Chapter Summaries

Yun Qi took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shopping, where Xiao Wu argued with Ning Rongrong before the girl stormed out. Yun Qi recognized Ning Rongrong and decided he would meet her the next day, then left the store with the two girls.

• Yun Qi took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing out for breakfast and shopping, and Xiao Wu led them to a clothing store.
• Yun Qi chatted with a male Spirit Master while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing browsed the clothes.
• Xiao Wu chose an oversized undergarment, and Ning Rongrong mocked her, prompting Xiao Wu to insult Ning Rongrong's figure.
• Ning Rongrong stormed out of the store, and Yun Qi recognized her but decided to meet her the next day.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Yun Qi, and he paid for their purchases before they left together.

Yun Qi took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shopping in Suotuo City, where they met Tang San arguing with Flender over a crystal. The chapter ended with Flender questioning Tang San about the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges belt his Teacher had given him.

• Yun Qi promised to pay for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's purchases as they explored Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu led Yun Qi and Zhu Zhuqing into Flender's shop, where Yun Qi recognized the Soul Tool energy and saw Tang San negotiating over a crystal.
• Yun Qi learned Tang San wanted the crystal but had almost no money, then dismissed it as worthless and left with the two girls.
• Tang San told Flender he had only ten Gold Soul Coins, two Silver Soul Coins, and some Copper Soul Coins, and Flender asked where he had gotten his belt.
• Tang San said his Teacher had given him the belt and asked whether Flender recognized it.

Tang San acquired Flender’s hair crystal and tried to extract its gold, while Yun Qi planned to use the next assessment to get Zhao Wuji to target Tang San. Tang San’s hammer strike wrecked his inn room, leaving him to spend the night collecting scattered golden particles.

• Flender gave Tang San the hair crystal after asking about Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San paid him two Silver Soul Coins before leaving.
• Yun Qi told Xiao Wu that Tang San was useful to him and accepted a quest to make Zhao Wuji hate Tang San during the assessment and beat him.
• Tang San struck the hair crystal with the Clear Sky Hammer, smashed through the floor, and fell onto a male spirit master in the room below.
• Tang San argued over the damage bill until he and the other spirit master each paid half, with the other man paying three Gold Soul Coins and assorted smaller coins.
• Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to gather the scattered gold particles and spent most of the night collecting more than twenty thousand.

Yun Qi, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Shrek Academy, with Yun Qi explaining why he chose it and showing off his sword flight along the way. They arrived at the impoverished village and found a line of prospective students at the academy entrance.

• Yun Qi and the two girls thanked the hotel manager with buns before leaving Suotuo City for Shrek.
• Yun Qi told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that he had chosen Shrek partly by intuition and partly to lie low and seek out Dai Mubai.
• When Xiao Wu grew tired of walking, Yun Qi flew the three of them on his greatsword, and he kissed Zhu Zhuqing before Xiao Wu kissed him in turn.
• Yun Qi spotted a small village from the air and landed with the girls, drawing astonished looks from the crowd.
• The three saw the shabby Shrek Academy sign and a line of prospective students as an old man approached them.

Yun Qi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy and watched its corrupt, bullying enrollment process. Dai Mubai recognized Yun Qi and accused him of robbing him and stealing his fiancée, prompting Xiao Wu to expose Dai Mubai’s past.

• Yun Qi introduced himself and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu as prospective students, then joined the enrollment line.
• The Elder refused an overage boy admission, kept his registration fee, and had Dai Mubai threaten the boy and his parents.
• Yun Qi and the girls agreed to play tricks on the academy, while the Elder’s harsh requirements drove away the remaining applicants.
• The Elder displayed his six Spirit Rings to disperse the crowd, then realized that no students remained besides Yun Qi and his companions.
• Dai Mubai recognized Yun Qi, accused him of beating and robbing him and taking his fiancée, and Xiao Wu publicly condemned Dai Mubai’s behavior.

Yun Qi and the others confronted Dai Mubai and an academy elder over Dai Mubai's harassment of Zhu Zhuqing, until Flender arrived and secured their enrollment. Dai Mubai's behavior changed dramatically after Yun Qi used the Gender Identity Disruptor, and Yun Qi still planned to carry out his task against Tang San.

• Yun Qi used the Gender Identity Disruptor on Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai leered at Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai began struggling with his altered consciousness.
• Ning Rongrong challenged the elder for threatening the new students, prompting Yun Qi, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to reveal their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.
• Flender and Tang San arrived, and Flender claimed that the elder had only been testing the students before declaring that they had passed the enrollment test.
• Flender brought Dai Mubai forward to apologize, but Dai Mubai spoke in a feminine manner, so Flender knocked him unconscious.
• Yun Qi nodded to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing and continued planning to beat Tang San black and blue.

Yun Qi and his companions agreed to take Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment, and Flender led them into the academy. Along the way, they met Oscar, whose unkempt appearance and leering earned him the nickname “Black Haired Ape” from Xiao Wu.

• Yun Qi hid his anger behind a friendly smile and insisted that he and the others join Shrek Academy through the proper entrance procedure.
• Ling Yusong tested their bone ages, and Flender accepted Ning Rongrong’s decision to attend despite her family’s status.
• Yun Qi and the others entered the academy without paying the registration fee, while Tang San asked Yun Qi about his conflict with Dai Mubai and grew jealous as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing linked arms with him.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the sausage seller was a teacher, and Flender introduced the disheveled Oscar as their senior fellow student.
• Oscar said he was only fourteen, but Xiao Wu called him a Black Haired Ape, and Flender told him to tidy himself up before taking the newcomers to Zhao Wuji for their assessment.

Yun Qi and the others met Oscar, whose food-producing Soul Skill required a mortifying incantation, before Flender led them onward to the academy's tests. The group bypassed the remaining checkpoints, while Flender hurried them along to avoid having them break the testing crystal ball.

• Oscar tried to win over the girls by offering sausages, but Yun Qi and the others insisted he demonstrate how he made them.
• Oscar summoned a sausage while reciting his lecherous Soul Incantation, disgusted the group, and drew a scolding from Ning Rongrong.
• Flender defended Oscar's useful Food System Martial Soul, told him to sell his sausages outside the academy, and led the group away.
• Students questioned why Yun Qi and the others could skip the examinations, and a Teacher explained they qualified by Soul Power and had the dean's backing.
• Flender led Yun Qi and the others past the remaining checkpoints, hurrying them along because he feared they would break the Soul Power testing crystal ball.

Flender explained Shrek Academy’s history and strict graduation standards before assigning Zhao Wuji to test the five newcomers. Yun Qi accepted a task to grievously wound Zhao Wuji, and the group prepared to face him in a ten-minute assessment.

• Ning Rongrong asked how many students Shrek Academy had, and Flender said it had accepted forty-two students, with three currently enrolled.
• Flender claimed Shrek had produced fourteen graduates, including a Spirit Hall elder, while Yun Qi, Xiao Wu, and Little Cat doubted his account.
• Flender brought the group to Zhao Wuji, who agreed to examine the five newcomers in place of Dai Mubai.
• Yun Qi accepted a task to grievously wound Zhao Wuji, and the group discussed a battle plan before approaching him.
• Zhao Wuji set a ten-minute survival test and promised to grant the group one agreed-upon request if they defeated him.

Yun Qi and the others began their ten-minute test against Zhao Wuji, using Ning Rongrong’s support and coordinated attacks to keep him occupied. After Tang San was struck and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing joined the fight, Zhao Wuji broke free from their vines and prepared to continue.

• Ning Rongrong identified Zhao Wuji as a powerful Soul Sage hunted by the Spirit Hall, and Yun Qi urged everyone to focus on stalling him for ten minutes.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s strength and speed, while Yun Qi carried the girls into the air to avoid Zhao Wuji’s ground attack.
• Tang San charged Zhao Wuji, but Yun Qi cut through Tang San’s vines, allowing Zhao Wuji to punch Tang San in the stomach.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji as Ning Rongrong’s boosts enhanced their strength, and Xiao Wu threw him to the ground.
• Zhao Wuji broke free from the vines and praised Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhao Wuji escalated the fight, brutally beating Tang San and injuring Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while Yun Qi’s sword attacks wounded him. As Tang San’s hidden weapons drove Zhao Wuji into a frenzy, Yun Qi prepared to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Wu.

• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Spirit Rings and enlarged his body, resisting Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks as Yun Qi’s sword qi forced him to defend.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with vines and struck his groin, prompting Zhao Wuji to smash him in the face and slap him repeatedly.
• Yun Qi unleashed a storm of sword shadows, piercing Zhao Wuji despite his Immovable Bright King Body, but Zhao Wuji sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing flying when they tried to attack.
• Yun Qi caught the injured women with Sword Control, while Tang San secretly fired Dragon Beard Needles into Zhao Wuji, including his groin, causing him to howl and activate his Fifth Spirit Skill.
• Tang San called for Yun Qi’s help, and Xiao Wu asked Yun Qi to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill; after checking that she could endure it, Yun Qi agreed.

Yun Qi and Xiao Wu fought Zhao Wuji using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang San was knocked unconscious. Their final attack badly wounded Zhao Wuji, and Flender caught Yun Qi and Xiao Wu before they hit the ground.

• Xiao Wu possessed Yun Qi, and Tang San fought beside her until Zhao Wuji knocked him unconscious.
• Yun Qi used her sword and Ning Rongrong's support to evade Zhao Wuji's attacks and gain altitude.
• Zhao Wuji charged a powerful spirit skill as Yun Qi used her External Soul Bone to form a Sword Array and activate Soul Sealing.
• Yun Qi and Xiao Wu unleashed a massive sword attack, but Zhao Wuji's sound wave shattered their fusion and sent them both plummeting.
• Flender caught Yun Qi and Xiao Wu, while Zhao Wuji crashed into the ground badly wounded.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Flender, who checked Yun Qi and Xiao Wu and found that neither had serious injuries.

The teachers discovered that Yun Qi had beaten Zhao Wuji, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong waited for Yun Qi and the others to wake. Flender took the badly injured Zhao Wuji to Suotuo City for treatment, where the doctor removed the needles at great cost and left Zhao Wuji sobbing over his injuries.

• Flender explained that Yun Qi had beaten Zhao Wuji, and the teachers carried Zhao Wuji away for treatment.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to wait until Yun Qi and the others woke before deciding whether to join Shrek Academy, then went to rest with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Oscar learned what had happened and felt relieved that he had not provoked Yun Qi.
• The teachers could not remove the needles lodged in Zhao Wuji, so Flender carried him to Suotuo City to find a healing Spirit Master.
• The doctor offered to remove the needles by cutting away flesh, and Flender paid six bags of money for the alternative treatment.
• Zhao Wuji woke to find that the doctor had removed large amounts of flesh, then began to cry while Flender sighed outside.

After recovering from the battle, Yun Qi reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, then used his rewards to strengthen his Spirit Ring and reach Soul Power Level 44. Xiao Wu woke up and learned that Yun Qi was injured but recovering.

• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing how she and Xiao Wu had become Yun Qi's confidantes, then privately acknowledged her growing feelings for him.
• Yun Qi awoke with Zhu Zhuqing beside him, asked about Xiao Wu, and teased Zhu Zhuqing while Ning Rongrong watched.
• Yun Qi thanked Ning Rongrong for helping them against Zhao Wuji, and the group recalled how Tang San had provoked Zhao Wuji's anger.
• Yun Qi checked his completed mission, claimed more than twenty thousand Dragon Beard Needles, increased his First Spirit Ring's age, and advanced to Soul Power Level 44.
• Xiao Wu woke up, and Yun Qi reassured her that he was all right and only needed time to recover.

Tang Hao watched Tang San’s recovery and grew suspicious about where his son had learned to use sinister weapons. He then confronted the injured Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy, who sensed a powerful stranger in his room.

• Tang Hao secretly watched Tang San and Yun Qi, unaware that Yun Qi’s friendly manner toward them was a facade shaped by his Affinity Halo.
• Flender helped the badly injured Zhao Wuji return to Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji resented Flender for caring more about Tang San than their long friendship.
• Tang Hao visited the unconscious Tang San and questioned how he had learned to use sinister weapons that neither Tang Hao nor Yu Xiaogang had taught him.
• Tang Hao went to Zhao Wuji’s room, where Zhao Wuji sensed the powerful stranger and froze as the visitor told him to come out.

Zhao Wuji followed a mysterious aura into a forest, where Tang Hao revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and challenged him to endure a beating for ten minutes. As Tang Hao began pummeling Zhao Wuji, Yun Qi and the others heard his cries from inside Shrek Academy.

• Zhao Wuji chased the aura to a small forest outside Shrek Academy and confronted a gray-robed man.
• The gray-robed man revealed his nine Spirit Rings and hammer, and Zhao Wuji recognized him as a Titled Douluo.
• Flender appeared, identified the man as Haotian Douluo, and was told to stand aside.
• Tang Hao said he would explain after venting his anger and challenged Zhao Wuji to last ten minutes without Tang Hao using his full strength or Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao punched Zhao Wuji repeatedly as Flender moved away, while Yun Qi, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing heard the cries from the academy.

Tang Hao brutally beat Zhao Wuji after learning that Yun Qi had injured him, then apologized while warning Flender and Zhao Wuji to care for Tang San. The next morning, Yun Qi discovered a way to boost Purple Demon Eye cultivation and began considering how to obtain better means of protecting himself.

• Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji until Flender revealed that one of the children had already castrated half of him, prompting Tang Hao to realize his son had caused the injury.
• Tang Hao helped Zhao Wuji up, offered him guidance as compensation, and warned him and Flender to look after Tang San before leaving.
• Zhao Wuji limped back to his room, while Flender reflected that Tang Hao could have killed them both.
• Yun Qi used Soul Power to massage his eyes and found that the method accelerated his Purple Demon Eye progress; Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing tried it too.
• Yun Qi worried that he lacked a reliable way to escape danger and considered having Tang San forge the Ironclad Sword Dragon corpse into a weapon he could secretly take.
• Yun Qi, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing explored the impoverished Shrek Academy grounds, and Yun Qi shared dried meat with the hungry girls.

Yun Qi and the others found food in a village, then encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua. After Ma Hongjun insulted the women and threatened them, Yun Qi accepted a mission to remove the harmful effects of Ma Hongjun’s evil fire and attacked him.

• Yun Qi and his companions paid a farmhouse for a meal after struggling to find food near Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched Ma Hongjun argue with Cuihua, who said she wanted to end their relationship because he treated her like an object.
• Ma Hongjun grabbed Cuihua, then let her go and insulted her after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing confronted him.
• Xiao Wu knocked Ma Hongjun down, and Zhu Zhuqing slashed at him before Yun Qi stepped in.
• Yun Qi accepted a mission to remove the harmful effects of Ma Hongjun’s evil fire, then used a Dragon Beard Needle to block one of Ma Hongjun’s meridians.

Yun Qi and the girls punished Ma Hongjun after he insulted them, and Yun Qi stopped his attack when Ma Hongjun summoned his Martial Soul. Flender arrived and made Ma Hongjun apologize, then Yun Qi insisted he also apologize to Cuihua.

• Yun Qi and the girls kicked Ma Hongjun back and forth until he summoned his Martial Soul and attacked them with flames.
• Yun Qi summoned the Moon Shadow Sword and used his Spirit Ring ability to disrupt Ma Hongjun's flames and attack his mouth.
• Flender arrived with Cuihua and dispersed Yun Qi's sword aura, leaving Ma Hongjun bald and covered in soot.
• Flender made Ma Hongjun apologize to Yun Qi and the girls, who accepted after he apologized loudly.
• Yun Qi told Ma Hongjun to apologize to Cuihua for mistreating her, and Flender ordered him to do so.

Yun Qi agreed to join Shrek Academy on the condition that his group could follow their own training methods and live separately. As they discussed renting a courtyard, Dai Mubai arrived transformed into a woman, leaving Ma Hongjun stunned.

• Flender explained Ma Hongjun’s flawed Phoenix Martial Soul and asked Yun Qi whether he would join Shrek Academy.
• Yun Qi agreed to join but told Flender that his group would train independently and rent their own courtyard; Flender accepted.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing embraced Yun Qi, while the group happily discussed finding a place to live together.
• Dai Mubai arrived in women’s clothes and makeup, and Ma Hongjun failed to recognize him until Dai Mubai identified himself.