Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Lan turned his Soul Fight into a chance to harvest Emotional Value, defeating Dire Wolf after revealing three thousand-year soul rings and triggering his opponent’s explosive diarrhea. He left with a huge balance and warned Zhu Zhuqing about Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass before her match.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained how her family favored her sister and left her to figure out cultivation alone while Zhuge Lan massaged her.
• Zhuge Lan entered the arena as Your Dad Again and dodged Dire Wolf’s attacks, provoking the audience and his opponent.
• Zhuge Lan revealed three thousand-year soul rings, but Dire Wolf dismissed them as an illusion and charged again.
• Dire Wolf suffered explosive diarrhea and fled the arena, giving Zhuge Lan the victory and more than sixty thousand Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan joked with Zhu Zhuqing about changing her title, then warned her that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could feel when it touched her.

Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill in a match against the Tiger Leopard Combination and defeated both opponents. Zhu Zhuqing celebrated by throwing herself into Zhuge Lan’s arms and reaffirmed that she wanted no part of Dai Shao or the Hell White Tiger.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San in their arena match, forcing him to admit defeat.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu fought as the Three-Nothing Combination, and Xiao Wu tried to kill an opponent with a Sleeve Arrow before Tang San stopped her.
• Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing faced the Tiger Leopard Combination and fused into an armored form through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhuge Lan’s control of the fusion form knocked out the Tiger Soul Spirit Master, and Zhu Zhuqing’s faster form forced the Leopard Soul Spirit Master to surrender.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Zhuge Lan after the fight, praised the fusion skill, and said she had no need for Dai Shao or the Hell White Tiger.
• Flender welcomed Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing back with the rest of Shrek and celebrated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

After Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the group discussed whether they could win the Team Match despite being down a member. Zhuge Lan claimed his Cultivation Method rapidly restored Soul Power and hinted it required two people, leaving Tang San and the others wondering whether it involved a man and a woman.

• Tang San explained that Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul Fusion Skill could let them fight opponents far stronger than themselves, while Dai Mubai left after deciding he had no chance with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender discovered Dai Mubai was missing but asked whether the remaining six could enter the Team Match, hoping to rely on Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing's fusion skill.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Xiao Wu questioned whether the team could handle a seven-person Soul Elder team, and Tang San asked how much Soul Power Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing had left.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had forty percent of her Soul Power remaining, while Zhuge Lan claimed his had nearly recovered and described his two-person Cultivation Method's rapid recovery effect.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun eagerly asked to cultivate Zhuge Lan's method, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu wondered whether they could join it.
• Zhuge Lan disparaged the Mysterious Heaven Skill's requirement to cripple one's cultivation and start over, and Tang San guessed that Zhuge Lan's method required a man and a woman.

Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing entered a Team Match against the Berserker Team as a two-person team, relying on their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Zhu Zhuqing controlled their fused form, Jingyou, and began dismantling the opposing team by targeting its support fighters.

• Zhuge Lan rebuked Tang San for assuming his cultivation technique was a Yin-replenishing Yang method, and the group shifted to planning the Team Match.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed that she and Zhuge Lan fight alone, and Flender accepted while the others placed bets.
• The Seven Wolves Team entered the arena to face the Berserker Team, and the audience recognized Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing as the pair with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing fused into Demon Spirit, which Zhuge Lan named Jingyou, with Zhu Zhuqing in control.
• Jingyou bypassed the Berserker Team's front line and killed its Ruyi Plate support soul master before he could use a soul skill.
• Jingyou evaded the Gorgeous Girl's binding attack and slashed her neck, forcing her to flee the arena for treatment.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhuge Lan’s new Thorn Nether Form overwhelmed the Berserker Team, earning the Seven Wolves Team a victory and a windfall at the Great Soul Arena. Zhuge Lan discovered that people who collapsed from excitement yielded unusually high Emotional Value, then returned to Shrek with the others to celebrate their winnings.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Mad Rhino after testing the Thorn Nether Form’s defense-piercing Sharpness and wound-worsening Decay traits.
• Zhuge Lan explained that his Thorn Nether Form emphasized defense and strength, with Constant and Designation Traits.
• The referee declared the Seven Wolves Team the winner, and Zhuge Lan noticed that collapsed spectators each granted him 29 Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing went to the Wager Match counter, where Oscar and Flender celebrated the academy’s winnings.
• The group returned to Shrek, where Flender and the others dreamed about their new wealth while Zhuge Lan checked his Emotional Value balance.

Zhuge Lan taught Zhu Zhuqing the basics of his footwork, prompting her to realize how much she wanted to grow stronger with his help. She confessed her feelings and asked to become his lover, but he warned that he would eventually have multiple women, leaving her to decide whether she could accept that.

• Ma Hongjun told Flender he was going out for the night, and Flender instructed him to bring Dai Mubai back to the academy the next day.
• Zhuge Lan taught Zhu Zhuqing to read his footwork through his breathing, and she quickly learned its basic pattern.
• Zhuge Lan left Zhu Zhuqing at the academy gates, and she realized he had no obligation to keep teaching or choosing her.
• Zhu Zhuqing caught up to Zhuge Lan and confessed that she had fallen for him, asking to be his girlfriend and fight by his side.
• Zhuge Lan said he needed many biological descendants and would not have only one woman, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to weigh her feelings against his conditions.

Zhuge Lan and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed their relationship, and he taught her the basics of Spiral Nine Shadows while carefully respecting her boundaries. The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing joined him for breakfast and revealed that she had already grown close to Ning Rongrong.

• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to accept Zhuge Lan having other partners, provided he did not pursue women indiscriminately, and Zhuge Lan promised he would be selective.
• Zhuge Lan took Zhu Zhuqing to his dormitory, kissed her, and taught her the mental chant for Spiral Nine Shadows; she memorized it and began cultivating before leaving for her own dormitory.
• The next morning, Zhuge Lan embraced Zhu Zhuqing, then took her to the cafeteria instead of taking their relationship further, which reassured her.
• Zhuge Lan answered Zhu Zhuqing's questions about cultivating Spiral Nine Shadows, and they earned more Emotional Value.
• At breakfast, Zhu Zhuqing waved Ning Rongrong over, surprising Zhuge Lan by revealing that the two women had become close.

Zhu Zhuqing helped Ning Rongrong apologize to Zhuge Lan and supported his interest in her for the family’s benefit. At training, Zhuge Lan broke his agreement with Dai Mubai over his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dai Mubai and the others tense.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had encouraged Zhuge Lan to pursue Ning Rongrong, and Zhuge Lan praised her for her support.
• Ning Rongrong apologized to Zhuge Lan and said she had written to her father with his request.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Zhuge Lan to practice Spiral Nine Shadows while Ning Rongrong made amends with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Zhuge Lan noticed Dai Mubai watching him hold Zhu Zhuqing’s hand, then approached Dai Mubai and said he would break their agreement because his Martial Souls resonated with Zhu Zhuqing’s.
• Dai Mubai looked deeply conflicted as Ma Hongjun and the others waited tensely for his response.

Zhuge Lan kept Dai Mubai hopeful about the Star Luo throne, while Oscar's breakthrough prompted Flender to teach the students to accept his Soul Power Sausages. Ning Rongrong joined the group after overcoming her reluctance, and the students were told to prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

• Dai Mubai agreed to maintain peace with Zhuge Lan, who promised to help him reclaim the Star Luo throne if he achieved a Title.
• Oscar arrived late and announced that he had broken through to Rank 30, earning praise from Flender and the others.
• Flender assigned the students to watch Oscar make a Soul Power Sausage and eat one as adaptability training, and Zhuge Lan led the way.
• Ning Rongrong swallowed her sausage whole, and Zhu Zhuqing and Zhuge Lan stopped Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai from making suggestive remarks about her.
• Flender dismissed the students and announced that they would leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

Zhuge Lan used Whale Rubber to raise Oscar’s soul-ring age limit, tormenting him while he endured its side effects and earned Zhuge Lan Emotional Value. He later caught up with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong on the way to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where they planned to compete together.

• Zhuge Lan invited the students to the Great Soul Arena, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong agreed to team up while Oscar followed Zhuge Lan to the dormitory.
• Zhuge Lan spent 8,000 Emotional Value on 10,000-year Whale Rubber, prepared it as medicine, and had Oscar drink it.
• When the Whale Rubber’s side effects overwhelmed Oscar, Zhuge Lan restrained and tormented him until he had earned back the cost and more Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan scanned Oscar’s physique and told him the medicine had increased his soul-ring age limit by 3,200 years; Oscar gratefully pledged his loyalty.
• Zhuge Lan promised to seek Oscar a stronger dose through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then used Spiral Nine Shadows to catch up with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong outside Suotuo City.

Zhuge Lan unlocked a Soul Power Fusion Skill with Zhu Zhuqing, restoring and strengthening her before heading into another arena match. He faced Nine Nether, whose Black Grass trapped him without triggering Thorn Armor, leaving Zhuge Lan surprised by the lack of any damaging attack.

• Zhuge Lan kicked the bleeding Dragon King off the stage and won his seventh match under another registered identity.
• Zhuge Lan fused Soul Power with Zhu Zhuqing and exchanged 100,000 Emotional Value for the Soul Power Fusion Skill Zhuqing, allowing him to control their Fusion Soul Power.
• Zhuge Lan restored and strengthened Zhu Zhuqing with Fusion Soul Power, then explained how the skill worked as she and Ning Rongrong reacted with surprise.
• Zhuge Lan began his next match against the level 39 control-system Soul Elder Nine Nether, who used Black Grass to cage him without touching him.
• Zhuge Lan discovered that Nine Nether's three Soul Skills were entirely focused on control and had no damaging effects.

Zhuge Lan used his Sage’s Eye Soul Bone skill on Nine Nether and the Great Soul Arena, causing widespread agony and panic while generating a huge amount of Emotional Value. Manager Ao let Zhuge Lan leave without blacklisting him, though he warned that using the skill again would get him banned.

• Nine Nether trapped Zhuge Lan with Black Grass and taunted him, but Zhuge Lan warned the arena and revealed his Sage’s Eye.
• Zhuge Lan used the Strongest Appraisal Technique, causing Nine Nether, the referee, and many spectators to suffer and scream.
• Nine Nether surrendered, while Zhuge Lan gleefully collected Emotional Value as it surged past 400,000 toward 500,000.
• Manager Ao arrived and asked Zhuge Lan to end the skill, but Zhuge Lan claimed it would last two hours and could not be canceled.
• Manager Ao allowed Zhuge Lan to leave and said the arena would blacklist him if he used the skill again; Zhuge Lan still asked to keep competing.

Zhuge Lan lounged at the Great Soul Arena after his matches and provoked his humiliated opponents into giving him Emotional Value. He escaped Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, leaving Zhu Zhuqing eager to learn his cultivation method and Ning Rongrong excited for another adventure.

• Zhuge Lan learned that Great Soul Arenas operated independently, then stayed on the arena platform to provoke his opponents and collect Emotional Value.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed Zhuge Lan toward the exit, but he reassured her that the Great Soul Arena would handle the aftermath, and she went to prepare for her next match.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Zhuge Lan's Soul Bone Skill, and he said it was inherited without explaining further.
• Zhuge Lan fled Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, leading more than a hundred pursuers on a chase of over fifty kilometers before taunting them and escaping.
• Outside Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing admired Zhuge Lan's seemingly endless Soul Power and wanted to learn his cultivation method, while Ning Rongrong asked to join his next prank.

After a day of training, Zhuge Lan unlocked and greatly strengthened a head Soul Bone skill that made people forget his presence, though it also forced him to shed his clothes and prevented him from touching things unnoticed. He tested it in Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s dormitory, then spent more Emotional Value mastering Spiral Nine Shadows.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhuge Lan to help her review insights from their training, while Ning Rongrong pushed herself to cultivate instead of resting.
• Zhuge Lan used 100,000 Emotional Value to unlock a head Soul Bone and gained In Distance, Far In Horizon, which reduced his presence but stripped off his clothes.
• Zhuge Lan raised the skill to 50,000 years and tested it by following Zhu Zhuqing into her dormitory, where she forgot why she had come and never noticed him.
• Zhuge Lan discovered that touching external objects drew Zhu Zhuqing’s attention, so he left and decided to avoid using the skill carelessly.
• Zhuge Lan spent 400,000 Emotional Value to raise Spiral Nine Shadows to Great Perfection, then spent another 100,000 on an unspecified exchange.

Zhuge Lan used Spiral Nine Shadows to guide Zhu Zhuqing, who successfully learned its first step and grew closer to him. After provoking Dai Mubai at breakfast, Zhuge Lan caught Ning Rongrong's interest in the movement technique.

• Zhuge Lan woke to find Zhu Zhuqing had prepared his toothbrush and warm water, then guided her Soul Power circulation by pressing close and using Spiral Nine Shadows.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Martial Soul and flashed half a meter, proving she could begin learning Spiral Nine Shadows before excitedly rushing into Zhuge Lan's arms.
• Zhuge Lan grabbed Zhu Zhuqing's tail, then dragged an enraged Dai Mubai into the cafeteria and watched him grow jealous as Zhu Zhuqing catered to him.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Zhu Zhuqing had started learning Spiral Nine Shadows and became eager to learn it herself.
• After breakfast, Zhu Zhuqing took her and Zhuge Lan's trays and accompanied Ning Rongrong to the dishwashing station.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun tried to win Zhuge Lan’s favor in hopes of gaining access to his cultivation resources, while the Shrek team set out to obtain Oscar’s third soul ring. After a day of running, Zhao Wuji worried that Ma Hongjun’s poor stamina could make him the team’s weak link.

• Oscar took Zhu Zhuqing’s and Ning Rongrong’s trays to wash, then told Ma Hongjun that serving Zhuge Lan could earn them cultivation benefits.
• Ma Hongjun asked Zhuge Lan for the physique-strengthening medicine, and Zhuge Lan told him to prove himself first.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San to teach him a cultivation method, but Tang San and Xiao Wu rejected him.
• Zhao Wuji led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a third soul ring, while Flender noted that Zhuge Lan had become the team’s center.
• The eight traveled nearly five hundred kilometers in one day, and Zhao Wuji judged Ma Hongjun to be in poor shape and a possible weak link.

The Shrek students stopped at an inn on their way to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ma Hongjun provoked members of Canghui Academy and sparked a confrontation. When Canghui’s Soul King Ye Zhiqiu demanded to know their academy, Zhuge Lan stepped forward and revealed three thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Shrek students ate at an inn while Zhao Wuji went upstairs, and Zhuge Lan used Spiral Nine Shadows to divide the food among himself, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ma Hongjun lusted after a girl from Canghui Academy, while Oscar explained that Flander’s training philosophy encouraged provoking other academies for combat practice.
• Zhuge Lan pointed out that the academy used troublemaking as a substitute for organized sparring and teased Zhao Wuji about his earlier diarrhea.
• A Canghui student sent a plate flying toward Ma Hongjun, Tang San caught it, and Ma Hongjun attacked the student before showing off his two Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed himself as a Five Ring Soul King and challenged the Shrek students, prompting Zhuge Lan to step in and display three purple Soul Rings.

Zhuge Lan revealed his group’s strength, rebuked Ma Hongjun for pushing too far, and challenged Ye Zhiqiu to a duel instead of accepting money. He began the fight by shattering Ye Zhiqiu’s Mystic Turtle shell with a single punch, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Zhuge Lan’s companions revealed their martial souls and soul rings, prompting Ye Zhiqiu to apologize and prepare to leave.
• Ma Hongjun demanded that Ye Zhiqiu hand over the girl, but Zhuge Lan struck him and warned him not to go too far.
• Zhuge Lan rejected Ye Zhiqiu’s offer of money and challenged him to a soul duel, which Ye Zhiqiu accepted.
• Zhuge Lan led Ye Zhiqiu outside before a crowd, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong went upstairs and the others waited behind.
• Ye Zhiqiu summoned his Mystic Turtle Martial Soul and tucked himself into his shell, but Zhuge Lan broke it with one punch.

Zhuge Lan overwhelmed Ye Zhiqiu in a staged fight, then used his appraisal skill to inflict the pains of pregnancy on everyone in town. The town descended into chaos as Zhuge Lan watched from the sky.

• Zhuge Lan shattered Ye Zhiqiu’s defenses with a barrage of punches while Ye Zhiqiu hid inside his turtle shell.
• Ye Zhiqiu attacked with his Dark Water Surge and Dark Tortoise Ejection skills, but Zhuge Lan avoided the blows and shot high into the sky.
• Zhuge Lan used his Soul Bone Skill to conceal himself, then activated Sage’s Eye and unleashed his Strongest Appraisal Technique over the town.
• Everyone who saw the golden light developed a swollen belly and suffered intense pain, sending the town into chaos.

Zhuge Lan discovered that his Soul Bone abilities had unleashed a townwide attack and earned him a huge amount of Emotional Value, especially from powerful Soul Masters. After Zhao Wuji’s ordeal delayed the group’s departure, Zhuge Lan woke to find that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have forgotten something important, though he did not realize it was connected to his actions.

• Zhuge Lan hid his Storage Belt and stayed under Close In Distance, Far In Horizon after realizing Sage’s Eye had reached Soul Masters across the town and even the distant Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhuge Lan found his Emotional Value had risen past 210,000 and learned that stronger Soul Masters provided higher minimum rewards when affected by his abilities.
• Zhuge Lan returned to Zhu Zhuqing’s room, settled in behind Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, and fell asleep while waiting for Strongest Appraisal Technique to end.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar mistook Zhao Wuji’s cries for bedroom noises and left without hearing him blame someone for reopening his hemorrhoids.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that Zhao Wuji’s diarrhea delayed their departure and that the town had been poisoned, while Zhu Zhuqing felt she had forgotten something important.