Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping asked Bei Bei to help him approach Wang Yan for a recommendation to Shrek Academy, and Bei Bei agreed. After absorbing the Touch Dragon King's Soul Ring, Chen Ping discovered his First Soul Skill was Layered Poison, which he realized could pair powerfully with Movement Meditation.

• Chen Ping explained his desperate circumstances and asked Bei Bei to introduce him to Wang Yan for help obtaining a Shrek Academy recommendation.
• Bei Bei agreed to bring Chen Ping back to Shrek City and find Wang Yan at the Outer Courtyard library after Xiao Ya finished absorbing her Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping thanked Bei Bei, who asked about the Soul Skill from the Touch Dragon King's Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping revealed that his First Soul Skill, Layered Poison, added random poisons to both ends of his Martial Soul and triggered Poison Burst when an enemy carried more than five types.
• Chen Ping recognized Layered Poison's potential and considered how well it could combine with Movement Meditation.

Chen Ping demonstrated his first Soul Skill to Bei Bei, who analyzed its layered poison effects. When a Soul Bone dropped from the Little Touch Dragon King, Chen Ping initially lamented his bad luck but cheered up after learning its value.

• Chen Ping used his Willow Staff to apply paralysis and corrosion Poison Marks to the Little Touch Dragon King and explained how stacking five marks could trigger an explosion.
• Bei Bei examined the Poison Marks and concluded that the Soul Skill's main strength was likely the explosion rather than the individual poison effects.
• Bei Bei noticed a golden-glowing Soul Bone on the corroded body of the Little Touch Dragon King.
• Chen Ping feared the Soul Bone had used up all his luck, but Bei Bei told him it could sell for tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ping cheered up at the Soul Bone's value and suspected its drop might have followed rules for Soul Bone production rather than chance.

Chen Ping pried a valuable right arm soul bone from the Little Touch Dragon King and considered selling it for medicinal ingredients. When his Willow Staff Martial Soul reacted, he chose to absorb the bone, but the staff seized it instead and clung to it.

• Chen Ping explained that the Little Touch Dragon King's intense resentment had raised its chance of dropping a soul bone.
• Chen Ping removed a complete right arm bone from the Little Touch Dragon King, and he and Bei Bei realized it could be worth over One Hundred Thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Ping preferred selling the bone to fund his potion-making, but his Willow Staff appeared on its own and seemed to want the bone.
• Bei Bei suggested that the Martial Soul might be reacting because the bone had dropped alongside the Touch Dragon King's Soul Ring and could be a rare opportunity.
• Chen Ping decided to absorb the bone, but the Willow Staff snatched it from his hand and clung to it.

Chen Ping's Willow Staff absorbed the Touch Dragon King Right Arm Bone and transformed into the Insect Staff: Touch Dragon, greatly improving its quality and striking power. The chapter ended with Chen Ping and Bei Bei examining the newly armored weapon.

• The Touch Dragon King Right Arm Bone melted onto Chen Ping's Willow Staff, shocking Chen Ping and Bei Bei.
• Chen Ping's Willow Staff absorbed the soul bone liquid and became smoother, tougher, and stronger.
• Pale golden armor segments grew around the Willow Staff, followed by Great Mandibles bursting out from both ends.
• Chen Ping sensed that his Martial Soul had become the Insect Staff: Touch Dragon and tested its powerful swing beside Bei Bei.

After his Martial Soul evolved by devouring a Soul Bone, Chen Ping discovered its new capabilities and resolved to use it, along with his research, to stay by Wang Yan’s side. He found that the evolution had not improved his cultivation speed, and the chapter ended with Tang Ya waking from absorbing her Soul Ring.

• Chen Ping realized his Martial Soul could evolve and decided that his formulas and newfound discovery would help him stay with Wang Yan.
• Chen Ping used the system’s simplified inspection to learn that his Willow Staff had become an Insect Staff - Touch Dragon with improved durability and new recommended staff techniques.
• Chen Ping tested his cultivation and found that his Martial Soul’s evolution had not increased his Soul Power cultivation speed.
• Chen Ping concluded that Potions were his only current path to improving his cultivation talent.
• Tang Ya woke after absorbing her Soul Ring, caught Bei Bei staring at her, and heard him awkwardly change the subject by asking whether she knew what had happened.

After Tang Ya learned that Chen Ping's Insect Staff had absorbed a Soul Bone and could cause Martial Soul Evolution, she and Bei Bei discussed investigating it with Teacher Wang Yan. Chen Ping grew closer to them, learned more about Shrek Academy, and looked forward to enrolling.

• Tang Ya learned from Bei Bei that Chen Ping's Martial Soul had absorbed a Soul Bone and wondered whether her Blue Silver Grass could evolve too.
• Tang Ya celebrated her improved strength and new Touch Dragon's Entanglement Soul Skill, while Chen Ping considered how to defend against control-type abilities.
• Bei Bei invited Chen Ping to call him Big Brother Bei Bei and Tang Ya Sister Xiao Ya, and the three became closer as they talked.
• Chen Ping steered their conversation toward Shrek Academy and learned about their classes, homeroom teacher, and vacation schedule.
• Chen Ping reflected on leaving his former struggle to survive behind and resolved to welcome his new life in the Soul Master world.

Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya reached Shrek City, where Chen Ping learned how costly nourishing food was and decided he needed a Core Disciple slot to afford it. Bei Bei brought him toward Shrek Academy under the guise of being his cousin and planned to find Teacher Wang Yan at the library.

• Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya left the forest and followed the road to Shrek City rather than cutting through the Soul Beast Forest.
• Chen Ping saw Shrek City’s students and food stalls, but rejected the expensive grilled squid.
• Chen Ping recalled that Shrek’s cafeteria offered costly Soul Beast meals that could strengthen his body, and concluded a Core Disciple food allowance was his best way to afford them.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arranged for Chen Ping to enter the academy as Bei Bei’s younger male cousin.
• Bei Bei led Chen Ping into Shrek Academy and said they would go to the library to intercept Teacher Wang Yan.

Chen Ping toured Shrek Academy with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, learning about its branches, buildings, and Sea God Lake while wrestling with his fear of Tang San’s influence. He discovered that the academy’s library was a single floor inside the Sixth Grade Teaching Building, leaving him stunned by its modest size.

• Bei Bei showed Chen Ping the statues at Shrek Academy’s entrance, and Chen Ping wondered why Zhao Wuji had no statue.
• Bei Bei explained the academy’s Martial Soul and Soul Guidance branches as the group passed the statues and walked beside Sea God Lake, which Tang Ya said commemorated Tang San.
• Bei Bei described the color-coded Teaching Buildings and other facilities around Shrek Square, and Chen Ping steadied himself against his anxiety about surviving in this world.
• Chen Ping asked about the Faculty Office Area, and Bei Bei said Teacher Wang was usually in the library unless Elder Xuan had called him to work overtime.
• Chen Ping found Shrek’s library inside the first floor of the Sixth Grade Teaching Building and was shocked by its small size, while Bei Bei proudly praised its collection.

Chen Ping found Teacher Wang Yan in Shrek Academy’s library and revealed that he belonged to the Coiling Dragon Sect, whose inherited martial soul matched Wang Yan’s. Wang Yan was moved by Chen Ping’s hardships and took him, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya to get a meal.

• Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya found Wang Yan studying in the library’s Soul Beast section.
• Chen Ping introduced himself as a member of the Coiling Dragon Sect, shocking Wang Yan.
• Chen Ping explained that he had wandered the continent since Evil Soul Masters destroyed the Sect, kept cultivating to rank fourteen, and sought Wang Yan’s protection after learning they shared a martial soul.
• Wang Yan regretted learning of the Sect’s tragedy too late and was struck by Chen Ping’s worn appearance and injuries.
• Wang Yan invited Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya to eat, relieved that he still had enough Gold Soul Coins.

After taking Chen Ping to dinner, Wang Yan learned how Chen Ping had obtained his first Soul Ring and discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved by devouring a Soul Bone. Impressed by Chen Ping, Wang Yan offered him a place to stay until enrollment and asked to study his Self-Evolving Willow Staff Martial Soul.

• Chen Ping steered Wang Yan away from paying for a meal by asking to visit the academy cafeteria, and Wang Yan explained that it had no stools.
• Wang Yan took Chen Ping, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya to Hong Yue Restaurant, where they ate until they were full.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya told Wang Yan how Chen Ping had encountered them, raided the Touch Dragon King's lair, obtained his first Soul Ring, and advanced to level fourteen.
• Wang Yan learned that Chen Ping's Martial Soul had evolved after devouring a Soul Bone and admired his courage and independence.
• Wang Yan offered Chen Ping a bedroom in his faculty dormitory until enrollment and asked permission to study his Self-Evolving Willow Staff Martial Soul.

Chen Ping settled into Wang Yan’s faculty dormitory and considered ways to earn money before enrolling at Shrek. Wang Yan discovered Chen Ping’s manuscripts, mistook them for the Coiling Dragon Sect’s family teachings, and promised to keep their contents secret.

• Wang Yan treated Chen Ping to an expensive meal, bought him daily necessities, and brought him to stay in the faculty dormitory as his Second Uncle.
• Chen Ping planned to earn money by cooking and selling food in Shrek City, but worried about expenses and whether the work would interfere with his studies.
• Wang Yan noticed several stacks of manuscripts in Chen Ping’s bamboo basket and asked to examine them.
• Wang Yan read Chen Ping’s martial-soul reference tables and training manuals, then guessed that the manuscripts were the Coiling Dragon Sect’s family teachings.
• Chen Ping agreed with Wang Yan’s assumption, and Wang Yan promised not to reveal anything he had read.

Chen Ping explained that the Coiling Dragon Sect’s manuals came from years of research, and Wang Yan recognized the extraordinary value of its Damage Dilution Theory. Wang Yan resolved to help Chen Ping become a renowned Soul Master, while Chen Ping discovered that his temporarily boosted cultivation speed was declining.

• Chen Ping explained that he had used the Coiling Dragon Sect’s research to compile manuals and earn money while disguised as a Shrek Academy student.
• Wang Yan read the Sect’s training manual and Damage Dilution Theory, realizing he could not understand its formulas but praising its practical principles.
• Wang Yan compared the theory’s potential influence to Human Soul Core Condensation Theory and decided to nurture Chen Ping before considering whether to reveal the Sect’s techniques.
• Wang Yan imagined Chen Ping becoming a powerful Soul Master and eventually a Reserve Elder of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Chen Ping cultivated while Wang Yan read, then discovered that his boosted cultivation speed had fallen from the equivalent of Innate Soul Power Level Four and a Half to Level Four.

Chen Ping realized the medicine he had requested would make his cultivation speed decline until it fell below his Innate Level Two baseline, leaving him worried he would not gain another level before Shrek began. Wang Yan was stunned to see Chen Ping meditate while moving and later failed when he tried to imitate him.

• Chen Ping understood that the medicine's benefits would fade into a prolonged repayment period because he had asked the system for a duration rather than a specific increase in cultivation speed.
• Wang Yan noticed Chen Ping meditating while standing, circulating Soul Power, and pouring him water without breaking his concentration.
• Wang Yan excused himself and returned to his room, baffled by Chen Ping's ability to combine cultivation with complex movements.
• Wang Yan tried to meditate while standing but lost control of his Soul Power, which surged painfully through his meridians.

Chen Ping searched for a way to earn money in Shrek City but concluded that ordinary barbecue could not bring him the fast, exclusive profits he wanted. He recalled a story that might help him create unique food, leaving him ready to test whether it could make him rich.

• Chen Ping slept soundly in Wang Yan’s room, then woke after more than ten hours and rushed to eat and begin his search for money.
• Chen Ping considered selling barbecue but found that Shrek City already had good food and that he lacked Huo Yuhao’s exceptional cooking skill.
• Chen Ping discovered that cumin was unavailable and worried that other vendors could easily copy his barbecue business or cut off his supplies.
• Chen Ping decided he needed a unique food that he could sell at a premium, but Huo Yuhao was still at White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Chen Ping remembered a classic story that might let him create distinctive, unreplicable delicacies.

Chen Ping decided to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall as a signature dish that would be difficult to copy and appeal to Shrek Academy’s wealthy students. He began searching for ingredients while worrying that his Scholar Points were running low.

• Chen Ping recalled ways to substitute for missing ingredients and concluded that he needed a distinctive flavor rather than cumin powder.
• Chen Ping chose Buddha Jumps Over the Wall because its complex ingredients and three-to-seven-day cooking process would make it hard to reproduce.
• Chen Ping considered Boiled Cabbage in Clear Soup but decided Buddha Jumps Over the Wall would better suit his reputation and customers.
• Chen Ping reasoned that people on Douluo Continent understood the word “Buddha” and joked that his dish could be called Tang Jumps Over the Wall.
• Chen Ping searched the streets for ingredients and saw that his Scholar Points were close to dropping below four digits.

Chen Ping used the Scholar Cultivation System’s Simulation Training Ground to learn how to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, hoping to earn money from the dish. After several failed attempts, he prepared to keep practicing while Teacher Wang warned him that others at Shrek Academy were interested in his Martial Soul.

• Chen Ping bought ingredients and pottery jars in Shrek City, then used Scholar Points to deduce a Buddha Jumps Over the Wall recipe.
• Chen Ping practiced cooking in the Simulation Training Ground, but his first attempts produced poorly cooked food and wasted ingredients.
• Chen Ping took a break outside Teacher Wang’s home before resolving to keep practicing until he could make the dish successfully.
• Teacher Wang returned with dinner and found Chen Ping preparing the dish, which Chen Ping said he hoped to sell for tuition and living expenses.
• Teacher Wang told Chen Ping that several people at Shrek Academy were interested in his Martial Soul and said they would study it in a few days.

Chen Ping spent three days learning to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall while training with his newly comprehended Left Circle Right Square technique. Wang Yan discovered the meal was nearly ready, then discussed Chen Ping’s martial soul evolution with Xuan Zi as they considered ways to help Xiaotao.

• Chen Ping comprehended Left Circle Right Square, which let him perform another task while meditating, and continued practicing while studying the preparation of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Chen Ping stayed in his room for three days, and Wang Yan brought him meals while the soup simmered and changed from white broth to clear soup and then golden soup.
• Chen Ping told Wang Yan that Buddha Jumps Over the Wall would be ready when Wang Yan finished work.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that he wanted to study how Chen Ping’s Willow Staff had evolved into a Touch Dragon Staff, hoping the research might help Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul evolve.
• Xuan Zi agreed the research was worthwhile but guessed that Wang Yan was eager to return because Chen Ping’s meal was ready to serve.

After making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, Chen Ping discovered that it slightly increased strength, vitality, and Blood Qi Density. Xuan Zi arrived, devoured a crock, and offered to pay Chen Ping to make the dish for him.

• Chen Ping read the cooking settlement and realized his Buddha Jumps Over the Wall had produced three slight effects without using Soul Beast meat.
• Xuan Zi kicked down Wang Yan's door and followed the dish's fragrance into the kitchen, where Wang Yan introduced him to Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping served three crocks of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Xuan Zi and Wang Yan, while reserving the fourth for himself.
• Xuan Zi praised the dish and asked Chen Ping to cook it for him regularly in exchange for payment.
• Chen Ping saw Xuan Zi's offer as a chance to earn money by cooking for him.

Chen Ping used the promise of a rare, Soul Beast-based version of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to secure Elder Xuan’s interest and arrange compensation. He asked for six months of free meals at Shrek’s Eighth Window, while planning to use surplus ingredients to make extra servings.

• Chen Ping decided against charging Elder Xuan an excessive price and spent one thousand Scholar Points to derive a Soul Beast version of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
• Chen Ping told Elder Xuan and Wang Yan about the Secret Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and listed its eighteen rare Soul Beast ingredients.
• Elder Xuan eagerly agreed to provide the ingredients and offered Chen Ping compensation for making the dish.
• Chen Ping asked Elder Xuan for six months of free meals at the academy’s Eighth Window so he could replenish his vitality.

Chen Ping delivered Treasured Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Elder Xuan and learned that Mu En had been claiming one jar from every delivery ever since he caught Xuan Zi with a leftover jar. Elder Xuan sent Chen Ping to bring Mu En the latest jar, while Chen Ping continued preparing to compete for a Core Disciple training slot.

• Elder Xuan agreed to pay for Chen Ping's meals at the Eighth Window, and Chen Ping asked to start eating the next day so his three-month allowance would begin after school started.
• More than two months later, Chen Ping stored and delivered jars of Treasured Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, having bought a storage necklace and found a buyer for an extra jar.
• Chen Ping summoned Elder Xuan by the Sea God Lake, but Elder Xuan took only one jar and explained that Mu En had taken one of his jars after catching him carrying it away.
• Elder Xuan told Chen Ping to bring the remaining jar to Mu En, who was sitting outside the new student dormitory building.