Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan used an illusion to make Kong Yue and four other students challenge him, then invited all five to fight him together in the Duel Arena. He knocked them off the stage with one punch each, and they realized too late that they had challenged the Outer Courtyard’s Monster.

• Tang Lan’s illusion made Kong Yue and four students who had insulted Jiang Nannan challenge him to a duel, and he told them to attack together.
• Students skipped class to watch, so Teacher Zhou and the other teachers went to the Duel Arena after Hong Ling explained what was happening.
• The five students, still seeing Tang Lan as an ordinary opponent, cursed him and charged without using their strongest soul skills.
• Tang Lan punched each of the five in the face and knocked them off the Duel Stage, then pinned them with Dragon Grasping Hand.
• The illusion faded, and the five realized they had challenged Tang Lan; they knelt before him and begged for mercy.

Tang Lan brutally punished five students who had insulted Jiang Nannan, leaving the Outer Courtyard shocked and afraid of him. When teachers demanded that he answer for the injuries, Tang Lan challenged their authority, and Tang Ming ordered him to apologize.

• The five students begged Tang Lan for mercy, but he kicked one around the Duel Stage and knocked out Kong Yue's teeth for insulting Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Lan broke the arms and legs of the remaining three students and kicked them off the stage, while Xu Sanshi reconsidered pursuing Jiang Nannan.
• An Outer Courtyard teacher condemned Tang Lan for the severity of the injuries and said they could harm the students' cultivation and mental state.
• Tang Lan asked the teacher who he was, provoking Tang Ming and other teachers to demand that Tang Lan apologize to the five students.

Tang Lan defied three teachers who confronted him over his fight on the Duel Stage and challenged them to face him there. Despite warnings from his friends and Teacher Zhou, he refused to apologize and insisted he was ready to fight.

• The three teachers pressured Tang Lan and threatened him with punishment for beating five students, but he accused them of seeking revenge and interfering with the Duel Stage.
• Tang Lan challenged the teachers to fight him on the Duel Stage, and they hesitated because fighting a freshman would be undignified.
• Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Teacher Zhou urged Tang Lan to apologize, while Xu Sanshi and others hoped to see him punished.
• Tang Lan dismissed the warnings and told the teachers they might end up with swollen faces.
• Tang Ming and the other teachers angrily challenged Tang Lan to prove he could slap one of their faces swollen.

Tang Lan challenged Teacher Tang Ming to a duel and baited him into summoning his martial soul and attacking with lethal intent. Tang Lan evaded Tang Ming’s soul skill and struck back with his enlarged hammer as Tang Ming tried to block.

• Tang Lan invited Tang Ming to fight him on the Duel Stage, and Tang Ming accepted in anger.
• Tang Ming charged without summoning his martial soul, but Tang Lan repeatedly dodged and mocked him.
• Tang Ming summoned his martial soul and used his first soul skill, Blazing Flame Five-Claw Strike, with murderous intent.
• Tang Lan used Wave Treading to evade Tang Ming’s attack, appeared behind him, and declared he would not spare him.
• Tang Lan enlarged his hammer and brought it down on Tang Ming, who turned to block with his second soul skill, Blazing Flame Armor.

Tang Lan overpowered Tang Ming despite the teacher's Soul Skills and drove him off the Duel Stage. Tang Ming's strongest attack failed, leaving Tang Lan standing over him and asking why he had lost so quickly.

• Tang Lan shattered Tang Ming's armored arms with a hammer blow, then crossed through Tang Ming's fire attack unharmed and kicked him to the ground.
• Tang Ming used his fifth Soul Skill, Lion Impact, but Tang Lan struck him with two hammer blows and sent him to the edge of the stage.
• Tang Ming summoned his sixth Soul Skill, Blazing Flame Phantom, and prepared to fight alongside the fiery lion.
• Tang Lan charged Tang Ming and knocked him off the stage with a hammer blow, then dispersed the lion with another strike.
• Tang Lan went to Tang Ming and mocked him for losing so quickly.

Tang Lan defeated Tang Ming and refused to back down from the other Outer Courtyard teachers, while Tan Lang secretly planned to cripple him. News of Tang Lan’s strength reached the Sea God Pavilion, which convened a meeting to discuss the Two-Ring Great Spirit Master who had defeated a Soul Emperor.

• Tang Lan’s victory over Tang Ming stunned the Outer Courtyard, and he challenged Tan Lang and Ming Yue to fight him next.
• Ming Yue refused to fight, and Tan Lang claimed teachers should not compete with students while secretly plotting to attack Tang Lan outside the academy.
• Tang Lan provoked Tan Lang, then apologized to Teacher Zhou, who told him to return to class and keep cultivating.
• Word of Tang Lan’s victory reached the Inner Courtyard and Sea God Pavilion, and Yan Shaozhe examined him but confirmed he appeared to be a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master.
• Yan Shaozhe informed the Sea God Pavilion, which immediately convened a meeting.

Yan Shaozhe urged the Sea God Pavilion Elders to admit Tang Lan directly into the Inner Courtyard, insisting the freshman was a monster despite their skepticism. He revealed that Tang Lan had defeated the highly regarded Four-Ring senior Xu Sanshi, leaving the Elders stunned.

• Yan Shaozhe proposed making an exception to admit Tang Lan into the Inner Courtyard and train him personally.
• Old Song, Xian Lin'er, and the other Pavilion Elders dismissed Yan Shaozhe's praise and questioned whether Tang Lan deserved the title of monster.
• Mu En asked Yan Shaozhe to explain what made the student extraordinary.
• Yan Shaozhe said Tang Lan was thirteen, wielded the Overlord Spear, and was a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master, prompting further mockery from the Elders.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Tang Lan had defeated Xu Sanshi, a Four-Ring Soul Grandmaster known for the Outer Courtyard's strongest defense, on the Duel Stage.
• The Pavilion Elders were shocked when Yan Shaozhe said Tang Lan had won cleanly in front of students and teachers.

Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Tang Lan had defeated more than thirty senior students, then faced two hundred and made them surrender without being hurt or using soul skills. The Elders struggled to believe the feat as Yan Shaozhe declared Tang Lan the strongest monster in Shrek's history.

• Yan Shaozhe told the Pavilion Elders that Tang Lan had crushed his opponents in earlier duels and defeated more than thirty senior students at once.
• Xian Lin'er questioned whether Tang Lan had relied on schemes or special weapons, but Yan Shaozhe insisted he had won with speed and strength.
• Mu En asked whether the account was true, and Yan Shaozhe confirmed it after speaking with Teacher Zhou and other witnesses.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that two hundred elite Outer Courtyard students had then surrounded Tang Lan, who made them admit defeat without injury or using soul skills.
• The Pavilion Elders reacted with disbelief as Yan Shaozhe called Tang Lan the strongest monster in Shrek's history.

Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Tang Lan had defeated a Rank 65 teacher despite being a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master, prompting Mu En to investigate whether he was hiding his strength or was an Evil Soul Master. Mu En confirmed Tang Lan’s cultivation and pure nature, discovering that he possessed both the Overlord Spear and a rare Ancient Dragon Spirit.

• Yan Shaozhe urged the Sea God Pavilion elders to admit Tang Lan directly into the Inner Courtyard and devote Shrek Academy’s resources to training him.
• Xian Lin'er described Tang Lan’s fight against five students and a Rank 65 teacher, then argued that his behavior suggested he was an Evil Soul Master from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En left the meeting to examine Tang Lan himself, while the elders waited and debated whether Tang Lan had concealed his identity or cultivation.
• Mu En disguised himself as a hunched old man and passed Tang Lan, who continued walking with Jiang Nannan without revealing that he recognized Mu En.
• Mu En determined that Tang Lan was a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master with the Overlord Spear and a rare Ancient Dragon Spirit, and concluded that he was neither an Evil Soul Master nor an agent of the Holy Spirit Cult.

After Mu En identified Tang Lan as a Twin Martial Souls genius with the Ancient Dragon Spirit, Shrek Academy arranged to protect him. Tang Lan left with Jiang Nannan, but Tan Lang and three Soul Emperor allies ambushed them, intent on killing Tang Lan and taking Jiang Nannan.

• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Tang Lan had two Martial Souls, the Overlord Spear and Ancient Dragon Spirit, and was not an Evil Soul Master.
• Mu En ordered Shrek Academy to protect Tang Lan and keep his training secret, and Yan Shaozhe went to make arrangements.
• Tang Lan left the academy with Jiang Nannan, while Tan Lang gathered three Soul Emperor allies and waited on a dim road.
• Tang Lan warned Jiang Nannan that Tan Lang planned to kill him, but Tan Lang and his companions appeared and confronted them.

Tan Lang and three Soul Emperor accomplices trapped Tang Lan and Jiang Nannan, intending to kill Tang Lan and assault Jiang Nannan. Luo Jian, an 88th-level Soul Douluo sent to protect Tang Lan, intervened, but his attack had not yet stopped the four from escaping.

• Tan Lang threatened Jiang Nannan and explained that his companion had sealed the area so nobody outside could see or hear them.
• Tang Lan reassured Jiang Nannan that the Academy had sent someone to protect him, then chose not to fight so the observer could judge his strength.
• Tan Lang and the other three unleashed their martial souls and attacked Tang Lan and Jiang Nannan, but sword light blocked their attacks and shattered the spatial seal.
• Luo Jian appeared and condemned the four for attacking Shrek Academy students, then used his third soul skill, Skyfalling Swords, against them.
• The four defended themselves against Luo Jian's swords, while their support-type companion began using his fifth soul ring to strengthen the others and aid their escape.

After Luo Jian killed four Soul Emperors who had tried to assassinate Tang Lan, Shrek Academy arranged stronger protection for him. Meanwhile, rival factions learned of Tang Lan’s talent and the Holy Spirit Cult decided to attack him that night.

• Luo Jian used Sword's Five Slashes to kill the four attackers, then warned Tang Lan to stay inside Shrek City.
• Tang Lan took Jiang Nannan out, while Luo Jian reported the assassination attempt to the Sea God Pavilion and Mu En decided to assign Tang Lan a second guard.
• Tang Ya missed Tang Lan at the hotel, and Tang Lan returned there after taking Jiang Nannan back so he could surprise her.
• Sun Moon Empire spies reported that Luo Jian was guarding Tang Lan, but Tian Teng decided against acting rashly after his deputy warned that other factions might intervene.
• The Holy Spirit Cult reviewed Tang Lan’s record and resolved to assassinate him that night.

Tang Lan gave Tang Ya two rare soul bones, then used himself as bait for people plotting to kill him. After killing a pursuing Soul King, he discovered that the seemingly injured woman he had brought to the hotel was an assassin, and restrained her before she could stab him.

• Red Devil ordered the Holy Spirit Cult's Intelligence Halls to target Tang Lan with a seductive assassin and a backup plan.
• Tang Lan visited Tang Ya, gave her two soul bones, and decided to draw out his would-be killers as bait.
• Tang Lan helped a woman who claimed a Soul King had injured her, then killed the pursuing Soul King with his hammer.
• Tang Lan took the woman to a hotel, where she revealed her seduction was a trap and attacked him with a dagger.
• Tang Lan restrained the woman with the Dragon Grasping Hand, and she asked whether he had known she would attack.

Tang Lan exposed and captured a Holy Spirit Cult spy who had tried to lure him with a honey trap, then learned that the Cult had begun its attack on Shrek City. The spy realized the Intelligence Hall Master had led the Cult into a trap, while Tang Lan warned that the other empires would wait for the Holy Spirit Cult to be destroyed before acting.

• Tang Lan revealed that he had recognized the injured beauty as a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and a Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Master, then demanded her name.
• The spy refused to cooperate, and Tang Lan threatened her with humiliation to break her defiance.
• Red Devil attacked Luo Jian outside the hotel, filling the street with black mist and striking with two soul skills.
• Tang Lan told the spy that the other empires had not sent the four Soul Emperors who tried to kill him and were waiting for the Holy Spirit Cult to make the first move.
• The spy realized the Intelligence Hall Master had led the Cult into danger, while Tang Lan urged her to listen to him.

Tang Lan saw through Mo Yu’s attempt to deceive him and killed her just as two Holy Spirit Cult Soul Saints arrived. Ice Bear, a hidden Titled Douluo from Shrek, stopped and captured the attackers, and Tang Lan left for school as the empires ordered their agents to stand down.

• Tang Lan rejected Mo Yu’s false surrender after using Mind Reading to expose her scheme and snapped her neck with Dragon Grasping Hand.
• Two Holy Spirit Cult Soul Saints rushed into the hotel room and attacked Tang Lan with their raven and black snake soul skills.
• Tang Lan called out the hidden Shrek protector, and Ice Bear froze the room and immobilized the two Soul Saints.
• Ice Bear knocked out the Soul Saints and took them away, while Tang Lan left the hotel to return to school.
• The Sun Moon Empire and the other empires ordered their personnel to stand down and take no further action.

Tang Lan admitted to Jiang Nannan that he had other women and wanted her to accept sharing him. Jiang Nannan chose to stay with him, while Xu Sanshi watched in despair and continued trying to persuade her to leave.

• Red Devil was wounded and captured alive by Luo Jian after a long fight.
• Hong Ling confronted Tang Lan about spending time with Jiang Nannan, and he took her away before Jiang Nannan caught up with them.
• Tang Lan admitted to Jiang Nannan that he was involved with other women and hoped they could live together peacefully.
• Xu Sanshi urged Jiang Nannan to leave Tang Lan, but she took Tang Lan's other arm and accepted Hong Ling as her sister.
• Xu Sanshi continued pleading with Jiang Nannan as she ignored him and leaned against Tang Lan and Hong Ling.

Xu Sanshi begged Tang Lan to spare Jiang Nannan, then provoked him into striking him in public. Tang Lan slapped Xu Sanshi twice, drawing the anger of Wu Feng and other teachers, while Hong Ling, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao arrived as the confrontation escalated.

• Xu Sanshi asked Tang Lan to let Jiang Nannan go and offered to do anything in return, but Tang Lan told him to leave or die for her.
• Xu Sanshi refused to leave and challenged Tang Lan to hit him, believing Shrek Academy's ban on private fighting would protect him.
• Tang Lan slapped Xu Sanshi twice in front of the watching students and teachers.
• Wu Feng demanded that Tang Lan apologize and slap himself twice, threatening to report him to the academy.
• Hong Ling and Jiang Nannan warned Tang Lan that the crowd had turned against him, and Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao hurried to the scene.

Tang Lan brutally attacked Xu Sanshi and Wu Feng inside Shrek Academy, ignoring everyone who tried to stop him. After defeating them, he reassured Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling that he would be fine, while the other students feared what the Academy would do next.

• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao criticized Tang Lan for starting another fight, while Xu Sanshi accused him before Wu Feng.
• Tang Lan used Dragon Grasping Hand to slap Xu Sanshi ten times, then broke his lower leg with a kick.
• Wu Feng attacked Tang Lan with her fire-based soul skills, but he dodged her fireballs and kicked her down.
• Wu Feng used her Fire Chain and Phoenix Armor, but Tang Lan evaded the chain, stomped her to her knees, and kicked her away.
• Tang Lan challenged the watching students to attack him and reassured Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling that he would be fine.

Tang Lan continued fighting at Shrek Academy, defeating Inner Courtyard teacher Yang Tian while still holding two women. He left Yang Tian with a broken leg as the academy crowd watched in shock.

• Xu Sanshi pleaded with Yang Tian to punish Tang Lan, and Yang Tian ordered Tang Lan to come over.
• Tang Lan ignored Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong's warnings and challenged Yang Tian, who revealed his Divine Dragon Spear Martial Soul.
• Yang Tian attacked with Divine Spear Strike, but Tang Lan dodged and kicked him into Wu Feng and Xu Sanshi.
• Yang Tian used Divine Spear Triple Thrust, but Tang Lan vanished behind him and broke his lower leg with a kick.

Tang Lan fought off Shrek’s Outer Courtyard teachers after they accused him of being an Evil Soul Master. When Soul Douluo Da Nian arrived and attacked, Tang Lan dodged his golden lasers and taunted him.

• Wu Feng urged the Outer Courtyard teachers to attack Tang Lan, while Teacher Zhou left to summon reinforcements.
• Tang Lan used the Dragon Grasping Hand to seize and throw Wu Feng and more than a dozen teachers, leaving them sprawled on the ground.
• Da Nian, an eighty-sixth-rank Soul Douluo guarding the Outer Courtyard, arrived and Yang Tian accused Tang Lan of being an Evil Soul Master.
• Da Nian questioned Tang Lan about the Holy Spirit Cult, then summoned his goldfinch martial soul and fired Goldfinch Laser at him.
• Tang Lan evaded Da Nian’s lasers with the Lingbo Microstep and mocked Da Nian for failing to hit him.