Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi arranged training for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, using Little Ant to develop Zhu Zhuqing’s reflexes and assigning Ning Rongrong Heart Separation Control practice under physical strain. He demonstrated his own Three Orifices Control Heart and reflected on how his control training might strengthen his Mental Power.

• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing a requested item, and Shi Yi thanked her for supporting Zhu Zhuqing’s training.
• Shi Yi tested Zhu Zhuqing’s speed, caught her attack, and explained that she needed to train her reflexes to strike immediately after moving.
• Shi Yi summoned Little Ant, whose dark golden shell and golden patterns showed it had changed after consuming the Immortal Herb.
• Shi Yi had Little Ant throw Dragon Beard Needles for Zhu Zhuqing to collect before they hit the ground, explaining how speed and concealment could overcome opponents’ reactions.
• Shi Yi assigned Ning Rongrong to practice Heart Separation Control while training under Zhao Wuji’s Gravity, and Ning Rongrong watched Zhu Zhuqing’s demanding exercise before accepting the plan.
• Shi Yi demonstrated Three Orifices Control Heart with his Soul Rings and considered how his long practice with control might help increase his Mental Power.

Shi Yi trained Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing while helping them develop their focus and combat abilities, and he rediscovered his enjoyment of cooking. When Yu Xiaogang returned with a team battle challenge against Yu Tianheng’s group, Shi Yi agreed to let the girls compete and predicted Zhu Zhuqing would excel.

• Shi Yi explained that Ning Rongrong still needed to master Heart Separation Control and advised Zhu Zhuqing to focus on cultivating rather than relying on Dai Mubai.
• Shi Yi, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing trained under Zhao Wuji’s Gravity, with Ning Rongrong practicing Heart Separation Control and Zhu Zhuqing collecting Hair Crystal particles.
• Shi Yi cooked for the group, and over the following month Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong made substantial progress in training.
• Yu Xiaogang returned and praised the girls’ discipline after seeing how they had improved under Shi Yi’s guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang presented a team soul battle challenge featuring Yu Tianheng, and Shi Yi agreed to let Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong participate, predicting Zhu Zhuqing would outpace the opposing Agility Attack System Soul Master with Ning Rongrong’s support.

Shi Yi explained why Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong would face a strong team, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to pursue her freedom through her own efforts despite Ning Rongrong’s offer of help. At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, the Shrek team prepared for its first team spirit battle while Shi Yi watched from the VIP room.

• Shi Yi told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that battling the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon team could build their confidence and prepare Zhu Zhuqing to face Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong offered to help Zhu Zhuqing escape her fate, but Shi Yi explained the political risks and warned that Zhuqing would still need to become strong enough to protect herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ning Rongrong but said she hoped to change her circumstances with her own hands.
• Shi Yi, Zhao Wuji, and the two girls traveled to Suotuo City, where Shi Yi reunited with Tang San and Oscar and saw Dai Mubai approach Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Xiaogang arranged the team’s registration, and Shi Yi left the tactics discussion to rest before joining the Shrek teachers in the VIP room.
• Flender worried that the difficult match might crush the students’ spirit, while Yu Xiaogang said the experience mattered more than winning; Shi Yi declined to fight and watched the match.

At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Shrek’s team faced the Heaven Dou Team in a high-stakes match as Shi Yi explained how physical training accelerated Ning Rongrong’s cultivation. Zhu Zhuqing used Ning Rongrong’s enhancements to knock out Ye Lingling, leaving Shrek poised to win.

• Doudou introduced the teams, and Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng confronted each other as both sides summoned their martial souls.
• Shi Yi explained to Flender that Ning Rongrong’s physical training had improved her cultivation speed by strengthening her body.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng opened the fight with a clash of tiger and dragon attacks while Tang San fired Blue Silver Grass leaves at the Heaven Dou Team.
• The Shi Brothers shielded Ye Lingling from Tang San’s attacks, and her group healing rapidly restored the injured Heaven Dou members.
• With Ning Rongrong’s enhancements, Zhu Zhuqing sped past Tang San’s perception and knocked Ye Lingling unconscious with Hell Stab.
• The Shrek team pressed their advantage, and Shi Yi judged that the Heaven Dou Team’s defeat was only a matter of time.

Shrek defeated Heaven Dou in their first team Soul Fight, and Shi Yi urged Tang San to find a path suited to his own strengths rather than imitate Zhu Zhuqing. After Qin Ming arrived and revealed his connection to Yu Xiaogang, Shi Yi and Tang San parted without resolving whether Tang San would study with him.

• Shrek defeated Heaven Dou after Ye Lingling was taken out of the fight, leaving the two Black Tortoise Soul Masters to surrender.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Shrek's performance and announced a half-month vacation before a third stage of training that would include Shi Yi.
• Shi Yi told Zhu Zhuqing to use her speed to control her own fate, then advised Tang San to focus on carving out his own path.
• Qin Ming arrived to greet Flender and Zhao Wuji, and Shi Yi revealed that Heaven Dou captain Yu Tianheng was Yu Xiaogang's nephew.
• Shi Yi explained that Tang San should learn from others selectively, but Xiao Wu pulled Tang San away before he could decide whether to study with Shi Yi.

Shi Yi confronted Dai Mubai when he threatened Ning Rongrong, then began forging the Hair Crystal she had obtained for him into a Soul Tool. After completing a shape-shifting carving knife, he started experimenting with a Core Formation to improve its control.

• Ning Rongrong prevented Dai Mubai from speaking privately with Zhu Zhuqing, and her taunts drove him to flare up with his Martial Soul.
• Shi Yi stepped between Dai Mubai and the girls, warned him against causing trouble in Heaven Dou, and a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect expert's presence forced Dai Mubai to hold back.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong that Shrek had given her hope of changing her fate, though she doubted Dai Mubai could change with her.
• Flender told Shi Yi that Shrek would move in two months, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Shi Yi's training while he prepared to work with the Hair Crystal.
• Shi Yi crushed the large Hair Crystal into fragments and spent days forging them into a golden bead that could transform into a carving knife.
• Shi Yi began carving a Core Formation across the Hair Crystal, adjusting his Soul Power to find a balance that let him work precisely.

Shi Yi completed Hair Crystal Soul Tools and gave defensive and offensive pieces to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing while discussing their progress. After Shrek Academy’s rest period ended, Flender led the group out toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy on foot.

• Shi Yi demonstrated Ning Rongrong’s Crystal Gold Guard, which withstood Little Ant’s powerful strike, and explained how Soul Tools could eventually be improved.
• Shi Yi gave Zhu Zhuqing Hair Crystal claws and hand blades suited to her fighting style, then revealed his own Hair Crystal carving knife and showed its cutting power.
• Shi Yi learned that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had both broken through; Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-two, while Shi Yi had gained three levels.
• Shi Yi advised Zhu Zhuqing to resume her training and master her improved abilities, then agreed to cook for her, Ning Rongrong, and Zhao Wuji.
• After the two-month rest period ended, Flender ordered the group to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, refusing Shi Yi’s request for a carriage.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji hurried the group along on foot, beginning their journey to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Yu Xiaogang sent Shi Yi into a Deathmatch to teach him about killing, and Shi Yi defeated Mad Crocodile with a concealed Dragon Beard Needle. After the Shrek group continued their journey, they arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where students blocked their path.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had signed Shi Yi up for a Deathmatch to prepare him for having to kill, and Shi Yi entered the arena against Mad Crocodile.
• Shi Yi pierced Mad Crocodile's head with a Hair Crystal Dragon Beard Needle and won the Deathmatch, while Tang San recognized the weapon's value.
• Shi Yi told Yu Xiaogang that killing could be handled without becoming bloodthirsty, then showed Tang San the Hair Crystal and explained its properties.
• The Shrek group left Silvis City the next morning and reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy three days later, where Flender and the others admired the grounds and discussed the academy's strengths.
• Shi Yi revealed that Yu Xiaogang was an Honorary Elder of Spirit Hall and joked that he could have been sent to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Several Heaven Dou Royal Academy students stopped the Shrek group and demanded to know who they were.

Shi Yi exposed Xue Beng’s scheme to drive Shrek Academy away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, so Flender led the group to Heaven Dou City to seek another school. After Qin Ming recommended Blue Tyrant Academy, Ning Rongrong urgently called Shi Yi from outside his room.

• Xue Beng tried to provoke the Shrek group into a fight, but Lu Qibin restrained him and the other students with his martial soul.
• Shi Yi recognized Xue Beng as the Fourth Prince and warned that the incident would reach Crown Prince Xue Qinghe; Flender then led the group away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• On the way down the mountain, Shi Yi warned Tang San that Dugu Yan’s grandfather, Poison Douluo, might retaliate over their arena encounter.
• In Heaven Dou City, Qin Ming apologized to Flender and recommended Blue Tyrant Academy as a possible new home for the Shrek teachers.
• After the group ate with Qin Ming, Shi Yi returned to his room, where Ning Rongrong urgently knocked and called for him to come out.

Shi Yi rescued Zhu Zhuqing after Dai Mubai abducted her and tried to force her into staying with him. The next morning, the academy reprimanded Dai Mubai, and Flender led Shrek toward Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Ning Rongrong found Shi Yi and told him Dai Mubai had knocked Zhu Zhuqing unconscious and taken her away.
• Shi Yi and Ning Rongrong found Dai Mubai at a hotel and rescued Zhu Zhuqing after Shi Yi knocked Dai Mubai unconscious.
• Shi Yi warned Zhu Zhuqing to be careful, and she thanked him the next morning.
• Ning Rongrong revealed Dai Mubai’s actions to the Shrek group, and Flender recorded the violation while letting the matter end at Zhu Zhuqing’s request.
• Flender led the Shrek group to Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy with Qin Ming as their guide.

After the Shrek group arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender and Yu Xiaogang reunited with Liu Erlong, who offered them the academy and planned to rename it Shrek. Tang San then disappeared, and Shi Yi suspected Dugu Bo had taken him, while privately resolving to pursue an opportunity involving Xiao Wu.

• Shi Yi revealed his reasoning for guessing that Yu Xiaogang and Flender were about to meet a woman they both cared for, and the group found Liu Erlong at her cottage.
• Liu Erlong reunited with Yu Xiaogang and Flender, welcomed Shrek's teachers and students, and offered to hand over Blue Tyrant Academy and rename it Shrek.
• At lunch, the group discussed teaching duties and training, while Yu Xiaogang left with Tang San for a walk and Liu Erlong followed afterward.
• Shi Yi considered taking Xiao Wu's Soul Bone, reasoning that Tang Hao was unlikely to appear and that future events had become unpredictable.
• Yu Xiaogang returned in a panic and reported that Tang San was missing; Shi Yi suspected Dugu Bo had taken him, and Xiao Wu pleaded with Flender to save Tang San.

Shi Yi manipulated Xiao Wu into leaving the academy, then secretly killed her to obtain her Soul Bone and fled back to Shrek Academy. The power released by her death alerted powerful figures across the region, while Tang San sensed that he had lost something important.

• Shi Yi reprimanded Xiao Wu for Tang San’s predicament and planned to exploit her guilt to lure her out alone.
• Xiao Wu begged Shi Yi to help find Tang San, but he refused at first and later agreed to accompany her when she sneaked out at night.
• Shi Yi led Xiao Wu southwest toward a forest, claiming Dugu Bo was likely to be there, while Little Ant scouted ahead.
• In a deserted part of the forest, Shi Yi struck Xiao Wu unconscious and killed her with the Hair Crystal, revealing her true form and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Shi Yi took Xiao Wu’s Soul Bone and fled as Dugu Bo, She Long, Pufferfish, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and Tang San sensed the enormous Soul Power fluctuation.
• Shi Yi returned to the academy and meditated as if nothing had happened.

Shi Yi concealed his role in Xiao Wu’s death while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall investigated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s corpse. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu’s disappearance was mourned as a likely death, while Shi Yi continued training and gained new insight into Disorder Splitting Wind.

• Shi Yi heard rumors that the Empire had sealed off the site where a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast appeared, while Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin found that its corpse was missing its Soul Bone.
• Qian Renxue learned from She Long that the dead Soul Beast was a rabbit and that Gu Rong had taken part of its corpse.
• Shi Yi told Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong that Xiao Wu had missed training, prompting them to search for her.
• Flender’s group learned that San Pao had tracked Xiao Wu’s aura to the sealed-off site, and they concluded she was probably dead.
• Shi Yi trained with a forging hammer under intense gravity, refined his understanding of Disorder Splitting Wind, and wondered what skill Xiao Wu’s Soul Bone could grant him.
• An unfamiliar voice praised Shi Yi as he finished his training.

Ning Fengzhi visited Shrek to see Ning Rongrong, then took her, Shi Yi, Zhu Zhuqing, and the Sword and Bone Duo around Heaven Dou City. At an auction, Shi Yi recognized a rare piece of Whale Rubber as useful for Rongrong’s upcoming Soul Ring absorption and asked Ning Fengzhi to buy it, promising to explain why.

• Ning Fengzhi arrived at Shrek with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong happily reunited with her father and Grandpa Bone.
• Ning Rongrong told them she had reached Level 30 a month earlier and had delayed absorbing a Soul Ring on Shi Yi’s advice; she invited Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing to visit the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi took the group sightseeing in Heaven Dou City and brought them to its largest auction house.
• At the auction, Shi Yi explained that most lots held little value for Soul Masters, while Ning Rongrong bought several items.
• The auctioneer unveiled Whale Rubber from a whale-type Soul Beast over sixty thousand years old, and Shi Yi recognized it as useful for raising the upper limit of Rongrong’s Soul Rings.
• Shi Yi asked Ning Fengzhi to buy the Whale Rubber, saying it was important for Rongrong’s upcoming Soul Ring absorption and that he would explain its use.

Shi Yi explained his plan to test whether treated Whale Rubber and physical training could raise Soul Ring absorption limits, then declined Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in favor of cooperating as a friend. After the group reached Seven Treasure City, Shi Yi began a pressure-resistance test with Chen Xin, leaving the result unknown.

• Shi Yi explained how physical training and Whale Rubber might improve a Soul Master’s ability to absorb older Soul Rings, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to help test the idea.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Shi Yi to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Shi Yi refused and proposed a mutually beneficial friendship instead.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Ning Rongrong’s feelings for Shi Yi and her future responsibilities as a potential sect master.
• Ning Fengzhi paid for the Whale Rubber, and the group left the auction house, ate lunch, and traveled to Seven Treasure City.
• At the training ground, Shi Yi asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange fire- and ice-attribute Soul Masters and had Chen Xin test his resistance to Soul Power pressure.
• Chen Xin unleashed his sharp, killing-intent-filled Soul Power pressure, and Shi Yi circulated the Twelve Meridians to resist it.

Shi Yi endured Chen Xin’s Soul Power pressure, opened a second Eight Extraordinary Meridian, and demonstrated his exceptional physical strength. He also showed Ning Fengzhi the Crystal Gold Guard, prompting Ning Fengzhi to consider funding Shi Yi’s Soul Tool research before two newcomers entered the courtyard.

• Chen Xin steadily increased his Soul Power pressure, and Shi Yi endured it without summoning his martial soul until he called Little Ant and used Beast Soul Possession.
• Shi Yi withstood pressure up to the Soul King level and opened a second Eight Extraordinary Meridian, but Chen Xin stopped when the pressure wounded him.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi discussed Shi Yi’s strength, training methods, and potential to absorb powerful Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi the Crystal Gold Guard, and he transformed it into a sturdy protective cylinder with his Soul Power.
• Shi Yi explained the Soul Tool’s limits and offered to share future results with Ning Fengzhi in exchange for support for his research.
• Ning Fengzhi said they should finish the matter at hand, and two people entered the courtyard.

Shi Yi used Whale Rubber to strengthen his body, endured its intense heat with help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ice and fire Soul Masters, and woke the next day with greater strength and Soul Power. After Chen Xin tested his limits, the elders began suspecting Shi Yi had a Soul Bone when his rapid progress defied their explanations.

• Shi Yi had a fire-attribute Soul Master soften the Whale Rubber, ate both pieces, and asked an ice-attribute Soul Master to seal him in ice when the yang energy became overwhelming.
• Ning Fengzhi rewarded the two Soul Masters with Soul Bones and ordered them to keep the process secret, while he and Gu Rong discussed watching them closely.
• Shi Yi woke the next day feeling stronger and one Soul Power level higher, then joked with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing over breakfast.
• Chen Xin tested Shi Yi’s resistance and found he could withstand pressure up to level fifty-eight, leading the elders to estimate that he could absorb a Soul Ring of around twelve thousand years.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong speculated that Shi Yi’s progress might be explained by a Soul Bone, then asked Ning Rongrong whether his Soul Power had ever surged; Zhu Zhuqing grew alarmed, but Ning Rongrong said it had not.

Shi Yi and the others concluded that Xiao Wu may have killed the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and deliberately disappeared, while Ning Fengzhi’s suspicion of Shi Yi damaged their trust. Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the academy, leaving Ning Rongrong to confront her family and reflect on her own future.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong questioned Shi Yi about the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Ning Rongrong explained that Shi Yi had not left the academy that day.
• Ning Rongrong told them Xiao Wu had disappeared while searching for Tang San, and Ning Fengzhi revealed that Gu Rong had found a dead Soul Beast, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and a mysterious man in black at the scene.
• Shi Yi reasoned that Xiao Wu might have killed the transformed Soul Beast and arranged her disappearance, then urged the others to report their conclusion to the academy and left with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted that his suspicion had crossed Shi Yi’s boundaries, while Ning Rongrong angrily challenged him and ran off; Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong to focus on investigating Xiao Wu and to send Shi Yi rare metals as payment.
• On the carriage ride back, Shi Yi told Zhu Zhuqing that he cared about her more than Xiao San or Xiao Wu, and explained why he felt little attachment to Xiao Wu.
• Shi Yi and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the academy and went inside to resume cultivation.

Shi Yi warned Flender that Xiao Wu might be tied to the mysterious killing and spent the following months cultivating at Shrek Academy. Ning Rongrong returned to apologize with a ring of rare metals, but Shi Yi made clear they could only remain friends; six months after arriving in Heaven Dou, his Soul Power had reached level thirty-eight while Xiao Wu remained missing.

• Shi Yi told Flender about Gu Rong's investigation into Xiao Wu and advised him to stay away from the unsealed site and keep Tang San from acting rashly.
• Shi Yi incorporated the Eight Extraordinary Meridians into his Soul Power circulation and renamed the improved system the Zhengqi Meridians.
• Ning Rongrong apologized on behalf of her father and grandfathers and gave Shi Yi a Storage Ring filled with rare metals; Shi Yi accepted it but told her they could only be friends.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin watched Ning Rongrong leave in tears and regretted their earlier suspicions about Shi Yi, while Zhu Zhuqing later understood why he had accepted the ring.
• Over the next six months, Shi Yi reached Soul Power Level thirty-eight and Zhu Zhuqing reached thirty-five as they trained diligently at Shrek Academy.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect searched for Xiao Wu, including sealing off Nuoding City, but failed to find her; Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong kept her disappearance from Tang San.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Xiao Wu had been missing for half a year after a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was reported near Heaven Dou. He left to investigate the scene, while Shi Yi warned the others that Tang San might suspect whoever took the Soul Bone.

• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy with Dugu Bo, then rushed to the girls' dormitory when the teachers could not reassure him about Xiao Wu.
• Shi Yi told Tang San that Xiao Wu disappeared after Dugu Bo invited him away, and that her aura had led toward a reported Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sighting.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Bone Douluo had found a black-clad man, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and a dead Soul Beast, but no sign of Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Bo accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of taking the Soul Bone, while Shi Yi argued that the sect had little reason to silence Xiao Wu.
• Tang San concluded that whoever took the Soul Bone was the culprit and left to investigate the site; Dugu Bo departed without receiving his help.
• Shi Yi advised the others to keep Ning Rongrong protected from Tang San, who might act unpredictably while searching for Xiao Wu.