Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng and the others lured a Sand Tuo Mamba Snake into an ambush and defeated it with Dai Mubai’s and Ma Hongjun’s attacks. Flander claimed the burned corpse for the mission, and the four students returned to the academy.

• Wang Xiaofeng used reports from around town to predict that the snake would hunt on the west side, and the group prepared bait there.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the others hid near the bait, then identified the approaching eight-meter Sand Tuo Mamba Snake and planned to attack its vulnerable mouth.
• Dai Mubai struck the snake’s mouth with White Tiger Light Wave, drawing its attention, while Wang Xiaofeng boosted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai held the snake down and kept it from escaping while Ma Hongjun burned it with Phoenix Fire Line until its struggles weakened.
• Flander extinguished the spreading flames, found no Soul Bone, stored the snake’s corpse, and sent Wang Xiaofeng and the others back to the academy.

After returning from a Soul Ring hunt, Wang Xiaofeng temporarily took over Li Songyu’s role as Shrek Academy’s first-test examiner. On recruitment day, he silenced complaints by revealing his strength and noticed four applicants who could withstand his Soul Power.

• Wang Xiaofeng returned to Shrek Academy after helping his parents obtain Soul Rings, and he explained that Li Songyu had left to visit his hometown and asked him to serve as examiner.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun learned that Wang Xiaofeng would examine new students while Ma Hongjun would handle the third test, and the three joked together.
• Dai Mubai hinted that he had met someone interesting, making Wang Xiaofeng curious about the upcoming recruits.
• Wang Xiaofeng began registration at Shrek Academy and quieted the waiting line by releasing his Soul Rings and Soul Power.
• Wang Xiaofeng noticed four applicants blocking his pressure, including three young women, and told the line that registration cost ten Gold Soul Coins.

Wang Xiaofeng screened applicants for Shrek Academy, admitting several talented students, including Tang San and a girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After the registration line ended, he left to eat lunch and check on the examinations inside.

• Wang Xiaofeng tested the applicants’ ages and martial souls, then sent those who passed with Dai Mubai to the next round.
• A girl revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, surprising Wang Xiaofeng and prompting Dai Mubai to escort her inside.
• Tang San and a girl with rabbit features passed the preliminary test, and Dai Mubai greeted Tang San as an old acquaintance.
• A cold girl with a Netherworld Spirit Cat martial soul passed, and Dai Mubai led her into the academy.
• Wang Xiaofeng packed away the academy’s table and chairs and left to eat lunch before checking on the examinations.

Wang Xiaofeng watched Tang San fight Zhao Wuji and suspected that Tang San was a transmigrator because of his hidden weapons and unusual skills. Oscar returned to Shrek Academy and used his improved food Soul Skills to heal Zhao Wuji, while Tang San collapsed after removing his needles.

• Wang Xiaofeng arrived at the Training Field and watched Tang San battle Zhao Wuji, noting Tang San's hidden weapons and other unusual abilities.
• Tang San struck Zhao Wuji with his hammer, and Wang Xiaofeng caught Tang San after Zhao Wuji blasted him away.
• Oscar returned to the academy and made sausages and cured sausages to treat the injured, including Zhao Wuji.
• Oscar's Soul Skills healed Zhao Wuji, and Tang San and the others recognized the strength of his food martial soul.
• Tang San removed the golden needles from Zhao Wuji, then collapsed from exhaustion, and Wang Xiaofeng caught him.

After Tang San recovered from his fight with Zhao Wuji, Wang Xiaofeng helped him settle in and introduced him to Shrek’s students. The new students gathered to meet Headmaster Flander, who sent everyone except the Support System Soul Masters to evening classes at the Great Spirit Arena.

• Wang Xiaofeng took the injured students back to the dorms, where Tang San later woke and learned Xiao Wu was safe in the girls’ dormitory.
• Wang Xiaofeng introduced himself and Oscar to Tang San, learned the new students’ names, and then returned to his Mimetic Cultivation Ground to cultivate.
• At dawn, Wang Xiaofeng gave Tang San maps of Shrek Academy and showed him where Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong were staying.
• Wang Xiaofeng told Ma Hongjun about Tang San’s fight with Zhao Wuji, then joined the new and old students for breakfast as they introduced themselves.
• Flander gathered the students at the Training Field, welcomed the new arrivals, and sent everyone except Support System Soul Masters to rest before their night classes.

Flander assigned the support-type Soul Masters a strenuous run to teach them to build their bodies and survive without relying on others. Wang Xiaofeng reinforced his training armor and caught up with Oscar and Ning Rongrong, who had clashed over her refusal to endure the exercise; the three continued running in silence.

• Flander told Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village before lunch, with Wang Xiaofeng leading.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Oscar to run ahead with Ning Rongrong while he added three fifteen-kilogram Fine Iron Blocks to his heavy armor with Tang San's help.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong a Sausage, but she rejected it and used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's agility boost to run toward Suotuo City.
• Oscar criticized Ning Rongrong's inability to endure training and told her to leave the academy, prompting her to chase after him in anger.
• Wang Xiaofeng caught up with Oscar and Ning Rongrong half an hour later and continued running with them in silence.

Wang Xiaofeng helped Ning Rongrong finish her exhausting run and arranged for Oscar to carry her back, hoping to bring the two closer. That evening, Flander sent Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and the other students into more training, while Oscar faced another punishing workload.

• At noon, Wang Xiaofeng shared food and water with Ning Rongrong, who reluctantly accepted his help while remaining angry with Oscar.
• After a two-hour rest, Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong resumed running, and Ning Rongrong collapsed unconscious after completing her final lap.
• Wang Xiaofeng enhanced Ning Rongrong and gave her Oscar's sausage, then insisted that Oscar carry her back and gave him herbs for her medicinal bath.
• That evening, Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar told Flander they had completed their twenty laps, and Flander ordered them and the others to continue training.
• Dai Mubai offered to carry Oscar during the next exercise, and Flander led the group outside the academy.

At Suotuo City's Great Spirit Arena, Oscar told the others how he obtained a rare Phantom Swimming Dragon Soul Ring and revealed the abilities and limits of his Third Soul Skill. The group prepared to register for their matches, impressed by Oscar's new combat support.

• Flander explained the Great Spirit Arena's rules to Tang San and the others at a tea shop near the arena.
• Oscar said his teacher and the headmaster searched for a thousand-year Phantom Swimming Dragon for a month before Oscar found one caged at a market and bought it for ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San explained that Phantom Swimming Dragons could create phantoms and turn invisible, and that they had nearly vanished after an assassin organization used their abilities to kill a king.
• Oscar demonstrated his Third Soul Skill, revealing a green Phantom Sausage that made him invisible or created a duplicate phantom.
• Oscar explained that invisibility prevented him from moving, his phantom could not attack and vanished when struck, and each sausage could use only one ability for one minute.
• Dai Mubai praised Oscar's Soul Skill as a major advantage in team battles.

Wang Xiaofeng brought Tang San and the others to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where they registered for matches and discussed how a Support System Soul Master could fight. The chapter left Wang Xiaofeng about to face Fan Wu, a Control System Soul Master on a seven-match winning streak.

• Dai Mubai told Tang San that he had fought 207 matches and earned a Bronze badge, while Ma Hongjun praised Wang Xiaofeng's Flash Step and shared his own record.
• Wang Xiaofeng bought a huge pile of meat skewers, then guided Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing through registration for their matches.
• Wang Xiaofeng argued that a Support System Soul Master could become a Battle Soul Master by overcoming weaknesses in offense, control, or speed, and cited Oscar's abilities as an example.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu received their 2v2 arena assignment, and Xiao Wu complained that their team badge had been engraved with the name Three-Five Combo.
• Wang Xiaofeng entered the arena to face Fan Wu, whose Blood Thorns Martial Soul had helped him win seven matches in a row.

Wang Xiaofeng defeated Fan Wu by turning the thorn-covered arena against him and exploiting Blood Thorns’ weakness to fire. After explaining his strategy to his friends, he left them to face their own matches.

• Wang Xiaofeng revealed that he had noticed Fan Wu’s spores and let him cover the arena with Blood Thorns.
• Fan Wu used his first and second Soul Skills to fill the stage with thorns, but Wang Xiaofeng dodged through them with Flash Step.
• Wang Xiaofeng ignited the thorns with pine oil, disrupting Fan Wu’s Martial Soul and interrupting his Third Soul Skill.
• Wang Xiaofeng knocked Fan Wu unconscious, threw him off the stage, and won the match.
• Wang Xiaofeng showed Tang San the pine oil and explained how he had used it to counter Fan Wu’s Plant Martial Soul.

After the group won their Spirit Arena matches, Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar rejected Ning Rongrong’s offer to make them her followers and confronted her self-centered behavior. Ning Rongrong ran away crying, while Wang Xiaofeng hoped the confrontation would make her change.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun won their Spirit Arena matches, though Tang San was injured in the 2v2 battle.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the others left the arena and returned to the academy after Dai Mubai led them back.
• Ning Rongrong waited outside the boys’ dormitory and offered Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar resources from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in exchange for becoming her followers.
• Wang Xiaofeng criticized Ning Rongrong’s cultivation progress, and Oscar told her he no longer liked her because of her personality.
• Ning Rongrong ran off crying, while Wang Xiaofeng told Oscar she still had a chance to change before going to cultivate.

Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San discussed his effort to develop a food-related Self-Created Soul Skill, while Dai Mubai apologized to Zhu Zhuqing and promised to challenge his rival through his own strength. At Flander's Adaptability Training, Ning Rongrong overcame her reluctance to eat Oscar's sausages and discovered how effective they were.

• Wang Xiaofeng and Tang San discussed meridians and the principles behind Wang Xiaofeng's martial soul ability over breakfast.
• Dai Mubai apologized to Zhu Zhuqing for his past attitude and said he would defeat his rival through his own strength.
• Flander instructed the students, except Oscar, to eat at least two of each of Oscar's three types of sausages as Adaptability Training.
• Ning Rongrong took the sausages and ate several Big Sausages, finding that they quickly restored her energy and alertness.

Wang Xiaofeng trained under Li Yusong’s Soul Power pressure and invited Tang San to try it. Tang San broke through to Rank 30, surpassing Wang Xiaofeng’s Soul Elder record, and Flander was urged to arrange a Soul Ring hunt.

• After the students passed Flander’s lesson by eating Oscar’s Sausages, Flander dismissed them and took Ma Hongjun to train.
• Wang Xiaofeng persuaded Li Yusong to provide Rank 49 Soul Power pressure in exchange for ten flasks of wine a day, then trained in heavy armor.
• Tang San joined Wang Xiaofeng on the Training Field and endured Li Yusong’s increasing Soul Power pressure without summoning his martial soul.
• As Li Yusong raised the pressure to Rank 35, Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass cocooned him, and half an hour later he emerged having broken through to Rank 30.
• Flander celebrated Tang San’s breakthrough at twelve years and seven months, while Li Yusong pressed him to have Zhao Wuji take Tang San to obtain a Soul Ring.

After Tang San reached Rank 30, Shrek Academy set out for the Star Dou Great Forest so he could obtain his Third Soul Ring. The group reached a town near the forest, where Ning Rongrong grew increasingly withdrawn over her place in the team.

• Xiao Wu shared the news of Tang San's breakthrough, and Flander canceled leave and assigned Zhao Wuji to lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San asked Wang Xiaofeng for advice on his Third Soul Ring, and Wang Xiaofeng recommended considering a Hard Servant Bone Tongue Fish.
• The next morning, Dai Mubai arranged the group's formation, and the students ran toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Oscar and Wang Xiaofeng providing support.
• Shrek Academy reached a town less than fifty kilometers from the forest, and Zhao Wuji told everyone to rest before continuing at dawn.
• The students gathered for dinner, where Ma Hongjun and Wang Xiaofeng shared stories as Zhu Zhuqing remained cold and Ning Rongrong stayed withdrawn.

Wang Xiaofeng and the Shrek Academy group clashed with Azure Radiance Academy after one of its students tried to spill soup on Dai Mubai and then attacked him. Azure Radiance’s teacher ordered his students to fight, and they summoned their Martial Souls to face the Shrek group.

• Eight people from Azure Radiance Academy entered the restaurant and sat near Wang Xiaofeng’s group.
• An Azure Radiance student tried to spill Black Chicken Soup on Dai Mubai, but Tang San used Crane Control Capturing Dragon Strength to stop the soup from spilling.
• The student kicked Dai Mubai’s chair, and Dai Mubai sent him crashing through two tables with a single blow.
• Wang Xiaofeng said people should avoid trouble but defend themselves when bullied, while Dai Mubai refused to give the Azure Radiance students his name.
• Azure Radiance’s teacher ordered his students to attack, and five students summoned their Martial Souls as Wang Xiaofeng assessed them.

Dai Mubai and Tang San defeated Azure Radiance Academy’s students, but their director Ye Zhiqiu challenged the Shrek group to a fight outside. As Ye Zhiqiu revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul, Tang San assigned roles for the coming battle and Ning Rongrong prepared to support the team.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San swiftly defeated the five Azure Radiance Academy students, while Ma Hongjun regretted missing the fight.
• Ye Zhiqiu demanded compensation from Shrek Academy, then revealed himself as a Soul King and challenged the group to fight outside.
• Wang Xiaofeng shielded Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San with a light curtain that strengthened their Soul Power, and Dai Mubai led everyone out of the hotel.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul, and Tang San warned the group about its defense before assigning them positions and roles.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar urged Tang San to let Ning Rongrong support the team, and Ning Rongrong agreed to prove herself.

Dai Mubai and the others fought Ye Zhiqiu, using coordinated attacks and Wang Xiaofeng’s enhancements to push the Azure Radiance Academy teacher back. Zhao Wuji intervened, defeated Ye Zhiqiu with a single slap, and sent everyone back to the hotel for the night.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Zhiqiu, while Zhu Zhuqing used a clone to evade his icy counterattack and help Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai struck Ye Zhiqiu hard enough to send him flying, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass repeatedly bound him.
• Zhao Wuji interrupted the duel, then struck Ye Zhiqiu and shattered his turtle shell, forcing the Azure Radiance students to carry him away.
• Zhao Wuji scolded the Shrek students, who returned to the hotel after Wang Xiaofeng paid thirty Gold Soul Coins for the damage.

The Shrek group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable third Soul Ring for Tang San, but found no thousand-year Soul Beasts for days. A Bloodthirst Demon Spider finally appeared at night, leaving Tang San to recognize the dangerous creature as it faced the group.

• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they found only low-year Soul Beasts around the outskirts.
• After searching for days without finding a suitable Soul Beast for Tang San, Zhao Wuji had the group camp for the night.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Dai Mubai took the first watch while Xiao Wu remained unusually listless beside Tang San.
• Dai Mubai heard a Soul Beast approaching, and Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Golden Horned Deer fleeing from a thousand-year spider.
• Zhu Zhuqing injured the deer, but the spider attacked her before Zhao Wuji knocked it back and Tang San pulled her to safety.
• Tang San recognized the spider by the skull pattern on its abdomen as a Bloodthirst Demon Spider.

Tang San and the Shrek group killed a Bloodthirst Demon Spider, and Tang San began absorbing its over-age Soul Ring. When the Titan Giant Ape attacked, Wang Xiaofeng drew it away to protect the others, while Xiao Wu also lured it into the forest; Wang Xiaofeng was left gravely injured and drifted into a lake.

• The Shrek group coordinated their attacks to wound and kill the Bloodthirst Demon Spider, and Tang San chose to absorb its Soul Ring despite its age exceeding the limit.
• As Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring, Zhao Wuji sensed danger and identified an approaching Titan Giant Ape, then ordered the group to retreat.
• The Titan Giant Ape overwhelmed Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai, while Wang Xiaofeng used his enlarged calabash to shield the group from its attack.
• Wang Xiaofeng lured the Titan Giant Ape away from Tang San, but it struck him down and threw him into the distance.
• Xiao Wu ran into the forest to draw the Titan Giant Ape away, while Zhao Wuji regrouped the survivors and vowed to find her and Wang Xiaofeng.
• Wang Xiaofeng briefly regained consciousness, realized he was badly injured, and drifted into a lake before losing consciousness again.

Xiao Wu rode with Er Ming and completed her third soul ring while worrying about the Shrek Academy students. Wang Xiaofeng recovered in a lake thanks to a golden lotus and set off for the forest’s outer region, while Zhao Wuji’s group rested after searching through the night for Xiao Wu and Wang Xiaofeng.

• Xiao Wu scolded Er Ming for throwing Wang Xiaofeng and worried that he might be badly injured.
• Xiao Wu completed her third soul ring in front of Er Ming, gaining a Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• A golden lotus healed Wang Xiaofeng’s shattered bones and meridians as the lake’s water lilies withered.
• Wang Xiaofeng poured Moon Dew around the golden lotus’s roots to repay it, then changed clothes and headed toward the forest’s outer region.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the exhausted Shrek Academy group to rest after they searched all night, while Tang San wanted to continue looking for Xiao Wu.
• Tang San gave Oscar’s last Sausage to the badly injured Dai Mubai, who had continued searching despite broken arms and ribs.