Chapter Summaries

Flender continued Shrek’s adaptability training and announced that the students would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to help Oscar obtain his Third Soul Ring. As the students prepared, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun argued about Dai’s strange behavior, while Oscar went looking for them and overheard their scuffle.

• Flender had Ma Hongjun pour Zhao Wuji’s urine over Oscar, waking him; Oscar and Ma Hongjun mistook its sweetness for sugar water.
• Flender made Oscar explain his fainting spell, then had the remaining students complete the sausage-eating test and announced their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Fan noticed Xiao Wu was distracted by the prospect of returning to the forest, while he considered what to do if the Titan Giant Ape appeared.
• Ma Hongjun teased Dai Mubai for publicly eating Oscar’s sausage, and Dai Mubai admitted the act had been instinctive before threatening to beat him.
• Oscar wondered what Third Soul Ring to seek, detoured past Ye Fan and Xiao Wu’s dormitory hoping to hear something, then reached Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s room and heard them fighting.

Oscar walked in on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in a compromising-looking scene, triggering a rumor that they were lovers and earning Ye Fan a system reward for the misunderstanding. The next morning, the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar’s Third Soul Ring, with Dai Mubai leading them and hoping to bring Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Fan closer.

• Oscar opened Dai Mubai’s door, saw him straddling Ma Hongjun, and fled before Dai Mubai chased him down to explain.
• The others saw Oscar sprawled on his bed and Dai Mubai’s disheveled clothes, assumed the worst, and left in disgust; Ye Fan received 1,000 points from the system for the misunderstanding.
• Ma Hongjun asked Oscar what he had wanted to discuss, and Oscar explained that he had come to ask about a suitable Third Soul Ring.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji gathered the group, and Dai Mubai assigned everyone positions before leading them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai hoped Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Fan would grow closer during the trip so he could use their relationship as a reason to end his engagement.

Shrek Academy's students traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest and stopped for the night in a town, where Dai Mubai provoked a group from Canghui Academy. Their planned retaliation was interrupted when the dish did not fall as expected, and the chapter ended before the confrontation was resolved.

• Zhao Wuji followed the seven students as they ran more than four hundred kilometers toward the Star Dou Great Forest, then ordered them to rest at a town inn.
• Dai Mubai offered to pay for the group's meal, and the students gathered in the inn's restaurant.
• A group from Canghui Academy entered, and Ma Hongjun commented on their female student while Dai Mubai insulted their academy.
• A Canghui Academy student bumped into a waiter and nearly spilled food on Dai Mubai, giving Dai Mubai an excuse to approach their table.
• Dai Mubai recreated the same trick, but the Canghui Academy student anticipated him and prepared to catch the dish before it fell.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun drove the Canghui Academy students away with bizarre provocations. Later, Ning Rongrong misunderstood Ye Fan’s offer to help her fit in and climbed into bed beside him and Xiao Wu, leaving the misunderstanding painfully clear.

• Dai Mubai ate the dish meant for the Canghui Academy students and called it a lesson in food.
• Ma Hongjun shouted a strange invitation at the Canghui Academy table, and Ye Zhiqiu led his students away.
• After dinner, Ning Rongrong asked Ye Fan to help her stop feeling lonely and said she would do anything.
• Ye Fan let Ning Rongrong lie beside him and Xiao Wu, which triggered a system prompt increasing his cultivation speed by 50%.
• Ning Rongrong reached toward Ye Fan, but he stopped her, and they realized she had only meant she wanted help joining the group.

Ning Rongrong spent the night in Ye Fan’s room, prompting the others to speculate about their relationship. The Shrek group then reached the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to enter in search of Oscar’s third soul ring.

• Ye Fan told Ning Rongrong to sleep in his room, and Xiao Wu found her there the next morning.
• Ma Hongjun teased Ning Rongrong about leaving Ye Fan and Xiao Wu’s room, and Ye Fan told him to scram.
• Zhao Wuji reminded the students to cooperate as the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ning Rongrong used her martial soul to increase their speed.
• The group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Oscar handed out sausages to restore their stamina.
• Zhao Wuji warned everyone to stay close and avoid attacking soul beasts without permission, while Ye Fan summoned zombies to scout and protect the group.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the group to move into the forest.

Ye Fan tried to prevent the Titan Giant Ape from locating Xiao Wu, then helped the group capture a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar. The serpent was left mortally wounded, and the others were stunned by the strength of Ye Fan’s plant ability.

• Zhao Wuji led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered them to rest before venturing farther in search of a thousand-year soul beast for Oscar.
• Xiao Wu became subdued after the group encountered a soul beast, and Ye Fan tried to keep the Titan Giant Ape from pinpointing her location.
• The Titan Giant Ape lost track of Xiao Wu’s aura and roared in furious frustration.
• Ye Fan’s Dolphin Rider Zombie spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent fleeing toward the group, and Zhao Wuji identified it as a suitable target for Oscar.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the serpent and Ye Fan’s three-leaf clover sent it crashing into a tree, leaving it mortally wounded.

Ye Fan’s group claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar after Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived badly injured from Ye Fan’s ambush. Oscar absorbed his third Soul Ring, which Ye Fan secretly modified, and broke through to the Soul Elder realm, though he hesitated when asked to reveal his new skill.

• Ye Fan explained that Clover could blow away any unit whose feet were off the ground, and Xiao Wu questioned killing the wounded serpent.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran emerged from the bushes injured after four explosions, and Zhao Wuji warned them away from the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Zhao Wuji restrained the serpent while Oscar killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Ye Fan used a minor restricted modification to make Oscar’s third Soul Ring appear barely above the thousand-year level.
• Oscar broke through to the Soul Elder realm, but his smile faded when Dai Mubai asked him to show his new Soul Ring skill.

Oscar revealed his third soul skill, a sausage that boosted movement speed but forced its user to crawl like a bug and prevented the use of soul skills. Zhao Wuji ate one and suffered its humiliating effects, while Oscar explained that crawling backward slowed him down.

• Oscar recited the incantation for his third soul skill, and Ma Hongjun mocked the small, bug-shaped sausage.
• Oscar explained that the Rapid Little Bug Sausage increased movement speed by fifty percent, stunning the others with its strength.
• Zhao Wuji ate the sausage despite Oscar's warning and immediately lost his ability to stand, crawling forward into Ma Hongjun's legs before Ma Hongjun sat on him.
• Oscar explained that the sausage lasted an hour but forced its user to crawl like a bug and prevented the use of soul skills.
• Zhao Wuji discovered that crawling forward granted the speed boost while crawling backward cut his speed in half, leaving him unable to see where he was going.

Zhao Wuji and the students encountered the Peerless Dragon Snake after Oscar’s sausage forced Zhao Wuji to crawl for an hour. Meng Shu demanded an explanation for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s death, leaving Zhao Wuji facing a dangerous confrontation with the powerful couple.

• Oscar’s sausage soul skill forced Zhao Wuji to crawl for an hour, while Ye Fan planted defensive plants and kept watch.
• After the effect ended, Zhao Wuji beat Oscar, then Ye Fan’s scout spotted Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and Meng Shu approaching.
• Meng Shu revealed himself as a Soul Douluo, and Xiao Wu hid behind Ye Fan in fear that he might identify her true nature.
• Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang introduced themselves and recognized each other as the Immovable Bright King and the Snake Woman of the Peerless Dragon Snake.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang demanded an explanation for the group killing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Meng Shu threatened to stop them from leaving.

Zhao Wuji agreed to help Meng Shu find a Soul Ring for Meng Yiran, and the group encountered and subdued a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest. With the spider trapped and its legs severed, Zhao Wuji prepared to leave with his students.

• Meng Shu rejected Zhao Wuji’s offer of a favor and made him agree to help find a suitable Soul Ring for Meng Yiran.
• Ye Fan gathered plants to restore his Soul Power before the group searched deeper into the forest for two days.
• The group found a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Meng Shu wounded it with his Dragon Staff as it tried to flee.
• Chao Tianxiang struck the spider, but it bound Meng Yiran in its web and lunged at her.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Crush to pin the spider, and Meng Shu severed all eight of its legs.
• Zhao Wuji thanked Meng Shu and asked to leave with his students to report back to the headmaster.

Meng Yiran died when the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring overwhelmed her during absorption. After the Peerless Dragon Snake mourned her, Knife-Wielding Newspaper Zombies ambushed them and stole her body and the spider, while Ye Fan departed without warning them.

• Meng Shu told Meng Yiran to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul ring, but its power overwhelmed her and her body exploded.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang mourned Meng Yiran as Zhao Wuji led the Shrek Academy group away from the disturbance.
• Meng Shu sensed an attacker and faced two Knife-Wielding Newspaper Zombies, who blasted Chao Tianxiang and attacked him.
• Meng Shu destroyed the zombies with his eighth soul ring, then found Meng Yiran's body and the Man Faced Demon Spider gone.
• Meng Shu shouted threats at the vanished attackers while Ye Fan and the zombies escaped with their spoils.

Ye Fan secretly obtained the Eight Spider Lances after Meng Yiran failed to survive absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, while Shrek's group recovered in town. Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy expecting to find Tang San there, but after barging into Flender's room, he left Flender wondering why he had come.

• An invisible Snorkel Zombie gave Ye Fan the Eight Spider Lances, and the system rewarded him with three thousand years of freely allocated age because Tang San did not obtain the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai led Shrek's group out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dai Mubai treated everyone to two days of rest and revelry in town.
• Ye Fan cultivated beside Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong while the others relaxed.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy believing Tang San had entered it, unaware that Tang San was trapped working at Yichun Brothel.
• Yu Xiaogang barged into Flender's room before dawn, startled at seeing Flender naked, and watched as Flender hurriedly dressed.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang why he had come after ten years apart, and Yu Xiaogang replied by asking whether Flender did not know.

Yu Xiaogang visited Flender at Shrek Academy, and they misunderstood each other while discussing their disciples’ abilities and martial souls. Yu Xiaogang agreed to consider teaching temporarily after his disciple returned, while Zhao Wuji’s group arrived back at the academy after a Soul Ring expedition.

• Yu Xiaogang asked about Shrek Academy’s recruits, and Flender praised Ye Fan and the other talented students.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender mistook each other’s comments about martial souls, with Yu Xiaogang realizing Flender believed Ye Fan had two martial souls.
• Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San had revealed the secret, while Flender said the academy already knew and had people capable of protecting him.
• Flender invited Yu Xiaogang to teach at Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to consider serving as a temporary teacher after his disciple returned.
• Two days later, Zhao Wuji and the students returned to Shrek Academy after their Soul Ring expedition, and Zhao Wuji went to report to the dean.

Ye Fan returned to Shrek Academy while Flender told Zhao Wuji about the hunt and introduced Yu Xiaogang as the academy’s new teacher. Yu Xiaogang proclaimed himself invincible, and Zhao Wuji challenged him to a match.

• Ye Fan returned to the academy and postponed absorbing the Eight Spider Lances, while Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the dangerous soul beast hunt and the arrival of Ye Fan’s teacher.
• Flender introduced the academy’s teachers to the students, including Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Shao Xin, and Yu Xiaogang, whom he praised as a leading martial soul theorist.
• Yu Xiaogang looked for Tang San among the students, then introduced himself as Master and claimed he had never met an opponent.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Yu Xiaogang to a match, and Yu Xiaogang told him to make the first move.

Ye Fan's altered wording caused Zhao Wuji to mistake a demonstration of Yu Xiaogang's theory for a real fight, leaving Yu Xiaogang badly injured and undermining his reputation. When Flender claimed Ye Fan was Yu Xiaogang's disciple, the misunderstanding exposed that Yu Xiaogang's actual disciple, Tang San, had been eliminated from Shrek Academy's second test.

• Ye Fan changed Flender's instructions so Zhao Wuji fought Yu Xiaogang for real, and Zhao Wuji knocked Yu Xiaogang nearly to death with one punch.
• Shao Xin healed Yu Xiaogang with a Sugar Bean, and Flender tried to restore his reputation by claiming Ye Fan was Yu Xiaogang's disciple.
• Ye Fan denied being Yu Xiaogang's disciple, and Yu Xiaogang clarified that his disciple was Tang San.
• Flender said he had never heard of Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San might not have enrolled at Shrek Academy.
• Lu Qibin revealed that he had eliminated Tang San in the second test after Tang San appeared with two white soul rings and a Blue Silver Hammer Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had left after Shrek rejected him, while Flender agreed to let Yu Xiaogang teach only temporarily. After discovering that Ye Fan and Xiao Wu were already Soul Elders, Yu Xiaogang left, and Dai Mubai began explaining his past connection to Zhu Zhuqing.

• Lu Qibin told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had been rejected because his two white soul rings and shattered Martial Soul left him with little potential, and Ye Fan said he did not know where Tang San had gone.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Ye Fan and Tang San’s history, and Ye Fan explained that they had met Xiao Wu as Work-study Students at Notting College.
• Flender refused to hand his students over to Yu Xiaogang outright and offered him only a temporary teaching position after Tang San was found and evaluated.
• Flender announced a day off and revealed that Ye Fan and Xiao Wu had reached the Soul Elder realm, surprising Yu Xiaogang, who left after Xiao Wu questioned why she should have told him.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar decided to rest, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s attempt to talk; Dai Mubai then told the group that he was a prince of the Star Luo Empire and began describing their past.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing called off their engagement, and Ye Fan received a beginner Martial Soul Fusion Skill as a reward. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu grew closer to Ye Fan, who demonstrated a Plant Zombie before cultivating with the three girls.

• Dai Mubai explained his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing said she had come to find him but was disappointed by his state.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing mutually called off their engagement, and Ye Fan received a beginner Martial Soul Fusion Skill from the system.
• Dai Mubai invited the others to Yichun Brothel, while Ye Fan declined and headed back to cultivate.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu each took one of Ye Fan’s arms, and Ning Rongrong followed them to his dormitory.
• Ye Fan summoned a Chomper Dolphin Zombie and explained how he combined plant and zombie abilities.
• Ye Fan began cultivating with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, increasing his cultivation speed.

Yu Xiaogang searched Suotuo City for Tang San but returned to Shrek Academy without finding him. At Yichun Brothel, Dai Mubai requested a special guest, while Tang San was forced to recover between clients and was sent to room 8011 for Dai Mubai.

• Yu Xiaogang searched hospitals, blacksmith shops, and Spirit Hall for Tang San, then returned to Shrek Academy empty-handed.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun went to Yichun Brothel, where Oscar and Ma Hongjun chose women and left for adjoining rooms.
• Dai Mubai asked the Madam for someone special and was told a married man was available.
• Tang San was cleaned and treated by two Soul Grandmasters after a previous guest, then was ordered to go to room 8011 for the next guest.
• Dai Mubai bathed in room 8011 while Tang San was sent toward him.

Dai Mubai discovered that the person sent to his room was Tang San, who begged him for help. After leaving the brothel, Dai Mubai brought Flender to Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory and announced that he had found Tang San.

• Tang San entered Dai Mubai’s room, and Dai Mubai screamed when he realized his guest was a man.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar rushed in, recognized Dai Mubai, and promised not to tell anyone what they had seen.
• Dai Mubai realized the man was Tang San and left him behind after promising to find a way to help.
• The two female Soul Elders confronted Tang San after Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar left.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar went to Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory, while Ma Hongjun fetched Flender.
• Dai Mubai told Yu Xiaogang and the others that he had found Tang San.

Dai Mubai told Yu Xiaogang and the others that Tang San was trapped at Yichun Brothel, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Flender to go there. After discovering Tang San’s contract required one thousand Gold Soul Coins to redeem, Yu Xiaogang insisted on saving him while Flender questioned whether Tang San was worth that much.

• Dai Mubai told the group he had found Tang San at Yichun Brothel, where Tang San had asked him for help.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed to Yichun Brothel with Flender and persuaded the Madam to let them wait for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang overheard Tang San complain about Dai Mubai and slapped him, mistakenly believing they had a romantic history.
• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang and explained that Thin Monkey had sold him to Yichun Brothel.
• Tang San said his indentured servitude contract cost one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Yu Xiaogang vowed to redeem him.