Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianlin joined the assessment against Zhao Wuji and urged him to fight seriously, revealing his powerful Dragon Scales transformation and four soul rings. As Zhao Wuji advanced, Yu Tianlin activated his fourth soul skill and began his attack with Thunderbolt of Ten Thousand Jun.

• After the group finished planning, Yu Tianlin joined the assessment, while Dai Mubai declined to participate.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Yu Tianlin, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing as Zhao Wuji launched an earth wave; Yu Tianlin countered it with an identical wave.
• Yu Tianlin told Zhao Wuji to stop holding back, transformed with Dragon Scales, and revealed three purple soul rings and one black soul ring.
• Zhao Wuji used Martial Soul Possession and summoned his seven soul rings as Yu Tianlin activated his fourth soul skill, Wrath of Thunderbolt.
• Yu Tianlin confronted the approaching Zhao Wuji and used Thunderbolt of Ten Thousand Jun to summon seventy Thunder Balls.

Yu Tianlin unleashed an amplified barrage of Thunder Balls against Zhao Wuji, but the Soul Saint emerged unharmed and advanced on him. The team’s plan delayed Zhao Wuji long enough for Yu Tianlin to finish preparing, and he called for Tang San to act.

• Yu Tianlin fired seventy amplified Thunder Balls at Zhao Wuji while Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu moved into position.
• Zhao Wuji blocked the attack with his soul skills and emerged completely unharmed.
• Yu Tianlin called for Plan Two, and Tang San wrapped Zhao Wuji and Yu Tianlin in Blue Silver Grass before Zhao Wuji broke free.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji from behind to distract him, but her strikes could not hurt him.
• Zhao Wuji sent Zhu Zhuqing flying with his First Soul Skill, and Xiao Wu caught her as Yu Tianlin finished preparing and called to Tang San.

Yu Tianlin combined Dragon Transformation, Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, and his self-created soul skill to attack Zhao Wuji, while Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to create an opening. Zhao Wuji unleashed his sixth soul skill, but he was the one sent flying; afterward, he asked Yu Tianlin why the roar had failed to affect him.

• Yu Tianlin charged Zhao Wuji with a powerful, focused claw attack as Tang San and Xiao Wu used their soul skills to restrain and distract Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji broke Xiao Wu's Charm, causing backlash that left her unconscious, and tore free of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• As Yu Tianlin struck, Zhao Wuji used Great Strength Vajra Roar to interrupt the attack.
• Zhao Wuji flew into a tree and was injured, while Tang San rushed to help Xiao Wu and Zhao Wuji said she would recover after sleeping.
• Zhao Wuji stopped his bleeding and asked Yu Tianlin why Great Strength Vajra Roar had not affected him.

Yu Tianlin defeated Zhao Wuji in Shrek Academy’s assessment, and the incense burned out before the group was declared to have passed. After Flender arrived, a black-clad Titled Douluo took him into the woods and revealed a Clear Sky Hammer.

• Yu Tianlin told Zhao Wuji that Great Strength Vajra Roar had barely affected him, while Zhu Zhuqing pointed out that the incense had burned out and Zhao Wuji declared the group had passed.
• Flender arrived and questioned Zhao Wuji’s wound; Zhao Wuji claimed he had been careless and failed to dodge Yu Tianlin’s attack.
• Flender sent Dai Mubai to arrange lodging for the new students, then realized Yu Tianlin’s lightning had likely injured Zhao Wuji.
• A black-clad man silently approached Flender, suppressed his Soul Saint aura, and took him to the woods outside Shrek Academy.
• The black-clad man summoned a Clear Sky Hammer with nine soul rings, including a red one, and Flender recognized him as His Excellency Clear Sky.

Yu Tianlin noticed Zhu Zhuqing training alone at night and warned her that exercising while injured could do more harm than good. After she stopped, she asked him how he had become so strong, leaving him to consider how to answer.

• Yu Tianlin returned to his room, reflected on his fight with Zhao Wuji, and meditated until night.
• Yu Tianlin wandered around Shrek Academy and spotted Zhu Zhuqing running outside the dormitories.
• Yu Tianlin caught up with Zhu Zhuqing and told her that training before her injuries healed could worsen her condition.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped running and asked Yu Tianlin how he had become so strong.

Yu Tianlin explained to Zhu Zhuqing that generations of marriage alliances between the Dai and Zhu families had caused the Light and Dark Attributes of their Martial Souls to weaken and disappear. He left her with a way to improve her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul: recover its lost Dark Attribute.

• Yu Tianlin told Zhu Zhuqing that talent and surpassing human limits mattered more than hard work alone.
• Yu Tianlin explained that the White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Souls had once been top-tier but had weakened over generations.
• Yu Tianlin said the Dai and Zhu families’ Light and Dark Attributes had canceled each other out through intermarriage.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that the two attributes had disappeared because they conflicted, and Yu Tianlin confirmed her deduction.
• Yu Tianlin told Zhu Zhuqing that recovering her Hell Spirit Cat’s Dark Attribute was the first step toward strengthening her Martial Soul.

Yu Tianlin told Zhu Zhuqing that restoring her Hell Spirit Cat’s Dark Attribute might free her from her family’s deadly competition, though he offered no solution and suggested Yu Xiaogang might help. The next morning, Yu Tianlin headed for Suotuo City and saw Ning Rongrong running toward it, while Flender and her guard secretly watched.

• Yu Tianlin explained that restoring the Hell Spirit Cat’s Dark Attribute could raise Zhu Zhuqing’s status and remove her from the family competition, but said he did not know how to do it.
• Yu Tianlin comforted Zhu Zhuqing by telling her Yu Xiaogang might have knowledge that could help, then left her to consider the possibility.
• Yu Tianlin rested through the night and, the next morning, told Tang San and Xiao Wu that Flender would probably arrange practical combat that evening.
• Yu Tianlin learned that Flender had assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps, then left Shrek Academy to shop for meat in Suotuo City.
• Yu Tianlin saw Ning Rongrong running toward Suotuo City instead of around the village and sensed that Flender and her guard were watching her.

Yu Tianlin met Ning Rongrong on her way to Suotuo City after she skipped Flender’s running assignment, and they traveled there together. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi learned that Yu Tianlin was at Shrek Academy and ordered an investigation into why he had gone there.

• Yu Tianlin sensed Ning Rongrong’s guards and Flender following her, then approached her as she left to avoid running laps.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she had not wanted to run, changed the subject to Oscar’s vulgar soul incantations, and agreed to travel to Suotuo City with Yu Tianlin.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Rongrong had passed Shrek Academy’s entrance examination and said Flender should help temper her.
• A young sect member reported that Yu Tianlin was also at Shrek Academy and seemed close to Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect member to investigate Yu Tianlin’s reason for being there, then told the old man he suspected it might be a coincidence.

Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s suggestion to target Yu Tianlin and let Ning Rongrong remain at Shrek Academy. After Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong returned from Suotuo City, he warned her that Flender had watched them and might use her to intimidate the other students.

• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not harm Yu Tianlin and said their elders could still match the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• Gu Rong worried about Ning Rongrong staying at Shrek Academy and teased Ning Fengzhi that she might fall for Yu Tianlin, but Ning Fengzhi dismissed the possibility.
• Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong spent the day eating and shopping in Suotuo City, while Flender secretly watched them alongside Ning Rongrong’s guard.
• After Flender stopped following them, Yu Tianlin warned Ning Rongrong that Flender might make an example of her to intimidate Zhuqing and the others.
• Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek’s village before evening class, and Ning Rongrong joined the other students and went to Oscar to get their stories straight.

Yu Tianlin calmed Ning Rongrong after Flender’s lecture, challenged her contempt for Soul Saints, and explained why she should respect Flender. Ning Rongrong chose to stay at Shrek Academy and prove herself, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether a Dark Attribute would have helped her defeat Tang San.

• Yu Tianlin visited Ning Rongrong after hearing her anger at Flender and told her that Soul Saints deserved respect, warning that her guards could not protect her if Flender attacked.
• Yu Tianlin said Flender had exaggerated the other students’ talents and explained that Oscar’s cultivation would likely remain limited without the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Yu Tianlin suggested Ning Rongrong leave Shrek Academy if she was unhappy, but she insisted on staying to surpass her fellow students.
• After the Shrek Five Monsters finished their spirit fights, Zhu Zhuqing struggled to accept her loss to Tang San and wondered if a Dark Attribute would have helped her break free of his Blue Silver Grass.

Yu Tianlin joined Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Seven Devils on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest to witness the Titan Giant Ape. After stopping for the night, Dai Mubai provoked Canghui Academy, leaving Yu Tianlin expecting that he would have to step in when their teacher intervened.

• Zhu Zhuqing left after overhearing Dai Mubai brag to Tang San.
• Yu Tianlin learned Oscar had reached level 30 and joined the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to see the Titan Giant Ape.
• Yu Tianlin arranged the group’s formation, and they traveled most of the way to the forest before resting in a small town.
• At the hotel, Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy after Ma Hongjun commented on one of its students.
• Yu Tianlin anticipated a fight and suspected he would need to protect the Shrek students from Canghui Academy’s Soul King teacher.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San defeated Canghui Academy’s students, prompting their teacher Ye Zhiqiu to challenge the Shrek Seven Devils. The fight ended before it began when Ye Zhiqiu recognized Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and led his students away; Zhao Wuji then told the group to prepare for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San defeated Canghui Academy’s students, and Ye Zhiqiu confronted them as a Soul King.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Zhiqiu, who agreed to settle the dispute outside after the hotel owner begged them not to fight inside.
• Yu Tianlin declined to intervene, while Tang San devised a battle plan based on Ye Zhiqiu’s Mysterious Tortoise martial soul.
• Ye Zhiqiu recognized Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and left with his students without fighting.
• Zhao Wuji told the Shrek Seven Devils to finish dinner and rest before entering the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Yu Tianlin and the others entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar. When they encountered an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Zhao Wuji decided they would claim it for Oscar despite realizing it was already someone else’s prey.

• Zhao Wuji warned the group about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered them to stay close and avoid attacking Soul Beasts without permission.
• The group searched for a Soul Beast for Oscar, encountered only weak beasts, and stopped to rest around noon.
• Yu Tianlin sensed a rapidly approaching Soul Beast and went to scout it instead of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Tianlin identified the approaching beast as a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and noticed wounds from sharp weapons.
• Tang San realized the serpent was being hunted by someone else, but Zhao Wuji decided the group would capture it for Oscar’s Third Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianlin and the others set off together to pursue the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Yu Tianlin and Zhao Wuji captured the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Po Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran and demanded the beast for her. Zhao Wuji refused and prepared to fight, leaving the dispute on the verge of battle.

• Yu Tianlin startled the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Dragon Might, and Zhao Wuji subdued it so Oscar could claim its soul ring.
• As Oscar prepared to kill the serpent, Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran arrived and ordered the group to stop.
• Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang disputed who had the right to the serpent, while Meng Yiran and Zhao Wuji each claimed it for a student who had reached level thirty.
• Meng Shu refused to negotiate and demanded the serpent, so Zhao Wuji asked Ning Rongrong to enhance him.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhao Wuji with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Meng Shu challenged him to a fight.

Yu Tianlin separated Chao Tianxiang from Meng Shu and helped the Shrek Seven Devils attack Meng Yiran. Chao Tianxiang’s ranged attack was blocked, and Meng Shu noticed his granddaughter was in danger.

• Zhao Wuji fought Meng Shu while Yu Tianlin and the Shrek Seven Devils guarded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Yu Tianlin refused Chao Tianxiang’s demand to step aside, and she charged at him with her Serpent Cane.
• Yu Tianlin caught the Serpent Cane, revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect martial soul and powerful soul rings, then threw Chao Tianxiang farther away from Meng Shu.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek Seven Devils in an attack on Meng Yiran while Ning Rongrong boosted Yu Tianlin.
• Chao Tianxiang launched a wide-range serpent blade attack, but Yu Tianlin destroyed the blades with Thunderbolt of Ten Thousand Jun.
• Meng Shu heard Chao Tianxiang’s cry, saw Meng Yiran surrounded, and surged with rage.

Zhao Wuji held Meng Shu back while the Shrek Seven Devils captured Meng Yiran, but the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent escaped with Ning Rongrong. As Yu Tianlin chased the serpent, Meng Shu seized Tang San, leaving both sides with a hostage.

• Zhao Wuji used Shao Xin's Candy Bean Martial Soul Avatar to make Meng Shu give up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and stop Chao Tianxiang's fight with Yu Tianlin.
• The Shrek Seven Devils defeated Meng Yiran and tied her up with Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suddenly coiled around Ning Rongrong and fled, prompting Zhao Wuji to track it while Meng Shu moved to reclaim Meng Yiran.
• Yu Tianlin used his Dragon Might to slow the serpent, but it broke free and escaped with Ning Rongrong as Yu Tianlin pursued it.
• Meng Shu's Dragon Head Staff hooked Tang San and pulled him away, leaving Tang San with Meng Shu and Ning Rongrong with the fleeing serpent.

Yu Tianlin rescued Ning Rongrong from the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but the chase left him low on Soul Power deep inside the Star Dou Great Forest. He took Ning Rongrong into a tree hollow to recover and check her condition.

• Meng Shu threatened Zhao Wuji with Tang San's life, and Zhao Wuji secretly warned him that Tang San was the son of Clear Sky Douluo.
• Yu Tianlin caught up with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and crippled its left wing.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent threw Ning Rongrong toward Yu Tianlin, who caught her and found that she was still alive.
• Yu Tianlin killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Thunderbolt Dragon Claw, then realized he had spent most of his Soul Power.
• Yu Tianlin judged that he had flown deep into the Star Dou Great Forest and carried Ning Rongrong into a tree hollow to rest and check her condition.

Ning Rongrong awakened after Yu Tianlin saved her from the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and he explained that they were stranded deep in the Star Dou Great Forest. Yu Tianlin took her into the air to fly back, but a thunderous roar sounded just as they prepared to leave.

• Yu Tianlin kept watch while Ning Rongrong remained unconscious in a tree hollow, recovering his Soul Power with a Dragon Spirit Leaf.
• Ning Rongrong woke and learned from Yu Tianlin that he had killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and rescued her.
• Yu Tianlin told Ning Rongrong that they were separated from Teacher Zhao and the others, who had captured Meng Yiran alive, and warned her about powerful Soul Beasts nearby.
• Ning Rongrong regained enough strength to leave, and Yu Tianlin spread his Dragon Wings and carried her into the air toward the forest's outskirts.
• A muffled roar grew louder around Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong as they prepared to fly back.

Yu Tianlin used his Thunder Dragon Roar to counter the Titan Giant Ape’s roar, but the beast tracked and attacked him for interfering while it protected Xiao Wu. Yu Tianlin survived the blast with his Head Soul Bone and fled with Ning Rongrong into the woods.

• Yu Tianlin countered the Titan Giant Ape’s roar with his Thunder Dragon Roar, easing Ning Rongrong’s pain.
• The Titan Giant Ape recognized a human Soul Master’s roar, then hurled a tracking ball of earth energy at Yu Tianlin.
• Yu Tianlin dodged, but the ball followed him and struck him as Ning Rongrong clung to him.
• Yu Tianlin’s Head Soul Bone protected him and Ning Rongrong from the blast, leaving them unharmed.
• Yu Tianlin identified the attacker as the Titan Giant Ape and descended with Ning Rongrong into the woods.

Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong found Tang San absorbing the soul ring of a dead Man Faced Demon Spider and encountered the Dragon-Snake Couple and Meng Yiran. Yu Tianlin argued that Tang San taking the spider was fortunate for Meng Yiran because its soul ring would likely kill her, leaving the Dragon-Snake Couple to consider his warning.

• Yu Tianlin led Ning Rongrong around the Titan Giant Ape and back toward the outer reaches of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Tianlin spotted signs of battle and found a dead Man Faced Demon Spider beside Tang San, who was absorbing its purple soul ring.
• The Dragon-Snake Couple and Meng Yiran arrived and accused Yu Tianlin and Ning Rongrong of taking their prey.
• Yu Tianlin revealed that Tang San had killed the spider and was absorbing its soul ring.
• Yu Tianlin warned Meng Yiran that the spider's over-two-thousand-year soul ring would likely make her explode and die, while Tang San could withstand it.