Chapter Summaries

Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran joined Zhao Wuji’s group after Meng Shu privately reached an agreement with Yun Feng. As they searched the Star Dou Great Forest for suitable soul beasts, the students gained combat experience while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang grew especially attentive to Yun Feng.

• Meng Yiran reached level thirty, and her grandparents noticed her interest in Yun Feng before Meng Shu asked to speak with him privately.
• The next morning, Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran stayed with Zhao Wuji’s group, bringing its numbers to eleven; Yun Feng gave Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu vague answers about his agreement with Meng Shu.
• When Meng Shu asked Zhao Wuji about Yun Feng’s soul ring, Zhao Wuji admitted he knew little, and Tang San confidently shared Yu Xiaogang’s theory about soul-ring compatibility.
• The group searched for two days without finding suitable soul beasts, while danger in the forest helped the students improve their teamwork and combat experience.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang treated Yun Feng like their grandson and continually instructed him, leaving Meng Yiran puzzled.

Yun Feng discussed the decline of soul beasts with Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Zhao Wuji, arguing that human hunting was driving the population down. His companions realized Spirit Hall’s notice had been intended to protect soul beasts, though they doubted soul masters would obey its restrictions.

• Xiao Wu invited Zhu Zhuqing to share Yun Feng’s tent, but Zhu Zhuqing declined, and Xiao Wu stayed with her.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan slept in Yun Feng’s tent while he went outside to join Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji asked Yun Feng whether he was worried about not finding a suitable soul beast, and Yun Feng said he could wait.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Zhao Wuji recalled that the Star Dou Great Forest had once held many more thousand-year soul beasts near its outskirts.
• Yun Feng explained that soul masters’ hunting, including slaughter for soul bones, would steadily deplete soul beasts and could eventually leave no soul rings to obtain.
• Meng Shu and the others connected Yun Feng’s warning to Spirit Hall’s notice and praised its foresight, then returned to their own thoughts about the issue.

Yun Feng and the others were confronted in the Star Dou Great Forest by the Titan Giant Ape, whose overwhelming presence made even the strongest soul masters tremble. Meng Shu tried to placate the King of the Forest, while Xiao Wu silently feared for Yun Feng.

• Ah Yin warned Yun Feng of danger, and Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang ordered everyone out of their tents and prepared for battle.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang told Yun Feng and Meng Yiran to escape if trouble began, and Meng Shu asked Yun Feng to look after Yiran.
• Two trees parted, revealing an enormous black ape that Tang San identified as the Titan Giant Ape, the King of the Forest.
• Xiao Wu recognized the danger to her younger brother but stayed silent, while Meng Shu addressed the Titan Giant Ape and offered to withdraw.

Yun Feng and the others fought the Titan Giant Ape, which had come for Xiao Wu, but the beast quickly overwhelmed them. The Titan Giant Ape then leaped toward the fleeing group, leaving Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang unable to move.

• Yun Feng urged everyone to resist the Titan Giant Ape, and he charged first while Xiao Wu secretly signaled the beast not to attack him.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang sent Yun Feng and Meng Yiran away, then joined Zhao Wuji in fighting the Titan Giant Ape to buy them time.
• Tang San fled first, followed by Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing took Xiao Wu and ran.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced herself, Yun Feng, Meng Yiran, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• The Titan Giant Ape battered Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang aside, then unleashed a wave of energy that hurled the fleeing group away.
• The Titan Giant Ape leaped over Yun Feng and the others and crashed down toward them as the injured defenders watched helplessly.

Yun Feng rescued Xiao Wu and several others from the Titan Giant Ape’s initial strike, but the beast grabbed them and carried them off. Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Zhao Wuji unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars to fight it while Tang San tried to free Xiao Wu.

• Ah Yin warned Yun Feng of the Titan Giant Ape’s attack, and Yun Feng flew to Xiao Wu and carried her, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran away from the impact zone.
• Tang San and the others dug a pit to shelter from the Titan Giant Ape’s landing, but its shockwave knocked them unconscious.
• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Yun Feng and the others, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang launched their Dragon Snake Combination Attack against it.
• Zhao Wuji transformed with his Martial Soul Avatar and charged the Titan Giant Ape as Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang also activated their avatars.
• Tang San fired hidden weapons at the Titan Giant Ape’s eyes, but they failed to penetrate its eyelids, and the beast struck Zhao Wuji without knocking him back.

The Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu, Yun Feng, and others away from the group, leaving Zhao Wuji and Tang San injured and unable to pursue. As Yun Feng and the girls passed out, Xiao Wu asked Er Ming whether the others were safe.

• The Titan Giant Ape shrugged off the group's attacks and fled into the forest with Xiao Wu, Yun Feng, and the others.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang set off after the Titan Giant Ape, while Zhao Wuji and Tang San remained behind with the injured group.
• Tang San used Oscar's Recovery Sausages and Zhao Wuji apologized for failing to stop the Titan Giant Ape.
• Yun Feng apologized to the girls in the Titan Giant Ape's palm, then ordered Ah Yin to wake him after the beast left.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming whether the others were hurt, and Er Ming said they had only temporarily passed out.

Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming, asked him to protect Yun Feng and the others, and went with him to see Da Ming. After waking, Yun Feng left the group and found the twenty-thousand-year Corrosion Dragon-Tiger he had chosen to hunt.

• Xiao Wu reassured Er Ming, asked him not to attack recklessly when he sensed her in the forest, and learned that Da Ming was well.
• Er Ming left his aura and a ten-thousand-year soul beast to guard Yun Feng and the others, then carried Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest's core region.
• Yun Feng woke, sensed the hidden guardian, and left without taking Er Ming's chest fur so its aura would not frighten away soul beasts.
• Yun Feng reached the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger's habitat and activated his soul skills when he encountered the beast.
• Yun Feng used the Rakshasa Three Profound Transformations and punched a huge hole through the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger's torso.

Yun Feng defeated the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger with enhanced attacks and waited for its soul ring to condense before beginning to absorb it. The ring’s violent energy overwhelmed him with pain, leaving his body convulsing in a cloud of blood mist as nearby soul beasts watched from a distance.

• Yun Feng dodged the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger’s claw and Corrosion Light, then struck its abdomen with an explosive punch.
• Yun Feng followed with Raging Thunder Fist, badly injuring the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger, and retreated while it thrashed across the ruined forest.
• Yun Feng periodically attacked the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger until it weakened and died, then rested while its soul ring formed.
• Yun Feng ate several sausages Oscar had given him, summoned his Candle Nine Yin martial soul, and began absorbing the Corrosion Dragon-Tiger’s soul ring.
• The soul ring’s violent energy battered Yun Feng’s body, causing him to bleed and convulse as soul beasts watched from afar.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang failed to find their missing granddaughter, and Zhao Wuji brought Tang San and the others to meet them. A Man Faced Demon Spider appeared, but Meng Shu killed it before Tang San could claim its soul ring, leaving Tang San furious.

• Chao Tianxiang collapsed in grief, and Meng Shu promised to bring Yiran back despite the danger.
• Zhao Wuji led Tang San and the others to Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, while Tang San agonized over Xiao Wu's fate.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider suddenly attacked Tang San, who recognized it and considered absorbing its soul ring to recover his strength.
• Meng Shu killed the Man Faced Demon Spider with one blow, and Tang San cursed the person who had taken his chance at the soul ring.

Meng Shu nearly killed Tang San after Tang San insulted him, but Zhao Wuji privately persuaded him to spare the boy. The group split up to search for the Titan Giant Ape, while Yun Feng returned to the unconscious girls and staged a scene before Xiao Wu found them; Ning Rongrong woke and clung to him.

• Meng Shu raised his Dragon Staff to kill Tang San, but Zhao Wuji blocked the attack and privately spoke with him until Meng Shu relented.
• Tang San saw that the Man Faced Demon Spider had left behind a purple soul ring but no External Soul Bone.
• Zhao Wuji proposed that the group split up to search for the Titan Giant Ape, and Meng Shu gave him a distress Signal Flare before they separated.
• Yun Feng returned to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, lay with his head on their thighs, and learned from Ah Yin that the Titan Giant Ape was approaching.
• Xiao Wu found Yun Feng and the still-unconscious girls, claimed she had only just woken up, and helped Zhu Zhuqing wake Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong woke, jumped onto Yun Feng, and clung to him while crying.

Yun Feng reunited with the girls and returned to Zhao Wuji’s group, where Oscar completed absorbing his Third Soul Ring and Tang San found Xiao Wu. As Tang San rushed to hug her, Ah Yin pleaded with Yun Feng to let her embrace her son.

• Yun Feng comforted Ning Rongrong, then led the girls back through the forest with Xiao Wu helping them avoid most soul beasts.
• Yun Feng gave the girls an explanation for his Fourth Soul Ring, and they accepted it despite finding his story hard to believe.
• Zhao Wuji and the others found a suitable Third Soul Ring for Oscar, while Yun Feng’s group reunited with them during Oscar’s absorption.
• Zhao Wuji fired Meng Shu’s signal flare, and Oscar finished absorbing the Cloud Sparrow’s Soul Ring to gain the Swift Speed skill.
• Tang San emerged from the forest and ran toward Xiao Wu, while Ah Yin begged Yun Feng to let her hug her son.

After Ah Yin urged Yun Feng to comfort Tang San, Yun Feng embraced him and then reunited with Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, Qin Ming, and the others. The group heard Yun Feng and Xiao Wu’s explanations for surviving the Titan Giant Ape, and Meng Shu urged everyone to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ah Yin longed to hug Tang San, so Yun Feng embraced him while Xiao Wu watched.
• Yun Feng pushed Tang San away and asked whether he had really been so worried about them.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang found the group and tearfully reunited with Meng Yiran.
• Meng Yiran and Xiao Wu explained that the Titan Giant Ape had knocked them unconscious and that they had survived among the fallen soul beasts.
• Yun Feng said he had killed an unconscious Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast and obtained his fourth soul ring, while Xiao Wu said she had killed nearby unconscious soul beasts before finding the others.
• Meng Shu warned that the Star Dou Great Forest was unsafe and told everyone to return before discussing anything else.

After surviving their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, Yun Feng and the others recuperated in town before preparing to part ways. Meng Yiran decided to visit Shrek Academy and asked to speak privately with Yun Feng, leaving the others to speculate about her feelings.

• Yun Feng celebrated the group's safe return and offered to treat everyone, while Meng Yiran considered joining Shrek Academy instead of Beast Academy.
• The group left the Star Dou Great Forest and spent two days resting and enjoying themselves in town at Yun Feng's expense.
• Meng Yiran grew closer to Zhu Zhuqing and resolved to go to Shrek Academy after returning home.
• When Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang prepared to leave, Meng Yiran asked to speak with Yun Feng alone, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu reluctantly gave them space.
• Oscar grumbled about the private conversation, and Tang San silenced him with a cold look.

Meng Yiran asked Yun Feng to become friends, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed Yun Feng and the possibility of meeting him. Meanwhile, Tang Hao arrived at Slaughter City and began drinking Bloody Mary, leaving the tavern’s customers wary of him.

• Meng Yiran told Yun Feng she wanted to get to know him and become friends, and he agreed.
• Ma Hongjun teased Yun Feng about Meng Yiran, but Yun Feng insisted they were only friends.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe he was ready to handle governmental affairs and discussed his plans to meet Yun Feng after hearing that Ning Rongrong spent time with him.
• Xue Qinghe said he was also interested in meeting Yun Feng, and Ning Fengzhi encouraged him to make more friends.
• Tang Hao entered a tavern in Slaughter City, drank a cup of Bloody Mary, and demanded another as the other customers fell silent.

Tang Hao entered Slaughter City to seek relief from his growing bloodlust and slaughtered the patrons of a tavern before descending underground. At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji recounted the Star Dou Great Forest encounter to Flender, and Yu Xiaogang arrived, asking whether Tang San had returned safely.

• Tang Hao drank all the tavern’s Bloody Mary, killed the waiter and the fleeing customers, then entered Slaughter City through a passage beneath the bar.
• Tang Hao hoped Slaughter City’s atmosphere might cure his strange bloodthirsty illness, which had become difficult to suppress during his cultivation as Yun Feng’s primary bearer.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that the Star Dou Great Forest trip had been dangerous, describing the Peerless Dragon Serpent couple and the Titan Giant Ape’s unexpected appearance.
• Zhao Wuji said the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s unusual speed might have led them to encounter the Titan Giant Ape, and Yu Xiaogang suggested the serpent had mutated.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang asked whether Tang San had returned safely; Zhao Wuji confirmed that everyone had made it back.

Yu Xiaogang became intensely interested in Yun Feng’s rapid advancement, while Da Ming and Er Ming returned to the Lake of Life, where an unseen presence sensed dragon aura on Er Ming. Yun Feng forced Ah Yin to take human form and reminded her of her promise, leaving her speechless.

• Yu Xiaogang heard that Yun Feng had reached level forty-five and became eager to investigate his second martial-soul awakening.
• Er Ming told Da Ming he had stayed behind until Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing had safely left town.
• A hidden eye in the Lake of Life sensed the aura of a pure-blooded dragon on Er Ming, then vanished without being noticed.
• Yun Feng used his blood to help Ah Yin gain enough power to take human form.
• Ah Yin appeared as a beautiful woman and challenged Yun Feng’s treatment of her, but he cited her promise to obey his requests.

Yun Feng forced Ah Yin to submit by threatening Tang San, while Tang San later met Yu Xiaogang and confronted him over their shared affliction. The two returned to Shrek Academy with their relationship strained, and Yu Xiaogang said he would stay to seek a solution.

• Yun Feng threatened to use his methods on Tang San if Ah Yin refused him, so Ah Yin submitted to him.
• Tang San nearly fell from the roof when he found Yu Xiaogang waiting there at dawn.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Tang San's lack of progress, and Tang San challenged him over the pain of their shared condition.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized and promised to find a solution, easing Tang San's anger but leaving both feeling a rift.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would stay at Shrek Academy because their affliction could prove fatal.

Yu Xiaogang decided to stay at Shrek Academy and guide Tang San and the other students, while Yun Feng mocked the academy’s poor facilities and breakfast. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang’s complaint about the food unanswered after Flender challenged him to pay for better meals.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would stay at Shrek Academy to guide the students, and Tang San was delighted.
• At breakfast, Yun Feng complained that a noisy “little bitch” had kept him awake, then noticed that Tang San’s scent reminded him of his mother.
• Yun Feng told Yu Xiaogang that he had joined Shrek because it was free and he could leave whenever he wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to give Yun Feng the life he wanted, prompting Yun Feng to spit porridge all over his face.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized the academy’s meager breakfast, but Flender said the academy could not afford better food and invited him to sponsor it.
• Yu Xiaogang froze when Flender asked him to pay, since he had no money of his own.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to stay at Shrek Academy and take charge of the students’ meals and training, while Yun Feng pushed Flender to improve the academy’s finances. At the students’ assembly, Flender introduced the teachers and presented Yu Xiaogang as the Master, prompting Ning Rongrong to mock him as a “Knowledge Tailor.”

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he would stay and take responsibility for the students’ meals and help improve their training.
• Yun Feng criticized Flender for the academy’s poor finances and threatened to leave with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong; Flender agreed to adapt after seeing Yun Feng’s Black Card and Spirit Hall token.
• Flender gathered the eight students and introduced teachers Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin, whose Level 71 rank as a Food-Type Soul Saint astonished the new students.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the Master and the leading authority on martial soul theory.
• Ning Rongrong called Yu Xiaogang a “Knowledge Tailor,” and Flender’s anger faded when she took out a signal flare.

Ning Rongrong accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing his martial soul theories, leaving him furious until Yun Feng stopped her from escalating the argument. Flender put Yu Xiaogang in charge of teaching the students, who were assigned rankings and told to gather at dawn for unified instruction.

• Ning Rongrong accused Yu Xiaogang of taking established martial soul theories and claiming them as his own, and Yu Xiaogang broke down in anger.
• Flender tried to calm Yu Xiaogang, while Yun Feng pulled Ning Rongrong back and told her to stop.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would prove that his theories were his own and not wrong, and Ning Rongrong dismissed his promise.
• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would lead instruction, gave the students the day off, and told them classes would resume the next morning.
• Yu Xiaogang ranked the eight students, named Yun Feng Number Zero and Dai Mubai Number One, and ordered everyone to meet at dawn.
• Oscar told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang seemed more formidable than Flender, and Tang San defended his teacher.