Chapter Summaries

Flender took the Shrek students to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena for their first lesson, where Shi Yi registered as Shuang Yi, bet on himself, and won his opening match after his opponent surrendered at the sight of Little Ant. The chapter left Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing about to fight each other, with Dai Mubai asking Tang San to go easy on her.

• Flender scolded Ning Rongrong for refusing to follow the academy's rules, and she ran to her room in tears while Oscar went to comfort her.
• Flender led the students to Suotuo City and assigned each of them solo and team soul battles as their first class at the Great Soul Arena.
• Shi Yi registered as Shuang Yi, bet one hundred Gold Soul Coins on himself, and learned that his opponent was a Giant Gray Bear Soul Master.
• Shi Yi summoned Little Ant, whose Thousand Jun Ant aura frightened his opponent into surrendering, and collected his winnings.
• Shi Yi urged Flender to bet on Tang San, then bet all his own money on Tang San's match.
• The matching system paired Tang San with Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai asked Tang San to go easy on her before they entered the arena.

Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing fought a one-on-one match, and Shi Yi advised Flender about Ma Hongjun’s Fire Phoenix mutation. Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing then entered a two-versus-two match as the Yi Mao Combination, where Little Ant and Zhu Zhuqing attacked their opponents.

• Tang San calmly countered Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks and defeated her without injuring her, while Xiao Wu later beat her own opponent and Dai Mubai also finished his match.
• Shi Yi explained to Flender that Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Evil Fire could be managed through diligent cultivation and suitable fire-attribute bird Soul Rings, and warned that indulging it could shorten Ma Hongjun’s life.
• Flender told the students to form two-person teams; Zhu Zhuqing chose Shi Yi instead of Dai Mubai, and the receptionist registered their team as the Yi Mao Combination.
• Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing faced the Tiger Wolf Combination, whose members Zhan Hu and Tan Lang activated their first Soul Skills.
• Shi Yi boosted Little Ant with Thousand Jun Great Strength, and Little Ant leapt at the opponents as Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab to attack them from behind.

Shi Yi won a two-on-two Soul Battle with Zhu Zhuqing after rescuing her from the opponents’ mental attack, then considered how to develop his abilities without relying too heavily on Soul Tools. Back at the academy, Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, while Shi Yi began planning to train his body alongside his other pursuits.

• Zhan Hu’s Tiger Roar stunned Zhu Zhuqing, but Shi Yi used his Soul Tool to cut apart Tan Lang’s Wolf Strike as Little Ant knocked both opponents out of the arena, winning the match for the Yi Mao Combination.
• Flender praised Shi Yi and encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to learn from her mistake, while Tang San and Xiao Wu won their match and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun lost theirs.
• After Ma Hongjun left to visit Flender’s shop, Shi Yi teased Tang San and Xiao Wu, then told Zhu Zhuqing not to become a pet; she told Dai Mubai that resistance was necessary and called him disgusting before walking away.
• Ning Rongrong joked about watching the confrontation and tried to reopen her negotiations with Shi Yi, but he left without responding.
• The next morning, Shi Yi greeted Tang San during his run and reflected on the Tang Sect Secret Arts, deciding that he could begin developing his body while continuing his other training.

Shi Yi considered how to improve his physical strength and realized Oscar’s recovery sausages could support intense training. After Flender announced a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s third Soul Ring, Shi Yi recruited Oscar to help with his training in exchange for a future Soul Tool and guidance.

• Shi Yi weighed three approaches to strengthening his body and decided that limit-breaking training and external enhancements suited him best.
• Oscar arrived late and announced he had reached level thirty, so Flender made the students eat one of each of Oscar’s sausages as the day’s lesson.
• Shi Yi tried the sausages, recognized their recovery effects as ideal for physical training, and encouraged the others to try them.
• Flender announced that Zhao Wuji would lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Shi Yi asked Oscar to provide sausages during his training and offered to make him a defensive Soul Tool and advise him on developing his martial soul; Oscar agreed.

Shi Yi advised Oscar on developing his Food System abilities, then trained before joining the others on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest. At an inn, Dai Mubai struck a Canghui Academy student after an apparent provocation, and the confrontation began.

• Shi Yi explained to Oscar why he should focus on varied food effects, recommended Plant Soul Beasts for his Third Soul Ring, and encouraged him about his potential to become a Title Douluo.
• Shi Yi trained with heavy leg weights while Oscar rested, then traveled with the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• Zhao Wuji led the group to an inn near the forest, where Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai insulted a Canghui Academy group and Shi Yi warned Oscar about provoking people.
• A Canghui student collided with a waiter and sent a dish flying toward Dai Mubai, who struck the student and sent him crashing into tables.
• The Canghui Academy teacher caught the injured student as Dai Mubai claimed his hand had slipped, and Ma Hongjun rose to join the confrontation.

Shi Yi watched the Shrek students struggle against Ye Zhiqiu and correctly predicted how the fight would unfold before Zhao Wuji ended it. The next morning, Shi Yi explained his views on friendship, Tang San, and why he chose to involve himself at all.

• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Tang San joined the fight against the Blue Sunshine Academy students while Shi Yi and Oscar stayed behind.
• Ye Zhiqiu confronted the Shrek students, but Shi Yi predicted they could not overcome the Mystic Tortoise Martial Soul's defenses, and Zhao Wuji interrupted before Ye Zhiqiu could gain the advantage.
• Zhao Wuji defeated Ye Zhiqiu with one slap, then scolded the Shrek students and questioned Shi Yi for not joining the battle; Shi Yi defended his choice and pointed out that Zhao Wuji had been ready to intervene.
• Shi Yi explained to the others why Ye Zhiqiu's defense and area attacks made the fight dangerous, and Tang San recognized the accuracy of his analysis.
• At breakfast, Shi Yi told Zhao Wuji that he considered Tang San and Zhuqing only partly like-minded, while Oscar might share his desire for a quieter life, and explained that he kept track of how others treated him.

Shi Yi and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Soul Beast for Oscar's Third Soul Ring, but tensions between the students and Zhao Wuji escalated before they encountered a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Shi Yi predicted that the serpent could give Oscar a flight ability, and the group prepared to face it.

• Zhao Wuji separated Shi Yi and Dai Mubai as the group entered the forest, where Dai Mubai and Tang San cleared their path through the undergrowth.
• Xiao Wu challenged Dai Mubai for killing weak Soul Beasts, and Zhao Wuji forced her to apologize by pinning Tang San down with his Fifth Soul Skill.
• Zhao Wuji sensed an approaching creature and sent Zhu Zhuqing up a tree to identify it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Shi Yi estimated the serpent was a thousand-year Soul Beast suited to Oscar and predicted its Soul Ring could grant him flight.
• Oscar trusted Shi Yi's judgment as the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent arrived.

Shi Yi defeated Meng Yiran in a contest over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, allowing Oscar to claim its Soul Ring. As Oscar absorbed it, Shi Yi explained Little Ant’s ability to gain energy and potentially evolve, then told Zhao Wuji he had never expected to get along with Tang San.

• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Little Ant seized it before Oscar could claim its Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and challenged the group’s claim to the Soul Beast, so Zhao Wuji chose Shi Yi to fight Meng Yiran.
• Shi Yi caught Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane barehanded and threw her, winning the contest without summoning Little Ant.
• Shi Yi revealed that Little Ant was his Martial Soul, and Oscar began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring as Little Ant ate its remains.
• While Oscar absorbed the Soul Ring, Shi Yi told Zhao Wuji that he respected his teachers and had never expected to get along with Tang San.

Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring, reached Soul Elder rank, and gained a flight-granting Mushroom Sausage. After the group returned to a town, Shi Yi persuaded Zhao Wuji to accompany him into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts for Little Ant, hoping it would evolve Life Devouring.

• Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring, advanced to Soul Elder rank, and revealed that his third soul skill let anyone who ate his Mushroom Sausage fly at the serpent's speed for one minute.
• Zhao Wuji led the group back to a town while Shi Yi asked him to help hunt Soul Beasts for Little Ant, and Zhao Wuji agreed after Shi Yi explained his strained relationship with Tang San.
• Shi Yi and Zhao Wuji left the others in town and followed Little Ant into the forest, where Shi Yi said he wanted it to feed on a Man Faced Demon Spider and develop Life Devouring.
• Zhao Wuji warned Shi Yi against pursuing forbidden methods, and Shi Yi assured him that he only intended to hunt Soul Beasts.

Shi Yi and Zhao Wuji hunted Soul Beasts so Little Ant could awaken Life Devouring, which fed back power to Shi Yi and pushed his cultivation to level thirty-one. After explaining why he would balance Little Ant’s growth with his own, Shi Yi returned toward town with Zhao Wuji.

• Zhao Wuji suppressed a Man Faced Demon Spider while Shi Yi had Little Ant devour it, awakening Life Devouring and raising Shi Yi’s Soul Power.
• Shi Yi and Zhao Wuji raided a Thousand Jun Ant nest, where Little Ant devoured the Ant Queen and gained less from its weaker bloodline.
• Shi Yi absorbed a suitable Thousand Jun Ant’s Soul Ring and reached level thirty-one, advancing four levels in one day.
• Shi Yi told Zhao Wuji that he would balance his own cultivation with Little Ant’s devouring rather than rely on it endlessly.
• Shi Yi and Zhao Wuji left the forest and headed toward town.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Shi Yi learned that Flender and Yu Xiaogang wanted him to become a teacher and prepare to face a challenge. The next morning, he resumed his training, adjusting to the strength he had gained from absorbing a Soul Ring, when a familiar voice called to him.

• Shi Yi and Zhao Wuji returned to the hotel, where Tang San noticed Shi Yi's stronger breathing and changed control of his movements.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji told Flender that Shi Yi struggled to fit in with the students.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang decided that Shi Yi should become a teacher and prove himself through a challenge, and Zhao Wuji delivered the decision to him.
• Shi Yi reluctantly accepted the task and told Zhao Wuji that his promised treasure would be ready soon.
• The next morning, Shi Yi resumed running to improve his control over his stronger body, then heard a familiar voice call his name.

Yu Xiaogang gave Shi Yi a medicinal-bath prescription and a book on herbs before Flender appointed Shi Yi as Shrek Academy’s theory teacher. Dai Mubai challenged Shi Yi and was swiftly defeated by Little Ant, leaving the students and teachers stunned by Shi Yi’s strength.

• Yu Xiaogang met Shi Yi, gave him a Blue Lightning Body Tempering medicinal-bath prescription and a book on Soul Master herbs, and discussed the rare Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Flender introduced the Shrek teachers and named Yu Xiaogang the students’ Master, then appointed Shi Yi as the academy’s Specially Appointed Theory Teacher.
• Dai Mubai challenged Shi Yi after Flender offered the students a chance to prove they did not need Shi Yi’s instruction.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and stacked his defensive skills as he attacked Shi Yi, while Shi Yi sent Little Ant to fight him.
• Little Ant broke through Dai Mubai’s defenses with one attack and knocked him down, and Shao Xin healed him with Candy Beans.

Shi Yi gave the Shrek students a new Soul Power cultivation method and then advised Ning Rongrong on how to help her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve. He left their meeting with a large payment and set out to buy the materials he needed.

• Flender confirmed that Shi Yi would teach the students alongside Yu Xiaogang, and Shi Yi gave Tang San the Soul Power Circulation Method to teach the others.
• Shi Yi made Zhao Wuji a copy of the method, then traveled to Suotuo City to search for materials and herbs but found the medicine too expensive.
• Ning Rongrong met Shi Yi and offered him up to two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for advice on evolving her Martial Soul.
• Shi Yi advised Ning Rongrong to cultivate persistently, strengthen her body, choose powerful Soul Rings, obtain high-age Soul Bones, and seek Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• Ning Rongrong paid Shi Yi, and he left the restaurant to spend the money on materials.

Shi Yi traveled to Sunset Forest and secretly entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to seize its Immortal Herbs before Dugu Bo returned. After swallowing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, he jumped into the spring and passed out as their opposing energies battered his body.

• Ning Rongrong left Shrek for Suotuo City's commercial district after deciding she would not fall behind Shi Yi.
• Shi Yi told Yu Xiaogang he planned to return to his village and spend Ning Rongrong's investment, then traveled toward Sunset Forest.
• Shi Yi used Little Ant to follow sulfur's scent and burrow beneath Dugu Bo's Poison Array into the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Shi Yi and Little Ant harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Shi Yi swallowed both herbs.
• Shi Yi jumped into the spring as the herbs' extreme cold and heat ravaged his body, and he eventually lost consciousness.

Shi Yi escaped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herbs, returned to Suotuo City, and used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his Mental Power and vision. After Little Ant chose and consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Dugu Bo returned to find his garden plundered and began hunting for the culprit.

• Dugu Bo found signs that something had entered the spring but assumed a Soul Beast had eaten the two strange flowers and died in the water.
• Three days after Shi Yi awoke beneath the spring, Little Ant confirmed Dugu Bo was gone, so Shi Yi harvested the Immortal Herbs and medicinal bath ingredients before escaping through a tunnel.
• Shi Yi returned to Suotuo City, used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and found that his Mental Power, vision, and ability to sense faint fluctuations had improved.
• Shi Yi let Little Ant choose an Immortal Herb, and Little Ant eagerly swallowed the Aromatic Silk Beauty before falling asleep.
• Dugu Bo returned to find his herb garden ransacked, released his nine Soul Rings, and began investigating and killing Soul Masters who entered Sunset Forest.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong learned of Shi Yi’s advice to Ning Rongrong and hoped he would guide her training. Back at Shrek Academy, Shi Yi challenged Yu Xiaogang’s team-centered training and began revising his cultivation after discovering a newly opened meridian.

• A sect disciple gave Ning Fengzhi a record of Ning Rongrong and Shi Yi’s conversation, and Ning Fengzhi ordered continued surveillance while keeping the information secret.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Gu Rong Shi Yi’s practical training advice, and they agreed that Shi Yi should carry it out with Ning Rongrong rather than bring her back to the sect.
• Shi Yi returned to Shrek Academy, criticized Yu Xiaogang’s identical training for all students, and argued that they needed training suited to their individual strengths.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Shi Yi to train Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Yi warned that her growth might undermine the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai.
• Shi Yi discovered during meditation that his Chong Meridian had opened and spent the night developing a new cultivation route.
• The next morning, Shi Yi passed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing during a run, and both accelerated to chase after him.

Shi Yi chose Zhu Zhuqing for specialized speed training, warning that it could further weaken her bond with Dai Mubai and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After she accepted, Shi Yi began her training and gave Zhao Wuji a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, then headed toward Suotuo City while keeping his other Immortal Herbs secret.

• During morning training, Shi Yi outran Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai even without Martial Souls, and Dai Mubai stormed off after Zhu Zhuqing told him to train properly.
• Yu Xiaogang invited a student to train personally with Shi Yi, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted after Shi Yi warned that her choice could endanger her connection with Dai Mubai and the Hell White Tiger.
• Shi Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing Iron Essence weighted leg wraps and explained that she would build speed through progressive leg-strength training without relying on Soul Power.
• Shi Yi gave Zhao Wuji a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and told him it could strengthen his foundation and help him reach the Title Douluo realm.
• After Zhao Wuji began cultivating to refine the ganoderma's effects, Shi Yi left for Suotuo City and decided not to reveal his Immortal Herbs to Yu Xiaogang.

Shi Yi began training Zhu Zhuqing and used Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement to intensify his own weighted training, recovering in a medicinal bath. He planned to provide Zhu Zhuqing’s medicinal supplies himself and continued pushing his physical limits.

• Shi Yi bought tungsten steel and forged denser weights and armor while Zhu Zhuqing trained outside.
• Shi Yi brought Zhu Zhuqing breakfast and a grip strengthener after she became too sore to get out of bed, and arranged a medicinal bath for her.
• Zhao Wuji thanked Shi Yi for the ganoderma and agreed to help him train with Gravity Enhancement after Shi Yi offered two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Shi Yi exercised in Zhao Wuji’s gravity while wearing Iron Essence leg weights, then entered a medicinal bath to recover and circulate his Internal Cultivation.
• Shi Yi told Yu Xiaogang that Zhu Zhuqing would recover by the next day and that he would provide her medicinal supplies himself.

Shi Yi explained why Shrek’s students could not unite and continued training Zhu Zhuqing, whose determination frustrated him even as she improved. After three months, Ma Hongjun returned badly beaten, while Ning Rongrong asked to join Shi Yi’s training and learned that it would cost extra.

• Dai Mubai packed food for Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Yi told Yu Xiaogang that Shrek needed one leader or an external conflict to unite.
• Three months later, Zhu Zhuqing had adapted to her leg weights and gained a Soul Power rank, but she refused Shi Yi’s offer of seven days off.
• Shi Yi explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s speed would eventually surpass his as her cultivation and training advanced, but she left determined to continue the next day.
• Oscar helped the battered Ma Hongjun with a Recovery Big Sausage, and Ma Hongjun blamed a stronger man for beating him after a dispute over a girl.
• At dinner, Shi Yi told Ning Rongrong that her training could promote Martial Soul Evolution but would not guarantee it, and she asked to join his training.
• Shi Yi agreed to train Ning Rongrong for an extra cost, leaving her surprised.

Shi Yi persuaded Ning Rongrong to supply his training materials, then discussed Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and friendship with her during a shopping trip. After the seven-day holiday ended, Ning Rongrong joined Shi Yi’s training with Yu Xiaogang’s approval.

• Shi Yi asked Ning Rongrong to provide medicinal herbs, old Whale Rubber, and rare metals, and she arranged regular deliveries through the Seven Treasures Merchant House.
• While shopping, Ning Rongrong pressed Shi Yi about his feelings for Zhu Zhuqing and the relationship between Xiao Wu and Tang San, and Shi Yi warned her not to pry into Tang San’s private affairs.
• Shi Yi reassured Ning Rongrong that friendship took many forms and reminded her that her father and two seniors truly cared for her before leaving to cultivate.
• After the holiday, Shi Yi saw Ma Hongjun looking dejected and noted that Yu Xiaogang’s training had temporarily suppressed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire.
• Ning Rongrong asked Yu Xiaogang to let her train with Shi Yi, and he agreed as the Shrek group looked on in surprise.