Chapter Summaries

Tang San befriended Huo Qiqiang and entered the tournament match against Forest Academy, where he revealed Soul Rings on his Clear Sky Hammer. His unusual configuration ended with a yellow fourth ring, leaving the spectators and his allies stunned.

• Tang San met Huo Qiqiang, promoted his Hidden Weapons, and formed an initial business relationship with the Body Sect and Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San entered the round-robin match against Forest Academy and resolved to win impressively after Xiao Wu encouraged him.
• The Forest Team’s Soul Masters activated their Purple Vine Martial Souls, showing standard Yellow-Yellow-Purple-Purple configurations.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed three purple Soul Rings, shocking the crowd and disappointing Ning Fengzhi and Flender.
• Tang San’s fourth Soul Ring settled as yellow, giving him the unexpected Purple Purple Purple Yellow configuration.

Tang San faced ridicule for his Clear Sky Hammer’s Hundred-Year fourth Spirit Ring, then used disgusting snot-based Soul Skills to drive Forest Academy contestants from the arena. He left the arena having eliminated three opponents as Xiao Wu cheered him on.

• The crowd and Shrek’s teachers mocked Tang San’s fourth Spirit Ring, but he drew confidence from Xiao Wu’s support and prepared to compete.
• Tang San used his first Soul Skill, Snot Strike, to cover a Forest Academy contestant in mucus, causing her to flee the arena.
• Tang San’s second opponent blocked his first attack with a Grass Spirit Shield, but his Snot Entanglement wrapped around the shield and struck her from behind, forcing her to leave.
• A third Forest Academy contestant asked to forfeit, but Tang San refused and covered her in snot, driving her from the arena.

Tang San celebrated defeating the Plant Team but clashed with Yu Tianheng over whether his victory counted, then promised to fight Feng Huo Academy without his two disgusting Soul Skills. While Tang San privately shared his reasons for giving his Clear Sky Hammer a Soul Ring and dreamed of becoming a god, Xiao Wu persuaded Feng Xiaotian to help her and practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him.

• Tang San defeated the Plant Team’s last member with his sticky snot, then celebrated wildly on the Soul Fighting Platform.
• Tang San boasted to Yu Tianheng about beating all seven opponents, but Yu Tianheng dismissed his victory as a disgusting trick, prompting Tang San to promise not to use those Soul Skills in the next match.
• Flender told the Shrek members that Feng Huo Academy would be their next opponent and warned them not to underestimate the team.
• After the others left, Tang San explained to Flender why he had added a Soul Ring to his Clear Sky Hammer, and Flender vowed to settle the score with Brother Hai after the tournament.
• Tang San privately resolved to become a god and make Xiao Wu his key to the Shura God Throne.
• Xiao Wu asked Feng Xiaotian to help her, kissed him, and invited him to practice their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Tang San interrupted Feng Xiaotian’s romantic confession to Xiao Wu and challenged him to a wager tied to their next match. Xiao Wu agreed to witness the bet, which left Tang San and Feng Xiaotian set to fight for the terms they had chosen.

• Feng Xiaotian confessed his love to Xiao Wu and offered her flowers, but Tang San arrived and tore the bouquet apart.
• Tang San claimed he had a duty to protect Xiao Wu, while Xiao Wu told him he was only her gege and could not control her choices.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San’s right to interfere, and Tang San invoked the God King's Gamble, wagering that the loser would accept the winner’s terms.
• Feng Xiaotian agreed that if Tang San lost, he would kneel and say, 'I was wrong, sir,' while promising not to restrict Xiao Wu’s freedom.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun spoke in support of Tang San, and Tang San accepted Feng Xiaotian’s terms.
• Xiao Wu agreed to witness the wager between Tang San and Feng Xiaotian.

Tang San tried to turn Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian against each other over Xiao Wu, but their mutual acceptance left him embarrassed. In the match, Feng Xiaotian’s Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes clashed with Tang San’s Chaotic Wind Hammer, and Tang San gradually gained the advantage.

• Tang San questioned Yu Tianheng and Feng Xiaotian about Xiao Wu, but both said they would accept her loving someone else; Yu Tianheng then exposed Tang San’s feelings for his sworn sister.
• Tang San left the argument in embarrassment, and the spectators overwhelmingly cheered for Feng Xiaotian as the match began.
• Feng Xiaotian revealed that he had perfected his Self-Created Soul Skill, Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes, surprising Tang San.
• Tang San and Feng Xiaotian traded increasingly powerful attacks as Feng Xiaotian’s wind blades met Tang San’s Chaotic Wind Hammer.
• Tang San’s hammer strikes built momentum faster and pulled ahead, while Salas and Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang San’s squandered potential and the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San initially believed he had defeated Feng Xiaotian, but Feng Xiaotian revealed a second set of thirty-six slashes and defeated him. Tang San honored their wager in front of Xiao Wu, then fainted after Feng Xiaotian teased him about standing guard on his wedding night.

• Tang San broke through Feng Xiaotian's Thirty-Six Consecutive Wind Wolf Slashes and assumed he had won.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed the Back Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and overpowered Tang San, who ran out of Soul Power after the ninth strike.
• Feng Xiaotian reminded Tang San of their wager, and Tang San agreed to honor it after seeing Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng watching.
• Tang San knelt and called Feng Xiaotian Grandpa, and Feng Xiaotian forgave him and helped him up.
• Feng Xiaotian joked that Tang San would guard his and Xiao Wu's door on their wedding night, and Tang San spat blood and fainted.

After Tang San and three of his allies lost to Feng Xiaotian, Yu Tianheng and Er Ming reversed Shrek’s fortunes and won the match. Tang San accepted the defeat but vowed to challenge Yu Tianheng again.

• Tang San woke in the Shrek lounge and brooded over his humiliating loss and Feng Xiaotian’s remarks about Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and then Tailong were brought into the lounge after Feng Xiaotian defeated them.
• Tang San learned Yu Tianheng and Er Ming were still competing and feared Yu Tianheng might become Shrek’s hero.
• Yu Tianheng and Er Ming returned and announced that Yu Tianheng had defeated Feng Xiaotian and four more opponents, while Er Ming defeated the final two to secure Shrek’s victory.
• Yu Tianheng and Er Ming mocked Tang San, and Tang San accepted the loss before promising to compete against Yu Tianheng again.

Tang San returned to Shrek’s lineup for its ranking match against the undefeated Spark Team, determined to prove himself after Yu Tianheng and Er Ming mocked him. The chapter ended as Tang San faced Lu Kai, whose Angel Martial Soul he believed the Clear Sky Hammer could defeat.

• Yu Tianheng and Er Ming mocked Tang San after Yu Tianheng swept a weak team, and Tang San vowed to show what he could do once his injuries healed.
• Flender warned Shrek that Spark Team was exceptionally strong, and Tang San chose the lineup for the match, placing himself first and Yu Tianheng and Er Ming third and fourth.
• At Spark Team Headquarters, Lu Kai volunteered to fight first so he could test a Soul Skill he had practiced against Tang San.
• Shrek and Spark Team met for their ranking match, with spectators divided over which undefeated team would win and most favoring Spark Team.
• Tang San entered the platform first and found Lu Kai, an Angel Martial Soul user, waiting for him; Tang San trusted the Clear Sky Hammer’s history of defeating Angel Soul Masters.

Tang San faced Lu Kai and tried to build up the Chaotic Wind Hammer, but Lu Kai’s Sacred Light Whip repeatedly interrupted and injured him. Tang San’s counterattack covered him in his own mucus, leaving him slipping and helpless as Lu Kai hoisted him upside down and continued whipping him.

• Tang San and Lu Kai summoned their Martial Souls, each displaying three purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring.
• Lu Kai used his Fourth Soul Skill, Sacred Light Whip, and struck Tang San’s back and leg, interrupting his Chaotic Wind Hammer and bringing him to his knees.
• Tang San tried to attack with his Snot Strike and Snot Entanglement, but Lu Kai’s whips deflected the mucus back onto Tang San.
• Tang San slipped on the mucus and fell, then Lu Kai wrapped a whip around his legs and hoisted him upside down.
• Lu Kai struck Tang San’s shoulder with the other whip while Tang San hung in mid-air.

Spark Academy defeated Shrek Academy in the ranking matches, while Tang San woke in the Divine Realm believing he had returned to his estate. He soon discovered he had been reduced to a powerless servant and was being whipped by a Divine Official.

• Lu Kai whipped Tang San until he fainted, and Flender's surrender call came too late to stop the beating.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng fought Lu Kai, but Lin Chen defeated Yu Tianheng and Er Ming, securing Spark Academy's victory over Shrek Academy.
• Tang San awoke in the Divine Realm among the Divine Cotton fields and recalled visiting the estate with Xiao Wu decades earlier.
• A Cowboy Divine Official whipped Tang San, who found he could not use his power and eventually begged for mercy.

Tang San was forced to pick cotton on a Farm under the harsh 24-Hour Work System he had once imposed as a Divine King. He watched Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng enjoy the pastoral scenery as a couple, then was whipped for looking up at them.

• The Cowboy Divine Official ordered Tang San to fill a sack with cotton by sunset and whipped him whenever he slowed down.
• Tang San ate Earth Dragon Watermelon and fried Immortal Feather Chicken, then returned to work when the cowboy threatened him over the Shura God Temple's production quota.
• At dusk, Tang San filled his sack and realized he had once created the 24-Hour Work System that now kept him laboring through the night.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng together on Little Hill, where Yu Tianheng recited a poem about the pastoral scenery.
• Tang San suspected Yu Tianheng had taken Xiao Wu, the Shura God Throne, and the Farm, and the cowboy whipped him for looking up at the couple.

Tang San awoke from a nightmare and became determined to win Xiao Wu’s love and claim the Shura God Throne. Shrek traveled to Spirit City for the tournament finals, and as Tang San plotted against his rivals, Flat-top suddenly rushed over and called him his disciple.

• Tang San woke from a dream about being whipped in a cotton field and resolved to win Xiao Wu’s love before Yu Tianheng could take the Shura God Throne.
• After Shrek lost to Spark Team, Xiao Wu assured Flender that the team still had a secret weapon.
• The tournament teams departed for Spirit City, and Tang San expected Spirit Hall’s assassins to attack along the way.
• When they arrived without incident, Tang San concluded that Bibi Dong considered him no threat and began thinking of using Spirit Hall against his rivals for Xiao Wu.
• A disheveled Flat-top spotted Tang San, ran over, and tearfully called him his dear disciple.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with Tang San after escaping his captors and clung to the hope that his disciple would help him regain power. Alone together at Shrek Academy's quarters, he began explaining his failed attempt to obtain the Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Method from Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang grabbed Tang San during the procession, and Tang San pretended not to recognize him before helping him up.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted his escape and hoped Tang San would help him take revenge, reclaim his Golden Sacred Dragon, and become powerful again.
• Flender and the others comforted Yu Xiaogang, then left him alone with Tang San at Shrek Academy's quarters.
• Tang San dropped his act and demanded to know where Yu Xiaogang had been and whether he had obtained the cultivation method.
• Tang San intimidated Yu Xiaogang with the Purple Demon Eye, prompting Yu Xiaogang to start telling him the truth.

Tang San mocked Yu Xiaogang over losing his evolved Martial Soul and planned to use him for his connection to Bibi Dong, while Yu Xiaogang resolved to bind Tang San to him through guilt. Meanwhile, Huo Qiqiang arranged the tournament brackets to give Shrek an easy path to the semifinals while setting the strongest teams against one another.

• Tang San laughed at Yu Xiaogang's Golden Sacred Dragon becoming a Flower Pig and accused him of seeking the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit for himself rather than helping Tang San.
• Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang and left, intending to use his connection to Bibi Dong before abandoning him and deciding to investigate Spark Academy's ability to steal Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to use guilt and the master-disciple relationship to force Tang San to respect and remain bound to him.
• After the tournament teams arrived at Spirit Hall and waited three days, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue asked Huo Qiqiang how he wanted the matches arranged.
• Huo Qiqiang put the Spirit Hall Golden Team, Spark Team, Skywater Team, and Windfire Team in one bracket, while giving Shrek a route through the weaker teams after an opening match against the Star Luo Royal Team.

Dai Mubai learned from Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun that Zhu Zhuqing had died after seeking him in the Star Dou Great Forest. He told the Reborn Quartet, and Tang San vowed to revive her if he became a god, while the group resolved to face Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun together.

• Dai Mubai met Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun at the Spirit City market, blocked Dai Weisi's punch, and learned that Zhu Zhuqing had been killed by Zhu Zhuyun three years after he left.
• Zhu Zhuyun blamed Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai realized the news stirred little grief in him and focused on buying carrots for Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai returned and told Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar that Zhu Zhuqing was dead; they wondered whether Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had been telling the truth.
• Tang San promised to bring Zhu Zhuqing back to life if he became a god, and the four friends agreed they could face Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun together.

On the eve of the match against Star Luo Royal Academy, Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu prepared to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in place of his lost partnership with Zhu Zhuqing. As the teams took the Soul Fighting Platform, Dai Weisi became captivated by Xiao Wu after sensing an unusually strong Martial Soul resonance with her.

• Yu Tianheng offered to help Shrek face Star Luo Royal Academy, but Dai Mubai and Tang San rejected his involvement.
• Tang San named himself, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Tailong as Shrek’s seven competitors.
• Dai Mubai told Xiao Wu that he could no longer rely on Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xiao Wu reminded him that the two of them had one of their own.
• Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang San planned to distract the Star Luo team and have Dai Mubai target Zhu Zhuyun.
• The Shrek and Star Luo teams took their places, and Dai Weisi sensed a powerful Martial Soul resonance with Xiao Wu and became captivated by her.

Tang San revealed his four-ring Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Yu Xiaogang to blame Flender and collapse into despair before running away. As the Shrek and Star Luo Royal Teams prepared to fight, Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Weisi to target Xiao Wu, but he resisted.

• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed its purple, purple, purple, and yellow Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Flender over Tang San's Soul Rings, and Liu Erlong separated them and slapped Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang fixated on Liu Erlong calling him Level 29, broke down crying, and ran away.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that Yu Xiaogang would likely return to Shrek for the tournament.
• Zhu Zhuyun urged Dai Weisi to use Hell White Tiger against Xiao Wu, but Dai Weisi dismissed the threat by calling Xiao Wu's Martial Soul a harmless Little White Rabbit.

Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Dai Weisi unexpectedly performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that overwhelmed the Star Luo Royal Team and secured Shrek’s victory. Tang San begrudgingly accepted Dai Mubai’s explanation, while Dai Mubai maintained that he loved Zhu Zhuqing.

• At the start of the match, Xiao Wu teleported to Dai Weisi while Dai Mubai charged toward him, and the three formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San grew furious at Dai Mubai but let the fusion continue after Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tailong warned him that interrupting it could hurt Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuyun attacked the fusion but was thrown from the arena and knocked unconscious.
• The fusion produced a Two-headed Fierce Tiger that defeated the Star Luo Team, and Dai Weisi forfeited the match to Shrek.
• Tang San confronted Dai Mubai after the match, and Dai Mubai claimed he had not known about the fusion and still loved Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San said he believed Dai Mubai and promised to help resurrect Zhu Zhuqing once he became a god.

After Shrek’s match, Tang San and Dai Mubai concealed their resentment toward each other while Yu Xiaogang returned and scolded Tang San. Meanwhile, Dai Weisi confessed to Xiao Wu, and she welcomed both him and Dai Mubai into a relationship, leaving the three to practice a three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai pretended to be brothers again while privately plotting against each other over Xiao Wu and the earlier damage to Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Shrek’s other tournament matches ended, and Yu Xiaogang returned, hoping to claim credit for the team’s success.
• Yu Xiaogang scolded Tang San for cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, while Tang San ignored him and thought about Xiao Wu’s Spirit Fusion with the Dai brothers.
• Dai Weisi confessed his love to Xiao Wu, and she accepted him despite warning him about her age, other partners, and dangerous enemies.
• Dai Mubai arrived, and Xiao Wu drew him and Dai Weisi together, asking them to set aside their differences.
• Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi agreed for Xiao Wu’s sake, and the three went to a hotel to practice their three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

The Shrek Team learned that Spirit Hall’s previous Golden Generation had won the last tournament and would not compete this time, leaving them to face a new team. After the Spark Team quickly defeated Rice College, Tang San and his companions laughed at Yu Xiaogang’s anger over Lin Chen using the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.

• The Shrek Team discussed Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and Ning Rongrong explained that Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue had won the previous tournament and would not compete this time.
• The Reborn Quartet realized that a new Spirit Hall Golden Generation would enter the tournament and recalled that the former champions had reached the Spirit King Realm at fifteen.
• Tang San reassured his companions that Spirit Hall’s talented Spirit Masters would amount to nothing without becoming gods, then decided to wait and see the new team compete.
• Lin Chen entered the Spark Team’s match against Rice College with the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, and Rice College’s captain immediately surrendered.
• Yu Xiaogang raged at seeing Lin Chen use the Golden Sacred Dragon, while Tang San and the Shrek Three Heroes laughed at his misery.