Chapter Summaries

Su Xiao and Ning Rongrong ran to Suotuo City for morning training, and Flender later assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run laps as part of Shrek’s training. Su Xiao was relieved that Ning Rongrong had accepted the importance of physical training and hoped the assignment would bring her and Oscar closer.

• Su Xiao encouraged Ning Rongrong to keep running to Suotuo City, where they ate before heading back to the academy.
• Su Xiao and Ning Rongrong saw Zhu Zhuqing, then returned to Shrek with fodder and meat for Xiao Bai.
• Flender announced Shrek’s rules and ordered Oscar to run twenty laps, explaining that a Support Soul Master needed to know how to escape danger.
• Flender told Oscar to run with Ning Rongrong, who set off eagerly after recognizing the value of training.
• Su Xiao felt relieved as Oscar followed Ning Rongrong, hoping their shared training would bring them closer.

Su Xiao received a system reward guaranteeing an External Soul Bone when he absorbed his next Soul Ring, then joined the Shrek students on their first visit to the Soto Grand Soul Arena. After the others won their matches, Su Xiao prepared to face a level-thirty-nine opponent named Leo.

• Su Xiao signed in at the Shrek Academy cafeteria and gained a guaranteed External Soul Bone with his next Soul Ring.
• Flender announced a spirit-fighting lesson, and the students traveled to Suotuo City; Ning Rongrong rode beside Su Xiao and fell asleep on his shoulder.
• At the Soto Grand Soul Arena, Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the two-person match as the Three-Five Combination, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar chose not to fight.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San and Xiao Wu won their spirit fights, and Tang San defeated Zhu Zhuqing in an individual match.
• Su Xiao was matched against Leo, a level-thirty-nine Battle Soul Elder with the Yin Yang Dual Swords martial soul.

Su Xiao fought Leo in the arena, overcoming the swordsman’s techniques and restorative skill by using Ring Fusion to unleash the Holy Light Ascending Dragon Sword. The strike carved a ravine through the arena and left Leo bleeding on the ground.

• Su Xiao blocked Leo’s Yin Yang Sword Qi with Holy Light Divine Dragon Transformation and closed in with a golden broadsword.
• Leo exposed openings in Su Xiao’s swordsmanship and counterattacked, forcing Su Xiao to retreat and switch to twin swords.
• Su Xiao attacked with Holy Light Dragon Head, but Leo neutralized it with Yin Yang Chaotic Slash.
• Leo used his second soul skill, Healing, to restore his Soul Power, and Su Xiao decided to defeat him with a sword.
• Su Xiao fused his three Soul Rings into the Holy Light Ascending Dragon Sword and unleashed a strike that carved a ravine through the arena, leaving Leo in a pool of blood.

Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek and began planning the students’ cultivation, including a trial to help Su Xiao obtain his fourth Soul Ring. The group prepared to head for the Star Dou Great Forest after learning Oscar had also reached rank thirty and completing a lesson with his sausages.

• Su Xiao recovered after his Soul Arena victory, then returned to Shrek with Flender and the others, where he and Tang San reunited with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang discussed Su Xiao’s rank-forty breakthrough and combat shortcomings, then agreed that Su Xiao should seek a Ten Thousand Year Sub-Dragon Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ cultivation planner and announced an afternoon trial to obtain Su Xiao’s Soul Ring.
• Oscar revealed that he had reached rank thirty and needed a Soul Ring, surprising the group.
• Yu Xiaogang required everyone to eat Oscar’s sausages before the trip; Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing ate theirs, leaving Ning Rongrong as the only one who had not.

Su Xiao and the Shrek group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain soul rings for Su Xiao and Oscar, then clashed with Canghui Academy at an inn. After Flender and Zhao Wuji drove off Canghui Academy’s Soul King, Shrek entered the forest and began searching for Oscar’s third soul ring.

• Su Xiao made Ning Rongrong eat Oscar’s sausage, and she discovered its warm current was unlike anything she had experienced from other food-type Martial Souls.
• Flender assigned Dai Mubai to lead the group to the Star Dou Great Forest, with Oscar supplying food and the teachers waiting at Hunter Village.
• At the inn in Hunter Village, Su Xiao and Dai Mubai attacked Canghui Academy students after one mocked the Shrek group.
• Canghui Academy’s five-ringed Soul King confronted Shrek, but Flender challenged him and Zhao Wuji punched him out of the inn.
• The next day, Shrek entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Oscar’s third soul ring, while Flender and Zhao Wuji said they would intervene only in danger.

Tang San led the team in capturing a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but an attacker struck just as Oscar was about to claim its soul ring. The chapter ended with Su Xiao deflecting the ambush with his Holy Light Divine Dragon Whip.

• Tang San identified the approaching Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a suitable soul beast for Oscar and organized the team to capture it.
• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Su Xiao, and Zhu Zhuqing worked together to corner the serpent, while Dai Mubai caught Zhu Zhuqing after its mist paralyzed her.
• Su Xiao knocked the bound Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious after becoming distracted by Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender gave Oscar a knife to kill the serpent and claim its soul ring.
• A pink blade shot toward Oscar, and Su Xiao transformed his whip into a golden longsword to block it, prompting a scream from the attacker.

Shrek’s group disputed ownership of a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter Meng Yiran. Su Xiao forced Oscar to kill the snake and claim its soul ring, provoking Meng Yiran’s attack.

• Chao Tianxiang asked Flender’s group to give up the serpent, saying she and Meng Yiran had hunted it for Meng Yiran’s third soul ring.
• Dai Mubai explained that Chao Tianxiang and her husband, Dragon Lord Meng Shu, were the feared Peerless Dragon Serpent duo.
• Flender introduced himself and Shrek’s teachers and disciples, while both groups weighed the risks of confronting each other.
• Su Xiao pulled Oscar to his feet and guided his knife into the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, causing a purple soul ring to appear.
• Meng Yiran angrily swung her Serpent Cane at Oscar.

Su Xiao stopped Meng Yiran from challenging Oscar, and the Shrek group drove her and Chao Tianxiang away so Oscar could absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s soul ring. Oscar gained a powerful flight-granting third soul skill, leaving Ning Rongrong feeling dejected by comparison.

• Su Xiao blocked Meng Yiran with his golden spear, while Flender stood firm against Chao Tianxiang’s threats.
• Su Xiao urged Flender to end the confrontation since Oscar had already killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran.
• Oscar absorbed the serpent’s soul ring and gained his third soul skill, Rapid Flight Mushroom Sausage, which let its consumer fly at the serpent’s speed for one minute.
• Ning Rongrong felt inferior after hearing about Oscar’s rare ability to grant flight.

Ning Rongrong was hurt when Su Xiao told her they were not a good match, while Tang San revealed he had also reached level thirty and needed a Soul Ring. That night, a huge disturbance overturned part of the forest, forcing Shrek to flee beneath a sky where Ma Hongjun saw two moons.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Oscar’s potential, and Su Xiao told Ning Rongrong that they were not a good match, leaving her in tears.
• Tang San announced that he had reached level thirty and needed a Soul Ring, prompting the group to plan a forest hunt after camping overnight.
• At camp, Ma Hongjun teased Su Xiao about making Ning Rongrong cry until Su Xiao snapped at him.
• The ground shook and a distant section of forest rose and overturned, so Su Xiao urged everyone to run as Zhao Wuji helped them escape.
• Ma Hongjun looked up and saw two moons in the sky.

The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, and Tang San flew after it despite warnings, with Su Xiao following to protect him. Su Xiao lost sight of Tang San in the forest, then sensed a powerful impact nearby.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji led the group in fighting the Titan Giant Ape, but their attacks barely scratched it.
• Xiao Wu pretended to be captured, and the Titan Giant Ape carried her away.
• Tang San ate Oscar's sausages to restore his soul power, then used the Flying Mushroom Sausage to pursue Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San's speed, and Su Xiao got Oscar to make another mushroom sausage so he could follow.
• Ning Rongrong accelerated Su Xiao as he flew after Tang San, but Su Xiao lost sight of him when his mushroom sausage's effect ended.
• Su Xiao moved through the forest by instinct, then felt a powerful impact from his right and heard the air explode.

Su Xiao witnessed a battle between a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and a Blazing Flame Lion King, then considered whether he could take advantage of the bear’s injuries to obtain a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. The lion fled, leaving Su Xiao focused on the bear’s wounded shoulder.

• Su Xiao tried to avoid a distant battle but saw two enormous Soul Beasts fighting nearby.
• Su Xiao recognized the beasts as a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and a Blazing Flame Lion King and considered using the bear for his fourth Soul Ring.
• The Blazing Flame Lion King burned the bear’s shoulder with its flaming attack, but the bear struck its abdomen with a golden claw.
• The injured Blazing Flame Lion King fled into the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear roared in victory.
• Su Xiao fixed his attention on the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s mangled, bloody right shoulder.

Su Xiao killed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear with King Yama's Decree and absorbed its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, gaining the beast's Right Arm Bone as an External Soul Bone. After a qilin-like Soul Beast fled from him, he saw a signal flare from the east and hurried toward it, believing his teacher and the others had found Tang San.

• Su Xiao used Holy Light Dragon Claw to confirm that the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's injured right arm could not move.
• Su Xiao leaped onto the bear and drove King Yama's Decree into its wounded shoulder, poisoning it until it dissolved into black water.
• Su Xiao absorbed the bear's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring through the night and gained the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Arm Bone.
• A qilin-like Soul Beast appeared before Su Xiao, then shook its head and ran deeper into the forest.
• Su Xiao saw a signal flare to the east and rushed toward it, thinking his teacher and the others had found Tang San.

Meng Yiran confronted Shrek after Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, and Dragon Lord threatened Yu Xiaogang over the dispute. Su Xiao revealed his strength and threatened the elderly couple, who then apologized to Yu Xiaogang and made a request.

• Tang San told Meng Yiran he had already absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, and Dragon Lord arrived with the Snake Woman to demand compensation.
• Meng Yiran threw a blade at Ma Hongjun, but Tang San caught it, and Dragon Lord demanded that Yu Xiaogang let Meng Yiran cut off one of Tang San’s arms.
• Su Xiao returned to Shrek’s group, revealed his Ten Thousand Year soul ring and Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Right Arm Bone, and threatened to bury Dragon Lord, the Snake Woman, and Meng Yiran in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dragon Lord and the Snake Woman knelt before Yu Xiaogang, apologized, and asked him to agree to a request.

Yu Xiaogang refused to take Meng Yiran as his disciple, but Flender arranged for her to enroll at Shrek Academy. After a three-day break, Yu Xiaogang began the students’ special training with a test of their Soul Power control, and Su Xiao was left facing a water vat.

• Yu Xiaogang declined Dragon Duke and Snake Woman’s request to accept Meng Yiran as his disciple, so Flender invited her to join Shrek Academy instead.
• Back at the academy, Su Xiao reunited with Xiao Bai, while Ning Rongrong saw him and hurried back to the dormitory.
• Three days later, Dragon Duke and Snake Woman brought Meng Yiran to Shrek as Yu Xiaogang began special training for the students.
• Yu Xiaogang tested the students’ control over Soul Power by asking them to break a bowl without using their bodies, soul skills, soul bones, or tools.
• Tang San shattered the bowl, Meng Yiran also succeeded, Zhu Zhuqing broke hers with her claws, and Xiao Wu effortlessly made hers explode.
• Yu Xiaogang told Su Xiao his test would use a water vat, which Dai Mubai set down in front of him.

Yu Xiaogang assigned Su Xiao spiritual-power training and taught him about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan technique Rule the World, while the others practiced by building a restaurant and preparing a feast. After a month, their first stage of special training ended, but Su Xiao still had a long way to go, and Yu Xiaogang announced intensive training would begin the next day.

• Yu Xiaogang had Su Xiao practice controlling water to strengthen his spiritual power, but Su Xiao struggled to shape it.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the group to address their weaknesses and comprehend Self-Created Soul Skills by building a restaurant and preparing a feast.
• Yu Xiaogang told Meng Yiran to practice concealing her Martial Soul, while the others divided up the building and cooking tasks.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Su Xiao's Holy Light Dragon Martial Soul might allow him to cultivate Rule the World, a spiritual attack that infused spiritual power into Soul Skills.
• After a month, the group completed the restaurant and feast, and Yu Xiaogang announced that intensive training would begin the next day.

Yu Xiaogang arranged a restricted match between Su Xiao and Tang San and Dai Mubai’s seven-person team. Su Xiao held off multiple opponents, but Tang San was eliminated by Xiao Wu, leaving Su Xiao to face the full team alone.

• Yu Xiaogang set the match rules, banning Su Xiao and Tang San from using their strongest skills and special weapons.
• Dai Mubai directed his teammates to block Su Xiao and Tang San while protecting Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
• Su Xiao defended against Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, then fired a rain of golden arrows at the airborne Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced her teammates’ speed, allowing them to regroup with Dai Mubai’s side as Su Xiao faced six opponents.
• Xiao Wu evaded Tang San’s Spider Web Restraint, kicked him down, and eliminated him.
• Su Xiao joked that he was now facing seven opponents alone.

After Su Xiao’s hesitation let Meng Yiran trap him and Yu Xiaogang ended their battle, Yu Xiaogang punished the nine students with a weighted trek to Suotuo City to test their teamwork. The group reached the city before nightfall, with Su Xiao still standing after carrying part of his teammates’ loads, and Yu Xiaogang anticipated the team’s growing strength.

• Su Xiao used Dai Mubai’s charge to break through the group’s formation and rush toward Ning Rongrong, but he hesitated and Meng Yiran caught him in her Heavenly Net.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped the battle, criticized the students’ mistakes, and praised several of their performances.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the nine students to carry weighted baskets without using Soul Power and reach Suotuo City before nightfall.
• Tang San explained that the trek tested their ability to work as a team, while Ma Hongjun refused to carry Su Xiao’s much heavier load.
• The students reached Suotuo City before sunset, and Su Xiao remained standing after helping carry part of Ning Rongrong’s, Oscar’s, and Zhu Zhuqing’s loads.
• Flender collected Zhao Wuji’s bet, Zhao Wuji praised Su Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang expressed satisfaction with the team’s progress.

Su Xiao reunited with Xiao Bai in Suotuo City and learned that Shrek’s next training stage would be fighting at the Soto Spirit Arena. Yu Xiaogang assigned their matches and rules, then named the masked fighters and their team Shrek.

• Su Xiao avoided Ning Rongrong, then found Xiao Bai in the stables and decided to stay there with him.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the students would compete at the Soto Spirit Arena to earn prize money and Silver Soul Fight Medals.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the combat-point requirements and arranged the students’ one-on-one and two-on-two matches.
• Yu Xiaogang banned hidden weapons without permission and required everyone to wear masks and use nicknames.
• Yu Xiaogang named the fighters, and Xiao Wu asked for the team name, which Yu Xiaogang set as Shrek.

Su Xiao defeated Yu Tianheng with his newly mastered self-created skill, then helped Shrek build a strong record at the Soto Spirit Arena. After Qin Ming revealed his connection to Shrek, the students and teachers gathered for a dinner that would shape the team’s future.

• Yu Xiaogang arranged for Su Xiao to fight his nephew Yu Tianheng and asked Su Xiao to show him the gap between their strengths without seriously injuring him.
• Su Xiao used Rule the World to overwhelm Yu Tianheng, leaving him stunned and unable to continue the fight.
• Shrek defeated the Berserker Team, while Su Xiao earned a Silver Soul Fight Medal and the team later lost to Yu Tianheng’s Royal Fight Team in a match reversed by Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances.
• The Shrek members developed new self-created skills during a month of Soul Fights, and Su Xiao integrated Rule the World into his fourth soul skill.
• Qin Ming visited Shrek’s gathering hall, and Su Xiao introduced him as a former Shrek student and teacher of the Royal Fight Team.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji joined the students for dinner, where Ma Hongjun ordered two portions of nearly everything on the menu.

Flender resisted Qin Ming’s invitation to send Shrek’s students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang argued that the move would give them the chance to compete. As the teachers negotiated the terms, Ma Hongjun and the other students reassured Flender that they would always be Shrek’s disciples.

• Flender rejected Qin Ming’s invitation, but Yu Xiaogang argued that the students needed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s registration and training facilities to compete.
• Flender agreed to let the students attend if Shrek’s teachers could join and guide their cultivation, then left the table to get some air.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar told Xiao Wu that Ma Hongjun had studied under Flender since he was six.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that he would always be the Evil Fire Phoenix of Shrek, and Flender laughed at the idea of using the academy to help Shrek compete.
• Su Xiao and the other students joined Ma Hongjun in telling Flender they would always be Shrek.