Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun overwhelmed Li Jia with his Phoenix flames and won after Li Jia conceded, drawing attention to Shrek Academy’s extraordinary students. Flender overheard Lin An and Lin Ning discussing their Martial Soul experiment and was disappointed to learn they would not use it on him.

• Ma Hongjun unleashed his flames across the arena, leaving Li Jia unable to approach or break through them.
• Li Jia conceded and left the arena, prompting an uproar as spectators recognized Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Flender decided Ma Hongjun’s future could rival Dai Mubai’s and moved to thank Lin An and Lin Ning for their help.
• Lin An told Lin Ning that Ma Hongjun’s changed Martial Soul supported their experimental theory, while Lin Ning wondered whether it would work on someone stronger.
• Lin Ning suggested trying the experiment on Flender, but Lin An said Flender would not work, dashing Flender’s hopes.

Lin An and Lin Ning discussed Martial Soul Avatars and considered Zhao Wuji as a subject for their experiments, while Ma Hongjun returned from his match and explained that he had completed the first stage of Atavism. Oscar worried about his upcoming fight, unaware that his training partners had grown far stronger.

• Lin An explained that Martial Soul Avatars helped Soul Masters adapt to their Martial Souls and could become a burden to those seeking godhood.
• Lin An and Lin Ning decided to try persuading Zhao Wuji to let them experiment on him.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar praised Ma Hongjun, who said Lin Ning and Lin An had helped him complete the first stage of Atavism.
• Ma Hongjun changed the subject to Oscar's upcoming match, and Oscar admitted he lacked confidence as a Level 28 Food System Soul Master.
• Oscar worried that his training had not prepared him to fight other Soul Masters, forgetting how much stronger Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had become.

Oscar entered a deathmatch at the Fighting Spirit Arena as Shrek Academy’s third contestant, shocking the crowd because he was a Food System Soul Master. He faced Jiang Ming, a ruthless Black Bear Soul Master with a perfect deathmatch record, and the fight began with Jiang Ming attacking while leaving himself undefended.

• The host introduced Oscar as Shrek Academy’s third contestant and revealed that he was a Food System Soul Master.
• Oscar stepped into the arena and learned that his opponent, Jiang Ming, was a level twenty-nine Black Bear Soul Master who had killed every deathmatch opponent.
• Jiang Ming offered Oscar a chance to leave, but Oscar refused to surrender and jokingly asked Jiang Ming to surrender instead.
• Jiang Ming activated his Martial Soul and lunged at Oscar, targeting his vital points without defending himself.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun watched from the stands, confident that Jiang Ming had underestimated Oscar.

Oscar used a dirty, Soul Power-canceling technique to exploit Jiang Ming’s defenses and overpower him. After Jiang Ming guarded his groin, Oscar reappeared behind him and launched his ultimate art, Chrysanthemum Ruin.

• Oscar feigned a punch at Jiang Ming’s face, vanished, and struck him in the groin with a blow that pierced his Soul Ring defense.
• Oscar retreated and relied on sausages to replenish his Soul Power while preparing to fight Jiang Ming again.
• The chapter explained that Oscar’s Pirated Heaven Punishing Sword: Modified canceled out Soul Power through direct clashes, and that Lin Ning and Lin An had trained him in exchange for twenty years of service.
• Oscar charged again as Jiang Ming defended his groin, then vanished and reappeared behind him with Soul Power spikes aimed at his backside.
• Oscar announced his Physical Technique Ultimate Art, Chrysanthemum Ruin, as he prepared to strike Jiang Ming from behind.