Recaps

Flender sent Zhao Xuan and Hermione to catch a Spined Pig that had wandered into the village. They lured it out of a wheat field and killed it, leaving Zhao Xuan pleased that it would provide dinner.

• Village children told Flender that a fast Spined Pig had entered the village and injured a man.
• Flender ordered Zhao Xuan and Hermione to catch the beast without letting it harm anyone else.
• Hermione suggested using fruit to lure the Spined Pig out of the wheat field, and Zhao Xuan set a trap with the villagers’ help.
• Zhao Xuan immobilized the charging Spined Pig with his First Soul Skill while Hermione struck it in the throat with a Phoenix Rocket.
• The Spined Pig died and left a white Soul Ring, and Zhao Xuan carried it away as dinner.

Flender took the Shrek students to the Suo Tuo Great Soul Arena for their first class, where Zhao Xuan asked to enter a dangerous unrestricted competition. Flender agreed and sent him with a staff member, leaving Tang San and the others worried.

• Zhao Xuan cultivated until dusk, then joined Tang San and the others when Flender summoned them.
• Flender led the students to Suotuo City and revealed that their first class would take place at the Great Soul Arena.
• After registering and receiving Iron Soul Badges, Zhao Xuan asked about unrestricted fighting formats, and Flender explained Indiscriminate Competition and Battle Royale.
• Zhao Xuan chose to try one of the dangerous formats despite Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hermione's concern.
• Flender gave Zhao Xuan a mask and sent him with a Great Soul Arena staff member, telling Tang San that Zhao Xuan was stronger than he imagined.

Zhao Xuan entered the Suo Tuo Great Soul Arena’s Indiscriminate Arena and registered for a match. He emerged into Earth Character Number Seven Arena to face the five-win Blood-Colored Lone Wolf, and the chapter ended as he sized up his opponent.

• An attendant led Zhao Xuan underground to the Indiscriminate Arena, where he registered for an indiscriminate fight using his Iron Soul Badge.
• Zhao Xuan waited in the crowded hall, observing the masked soul masters and other unusual figures around him.
• An announcement summoned Zhao Xuan, under the nickname Ink-Colored Profound Mystery, to Earth Character Number Seven Arena.
• The host introduced Zhao Xuan as a level 34 Control System Battle Soul Elder and Blood-Colored Lone Wolf as a level 45 Battle Soul Sect Master with five consecutive arena victories.
• Zhao Xuan stepped onto the arena platform, surveyed the spectators and surroundings, and turned his attention to Blood-Colored Lone Wolf.

Zhao Xuan faced Crimson Lone Wolf in the arena and used his Telecommunication Fraud skill to evade the Soul Ancestor’s opening attack and counter him. As the fight continued, Zhao Xuan dodged Crimson Lone Wolf’s repeated strikes, leaving his opponent frustrated and the match unresolved.

• Crimson Lone Wolf warned Zhao Xuan that he was too young to fight, but Zhao Xuan urged the host to begin.
• The host started the match, and Crimson Lone Wolf used Blood Wolf possession and his Surprise Attack skill to rush Zhao Xuan.
• Zhao Xuan used Telecommunication Fraud to leave an illusion in Crimson Lone Wolf’s path, then kicked the real opponent away.
• Crimson Lone Wolf charged again, but Zhao Xuan effortlessly dodged his wolf-claw attacks.
• Zhao Xuan taunted Crimson Lone Wolf for failing to match his boasts, and Crimson Lone Wolf grew angry.

Zhao Xuan fought the Crimson Lone Wolf, using the battle to sharpen his intuition while holding back his strength. After Zhao Xuan overpowered him during his Fourth Soul Skill, the Crimson Lone Wolf conceded.

• The Crimson Lone Wolf fired his Back Fur Needles, but Zhao Xuan dodged the attack with ease.
• The Crimson Lone Wolf spread Blood Mist across the arena and attacked from concealment, but Zhao Xuan sensed his position and countered him repeatedly.
• The Crimson Lone Wolf dispersed the mist, recognized that Zhao Xuan had underestimated him, and activated his Fourth Soul Skill, Wolf Blood Boil.
• The Crimson Lone Wolf's attacks failed to move Zhao Xuan, who seized him and hurled him to the ground, fracturing his arm.
• The Crimson Lone Wolf got up and conceded, prompting an uproar from the arena.

After winning an underground arena match, Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy and learned that Ning Rongrong’s conflict with Dai Mubai had unsettled the students. The next morning, the strained group gathered for training, where Flender arrived late and asked after Oscar, who was still cultivating.

• Zhao Xuan won an underground match against the Crimson Lone Wolf, earned Gold Soul Coins and Points, and developed an instinct for deceptive skills.
• Zhao Xuan returned to the dormitory, where Tang San checked that he was unharmed and explained Ning Rongrong’s argument with Dai Mubai and her request that he kill Dai Mubai.
• Oscar returned after Flender called him away, then began cultivating, while Zhao Xuan and Tang San went to sleep.
• The next morning, Zhao Xuan and Tang San ate breakfast with Xiao Wu and Hermione as Dai Mubai remained gloomy, Ma Hongjun kept quiet, and Zhu Zhuqing ate alone.
• The students gathered at the training ground, where Ning Rongrong looked haggard and Oscar was absent.
• Flender arrived late, asked whether Oscar had slept in, and accepted Zhao Xuan’s explanation that Oscar was still cultivating.

Oscar announced that he had reached Level 30, and Flender used his sausages to teach the students to overcome their disgust and adapt to danger. The chapter ended with Flender sending the group to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his third soul ring.

• Oscar hurried over and told Flender that his Soul Power had reached Level 30, prompting the others to congratulate him.
• Flender ordered every student to eat one of Oscar's sausages as adaptability training, and Zhao Xuan ate the first two without hesitation.
• Ning Rongrong took two sausages and ate them, surprising Oscar and easing the others' reluctance to try them.
• The students each ate a sausage while Oscar watched nervously, and Flender praised them for completing the lesson.
• Flender gave the group a day to rest, then assigned Zhao Wuji and Zhao Xuan to lead them to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar's third soul ring, telling them to rely on themselves until they encountered a thousand-year Spirit Beast.

The Shrek Academy students traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest and stopped for the night in a nearby town. At the inn, Dai Mubai introduced Tang San and Zhao Xuan to the academy’s tradition of causing trouble, as a group from Blue Sunshine Academy arrived.

• The Shrek students left early and ran toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Oscar’s sausages sustaining them on the journey.
• The group reached a bustling town near the forest by evening and settled into an inn.
• Xiao Wu grew quiet and gloomy after seeing the many Soul Masters in town.
• The students ate together while Dai Mubai explained that Teacher Zhao would pay none of their expenses or accept benefits from them.
• A group from Blue Sunshine Academy entered the inn, and Dai Mubai signaled Oscar and Ma Hongjun before telling Tang San and Zhao Xuan that Shrek’s dean encouraged Soul Masters to cause trouble.

Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai provoked Blue Sunshine Academy at a restaurant, and a staged collision sparked a fight. After Shrek Academy revealed its powerful soul rings, Blue Sunshine Academy’s Ye Zhi Qiu backed down and asked which sect they belonged to.

• Ma Hongjun loudly whispered about the Blue Sunshine Academy girls, and Dai Mubai insulted their school.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student crashed into a waiter carrying dishes, but Tang San caught the falling food with his secret technique.
• Dai Mubai kicked the student away and mocked Blue Sunshine Academy while its leader demanded to know the Shrek group’s school.
• The Blue Sunshine Academy students summoned their martial souls, and Dai Mubai called on Shrek’s group to fight.
• Dai Mubai and Zhao Xuan revealed purple soul rings, frightening the Blue Sunshine Academy students into stopping their advance.
• Ye Zhi Qiu identified himself as Blue Sunshine Academy’s External Affairs Department director and asked which sect Shrek Academy belonged to.

Zhao Xuan fought Ye Zhi Qiu after the Blue Sunshine Academy Soul King challenged Shrek Academy, defeating him despite his higher rank. Zhao Wuji arrived and revealed himself as a Soul Saint, leaving Ye Zhi Qiu to retreat in disgrace.

• Ye Zhi Qiu summoned his Mysterious Turtle martial soul and challenged Shrek Academy after learning who they were.
• Zhao Xuan caught Ye Zhi Qiu’s strike, then took the fight outside while Tang San was told to compensate the innkeeper.
• Hermione and Ning Rongrong strengthened Zhao Xuan as Ye Zhi Qiu used his soul skills against him.
• Zhao Xuan broke through Ye Zhi Qiu’s defenses and knocked him down, while Hermione’s skill dispelled the freezing effect.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and revealed seven soul rings, prompting Ye Zhi Qiu to abandon his demand for an explanation and leave.

Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Spirit Beast for Oscar’s soul ring. After Hermione used her First Soul Skill to protect them from the miasma, the group rested in a clearing, where a fast rustling sound suddenly alerted them to something approaching.

• Zhao Wuji woke the group before dawn and led them toward the Star Dou Great Forest after they ate Oscar's sausages.
• Zhao Wuji kept Ning Rongrong and Oscar close and ordered everyone to stay within twenty meters as they entered the forest.
• Hermione used Spring Water Gushes Forth to protect everyone from the miasma, leaving her weakened.
• Dai Mubai cleared a patch of ground, and the group rested and ate their rations.
• After Zhao Xuan joked that he would stop a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast, a rapid rustling sound came from the surrounding leaves.

Shrek Academy encountered and subdued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that seemed ideal for Oscar’s third spirit ring. Just as Oscar prepared to deliver the final blow, an unknown person shouted for them to stop.

• Zhao Wuji sent Zhu Zhuqing to scout the noise, and Tang San identified the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a good match for Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group while Ma Hongjun and Tang San helped restrain the serpent, and Hermione struck it with Phoenix Rockets.
• Zhao Xuan asked whether the serpent could be eaten, while Xiao Wu showed pity and questioned whether they had to hunt Spirit Beasts.
• Zhao Wuji handed Oscar a dagger, and Oscar prepared to kill the serpent before a hoarse voice shouted, "Stop!"

Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang disputed who should claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which Chao Tianxiang wanted for her granddaughter Meng Yiran. After seeing Shrek’s young Soul Masters, Chao Tianxiang proposed a contest between the students at level thirty, but Zhao Wuji revealed that Oscar was a Support System Soul Master.

• Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran and asked Zhao Wuji to give them the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, saying they had found it first.
• Tang San inspected the serpent, and Zhao Wuji refused to hand it over because the Shrek students had captured it and one of them had just reached level thirty.
• Chao Tianxiang introduced herself as the Snake Dowager and explained that Meng Yiran needed a third Soul Ring; Zhao Wuji recognized her as part of the Peerless Dragon Snake.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek members to reveal their Soul Rings, astonishing Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran with the group’s strength and Zhao Xuan’s age of twelve.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that Meng Yiran and Oscar spar to decide who would get the serpent, but Zhao Wuji objected and revealed that Oscar was a Support System Soul Master.

Tang San fought Meng Yiran for the chance to claim a Soul Ring, overcoming her attacks and eventually gaining the upper hand in a dangerous contest of Soul Power. Chao Tianxiang stopped the duel, and Meng Yiran left with her grandmother while Tang San was declared the winner.

• After Oscar gave up his chance to fight, Tang San stepped forward to face Meng Yiran, and Chao Tianxiang agreed to the match.
• Meng Yiran attacked with her Snake Staff, but Tang San dodged her blows and trapped her with his Blue Silver Grass.
• Meng Yiran escaped the vines without being poisoned and pressed Tang San with her Snake Staff, while the boys noticed her torn clothing.
• Tang San seized the Snake Staff's blade with his hardened hand, and he and Meng Yiran became locked in a dangerous contest of Soul Power.
• Chao Tianxiang and Zhao Wuji intervened to separate them after Tang San began to gain the upper hand.
• Oscar offered Tang San sausages, and Meng Yiran stormed away with Chao Tianxiang.

Oscar gained his third soul ring and revealed that his new skill let him fly, while Tang San recovered and announced that he had reached Rank 30. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest facing another search for a soul ring, with Zhao Wuji and the other students shaken by Zhao Xuan and Tang San’s exceptional progress.

• After Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran left, Zhao Wuji explained the Peerless Dragon Snake’s power while Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and absorbed its soul ring.
• Oscar awakened as a Soul Elder and revealed that his third soul skill granted him one minute of flight, but his Mushroom Sausage’s shape embarrassed him and amused the group.
• Tang San recovered from his injuries and told Zhao Wuji that he had broken through to Rank 30, so he needed a soul ring too.
• Zhao Wuji learned that Tang San was twelve years and seven months old and that Zhao Xuan had become a Soul Elder at eleven years and ten months, leaving the other students feeling outclassed.

After Tang San reached level thirty, the Shrek Academy group encountered the Titan Giant Ape while searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring. The beast seized Xiao Wu and fled, and Zhao Xuan set off after it despite his injuries.

• Zhao Wuji sensed a terrifying presence approaching and prepared the group to defend themselves as a huge creature crashed into the forest clearing.
• Tang San recognized the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Wuji and Zhao Xuan charged it while the others stayed behind.
• Zhao Xuan used his First Soul Skill to halt the Titan Giant Ape briefly, but their attacks barely harmed it.
• Tang San and the other Shrek students joined the fight, and Zhao Xuan used his Third Soul Skill to appear before the Titan Giant Ape and punch its face.
• The Titan Giant Ape knocked Zhao Xuan away, grabbed Xiao Wu, and vanished into the forest; Zhao Xuan rose injured and went after it.

Zhao Xuan chased the Titan Giant Ape to rescue Xiao Wu, but learned nothing of its bond with her and was kicked away after fighting it. The Titan Giant Ape continued carrying Xiao Wu toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Xuan followed the Titan Giant Ape's trail, ate Oscar's Mushroom Sausage, and flew above the forest with six Light Wings.
• Xiao Wu scolded Er Ming for taking her from her friends, then reassured it that she still cared about it and Da Ming.
• Zhao Xuan caught up and tried to free Xiao Wu, while she warned Er Ming not to hurt him.
• Zhao Xuan immobilized the Titan Giant Ape briefly, but it broke free and punched him; Zhao Xuan dodged and kicked it in the back of the head.
• The Titan Giant Ape kicked Zhao Xuan into the distance, then ran deeper into the forest with Xiao Wu.

After the Titan Giant Ape sent Zhao Xuan flying, he landed in a lake and discovered the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning within him. The lightning transformed his body and opened a Sea of Consciousness, where he awoke as a Nascent Soul, before he sensed movement in the nearby woods.

• Zhao Xuan surfaced in an unfamiliar lake, worried about Xiao Wu, and sat by the shore to recover despite a broken rib.
• Zhao Xuan sensed purple light and realized it was the divine lightning he had encountered in the chaotic world after his death.
• The Purple Heaven Divine Lightning became purple-gold runes that stopped Zhao Xuan's heart, then surged through his body, damaging and repairing his blood vessels as his body transformed.
• Zhao Xuan's consciousness awakened in a purple-gold Sea of Consciousness, where he saw a Nascent Soul resembling himself and recognized it as another part of his consciousness.
• Zhao Xuan sensed that his computer and phone represented Creation and All Things, then returned to his strengthened body and noticed movement in the woods.

After transforming, Zhao Xuan encountered Li Qing in the Star Dou Great Forest and discovered that the mysterious newcomer was a Titled Douluo. Li Qing was astonished by Zhao Xuan’s resilience and powerful body, and the chapter ended with Zhao Xuan revealing his age and cultivation.

• Zhao Xuan accidentally dented an ancient tree with a leap, then met Li Qing as he emerged from the forest.
• Li Qing explained that he had come to investigate the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Xuan questioned his strength.
• Li Qing released nine soul rings and the pressure of a Titled Douluo, but Zhao Xuan remained completely unaffected.
• Li Qing noticed Zhao Xuan’s jade-like skin and asked about his identity.
• Zhao Xuan told Li Qing that he was twelve years old and a three-ring Tool Soul Elder, leaving Li Qing astonished by his talent and physique.

Zhao Xuan tested his strength against Li Qing, a level ninety-two Title Douluo, and surprised him with his exceptional physical power and newly controlled purple divine lightning. After Li Qing stopped the spar, Zhao Xuan told him he knew where to find many other young prodigies.

• Li Qing invited Zhao Xuan to compete in strength, and Zhao Xuan kicked him into the lake with one blow.
• Zhao Xuan and Li Qing continued sparring, but Zhao Xuan's body withstood Li Qing's attacks and struck him twice.
• Li Qing drew the Clear Wind Sword and used Sword Leaf and Hidden Edge, but Zhao Xuan blocked the attacks with purple lightning.
• Li Qing ended the spar, lamented that he could not handle a twelve-year-old, and said he would leave seclusion to see the outside world.
• Zhao Xuan told Li Qing that he knew where there were many little monsters.

Zhao Xuan persuaded Li Qing, a Titled Douluo, to leave seclusion and help him find the Shrek group after Xiao Wu was taken by the Titan Giant Ape. They reunited with the group during a tense dispute with the Dragon Snake family, where Li Qing revealed his nine soul rings and shifted the balance.

• Zhao Xuan convinced Li Qing to visit Shrek Academy and told him that Xiao Wu had been taken into the dangerous depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Qing warned Zhao Xuan that Xiao Wu might be doomed, but the two followed the Titan Giant Ape's tracks toward the forest's outskirts and found the Shrek group.
• Zhao Xuan reunited with Tang San and the others, said he had failed to bring Xiao Wu back, and learned that Tang San had killed a Man Faced Demon Spider claimed by Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Xuan challenged the Dragon Snake family over their treatment of Tang San, and Li Qing revealed himself as a Titled Douluo by raising nine soul rings.

Li Qing revealed himself as Jade Lord Douluo and arranged a throwing-knife contest to settle Tang San and Meng Yiran’s dispute over the Man Faced Demon Spider. Tang San won with his hidden-weapon skill, while Zhao Xuan’s immense strength startled everyone and left the result beyond doubt.

• Meng Shu and Zhao Wuji respectfully greeted Li Qing after learning he was Jade Lord Douluo, and Ning Rongrong explained his reputation to Zhao Xuan.
• Li Qing questioned Tang San about absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s spirit ring, then proposed that Tang San and Meng Yiran settle their dispute with a throwing-knife accuracy contest.
• Zhao Xuan accidentally shattered an ancient tree with a punch, and Li Qing protected the group from the flying debris with his Sword Wall.
• Zhao Xuan shook another tree, and Meng Yiran and Tang San threw their Soul Breaking Blades at the falling leaves.
• Tang San revealed that he had emptied the pouch of eighteen blades, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang accepted Meng Yiran’s defeat.
• Meng Yiran saw the knives embedded in the tree and was stunned by Tang San’s accuracy.

Tang San began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring while Zhao Xuan discovered his computer could create a fourth soul skill, Eternal Time. Xiao Wu returned from the Titan Giant Ape, claiming a bull’s roar had frightened it away, leaving everyone puzzled about what had happened.

• Tang San began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring after Meng Yiran kissed him goodbye.
• Hermione questioned Zhao Xuan about letting Tang San absorb a soul ring that seemed too old, and Zhao Xuan decided Tang San would not have listened to a warning.
• Zhao Xuan’s computer transformed his three soul rings and nearly consumed his spiritual power before producing the fourth soul skill, Eternal Time, which could copy one soul skill he had seen.
• Li Qing heard a commotion, and Xiao Wu stumbled out of the bushes, astonishing Zhao Xuan and the others.
• Xiao Wu said a bull’s roar had scared off the Titan Giant Ape, and Li Qing wondered if the hundred-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python had intervened.

Tang San endured the violent absorption of the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and awakened with eight Spider Spears and a transformed Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. After embracing Xiao Wu, he realized he was naked and asked who had taken off his clothes.

• Zhao Xuan and Li Qing sensed something unusual about Xiao Wu, but Zhao Xuan chose not to question her about the Titan Giant Ape.
• Tang San struggled through the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring's violent effects as his body and Blue Silver Grass began to transform.
• Eight Spider Spears burst from Tang San's back, and his Blue Silver Grass wrapped him in a cocoon; Li Qing reassured the others that Tang San appeared safe and his Martial Soul had grown tougher.
• The group took turns guarding Tang San through a full day and night until he awakened.
• Tang San embraced Xiao Wu, then noticed he was naked and asked who had taken off his clothes.

After Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, he discovered he had gained poisonous Spider Spears and used his new ability to save Ma Hongjun. The group learned Xiao Wu had also obtained her third soul ring, leaving Zhao Wuji astonished by the students’ gains.

• Zhao Xuan gave Tang San clothes, and Xiao Wu embarrassed him by telling everyone they had slept together once at Nuoding Academy.
• Tang San discovered eight Spider Spears had grown from his back and tested their sharpness on a tree.
• Ma Hongjun cut himself on a Spider Spear and was poisoned, so Li Qing restrained the poison and Oscar gave him a Small Sausage.
• Tang San drew the poison out of Ma Hongjun’s arm and identified it as the Man Faced Demon Spider’s poison.
• Tang San retracted the Spider Spears into his back, and Zhao Wuji praised the group’s gains from the expedition.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she had obtained her third soul ring after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, shocking Zhao Wuji and the others.