Chapter Summaries

The Shrek Seven Devils and their teachers camped in Sunset Forest while searching for suitable soul beasts. Inside the teachers' tent, Liu Erlong tried to reunite with Yu Xiaogang, but their intimate moment ended when they discovered he was a eunuch.

• Flender called the group to rest for the night after they found no suitable soul beasts in Sunset Forest.
• Tang San marked the campsite with Medicinal Powder, and the group set up camp, cooked dinner, and arranged the sleeping spots in their tents.
• Yu Xiaogang lay beside Liu Erlong and recalled their interrupted wedding, struggling with his feelings and their family connection.
• Liu Erlong held Yu Xiaogang and climbed into his bedding, insisting she would no longer let him avoid her.
• Yu Xiaogang rolled over and pinned Liu Erlong, but they discovered he was a eunuch, and he fled the tent in embarrassment.

The Shrek group encountered a powerful Earth King, and Liu Erlong used her Crimson Dragon True Body to overpower it. The chapter ended with her tearing off its pincers as she continued venting her fury.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to wake Flender and Zhao Wuji, but their hearing had been sealed, leading to a confused argument and Flender kicking Zhao Wuji out of the tent.
• A four-thousand-five-hundred-year Earth King attacked Dai Mubai, who blocked its flames with his White Tiger Protective Barrier.
• Liu Erlong rushed from the tent in a rage, transformed with her seventh soul skill, and charged the Earth King despite its Lava Earth Shattering Strike.
• Liu Erlong endured the Earth King's fire pillar, stomped it into the ground, pinned its tail, and struck its head.
• Liu Erlong tore off both of the Earth King's pincers and continued attacking it.

Liu Erlong killed the Earth King, changing Ma Hongjun’s soul-ring fate and earning Ye Ying a new plant and ten thousand years of cultivation time. The Shrek group resumed their journey the next morning, with Tang San explaining Yu Xiaogang’s behavior to an angry Liu Erlong.

• Liu Erlong seized the Earth King by its tail hook, battered it, and crushed it to death.
• The system rewarded Ye Ying with the Flame Pea Shooter and ten thousand years of freely allocated cultivation duration.
• Liu Erlong returned to human form and went to sleep, while Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the others reacted to her rampage.
• The next morning, Flender’s remark angered Liu Erlong, and she ran back into her tent after Yu Xiaogang called out to her.
• The group set off again after breakfast, and Tang San walked beside Liu Erlong, explaining that Yu Xiaogang had acted deliberately.

Ye Fan used Plantern to repel a poisonous fog that he recognized as a soul-beast attack, protecting the Shrek Academy group as they discovered they were surrounded by a vast swarm of Pink Ladies. The group remained inside Plantern’s safe radius while Yu Xiaogang explained what the creatures were.

• Ye Fan handed out Anti-Miasma Pills as Flender warned the group to stay close in the thick morning mist.
• Liu Erlong moved beside Yu Xiaogang to protect him, but Yu Xiaogang switched places with Tang San instead.
• A gust turned the mist pink, and Flender and Liu Erlong tried to disperse the poisonous fog with their Soul Power.
• Ye Fan recognized the danger, summoned Plantern, and used its light to clear the mist and protect everyone within twenty meters.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to identify the soul beasts, and Tang San saw that more than a thousand Pink Ladies surrounded them.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Pink Ladies were usually mild, gregarious soul beasts that avoided Soul Masters.

Yu Xiaogang explained that a Pink Empress and her colony had trapped the group in toxic mist, likely to avenge the Earth King Liu Erlong killed. Ye Fan used Clover to disperse the mist, and Liu Erlong attacked the Pink Ladies as the Pink Empress appeared.

• Yu Xiaogang described the Pink Ladies’ stimulant toxin and concluded that a Pink Empress was directing the thousand-member colony’s attack.
• Tang San suggested the colony sought revenge for the Earth King, and Yu Xiaogang agreed that the Pink Empress might have been its mate.
• Flender warned the group about the toxic mist and asked Ye Fan how they should escape.
• Ye Fan summoned Clover, whose wind scattered the mist and revealed the Pink Ladies surrounding the group.
• Liu Erlong charged into the swarm and killed at least ten Pink Ladies with her flames.
• The Pink Empress emerged from the woods, drawn by the Earth King’s death and the trace of its aura on Liu Erlong.

After Liu Erlong killed the Pink Empress, the Shrek group found soul rings for Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai. Ye Fan revised Dai Mubai’s Fourth Soul Ring into a Meteor Turtle, and Dai Mubai reluctantly prepared to reveal its skill to the group.

• Liu Erlong killed the Pink Empress and its Pink Ladies, earning Ye Fan a Berserk Newspaper Zombie and 10,000 years of freely allocated cultivation duration.
• The Shrek group found a 4,500-year-old Golden Light Rabbit, and Xiao Wu absorbed its Soul Ring to gain Invincible Golden Body.
• Ye Fan realized Liu Erlong was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, while Xiao Wu absorbed her Soul Ring without revealing her true nature.
• The group found a 4,100-year-old Meteor Tiger, and Ye Fan revised it into a 1,100-year-old Meteor Turtle for Dai Mubai to absorb.
• When Ma Hongjun asked about Dai Mubai’s Fourth Soul Skill, Dai Mubai asked everyone not to laugh before agreeing to reveal it.

Dai Mubai revealed his slow but powerful fourth soul skill, Meteor Turtle Fist, and the group returned safely to Shrek Academy, where Flender prepared the team for the upcoming tournament. As Flender explained the rules and format, Oscar questioned how the finals could have thirty-three teams when the stated qualifiers added up to thirty-two.

• Dai Mubai demonstrated Meteor Turtle Fist, and Flender urged the group to leave Sunset Forest before they returned safely to Shrek Academy.
• Flender recruited Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu as substitutes for the Shrek Seven Devils, while Tang San remained a substitute because his Soul Power was too low.
• Flender gathered the team and explained the tournament's age limit, conduct rules, restrictions on outside weapons, and requirements for supplies during matches.
• Flender described the preliminary rounds, Promotion Tournament, and thirty-three-team finals, and Oscar asked where the thirty-third team came from.

Flender explained the tournament format and had Shrek Academy spend six months practicing tactics while Ye Fan planned the qualifiers lineup. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, Shrek’s students arrived in Flender’s absurd advertising uniforms and were mocked by the crowd as they entered the Great Soul Arena.

• Flender explained that Spirit Hall's team was a third seeded team and described the finals format, while Shrek's students showed confidence about facing strong opponents.
• Flender limited how many Shrek Seven Devils could compete in the qualifiers and said Ye Fan should stay out unless necessary, while Ye Fan would arrange tactics and choose competitors.
• During the next half year, Ye Fan coordinated the team and selected rotating competitors, keeping himself as a safeguard in case Shrek needed a win to qualify.
• The Heaven Dou division's opening ceremony drew huge crowds to the renovated Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena, and Shrek Academy's students arrived in their conspicuous green uniforms advertising sponsors.
• Spectators mocked Shrek's uniforms, prompting Dai Mubai and the others to cover their faces before the group squeezed into the arena.

Shrek Academy attended the tournament’s opening ceremony in their embarrassing uniforms and clashed with Canghui Academy, where Ye Fan disrupted Shi Nian’s illusion. The team entered the arena amid jeers and ended the chapter standing before the VIP platform, where Snow Star Prince and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee members watched.

• Shrek Academy’s students complained about their uniforms and advertisements while waiting for the tournament’s opening ceremony.
• Canghui Academy’s students insulted Shrek, and Ye Fan stopped Tai Long from attacking before trading threats with them.
• Shi Nian used Remnant Dream to assault Shrek Academy with an illusion, but Ye Fan broke the attack and restored everyone else’s senses.
• Flender recognized Shi Nian, warned Shrek about his dangerous illusion ability, and told Ye Fan and Dai Mubai to lead the team into the arena without their masks.
• Tournament staff brought Shrek Academy into the arena last, and the announcer introduced their unusual uniforms and slogan as the spectators jeered.
• Shrek Academy took its place at the back of the assembled teams and saw Snow Star Prince and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee members on the VIP platform.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opening ceremony, Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Ye opened the competition while Ning Fengzhi hinted that he favored an unnamed team. Shrek Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team as its first opponent, and Ye Fan chose to lead Shrek into the match himself.

• Xue Ye declared the tournament open, and Ning Fengzhi praised the competitors before saying he favored one team without naming it.
• Salas conducted the first-round draw, pairing Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, then offered finalists direct entry into Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul Temple.
• Shrek’s students reacted to the matchup with surprise and anger, while spectators jeered at their appearance and accused the draw of favoring Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Fan rejected the fatty’s request to compete and named Shrek’s lineup, putting himself first and Oscar last.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team entered the arena in polished uniforms, and Shrek Academy followed amid jeers as the first match was prepared.

Ye Fan led Shrek Academy into its first preliminary match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team and revealed himself as a Soul King with a ten-thousand-year soul ring. He defeated all seven opponents with one explosive soul skill, leaving the tournament audience and Heaven Dou’s royal observers stunned.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team mocked Shrek Academy’s uniforms, and Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai traded insults with its captain and a female teammate.
• The teams took the arena, while Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Salas, Snow Star Prince, and Meng Shenji watched from the VIP seats and discussed the match.
• Ye Fan and the Shrek team revealed their soul rings, shocking the spectators when Ye Fan displayed five rings, including a black one.
• Ye Fan used his fifth soul skill to detonate an explosive cherry among the opposing team, knocking all seven members down with severe injuries.
• The referees ruled Shrek Academy the winner, and Xue Ye left angrily as Salas remained behind to consider what he had witnessed.

Flender secured a lucrative flower-dew sponsorship for Shrek Academy after the team’s strong tournament debut. As the Shrek team returned for the preliminaries, Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi both considered recruiting Ye Fan, while the students reluctantly wore their new advertising uniforms.

• Flender celebrated Shrek Academy’s victory and planned to profit from advertising while reflecting on the injuries suffered by Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek team out of the arena, and the students changed out of their uniforms before leaving.
• On the second day of the preliminaries, spectators treated Ye Fan and the Shrek team with newfound respect.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi to introduce him to Ye Fan, and Ning Fengzhi revealed that he also intended to recruit him.
• Flender secured Exquisite Fragrance Flower Dew as a sponsor, and the Shrek Seven Devils reluctantly wore uniforms advertising its products.

Shrek Academy learned that their second qualifier opponent was Elephant Armor Academy, whose seven Diamond Mammoth Soul Masters made them a formidable defensive team. Ye Fan chose to compete despite warnings that his abilities had been exposed, and the chapter ended as Shrek and Elephant Armor Academy prepared to face off on the main platform.

• Flender admitted he had not tracked Shrek Academy's opponents because he was busy pursuing advertising deals, and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong arrived with details about the upcoming match.
• Liu Erlong explained that Elephant Armor Academy's seven contestants were direct descendants of the Elephant Armor Sect, including three Soul Masters at level forty, while Yu Xiaogang warned that Shrek would struggle without Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan decided Shrek Academy would compete and defeat Elephant Armor Academy, dismissing Oscar's concern that opponents could adapt to his exposed abilities.
• The third day of the tournament began with five platforms in the arena, and Shrek Academy's match against Elephant Armor Academy was scheduled for the central platform before the emperor and other VIPs.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong suspected that Salas had arranged for Shrek Academy to face Elephant Armor Academy to suppress Ye Fan's team. As the match began, Elephant Armor Academy's enormous players revealed their powerful martial soul transformations.

• Ning Fengzhi explained to Gu Rong that Hu YanZhen had likely come because Elephant Armor Academy was facing Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Salas had manipulated the tournament pairing after failing to recruit Shrek Academy.
• Elephant Armor Academy's captain Hu Yanli introduced himself as a level forty-three defense-type Battle Soul Ancestor.
• Both teams released their soul rings when the match began.
• The seven Elephant Armor Academy competitors transformed, growing tusks and dark, armored skin as they displayed their soul rings.

At the tournament, Xue Ye and the VIP guests learned more about Shrek Academy’s strength and its headmaster, Flender. As the match against the Elephant Armor Sect began, Ye Fan summoned zombies and a Sunflower while his teammates retreated, leaving the two teams facing off as the Elephant Armor disciples advanced in formation.

• Hu YanZhen praised his grandson Hu Yanli and said the Elephant Armor Sect aimed to reach the finals’ top three, while Xue Ye warned that Shrek had several powerful soul masters.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi about Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi identified its headmaster Flender as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• The preliminary matches began, and the seven Elephant Armor Sect disciples advanced together under the protection of their first soul rings.
• Ye Fan summoned five zombies and a Sunflower, told his teammates to retreat, and said he would handle the match himself.
• As the Elephant Armor disciples continued advancing in formation, Ye Fan summoned two more zombies, bringing his total to seven.

Ye Fan led Shrek Academy to a brutal victory over Elephant Armor Academy, then Shrek continued its unbeaten run through the first six preliminary matches. As the seventh round approached, Shrek prepared to face Osailuo Academy while Flender warned them not to underestimate any opponent.

• Ye Fan's seven zombies bit down on Hu Yanli and the other Elephant Armor Academy members until Hu Yanli surrendered, giving Shrek Academy the victory.
• Hu YanZhen crushed his chair's armrest, while Salas, Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy educators reacted to the result.
• Canghui Academy's Shi Nian told his students to focus on their matches and promised to handle Shrek Academy himself.
• Shrek Academy, Thunder Academy, and Godwind Academy each won their first six matches of the preliminary rounds.
• Before Shrek's seventh-round match against Osailuo Academy, Jiang Zhu chose to compete and Dai Mubai reminded the team to stay alert.
• Flender arrived and agreed that some academies might be hiding their strength.

Shrek Academy received a forfeit and used its unexpected rest day to study the competition and its strongest rivals. As the team watched Godwind Academy face Skywater Academy, Flender planned to turn their popularity into more merchandise.

• Flender told Shrek Academy that its opponents had forfeited and led the team to watch the other matches.
• Shrek Academy encountered Canghui Academy, and both teams passed each other while Shi Nian restrained his students from starting a fight.
• Flender identified Thunder, Godwind, Skywater, Blazing Fire, and Elephant Armor as the five strongest threats and warned that the closely connected academies might act together.
• The spectators booed when Shrek Academy did not compete, while Flender's uniforms bearing the team members' names had already become a profitable hit.
• Ye Fan watched Godwind Academy face Skywater Academy and observed that Godwind's students could fly while Skywater's team consisted entirely of girls.

Ye Fan left the tournament and headed back to Shrek Academy, but Shi Nian trapped him in an illusion and revealed his plan to kill him. The chapter ended with Ye Fan isolated in a wilderness outside Heaven Dou City, facing the Soul Sage.

• Ye Fan left the matches and walked toward Shrek Academy while an unseen observer followed him.
• Ye Fan sensed something was wrong when the road seemed to stretch on, then realized he had taken too many steps without reaching the academy.
• Ye Fan summoned the Plant Encyclopedia and the Zombie Encyclopedia as Shi Nian emerged from the distorted surroundings.
• Shi Nian admitted he intended to kill Ye Fan to weaken Shrek Academy and help Canghui Academy advance in the tournament.
• Shi Nian revealed that his illusion had transported Ye Fan to a wilderness outside Heaven Dou City and declared that Ye Fan was about to die.

Shi Nian trapped Ye Fan in his Remnant Dream and tried to torment him with his Nightmare soul skill, but Ye Fan revealed that his spiritual power was stronger than Shi Nian expected. Ye Fan used his Charm Mushroom to make Shi Nian unconditionally loyal to him, leaving Shi Nian alive because his martial soul was useful.

• Shi Nian told Ye Fan that nobody could escape his Remnant Dream and that he intended to torment him to death.
• Shi Nian's Nightmare showed Ye Fan a modern city and voices accusing him of debts, work troubles, and family expenses.
• Ye Fan broke free of the illusion and told Shi Nian that he had only been testing its effectiveness.
• Ye Fan used his Charm Mushroom to charm Shi Nian, who ate it and became loyal to Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan decided to spare Shi Nian because his martial soul was special, and Shi Nian pledged himself to his master.

Shrek Academy faced Blazing Fire Academy in the eleventh round of the Heaven Dou City preliminaries, with Ye Fan taking the field against the powerful fire-attribute team. As the match was about to begin, Ye Fan recognized Blazing Fire Academy’s captain Huo Wushuang and its strongest member, Huo Wu, as the greatest threats.

• Shrek Academy and four other elemental academies led the preliminaries with ten straight wins, while Elephant Armor Academy had fallen to five wins and five losses.
• Shrek Academy’s popularity and Flender’s advertising income grew as the team’s success attracted spectators and sponsors.
• Shrek Academy entered the central arena to face Blazing Fire Academy, with Dai Mubai, Ye Fan, Xiao Wu, Tai Long, Jing Ling, Huang Yuan, and Jiang Zhu competing.
• Blazing Fire Academy’s lineup included its level-forty-two captain Huo Wushuang and level-forty-three vice-captain Huo Wu, alongside fire-attribute attackers, twins, and support Soul Masters.
• Ye Fan focused on Huo Wu, identifying her Ring Fusion skill and control abilities as the greatest danger to Shrek Academy.