Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing thanked Li Chang'an and asked him to teach her, so he arranged special training for the next day. The next morning, Oscar arrived excitedly and announced that he had reached Rank Thirty.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Li Chang'an for helping her and asked him to teach her so she could become stronger.
• Li Chang'an agreed to give Zhu Zhuqing special training after class the next day and asked her to do something for him in the future.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Chang'an what Zhu Zhuqing had wanted, and he reassured her that he saw Zhu Zhuqing as a little sister.
• At breakfast, Dai Mubai said he planned to visit the twins again, while Zhu Zhuqing ignored him.
• Flender began the next lesson by asking where Oscar was, but Oscar arrived and announced that he had broken through to Rank Thirty.

After the Soul Battle Arena, Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai’s behavior toward women, and Li Chang'an stopped him from attacking her. Zhu Zhuqing then waited by the roadside for Li Chang'an, leaving their conversation unresolved.

• Li Chang'an and the others left the arena, where Tang San and Ma Hongjun reflected on how thoroughly he had outmatched them.
• Ma Hongjun went to meet Flender at his shop, while Dai Mubai stayed with the others and explained that Ma Hongjun was going to a brothel because of his martial soul’s flaw.
• Xiao Wu defended Li Chang'an as clean, but Zhu Zhuqing called men filthy and challenged Dai Mubai after he claimed to have better taste than Ma Hongjun.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Dai Mubai disgusting and walked away, and Li Chang'an stopped Dai Mubai when he raised his hand against her.
• Li Chang'an warned Dai Mubai not to attack girls, then left with Xiao Wu; Dai Mubai calmed down and reflected on the rebuke.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited by the roadside for Li Chang'an, who asked whether she needed something.

Ling Chang'an persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to accept a Martial Soul Evolution Pill by promising her the chance to grow stronger and escape her family’s control. After she absorbed Narcissus Jade Bone and took the pill, her Hell Spirit Cat began evolving with the power of the Darkness Element.

• Ling Chang'an offered Zhu Zhuqing a Martial Soul Evolution Pill and promised it could help her reach Peerless Douluo-level strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to repay him with two promises in exchange for the pill.
• Ling Chang'an gave Zhu Zhuqing Narcissus Jade Bone and guarded her while she absorbed it.
• After roughly two hours, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Immortal Herb and sensed that her Soul Power and body had greatly improved.
• Zhu Zhuqing swallowed the Martial Soul Evolution Pill, and Ling Chang'an sealed off the area as her Martial Soul and Soul Rings appeared.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat began evolving, developing dark markings and an aura that Ling Chang'an recognized as the Darkness Element.

Oscar reached rank thirty, and Flender assigned the students to eat Oscar’s sausages before announcing a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to help him obtain a Soul Ring. Later, Li Chang'an met Zhu Zhuqing in private and offered her a Martial Soul Evolution Pill so she could become stronger.

• Flender congratulated Oscar on reaching rank thirty and explained the value of his food-type Martial Soul.
• Flender ordered everyone except Oscar to eat both of Oscar’s sausages, and Li Chang'an persuaded the reluctant Ning Rongrong to try them.
• Flender announced that Li Chang'an and Zhao Wuji would lead the group to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Li Chang'an wondered whether Er Ming and Meng Yiran would appear during the trip and whether Tang San would still obtain the Eight Spider Lances.
• Li Chang'an met Zhu Zhuqing in a secluded part of Shrek Academy, where she said she wanted to become stronger, and he offered her a Martial Soul Evolution Pill.

After Li Chang'an helped Zhu Zhuqing evolve her Martial Soul into a Darknight Hellcat, she revealed her new strength and fought Dai Mubai before the Shrek group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter leaves them resting near the forest after a long day of travel to obtain Zhu Zhuqing's third soul ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing tested her evolved Darknight Hellcat against Li Chang'an, and he found that her claws carried a persistent darkness attribute.
• Li Chang'an estimated that Zhu Zhuqing had reached around rank thirty-five and warned her to keep the Martial Soul Evolution Pill secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai and used her speed and darkness-imbued attacks to injure him, though she could not break through his defenses.
• Li Chang'an arranged the students into a formation for the journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Oscar's sausages helped them run for hours.
• The Shrek group traveled more than four hundred kilometers and stopped for the night in a small town near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Li Chang'an sparred verbally with Ke Le'er until she stormed off, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Canghui Academy students who stepped forward. The fight escalated when the students summoned their Souls, leaving Li Chang'an watching as the confrontation continued.

• Ke Le'er approached Li Chang'an and flirted with him, but their exchange ended with her angrily stomping away.
• Five male students from Canghui Academy stepped forward, and Xiao Wu eagerly confronted them.
• Xiao Wu used her grappling techniques to throw two students, while Zhu Zhuqing knocked two others down.
• The Canghui Academy teacher ordered the students to use their Souls, and all five revealed one white and one yellow soul ring.

Li Chang'an defeated Ye Zhiqui with a single punch after Canghui Academy’s students lost to Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Fatty. The Shrek group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Li Chang'an received a mission to meet the Silver Dragon King.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Fatty defeated Canghui Academy’s students, prompting Ye Zhiqui to challenge them as a Soul King.
• Li Chang'an faced Ye Zhiqui without releasing his Martial Soul and sent him flying with one punch.
• Zhao Wuji woke the group early the next morning, and the Shrek students set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group arrived at the forest, and Li Chang'an received a system mission to meet the Silver Dragon King.

Li Chang'an accepted a mission to meet the Silver Dragon King and obtain a strand of her hair, then joined Zhao Wuji's group as they traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest. After the group stopped to rest and share Li Chang'an's freshly prepared food, a Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent approached, and Li Chang'an judged it suitable for Oscar.

• Li Chang'an accepted the system mission to meet the Silver Dragon King and obtain a strand of her hair in exchange for two Origin Fruits.
• Xiao Wu happily explored the Star Dou Great Forest while Dai Mubai cleared the group’s path, and the party avoided most Soul Beasts they encountered.
• Li Chang'an shared fresh food from his 53 Storage Bracelet during the group’s rest, surprising the others with its contents and capabilities.
• Zhao Wuji alerted the group to an approaching creature, and Zhu Zhuqing climbed a tree to identify it as a Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the serpent and said its fleshy crest could benefit Oscar, while Li Chang'an estimated its age at thirteen hundred to eighteen hundred years and told Zhu Zhuqing to come down.

Zhao Wuji negotiated with Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang over the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, and the dispute was settled by agreeing to a fight between Meng Yiran and Li Chang’an. The chapter ended as they prepared to battle, with Li Chang’an planning to win Meng Yiran’s interest.

• Chao Tianxiang claimed her granddaughter needed the serpent and pointed out the wounds her cane had inflicted on it.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang as Snake Woman of the Peerless Dragon Snake and refused to simply hand over the serpent.
• Meng Yiran challenged Li Chang’an after Ma Hongjun said he had brought down the serpent with one kick.
• Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang agreed that the winner of Li Chang’an and Meng Yiran’s fight would decide who got the serpent.
• Li Chang’an introduced himself as Li Changsheng, and he and Meng Yiran took their places to fight.

Li Chang'an saved Zhu Zhuqing during the hunt for a Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, which Oscar was meant to claim as his soul beast. As Oscar was about to finish it off, Snake Woman and Meng Yiran arrived and demanded the serpent.

• Zhu Zhuqing struck the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent but was caught in its poisonous mist, and Li Chang'an rescued her and kicked the serpent to the ground.
• Tang San and the others subdued the serpent and left it for Oscar, while Zhu Zhuqing thanked Li Chang'an and Xiao Wu asked whether humans had to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Li Chang'an reassured Xiao Wu that he would find a way for humans and Soul Beasts to coexist.
• Snake Woman and Meng Yiran appeared just as Oscar was about to kill the serpent, and Snake Woman told Zhao Wuji he could not give it to Oscar.

Ling Chang'an defeated Meng Yiran without using his Soul Rings, then privately apologized to her and the Snake Woman and offered Meng Yiran an Immortal Herb as compensation. Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, reached level thirty-two, and prepared to reveal his new skill.

• Ling Chang'an revealed his two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, then promised to fight Meng Yiran without using his strength or Soul Rings.
• Meng Yiran attacked Ling Chang'an, but he blocked her strikes and caught her real serpent blade before sending it flying.
• The Snake Woman conceded, and Ling Chang'an spoke privately with her and Meng Yiran, offering an Immortal Herb as compensation.
• Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring and became a level thirty-two Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai congratulated Oscar and asked him to demonstrate his third Soul Ring skill.

Oscar revealed that his third soul skill let him fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for one minute before the Titan Giant Ape appeared and carried Li Chang'an and Xiao Wu away. Li Chang'an asked Er Ming to take him to meet the sovereign of the Soul Beasts.

• Oscar recited his third soul incantation, «I have a mushroom sausage,» and explained that it granted a minute of flight at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• Zhao Wuji sensed danger, summoned his martial soul, and ordered everyone behind him as the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest.
• Li Chang'an recognized Er Ming and agreed to exchange blows with him, blocking his casual strike until Er Ming used seventy percent of his strength to force him back.
• Er Ming grabbed Li Chang'an and Xiao Wu and carried them into the Star Dou Great Forest while Zhao Wuji stopped the others from pursuing them.
• Li Chang'an told Er Ming he wanted to meet the sovereign of all Soul Beasts.

Li Chang'an revealed his Eastern Emperor Bell to convince Er Ming that he could heal the Soul Beasts’ sovereign. Er Ming took him and Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian and several other Ferocious Beasts emerged and demanded to see the power that suppressed them.

• Li Chang'an told Er Ming he could heal the sovereign of all Soul Beasts, then summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell.
• The bell’s lingering aura suppressed Er Ming and Xiao Wu, convincing Er Ming to take Li Chang'an to the Lake of Life.
• Er Ming left Li Chang'an and Xiao Wu by the lake and entered the water.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, the Ten Thousand Demons King, Bear Monarch, Scarlet King, and Zi Ji emerged from the Lake of Life.
• Bear Monarch demanded to see the martial soul that could suppress the Soul Beasts.

Li Chang'an used the Eastern Emperor Bell to subdue Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts, then convinced Gu Yuena that he was the Dragon God's inheritor. After a Source Fruit restored her Source Power, Gu Yuena accepted him as her teacher, while Li Chang'an privately wished to be her Silver Dragon Knight instead.

• Li Chang'an summoned the Eastern Emperor Bell, suppressing Bear Monarch, Di Tian, and the other ferocious beasts.
• Li Chang'an identified the beasts and claimed he had come as the Teacher of the Dragon God, prompting Di Tian to summon Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena arrived beneath a silver barrier and questioned Li Chang'an's claim, but he told her a story about the Dragon God's origins.
• Li Chang'an gave Gu Yuena a Source Fruit, which completely restored her Source Power.
• Gu Yuena knelt and accepted Li Chang'an as her teacher, leaving him startled by her choice of title.

Li Chang'an advised Gu Yuena to stay hidden and wait for a prophesied war among the gods in fifteen years, when they could join forces against the God Realm. After agreeing to wait, Gu Yuena privately thanked him for restoring her origin and promised to grant his requests.

• Li Chang'an asked Gu Yuena whether her barrier hid the Star Dou Great Forest from the God Realm, then warned her that the gods would hunt her if she attacked now.
• Li Chang'an proposed that Gu Yuena preserve her strength and wait fifteen years for a war among the gods, saying he would join her when it came.
• Gu Yuena agreed to wait and use the time to adapt to her restored peak strength.
• Gu Yuena sent Di Tian and the other savage beasts back to the Lake of Life to absorb the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Xiao Wu went to play with Er Ming.
• Gu Yuena thanked Li Chang'an for giving her the Source Fruit and promised to agree to anything he asked of her.
• Li Chang'an playfully asked Gu Yuena to speak less and exchange deeply, then explained it as communicating about their paths.

Li Chang'an returned with Xiao Wu and gave Zhu Zhuqing a five-thousand-year Shadow Panther soul ring to absorb. Zhu Zhuqing gained a major boost in strength and speed, severed her martial-soul connection with Dai Mubai, and left the dangerous forest with the group.

• Li Chang'an returned with Xiao Wu and gave Zhu Zhuqing the Shadow Panther he had killed for her.
• Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai's warning and began absorbing the five-thousand-year soul ring while the others stood guard.
• Li Chang'an told the group that the Titan Giant Ape had abandoned them after a terrifying roar, and that Xiao Wu had advanced to rank thirty during the chaos.
• Li Chang'an encouraged Zhu Zhuqing through Mental Power as she absorbed the ring, while he learned that Tang San had gained a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring and an External Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged at around rank thirty-five and demonstrated extraordinary speed, leaving Dai Mubai's inherited martial-soul connection with her severed.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the group to retreat, and everyone followed Li Chang'an's formation out of the forest.

Ling Chang'an discovered that Yu Xiaogang had arrived at Shrek Academy and received a mission to ruin his reputation. After rejecting Yu Xiaogang's offer to discuss Twin Martial Souls, Ling Chang'an offered to arrange sponsorship for the academy's meals.

• Ling Chang'an detected Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy and received a five-year mission to disgrace him in exchange for a God-Given Million Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about Ling Chang'an and learned that he had Twin Martial Souls and five Soul Rings.
• At breakfast, Yu Xiaogang complained that Shrek Academy's meals were inadequate, and Flender challenged him to pay for better food.
• Flender introduced Ling Chang'an to Yu Xiaogang, who offered to discuss Twin Martial Souls, but Ling Chang'an refused, citing his family's secrets.
• Ling Chang'an offered to seek meal sponsorship from Hong Clan Commerce in Suotuo City.

Li Chang'an arranged a partnership between Hong Clan Commerce and Shrek Academy, then challenged Yu Xiaogang to a bet after joining the students’ training. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang accepting Li Chang'an’s terms, unaware that Li Chang'an had carefully set the trap to gain influence over the students’ training.

• Li Chang'an left Bai Xue’s room after spending half a day with her, then agreed to let her stay another day after she asked to return tomorrow.
• Li Chang'an brought Hong Clan Commerce’s Suotuo City manager to Shrek Academy to discuss an ongoing partnership, leaving Flender to handle the arrangements.
• Li Chang'an promised the students better meals and watched Yu Xiaogang assign Dai Mubai to fight the others one by one, with Tang San allowed to use his third soul skill.
• Li Chang'an offered to fight all seven students together and proposed a bet: Yu Xiaogang would receive his Twin Martial Soul cultivation insights if Yu won, while Li Chang'an could train Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun if he won.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the bet, and Li Chang'an privately considered how victory could let him challenge Yu Xiaogang’s training methods and influence the academy.

Ling Chang'an secured Hong Clan Commerce's support for Shrek and became an official teacher, then went to Suotuo City to meet Bai Xue. Bai Xue explained her struggle to secure control of the commerce guild and proposed bearing Ling Chang'an's child as a way to strengthen her position.

• Ling Chang'an told Flender that Bai Xue would help Hong Clan Commerce cooperate with Shrek, easing the academy's food expenses.
• Flender appointed Ling Chang'an and Yu Xiaogang to train the students together, then introduced the academy's teachers and announced Ling Chang'an's official appointment.
• After Flender dismissed the students for the day, Ling Chang'an went to Suotuo City to meet Bai Xue, who had arrived the previous day.
• Bai Xue told Ling Chang'an that she had used his purification technique to take control of Hong Clan Commerce, but feared that her lack of main-line heritage would undermine her authority.
• Bai Xue proposed adopting a Hong Clan child or bearing Ling Chang'an's child to secure her position, then kissed him as he suggested a new trick.

Li Chang'an fought the Shrek Seven Monsters alone, overwhelming their coordinated attacks and exposing the gap between his abilities and Yu Xiaogang's expectations. Surrounded by Xiao Wu and the others, he revealed ten solid clones, and they began unleashing his first soul skill.

• Yu Xiaogang refereed as Tang San devised a strategy, while Li Chang'an displayed his extraordinary soul rings and invited the Shrek Seven Monsters to attack.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates as they launched a coordinated assault, but Li Chang'an used his fourth soul skill, Shadowless, to break free and counter their attacks.
• Li Chang'an knocked Ning Rongrong out of the arena, burned away Tang San's Spider Web Restraint, and kicked Tang San out of the arena.
• Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun surrounded Li Chang'an, but he revealed ten solid clones outside their encirclement.
• The Li Chang'an clones showed five soul rings each and activated Heaven and Earth Cleave together, bathing Shrek Academy in its light.