Chapter Summaries

After reaching Level 20, Mo Bai asked the academy to help him hunt a Blade Arm Mantis Spirit Ring, but the dean rejected the choice as unsuitable for Blue Silver Grass. Mo Bai proposed proving his strength in a duel with Teacher Mo Na, and the dean arranged for them to fight before the students.

• Mo Bai reached Level 20 and asked the dean to help him hunt a Blade Arm Mantis for his second Spirit Ring.
• The dean argued that the Blade Arm Mantis’s abilities did not suit Blue Silver Grass and insisted Mo Bai choose a Control System or healing Spirit Ring instead.
• Mo Bai said he had consulted Master and had reasons for his choice, then suggested a duel to demonstrate his strength.
• The dean agreed to let Mo Bai choose his own Spirit Ring if he defeated Teacher Mo Na, a Level 19 Weapon Spirit Master.
• Teacher Mo Na initially objected to fighting Mo Bai, but accepted after Mo Bai confidently said he could win.
• The dean arranged for their duel to take place on the training ground in front of the other students.

Mo Bai challenged Teacher Mo Na to prove he could hunt a Blade Arm Mantis Spirit Ring, and began their duel by revealing a self-created attack using Blue Silver Grass leaves. His Shuriken Technique left Teacher Mo Na struggling to dodge and block, while Tang San recognized it as a hidden weapon technique.

• News of Mo Bai's duel with Teacher Mo Na spread, drawing the dean, Master, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and many students to the training grounds.
• The dean explained that Mo Bai had requested the duel after reaching level 20 and being denied permission to hunt a Blade Arm Mantis Spirit Ring.
• Mo Bai and Teacher Mo Na announced their levels and Martial Souls, then summoned them for the duel.
• Mo Bai plucked leaves from his Blue Silver Grass and flicked one at Teacher Mo Na, whose blade blocked it and halted his advance.
• Mo Bai named his self-created attack the Shuriken Technique and explained that the Sword Bamboo Spirit Ring had turned his Blue Silver Grass leaves into weapons.
• Mo Bai unleashed repeated leaf attacks, forcing Teacher Mo Na to dodge and block to avoid injury.

Mo Bai used Blue Silver Grass leaves as hidden weapons and defeated Teacher Mo Na, surprising the academy. Tang San reconsidered Mo Bai as a potential Tang Sect recruit but rejected the idea, while the dean asked Master to try persuading Mo Bai to abandon the Battle Spirit Master path.

• The students and Xiao Wu praised Mo Bai's leaf-throwing technique, and Tang San was impressed but decided Mo Bai was unsuitable for the Tang Sect.
• The dean celebrated Mo Bai's unconventional use of Blue Silver Grass, while Master argued that it was still inferior to a weapon-type Martial Soul in direct combat.
• The dean asked Master to persuade Mo Bai to change paths, and Master reluctantly agreed to try.
• Teacher Mo Na took a leaf hit to his right leg, struggled to reach Mo Bai, and conceded the duel.
• The students cheered and some girls confessed to Mo Bai, prompting Xiao Wu's expression to change.

Mo Bai defeated Teacher Mo Na and then argued with Master and the dean about choosing his own cultivation path. The dean ultimately agreed to let Mo Bai choose his Spirit Ring according to his wishes.

• Xiao Wu berated the older students for talking about Mo Bai and became excited when Tang San claimed he could show her an even better technique.
• Mo Bai defeated Teacher Mo Na in their spirit battle, and Teacher Mo Na left after promising to beat him next time.
• Mo Bai asked the dean if he could choose his own Spirit Ring, but Master urged him to follow the Control System or healing path.
• Mo Bai challenged Master's advice and reminded him that he was not Master's disciple, angering Master into leaving.
• Mo Bai pointed out that the dean had broken their agreement by inviting Master to persuade him, and the dean agreed to let him choose his Spirit Ring as he wished.

With Dean’s help, Mo Bai absorbed a seven-hundred-year Blade Arm Mantis Spirit Ring, reached level 21, and advanced his Startling Feather Art, but his new defensive Spirit Skill proved useless. That night, while cultivating Jade Hand in the academy woods, he sensed a fluctuation of soul power nearby.

• Dean helped Mo Bai hunt a seven-hundred-year Blade Arm Mantis, whose Spirit Ring raised him to level 21 and brought his Startling Feather Art to its second layer.
• Mo Bai found that his Blue Silver Grass leaves had become hard and sharp enough to damage the Blade Arm Mantis and embed themselves in a tree.
• Mo Bai demonstrated Blue Silver Guard Car, but Dean’s Fire Spirit Snake Dance shattered and burned the Blue Silver Grass wall.
• Mo Bai accepted that his Second Spirit Skill was useless and said he would rely on his Self-Created Soul Skill and keep cultivating.
• Mo Bai returned to Nuoding Academy and later went to the woods to cultivate Jade Hand using medicine that attracted poisonous creatures.
• While Mo Bai sat cultivating, he sensed a fluctuation of soul power beside him.

Mo Bai swallowed a weak scorpion Spirit Beast and successfully trapped its Spirit Ring inside his body, but absorbing it nearly destabilized his first Spirit Ring. After the Startling Feather Art stabilized it, Mo Bai found no obvious changes and considered testing the method again on a stronger Spirit Beast.

• Mo Bai caught the scorpion Spirit Beast, absorbed its venom with Jade Hand, and swallowed it alive.
• Mo Bai killed the scorpion inside his stomach and confined the tiny Spirit Ring it produced within his body.
• Mo Bai used his first Spirit Ring to absorb the scorpion's Spirit Ring, causing his first Spirit Ring to tremble as if it might collapse.
• Mo Bai circulated the Startling Feather Art, which stabilized his first Spirit Ring.
• Mo Bai found no visible changes to his Spirit Ring and considered trying the experiment again with a stronger Spirit Beast.

Mo Bai confirmed that his First Spirit Ring could absorb the Spirit Rings of Spirit Beasts he swallowed alive, increasing its age, and spent months testing the ability. After Xiao Wu failed to defeat him with Hidden Weapons, Tang San challenged Mo Bai to a contest, giving Mo Bai a chance to explain his own skills as something learned through their sparring.

• Mo Bai swallowed an Ice Silk Silkworm and used his Startling Feather Art to preserve its Spirit Ring, increasing his First Spirit Ring's age by around six years.
• Mo Bai began cultivating outside Nuoding City and searching for tiny Spirit Beasts whose Spirit Rings he could devour.
• Xiao Wu secretly learned Hidden Weapon Techniques and mechanical Hidden Weapons from Tang San, but Mo Bai defeated her challenges each time.
• Xiao Wu gave up learning Hidden Weapons after half a year because she still could not beat Mo Bai.
• Tang San challenged Mo Bai to a Hidden Weapon contest, and Mo Bai pretended not to recognize the techniques Tang San had taught Xiao Wu.

Mo Bai and Tang San held a contest to compare their hidden weapon skills at the academy training ground. Mo Bai showed off his Blue Silver Grass control and several techniques, but Tang San blocked them before launching his own barrage.

• Mo Bai accepted Tang San’s challenge to compete with hidden weapons, and Xiao Wu followed them to the training ground.
• Mo Bai demonstrated Dance of Blue Silver, making Blue Silver Grass leaves circle around him, while Tang San revealed his storage Soul Tool.
• Tang San set the rules that neither fighter could use Martial Souls, Spirit Rings, or spirit skills, and Mo Bai agreed.
• Mo Bai attacked with Stars Chasing Moon and Mother Child Soul Chasing Night, but Tang San easily blocked both techniques.
• Tang San declared it was his turn and threw a barrage of hidden weapons at Mo Bai.

Mo Bai defeated Tang San in a hidden-weapon spar by predicting his attacks and using the abundance of Blue Silver Grass leaves to block them. Afterward, Mo Bai strengthened his Spirit Rings until both reached the limit his body could control, raising his Soul Power to Level 27 and leaving him ahead of Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Mo Bai and Tang San exchanged hidden weapons until Tang San ran out and conceded defeat.
• Mo Bai admitted he had gone easy on Xiao Wu before so he could observe Tang San's Hidden Weapon Technique.
• Tang San resolved to make stronger hidden weapons after recognizing the advantage of Blue Silver Grass's large supply of leaves.
• Mo Bai increased the ages of his first and second Spirit Rings to about eight hundred years, then stopped when both showed signs of going out of control.
• Mo Bai reached Level 27 after nearly five years at the academy, while he expected to reach Level 30 by graduation.

Mo Bai reached rank 30 before graduation and earned the dean’s offer to help obtain his Third Spirit Ring. He chose a Spirit Power Sacred Wood, hoping its spirit power boost would address his growing energy shortage.

• Mo Bai struggled to find Spirit Beasts small enough to devour and considered using Blue Silver Grass to swallow them instead, but the academy library had no relevant records.
• Mo Bai tested recalling Blue Silver Grass while it held a Spirit Beast, but only the grass returned; he declined to experiment on academy students.
• Mo Bai became Nuoding Academy’s first student to reach rank 30 before graduating, and the dean offered to help him hunt his Third Spirit Ring.
• Mo Bai chose a Spirit Power Sacred Wood for his Third Spirit Ring because its spirit ring could increase his total Spirit Power Value and provide a Spirit Power Shield skill.

Mo Bai chose the Spirit Power Sacred Wood for his third Spirit Ring and traveled with the dean and two teachers to Fama Forest to search for it. Meanwhile, Master recommended Shrek Academy to Tang San, who accepted but remained conflicted about whether to invite Mo Bai and Xiao Wu.

• The dean questioned Mo Bai's choice of the Spirit Power Sacred Wood, and Mo Bai confirmed it.
• Master told Tang San that Mo Bai had reached Level 30 and encouraged Tang San not to compare himself with Mo Bai.
• Master recommended Shrek Academy to Tang San, explaining that applicants had to be under twelve and at least Level 20; Tang San agreed to go.
• Tang San wondered whether to persuade Mo Bai and Xiao Wu to attend Shrek Academy, but he felt conflicted about Mo Bai's closeness with Xiao Wu.
• Mo Bai traveled with the dean and two teachers to Fama Forest to seek the Spirit Power Sacred Wood.
• The dean asked Mo Bai about his plans after graduation, and Mo Bai said he wanted to attend an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire's capital.

Mo Bai and the teachers searched Fama Forest for a Spirit Power Sacred Wood suitable for his third Spirit Ring. After they found one around 1,200 years old and broke its barrier, Mo Bai attacked its exposed weakness to kill it.

• Mo Bai joined the dean and two teachers in searching Fama Forest, where they found no ultra-small Spirit Beasts and spent several days locating a suitable Spirit Power Sacred Wood.
• The group found a Spirit Power Sacred Wood around 1,200 years old and began draining its spirit power by attacking its protective barrier.
• An eight-hundred-year Poison Claw Weasel attacked the dean and then the others, interrupting their assault on the tree.
• Mo Bai and the others killed the Poison Claw Weasel, then shattered the Spirit Power Sacred Wood's barrier.
• The dean told Mo Bai to strike the weakened tree's exposed weakness, and Mo Bai attacked it with Blue Silver Leaves.

Master explained External Soul Bones to Tang San, while Mo Bai absorbed his Third Spirit Ring and became a Soul Elder. After taking in the Poison Claw Weasel pup, Mo Bai felt a strange surge of Soul Power rush into his left palm.

• Master told Tang San that External Soul Bones were rare treasures outside the six ordinary types and could evolve with their owner's spirit power.
• Mo Bai absorbed the Spirit Power Sacred Wood's Spirit Ring, gained the Spirit Power Shield, and became a Soul Elder.
• The dean found a newborn Poison Claw Weasel in the Spirit Power Sacred Wood, and Mo Bai took it from him.
• The pup scratched Mo Bai with a poisonous claw, but he absorbed and refined the poison with Jade Hand.
• At an inn, Mo Bai swallowed the pup and devoured its spirit ring, after which a strange surge of Soul Power flowed into his left palm.

Mo Bai discovered that the Spirit Bone from the newborn Spirit Beast could contain the toxins from his Jade Hand, letting him keep cultivating without poisoning himself. Tang San invited Mo Bai and Xiao Wu to attend Shrek Academy after graduation, and Xiao Wu liked that it was in a small city.

• Mo Bai realized the claw on his left hand was a Spirit Bone and mistakenly identified it as a Left Arm Spirit Bone.
• Mo Bai transferred the toxins from both hands into the Spirit Bone and confirmed that they stayed contained even when he retracted it.
• Mo Bai decided to hide the Spirit Bone from the dean and the others.
• Tang San told Mo Bai and Xiao Wu that his teacher had recommended Shrek Academy and invited them to go with him after graduation.
• Tang San explained Shrek Academy's strict admission requirements and said it was outside Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu welcomed the academy's location in a small place and asked Mo Bai whether he wanted to go with her and Tang San.

Mo Bai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy to see whether it lived up to Master’s recommendation. After learning that Mo Bai and Xiao Wu were level 31 and Tang San was level 29, Li Yusong agreed to examine their Spirit Hall certifications, leaving their decision about joining the academy unresolved.

• After graduating from Nuoding Academy, Mo Bai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San rejected the invitations from other academies and set out to visit Shrek Academy.
• The trio reached Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City and were surprised to find it looked like a rundown village.
• Li Yusong stopped them at the entrance, and Tang San explained that Master had recommended the academy while Mo Bai and Xiao Wu wanted to inspect it.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she and Mo Bai were both level 31, while Tang San was level 29, surprising Li Yusong.
• Mo Bai and Xiao Wu presented their recent Spirit Hall certifications, and Li Yusong agreed to check them.

Mo Bai, Xiao Wu, and Tang San proved they met Shrek Academy’s entry standards, but Mo Bai questioned the academy’s resources and facilities. Li Yusong brought them to Flender, who angrily demanded to know why they thought they could inspect his academy.

• Li Yusong checked Xiao Wu’s certification and was delighted to see her Innate Full Soul Power and optimal Spirit Ring configuration.
• Li Yusong examined Mo Bai’s certification, marveled at his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and Spirit Ring configuration, and approved the group’s qualifications for Shrek Academy.
• Mo Bai asked about the academy’s teachers, training resources, Environmental Simulation Training Ground, and martial soul library, leaving Li Yusong unable to answer.
• Li Yusong led Mo Bai and the others to meet Flender so the dean could answer their questions.
• Flender learned the students had come to inspect Shrek Academy and confronted them, demanding to know where their confidence came from.

Tang San presented Master’s letter to Flender, who recognized him as Xiao Gang’s disciple and welcomed Mo Bai and Xiao Wu. Flender defended Shrek Academy’s unconventional approach to Mo Bai’s questions, leaving Mo Bai impressed by its prospects but wary of joining.

• Tang San gave Flender Master’s letter of introduction, and Flender learned that Tang San was Xiao Gang’s disciple.
• Flender told Tang San that he and Xiao Gang had once traveled together as part of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Mo Bai asked Flender about Shrek Academy’s books, facilities, teachers, and educational resources.
• Flender argued that Shrek’s focus on monster-level students and real combat made it unique among academies.
• Mo Bai acknowledged Shrek’s potential to become famous but privately viewed its recruitment pitch as a way to get gifted students to help build the school.

Mo Bai decided not to join Shrek Academy and planned to travel to the Imperial Capital for better educational opportunities. Xiao Wu chose to stay at Shrek, while Tang San was left hoping to remain there with her.

• Mo Bai praised Shrek Academy to Flender but left without agreeing to enroll.
• On the way back to Suotuo City, Tang San asked Mo Bai whether he planned to join Shrek Academy, and Mo Bai admitted he did not.
• Mo Bai said he still intended to attend an academy in the Imperial Capital, but Xiao Wu said she did not want to go there and would stay at Shrek.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San tried to persuade Mo Bai to stay, but he firmly refused.
• Mo Bai suggested they visit Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena before he set off for the Imperial Capital.

Mo Bai and Xiao Wu registered as the White Rabbit Combination and entered their first 2VS2 match at Suoto City Grand Spirit Arena. Their opponents attacked as the match began, leaving the Cat Girl rushing at Mo Bai.

• Mo Bai chose to compete in individual matches, but agreed to team up with Xiao Wu for a 2VS2 bout.
• Mo Bai and Xiao Wu registered their team as the White Rabbit Combination after their first choice, the Blue Rabbit Combination, was unavailable.
• Mo Bai’s individual match was scheduled for the afternoon, while his duo match with Xiao Wu began half an hour later.
• The White Rabbit Combination faced the Cat Mouse Combination, a newly formed team whose members were both Soul Elders.
• Mo Bai summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, drawing the crowd’s attention, while Xiao Wu entered Martial Soul Possession.
• The Rat Man threw the Cat Girl toward Mo Bai and Xiao Wu, and she used Speed Boost to slash at Mo Bai.

Mo Bai and Xiao Wu faced the Cat Mouse Combination in the arena, where Rat Man and Cat Girl’s Spirit Skill Fusion Skill put them at a disadvantage. Mo Bai discovered a weakness and stopped dodging, preparing to counter with his self-created soul skill.

• Mo Bai dodged Cat Girl’s attack with Flower Butterfly Steps, and Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Waist Bow to knock Cat Girl and Rat Man down.
• Rat Man and Cat Girl formed a Double Arhat Formation and unleashed their Spirit Skill Fusion Skill, Bloody Storm Tornado.
• Mo Bai’s Blue Silver Leaves could not penetrate the spinning claw tornado, so he and Xiao Wu evaded its attacks while the spectators mocked them.
• As Rat Man and Cat Girl grew anxious that their fusion skill would not last, they challenged Mo Bai to stop dodging, and he agreed after finding a weakness.
• Mo Bai began using his self-created soul skill, Blade Return Slaughter Spin.