dangerous absorption and awakened a new transformation, though his eyes also changed.

• Zhao Wuji subdued the Bloodthirsty Berserk Tiger, and Dai Mubai persuaded him to spare it as a candidate for his third Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai fought the wounded tiger with Wang Xiaofeng's enhanced support, survived its surprise attack, and killed it with a strike through its upper jaw.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the tiger's purplish-red Soul Ring, endured its overwhelming power, and successfully gained his third Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai discovered that his eyes had developed Double Pupils, with his left eye turned blood-red.
• Dai Mubai activated his third Soul Skill, White Tiger Asura Transformation.

After helping Dai Mubai obtain his Third Soul Ring, the group returned to the academy and saw him demonstrate White Tiger Asura Transformation. The next day, Ma Hongjun suffered an Evil Fire Outburst, and Flander began suppressing it while Wang Xiaofeng went to fetch Zhao Wuji.

• Zhao Wuji used his fifth soul skill to hold back the surrounding soul beasts and led Wang Xiaofeng, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai treated the group in the Small Town, then hired a carriage that brought them safely back to the academy.
• Dai Mubai demonstrated his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Asura Transformation, and explained its powerful enhancements and heavy Soul Power cost.
• The next day, Dai Mubai warned Flander that Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire had erupted, and Flander found him engulfed in purple flames with his Soul Power at level twenty-two.
• Flander ordered Dai Mubai to guard the dormitory and sent Wang Xiaofeng to fetch Zhao Wuji, then began suppressing Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire.

Wang Xiaofeng proposed an extreme training plan to use Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire as energy and help resolve his problem, and Flander and Ma Hongjun agreed to try it. The next morning, Zhao Wuji began training Ma Hongjun with gravity while Wang Xiaofeng prepared herbs as a backup.

• Wang Xiaofeng found Zhao Wuji drinking in Suotuo City and hurried him back to the academy because Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire had flared up.
• After Ma Hongjun recovered, Wang Xiaofeng presented Flander with a Limit Training Plan that would push Ma Hongjun to his physical limits before he cultivated.
• Flander agreed to supervise the experiment, and Ma Hongjun accepted the risk of trying it.
• Wang Xiaofeng sent Dai Mubai to buy medicinal herbs in case Ma Hongjun’s body could not be replenished by the Evil Fire.
• Zhao Wuji used his gravity ability to pin Ma Hongjun down on the Training Field, beginning the training.

Wang Xiaofeng’s medicinal bath and Zhao Wuji’s gravity training helped Ma Hongjun absorb most of his evil fire, allowing him to cultivate normally, though some impurities remained. Wang Xiaofeng concluded that Ma Hongjun needed Phoenix-bloodline Soul Beasts for his next two soul rings, and the chapter ended with his daily training beginning in earnest.

• Dai Mubai brought the herbs, and Wang Xiaofeng prepared a medicinal bath while Zhao Wuji pushed Ma Hongjun to his training limit.
• As Ma Hongjun meditated, purple flames rose from his body and his cells absorbed most of the evil fire, though some impurities remained.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained that Ma Hongjun needed Phoenix-bloodline Soul Beasts for his next two soul rings to complete his Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun celebrated his progress, but Flander beat him for shouting while naked and later scolded him for being careless about his future soul rings.
• The next morning, Wang Xiaofeng dragged Ma Hongjun back to the Training Field and told him the training would happen every day.

After a year at Shrek Academy, Wang Xiaofeng reached Rank 30 and traveled with Zhao Wuji to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Third Soul Ring. They began searching for a defense-type Soul Beast near a river.

• Ma Hongjun endured Zhao Wuji's morning training while Oscar and Dai Mubai trained hard, and Dai Mubai also fought at the Great Spirit Arena at night.
• Wang Xiaofeng packed to go home after obtaining his Third Soul Ring, and Oscar learned that he had reached Rank 30.
• Zhao Wuji tested Wang Xiaofeng's cultivation and confirmed his breakthrough, then watched him practice Top-level Mimetic Cultivation with Flander.
• Zhao Wuji brought Wang Xiaofeng to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Wang Xiaofeng chose to seek a defense-type Soul Beast.
• After resting in the forest, Zhao Wuji led Wang Xiaofeng toward a river to search for suitable Soul Beasts.

Wang Xiaofeng and Zhao Wuji hunted a Heavy Armor Man-Bull, and Wang Xiaofeng chose to absorb one that exceeded his recommended age limit. He survived the painful absorption and reached Soul Elder rank with three Soul Rings.

• Zhao Wuji and Wang Xiaofeng found a river where a five-thousand-year Dream Butterfly had gathered and controlled a group of Soul Beasts.
• Zhao Wuji drove away the Dream Butterfly, knocked out the Heavy Armor Man-Bull, and carried it to a clearing.
• After Zhao Wuji judged the bull’s cultivation to be over eighteen hundred years, Wang Xiaofeng insisted it was suitable and killed it for its Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiaofeng absorbed the Soul Ring and reached Rank 30, then endured severe pain as the excess Soul Power was released.
• Wang Xiaofeng recovered with two yellow and one purple Soul Rings around him, and said he would register as a Soul Elder at Spirit Hall.

After recovering from absorbing his Third Soul Ring, Wang Xiaofeng returned to Calabash Village, shared Moon Dew with his parents, and began investigating his new Martial Soul abilities. A month later, he set out for Shrek Academy, stopping in Suotuo City to upgrade his badge, buy clothes, and check on the Winery renovations.

• Zhao Wuji carried the injured Wang Xiaofeng out of the Star Dou Great Forest and guarded him while he recovered in a nearby town.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned home, where He Li and Wang Danu asked why he had not brought a girl back, and he gave them the Moon Dew he had saved.
• Wang Xiaofeng assessed his Third Soul Ring's benefits and sensed a new passive ability that might improve his body's natural aptitude.
• After a month of cultivation, Wang Xiaofeng left for Shrek Academy with Fresh Flower Pancakes from He Li.
• In Suotuo City, Wang Xiaofeng upgraded his Spirit Hall badge, collected his payment, bought new clothes, and remembered to check on the Winery he had invested in with Dai Mubai.

Wang Xiaofeng returned to Shrek Academy and helped assess a large group of applicants, while learning that Dai Mubai’s arena appearances had brought the academy many prospective students. Dai Mubai rejected the remaining candidates in the fourth trial, and the chapter ended with Wang Xiaofeng returning to the Mimetic Cultivation Ground to cultivate.

• Wang Xiaofeng gave the winery manager its first batch of stock and instructed him to set aside half for Dai Mubai.
• Oscar brought Wang Xiaofeng to oversee the third-round entrance assessments because Shao Xin had gone to obtain his seventh Soul Ring after reaching Rank 70.
• Oscar explained that Flander had advertised Shrek Academy on Dai Mubai’s clothes, attracting many applicants through Dai Mubai’s arena appearances.
• Wang Xiaofeng assessed the applicants’ control over their Martial Souls and eliminated those who failed the tests.
• Dai Mubai told Wang Xiaofeng that he had defeated all the remaining applicants when he made them fight him in teams for the fourth trial.
• Flander returned and accepted that the academy had recruited no new students, while Oscar said he was close to gaining his third Soul Ring and Wang Xiaofeng went to cultivate.

Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai entered a two-versus-two match at the Great Spirit Arena against the undefeated Earthshaking Rhinoceros Combination. Wang Xiaofeng’s new buffs and clever tactics helped them win, though he injured his hand, and the four friends left together afterward.

• Wang Xiaofeng agreed to compete with Dai Mubai at the Great Spirit Arena and registered their team as the Seven-Colored Evil Tiger Combination.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai learned they would face the level-thirty-eight Earthshaking Rhinoceros Combination, which had won nine matches in a row.
• Wang Xiaofeng used his Third Soul Skill to strengthen Dai Mubai before they fought the Earthshaking Giant Ape and Heavy Armor Rhinoceros Soul Masters.
• Wang Xiaofeng dodged the Heavy Armor Rhinoceros Soul Master's charge, tricked him into wasting skills, then struck him hard enough to end his Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Earthshaking Giant Ape Soul Master conceded after Wang Xiaofeng injured his hand and Dai Mubai remained ready to fight.
• Oscar gave Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai Sausages, and Wang Xiaofeng promised to teach Ma Hongjun what he had seen.

Wang Xiaofeng taught his improved Flash Step to Shrek Academy’s teachers, then discovered a new passive soul skill and tested a combination attack under the disguise of Xiao Fan at the Great Spirit Arena. He won his match with a powerful launch that sent his opponent through two protective barriers, then returned to cultivation.

• Wang Xiaofeng taught his improved Flash Step to the academy’s teachers, earning their gratitude and support.
• After a week of research, Wang Xiaofeng discovered Indestructible Body, which hardened his Green Calabash and let him control its size and weight within fifty meters.
• Wang Xiaofeng disguised himself as Xiao Fan and secretly registered for a one-on-one match at the Great Spirit Arena, where Dai Mubai failed to recognize him.
• Wang Xiaofeng used Indestructible Body and Flash Step together in Meteor Flash Rush, launching his calabash into his opponent and sending the man through two protective barriers.
• Wang Xiaofeng won his match and returned to cultivation.

Wang Xiaofeng fought off a Black Giant Ape during a night patrol and discovered a Soul Bone in its remains. After Ma Hongjun reported that other Soul Beasts had entered the village, Wang Xiaofeng returned to help, and Zhao Wuji organized watches for the rest of the night.

• Zhao Wuji warned the Shrek teachers and students that Soul Beasts fleeing the Star Dou Great Forest could bring a Beast Tide, and he assigned patrol shifts.
• During his patrol with Ma Hongjun, Wang Xiaofeng was ambushed by a Black Giant Ape and was badly injured before charging up Heavy Impact.
• Wang Xiaofeng struck the Black Giant Ape with Heavy Impact, killed it, and found a Soul Bone among its remains.
• Ma Hongjun told Wang Xiaofeng that Netherworld Wolves and other Soul Beasts had entered the village while Zhao Wuji led the teachers against them.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun returned to the village, and Zhao Wuji arranged for the teachers to keep watch through the night.

After the Soul Beast attack, Wang Xiaofeng and the others kept watch until Flander returned, and the exhausted students were sent to rest. Flander explained that Spirit Hall’s attempt to capture the Hundred Thousand Year Skyvoid Eagle had caused the Beast Tide, while the teachers discussed the academy’s losses and Wang Xiaofeng’s survival.

• Wang Xiaofeng took over the night watch from Dai Mubai, who blamed himself for failing to protect everyone, and urged him to become stronger instead of wallowing in self-pity.
• Zhao Wuji cleared the area and left to deal with the Soul Beast corpses, while Li Songyu joined Wang Xiaofeng and Ma Hongjun on watch.
• Flander returned at dawn, and he praised the students before sending them to rest and asking Zhao Wuji to gather everyone.
• Flander told the teachers that Spirit Hall had sent Soul Douluo and a Titled Douluo to capture the Hundred Thousand Year Skyvoid Eagle, whose escape let Soul Beasts breach the defensive perimeter.
• The teachers reported what had happened at the academy, and Flander and Zhao Wuji remarked on Wang Xiaofeng surviving an encounter with a lone Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Flander assigned Wang Xiaofeng, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar a mission to eliminate an unknown snake-type Soul Beast near Fude Town. After questioning a guard and gathering clues, they regrouped at a tea house to compare what they had learned.

• Flander changed the academy’s classes to mission work and assigned the group a task to eliminate a snake-type Soul Beast near Fude Town.
• Wang Xiaofeng suggested they rely on Ma Hongjun’s martial soul, and the four traveled to Fude Town while eating Oscar’s Sausages.
• Ye Qi let the group into town and reported that the snake had yellow eyes, made a rustling sound with its tail, and had swallowed his family’s pigs.
• Wang Xiaofeng proposed asking about missing poultry, and Oscar reasoned that the snake might soon need to hunt again.
• The group split up to gather clues, then Wang Xiaofeng found Dai Mubai and the others at a tea house and asked them to share their findings.