Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping, a level-ten Soul Master selling Shrek-related courses and planning services, was confronted by a group of laborers who accused him of swindling their families. As the muscular leader questioned him about advising his son to abandon Control System Blue Silver Grass for a Support System path, Chen Ping realized the group had come over one of his career-planning recommendations.

• Chen Ping rested beneath a tree and argued with his Useless System about its lack of useful abilities.
• The System warned Chen Ping that a group of laborers was approaching, but they surrounded him before he could leave.
• A worker read the slogans on Chen Ping's basket and identified him as the suspected swindling teacher.
• Chen Ping worried that the damage formulas the System had helped him check were wrong and that he could not afford to compensate anyone.
• The laborers' muscular leader accused Chen Ping of persuading his son to give up Control System Blue Silver Grass and become a Support System Soul Master.

Chen Ping tried to persuade Wang Xiaolong’s father to steer his Blue Silver Grass-wielding son from the Control System toward the Healing System so he could graduate from Heavenly Soul National Seventh Academy. He supported his advice with school requirements and Martial Soul statistics, leaving the father thoughtful and urging him to teach Wang Xiaolong Tang Sect secret arts.

• Chen Ping corrected himself about the boy’s name and confirmed Wang Xiaolong’s age, Soul Power, and target academy with his father.
• Wang Xiaolong’s father objected that Chen Ping had recommended a Support System path instead of Control System, citing his son’s Blue Silver Grass and Tang Sect heritage.
• Chen Ping explained that the academy’s Support System admission and graduation requirements were lower and that students with weak Innate Soul Power often failed to graduate.
• Chen Ping argued that Blue Silver Grass’s growth and recovery suited support better than control, where its other attributes were weak.
• Chen Ping told the father to have Wang Xiaolong learn Tang Sect secret arts from his mother, especially Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, to improve his survival as a Support System Soul Master.

Chen Ping persuaded a middle-aged man that Tang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaolong could thrive as Blue Silver Grass Support System Soul Masters by learning Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. He recommended a Gem Crystal Insect Soul Ring that could grant Life Force Refraction, leaving the man impressed by the value of Chen Ping’s consultation and wondering about his family’s advertised Shrek training materials.

• Chen Ping explained how Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track could help Tang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaolong survive as supports and keep enemy attackers occupied.
• The middle-aged man considered the value of a reliable support and asked what Soul Rings would let a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul switch to the Support System.
• Chen Ping recommended a Gem Crystal Insect Soul Ring, which could give a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master the Life Force Refraction Soul Skill.
• The middle-aged man realized the consultation fee could be worthwhile if Chen Ping’s Soul Ring advice was reliable.
• The middle-aged man recalled Chen Ping’s advertisement for Soul Skill data packages and training plans from Shrek graduates.

Chen Ping convinced Captain Wang that he was a Shrek Academy graduate and sold him advice about helping Blue Silver Grass soul masters develop healing abilities. After leaving for Shrek City, Chen Ping reflected on his difficult past and the Scholar Cultivation System that had only recently awakened.

• Captain Wang dismissed his men after deciding Chen Ping was a Shrek Academy graduate, then told him about his niece Tang Ya and her Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Chen Ping claimed he had heard of Tang Ya, and Captain Wang became more confident in Chen Ping's advice about the Gem Crystal Insect Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping chatted with Captain Wang, said farewell, and continued toward Shrek City.
• Chen Ping recalled that his knowledge came from exchanging thirty Scholar Points through his system, which could simulate and deduce situations.
• Chen Ping remembered awakening in the Coiling Dragon Sect's ruins at age six, surviving its massacre, and enduring nearly six years while his system activated.
• Chen Ping reflected that his Scholar Cultivation System offered no tangible supplies, but could reward effort with greater returns.

Chen Ping learned that Tang San had noticed his transmigration and might kill him as a threat, so he abandoned his plans to coast through life and began following the system’s cultivation advice. After collecting medicinal ingredients and preparing a painful medicinal bath, he forced himself to take a Great Strength Pill.

• Chen Ping considered saving money and betting on future events, but the system warned him that Tang San had noticed his arrival and might kill him.
• Chen Ping briefly considered becoming Tang San’s dog, but the system said he lacked the luck and talent to be worth training and was not even qualified for that.
• Chen Ping agreed to work hard, collected his ordered medicinal ingredients, and spent three silver coins on a superior room for a bath.
• Chen Ping added the powdered ingredients to hot water, endured the pungent smell, and jumped into the painful medicinal bath.
• Chen Ping took a mud-ball-like pill and grimaced as its bizarre taste filled his mouth.

Chen Ping endured painful medicinal baths, pungent pills, and exhausting workouts to accelerate his cultivation despite his low innate soul power. He continued meditating with abundant medicinal power in his body, relying on the system’s Newbie Protection Period to justify pushing his potential early.

• Chen Ping chose to review advanced mathematics while enduring his medicinal bath, and the system awarded him Scholar Points for studying and focusing on his medicines.
• Chen Ping decided that cheap Body Tempering Odd-Flavored Soup and Pungent Great Strength Pills were more practical than trying to obtain the Profound Water Pill formula.
• Chen Ping followed each afternoon’s bath and pills with two hours of strenuous exercise, then drank lightly salted water and went to bed.
• Chen Ping meditated after exhausting himself, using the medicines to cultivate at a pace comparable to an ordinary Soul Master with Innate Soul Power at Level Four or Five.
• Chen Ping trusted the system’s Newbie Protection Period and continued aggressively using supplements while he was still under fifteen.

Chen Ping reached the peak of Level Ten Soul Scholar but faced obstacles getting into Shrek Academy, including obtaining a Soul Ring and a recommendation letter. He decided to seek help from Wang Yan, whom he claimed as a distant maternal uncle, and set out for the Star Dou Forest to hunt a Soul Beast.

• Chen Ping realized his Soul Power could not advance beyond Level Ten until he obtained a Soul Ring, and he worried that he lacked both family connections and the talent to secure a Shrek recommendation.
• Chen Ping decided Wang Yan, who shared his family's Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul, was his distant maternal uncle, but resolved to reach Level Fifteen before asking for help.
• Chen Ping packed his belongings, ate a large meal, paid with a Gold Soul Coin, and left the inn.
• The shop attendant discovered that Chen Ping's room reeked after he had left and regretted the small tip.
• Chen Ping traveled toward the Star Dou Forest and dismissed the idea of seeking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm or Electrolux.

Chen Ping ran toward the Star Dou Forest, using the journey to digest his medicine and train while preparing for the challenges ahead. He began testing whether he could meditate while running, challenging established cultivation practices without risking a reckless display of power.

• Chen Ping decided not to pursue Electrolux and ran toward the Star Dou Forest because he could not afford a carriage.
• He planned to reach level fifteen, deal with a Soul Beast, get to Shrek City, and find Wang Yan within three months.
• After running for hours, Chen Ping focused inward and recalled that Huo Yuhao had circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill while running.
• Chen Ping used the System's deductions to confirm that attempting meditation while running would not cause serious side effects if it failed.
• Chen Ping slowed his pace and began trying to meditate while running, determined to test the limits of Douluo Continent's cultivation practices.

Chen Ping discovered that he could cultivate Soul Power through movement meditation while running, though the practice strained his meridians and required careful rhythm and concentration. After several hours of running, he found his cultivation and physical endurance had improved, leaving him confident he could escape pursuers by outlasting them.

• Chen Ping cautiously drew Heaven and Earth Vitality into his body while running and found it circulated rapidly through his meridians.
• Chen Ping adjusted his breathing and movements to match the vital energy’s circulation, gradually establishing a rhythm for movement meditation.
• Chen Ping learned that the method was manageable at his current level-ten Soul Power but could be dangerous for stronger Soul Masters if their meditation was interrupted.
• Chen Ping ran and meditated for several hours, earning Scholar Points for both long-distance running and Soul Power cultivation.
• Chen Ping stopped at sunset, felt exhausted but energized, and concluded that he could outlast anyone chasing him.

Chen Ping spent the night safely camping outside the Star Dou Great Forest, using Thousand-Year Soul Beast fecal powder to keep beasts away. The next morning, he spotted a Wind Baboon near a warning sign and turned back rather than risk entering the forest ahead of Huo Yuhao’s arrival.

• Chen Ping lit a fire and spread Thousand-Year Soul Beast fecal powder around his campsite before eating and sleeping until dawn.
• Chen Ping woke refreshed and congratulated himself on buying cheap fecal powder that had kept beasts away overnight.
• Chen Ping saw a warning sign stating that the Star Dou Great Forest lay fifty li ahead, then noticed a black shadow moving through the trees.
• Chen Ping suspected the Wind Baboon might be connected to the events Huo Yuhao had encountered and chose to turn back rather than gamble with his life.
• The ten-year Wind Baboon watched Chen Ping leave, then decided to wait for another lone human to appear.

Chen Ping used Scholar Points to search for a Soul Beast that would suit his Willow Staff and Movement Meditation, then discovered a powerful Demon Eye Magic Tree whose Soul Ring could grant appealing skills. He ruled it too dangerous and beyond his current Soul Ring limit, leaving the hunt for a weaker target.

• Chen Ping reconsidered hunting an Iron Armor Pupa after unlocking Movement Meditation and asked the system to find a Soul Beast suited to his fighting style.
• Chen Ping narrowed the search criteria to poison-related skills, improved agility, and greater toughness, reducing the search cost from thirty thousand Scholar Points to a little over two thousand.
• The system recommended a 1,101-year-old Demon Eye Magic Tree in Howling Wind Valley, whose possible Soul Skills included Poison Staff, Paralysis Toxin, and Wood Demon Dance.
• Chen Ping recognized the Demon Eye Magic Tree's potential but worried about its strength and its connection to the Fierce Beast Ten Thousand Demons King.
• Chen Ping removed Soul Beasts older than five hundred years from the results because his current First Soul Ring limit was only five hundred years.

Chen Ping discovered that the Touch Dragon King was an ideal Soul Beast for him, then noticed its colony had left Giant Centipede Cave and hurried to investigate. At the cave, Bei Bei and a girl were fleeing the Touch Dragons when the Touch Dragon King erupted from the ground beneath them.

• Chen Ping assessed the Touch Dragon King's age, attributes, and potential Soul Skills, but worried that its colony made hunting it too dangerous.
• Chen Ping noticed system recommendations showing Touch Dragons outside Giant Centipede Cave and decided to investigate the apparent chance to hunt the king.
• Bei Bei and a girl ran through the Poisonous Insect Woodland as more than twenty golden-shelled centipedes pursued them.
• The Touch Dragon King burst from the ground beneath Bei Bei and the girl.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya struggled to break the Thousand-Year Touch Dragon King’s shell, while Chen Ping sneaked into its cave to pursue another opportunity. Chen Ping followed the Touch Dragons’ tracks deeper inside and began searching for the Little Touch Dragon King before the pair’s fight ended.

• Bei Bei struck the Touch Dragon King with Thunder Dragon Claw, but its shell resisted the attack.
• Tang Ya proposed using Blue Silver Grass and Thunder Fury, and Bei Bei asked her to flip the Touch Dragon King onto its softer belly.
• Chen Ping watched Bei Bei and Tang Ya fight, then slipped past the Realgar Powder at the cave entrance and entered the cave.
• Chen Ping recognized bat droppings on the ground and followed the Touch Dragons’ tracks deeper into the cave.
• Chen Ping spotted several small creatures and estimated he had about an incense stick’s worth of time to find the Little Touch Dragon King and escape.

Chen Ping tried to kill a four-hundred-and-eighty-year Touch Dragon King with homemade incendiary bombs, but the beast survived the flames. He ended trapped between it and a guarding Evil Pincer Bug, with the Thousand Year Level Touch Dragon King and more enemies outside.

• Chen Ping prepared a fire-based attack because his Kung Fu was not enough to defeat the Touch Dragon King, and his attempts to recreate gunpowder had failed under the different rules of the two worlds.
• Chen Ping hurled an Incendiary Bomb at the Touch Dragon King, setting it alight, but the creature endured the flames and thrashed around the cave.
• Chen Ping threw a second Incendiary Bomb after hiding behind a stone wall, and the Touch Dragon King flung burning fire oil around as it writhed.
• Chen Ping moved to avoid the fire oil, but an Evil Pincer Bug emerged from beneath his feet and trapped him between itself and the Little Touch Dragon King.
• Chen Ping realized the Touch Dragon King's resistance to fire might be due to the different temperatures of Douluo Continent and Blue Star.

Chen Ping’s incendiary bomb failed to seriously harm Touch Dragon King, and his attempt to repel it with Thousand-Year Soul Beast feces powder only enraged the two beasts. As Touch Dragon King and Evil Pincer Bug fought, the bug poisoned Touch Dragon King, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Chen Ping realized his Incendiary Bomb lacked the destructive power to hurt Touch Dragon King and scattered Thousand-Year Soul Beast feces powder to escape.
• Chen Ping analyzed the powder and learned it came from a Great King Sea Cucumber and could attract terrestrial Hundred Year Level Soul Beasts.
• Touch Dragon King followed the scent toward Chen Ping, attacked the Evil Pincer Bug, and smashed partway into a cave wall.
• Touch Dragon King tore into the Evil Pincer Bug, biting off two legs and crushing its head, while Chen Ping smeared the remaining powder on the cave walls to hide his scent.
• The dying Evil Pincer Bug clamped onto Touch Dragon King and drove its toxic Forked Poison Tail into the beast’s abdomen, poisoning it.

Chen Ping killed the Touch Dragon King to claim its four-hundred-and-eighty-year Soul Ring, then escaped the Giant Centipede Cave with its corpse. He emerged to find Tang Ya and Bei Bei struggling against the Big Touch Dragon King, which broke free and charged toward him.

• Chen Ping stabbed and killed the Touch Dragon King, causing its deep-yellow Soul Ring to appear.
• Chen Ping freed the Touch Dragon King's corpse from the Evil Pincer Bug's pincers, tied the corpse around himself, and raced toward the cave entrance.
• Chen Ping saw Tang Ya trying to restrain the Big Touch Dragon King with Blue Silver Grass while Bei Bei fought off the smaller Touch Dragons.
• The Big Touch Dragon King tore through Tang Ya's Blue Silver Entanglement and pounced toward Chen Ping.

Chen Ping escaped Big Touch Dragon King’s attack, but the beast pursued him down the mountainside while Bei Bei and Tang Ya tried to stop it. Chen Ping exploited the creature’s unstable lower body with a lever, and Tang Ya flipped it over, creating an opening for Bei Bei’s next move.

• Tang Ya bound Big Touch Dragon King with Blue Silver Grass long enough for Chen Ping to roll down the slope, though the beast’s wing-generated air current cut his cheek.
• Bei Bei used Martial Soul Possession to dragonify his right arm and struck Big Touch Dragon King with Thunderous Might, but the attack barely slowed it.
• Chen Ping examined Big Touch Dragon King’s attributes and realized its lower body was unstable, then asked Bei Bei to prepare his Third Soul Skill.
• Chen Ping extended his Willow Staff, used it as a lever to topple Big Touch Dragon King, and Tang Ya pulled with her Blue Silver Grass to flip it onto its side.

Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Chen Ping defeated the Big Touch Dragon King after Bei Bei struck its exposed abdomen with his lightning skills. After the battle, Chen Ping revealed that he was a First Year student who had not enrolled yet and had no Soul Ring.

• Tang Ya restrained the Big Touch Dragon King with Blue Silver Grass while Chen Ping pinned it with his Willow Staff, giving Bei Bei time to attack with Thunder Fury and his Thunder Dragon Claw.
• The Big Touch Dragon King released thick black mist and tried to escape, but Bei Bei pursued it through the fog and kept attacking until it was nearly unresponsive.
• Tang Ya finished the Big Touch Dragon King with a short spear, and the three exhausted fighters rested after confirming the other Touch Dragons had fled.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya questioned Chen Ping about his age and Soul Rings, and Chen Ping admitted that he had not enrolled at Shrek Academy and had no Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping thanked Bei Bei and Tang Ya for their help, saying he could not have managed without them.

Chen Ping met Bei Bei and Tang Ya after they hunted Soul Beasts, but rejected the idea of joining the Tang Sect because he distrusted the sect and its strange history. After Tang Ya offended him, Bei Bei apologized and offered help, and Chen Ping prepared to absorb his Soul Ring under their guard.

• Bei Bei introduced himself and Tang Ya to Chen Ping, who said he planned to take the academy entrance examination in two months.
• Tang Ya learned Chen Ping had no family and blurted out that this was wonderful, prompting Chen Ping to feign offense and reject joining the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei scolded Tang Ya, apologized to Chen Ping, and offered to guard him and provide medicine for his facial injury.
• Tang Ya apologized in her own way and urged Chen Ping to absorb his Soul Ring first.
• Chen Ping accepted their help, addressed Bei Bei and Tang Ya as Senior and Senior Sister, and began preparing to absorb the Soul Ring.

Chen Ping absorbed a 480-year Little Touch Dragon King soul ring and reached Soul Power Level Fourteen, while Tang Ya began absorbing a Thousand-Year Touch Dragon King ring. Chen Ping worried that changing Tang Ya’s fate might have altered Huo Yuhao’s path, then agreed to tour Shrek City with Bei Bei and asked about Teacher Wang Yan.

• Chen Ping absorbed the Little Touch Dragon King soul ring despite its surging soul power and reached Soul Power Level Fourteen.
• Bei Bei congratulated Chen Ping, while Tang Ya praised her Thousand-Year soul ring and began absorbing it as Bei Bei stood guard.
• Chen Ping realized that changing Tang Ya’s Third Soul Ring could prevent Huo Yuhao from meeting Bei Bei and Tang Ya and disrupt his path to Shrek.
• Bei Bei invited Chen Ping to tour Shrek City, and Chen Ping asked whether he knew Teacher Wang Yan.
• Bei Bei said Wang Yan was Shrek’s youngest Senior Teacher and was renowned for his knowledge of Soul Beast and Soul Master theory.