Chapter Summaries

Hashirama took the Shrek Seven Devils to a restaurant in the village, where he taught them not to judge by appearances and explained the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest. He helped Oscar consider a speed-enhancing Soul Beast for his Third Soul Ring, while Tang San credited his knowledge to reading.

• Ma Hongjun led the group to a luxurious-looking restaurant, but was surprised to find its prices were cheap, and Hashirama taught them not to judge by appearances.
• Hashirama explained that the Star Dou Great Forest was a true Soul Beast habitat and warned the Shrek Seven Devils to stay alert to danger.
• Hashirama asked Tang San what kind of Soul Beast Oscar should seek for his Third Soul Ring, and Tang San suggested one with a speed-enhancing ability.
• Oscar happily accepted Tang San's advice, and Tang San said reading had helped him gain knowledge.
• Hashirama encouraged Oscar to learn more, while noting that forcing himself to read would not help if he disliked it.

Hashirama briefed the Shrek Academy group on dangers and rules in the Star Dou Great Forest, easing Ma Hongjun’s fear before they enjoyed a lavish meal. When Canghui Academy entered the restaurant, Hashirama laughed at the sight of them and failed to convince them he was laughing for another reason, leaving the group confronting him.

• Hashirama teased Oscar and Ning Rongrong about marriage, then explained the Star Dou Great Forest’s upheavals and precautions to the students.
• Xiao Wu worried about Uncle Ulquiorra and the forest, but reassured Tang San that she was only hungry.
• Hashirama told the students that a powerful administrator guarded the forest against indiscriminate Soul Beast slaughter, calming Ma Hongjun.
• The Shrek group ate a lavish meal, and Dai Mubai teased Ma Hongjun while sharing food with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Canghui Academy entered the restaurant, and Hashirama laughed at them, prompting their members to confront him.

Hashirama defused a confrontation with Canghui Academy by unleashing his overwhelming pressure, forcing Ye Zhiqiou to apologize and leave. Afterward, Hashirama urged the Shrek Academy students to continue their meal.

• Dai Mubai grew angry at Canghui Academy, but Tang San stopped him from interfering while Hashirama handled the dispute.
• The lead Soul Master from Canghui Academy insulted Shrek Academy, and Ye Zhiqiou demanded to know why Hashirama had laughed.
• Hashirama mocked Ye Zhiqiou and refused his challenge, then released a crushing purple aura that brought Ye Zhiqiou and the Canghui Academy members to the floor.
• Ye Zhiqiou apologized to Hashirama and his students, then ordered Canghui Academy to leave.
• Hashirama smiled again and encouraged the Shrek Academy students to resume eating.

The Shrek Academy group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Soul Ring, and Hashirama helped them subdue a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. As Oscar prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, Hashirama deflected a snake-shaped whip and recognized the arrival of the Troublemaking Duo.

• Tang San persuaded Dai Mubai not to kill harmless soul beasts, and Hashirama urged the group to respect soul beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Tang San identified as a suitable Soul Ring target for Oscar.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing tried to restrain and attack the serpent, but it escaped their efforts and paralyzed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Hashirama stopped the serpent from fleeing with a kick, then carried it back and instructed Oscar to obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Oscar prayed before killing the serpent, and a purple Soul Ring appeared for him to absorb.
• A snake-shaped whip struck toward Oscar, but Hashirama deflected it and recognized the Troublemaking Duo.

Hashirama refused to give the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, despite Chao Tianxiang’s claim that they had found it first. When Meng Shu arrived and demanded the soul beast, Hashirama challenged the Peerless Dragon Snake to settle the dispute by strength, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Hashirama deflected Chao Tianxiang’s attack and refused to yield the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which Oscar needed for a Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang introduced her granddaughter Meng Yiran and claimed that she had wounded the serpent first.
• Hashirama rejected Chao Tianxiang’s claim of ownership, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun backed his decision to stand firm.
• Meng Shu arrived, accused the Shrek Academy group of taking the serpent, and demanded that Hashirama hand it over.
• Hashirama challenged Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to defeat him for the soul beast, and the Peerless Dragon Snake released their Soul Rings as the students watched.

Hashirama defended Shrek Academy against Meng Shu and defeated the Soul Douluo with one punch. After Meng Shu admitted defeat, Hashirama returned the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Meng Yiran’s family and left to find Oscar a stronger soul beast.

• Ning Rongrong tried to boost Hashirama, but he stopped her and assured the students he could handle Meng Shu.
• Hashirama dispersed Meng Shu’s Soul Power shockwave before it could hit Tang San and the others.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang attacked, but Hashirama interrupted Meng Shu’s Eighth Soul Skill and knocked him through several trees with one punch.
• Meng Shu thanked Hashirama for showing mercy and addressed him as Senior, while Hashirama warned him against abusing his strength and encouraged his students.
• Hashirama let Meng Yiran’s family keep the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then told Oscar he would find him a stronger soul beast.

Hashirama led the Shrek Academy group through the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable spirit beast for Oscar, then built them a two-story wooden villa for the night. Tang San asked Hashirama to teach him to reshape his soul skills, and the group settled into watch shifts as Tang San cultivated, hoping to reach level 30.

• Hashirama praised Oscar's talent and led the group through the forest, but they found no suitable spirit beast before nightfall.
• Tang San found a flat clearing where the group could camp for the night.
• Hashirama used Wood Release: Four Pillars House Technique to create a two-story wooden villa, stunning the group.
• Tang San asked Hashirama to teach him how to alter the form of his soul skills, and Hashirama agreed to teach him after they returned to the academy.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San took the first watch while Ma Hongjun and Oscar were assigned the second, and Hashirama stayed alert with them.
• Tang San cultivated outside the villa, striving to break through to level 30.

Xiao Wu worried that Er Ming would find her and endanger her friends, but he soon appeared as a Titan Giant Ape and attacked Hashirama. Hashirama met Er Ming’s punch head-on, while a wooden wall protected the Shrek Academy group from the shockwave.

• Xiao Wu joined Tang San in cultivating at the camp, hoping they could both reach level 30 and obtain Soul Rings.
• A roar and approaching tremors alerted the group to a powerful Soul Beast, and Hashirama ordered the Shrek Academy students to retreat behind him.
• Er Ming emerged from the forest as a Titan Giant Ape, and Tang San recognized him as an immensely powerful Soul Beast.
• Er Ming punched Hashirama, who answered with a Soul-Power-charged punch and met the attack head-on.
• Hashirama raised a wooden wall to shield the Shrek Academy group from the collision’s shockwave and checked that everyone was safe.

Hashirama fought the Titan Giant Ape after it attacked the Shrek Academy students, defeating and sealing it with his Wood Release techniques. He then clarified that his warning had been meant to protect Xiao Wu, revealing that the fight had started because of a misunderstanding.

• Hashirama shielded the Shrek Academy students and told them to stay behind wooden walls while he faced the Titan Giant Ape.
• Hashirama bound the Titan Giant Ape with Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, but the ape broke free using gravity and pinned Hashirama down.
• Hashirama summoned the Wood Golem Technique, struck the Titan Giant Ape, and pinned it while vines drained its Soul Power and stamina.
• Hashirama sealed the weakened Titan Giant Ape beneath five Myōjinmon gates and dispelled the wooden arhat.
• Hashirama explained that he had only told the Titan Giant Ape to be careful not to hurt Xiao Wu, and the ape realized it had misunderstood him.

Hashirama reconciled with the Titan Giant Ape and persuaded him to find a 1,700-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar. The Titan Giant Ape left to search while Tang San began cultivating after gaining insight from the battle.

• Hashirama and the Titan Giant Ape cleared up their misunderstanding, and Hashirama introduced himself as the one who fought Uchiha Madara.
• Hashirama asked the Titan Giant Ape to find a roughly 1,700-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his student, and the Titan Giant Ape agreed.
• Hashirama released the Myōjinmon seal that had pinned down the Titan Giant Ape, who asked about the sealing technique before leaving to search.
• Hashirama checked on the Shrek Academy group and learned that Tang San had started cultivating after gaining insight from the battle.
• Hashirama told the group that the Titan Giant Ape would help find a soul beast for Oscar, and Oscar gratefully threw himself onto his teacher.

After Xiao Wu returned, Hashirama reassured her that he knew her identity and would keep it secret unless she chose to tell the others. They agreed on an explanation for her third Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu considered when to confide in Tang San.

• Hashirama urged the Shrek Academy students to rest and cultivate while he kept watch.
• Xiao Wu returned, and Hashirama told her he knew her identity and would not reveal it without her permission.
• Hashirama and Xiao Wu agreed to say he had helped her obtain her third Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu said she would tell Tang San when the time was right.
• Hashirama told Xiao Wu that Huang Luoyu had used mimicry rather than taking human form, and suggested she speak with her.
• Xiao Wu asked what Soul Beast Tang San should seek after reaching level 30, and Hashirama recommended one with poison and control abilities for Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San and Xiao Wu concealed how Xiao Wu obtained her third Soul Ring while celebrating their breakthroughs to Level 30. The Titan Giant Ape returned with a Soul Beast for Oscar, who began absorbing its Soul Ring as the group prepared to find one for Tang San.

• Tang San awakened after reaching Level 30, and Xiao Wu pretended that Hashirama had obtained her third Soul Ring from a passing Soul Beast.
• Tang San shared the news of their breakthroughs with Dai Mubai and the others, who congratulated Xiao Wu and encouraged Oscar.
• The Titan Giant Ape returned with a seventeen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar and left after Xiao Wu nodded to him.
• Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Hashirama's knife and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Oscar absorbed a 1,700-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring, reached level 32, and gained a flight skill before Hashirama led the group to search for Tang San’s third Soul Ring. The group found a poisonous spider-type soul beast and began approaching it while Hashirama watched from a tree.

• Oscar completed his Soul Ring absorption and reached Soul Power Level 32.
• Oscar revealed that his third soul skill let someone fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for one minute.
• Hashirama directed the group to look for poisonous soul beasts as they searched for Tang San’s third Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing found spider silk among the trees, and Hashirama and Tang San identified the spider-type soul beast as a promising target.
• Tang San and the others chose to fight the soul beast themselves, while Hashirama watched from a tree.
• Tang San urged the group to observe the spider without alerting it, unaware that it had already sensed their approach and prepared to fight.

Tang San and his companions discovered that a Man Faced Demon Spider had tracked them and tested its strength with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. After rescuing Zhu Zhuqing from a venomous strike, Tang San prepared a coordinated attack with Ning Rongrong’s boosts as Hashirama watched.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing sensed danger, and Tang San realized the spider had detected them through strands scattered around the forest.
• Tang San sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to feint while Oscar gave the group antidotes and flying sausages.
• Tang San identified the beast as a Man Faced Demon Spider at least two thousand years old by examining its abdomen.
• The spider attacked Zhu Zhuqing with its legs and venom, but Tang San pulled her out of danger before the strike landed.
• Tang San asked Ning Rongrong to boost his and Dai Mubai’s strength and speed, and she activated her soul skills as Hashirama praised their teamwork.

Tang San coordinated the group’s fight against the Man Faced Demon Spider, using Blue Silver Grass to expose its abdomen so Dai Mubai could strike. With the spider still restrained and Hashirama watching, the group prepared to exploit its weakness further.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to focus their attacks on the Man Faced Demon Spider’s abdomen and warned them not to act rashly.
• Tang San predicted the spider’s venom attack, and all four fighters dodged its spray.
• Tang San restrained all eight of the spider’s legs with Blue Silver Grass, allowing Dai Mubai to strike its abdomen with his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Tang San warned Dai Mubai to retreat before the spider could trap him in a web, then explained that the creature feigned weakness before using a killing move.
• Tang San continued restraining the spider and directed the group to attack its abdomen while Hashirama observed that their plan remained risky.

Tang San and the others battled the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San killed it after it nearly trapped Xiao Wu. He began absorbing its purple Soul Ring despite its exceeding the limit for a third ring.

• Tang San restrained the Man Faced Demon Spider with Blue Silver Grass while Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhuqing attacked its abdomen.
• Xiao Wu avoided the spider's surprise web attack, and Tang San grew furious when he saw her in danger.
• Tang San dodged the spider's attacks, struck its abdomen with the Clear Sky Hammer, and fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at it.
• After the Man Faced Demon Spider died, Tang San began absorbing its purple Soul Ring, while Hashirama watched and commented on the battle.

Tang San successfully absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring but lost control of the eight spider legs that emerged from his back, poisoning the Shrek Academy students. Hashirama cured them and sealed Tang San's new spider legs while he remained unconscious.

• Hashirama reassured the others as Tang San struggled to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.
• Tang San completed the absorption, collapsed into Xiao Wu's arms, and sprouted eight spider legs that wounded and poisoned the nearby students.
• Dai Mubai told everyone to take Oscar's Detox Sausages, but the poison continued spreading.
• Hashirama cleared the poison from each student's body with his life-infused Soul Power.
• When Tang San's spider legs attacked him, Hashirama moved behind Tang San, forced them to retract, and sealed them.

After Hashirama helped Tang San recover, he revealed that Tang San had gained a rare External Soul Bone from absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider. Tang San then began a friendly duel with Dai Mubai to test his third soul skill, leaving Dai Mubai struggling against Tang San’s control techniques.

• Hashirama helped Tang San recover and explained that absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider had granted him an External Soul Bone, which Hashirama had temporarily sealed.
• Tang San agreed to treat the group to a meal in Suotuo City and accepted Dai Mubai’s offer of a friendly match to test his new strength and third soul skill.
• Hashirama refereed the duel, forbidding Tang San from using hidden weapons or his sealed Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation as Tang San attacked with Entanglement.
• Dai Mubai evaded the vines and struck Tang San with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, gaining a slight advantage and recognizing how difficult Tang San’s control techniques were to counter.

Tang San defeated Dai Mubai in a friendly match by trapping him with his third soul skill, and Hashirama healed Dai Mubai and praised both students. The group prepared to travel to Void Night Village, which Hashirama said they needed to visit because Tang San had obtained a Soul Bone.

• Dai Mubai charged Tang San, but Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and tested their strength in close combat.
• Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to redirect Dai Mubai, then trapped him in Spider Web Restraint after dodging his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Dai Mubai conceded, and Hashirama declared Tang San the winner and detoxified Dai Mubai.
• Hashirama praised Dai Mubai and warned Tang San to train carefully with his powerful abilities.
• Hashirama announced that the group would travel to Void Night Village because Tang San had obtained a Soul Bone.

Hashirama brought the Shrek Academy group to Void Night Village, where they endured his first test and met Ulquiorra. After Ulquiorra welcomed them as guests, the group began to feel more at ease in the village.

• Hashirama led the Shrek Academy group through the oppressive territory around Void Night Village, and they passed his first test by enduring the pressure.
• Hashirama warned them that a second, more important test awaited them and said they were about to meet a key figure from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At the village gates, Ulquiorra agreed to host Hashirama and the group for the night, leaving them intimidated by his aura.
• The group admired Void Night Village's human-like buildings and settled into a reception room, where Ulquiorra assured them that food was being prepared.
• Xiao Wu explained through her reaction that Ulquiorra was attentive to guests, and the Shrek Academy group thanked him and grew more comfortable around him.