Chapter Summaries

Yun Feng captured Ah Yin, took her Soul Bone, and left a taunting message for Tang Hao before fleeing to a secluded cave. There, he prepared to examine the Soul Bone while Ah Yin remained his prisoner.

• Yun Feng found Ah Yin in his Spiritual World and refused to explain what he had done to her.
• Yun Feng retrieved Ah Yin's Soul Bone from a hidden box in the cave and dug up her body.
• Yun Feng placed Ah Yin in the box, left a message on the rock wall pretending she had left Tang Hao for another soul beast, and escaped with her.
• Yun Feng traveled to a different cave and took out Ah Yin and the blue-gold Right Leg Bone to examine his gains.

Yun Feng absorbed Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, which strengthened his body and raised his Soul Power to level forty-three. After waking, he set out to register at Shrek Academy, where he expected to exploit the other students’ talents.

• Yun Feng absorbed Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, expanding and strengthening his meridians and improving his talent.
• Yun Feng fell asleep behind a Soul Power barrier while Ah Yin sensed their soul connection deepen and felt guilty toward her husband and child.
• Yun Feng woke, severed his soul connection with Ah Yin, and discovered that his Soul Power had reached level forty-three despite having no new Soul Ring.
• Yun Feng packed up Ah Yin and the Soul Bone’s box, then left the cave to register at Shrek Academy.
• Yun Feng decided that Shrek Academy’s arrogant geniuses would make useful targets for borrowing talents and bearing the consequences.

Yun Feng planned an excuse for his sudden rise to level forty and traveled toward Heaven Dou City while keeping Ah Yin under control. He left her fearing Tang Hao’s reaction to a misleading message and continued preparing for the dangers and opportunities ahead.

• Yun Feng decided to claim that an unknown heavenly treasure had caused his sudden increase in strength, concealing his hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Yun Feng flew out of the mountain range, ignored Ah Yin’s hostility, and wondered why the Heaven Suppressing Stele had not listed her.
• Yun Feng taunted Ah Yin about what Tang Hao would think when he found her gone and read the message Yun Feng had left.
• Yun Feng used the Soul Control Curse Seal to restrict Ah Yin’s movements, leaving her panicked when she could no longer control her body properly.
• Yun Feng abandoned his plan to intercept the Hair Crystal and headed toward Heaven Dou City instead.
• Yun Feng stopped in the wilderness to cook hunted meat and considered forging the heavy box he carried into Finger Tigers.

Yun Feng rescued a severely injured woman from a river, treated her with medicine from her Soul Tool, and stayed beside her overnight. The next morning, he tried using Ah Yin's Soul Bone to heal her but found the skill consumed too much spiritual power.

• Yun Feng found the woman in the river, pulled her ashore, and carried her to his campfire.
• He discovered her severe wounds, searched her Soul Tool for medicine, treated her injuries, and covered her with clothing.
• Yun Feng ate and cultivated while watching over the unconscious woman, then checked her wounds when she groaned in her sleep.
• The next morning, Yun Feng tried healing her with Ah Yin's Soul Bone, but the skill quickly drained his spiritual power.

Yun Feng rescued a badly injured woman, treated her wounds, and fought off a Tear Hound while she recovered. After she woke and learned he had seen and tended to her, he tried to reassure her and offered to take responsibility, leaving her response unclear.

• Yun Feng collapsed from exhaustion after using his power to help heal the woman, then recovered enough to prepare breakfast.
• A hundred-year Tear Hound approached, and Yun Feng killed it with a single lightning-charged punch.
• The woman woke in a hostile crouch, then dressed after Yun Feng pointed out her clothes and explained that he had treated her injuries.
• The woman thanked Yun Feng for saving her life but began to cry over what had happened.
• Yun Feng explained that he had acted to save her, then offered to take responsibility if it came to that.

Yun Feng tried to persuade the injured woman to stay with him, then learned she was Zhu Zhuqing, fleeing her family and fiancé in the Star Luo Empire. Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had been hunted by her sister and survived a fall into a waterfall.

• Yun Feng revealed that he was a twelve-year-old level-forty Soul Ancestor, and his aura convinced the woman of his strength.
• Yun Feng offered to take responsibility for the woman, but she hesitated, and he began packing to leave.
• The woman introduced herself as Zhu Zhuqing, and Yun Feng recognized her and asked why she was injured.
• Yun Feng questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her fiancé and the rumors surrounding her, and she confirmed that she had been abandoned and hunted by her family.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had fled from her sister, fallen off a cliff, and drifted to the waterfall, and that she needed to become stronger to survive.

Yun Feng comforted Zhu Zhuqing after hearing about her painful past and invited her to travel with him to Shrek Academy. They grew closer on the journey and arrived in Suotuo City, where Zhu Zhuqing would have to face her fiancé.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Yun Feng how her family had mistreated her, and he comforted her without speaking ill of Dai Mubai.
• Yun Feng invited Zhu Zhuqing to travel with him to Shrek Academy, and she agreed despite her injuries.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing rested, shared food, and Zhu Zhuqing gave him a Storage Soul Tool before they continued on their way.
• As they traveled, Zhu Zhuqing grew more comfortable with Yun Feng and struggled with whether to seek out her fiancé.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City, and the chapter described the Balak Kingdom's place within the Heaven Dou Empire.

Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City, where Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai entering a brothel and was hurt by what she witnessed. The next morning, she explained why she still planned to go to Shrek Academy, and Yun Feng understood why Dai Mubai had chosen it too.

• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing entered Suotuo City, bought sausages, and explored its streets.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Dai Mubai going into the Place of Smoke and Willows with another man, then asked Yun Feng to find them somewhere to stay.
• Yun Feng cultivated at the inn, causing Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Xiaogang to suffer four debuffs; Tang Hao's weakened attack failed to harm Zhao Wuji.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing left Suotuo City the next morning, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that Shrek Academy seemed like her only realistic option.
• Yun Feng realized that Dai Mubai had chosen Shrek because the small academy had few ties to other factions.

Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing reached the shabby Shrek Academy, where Yun Feng warned Ah Yin against trying to escape or involve Tang San. After they paid the registration fee, the academy's middle-aged man led them toward the playground.

• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing traveled south from Suotuo City and found Shrek Academy in a small village.
• Yun Feng contacted Ah Yin in his Sea of Consciousness and threatened to brand Tang San if she tried to escape again, prompting her to apologize.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing entered the academy and searched until they heard people gathered at the playground.
• A middle-aged man appeared behind Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing, questioned them, and demanded a nonrefundable registration fee.
• Zhu Zhuqing paid two hundred Gold Soul Coins for their registrations, and the man led them to the playground.

Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing underwent Flender’s admission tests at Shrek Academy, and Yun Feng revealed his powerful Candle Nine Yin Martial Soul and unusual Soul Rings. Despite the academy’s complaints about his demands, Flender accepted them and welcomed him to Shrek.

• Xiao Wu greeted Yun Feng excitedly, while Flender introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s dean and prepared to test the new applicants.
• Zhu Zhuqing displayed her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and Level 27 Soul Power, and Flender accepted her into the academy.
• Yun Feng revealed his Candle Nine Yin Martial Soul and Level 40 Soul Power, stunning everyone with his three Soul Rings, including a purple second ring.
• Yun Feng demanded better facilities, support, competition eligibility, private dorms, and freedom to follow his own training plan.
• Flender agreed to Yun Feng’s conditions and welcomed him to Shrek Academy.

Flender welcomed the new students to Shrek Academy and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a stamina-training lesson. Dai Mubai guided Yun Feng toward his dormitory, but an argument with Zhu Zhuqing escalated when Yun Feng summoned Candle Nine Yin in response to Dai Mubai’s threat.

• Flender welcomed the new students, asked them to pay the academy fee, and instructed Dai Mubai to explain the rules and arrange a room for Yun Feng.
• Flender taught Oscar and Ning Rongrong that support-type Soul Masters needed stamina, then ordered them to run twenty laps around the village before lunch.
• Dai Mubai led Yun Feng toward his dormitory, and Zhu Zhuqing followed them.
• Dai Mubai questioned Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing about their relationship, and Zhu Zhuqing accused Dai Mubai of abandoning her while he fled the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai completed his martial soul possession, and Yun Feng summoned Candle Nine Yin as Dai Mubai shouted that Yun Feng had seduced his fiancée and attacked.

Yun Feng defeated Dai Mubai in a brief clash and encouraged Zhu Zhuqing after Dai Mubai admitted he had abandoned his ambitions. They went to the dormitory together, while Tang San followed Flender to his office, where Flender recognized him as Master’s disciple but questioned his weak body.

• Yun Feng activated Heaven Flame Dragon Transformation and knocked Dai Mubai back, but stopped when Zhu Zhuqing intervened.
• Dai Mubai mocked Zhu Zhuqing, who answered by calling out his lack of effort and his abandonment of their shared goal.
• Dai Mubai admitted he had given up on competing with Dai Weisi, leaving Zhu Zhuqing dispirited until Yun Feng encouraged her to keep striving for strength.
• Dai Mubai led Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing to the dormitory, then stormed off after Zhu Zhuqing offered to help Yun Feng settle in.
• Tang San accompanied Flender to the dean’s office, where Flender recognized him as Master’s disciple and asked why his body was so weak.

Tang San delivered Yu Xiaogang’s letter to Flender and privately wondered whether Flender shared his teacher’s mysterious illness. Meanwhile, Yun Feng accompanied Xiao Wu to find Ning Rongrong, who rejected Oscar’s sausage and raced ahead during her running trial.

• Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang’s letter to Flender, whose shifting emotions and mutterings left Tang San suspecting he might suffer from the same strange condition as Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to stay in the dormitory and cultivate while Yun Feng agreed to accompany Xiao Wu to find Ning Rongrong.
• Ah Yin questioned Yun Feng about controlling Xiao Wu, and Yun Feng confirmed that she was a juvenile Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast before hinting at his intentions and cutting off their connection.
• Yun Feng and Xiao Wu found Ning Rongrong struggling to complete her run with Oscar, who offered her one of his stamina-restoring sausages.
• Ning Rongrong called Oscar disgusting, used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost her speed, and ran ahead.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Uncle discussed whether sending her there was wise. After Rong Rong went shopping in Suotuo City with Xiao Wu and Yun Feng, Flender punished Oscar for claiming that he and Rong Rong had completed their assigned laps.

• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect subordinate told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy and delivered his letter to the teachers.
• Sword Uncle wanted to bring Rong Rong home, but Ning Fengzhi argued that she needed discipline to develop her talent.
• Rong Rong invited Xiao Wu and Yun Feng to Suotuo City, partly out of curiosity about Yun Feng and his strength, and the three went shopping and ate together.
• Flender asked Oscar whether he and Rong Rong had finished their twenty laps, and Oscar claimed that they had.
• Flender praised Oscar's friendship, sealed his Soul Power, and ordered him to run another twenty laps without food until he finished.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong for skipping training and leaving the academy, but she revealed that two powerful Titled Douluo were her grandfathers and challenged him to make her leave. Flender ordered Dai Mubai to pack her belongings and throw them out, leaving the students stunned by the confrontation.

• Oscar ran outside after Flender silently nodded to him.
• Flender explained that Oscar had lied and criticized Ning Rongrong for skipping training, going to Suotuo City, and making Oscar lie for her.
• Ning Rongrong accused Flender of using exaggerated rules to suppress her, then revealed that Sword Dao Chenxin and Gu Rong were her grandfathers.
• Flender insisted Ning Rongrong was beneath him in strength and told her to leave Shrek Academy if she would not follow its rules.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Flender could bear the consequences of making her leave, but Flender ordered Dai Mubai to pack her belongings and throw them out.

Flender’s harsh treatment of Ning Rongrong escalated into a confrontation when she threatened Shrek Academy with a signal flare and demanded an explanation. After Yun Feng and the others threatened to leave, Flender admitted he had gone too far, but Ning Rongrong still pressed him to explain who she was supposedly inferior to.

• Ning Rongrong took out a signal flare and threatened that everyone at Shrek Academy would die if Flender could not explain how she had brought shame upon her sect.
• Yun Feng offered to leave Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun supported backing down rather than risk Ning Rongrong’s threat.
• Ning Rongrong agreed that the others could leave if Flender failed to answer her, then demanded an explanation from him.
• Flender gave Ning Rongrong Ning Fengzhi’s letter, which revealed that her father had asked him to watch over and protect her, not discipline her so harshly.
• Flender admitted he had used the wrong teaching method and wanted to curb Ning Rongrong’s temperament, but she still demanded to know who she was inferior to.

Ning Rongrong was shaken when Flender compared her abilities with the other students, then left after thanking Yun Feng and Xiao Wu. Flender led the remaining students to Suotuo City for night training, where he asked Yun Feng what he thought of Shrek Academy.

• Flender told Ning Rongrong that the other students had surpassed her in Soul Power or showed greater dedication, and Xiao Wu comforted her by noting Tang San had less Soul Power than she did.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Yun Feng and the others before leaving, while Dai Mubai asked whether he should pack her luggage and Flender warned him not to provoke her.
• Flender started the students' night training and led them toward Suotuo City, with Yun Feng quickly flying ahead using his Third Soul Skill.
• Yun Feng waited in Suotuo City until the six students arrived, and Flender then asked him what he thought of Shrek Academy.

Flender brought the students to the Great Soul Arena for their first practical combat lesson and explained why Shrek Academy emphasized real battles. Tang San questioned what advantage Shrek offered, while Xiao Wu challenged the purpose of the arena, leaving Flender to defend its value and fairness.

• Flender led Yun Feng and the students to a tea shop, where Yun Feng ordered fine tea for himself, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San.
• Flender pointed out the Great Soul Arena and announced that practical combat would be the students’ first lesson.
• Tang San asked what advantage Shrek Academy had over other academies, and Flender claimed that its Soul Saint instructors were its greatest foundation.
• Xiao Wu questioned why Soul Masters fought for spectators at the Great Soul Arena, and Flender explained its prestige, rewards, influence, and rules against retaliation.

Flender explained the Great Soul Arena’s ranks, matches, and registration rules to the students, then warned Yun Feng that his unusual Soul Rings could attract dangerous attention. Yun Feng revealed that Spirit Hall already knew about his abilities and had given him a powerful protective token, and the group arrived at the Soto Great Spirit Arena to register.

• Flender told the students that they had to earn Silver Soul Fighter Badges before graduation and described the Great Soul Arena’s badge ranks.
• Flender warned Yun Feng that his unusually powerful Soul Rings could draw the attention of dangerous soul masters.
• Yun Feng showed Flender a Spirit Hall token that offered protection, leaving Flender resigned to the students’ various connections.
• Flender led the group to the Soto Great Spirit Arena and explained its match formats, rules, and registration process.
• Yun Feng and the others paid their fees, registered as Iron Soul Fighters, and underwent Soul Power tests.

Yun Feng, Xiao Wu, and their companions registered for Soul Fighting matches at the Great Soul Arena, and Yun Feng and Xiao Wu also formed a two-on-two team called Phoenix Dance. The chapter ended as Xiao Wu entered the arena to face the formidable Soul Elder Qing Nian.

• Flender led Yun Feng and the others to the gambling Soul Fighting area, where they were assigned matches in the fourteenth subsidiary Soul Arena.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing suggested that they register for a two-on-two match with Yun Feng, and he agreed so they could gain more combat experience.
• Yun Feng and Xiao Wu paid the registration fee and named their team Phoenix Dance.
• Xiao Wu took the stage for her one-on-one match against Qing Nian, an Iron Horn Rhinoceros Soul Master with two consecutive wins.
• The spectators doubted Xiao Wu could be a Soul Elder, then began cheering for her as she faced the much larger Qing Nian.