Chapter Summaries

After Tang San and Bai Ge revealed that they needed Soul Rings, Zhao Wuji led the students through the Star Dou Great Forest, but their cautious search found no suitable beast for Tang San. At camp, Zhao Wuji sensed danger and ordered everyone behind him, entrusting Bai Ge with the others’ safety as he faced the threat.

• Oscar absorbed his Soul Ring, but Bai Ge revealed that he had reached level forty, and Tang San soon announced that he had reached level thirty.
• Zhao Wuji moved the group away from their camp to avoid a possible return by Dragon Duke and Snake Woman, then led them back into the forest the next morning to search for Soul Beasts for Tang San and Bai Ge.
• For two days, Zhao Wuji kept the group near the forest’s outskirts, where they found no suitable Soul Beast for Tang San and grew more coordinated while traveling.
• Zhao Wuji called Tang San aside and remarked that the Star Dou Great Forest had become desolate, prompting Bai Ge to wonder whether Soul Beasts had moved deeper into the forest to absorb Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the students out of their tents, told them to flee if danger arose, and placed Bai Ge in charge of protecting them while he confronted the threat.

A Titan Giant Ape appeared before Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji attacked it despite recognizing how outmatched the group was. As the beast retaliated, Bai Ge shielded the others, and Tang San threw Xiao Wu clear of its crushing leap.

• Zhao Wuji recognized the approaching creature as a powerful Titan Giant Ape and tried to persuade it to let the group leave.
• Zhao Wuji activated several Soul Skills and charged the Titan Giant Ape, while Dai Mubai followed and Bai Ge knocked him unconscious.
• Bai Ge urged the others to run, while Ning Rongrong amplified Zhao Wuji and Bai Ge with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Zhao Wuji struck the Titan Giant Ape's head but was thrown away, and Bai Ge used Crystal Wall to block the beast's black shockwaves.
• The Titan Giant Ape leaped toward the group, and Tang San threw Xiao Wu out of its attack range.

The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and escaped despite Tang San and Zhao Wuji's attempts to stop it. Bai Ge carried Ning Rongrong to safety, while Tang San was left behind injured and Xiao Wu's fate remained uncertain.

• Tang San kicked Ma Hongjun away, escaped the Titan Giant Ape's pounce, and saw it catch Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai rescued Zhu Zhuqing by pulling her into a pit, while Bai Ge carried Ning Rongrong into the air and kicked Oscar up after them.
• Tang San attacked the Titan Giant Ape's eyes with hidden weapons, but it blocked them with its eyelids.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Vajra Bear Avatar and charged the Titan Giant Ape, but it met his attack and knocked Tang San into a tree with a shockwave.
• The Titan Giant Ape leaped away with Xiao Wu, and Bai Ge descended with the frightened Ning Rongrong.

After the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu, the battered students struggled with grief and Tang San’s injuries. Convinced he had to search for Xiao Wu even if she was dead, Tang San secretly got a Mushroom Sausage from Oscar and flew after the ape with Ning Rongrong’s speed boost, leaving Zhao Wuji furious.

• The injured group gathered after the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, and Tang San accepted Oscar’s Recovery Sausage and Bai Ge’s Hemostasis Pill.
• Tang San secretly asked Oscar for a Mushroom Sausage so he could pursue the Titan Giant Ape and search for Xiao Wu.
• Oscar hesitated, but gave Tang San the Mushroom Sausage because he understood his grief and could not refuse him.
• Ma Hongjun drew attention to Oscar’s Soul Incantation, and Zhao Wuji realized Tang San was about to leave.
• Tang San used the Mushroom Sausage’s wings to escape Zhao Wuji and fly after the Titan Giant Ape, while Ning Rongrong boosted his speed and urged him to bring Xiao Wu back.

After the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu away, Tang San pursued them while the Shrek Academy group prepared to follow. Xiao Wu persuaded Er Ming to stop so she could return to her companions, then began forming her third Soul Ring as Er Ming guarded her; Tang San, exhausted and unable to catch up, paused when he heard a strange sound.

• Oscar blamed himself for Xiao Wu's abduction, but Zhao Wuji ordered him to make Flying Mushroom Sausages so the group could pursue her together.
• Dai Mubai held Zhu Zhuqing's hand as the others prepared to follow Tang San.
• Er Ming carried Xiao Wu through the forest on his shoulder, and she asked him to stop and let her return to her worried companions.
• Xiao Wu told Er Ming to keep away from her friends in the future, asked after Da Ming, and began forming her third Soul Ring while Er Ming scared off nearby Soul Beasts.
• Tang San's flight ended after less than three thousand meters, and he rested against a tree before continuing his search.
• Tang San heard a strange rustling sound, rose cautiously, and looked toward its source.

Tang San encountered an injured Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest and fought it with Blue Silver Grass, Hidden Weapons, and his Clear Sky Hammer. He knocked it into the air and struck it with sixteen crossbow bolts.

• Tang San recognized the Man Faced Demon Spider and dodged its first attack, noticing its damaged eyes and cracked armor.
• Tang San restrained the spider with Blue Silver Grass, but its purple corrosive light melted the grass.
• Tang San fired Hidden Weapons at the spider’s vulnerable eyes, but they struck its armored shell as it flattened itself to protect them.
• Tang San charged the spider with his Clear Sky Hammer and knocked it upward with a powered strike.
• Tang San fired sixteen crossbow bolts into the spider, targeting its eyes and body.

Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider that Meng Yiran had hoped to claim as her Soul Ring, then faced Meng Yiran and her grandparents, Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang. As Meng Shu offered Tang San a choice, Bai Ge appeared and warned him not to let Meng Yiran absorb the Soul Ring.

• Tang San escaped the dying Man Faced Demon Spider and began preparing to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran arrived and found the dead spider; Tang San admitted he had killed it in self-defense.
• Meng Shu examined the spider, recognized Tang San's skill, and offered him the choice to join the family or face the consequences of thwarting Meng Yiran twice.
• Tang San warned Meng Shu that letting Meng Yiran absorb the Soul Ring would get her killed.
• Bai Ge arrived using Teleportation and repeated the warning about Meng Yiran absorbing the Soul Ring.

Bai Ge warned Meng Yiran that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring exceeded her limits, then watched Tang San choose to absorb it anyway. After giving Meng Yiran a martial arts manual, Bai Ge gained perfected Hidden Force and a transformed body.

• Bai Ge explained that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring was over two thousand years old and dangerous for Meng Yiran to absorb.
• Meng Yiran accepted Bai Ge’s warning and abandoned the Soul Ring, while Tang San began absorbing it despite the risk.
• Tang San endured severe pain as his body bled and his bones cracked during the absorption.
• Bai Ge gave Meng Yiran a Xingyi National Art manual as compensation for taking two of her Soul Rings.
• Bai Ge gained perfected Hidden Force, along with a transformation that remade his tendons and cleansed his marrow.

Meng Yiran kissed Bai Ge to repay him for saving her, and Xiao Wu returned to the group after being taken away by the Titan Giant Ape. Xiao Wu explained how she gained her third Soul Ring, while Tang San remained in danger as he absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.

• Meng Yiran kissed Bai Ge and said she was repaying him for saving her from the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong threatened Meng Yiran, and Bai Ge explained that Bone Douluo Gu Rong was the Bone Grandfather she had mentioned.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Woman left to find another suitable Soul Beast for Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Wuji and the others saw Xiao Wu return from the forest, and she rushed toward Tang San before Zhao Wuji stopped her from disturbing his Soul Ring absorption.
• Xiao Wu told the group that the Titan Giant Ape had thrown her aside after hearing a cow-like roar, and she woke to find Soul Beasts unconscious or dead.
• Xiao Wu said she had reached level thirty, killed an unconscious thousand-year Soul Beast to gain her third Soul Ring, and returned after recovering her strength.

Bai Ge reassured Shrek that Tang San could survive absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and revealed a fabricated connection between his family and Tang San’s parents. Tang San passed the most dangerous stage of absorption, but eight purple-black limbs suddenly erupted from his back, leaving everyone stunned.

• Bai Ge claimed Tang San carried the bloodline of the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and explained his own invented family history to calm the others.
• Tang San endured the Man Faced Demon Spider’s violent energy as it reshaped his body, and Zhao Wuji announced that he had passed the most dangerous stage.
• Blue Silver Grass emerged around Tang San, turning blue-purple and taking on a glossy sheen.
• Tang San suddenly convulsed as eight bulges appeared along his spine and burst open.
• Eight long, sharp purple-black appendages grew from Tang San’s back while the group watched in shock.

Tang San survived absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and emerged with an External Soul Bone in the form of eight Spider Legs. The group learned what the strange appendages were, while Bai Ge admitted he had let them worry for his amusement.

• Tang San's body sprouted eight Spider Legs as he endured the Soul Ring absorption inside a cocoon of Blue Silver Grass.
• After twelve hours, Tang San emerged transformed, and Xiao Wu caught him when his Spider Legs retracted and he fell.
• Dai Mubai pointed out that Tang San was naked, so Tang San put on clothes and noticed the Spider Legs on his back.
• Bai Ge explained that Tang San had gained an External Soul Bone, and Dai Mubai realized Bai Ge had watched them panic without explaining it.

A fifty-thousand-year Golden Saber-Toothed Lion arrived, and Bai Ge revealed his Tian Ce armor and Weeping Blood halberd before killing it with one devastating attack. The chapter then explained the memories and tragic history of Cao Xuehan that the system had given Bai Ge.

• Xiao Wu identified the Golden Saber-Toothed Lion as a fifty-thousand-year spirit beast and warned Bai Ge that it was far beyond what he could absorb as a Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Bai Ge told the Shrek group that he and Tang San excelled at killing, then stepped forward to face the lion.
• Bai Ge summoned Weeping Blood and transformed his Golden Saint Armor into the Tian Ce Po Jun Set.
• Bai Ge used the Plum Blossom Spear Technique to pierce the lion's vital points twelve times, leaving the Shrek group shocked and sickened.
• The chapter explained that the system had given Bai Ge Cao Xuehan's memories, martial arts, and emotions, recounting Cao Xuehan's service at Tian Ce, love for Cao Xueyang, and death in battle.

After Bai Ge absorbed the Golden Saber-Toothed Lion’s Soul Ring, he reflected on his growing power and his plans to support Qian Renxue before the Shrek group left the Star Dou Great Forest. The group returned to Shrek Academy after resting on the way, and Zhao Wuji went to report to the dean.

• Bai Ge absorbed the Golden Saber-Toothed Lion’s fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring and assessed his new strength and limits.
• Tang San praised Bai Ge’s Heavenly Strategy prowess, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong questioned Tang San about what he and Bai Ge were hiding.
• Bai Ge and the Shrek group left the Star Dou Great Forest and rested in a nearby town for two days, with Dai Mubai paying for everyone.
• Dai Mubai respected Zhu Zhuqing’s refusal to hold hands and did not pressure her.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City, and Zhao Wuji went to report their trip to the dean.

The Grandmaster joined Shrek Academy and took charge of the students’ training, while Bai Ge explained that the Grandmaster’s theories did not suit his solitary pursuit of martial arts. The chapter left Bai Ge and the Grandmaster recognizing their shared dedication and confirming Bai Ge’s martial soul was God-level.

• Bai Ge teased Tang San and the Grandmaster about his relationship, prompting the Grandmaster to defer the explanation.
• The Grandmaster criticized the academy’s breakfast, then decided to stay and manage the students’ meals and training.
• Flender introduced the academy’s teachers, named Yu Xiaogang as the Grandmaster, and announced that classes would resume the next day.
• Bai Ge objected that the Grandmaster’s theories might not suit him and described his pursuit of the martial arts pinnacle.
• The Grandmaster said he understood Bai Ge’s path and asked whether his martial soul was the legendary God-level one, which Bai Ge confirmed.

Bai Ge dominated the Shrek Seven Devils in a seven-against-one test without using his martial soul, exposing their mistakes. Grandmaster punished the group with a weighted run to Suotuo City and back, and Tang San soon stopped to speak with Dai Mubai as the others struggled behind them.

• Grandmaster challenged the Shrek Seven Devils to force Bai Ge to use his martial soul, while Tang San was forbidden from using Hidden Weapons.
• Bai Ge swiftly defeated the group with his swordsmanship and movement, knocking out Oscar and Ma Hongjun, disabling Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and leaving Tang San unable to fight back.
• Grandmaster criticized the Seven Devils' mistakes and ordered them to run ten round trips between the academy and Suotuo City without Soul Power.
• Grandmaster made each of the seven carry a prepared bamboo basket of stones, with the loads differing by person, and required the whole team to finish before eating.
• Flender questioned the severity of the punishment, while Grandmaster explained that it would build the Seven Devils' endurance and teamwork.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai led the run, but Tang San soon stopped to speak with Dai Mubai as Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Bai Ge followed at different distances.

Bai Ge put the Shrek Seven Devils through three months of punishing training, while Tang San and Bai Ge helped the group recover and Dai Mubai began changing for Zhu Zhuqing. When training ended, Ma Hongjun returned from Suotuo City with his face swollen beyond recognition.

• Tang San persuaded Dai Mubai to wait for the others so they could complete the group punishment together, but Ma Hongjun tried to suggest cheating and Bai Ge ordered everyone to do push-ups.
• Bai Ge assigned the group more exercises, including sit-ups and horse stance training, and Zhao Wuji dragged Dai Mubai into a nearby grove after Dai complained about his assigned partner.
• Over three months, Bai Ge put the Shrek Seven Devils through extensive physical training, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong received nightly help recovering and Dai Mubai learned basic massage techniques for Zhu Zhuqing.
• After the training ended, Oscar slept, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong rested, Dai Mubai accompanied Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun went to Suotuo City.
• That night, Bai Ge and Tang San encountered Ma Hongjun sneaking back to the academy with a badly swollen face.

Ma Hongjun returned badly beaten after a fight with a four-ring Soul Ancestor named Bu Le, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Bai Ge agreed to go with him to confront the man. As Ma Hongjun described Bu Le’s strange pink-cover martial soul, Bai Ge recognized it as a garment from his era, shocking Tang San.

• Tang San brought Ma Hongjun to the cafeteria, where Oscar gave him a Recovery Sausage and Dai Mubai demanded to know who had beaten him.
• Ma Hongjun said Bu Le had beaten him after they competed over a girl, then humiliated him by flicking him in a sensitive place.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Bai Ge agreed to accompany Ma Hongjun to find Bu Le, but Dai Mubai insisted they eat first and learn about Bu Le’s abilities.
• Ma Hongjun described Bu Le’s control-type martial soul as two pink covers that blocked his Phoenix Fire Line and trapped him.
• Bai Ge recognized the pink covers as a close-fitting garment for girls from his era and explained their purpose to Tang San through Sound Transmission.
• Tang San was so shocked by Bai Ge’s explanation that he sprayed water over Ma Hongjun and blushed.

Ma Hongjun led Tang San and the others to a rundown corner of Suotuo City to confront Bu Le, the man who had beaten him. Xiao Wu joined their revenge plan and approached Bu Le first, leaving the group to watch what she would do.

• Xiao Wu caught the group sneaking out of the academy, saw Ma Hongjun's injuries, and insisted on joining them to get revenge.
• The six students followed Ma Hongjun to a shabby brothel in Suotuo City, where he went to check whether Bu Le was still there.
• Ma Hongjun confirmed that Bu Le had not left, and the group hid nearby until the man came out.
• Xiao Wu stopped Ma Hongjun from rushing at Bu Le and walked toward him, telling the others to watch.

Xiao Wu lured Bu Le into a dark alley and brutally defeated him with her throwing techniques while Bai Ge and the others watched. After the group left, Bai Ge secretly attached an explosive to Bu Le, intending to kill him if he woke.

• Xiao Wu pretended to be a lost girl looking for candy, and Bu Le offered to lead her somewhere secluded.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai and the others that Xiao Wu planned to use her Eight Stage Throw, and they followed her and Bu Le into the alley.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and Waist Bow to slam Bu Le repeatedly into the ground, leaving him unable to move.
• The group returned to the academy, while Bai Ge stayed behind and attached a C4 explosive and mercury detonator to Bu Le.

Grandmaster brought the Shrek Academy group to Suotuo City’s Great Spirit Arena, where Bai Ge covered their expenses and helped assign their fighting names. The Shrek Eight Devils won their preliminary matches, and Bai Ge prepared to lead them into the night’s team battle.

• Grandmaster led the group to the Great Spirit Arena, where the team registered as the Shrek Eight Devils.
• Bai Ge paid for everyone’s hotel stay and teased Dai Mubai about handing his money over to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Bai Ge wore his Gold Saint Armor instead of a mask, and the group chose their arena code names.
• Bai Ge’s changes to the group’s names earned him thirty thousand system points as their fates began to diverge from the original story.
• The Shrek Eight Devils won every one-on-one and two-on-two match, with Bai Ge defeating opponents in a single punch without revealing his Soul Ring.
• The Great Spirit Arena’s final event of the night, the team battle, was about to begin.