Chapter Summaries

Su Ming convinced Tang San to take his Blue Silver Grass down the Food-type path, explaining how it could awaken into a Blue Silver King and support his Clear Sky Hammer in battle. The next day, they entered Soul Hunting Forest to seek Tang San’s first Spirit Ring.

• Su Ming explained that awakening Blue Silver Grass into a Blue Silver King required more than life-attributed Spirit Rings, including strong physical fitness, Soul Power, and possibly Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Su Ming described how a Food-type Blue Silver Grass could provide buffs that remained active when Tang San switched to his Clear Sky Hammer, and encouraged him by citing a Food-type Super Douluo with a Blue Silver King Martial Soul.
• Tang San asked about his first Spirit Ring, and Su Ming chose a hundred-year-old Ice Peppermint Grass for its vitality, plant nature, and suitability as food.
• Su Ming cultivated and noted that absorbing the Mirror Image Beast’s Spirit Ring had raised him to level 13, close to level 14.
• The next day, Su Ming and Tang San reached Soul Hunting Forest, showed their Spirit Hunting Pass, and entered to hunt for Tang San’s Spirit Ring.

Su Ming helped Tang San obtain a nearly four-hundred-year-old Ice Peppermint Grass Spirit Ring, which gave Tang San the Blue Silver Peppermint skill. After giving Tang San a modified storage Soul Tool, Su Ming left the Soul Hunting Forest with him, and they stayed at an inn for the night.

• Su Ming subdued a nearly four-hundred-year-old Ice Peppermint Grass with his One Qi Hand Seal and let Tang San deliver the final blow.
• Tang San absorbed the Ice Peppermint Grass Spirit Ring and gained the Blue Silver Peppermint soul skill, which increased excitement, spiritual power, and focus without side effects.
• Su Ming tasted Tang San's Blue Silver Peppermint and confirmed its effects, though the boost was too small to help his own spiritual power much.
• Su Ming gave Tang San a twenty-four-space storage Soul Tool, telling him someone had asked him to deliver it; Tang San resolved to repay Su Ming by passing on the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San stored the Ice Peppermint Grass's corpse, and he and Su Ming left the Soul Hunting Forest before staying at an inn for the night.

Su Ming and Tang San registered as soul masters in Nuoding City, then returned to the academy as Tang San went to help the Work-Study Students. Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy hoping to prove himself at the Elite Competition, where Flender introduced him to gifted students including Du Busi and asked for help choosing the boy’s first Spirit Ring.

• Su Ming led Tang San to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall, where they completed their soul master assessments and registration; Su Ming was level fourteen, and Tang San was level twelve.
• Back at Nuoding Academy, Tang San went to support the Work-Study Students in their challenge against Boss Xiao, while Su Ming headed elsewhere to harvest Willpower through his Alter Ego at Shrek Academy.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang declared that he would prove his abilities at the Elite Competition nine years later.
• Flender introduced Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then identified Du Busi as a student with Innate Full Soul Power and a Martial Soul that was himself.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that he had been unable to decide on Du Busi’s first Spirit Ring and asked for his help.

Yu Xiaogang impressed Du Busi and the Shrek teachers with a theory for developing Du Busi’s True Body Martial Soul through poison, and Du Busi agreed to study under him. Su Ming watched the events at Shrek and wondered whether the original characters were changing into their manhua versions.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Du Busi’s whole-body Martial Soul had no precedent and proposed using an external attribute to guide its development.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested poison as the external factor, while telling Du Busi he could choose another attribute if he preferred.
• Du Busi chose poison because he liked it and because his surname was Du.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Du Busi to take him as his master, and Du Busi accepted, saying Yu’s theories were good.
• Flender treated everyone to dinner to celebrate Yu Xiaogang joining Shrek Academy and Du Busi finding a direction for his Spirit Rings.
• Su Ming observed Yu Xiaogang’s and Tang San’s changes and conjectured that the world combined the novel and manhua versions of Douluo Continent.

After six years at Nuoding Academy, Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu graduated and traveled to Suotuo City to attend Shrek Academy. Su Ming arranged for the others to explore the city while he went to the Rose Hotel to meet Dai Mubai and gain Votive Power.

• Su Ming reviewed Du Busi's progress at Shrek Academy and decided to let his Alter Ego's story unfold on its own.
• Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu graduated from Nuoding Academy after six years, during which Su Ming altered the plot and harvested Votive Power.
• The three arrived in Suotuo City, where Tang San praised Shrek Academy to Xiao Wu.
• Su Ming suggested they spend the afternoon separately, then told Tang San and Xiao Wu to meet him at the west gate at dusk.
• After booking a hotel, Su Ming headed to the Rose Hotel to meet Dai Mubai and harvest Votive Power.

Su Ming failed to find Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and planned to collect Willpower from him later at Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai learned that Dai Xuanyu had been named Crown Prince, while Dai Xuanyu heard that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Suotuo City and decided to let her go for now.

• Su Ming went to the Rose Hotel looking for Dai Mubai, then planned to collect Willpower from him at Shrek Academy instead.
• Dai Mubai read a letter saying his family had abandoned his claim to the throne after Dai Xuanyu became Crown Prince.
• Dai Mubai learned that Dai Xuanyu's appointment was tied to the military's support and rumors that he had inherited the Evil Eye Saint King.
• A shadow guard told Dai Xuanyu that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Suotuo City and seemed headed for Shrek Academy.
• Dai Xuanyu allowed Zhu Zhuqing to go free because he was occupied with the Saint King's inheritance and wanted to capture her himself later.

Su Ming led Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where its shabby village setting surprised them. During registration, Su Ming revealed his exceptional cultivation and Spirit Ring configuration, astonishing the applicants and staff.

• Su Ming met Tang San and Xiao Wu, and the three left Suotuo City after breakfast to visit Shrek Academy.
• Su Ming guided Tang San and Xiao Wu through farmland to a small village, where they confirmed Shrek Academy was located.
• The trio joined the registration line and witnessed an incident that showed Tang San and Xiao Wu the academy was unusual.
• When Li Yusong began testing Su Ming, Su Ming explained that his martial soul made a bone-age test impossible and said Spirit Hall records verified he was twelve.
• Su Ming released his martial soul and displayed three Spirit Rings—one yellow and two purple—shocking Li Yusong, Dai Mubai, and the watching applicants.

Su Ming, Tang San, and Xiao Wu passed the Shrek Academy entrance test, and Su Ming waited for the remaining candidates so they could enter together. Two girls with strikingly different appearances also passed, and Tang San began explaining their famous martial souls.

• Su Ming displayed his spirit ring configuration, impressing Li Yusong, who let him skip the age test and pass.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu released their martial souls and passed with two hundred-year spirit rings each.
• Su Ming declined Dai Mubai's offer to lead them inside immediately and waited for the other candidates to finish testing.
• Two girls, one in a white dress with short pink hair and one with long black hair, passed and joined Su Ming's group.
• Xiao Wu teased Su Ming for looking at the girls, but he explained that their martial souls were famous.
• Tang San began explaining that one girl carried the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Su Ming’s group advanced through Shrek Academy’s entrance assessments, and Su Ming revealed that his Soul Power had reached Rank 39. The group prepared to face Zhao Wuji together, with Su Ming aiming not merely to endure the test but to defeat the Soul Sage.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves to Su Ming’s group before Dai Mubai led them into Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai explained the assessments and warned Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong away from Oscar’s sausages because of their lewd incantation.
• The older teacher let the group skip ahead after the examinees protested, and their Soul Power tests silenced the crowd when Su Ming’s crystal exploded.
• Su Ming told Xiao Wu he was a high-rank Soul Elder, then learned that the fourth-round assessment would pit the group against Zhao Wuji for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Su Ming asked the others to support him as he attempted to defeat Zhao Wuji, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Su Ming introduced himself as a Rank 39 battle-type Soul Elder with the Qi martial soul, astonishing the group.

Su Ming and the others challenged Zhao Wuji to a battle that required them to defeat him, and Su Ming opened the fight with a powerful attack. The team followed Su Ming’s plan to buy him time to prepare his trump card, leaving Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to delay Zhao Wuji as he targeted them.

• After learning Su Ming was a thirty-ninth-level Soul Elder, the group discussed tactics for fighting Zhao Wuji.
• Su Ming proposed changing the assessment so they had to defeat Zhao Wuji, and everyone agreed; Zhao Wuji accepted the condition and lit the incense.
• Ning Rongrong buffed Su Ming, who struck Zhao Wuji with his One Qi Grand Hand Seal while the others attacked; Zhao Wuji countered with Gravity Enhancement and Targeting Trace.
• Zhao Wuji sent Ning Rongrong out of the match and then targeted Tang San, while Su Ming retreated to gather strength for his trump card.
• Tang San evaded Zhao Wuji to buy time, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing moved in to delay Zhao Wuji; he attacked them with his Great Strength Vajra Palm.

Tang San lost control after Zhao Wuji’s attack appeared to kill Su Ming, but Su Ming revealed he had survived by transforming into white Qi. Su Ming resumed the fight with Zhao Wuji and effortlessly dispelled his ten-thousand-year gravity skill, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhao Wuji injured Xiao Wu with his Charm-countering gaze, and Zhu Zhuqing carried her out of the arena while Tang San stayed to fight.
• Zhao Wuji realized Su Ming had been sitting unnoticed at the arena’s edge and attacked him with Gravity Compression.
• Su Ming appeared to burst apart under Zhao Wuji’s attack, prompting Tang San to unleash hidden weapons and charge at Zhao Wuji in a rage.
• Su Ming reappeared in a humanoid form of white Qi, reassured Tang San, and took over the fight against Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Control against Su Ming, who dispersed its pressure with a wave of white Qi.

Su Ming used Sage Mode to overwhelm Zhao Wuji in a duel, ending the fight with a replicated Spirit Ability powerful enough to smash the arena and knock Zhao Wuji unconscious. The chapter left Su Ming pleased with his new techniques, while Zhao Wuji lay in a crater with unanswered questions.

• Su Ming explained how Formlessness concealed his presence and how he had developed Sage Mode by balancing natural energy, Soul Power, and his Qi Martial Soul.
• Zhao Wuji attacked with his Spirit Abilities, but Su Ming erased or resisted their effects, while Tang San returned to watch and stood ready to help.
• Su Ming and Zhao Wuji agreed to decide the fight with one move, and Zhao Wuji charged with Immovable King Body and Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• Su Ming formed a Clear Sky Hammer, used Gathering Qi, and struck with a replicated Sky-Soaring Strike that shattered Zhao Wuji's attacks and blasted him into a crater.
• Zhao Wuji lost consciousness, Tang San and the others fled the blast, and Su Ming reflected on Sage Mode's Divine Spirit and Replication abilities.

Su Ming defeated Zhao Wuji and collapsed from exhaustion, while Tang San and the others reeled from the scale of his strength. Du Busi arrived to welcome them to Shrek Academy and revealed that he was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, leaving Tang San surprised by their first meeting.

• Su Ming withdrew Sage Mode, pretended to be exhausted, and collapsed as Tang San checked on him and transferred Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai and the others struggled to process Su Ming’s victory over Zhao Wuji before Ning Rongrong asked what they should do next.
• Du Busi arrived and announced that the group had passed the assessment and could enter Shrek Academy.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to detect Du Busi’s concealed poison-art aura, while Du Busi recognized Tang San and the unconscious Su Ming.
• Du Busi explained that Yu Xiaogang was his teacher, and Tang San realized he had met Yu Xiaogang’s disciple on his first day at Shrek Academy.

After Su Ming defeated Zhao Wuji and collapsed, Du Busi introduced himself as a talented poison-path Battle Soul Elder and challenged Tang San to a match. The chapter ended with Tang San accepting while Xiao Wu stayed behind to care for Su Ming.

• Du Busi praised Su Ming's strength and introduced himself as a Level 32 Battle Soul Elder with the True Body Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Su Ming's hammer was the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang San explained that Su Ming had copied it with his first soul skill.
• Tang San explained Su Ming's soul skill to the group as Su Ming pretended to remain unconscious and gained more Votive Power.
• Du Busi regretted that Su Ming was unconscious and challenged Tang San to fight instead.
• Xiao Wu offered to fight Du Busi, but Tang San stopped her, asked her to care for Su Ming, and accepted the challenge.

Tang San and Du Busi fought, trading poison attacks and hidden weapons until Flender intervened. Flender stopped the battle and learned about the chaos during the academy assessment.

• Du Busi introduced himself and attacked Tang San with his Body of Hundred Poisons, while Tang San evaded his close-range assault.
• Du Busi noticed Tang San’s belt and demonstrated how its jade stones stored poison, then sent a poisonous cloud surging toward him.
• Tang San found a weak point in the poisonous cloud, escaped, and struck Du Busi with an explosive Bone-Penetrating Needle that forced tiny needles into his body.
• Du Busi endured the needles and activated Poison Demon Hegemonic Body, while Tang San fired a concealed armor-piercing crossbow bolt at him.
• Flender arrived and used his soul pressure to pin Du Busi and force Tang San’s crossbow bolt to the ground, then heard about the assessment’s chaos.

Su Ming told Tang Hao that he had no intention of enrolling at Shrek Academy and would restore the Trinity Gate’s glory under its own name. Tang Hao then sought Su Ming’s advice about Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and his conflict over what to do about her.

• Su Ming woke in the Shrek boys’ dormitory, and Tang San explained what had happened after Su Ming fell unconscious.
• Tang San went to get Su Ming food, and Su Ming sensed Tang Hao nearby and called him out of the darkness.
• Tang Hao questioned Su Ming’s plans at Shrek Academy, and Su Ming explained that he had only taken its entrance examination and would compete for the Trinity Gate.
• Su Ming said Tang San was following his cultivation plan and could remain at Shrek temporarily, while Tang San could later decide whether to leave.
• Tang Hao told Su Ming that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and admitted he was torn between seeking her Spirit Ring and Soul Bone for Tang San and protecting her because of their feelings.

Su Ming persuaded Tang Hao to let Tang San and Xiao Wu’s relationship develop naturally, then explained to Tang San how Shrek fit into his plans. He revealed that he intended to travel Douluo Continent as the head of Trinity Gate, leaving Tang San to decide whether to stay at Shrek after pursuing a fourth Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

• Su Ming asked Tang Hao whether Xiao Wu’s feelings for Tang San were real and compared their relationship to Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s past, convincing Tang Hao not to interfere.
• Tang Hao decided to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu from the tragedy he and Ah Yin had suffered, then left before Tang San returned.
• After eating, Su Ming told Tang San that Shrek’s limited resources were manageable and urged him to prepare for the Soul Elder stage and a possible fourth Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Su Ming told Tang San he planned to travel Douluo Continent as the head of Trinity Gate and restore the sect’s reputation, while Tang San could choose whether to remain at Shrek.

Su Ming and Tang San began their first official day at Shrek Academy, where they met Xiao Wu and the other students over breakfast. Tang San remained uncertain whether to stay at the academy or travel with Su Ming, while the chapter ended with the group eating together.

• Su Ming woke Tang San, and the two went to the cafeteria after discussing Shrek Academy’s expanded facilities and nutritious meals.
• Su Ming and Tang San ordered breakfast and talked about whether Tang San would remain at Shrek Academy or leave to travel with Su Ming.
• Xiao Wu arrived with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and the badly bruised Ma Hongjun, then greeted Tang San.
• Tang San learned Xiao Wu had injured Ma Hongjun, apologized, and used Blue Silver Sugarcane to help him recover.
• Tang San offered to pay for Ma Hongjun’s breakfast, and the group ordered food and ate together.

Su Ming's group shared a friendly breakfast as the students discussed Su Ming's extraordinary talent and the two bosses at Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai explained the academy's rules and curriculum, and breakfast ended with the group chatting together.

• Ning Rongrong invited everyone to call her Rongrong and continued building a friendship with Xiao Wu and Su Ming's group.
• Tang San asked why Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Du Busi were absent from breakfast, and Ma Hongjun explained where he thought they were.
• Xiao Wu asked why Ma Hongjun called Du Busi Boss Du, and Ma Hongjun explained that Dai Mubai was the senior boss while Du Busi was the strongest.
• Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy's rules and said Master had removed its former encouragement of gambling.
• The students finished breakfast amid conversation.

Dai Mubai feared Zhu Zhuqing’s arrival had prompted the royal family to send people after him, while Zhu Zhuqing met Granny Yan in Suotuo City and learned she had been appointed Crown Princess. Zhu Zhuqing refused to return to the Star Luo Empire for now, determined to gain enough strength to control her own fate.

• Dai Mubai went to find Zhu Zhuqing but learned from Flender that she had taken a day off because someone from her family had come to see her.
• Dai Mubai feared the royal family had sent military forces to eliminate him and Zhu Zhuqing, while Su Ming and the other new students assembled for Flender’s introduction.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Granny Yan in a Suotuo City teahouse and learned that the Duke had sent her to check on Zhu Zhuqing’s welfare.
• Granny Yan told Zhu Zhuqing that His Majesty had appointed her Crown Princess at the Crown Prince’s request.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Granny Yan she did not want to return yet and resolved to build the strength to protect herself.