Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Lan, a transmigrator with powerful Martial Souls and an Emotional Value System, provoked Tang San and Xiao Wu at a hotel in Suotuo City to earn Emotional Value. He left Tang San immobilized and hurt by his own attacks, while Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai fought nearby.

• Zhuge Lan collected his Soul Master subsidy and recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu as they arrived in Suotuo City.
• Zhuge Lan followed Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Rose Hotel and urged them and Dai Mubai to settle their dispute over a room with a fight.
• Xiao Wu attacked Dai Mubai, while Tang San challenged Zhuge Lan after Zhuge Lan insulted him.
• Zhuge Lan used his Soul Skill, 100% Barehanded Blade Catch, to force Tang San to slide forward and catch his sword with his hands.
• Tang San attacked Zhuge Lan with Blue Silver Grass, but Zhuge Lan's Thorn Armor reflected damage and left Tang San injured and unable to move.
• Tang San realized Zhuge Lan's defense was a second Martial Soul and reacted with disbelief.

Zhuge Lan used his Twin Martial Souls and powerful soul bone skill to defeat Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai in the contest. Tang San admitted defeat and asked Lan-ge to end the skill, leaving the others suffering its bizarre effects.

• Tang San was shocked that Zhuge Lan could activate two Martial Souls at once, while Dai Mubai transformed and broke free of Xiao Wu’s hold.
• Zhuge Lan challenged Tang San to a bet about who could outlast the other, but Tang San refused to accept.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation against Xiao Wu, who charmed him into smashing the counter before conceding and joining Zhuge Lan’s fight.
• Zhuge Lan activated his million-year Sage’s Eye and inflicted painful childbirth on Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the bystanders.
• Tang San conceded and called Zhuge Lan Lan-ge, and Zhuge Lan withdrew his Twin Martial Souls and soul skill.

After Zhuge Lan’s forced childbirth effect lasted an hour, Dai Mubai apologized and offered to cover his expenses, while Tang San and Xiao Wu left still resentful. Zhuge Lan celebrated his Emotional Value gains, explored the System shop and Soul Skill options, and activated a Hundred Year Soul Ring.

• Zhuge Lan told Tang San and the others that the childbirth effect could not be canceled and would last an hour, then watched their distress generate Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan spotted a shadow he suspected was Zhu Zhuqing at the hotel entrance and waited for the effect to end instead of pursuing her.
• When the effect wore off, Tang San carried Xiao Wu away in silence, while Dai Mubai apologized, offered to pay for the room and damages, and warned others not to provoke Zhuge Lan.
• Zhuge Lan ordered the hotel’s most expensive dishes on Dai Mubai’s tab and checked his System, which showed more than 100,000 Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan reviewed the shop and his Million Year Soul Ring’s skill, then activated a Hundred Year Soul Ring in an empty slot.

Zhuge Lan raised several Soul Rings and unlocked Soul Skills, including curses that inflicted increasingly severe negative statuses on attackers. Two days later, he arrived at Shrek Academy and spotted Zhu Zhuqing, while the System offered to pre-unlock a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with her Netherworld Cat Soul Spirit.

• Zhuge Lan raised the Li Jing Longsword Soul Ring to a thousand years, improving Sword Hardening and unlocking its Unbreakable trait, then unlocked Sword Fever.
• He raised the Thorns Armor Soul Rings, upgrading Abomination Curse to guarantee a harmless status and possibly inflict a mild one, and unlocked Light's Vengeance.
• After hearing that his meal had arrived, Zhuge Lan unlocked another Soul Ring and froze at the newly revealed Soul Skill.
• Two days later, Zhuge Lan reached Shrek Academy as Li Yusong checked the final applicant and recognized her as Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhuge Lan asked the System about a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Zhuqing, and it offered to pre-unlock resonance with her Netherworld Cat Soul Spirit for 20,000 Emotional Value.

Zhuge Lan revealed his extraordinary twin Martial Souls and three thousand-year Soul Rings, earning direct admission to Shrek and catching Zhu Zhuqing’s interest. As he reunited with Dai Mubai and met Oscar, Zhuge Lan began another unexpected stunt.

• Zhuge Lan purchased Martial Soul resonance with Zhu Zhuqing, who recognized their connection and offered to cover his registration fee if he was above level 23.
• Zhuge Lan refused Zhu Zhuqing’s offer, revealed three purple Soul Rings, and summoned his second Martial Soul with a white and two purple Soul Rings.
• Li Yusong checked Zhuge Lan’s age, then accepted him into Shrek without a fee or assessment after discovering he was a twelve-year-old with Twin Martial Souls.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself to Zhuge Lan and sensed resonance with both his Martial Souls, while Dai Mubai realized he would have to examine him for Shrek’s fourth test.
• Zhuge Lan teased Dai Mubai about his encounter with the twins, worsening Zhu Zhuqing’s disgust, then examined Oscar’s grilled sausage as Oscar demonstrated his Martial Soul.

Zhuge Lan impressed Shrek’s students by eating Oscar’s Recovery Sausage and revealing three thousand-year Soul Rings. Zhu Zhuqing pressed him for a way to increase her Soul Ring Year Limit, and he considered a costly method that might also help him win her over.

• Zhuge Lan ate Oscar’s Recovery Sausage and persuaded Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to eat one too, while Ning Rongrong refused and drew the others’ distance.
• Li Yusong let the students with Soul Power above Rank 25 skip ahead to the final test, where Zhuge Lan revealed his Thorn Armor and three thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked how Zhuge Lan had obtained a thousand-year first Soul Ring, but he teased the group by refusing to reveal his Secret Recipe.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to pay for a way to increase her Soul Ring Year Limit, and Zhuge Lan searched the System for something he could give her.
• Zhuge Lan found a costly option and told Zhu Zhuqing it was possible, but left her waiting for his condition.

Zhuge Lan led the group into Zhao Wuji’s final test and used a risky battle plan to face the powerful Soul Saint. The chapter ended as Zhuge Lan met Zhao Wuji’s palm with a fist and was sent staggering backward.

• Zhuge Lan declined to give Zhu Zhuqing his Soul Spirit, then arrived with the group at the final test.
• Zhao Wuji took over the test after Li Yusong told him about Zhuge Lan, and Dai Mubai explained that the group had to last an incense stick against him.
• Zhuge Lan introduced his Soul Spirits and assigned the team a plan, which Ning Rongrong reluctantly accepted alongside Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked Zhao Wuji while Ning Rongrong boosted their speed, but Zhao Wuji blasted them away.
• Zhuge Lan used Chaotic Taunt to make Zhao Wuji charge at him, allowing Tang San to restrain Zhao Wuji while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhuge Lan’s strength, and he activated Thorn Armor and traded a blow with Zhao Wuji, staggering backward.

Zhuge Lan and the others fought Zhao Wuji, whose attacks triggered a string of debilitating curses before Zhuge Lan struck him with stored lightning. With Zhao Wuji fleeing to deal with the effects, Zhuge Lan asked whether the group had passed the assessment or needed to fight again.

• Zhuge Lan blocked Zhao Wuji's attack while Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu worked together to throw Zhao Wuji off balance and attack him.
• Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Possession and soul skills against Zhuge Lan, who endured the blows and healed himself while his Abomination Curse piled negative effects onto Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji suffered an embarrassing bout of diarrhea and fled on his hands after Zhuge Lan's Light's Vengeance struck him with lightning.
• Zhuge Lan explained his soul skills to the stunned group, and Tang San realized Zhuge Lan had gone easy on him the day before.
• Zhuge Lan asked whether the group had passed the assessment now that Zhao Wuji had run off, or whether they should fight again.

Zhuge Lan passed Shrek’s entrance test and agreed to help Zhu Zhuqing strengthen her body, drawing suspicion and jealousy from the others. He gave her a powerful, aphrodisiac Whale Rubber, then guarded her room while she endured its effects, leaving Dai Mubai impressed by his restraint.

• Li Yusong abandoned the idea of reevaluating the students, declared them all accepted, and left Dai Mubai to lead them to the dormitories.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhuge Lan for help becoming stronger, and he agreed to give her a dose of his body-strengthening potion that night.
• Dai Mubai questioned Zhuge Lan about Zhu Zhuqing, then moved Oscar’s bed so Zhuge Lan could use the room privately.
• Zhuge Lan spent Emotional Value to reach level 36 and welcomed Zhu Zhuqing into the room when she arrived.
• Zhuge Lan tied Zhu Zhuqing up, made her drink 99,999-year Whale Rubber, and left her to endure its aphrodisiac effects while he stood guard outside.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhuge Lan guard the door and decided he was a brother worth acknowledging.

Zhuge Lan measured Zhu Zhuqing’s improved Soul Ring limit and told her it had risen to 8,360 years. Delighted, Zhu Zhuqing hugged him, reaffirmed her promise to him, and hurried him toward breakfast, where a nearby argument broke out.

• After Zhu Zhuqing thanked Zhuge Lan for helping her, she went to the bathhouse while he returned to the room and used the system to fall into a deep sleep.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing woke Zhuge Lan and asked how much her Soul Ring limit had increased.
• Zhuge Lan used Physique Scan and told Zhu Zhuqing her current physical Soul Ring limit was 8,360 years, an increase of 6,660 years.
• Zhu Zhuqing excitedly hugged Zhuge Lan, then reminded him that her promised condition still stood and led him toward the Cafeteria.
• On the way to breakfast, Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing heard someone nearby angrily threaten to break up after doing it one more time.

Zhuge Lan acquired the first level of Spiral Nine Shadows and challenged Tang San to a movement-technique contest. Tang San took the initiative as the match began, reaching to grab Zhuge Lan.

• Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing secretly watched Tang San kick Ma Hongjun down before Dai Mubai stopped the fight.
• Zhuge Lan exchanged 100,000 Emotional Value for the first level of Spiral Nine Shadows after comparing it with Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Zhuge Lan challenged Tang San to a movement contest, and they agreed that the first to grab the other's clothes would win.
• Xiao Wu proposed that the loser call the winner big brother, and Tang San accepted the wager.
• When Xiao Wu's handkerchief hit the ground, Tang San rushed forward with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and reached for Zhuge Lan.

Zhuge Lan revealed his Spiral Nine Shadows movement technique to Tang San and drew Zhu Zhuqing’s eager interest. At the cafeteria, Dai Mubai grew jealous of Zhu Zhuqing’s attention toward Zhuge Lan and hurried to stop Ma Hongjun from provoking him.

• Tang San’s attack passed through Zhuge Lan’s afterimage, and Zhuge Lan demonstrated Spiral Nine Shadows while Tang San demanded to know how he had moved so quickly.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to learn the technique, and Zhuge Lan described its three levels without agreeing to teach her.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed Zhuge Lan to the cafeteria and served him food, while Dai Mubai grew jealous and Ma Hongjun leered at her.
• Ma Hongjun threatened Zhuge Lan on Dai Mubai’s behalf, so Dai Mubai kicked him down and denied ordering the threat.

Zhuge Lan provoked Ma Hongjun into attacking, then used his Soul Spirit Thorns Armor to inflict a string of harmful effects and farm Emotional Value. Flender eventually explained Ma Hongjun’s connection to the Blazing Flame Sect and asked Zhuge Lan for guidance.

• Zhuge Lan insulted Ma Hongjun and Flender, prompting Ma Hongjun to attack him with his Phoenix Fire Line.
• Zhuge Lan reflected Ma Hongjun’s flames and inflicted multiple negative statuses, making Ma Hongjun cough and accidentally send fire from his ears, nostrils, and behind.
• Dai Mubai warned Ma Hongjun that Zhuge Lan had defeated Zhao Wuji, and Ma Hongjun backed down when Flender arrived and ordered him to run thirty laps.
• Zhuge Lan challenged Flender’s defense of Ma Hongjun and suggested that his Martial Soul was a mutated Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix connected to the Blazing Flame Sect.
• Flender admitted that Ma Hongjun’s father had led the Blazing Flame Sect and entrusted him with Ma Hongjun before dying, then asked Zhuge Lan for advice.

Zhuge Lan explained the cause of Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and bargained with Flender before listing numerous possible cures. After taking Flender’s 500 Gold Soul Coins, he shared the treatment options, leaving Flender and Ma Hongjun to consider them.

• Flender described the Earth Three Sects, and Zhuge Lan clarified that he had no connection to them but knew more than thirty ways to treat Ma Hongjun’s martial soul defect.
• Ma Hongjun apologized for attacking Zhuge Lan and begged him for help, while Flender recognized Zhuge Lan’s Spiral Nine Shadows as a powerful self-created skill.
• Zhuge Lan explained that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix resulted from the incomplete awakening of his powerful Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix martial soul and that indulging his desires was a crude way to vent the Evil Fire.
• Zhuge Lan recommended finding a supremely yang fire-attribute cultivation method, then hinted that his own cultivation method was superior and asked Flender for payment for an immediate solution.
• Flender gave Zhuge Lan 500 Gold Soul Coins, and Zhuge Lan listed numerous possible treatments, including Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Phoenix Wings, and a Primordial Exotic Inner Core.

Flender and Ma Hongjun learned that Zhuge Lan’s many proposed treatments were beyond their means, while Dai Mubai’s attempt to show off his hotel debts drove Zhu Zhuqing to leave with Zhuge Lan. At the training ground, Oscar recognized Zhuge Lan’s abnormal physical strength and offered to become his follower in exchange for a dose of the body-strengthening recipe.

• Flender and Ma Hongjun realized they could not afford to carry out any of Zhuge Lan’s proposed solutions, and Flender left for the training ground with Ma Hongjun.
• A Rose Hotel waiter demanded Dai Mubai’s payment, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to hook her arm through Zhuge Lan’s and lead him away.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Dai Mubai had abandoned their betrothal and that she had come to Shrek only to grow stronger; Zhuge Lan sympathized with her and privately planned to pursue her.
• At the training ground, Oscar told Zhuge Lan he had figured out his extraordinary physique by questioning Dai Mubai about Zhao Wuji’s fight.
• Oscar offered to become Zhuge Lan’s follower in exchange for a dose of his family’s body-strengthening recipe, and Zhuge Lan replied with a sentence that made Oscar leap into the air.

Zhuge Lan refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to buy his Whale Rubber formula, then subdued her when she threatened to have him abducted. Flender stopped the confrontation, and Ning Rongrong attacked Zhuge Lan again as soon as he released her.

• Oscar agreed to serve Zhuge Lan in exchange for a potion and a promise to raise his future soul ring limit by over 3,000 years.
• Ning Rongrong offered Zhuge Lan 100,000 Gold Soul Coins for his formula, but he told her that her father or one of the sect’s Titled Douluo would need to negotiate.
• Ning Rongrong threatened to have her attendants take Zhuge Lan back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so he used his martial soul and First Soul Ring to force her to kneel and catch his sword.
• Ning Rongrong threatened to summon the sect’s forces, but no one came to her aid, and Zhuge Lan ignored her demands.
• Flender arrived and ordered Zhuge Lan to release Ning Rongrong; after he did, Ning Rongrong kicked at him, and he summoned Thorn Armor without dodging.

Ning Rongrong tried to make Flender attack Zhuge Lan, but Flender sided with his students and ordered her to leave Shrek Academy. As the others departed and Dai Mubai brought her luggage, Ning Rongrong was left crying and threatening revenge.

• Ning Rongrong fell and kowtowed to Zhuge Lan, who mocked her with a Gold Soul Coin while his Thorn Armor kept her from retaliating.
• Ning Rongrong offered to have her father expand Shrek Academy if Flender killed Zhuge Lan, but Flender refused and demanded she apologize or leave.
• Ning Rongrong threatened Flender and Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai ignored her and went to pack her luggage.
• Flender praised the talents of Ma Hongjun and Oscar, rejected Ning Rongrong's claims of superiority, and led the students away.
• Dai Mubai returned with Ning Rongrong's bundle and warned her to leave before he returned, while Ning Rongrong cried and called for her father and grandfathers to punish them.

Flender pushed the Shrek students on a grueling run toward Suotuo City, exposing Zhu Zhuqing’s poor stamina and Dai Mubai’s inability to approach her. After Zhuge Lan arranged a gradual cooldown, he prepared to test his second martial soul’s soul skill on Flender.

• Flender led the group on a fast run, and Zhu Zhuqing struggled to keep pace while carrying her burdens.
• Dai Mubai tried to help Zhu Zhuqing, but she rejected him and warned him to stay away; Zhuge Lan teased Dai Mubai for mishandling his chance.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhuge Lan and Tang San to teach Zhu Zhuqing stamina-saving techniques, but both refused to share their methods.
• As the exhausted group neared collapse, Zhuge Lan asked Flender to test his second martial soul’s soul skill, prompting Flender to call a rest.
• Zhuge Lan stopped Zhu Zhuqing from lying down immediately and guided her through a cooldown jog, then summoned his Li Jing Longsword and revealed its soul rings.

Zhuge Lan’s first soul skill immobilized Flender, leaving the group shocked and curious about the mysterious Soul Ring. After misleading them with stories about his family’s records, Flender took the students to the Great Soul Arena and assigned them matches.

• Zhuge Lan used his first soul skill to force Flender to kneel and remain immobilized, despite Flender being a Soul Saint.
• When Tang San questioned how Zhuge Lan’s Soul Ring could control Flender, Zhuge Lan claimed it came from his family’s inventory and explained that Soul Rings could be preserved.
• At a restaurant, Zhuge Lan claimed an ancestor who became a god had left behind the soul skill, while Flender learned that Zhuge Lan had not known what the Soul Ring did.
• Flender led the students to the Great Soul Arena, explained their training task, and ordered each to enter a Solo Match, Duo Match, and Team Match.

Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing formed a team after unlocking a connection between their soul spirits, then registered as The Condor Heroes. In their lounge, Zhuge Lan began using a healing massage to restore Zhu Zhuqing before their soul battle, leaving her flustered and captivated.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu registered as a team, while Oscar tried to team up with Zhuge Lan to avoid being stuck cleaning toilets.
• Zhuge Lan unlocked a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Zhuqing, and she rejected Dai Mubai to partner with Zhuge Lan instead.
• Ma Hongjun followed the dejected Dai Mubai, leaving Oscar despairing over the prospect of cleaning toilets.
• Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing registered as The Condor Heroes, while Xiao Wu and Tang San registered as Three-Nothing Combination.
• Zhuge Lan exchanged for the Nine Yin Manual - Healing Chapter and massaged Zhu Zhuqing's legs, easing her soreness and making her nervous and captivated.