Chapter Summaries

Huo Feng battled Meng Yiran over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and his sacrifice ability caused her to collapse to her knees during her attack. After he countered her renewed assault, Chao Tianxiang intervened and conceded the match, leaving the serpent with Zhao Wuji’s group.

• Meng Yiran activated both Soul Skills and attacked Huo Feng with her Serpent Head Crutch, while the onlookers watched her fight.
• Huo Feng’s system announced that Meng Yiran had been sacrificed, and she suddenly fell to her knees before him, interrupting her attack.
• Meng Yiran forced herself up and launched a concealed strike at Huo Feng, but he knocked her crutch away and counterattacked with Prairie Fire.
• Chao Tianxiang blocked Huo Feng’s attack with a defensive shield and told Zhao Wuji that they admitted defeat.

Huo Feng defeated Meng Yiran, prompting Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang to concede the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Oscar. After Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran left, Oscar absorbed its soul ring and became a level thirty-one Soul Elder.

• Chao Tianxiang stopped Huo Feng's attack and conceded defeat as Meng Yiran collapsed from her injuries.
• Oscar offered Huo Feng a Recovery Sausage, but Huo Feng refused it.
• Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Chao Tianxiang helped Meng Yiran recover, then left with her after warning Zhao Wuji they would meet again.
• Oscar completed the absorption and reached level thirty-one as a Soul Elder.

Oscar obtained his third Soul Ring, and Huo Feng secretly sacrificed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to claim a powerful Sword Domain Soul Bone. After returning to Shrek Academy and fusing it, Huo Feng learned that Yu Xiaogang had arrived at the academy.

• Oscar revealed that his third soul skill created a Mushroom Sausage that let its user fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's speed for one minute.
• Zhao Wuji led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest and back to Shrek Academy after Oscar obtained his Soul Ring.
• Huo Feng secretly sacrificed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, completing a hidden mission and receiving a Ten Thousand Year Sword Domain Soul Bone.
• Huo Feng fused the Soul Bone, gaining a Sword Domain that strengthened him and weakened enemies within its range.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy at dawn and wondered whether Little San had started making a name for himself there.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy expecting to find his disciple Tang San, unaware Tang San had failed the entrance exam and was working off a debt in Suotuo City. He told Flender that one of Shrek’s new students was his disciple, and Flender asked for the student’s name.

• Tang San failed Shrek Academy’s entrance exam, lost borrowed money in a soul battle against Xiao Wu, and worked at a blacksmith shop to repay his debt.
• Tang San searched Suotuo City and Shrek Academy for Yu Xiaogang, but the two did not meet.
• Yu Xiaogang entered Shrek Academy at dawn and barged into Flender’s room while he was sleeping.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Shrek had recruited four new students and now had seven students in total.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that one of the four new students was his disciple, and Flender asked what the disciple was called.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy expecting to find his disciple Tang San, but Flender said no student by that name had enrolled. The roster revealed several exceptionally strong students, including Huo Feng, while Yu Xiaogang’s search for Tang San remained unresolved.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that his disciple was named Tang San, but Flender said Shrek had admitted no student by that name.
• Flender gave Yu Xiaogang the roster of four new students, and Yu Xiaogang was stunned by Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu’s abilities.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Huo Feng on the roster and learned that he had reached level thirty-three after graduating from Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Flender noticed Yu Xiaogang’s empty right sleeve, and Yu Xiaogang explained that he had lost his arm while helping Tang San obtain his first soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Tang San had taken Shrek’s entrance examination, and Flender suggested they ask Vice Dean Zhao Wuji.

Yu Xiaogang visited Shrek Academy to ask Zhao Wuji whether he had seen his missing disciple, Tang San. Zhao Wuji said he had never seen Tang San, leaving Yu Xiaogang without news of his whereabouts.

• Flender served Yu Xiaogang tea, and Yu Xiaogang regretted not having taken Huo Feng as a disciple.
• Flender went to fetch Zhao Wuji so Yu Xiaogang could ask about this year's entrance examination.
• Flender introduced Zhao Wuji to Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji awkwardly greeted him after realizing Yu Xiaogang was missing an arm.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his disciple had come to take Shrek Academy's entrance examination and asked Zhao Wuji if he had seen him.
• Yu Xiaogang named his disciple as Tang San, and Zhao Wuji said he had never seen him.

Yu Xiaogang learned from Zhao Wuji and Li Yuesong that Tang San had applied to Shrek Academy but failed its first entrance test. Li Yuesong stood by the Academy’s admission rules, leaving Yu Xiaogang angry and without further details.

• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had not reached the final entrance test and directed him to ask Li Yuesong about the first test.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San’s martial soul was Blue Silver Grass, and Zhao Wuji brought Li Yuesong to speak with him.
• Li Yuesong confirmed that Tang San had taken the entrance examination but failed the first test and left.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged the decision, but Li Yuesong said Tang San had not met the Academy’s admission standards.
• Zhao Wuji pulled Li Yuesong from Flender’s room, leaving Yu Xiaogang behind in frustration.

After learning that Tang San had disappeared, Yu Xiaogang decided to search near Suotuo City and sought clues from Huo Feng, whom he planned to approach under the guise of a teacher. Flender gathered the students at the training ground, where Huo Feng recognized the one-armed Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang insisted on finding Tang San, and Flender advised him to search around Suotuo City rather than wander blindly.
• Flender noted that Huo Feng and Xiao Wu had graduated from Notting Junior Soul Master Academy and might know where Tang San was, but Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San had conflicts with them and had not come to Shrek with them.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to ask Huo Feng about Tang San while pretending to offer the students basic guidance.
• Flender reluctantly agreed to introduce Yu Xiaogang as a new teacher and advised him to hide his martial soul and Soul Power.
• Flender gathered the students at the training ground, and Huo Feng recognized the one-armed Yu Xiaogang among the teachers.

Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the famed Master and told the students they could seek his guidance. After the others left, Dai Mubai revealed that Yu Xiaogang had only Rank 29 Soul Power and an unusual Martial Soul, while Huo Feng and Xiao Wu were told to stay behind.

• Flender brought the students and teachers together on the training ground and introduced Li Yuesong, Lu Qibin, Shao Xin, and Zhao Wuji by their ranks and Martial Souls.
• Flender presented Yu Xiaogang as the foremost authority on Martial Soul theory and invited the students to ask him about cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to answer questions about cultivation and Martial Souls, while Huo Feng and Xiao Wu silently remained unimpressed.
• Yu Xiaogang whispered to Flender, after which Zhao Wuji and the other teachers left the training ground.
• Flender dismissed the students except Huo Feng and Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai told the others Yu Xiaogang had Rank 29 Soul Power and a strange Martial Soul.

Dai Mubai questioned Yu Xiaogang’s reputation to the other students, while Flender kept Huo Feng and Xiao Wu behind so Yu Xiaogang could ask them about Tang San. Yu Xiaogang asked whether Huo Feng had seen Tang San in Notting City recently.

• Dai Mubai told the students that Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power was only level twenty-nine and mocked his theories as a way to conceal his shortcomings.
• Dai Mubai tried to impress Zhu Zhuqing, but she left with Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar accepted his claims and pressed him with questions.
• Dai Mubai snapped at Ma Hongjun and Oscar when they asked why Flender had kept Huo Feng and Xiao Wu behind, then walked away.
• Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang wanted to ask Huo Feng and Xiao Wu a few things, and Huo Feng said they had known Yu Xiaogang since Notting Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Huo Feng whether he had seen Tang San in Notting City over the past few days.

Huo Feng told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had been seriously injured by Dai Mubai, rejected from Shrek Academy, and defeated by Xiao Wu at the Soto Fighting Arena. Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had left after the fight, with his whereabouts still unknown.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Huo Feng whether he had seen Tang San, and Huo Feng said he had encountered him three times in Suotuo City.
• Huo Feng explained that Dai Mubai had seriously injured Tang San at the Rose Hotel, and that he had stepped in to help.
• Huo Feng revealed that Tang San failed Shrek Academy's entrance examination and ran away when he saw Dai Mubai while trying to get his registration fee back.
• Huo Feng told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Wu defeated Tang San in fewer than three exchanges at the Soto Fighting Arena, after which Tang San left.
• Yu Xiaogang's face turned ashen when he heard that Tang San had lost to Xiao Wu.

Huo Feng told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had lost both of his battles at the Soto Fighting Arena, prompting Yu Xiaogang to search for his missing disciple. Flender found Tang San’s arena record and learned that Tang San’s latest match had taken place the previous night.

• Huo Feng confirmed that Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai had witnessed Tang San’s repeated defeats, while Yu Xiaogang privately blamed the losses on pressure.
• Huo Feng and Xiao Wu left, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San might still be in Suotuo City because he had little money to travel.
• Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from searching blindly and suggested checking the Soto Fighting Arena during Shrek’s next visit.
• The following evening, Flender paid an arena attendant to look up Tang San’s record.
• The attendant reported that Tang San had fought twice and lost both times, with his latest match the previous night.

Yu Xiaogang searched Suotuo City for Tang San while Flender decided to stop involving himself in Yu Xiaogang’s affairs. Tang San remained confined to a Blacksmith Shop, and Huo Feng spotted someone who looked like him inside.

• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had lost both of his recent Soul Battles and resented Flender for not bringing him to Suotuo City sooner.
• Flender advised Yu Xiaogang to wait outside the Soto Fighting Arena for Tang San, then left and resolved to stop interfering in his affairs.
• The Blacksmith Shop owner confined Tang San and cut his meals after Tang San failed to repay ten Gold Soul Coins and neglected his work.
• Tang San spent two days forging iron to repay the debt and decided to leave Suotuo City once he could, while Yu Xiaogang waited unsuccessfully outside the arena for five days.
• Dai Mubai treated Shrek’s seven students to a meal, and Huo Feng noticed a thin figure resembling Tang San inside a Blacksmith Shop across the street.

Huo Feng crossed the street with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to confirm whether the exhausted blacksmith was Tang San. He found Tang San working off a debt at the Liu Family Blacksmith Shop, but made clear he had no intention of taking him away.

• Huo Feng told the others he and Xiao Wu would look around, then Ning Rongrong followed them across the street to the Blacksmith Shop.
• Huo Feng recognized the thin, exhausted worker as Tang San and entered the shop with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• The Blacksmith Shop owner explained that Tang San owed him money and was working to repay the debt, then offered to let Huo Feng take him away.
• Huo Feng said he had only come to look at Tang San and would not take him away.

Huo Feng and the others found Tang San working in a blacksmith shop, and Dai Mubai exposed his identity after Tang San tried to deny it. Tang San learned that Yu Xiaogang was searching for him outside Soto Fighting Arena, but the shop owner stopped him from leaving until he paid his bill.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun entered the blacksmith shop, while Zhu Zhuqing watched from outside.
• Huo Feng approached Tang San at the forge, and Tang San recognized him and tried to leave without speaking.
• Tang San denied his identity, but Dai Mubai grabbed him and confirmed that he was Tang San.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang was looking for him outside Soto Fighting Arena, and Tang San eagerly set out to find his teacher.
• Huo Feng and the others left the shop, but the blacksmith shop owner blocked Tang San and demanded that he pay before leaving.

Tang San stayed at the blacksmith shop, convinced Yu Xiaogang would soon come for him, while Ma Hongjun informed Flender that Tang San had been found. Yu Xiaogang waited near the Soto Fighting Arena until Flender suddenly appeared in his room.

• Tang San stopped himself from confronting the blacksmith shop owner and resumed forging, expecting Yu Xiaogang to find him through Shrek Academy.
• Huo Feng and the others returned to Shrek Academy without planning to tell Yu Xiaogang about Tang San, but Ma Hongjun chose to inform Flender.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that he and the others had encountered Tang San at a blacksmith shop in Suotuo City, then hurried back to the dormitory.
• Yu Xiaogang waited in his rented room near the Soto Fighting Arena, still unable to sleep because Tang San had not appeared.
• Flender arrived at Yu Xiaogang’s room by bursting through the window.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had been found at a blacksmith shop in Suotuo City, and Yu Xiaogang went there at dawn to find him. The chapter ended with Tang San recognizing his teacher and kneeling before him.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was staying at the Liu Family Blacksmith Shop, and Yu Xiaogang eagerly prepared to leave.
• Flender warned Yu Xiaogang that it was midnight and the shop was closed, then left while worrying that Yu Xiaogang would bring Tang San into Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang spent the sleepless night waiting for morning, while Tang San also stayed awake and began forging at dawn.
• Yu Xiaogang followed Flender's directions to the Liu Family Blacksmith Shop and spotted Tang San working inside.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang, ran toward him, and knelt before his teacher.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Blacksmith Shop to take Tang San away and learned that Tang San owed the owner ten Gold Soul Coins. After confirming Tang San had borrowed the money, Yu Xiaogang paid twenty coins and declared that Tang San had nothing more to do with the owner.

• Tang San tearfully apologized to Yu Xiaogang for failing Shrek Academy's entrance exam, and the two embraced.
• The Blacksmith Shop owner came outside and learned that Yu Xiaogang was Tang San's teacher and wanted to take him away.
• The owner agreed to let Tang San leave once his debt was repaid, explaining that Tang San owed him ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned the debt, but Tang San lowered his head, confirming it without speaking.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the owner twenty Gold Soul Coins and said Tang San had nothing to do with him anymore.

Yu Xiaogang rescued Tang San from the blacksmith shop and promised to get him into Shrek Academy, then took him back there. Flender gave the students a day off, and Zhu Zhuqing joined Huo Feng, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong as they planned to visit Suotuo City.

• Yu Xiaogang paid the blacksmith shop owner twenty Gold Soul Coins and led Tang San away.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about returning to academy life, then promised to get him admitted to Shrek Academy and set off with him.
• Flender dismissed the Shrek Academy students for the day and told them to cultivate on their own.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to go into the city, but Dai Mubai refused and left; Oscar mocked Ma Hongjun before leaving too.
• Ning Rongrong invited Huo Feng to stroll through Suotuo City, Xiao Wu said she would come along, and Zhu Zhuqing asked to join them.

Huo Feng went out with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing and encountered Tang San and Yu Xiaogang approaching Shrek Academy. Tang San felt guilty about returning after being rejected, while Yu Xiaogang’s support helped him regain confidence.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong encouraged the embarrassed Zhu Zhuqing to join them on a walk with Huo Feng.
• Huo Feng led the group toward the village entrance and spotted two unfamiliar figures approaching Shrek Academy.
• Huo Feng recognized the figures as Tang San and Yu Xiaogang as they came closer.
• Tang San felt uneasy at seeing Huo Feng because he had returned after being rejected and might enter Shrek Academy through Yu Xiaogang’s connections.
• Yu Xiaogang patted Tang San’s shoulder, easing his guilt and helping him straighten his posture.
• Huo Feng was shocked to find Tang San and Yu Xiaogang together again, both looking filthy and exhausted.