Chapter Summaries

After the Shrek group returned from Sunset Forest, Flender treated them to dinner while Tang San stayed at the hospital with the despairing Yu Xiaogang. When Flender brought food back for them, Yu Xiaogang angrily rejected it, declaring that he and Tang San would not accept charity.

• Flender led the exhausted Shrek group back to the academy, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San went to the hospital.
• Flender told the students they had all obtained Soul Rings and promised to treat them to dinner the following night.
• Yu Xiaogang remained distraught at the hospital and asked Director Liu for another transplant operation, but the doctor had no suitable donor and offered no firm date.
• Tang San stayed with Yu Xiaogang instead of joining the dinner, and asked Flender to bring them food.
• After dinner, Flender delivered food to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to return it, insisting they would not eat food given in charity.

Yu Xiaogang refused Flender’s food out of wounded pride, then gave in to hunger and spent the next few days recovering while Tang San took over his chores. Tang San struggled under the workload after a pack of dogs bit him, while Yu Xiaogang awaited surgery in Soto City.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Flender’s food and accused him of telling Tang San to attack him.
• Flender admitted he had ordered Tang San to act, reminded Yu Xiaogang that he had saved his life, and left.
• Tang San portioned out the food, and Yu Xiaogang eventually ate despite his pride.
• Yu Xiaogang stayed inside to recover as Tang San handled his meals, daily needs, and toilet-cleaning work.
• A pack of dogs ambushed Tang San while he was searching nearby villages, leaving him with several bites and even more work to endure.

Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to apply medicine to his injured butt, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun walked in and mistook the scene for an illicit affair. Yu Xiaogang tried to explain, leaving the two visitors even more convinced that they had caught him and Tang San in a tryst.

• Flender saw Tang San limping in the cafeteria and asked Dai Mubai to bring him medicine.
• Tang San returned to the room, where Yu Xiaogang ate the food and showed little concern for his injury.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to apply medicine to the wound he could not reach, and Yu Xiaogang leaned in to inspect it.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun entered with medicine and froze at the suggestive scene of Tang San lying with his bare butt exposed while Yu Xiaogang sat behind him.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he was only treating Tang San's injury, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun became more convinced they had caught the two in an affair.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun brought medicine to Yu Xiaogang for Tang San, then secretly returned to eavesdrop after suspecting the pair were involved in something illicit. They mistook Yu Xiaogang treating Tang San’s wound for proof of their suspicions and fled before hearing more.

• Dai Mubai delivered Flender’s medicine to Yu Xiaogang, who grew angry and privately blamed Flender for his troubles.
• Yu Xiaogang locked the door and prepared to apply medicine to Tang San’s injury while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun secretly listened outside.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to lie still, and the eavesdroppers took his words as confirmation of their suspicions.
• Tang San called Yu Xiaogang “Godfather” and asked him to be gentler because the medicine hurt, prompting Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to leave in disgust.

Rumors that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were having an affair spread across Shrek Academy after Ma Hongjun misinterpreted what he had seen, while the pair remained unaware. At a meeting called by Flender, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang appeared before the students, who watched them in awkward silence.

• Yu Xiaogang explained how Tang San should use the medicine for his injury, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun missed his words and Ma Hongjun began forming a scandalous rumor.
• Ma Hongjun told Oscar that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were involved, and the rumor spread through the academy after Ning Rongrong and the other girls heard it.
• Gu Xian doubted the rumor because he knew Yu Xiaogang was a eunuch, while Flender also rejected it because he had witnessed Tang San's surgery on Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender called an academy meeting to arrange intensive training before the students moved to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaogang planned to visit the Suotuo City Black Market afterward to borrow money for surgery costs.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Training Field, where the students stared at them in awkward silence, leaving Yu Xiaogang puzzled by the atmosphere.

Flender arranged for the Shrek group to leave early for Heaven Dou City, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San opted out so Yu could undergo a transplant. Yu borrowed money to pay for the procedure, and after it succeeded, Director Liu warned that Yu’s age might affect some of his male functions.

• Flender announced that the group would leave in seven days and take part in soul battles along the way to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang told the group that he and Tang San would travel separately, and Flender said they could fend for themselves.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged a transplant at Suotuo City Hospital, borrowed ten thousand Gold Soul Coins from the Black Market, and scheduled the operation for five days later.
• Tang San waited outside the operating room as Yu Xiaogang underwent the transplant.
• Director Liu told Tang San that the operation had succeeded but Yu Xiaogang’s age might impair some of his male functions.

Tang San stayed behind to care for Yu Xiaogang after his surgery while Flender led the Shrek group toward Heaven Dou City. In Silves City, Flender treated the group to an unusually lavish dinner before sending the students to compete in Team Battles as training.

• Director Liu told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang needed constant care during his recovery, and Tang San agreed to stay by his Godfather's side.
• Flender led the Shrek teachers and students out of the academy and began their long journey toward Heaven Dou City.
• The group crossed from the Balak Kingdom into the Silves Kingdom and reached Silves City after two days of travel.
• Flender booked an expensive hotel and treated the group to a lavish dinner, puzzling the teachers with his sudden generosity.
• Flender told the seven students to enter Silves City's Great Soul Arena for Team Battles, and promised they could keep any rewards they earned.

Tang San’s uncontrolled evil fire led him to injure a woman at a brothel, where he was beaten and forced to pay compensation. Yu Xiaogang recovered enough to leave the hospital, and he and Tang San departed Suotuo City for Heaven Dou City without repaying his Black Market loan.

• Flender led the Shrek Team toward the Silves Great Spirit Arena, planning to profit by betting on them.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that he still could not feel anything after surgery, while Tang San struggled to control his worsening evil fire.
• Tang San sneaked into a brothel, bit Mei Hua’s left ear, and was caught after she screamed for help.
• The madam and four Soul Elders beat Tang San and made him pay two hundred Gold Soul Coins in compensation.
• Yu Xiaogang regained some feeling, was discharged from the hospital, and left Suotuo City with Tang San seven days later without repaying his Black Market loan.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San struggled through a tiring journey toward Heaven Dou City, while the Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and clashed with its students. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai easily defeating the academy students, leaving Flender and Zhao Wuji questioning whether Shrek had made a mistake coming there.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San traveled toward Heaven Dou City, with Yu Xiaogang weakened after surgery and Tang San frustrated that reaching level thirty had not improved his strength much.
• Tang San questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had chosen the right road, but Yu Xiaogang insisted he knew the way.
• Flender told a group of Heaven Dou Royal Academy students that Shrek Academy had come for an exchange, but their leader insulted the visitors and ordered them to leave.
• Dai Mubai kicked the leading student and attacked the group, quickly overpowering the students who tried to resist.
• Flender called the Heaven Dou Royal Academy students trash, and Zhao Wuji admitted he did not know what to make of them.

Shrek Academy reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Flender explained the conflict with its students and Sun Buyu welcomed the group. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San got lost on the road to Heaven Dou City, and Yu Xiaogang had to admit they were heading the wrong way.

• Dai Mubai stopped attacking Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s students after Flender intervened, and Teacher Sun arrived to confront the group.
• Sun Buyu introduced himself and asked Flender why Shrek Academy had come to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang a compass that revealed they had been traveling in the wrong direction, and Yu Xiaogang asked a local for directions before finding an inn.
• Flender told Sun Buyu that Shrek Academy had come to see Qin Ming and that the students had insulted them, prompting Sun Buyu to apologize and invite them inside.
• Sun Buyu led Shrek Academy up the mountain toward the academy, whose facilities included extensive mimicry cultivation grounds.

The Shrek group settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming welcomed them and arranged comfortable accommodations and a lavish dinner. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang remained far behind after getting lost, and the chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang producing a bowl while they were hungry and penniless.

• Tang San discovered that he and Yu Xiaogang were about two hundred kilometers off course and had no money, so Yu Xiaogang finally stopped being stubborn.
• Qin Ming welcomed Flender, Zhao Wuji, the Shrek teachers, and their students to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and led them to a well-appointed courtyard.
• Flender and the students approved of their new accommodations, and Qin Ming hosted them at a lavish dinner.
• Qin Ming noticed that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were missing, but Flender and Zhao Wuji told him not to worry about the two late arrivals.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang ran away from their inn with its borrowed map, and Yu Xiaogang produced a bowl after Tang San pointed out they had not eaten for two days.

Tang San was sent by Yu Xiaogang to seek food at a restaurant by asking for alms, while Shrek Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met its three Education Committee leaders. The leaders welcomed the group warmly and began discussing their arrival.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a bowl and chopsticks and told him to seek food at a restaurant, calling it begging for alms rather than begging.
• Qin Ming told the Shrek teachers that Heaven Dou-level Teachers received excellent pay and light workloads, and Flender eagerly asked to meet the Education Committee.
• Qin Ming led Shrek Academy to the Education Committee, where Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin were waiting in formal Soul Douluo robes.
• Flender greeted the three seniors with proper etiquette, and Meng Shenji introduced himself and the other two Education Committee leaders.
• Flender introduced Shrek’s teachers, while the three leaders showed particular interest in the Shrek Seven Devils and welcomed the group inside.
• The visitors and hosts took their seats in the Education Committee’s simple quarters and began a friendly discussion.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang struggled to get food while Flender secured a welcoming place for Shrek Academy at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Their negotiations were interrupted by the arrival of an arrogant young man, a richly dressed elder, and the Titled Douluo Dugu Bo.

• Tang San was thrown out of another restaurant after asking for food in the name of his teacher, but he brought two steamed buns back to Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender told Meng Shenji that Shrek’s students were exceptionally talented and hoped they would become Titled Douluo.
• Meng Shenji promised Shrek’s students excellent facilities and a welcoming banquet, regardless of whether they represented Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members went to greet visitors who entered the hall with the young man Dai Mubai had kicked the previous day.
• Ye Xian recognized the green-haired, expressionless elder accompanying the visitors as Dugu Bo.

Snow Star Prince challenged Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers to prove their worth at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting Flender to withdraw rather than accept his terms. Meanwhile, Billion Zero Workshop’s boss waited for Yu Xiaogang’s loan deadline and planned to expose his private photos if he failed to repay.

• Meng Shenji introduced Flender and the Shrek Academy group to Snow Star Prince, who dismissed their academy as insignificant.
• Snow Star Prince accused the group of humiliating Xue Beng and demanded that they prove their talent by lasting five minutes against Mister Dugu.
• Flender declined the challenge and prepared to leave, thanking the three Education Committee members for their hospitality.
• At Billion Zero Workshop, the boss ordered a subordinate to search for Yu Xiaogang if he missed his repayment deadline and spread his private photos after three days.
• The subordinate left to prepare, while the boss anticipated capturing Yu Xiaogang and bringing him to his private room.

Flender led Shrek Academy away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Snow Star Prince turned the academy against them, and Qin Ming chose to leave with them. As the group reached Heaven Dou City, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived after two days of near-starvation, with Yu Xiaogang dangerously exhausted.

• Flender bowed to the three Education Committee members and led Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Snow Star Prince and Xue Beng watched them leave.
• Dugu Yan arrived, recognized Ye Xian, and whispered to her grandfather, Dugu Bo, as the Shrek group departed.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and hurried after Flender and the others despite the Education Committee members' efforts to stop him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji led the group toward Heaven Dou City to find a place to stay and discuss their next steps.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached Heaven Dou City after begging for food along the way, and the two were weak from hunger, especially the frail Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Tang San learned that the grand building they spotted was the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House. They headed toward it after Yu Xiaogang explained that rare treasures, including Soul Bones, could be sold there.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang entered Heaven Dou City, with Yu Xiaogang regretting that he had not returned with Shrek Academy's main group.
• Tang San admired the city and noticed a grand, round building marked with a hammer symbol.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the building was the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, not a blacksmith shop.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Soul Bones were scarce treasures sometimes sold at high-standard auction houses.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang made their way toward the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House as Yu Xiaogang continued explaining Soul Bones.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, then learned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy lay outside the city. After a long walk, they arrived at its entrance, where students mistook them for beggars and ordered them to leave.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang admired the enormous Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and its preview poster for an item that could directly increase Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the advertised auction item as too expensive and realized he did not know where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was.
• Yu Xiaogang had Tang San ask for directions and learned the academy was on a mountain outside Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San walked for half a day before reaching Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Several students mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San as beggars and told them to get lost.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were mistaken for impostors and chased away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Unable to reach Flender, they returned to Heaven Dou City, where Yu Xiaogang spotted a wanted poster.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself and Tang San to the academy students, but they accused the pair of being impostors and beggars.
• A student attacked Yu Xiaogang with a soul skill, so he pulled Tang San away from the entrance.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to clean up and seek another chance to enter the academy, deciding to beg in Heaven Dou City in the meantime.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City, where Yu Xiaogang noticed a crowd gathered around a wanted poster.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San saw the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s wanted poster for Yu Xiaogang and a recruitment notice for Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy. Yu Xiaogang learned that the academy was a sizable, rigorous school for commoners, but he could not find out who backed it.

• Yu Xiaogang panicked when he recognized the wanted poster, then relaxed after realizing his beggar-like appearance kept anyone from recognizing him.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed the poster claimed he had taken five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, though he had taken only three hundred thousand, and protested that he had merely gone home for spending money.
• Yu Xiaogang read Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy’s notice seeking ten Soul Ancestors and two cleaners.
• A bystander told Yu Xiaogang that Blue Tyrant Academy had eliminated a Heaven Dou Royal Academy team in the previous tournament and accepted only commoner students.
• Yu Xiaogang learned the academy was about one-third the size of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but the bystander left before he could ask more, and the others knew nothing.

Yu Xiaogang noticed that Blue Tyrant Academy offered meals and lodging and planned to apply there with Tang San. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy to apply for teaching positions, and the receptionist led them to the test.

• Yu Xiaogang spotted the promise of meals and lodging on the recruitment notice and imagined being welcomed as an honored guest.
• Shrek Academy's group followed the notice's address to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Qin Ming found the teacher recruitment office.
• Flender told the receptionist that he and the others were applying as teachers and hoped their disciples could enroll as students.
• The receptionist said the teachers would need to pass a test but that their disciples might be admitted if the teachers were hired.
• The receptionist guided the group through Blue Tyrant Academy's forest campus and into a pointed-roof building for the test.