Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue awakened a Light-Dark Angel Spirit with innate Spirit Power Level 20, while Qian Daoliu arranged an investigation into Qian Xunji's mysterious death. Xu Xin arrived to ask to take Qian Renxue as his disciple, and her Spirit reacted excitedly to him, hinting at a connection.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji had died without any visible injuries, and Qian Daoliu ordered an investigation and appointed Golden Crocodile temporary Pope.
• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue to awaken her Spirit, and she manifested a Six-Winged Light-Dark Angel with innate Spirit Power Level 20.
• Xu Xin appeared outside the Worship Hall and asked Qian Daoliu to let him become Qian Renxue's master.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renxue whether she wanted Xu Xin as her master, and her Light-Dark Angel Spirit reacted excitedly to Xu Xin.

Xu Xin took Qian Renxue as his first personal disciple and brought her to Shadow Hall Spirit Academy. Gu Yuena returned, kissed Xu Xin, then told him she might search for a mysterious place connected to the Dragon Clan.

• Qian Renxue accepted Xu Xin as her master, and Xu Xin named Feng Xiaotian as his other disciple.
• Three days later, Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue to Shadow Hall, where Xu Xin took her to the academy and asked about her goals.
• Xu Xin introduced Qian Renxue to Dugu Yan and Feng Xiaotian, then left with Gu Yuena when she arrived.
• Gu Yuena embraced and kissed Xu Xin after sensing the aura of his bloodline, and Xu Xin arranged for Ninja Soldiers to follow her as she searched for a place connected to the Dragon Clan.
• Xu Xin asked Gu Yuena whether the power of the Ghost Shadow Kingdom could create God-Bestowed Spirit Rings.

Xu Xin learned how to condense God-Bestowed Spirit Rings and created one using the Ghost Shadow Kingdom’s Dark Energy. He gave it to Qian Renxue, whose first spirit ring reached 1,100 years, then urged his other disciples to prepare for powerful future rings.

• Gu Yuena taught Xu Xin how to condense a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and accepted his promise to give her the Ika Mask when she returned.
• After Gu Yuena departed, Xu Xin used the Ghost Shadow Kingdom’s Dark Energy to condense a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Xu Xin gave the ring to Qian Renxue and told her to push her first spirit ring to a thousand years.
• Qian Renxue absorbed the ring, raising its age to 1,100 years and gaining the Light-Dark Angel Sword skill.
• Xu Xin told his disciples to refine Whale Rubber before advancing and promised to prepare God-Bestowed Spirit Rings for them.
• Feng Xiaotian and Shui Bing'er left to cultivate after seeing Qian Renxue’s power, while Dugu Yan took Qian Renxue to eat fruit.

Over the years, Xu Xin raised his children and trained Feng Xiaotian and the others, then took Xu Ruoruo and several girls to the Star Dou Great Forest. There, he intervened when Zhu Zhuqing was cornered by her sister and left her deciding to go to Suotuo City.

• Xu Xin told Feng Xiaotian to take the others for practical experience, but Feng Xiaotian asked to go directly to a secret training place and received the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer manual.
• Xu Xin took Xu Ruoruo, Shui Bing'er, Ling Ling, and Huo Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest and assigned the three girls to train together for three months.
• While Xu Xin and Xu Ruoruo explored, Zhu Zhuyun and her people cornered Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xu Xin stepped in to protect Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun withdrew after he warned her about compensation.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xu Xin and told him she planned to go to Suotuo City.

Xu Xin questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her decision to seek Dai Mubai and explained that powerful factions might not protect her from her fate. Zhu Zhuqing asked him to teach her how to escape it, and after she knelt for three days, Xu Xin told her to kowtow.

• Xu Xin recognized Zhu Zhuqing and called Dai Mubai a piece of trash, unsettling her.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she wanted to break free from her fate, and Xu Xin listed factions she could join before recognizing the dangers each posed.
• Zhu Zhuqing knelt before Xu Xin and asked him to teach her how to escape her fate.
• Xu Xin asked why he should help her, then left Zhu Zhuqing kneeling while he and Xu Ruoruo ate for three days.
• Xu Xin carried Xu Ruoruo to Zhu Zhuqing and ordered her to kowtow.

Xu Xin accepted Zhu Zhuqing as a registered disciple, strengthened her with rare treasures, and sent her to Shrek with a new Storage Soul Tool. Meanwhile, at the Rose Hotel, Dai Mubai confronted Tang San, whose Martial Soul had become a toad, and laughed at him.

• Zhu Zhuqing kowtowed to Xu Xin and became his registered disciple, with the promise of becoming a personal disciple if she performed well in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Xu Xin gave Zhu Zhuqing a Mysterious Water Pill and refined Whale Rubber for her, improving her Soul Power, talent, and physique.
• Xu Xin told Zhu Zhuqing to go to Shrek, promised to provide her Soul Ring at level 30, and gave her a hundred-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool.
• Xu Ruoruo told Zhu Zhuqing that Xu Xin had nine Soul Rings, shocking her with the possibility that her teacher was a Titled Douluo.
• At the Rose Hotel, Xiao Wu saw Dai Mubai confront Tang San, whose Martial Soul was now a toad.
• Dai Mubai used Martial Soul Possession and mocked Tang San's toad form while Tang San waited for him to finish laughing.

Toad Tang San and Xiao Wu encountered Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, where their fight ended in mutual disgust after Dai Mubai broke Toad Tang San’s tongue. Toad Tang San mistook the clash for proof that Shrek Academy was full of experts, and he left with Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu reflected that her rebirth had changed the timeline and that Toad Tang San had reached level 30 after years of isolation and making hidden weapons.
• Toad Tang San attacked Dai Mubai with his Toad Entanglement soul skill, wrapping him in his saliva despite Dai Mubai’s attempts to dodge.
• Dai Mubai vomited on Toad Tang San’s tongue, leaving both of them disgusted and deadlocked.
• Dai Mubai used two White Tiger soul skills to snap Toad Tang San’s tongue and then left the Rose Hotel in disgust.
• Xiao Wu told Toad Tang San that Dai Mubai seemed to be from Shrek Academy, and Toad Tang San praised the school before leaving with her.

Xiao Wu and Toad Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong mocked Tang San for his stench and clashed with him. Ning Rongrong then approached Zhu Zhuqing and introduced herself, while Xiao Wu tried to keep Tang San from starting a fight.

• Xiao Wu and Toad Tang San traveled to Shrek Academy after Tang San found a Hair Crystal at Flender's shop.
• At the admissions queue, Ning Rongrong insulted Tang San for smelling bad, and Xiao Wu stopped him from attacking her.
• Ning Rongrong traded insults with Xiao Wu and Tang San as Dai Mubai arrived and called them a toad duo.
• Dai Mubai led Xiao Wu and Tang San to the front of the line while Ning Rongrong paid to cut ahead and approached Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong remarked on Zhu Zhuqing's figure and introduced herself.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Toad Tang San faced Zhao Wuji’s fourth entrance test, but Tang San’s grotesque, saliva-based spirit skills disgusted the others. The chapter ended with Tang San binding Zhao Wuji in a tongue coated with mucus while Xiao Wu lay unconscious.

• Dai Mubai led Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Toad Tang San to Zhao Wuji’s test, where Zhao Wuji told them to hold out for the length of one incense stick.
• Toad Tang San tried to take command, but Ning Rongrong insulted him, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong recoiled when he revealed his toad spirit.
• Toad Tang San attacked with Toad Entanglement, spraying foul saliva and prompting Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to withdraw from the fight.
• Zhao Wuji struck Toad Tang San and Xiao Wu with his Soul Skill, leaving Xiao Wu unconscious.
• Toad Tang San sprayed poisoned saliva at Zhao Wuji, whose Soul Power blocked the poison but not the stench, making him vomit.
• Toad Tang San wrapped Zhao Wuji in his saliva-covered tongue, coating Zhao Wuji’s body in mucus.

Zhao Wuji fought Toad Tang San after Tang San’s slime and hidden needles enraged him, then exposed and burst the pustules beneath Tang San’s disguise. Zhao Wuji threatened Tang San for the needles while Dai Mubai intervened, and Xiao Wu secretly watched the whole fight.

• Zhao Wuji broke Toad Tang San’s tongue, then Tang San hit him with Dragon Whisker Needles in a sneak attack.
• Zhao Wuji slapped Tang San and used his Soul Power to crush Tang San’s disguise and burst the pustules covering his body.
• Zhao Wuji was splattered with pus, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong vomited at the sight and smell.
• Xiao Wu revealed in her thoughts that she had awakened and pretended to be unconscious so Tang San would not know she had seen him.
• Zhao Wuji demanded Tang San hand over his needles, and Dai Mubai grabbed Zhao Wuji and tried to persuade them to stop.

After Toad Tang San’s trial, the other students recoiled from his disgusting appearance and began to resent him, while Xiao Wu worried that the group’s future was unraveling. Flender assigned the students rooms, but Ning Rongrong and Oscar immediately rejected his arrangements.

• Toad Tang San removed the Dragon Whisker Needles from Zhao Wuji, then carried Xiao Wu aside after Dai Mubai left to find help cleaning him up.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong agreed to live together so they could avoid Toad Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai paid Oscar to clean up the mess, and Oscar fled after helping, leaving Toad Tang San to resent the others.
• Xiao Wu worried that Toad Tang San’s hostility could break up the Shrek Seven Devils and ruin their future plans.
• Flender assigned Xiao Wu to share with Ning Rongrong and Toad Tang San to share with Oscar, but Ning Rongrong and Oscar both objected and demanded different arrangements.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing refused to share a room with Tang San, leaving the Shrek students split into cliques. Ma Hongjun, convinced by a dream that Tang San would betray him in the future, attacked him while he slept.

• Flender ordered the students to obey the room arrangements, but let Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing room together after they objected.
• Xiao Wu chose to live alone, while the students separated into cliques around Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the three Shrek boys.
• Ma Hongjun returned and recognized Tang San as the person from his dream, resolving to make his life miserable.
• Ma Hongjun pretended to stumble into his room drunk and repeatedly struck the sleeping Tang San with a thorn-covered stick.

Ma Hongjun beat the injured Tang San, then feared retaliation from Tang Hao and knelt to apologize. The next morning, he found Zhao Wuji unharmed and began questioning how much of his dream would come true.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Tang San in his room, mistaking him for the version from his dream, then realized he had beaten the injured Tang San.
• Fearing that Tang Hao would punish him, Ma Hongjun offered Tang San the stick, knelt, and begged forgiveness; Tang San accepted and hoped to make him an ally.
• Ma Hongjun spent the night on edge, then saw Zhao Wuji unharmed and wondered why the events differed from his dream.
• Flender postponed the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest after Oscar said he was close to reaching level 30.
• Ma Hongjun asked Zhao Wuji whether he had been beaten the night before, then concluded that the dream’s broad events might be right while its details could change.

After Oscar reached level 30, Zhao Wuji led the group to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Rongrong continued to defy Flender and Zhu Zhuqing kept her distance from Dai Mubai. At an inn, Ma Hongjun provoked a girl from Canghui Academy, and three unfamiliar girls entered just as the confrontation began.

• Oscar announced that he had reached level 30, and Flender praised his achievement.
• Ning Rongrong boasted about reaching level 26 with little effort, provoking Flender before Oscar persuaded him to let the matter go.
• Zhao Wuji took the group to the Star Dou Great Forest, where they split into three groups and Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai.
• At an inn, Ma Hongjun urged Dai Mubai to confront the Canghui Academy students, while Zhu Zhuqing decided not to get involved unless Ning Rongrong needed help.
• Ma Hongjun knocked over a Canghui Academy girl's belongings and taunted her when she demanded an apology.
• Three girls dressed in red, light blue, and pale white entered as the conflict was about to erupt.

Dai Mubai provoked Huo Wu and was beaten along with the Shrek students, prompting Zhao Wuji to confront Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji threatening the women while both sides revealed matching four-ring soul configurations.

• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun recognized Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Ye Lingling and tried to avoid drawing their attention.
• Dai Mubai approached the women to flirt, and Huo Wu punched him away after he ignored her warning.
• Dai Mubai called the Shrek students to fight, but Huo Wu defeated all five in less than a minute while Shui Bing'er and Ye Lingling watched.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with seven soul rings and demanded an explanation, while Shui Bing'er and the others revealed their own four-ring configurations.
• Zhao Wuji claimed strength determined right in the Soul Master World and threatened that none of the women would leave without giving Shrek an explanation.

Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er fought Zhao Wuji with Ye Lingling supporting them, and their combined power defeated the Soul Sage. Zhao Wuji was left incapacitated, while the three girls recovered and Zhu Zhuqing saw the strength of her new Senior Sisters.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er challenged Zhao Wuji as Xu Xin waited outside with Xu Ruoruo, and Zhu Zhuqing went inside to watch.
• Shui Bing'er and Huo Wu attacked Zhao Wuji together while Ye Lingling's healing Martial Soul supplied them with Life Force, and their assault shattered the room and knocked Xiao Wu and the others unconscious.
• Zhao Wuji charged at the girls, but Shui Bing'er froze him in a Frozen Cage and Huo Wu's Devouring Fire began draining his power.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er unleashed their Ice Fire Emperor Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Zhao Wuji sprawled and unable to move.
• Ye Lingling healed Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, while Zhao Wuji trembled at having been defeated by two Soul Ancestors.

Xu Xin encouraged Zhu Zhuqing and warned his disciples to spare her, then left them to continue their journey. A week later, the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest and heard that a Titan Giant Ape was nearby.

• Xu Xin reassured Zhu Zhuqing about the gap between her and her Senior Disciple Sisters, and told Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Xu Ruoruo to recognize her as their Junior Sister.
• Xu Xin challenged the girls to defeat the statues in Shadow Hall and told them to crush their opponents in the Soul Master Tournament, even if they represented Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xin left with the three girls after compensating the shop owner, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed to help Zhao Wuji.
• Ma Hongjun woke and blamed Tang San for the changes in his life, while wondering whether Xiao Wu had shared his dream.
• After the group recovered, Zhao Wuji stopped Dai Mubai from berating Zhu Zhuqing, and a week later the others kept their distance from her as Ma Hongjun questioned Xiao Wu.
• As the group traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, someone shouted that a Titan Giant Ape was approaching.

Xu Xin encountered the Titan Giant Ape, allowed it to take Xiao Wu, and gave Zhu Zhuqing an External Soul Bone to refine. After he left, Silverback Gorillas attacked the unconscious Shrek group, leaving the survivors shocked and Ma Hongjun questioning how much of his dream was true.

• The Titan Giant Ape knocked out the Shrek group, and Xiao Wu demanded to know why Er Ming had attacked her companions.
• Xu Xin arrived, let Er Ming take Xiao Wu, and warned him not to reveal their meeting.
• Xu Xin woke Zhu Zhuqing and gave her a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone to refine.
• Four Silverback Gorillas attacked the unconscious Shrek group and tore away important parts of the men’s bodies.
• Ning Rongrong fainted at the sight, while Dai Mubai and Oscar also passed out and Ma Hongjun blamed Xiao Wu and wondered which parts of his dream were true.

After the Shrek group returned from the disastrous hunt, they recovered from their injuries and kept their transformations secret. Yu Xiao Gang arrived at Shrek Academy, where he dismissed Zhao Wuji’s account of their encounter and was introduced as the students’ new teacher.

• Ma Hongjun watched Tang San try to go after Xiao Wu, while Zhao Wuji gathered the survivors and led them toward Suotuo City for treatment.
• Xiao Wu returned and claimed the Titan Giant Ape had thrown her down after hearing a bull’s roar, and the group accepted her explanation.
• After several days of treatment, the injured Shrek students returned to the academy, where they concealed that several of them had become girls.
• Yu Xiao Gang arrived and rejected Zhao Wuji’s account of the soul rings and the two Soul Ancestors who had defeated him.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiao Gang as the students’ new teacher, and Ning Rongrong challenged his qualifications and asked whether he could help them obtain ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings.

Yu Xiao Gang convinced the Shrek students that the unusually powerful soul rings they had seen were fabricated, then took charge of their training. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing questioned Ning Rongrong about the Shadow Hall Master and wondered whether he had children.

• Dai Mubai and Oscar asked Yu Xiao Gang whether he could help them obtain ten-thousand-year fourth soul rings.
• Yu Xiao Gang claimed an auxiliary soul master could change the colors and attributes of soul rings, and argued that the unusual rings were tricks.
• Tang San supported Yu Xiao Gang, while Ning Rongrong challenged his claim by recalling the Shadow Hall Master's black fourth ring.
• Flender announced that Yu Xiao Gang would arrange the students' training and ordered them to gather the next day to hunt soul beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong about the Shadow Hall Master, including whether he had children, and Ning Rongrong said she did not know.