Chapter Summaries

Su Mo explained to Bibi Dong that he evolved his Martial Soul by fusing it with a compatible weapon, leaving her stunned by his discovery. He summoned the evolved Soul Hunting Spear and found its combat performance disappointing, while Bibi Dong urged him to test whether its cultivation potential had increased.

• Su Mo told Bibi Dong that he had evolved his Martial Soul by fusing the Soul Hunting Spear with an iron spear, and he speculated that the method required a compatible weapon and strong mental or spiritual power.
• Bibi Dong questioned how Su Mo had created a new cultivation technique and discovered the evolution method, while Su Mo credited his determination to prove himself after Yu Xiaogang rejected him.
• Bibi Dong reflected that her involvement might have pushed Su Mo to make his discoveries, then changed the subject and urged him to test his evolved Martial Soul.
• Su Mo summoned the evolved Soul Hunting Spear and found that it felt stronger than before but had less destructive power than when the two weapons were overlaid.
• Bibi Dong told Su Mo to cultivate with the original Meditation Method so they could determine whether the evolved Martial Soul had a higher cultivation limit.

After Su Mo’s martial soul evolved, he broke through to level 20 and learned his second soul ring could reach roughly 1,200 years. He prepared to hunt for it and headed to Tang San’s blacksmith shop to commission a better spear for further Weapon Refining Soul Fusion.

• Su Mo cultivated with Bibi Dong’s technique, doubled his energy absorption speed, and broke through to level 20.
• Su Mo named his martial soul evolution method Weapon Refining Soul Fusion, and Bibi Dong praised the name.
• Bibi Dong estimated Su Mo could absorb a second soul ring of about 1,200 years and warned him to be careful hunting alone.
• The next day, Su Mo obtained a Soul Hunting Forest warrant and set out to commission a higher-quality spear.
• Su Mo decided to visit Tang San’s blacksmith shop because Tang San was Notting City’s best blacksmith.

Su Mo commissioned Tang San to forge a stronger Mystic Iron Spear, then set out for the Soul Hunting Forest. On the way, Bibi Dong urged him to consider Shrek Academy, and Su Mo accepted while planning to keep Tang San from obtaining the Immortal Herbs.

• Su Mo ordered Tang San to make a spear from the best materials available, and Tang San completed it the next day.
• Su Mo fused his Soul Hunting Spear Spirit with the Mystic Iron Spear and found that it greatly increased the weapon's power.
• On the way to the Soul Hunting Forest, Bibi Dong asked Su Mo about his plans after graduating and recommended Shrek Academy.
• Su Mo agreed to look into Shrek Academy while privately planning to intercept the Immortal Herbs or prevent Tang San from discovering them.
• Su Mo considered joining Spirit Hall but decided against it because he feared how its current Pope Bibi Dong might react to the Bibi Dong living within him.

Su Mo was ambushed by three Soul Grandmasters in the Soul Hunting Forest, but Bibi Dong warned him before they could catch him. As he prepared to fight back, he discovered he could share Bibi Dong’s vision and used his bow to bring down one pursuer before charging the other with his Soul Hunting Spear.

• Bibi Dong told Su Mo that three Soul Grandmasters were approaching him and urged him to return to the forest’s outer area.
• When the men split up to intercept him, Su Mo hid behind a tree and prepared an ambush rather than risk running deeper into the forest.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong’s intense concentration let him share her vision, allowing him to watch the pursuers beyond the tree.
• Su Mo shot one pursuer through the chest, while the other blocked his follow-up arrows with his first soul skill.
• With the stronger pursuer closing in, Su Mo dropped his bow, charged the shielded man with his spear, and activated his first soul skill, Pierce.

Su Mo defeated the three Soul Masters who attacked him, including an Evil Soul Master, using his Soul Hunting Spear. Bibi Dong urged him to kill the unconscious men, and Su Mo looked to her as she met his gaze without compassion.

• The pangolin-spirit Soul Grandmaster attacked Su Mo, but Su Mo pierced through his defenses and knocked him unconscious.
• The last attacker revealed his Blood-Sucking Flying Leech martial soul and sent nine avatars after Su Mo.
• Su Mo destroyed all nine Flying Leech Avatars, then skewered the Evil Soul Master and kicked him unconscious.
• After realizing he had not killed any of the three attackers, Su Mo hesitated.
• Bibi Dong told Su Mo to kill them to prevent them from harming more people, and he turned to face her indifferent gaze.

Su Mo killed three Evil Soul Masters, then found and absorbed a thousand-year Thunderclap Beast soul ring, reaching level 22. After graduating from Notting Academy and telling his aunt his level, he traveled to Suotuo City and joined the line for Shrek Academy’s entrance test, where he caught the attention of a girl ahead of him.

• Bibi Dong persuaded Su Mo to kill the three fallen Evil Soul Masters, and he searched their bodies for valuables afterward.
• Su Mo discovered he could share Bibi Dong’s field of vision and continued hunting for a suitable soul beast.
• Su Mo trapped and killed a Thunderclap Beast, absorbed its thousand-year soul ring, gained Thunderclap Strike, and rose to level 22.
• Su Mo graduated from Notting Academy, told his aunt he was a Soul Grandmaster, and left for Balak Kingdom after a month at home.
• Su Mo arrived in Suotuo City and joined the Shrek Academy admission line, where he stared at the girl in front of him until she turned around coldly.

Su Mo watched the Shrek Academy entrance tests and judged that its strict admissions were not enough to make it a good academy without strong teaching. After passing the first test with Soul Power Level 22, he followed Dai Mubai inside for the next round as Zhu Zhuqing left ahead.

• Su Mo greeted Zhu Zhuqing, who coldly dismissed him while recalling that she had seen Dai Mubai enter a Couples Hotel with twin sisters in Suotuo City.
• Su Mo watched Li Yusong refuse to refund a registration fee and explain that Shrek Academy accepted only exceptional students.
• Bibi Dong joined Su Mo, who questioned whether Shrek Academy had the teaching resources and standards to support the geniuses it admitted.
• Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing passed the first test, and Zhu Zhuqing paused to watch Su Mo take his turn.
• Su Mo gave his martial soul as the Soul Hunting Spear and his Soul Power Level as 22, passed the first test, and was sent inside with Dai Mubai.

Su Mo reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai let talented applicants skip ahead. Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing proved they exceeded level 25 and went on to the final round, while Su Mo stayed behind to continue testing.

• Dai Mubai brought Zhu Zhuqing and Su Mo inside, where Tang San and Xiao Wu met Oscar at his sausage stall.
• Tang San recognized Su Mo as a former classmate, and Dai Mubai offered to take Tang San and Xiao Wu directly to the final round if their Soul Power Levels exceeded 25.
• Dai Mubai let Tang San test ahead despite protests from the waiting applicants, and Tang San revealed a Soul Power Level of 29.
• Xiao Wu also tested at level 29, while Ning Rongrong reached level 26 and Zhu Zhuqing reached level 27.
• Dai Mubai led the four high-level applicants toward the final round, while Su Mo chose to take the tests in order.

Su Mo passed the second trial after revealing his yellow and purple soul rings, and Teacher Lu Qibin exempted him from the third trial. At the final trial, Su Mo watched Zhao Wuji defeat Tang San's group and resolved to develop a rapid footwork technique from his own second soul skill, before Zhao Wuji challenged him to continue.

• Su Mo revealed his five-hundred-year First Soul Ring and thousand-year second soul ring, and the assessment teacher passed him.
• Teacher Lu Qibin waived Su Mo's third trial and took him to the final assessment.
• Su Mo watched Zhao Wuji fight Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, focusing on Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Su Mo considered using his lightning-based second soul skill to develop a rapid movement technique.
• Zhao Wuji defeated Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San gave up to tend to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong withdrew from the fight.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Su Mo and asked whether he still wanted to continue the test.

Tang San challenged Zhao Wuji to a second fight after the group failed the test, bargaining for all four applicants to pass if he could hold out for an incense stick’s burn. He succeeded with Hidden Weapons and the Clear Sky Hammer, and Zhao Wuji then turned to test Su Mo.

• Zhao Wuji explained that Xiao Wu had fallen unconscious from the backlash of her Charm soul skill, while Tang San carried her to Ning Rongrong and asked her to look after Xiao Wu.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji for another fight, offering to let all four applicants enter Shrek Academy if he lasted an incense stick’s burn; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to leave with him if he lost.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with Hidden Weapons, then used the Clear Sky Hammer to knock him down, and lasted long enough to pass the test.
• Zhao Wuji honored the agreement and declared Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had passed.
• Zhao Wuji told Su Mo to face him next and pass by lasting an incense stick’s burn.

Su Mo avoided Zhao Wuji’s assessment and faced Dai Mubai instead, revealing an extraordinary Soul Ring configuration and overwhelming him with spear techniques. The fight continued as Dai Mubai used his third Soul Skill to brace against Su Mo’s advancing attack.

• Su Mo persuaded Zhao Wuji to let Dai Mubai assess him because he was only level 22, while Tang San removed the hidden weapons and fainted from exhaustion.
• Dai Mubai began the trial and was shocked when Su Mo revealed one yellow and one purple Soul Ring.
• Su Mo used his Soul Hunting Spear and Overlord Spear Technique to force Dai Mubai backward despite the difference in their Soul Power Levels.
• Dai Mubai fired his Second Soul Skill, White Tiger Light Wave, but Su Mo’s Thunderclap Strike pierced through it and charged toward him.
• Dai Mubai stopped his attack and used his Third Soul Skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, to prepare to block Su Mo’s spear.

Su Mo decisively defeated Dai Mubai in the fourth-round assessment, then explained that he had fused his martial soul with a specially forged spear. The teachers ruled that his method did not break the assessment rules, and Dai Mubai accepted the result and welcomed Su Mo to Shrek Academy.

• Su Mo overpowered Dai Mubai despite his White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then withdrew his spear and declared the assessment finished.
• Dai Mubai admitted defeat, and Zhao Wuji confirmed that Su Mo had passed the fourth-round assessment.
• Su Mo separated his Soul Hunting Spear from the Mystic Iron Spear and explained that he had fused his martial soul with the weapon Tang San forged for him.
• Dai Mubai accused Su Mo of cheating, but Zhao Wuji ruled that the method was allowed in the assessment and warned that weapons were forbidden in the Soul Master Competition.
• Dai Mubai apologized to Su Mo and welcomed him to Shrek Academy.

Su Mo settled into Shrek Academy and toured the grounds with Ning Rongrong, explaining how he had fused his martial soul with a weapon and absorbed a thousand-year soul ring. Meanwhile, Flender learned that Shrek had recruited five promising students and began planning how to handle Ning Rongrong’s spoiled nature.

• Su Mo settled into his own dormitory, then met Ning Rongrong while exploring Shrek Academy and agreed to walk around with her.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Mo about his weapon and second soul ring, and Su Mo credited his strong physique and Yu Xiaogang’s theory for his ability to absorb a thousand-year soul ring.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy, and Lu Qibin reported that five promising students, including Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, had enrolled.
• Li Yusong warned Flender that Ning Rongrong was a pampered little princess, and Flender said he would find a way to keep her at the academy.

Bibi Dong tried to discourage Su Mo from liking Ning Rongrong by revealing her status, but Su Mo said he would pursue someone he cared for without fear of rejection. At Shrek Academy, Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a punishing run while calling Tang San aside, and Su Mo settled into the academy’s largely unscheduled day.

• Bibi Dong warned Su Mo that Ning Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s princess, but Su Mo said he would fight for someone he liked and accept the outcome.
• Bibi Dong returned to Su Mo’s Spirit Space, still wondering why the conversation felt familiar.
• Dai Mubai introduced the students, and Flender announced Shrek’s rules and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps.
• Flender revealed that Ning Fengzhi had authorized him to discipline Ning Rongrong, then dismissed the other students and called Tang San aside.
• Su Mo complained about Shrek’s free-range schedule and thought Ning Rongrong would need a lesson to adapt.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over failing her assigned laps, then led the students to Suotuo City for their first lesson at the Great Soul Arena. Su Mo agreed to fight without his Mystic Iron Spear, and his first match was set against Xiao Wu.

• Flender gave Ning Rongrong the choice to leave Shrek or prove she deserved to stay, then criticized her abilities and compared her unfavorably with the other students.
• Ning Rongrong broke down crying and ran off, so Flender sent Dai Mubai to tell Oscar to comfort her and canceled Oscar’s punishment.
• Flender led the students toward Suotuo City and announced that their first class would be at the Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai explained the arena’s match types, and Flender told Su Mo not to use his Mystic Iron Spear and Tang San not to use his Hidden Weapons.
• Su Mo, Tang San, and Xiao Wu registered at the Great Soul Arena, where Su Mo’s first match was set against Xiao Wu.

Su Mo defeated Xiao Wu in their first Soul Arena match, using his Thousand Year second soul ring and spear technique to keep her at a distance. After Xiao Wu admitted defeat, Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were announced as the next contestants.

• Tang San was surprised that Su Mo and Xiao Wu had been matched, and Dai Mubai explained that newcomers with no match records were easily paired together.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu revealed their martial souls and soul rings, shocking the spectators when they saw Su Mo's Thousand Year second soul ring.
• Xiao Wu tried to close in with her speed and Waist Bow, but Su Mo repeatedly stopped her with precise spear thrusts.
• Xiao Wu used her Charm soul skill, but Su Mo resisted it and seized the opening to strike with his Second Soul Skill, Thunderclap Strike.
• Su Mo stopped his spear at Xiao Wu's chest, and Xiao Wu admitted defeat, giving him the victory.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were announced as the next contestants.

Su Mo watched Tang San defeat Zhu Zhuqing and discussed the romantic prospects of Ning Rongrong with Ma Hongjun, warning him about both the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rules and his own martial-soul flaw. After Tang San and Xiao Wu won their first doubles match, Ma Hongjun suggested going out to relax, while Su Mo anticipated a confrontation involving Ning Rongrong back at Shrek.

• Tang San checked that Xiao Wu was unharmed after her loss to Su Mo, then entered the arena to fight Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun asked Su Mo whether he liked anyone at the academy, and Su Mo warned him that Oscar could not marry Ning Rongrong because her sect required partners to be Battle Soul Masters.
• Su Mo reminded Ma Hongjun that his martial-soul flaw would make a relationship with Ning Rongrong dangerous, and Ma Hongjun abandoned the idea of pursuing her.
• Tang San trapped Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Grass and won their match, then Tang San and Xiao Wu won their first doubles match.
• Ma Hongjun invited the others to go out, but Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing declined or left; Su Mo returned to Shrek, expecting Ning Rongrong to be manipulated by the others.

Ning Rongrong clashed with Dai Mubai and was rejected by Tang San and Oscar, but Su Mo comforted her and persuaded her to stay at Shrek Academy. The next morning, Oscar announced he had reached Rank 30, and Flender assigned the students to eat Oscar’s Recovery Sausage as part of their lesson.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai until he struck her, and Tang San intervened before Dai Mubai left.
• Ning Rongrong offered Tang San money and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect support to kill Dai Mubai, but Tang San refused and advised her to change or leave.
• Oscar rejected Ning Rongrong’s request for support, while Su Mo helped her up, comforted her, and encouraged her to stay.
• Ning Rongrong returned to training the next morning and greeted only Su Mo.
• Oscar arrived late and revealed that he had broken through to Rank 30, so Flender announced a trip to the Soul Beast Forest for his Soul Ring.
• Flender made Oscar produce Recovery Sausages and ordered every student to eat at least one.

Su Mo and the other students completed Flender’s lesson by eating Oscar’s Recovery Sausages, and Ning Rongrong showed she was willing to stay at Shrek. She joined Su Mo for cultivation and proposed they enter soul duels as a duo, settling on the name Spear Tower Combination.

• Su Mo ate Oscar’s Recovery Sausage first, and Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu followed to finish Flender’s lesson.
• Ning Rongrong caught up with Su Mo, who praised her for setting an example, and she went with him to cultivate.
• Ma Hongjun told Oscar that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect required partners to be Battle Soul Masters, and Oscar gave up his hopes of pursuing Ning Rongrong before going to Suotuo City with Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Support System Soul Masters could compete in duos or teams and asked Su Mo to form a duo with her.
• Ning Rongrong suggested names for their duo, and Su Mo agreed to call it the Spear Tower Combination.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Su Mo, a former Notting Academy student Yu Xiaogang had once rejected as a disciple, had become a Rank 22 Soul Grandmaster with a Thousand Year Soul Ring. Yu Xiaogang was astonished and speculated that Su Mo’s exceptional physique explained his rapid cultivation.

• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy and told him that Zhao Wuji had taken the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Oscar’s third Soul Ring.
• Flender said three of Shrek’s new students had come from Notting Academy, and named Su Mo as the third alongside Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Su Mo as the boy who had once asked to become his disciple, and learned that Su Mo had reached Rank 22 despite having Rank 2 Innate Soul Power.
• Flender revealed that Su Mo’s second Soul Ring was a Thousand Year Soul Ring and explained his naturally powerful physique and rigorous training.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that Su Mo’s physique could account for both his unusually fast cultivation and his ability to absorb a powerful soul ring.