Chapter Summaries

The Shrek group pursued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er killed it before they arrived. Shrek accused the three women of stealing the Soul Beast and challenged them, while the women waited anxiously for their teacher.

• Yu Xiao Gang described the Soul Rings he wanted for Oscar and Tang San, then urged Flender to chase a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent so Oscar might gain flight.
• Shui Bing'er froze the serpent, killing it, and Huo Wu smashed its purple Soul Ring before Flender and the Shrek group arrived.
• Huo Wu mocked Shrek's accusations and signaled Zhu Zhuqing that her insults were not aimed at her.
• Yu Xiao Gang demanded that Flender and Zhao Wuji settle their previous score with the three women, and Tang San declared that they should die.
• Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and their companion released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings as Shrek prepared to fight.

Xu Xin arrived to stop Yu Xiao Gang and the Shrek group from capturing his disciples, then attacked Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiao Gang. He threatened Toad Tang San and offered Flender a choice to spare one person, leaving Flender trapped between the group and their powerful families.

• Yu Xiao Gang ordered Flender and Zhao Wuji to capture Huo Wu and the others so he could learn how to obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Ring.
• Xu Xin appeared, shattered Flender and Zhao Wuji’s soul skills, and Ning Rongrong fainted when she saw him.
• Xu Xin recognized Yu Xiao Gang and mocked him for still being at Rank 29, then tore off Flender’s and Zhao Wuji’s arms.
• Xu Xin struck Yu Xiao Gang aside when he tried to protect Toad Tang San, then narrowly missed killing Toad Tang San with a blast of Soul Power.
• Flender begged Xu Xin to spare his students and named their powerful affiliations, but Xu Xin offered to let only one person live and demanded that Flender choose.

Flender chose Tang San, abandoning Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai, so Ma Hongjun offered Xu Xin a secret to save himself. He revealed that he knew the future from his dreams, but Xu Xin knocked him and the others unconscious after hearing him out.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others begged Flender to choose them, while Yu Xiao Gang threatened him to choose Tang San.
• Flender pointed to Tang San, and Dai Mubai attacked him before Flender slapped him down; Ma Hongjun realized his teacher had abandoned him.
• Ma Hongjun offered Xu Xin a huge secret in exchange for his life and privately revealed his dreams about future events, including Immortal Herbs, divine trials, and Xue Qinghe's identity as Qian Renxue.
• Xu Xin praised Ma Hongjun, knocked him unconscious, and tossed him back to the group.
• Xu Xin released his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, knocking Flender and the others unconscious.

Xu Xin used the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord soul bone skill to alter the Shrek group’s memories and trap them in elaborate dreams. After weaving their dreams for a day and night, he left some of them clear-headed to endure their torment.

• After the Shrek group fainted under Xu Xin’s pressure, Zhu Zhuqing joined Huo Wu and the other senior sisters and asked about their master’s strength.
• Xu Xin decided to give the Shrek group false memories and dreams, including a love triangle involving Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Tang San.
• Xu Xin used Dream Weaving—Mental Modification to make Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu dream that Tang San betrayed them and stole Xiao Wu away.
• Xu Xin tormented Tang San in a repeating dream and forced him to write out the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye.
• Xu Xin gave Dai Mubai, Yu Xiao Gang, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong tailored repeating dreams or torture while leaving some of the group clear-headed.

Xu Xin's fabricated dreams left the Shrek group shaken and planted doubts between Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San. That night, Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun compared their memories and agreed to act against Tang San, while an unseen watcher listened to none of their words but saw them together.

• Xu Xin gave Zhu Zhuqing instructions to feign terror and taught the four women the Mysterious Heaven Skill while he cultivated the Purple Demon Eye.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun woke in fear and anger, while Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun exchanged a knowing glance about their shared dream.
• Yu Xiao Gang woke and attacked Flender, Dai Mubai crawled toward Yu Xiao Gang, and the Shrek group left to obtain spirit rings without discussing their dreams.
• After the group made camp, Xiao Wu secretly visited Ma Hongjun, and they realized their memories of the dream matched and resolved not to let Tang San have his way.
• An unseen watcher observed Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun together and angrily declared that Ma Hongjun had earned a death sentence.

Toad Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang secretly turned against Flender and his disciples as both sides hunted soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. While trying to disgust Ma Hongjun with a Man Faced Demon Spider’s filth, Tang San accidentally swallowed some and vomited on Yu Xiao Gang.

• Toad Tang San told Yu Xiao Gang that Flender and the others seemed hostile and hinted that Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu were plotting against him.
• Yu Xiao Gang and Toad Tang San agreed to treat Flender and his disciples as enemies and conspired to strike back after the Soul Master Tournament.
• The group traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Flender captured a roughly sixteen-hundred-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider for Toad Tang San’s soul ring.
• Toad Tang San used his toad tongue to squeeze filth from the spider and flung it toward Ma Hongjun and Yu Xiao Gang.
• Toad Tang San accidentally swallowed some filth, then vomited on Yu Xiao Gang when his teacher tried to comfort him.

Tang San absorbed a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring, reached Level 32, and demonstrated his new corrosive soul skill. The attack struck Yu Xiao Gang after Ma Hongjun used him as a shield, leaving Yu Xiao Gang injured and furious.

• Ning Rongrong and the others recoiled in disgust after Yu Xiao Gang vomited onto Tang San.
• Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring with ease and advanced to Level 32.
• Tang San used his third soul skill, Toad Pus Ray, to demonstrate its corrosive effect.
• Ma Hongjun pulled Yu Xiao Gang in front of himself, causing the pus rays to hit Yu Xiao Gang and corrode his face.
• Flender rebuked Tang San for attacking his teacher, while Yu Xiao Gang silently resented Flender's remark that he was weak.

Toad Tang San accidentally poisoned Yu Xiao Gang’s face, then covered it with leaves smeared with shit. The group later helped Oscar obtain a Mysterious Armor Turtle soul ring, leaving him with a new Turtle Sausage skill.

• Toad Tang San removed the poison from Yu Xiao Gang’s face, but the damage had already disfigured him.
• Yu Xiao Gang suspected someone had tugged him, while Toad Tang San blamed Ma Hongjun and planned to deal with him secretly.
• Toad Tang San gave Yu Xiao Gang leaves smeared with shit, which Yu Xiao Gang used to cover his ruined face without noticing.
• Flender suggested Oscar use a Mysterious Armor Turtle for his third soul ring, and Oscar agreed.
• Flender weakened the turtle, Oscar delivered the finishing blow, and Oscar gained a Turtle Sausage skill that made Ma Hongjun laugh.

Zhu Zhuqing used a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to raise her third ring to 3,000 years, while Ning Rongrong secretly watched and became convinced Zhu Zhuqing was a transformed spirit beast. Zhu Zhuqing returned to find Ning Rongrong still in their room, unaware of what she had witnessed.

• Flender tested Oscar’s defensive sausage on Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai’s attack cracked its turtle-shell defense without breaking it.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing secretly began absorbing the God-Bestowed Spirit Ring in a secluded place.
• Ning Rongrong followed Zhu Zhuqing and saw her absorbing a purple thousand-year spirit ring, then concluded she must be a spirit beast in human form.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the absorption for half an hour, and the ring settled at 3,000 years.
• Ning Rongrong fled back to her room in fear, while Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the ring without noticing her; several hidden onlookers then disappeared.

Ning Rongrong questioned Xiao Wu about obtaining spirit rings without hunting spirit beasts, then left Shrek Academy and returned in a cheerful mood. Meanwhile, Sword Douluo brought her urgent letter to Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong arrived as they prepared to read it.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu whether spirit rings could be obtained without hunting spirit beasts, and Xiao Wu feared that her Spirit Beast Transformation had been discovered.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu, who realized that Ning Rongrong had not identified her as a transformed spirit beast.
• Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy alone and returned by evening carrying food; she later gave Xiao Wu several carrots and stayed in Xiao Wu's room instead of sharing with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Sword Douluo brought Ning Rongrong's urgent letter to Ning Fengzhi and assumed she had written because she missed him.
• Bone Douluo Gu Rong arrived and argued with Sword Douluo over which of them Ning Rongrong had meant to contact.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo traveled to Shrek after Ning Rongrong’s letter claimed Zhu Zhuqing had gained a spirit ring without hunting a spirit beast. Ning Rongrong led them to Zhu Zhuqing, intending for Sword Douluo to identify and seize her if she was a transformed spirit beast.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo read Ning Rongrong’s urgent letter about a possible Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast Transformation and decided Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo would visit Shrek.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived at Shrek the next morning, where Ning Rongrong told them she had seen Zhu Zhuqing absorb a spirit ring without a spirit beast.
• Ning Rongrong led Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to Zhu Zhuqing’s room and privately urged Sword Douluo to grab her if she was a transformed spirit beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged and asked Ning Fengzhi and the others what they wanted.

Ning Rongrong accused Zhu Zhuqing of obtaining a spirit ring without hunting a spirit beast, prompting Ning Fengzhi and the others to demand her secret. Zhu Zhuqing refused to reveal it unless Ning Fengzhi slapped Ning Rongrong, and the chapter ended as Sword Douluo attacked her with a deadly sword strike.

• Sword Douluo confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing was human, not a spirit beast, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Ning Rongrong to apologize for accusing her.
• Ning Rongrong recounted seeing Zhu Zhuqing obtain a spirit ring without hunting a spirit beast, and Yu Xiao Gang pressed Zhu Zhuqing to explain how she did it.
• Ning Fengzhi shifted the discussion to Zhu Zhuqing's method and tried to recruit her into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but she mocked his offer and refused.
• Sword Douluo used his Soul Power to force Zhu Zhuqing to the ground, and she demanded that Ning Fengzhi tear Ning Rongrong's mouth and slap her twice in exchange for the secret.
• Ning Fengzhi did not stop Sword Douluo as he unleashed a blue-white sword at Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing hinted that Ning Rongrong had repeated a past offense against someone powerful, prompting Ning Fengzhi to recognize the danger and slap his daughter. Sword Douluo took Ning Rongrong away, while Zhu Zhuqing accused Ning Fengzhi of using the situation to spare her.

• Zhu Zhuqing said the attack was the second time and challenged Ning Fengzhi to figure out what she meant.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Fengzhi realized the warning referred to a past incident and slapped her.
• Ning Fengzhi reminded Sword Douluo of a powerful figure who had once demanded a Titled Douluo and half the sect’s resources, and Sword Douluo recalled the danger.
• Sword Douluo carried Ning Rongrong away, while Ning Fengzhi stayed behind and slapped her once more before she left.
• Zhu Zhuqing accused Ning Fengzhi of playing his cards to help Ning Rongrong escape the consequences.

Ning Fengzhi paid Zhu Zhuqing and gave half of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources to Xu Xin after being warned that this was his second chance. Three months later, Shrek Academy's training moved to the Great Soul Arena, where Teacher Xue brought the arrogant thirteen-year-old Xue Luochuan to register.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Zhu Zhuqing ten million Gold Soul Coins, and she accepted while demanding more before leaving.
• Ning Fengzhi took half of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources to Shadow Hall, where Xu Xin warned him that this was the second time.
• Ning Fengzhi returned to the sect and began developing in secret, while Sword Douluo took Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• After three months of stone-carrying training, Yu Xiao Gang sent the Shrek members to the Great Soul Arena for their next training stage.
• Teacher Xue brought Xue Luochuan to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, where the thirteen-year-old level 35 prince entered to register.

At Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, Xue Luochuan faced Tang San in an individual match, mocking the foul-smelling toad Martial Soul Tang San revealed. The fight began with Xue Luochuan taking to the air while Tang San completed his possession.

• Teacher Xue registered Xue Luochuan, while Tianheng and the others went shopping before the team battle.
• Tang San registered for an individual match, eager to impress Xiao Wu, while Ma Hongjun's attempt to approach her was interrupted.
• Xue Luochuan entered the arena and offered Tang San three moves before recoiling at the stench of his toad Martial Soul.
• Xue Luochuan summoned his mutated Howling Swan and flew high above Tang San.
• Tang San activated Toad Possession, releasing an even stronger stench as the match began.

Toad Tang San won his Soul Fighting match after his foul stench and saliva disgusted Xue Luochuan into surrendering. He left the arena in a foul mood, then boasted to Xiao Wu that his victory had nothing to do with his disgusting Toad Spirit.

• Toad Tang San's stench made spectators vomit, and he instinctively licked the vomit Xue Luochuan had dropped onto his face.
• Toad Tang San attacked Xue Luochuan with his tongue, but Xue Luochuan surrendered after his clothes were covered in foul saliva.
• The referee declared Toad Tang San the winner, while the crowd jeered and Xue Luochuan flew out of the arena.
• Toad Tang San left in frustration, then told Xiao Wu he had easily defeated Xue Luochuan and denied that his stench or saliva had mattered.

Xue Ya reunited with Flender and arranged to meet him that night, while Yu Xiao Gang watched jealously from above with Toad Tang San. Toad Tang San won a string of humiliating matches in which opponents repeatedly conceded, leaving his infamy as a disgusting toad to spread through Suotuo City.

• Xue Ya ran into Flender, who embraced her, while Yu Xiao Gang watched from the second floor and seethed with jealousy.
• Xue Ya arranged to meet Flender that night and planned to bring Xue Luochuan to meet the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Xue Luochuan agreed to meet Xue Ya’s old companions after changing clothes at the hotel.
• Yu Xiao Gang comforted the unhappy Toad Tang San, who had won every match that afternoon but felt the opponents had deliberately humiliated him by conceding.
• The Great Soul Arena’s repeated concessions spread Toad Tang San’s reputation as a toad opponents should concede to rather than face.

Yu Xiao Gang reassured Toad Tang San about his ugly reputation, then brought him to dinner with Flender. At the Rose Grand Hotel, Xue Luochuan confronted them and, with Xue Ya restraining them, repeatedly slapped Yu Xiao Gang and Tang San.

• Yu Xiao Gang encouraged Toad Tang San to ignore the insults and focus on becoming strong, then invited him to dinner with Flender.
• Xue Ya brought Xue Luochuan to the Rose Grand Hotel and told him to address Flender as Martial Uncle.
• Toad Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang arrived and recognized Xue Ya, while Yu Xiao Gang brooded over their past and blamed Flender for his misfortunes.
• Xue Luochuan demanded that Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang apologize for staring at him, then threatened them after Tang San insulted him.
• Xue Luochuan entered Martial Soul Possession and slapped Yu Xiao Gang, while Xue Ya restrained him and Tang San so Xue Luochuan could slap them repeatedly.

Xue Luochuan and Xue Ya retaliated after Toad Tang San attacked them with hidden weapons, crippling him and Yu Xiao Gang. After Yu Xiao Gang’s voice made them suspect he was a eunuch, Xue Ya decided to kill both men.

• Xue Ya caught and crushed Toad Tang San’s Silent Sleeve Arrows, then forced him to his knees with her Soul Power.
• Xue Luochuan seized Yu Xiao Gang and crushed both of his legs while Toad Tang San pleaded for him to stop.
• Xue Luochuan suspected Yu Xiao Gang was a eunuch after hearing his shrill screams, and Toad Tang San connected the voice to changes in his teacher’s voice.
• Yu Xiao Gang’s angry retort made his voice sound even shriller, while Xue Ya dismissed any resemblance to Xiao Gang and broke his arm.
• Xue Ya kicked Toad Tang San, and after Xue Luochuan urged her to kill both men, she agreed.

Xue Ya recognized the badly injured Yu Xiao Gang as her old friend and rushed him and Tang San to a clinic for treatment. The doctor saved Yu Xiao Gang’s life but said his shattered legs would leave him wheelchair-bound unless they found Ye Shengxin, while Tang San faced months of recovery.

• Xue Luochuan nearly killed Tang San and Yu Xiao Gang, but Flender intervened and stopped him.
• Xue Ya recognized Yu Xiao Gang beneath his bandages and grieved over his ruined appearance and condition.
• Xue Luochuan revealed that Yu Xiao Gang was a eunuch, and Flender privately celebrated the news while pretending to sympathize.
• Xue Ya and Flender carried Yu Xiao Gang and Tang San to a clinic for treatment.
• The doctor saved Yu Xiao Gang’s life but said his shattered legs required Ye Shengxin’s help to avoid a lifetime in a wheelchair, and Tang San needed several months to recover.