Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan struggled to understand his space-related Martial Soul and persuaded Village Chief Old Jack to give him the village’s lone enrollment spot. Tang Hao decided to let Tang San pursue becoming a Soul Master, leaving the boys poised to take different paths.

• Lu Yuan examined the silver pattern on his hand and wondered how to control the space fluctuations caused by his Martial Soul.
• After finding no rice at home, Lu Yuan went to bed hungry until Village Chief Old Jack arrived to discuss who should receive the village’s academy enrollment spot.
• Lu Yuan argued that Tang San’s father would not let him attend and that Lu Yuan’s unknown Martial Soul might have greater potential, convincing Old Jack to give him the spot.
• Tang San worried about whether to accept the chance to become a Soul Master, while Tang Hao reflected on his son’s future.
• Tang Hao decided to stop blocking Tang San’s dream and let him pursue the path of a Soul Master.

Tang San received Tang Hao’s permission to attend a Soul Master Academy, but learned that the village’s admission spot had already gone to Lu Yuan. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan discovered that he could use Soul Power to unleash Spatial Severance, and Tang San confronted him on a hillside.

• Tang Hao agreed to let Tang San attend an academy after Tang San accepted his conditions.
• Lu Yuan used Soul Power to flick a spatial ripple, slicing through a boulder and a tree, and identified the technique as Spatial Severance.
• Old Jack told Tang San that the admission spot had been promised to Lu Yuan, who also had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Angry, Tang San searched for Lu Yuan despite Old Jack’s attempts to stop him.
• Tang San found Lu Yuan practicing on a hillside and accused him of being pleased with taking the admission spot.

Tang San confronted Lu Yuan over the academy spot and challenged him to a duel. Lu Yuan agreed only after demanding Tang San's training methods and techniques as the stakes, and Tang San accepted with a promise that Lu Yuan would not share them.

• Tang San punched at Lu Yuan, but an unseen force blocked his fist, and Tang San accused Lu Yuan of using his air-controlling Martial Soul to take the academy spot.
• Lu Yuan acted confused as Old Jack explained the dispute, then argued that Tang San had no right to reclaim an opportunity he had failed to seize.
• Tang San challenged Lu Yuan to a duel for the academy spot, while Lu Yuan pointed out that he had nothing to gain by accepting without something at stake.
• Lu Yuan demanded Tang San's meditation-like method, stone-throwing technique, jade-fist technique, and eye-training method in exchange for the spot.
• Tang San refused at first, then accepted Lu Yuan's terms after Lu Yuan began walking away, provided Lu Yuan would not pass the techniques on to anyone else.

Lu Yuan conceded his fight against Tang San after Tang Hao’s oppressive aura left him unable to move, allowing Tang San to claim the enrollment slot. Lu Yuan left humiliated but determined to remember what happened.

• Tang San used gravel, evasive footwork, and close-combat techniques to wear down Lu Yuan’s Spatial Barrier while Lu Yuan remained unable to counterattack.
• Lu Yuan realized Tang Hao was secretly suppressing him and decided not to risk his life by continuing the fight.
• Lu Yuan conceded, and Tang San accepted the enrollment slot, believing he had won through his own tactics.
• Lu Yuan left the hill in dejection as Tang San celebrated and Old Jack sighed.
• By evening, villagers were gossiping about the fight, and Lu Yuan touched the pattern on his hand and vowed to remember the humiliation.

After six years of cultivation, Tang San graduated and planned to visit Shrek Academy, while Lu Yuan reached level 46 in the Star Dou Great Forest and considered interfering with Tang San’s journey. Lu Yuan weighed sending trouble as a graduation gift against confronting Tang San in person.

• Tang San celebrated graduation with Xiao Wu and decided to visit the Shrek Academy his teacher had mentioned.
• Lu Yuan teased a Yellow Squirrel he called Pikachu, then returned it to its nest rather than harm it.
• Lu Yuan reflected on reaching level 46 and developing several spatial abilities, including Spatial Turbulence, Spatial Blade, and a limited Flying Thunder God.
• Lu Yuan guessed Tang San was heading to Shrek Academy and considered obstructing him, confident he could escape Tang Hao with his spatial abilities.

Zhu Zhuqing fled her sister Zhu Zhuyun’s pursuit but was knocked off a cliff by a mithril crossbow bolt. She survived and was found by Lu Yuan, who treated her wound and realized the pursuers were wealthy enough to afford mithril weapons.

• Zhu Zhuyun cornered Zhu Zhuqing at a cliff and ordered her to return, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and charged toward the edge.
• Zhu Zhuyun instinctively fired her mithril crossbow, knocking Zhu Zhuqing off the cliff, then ordered her men to pursue her.
• Zhu Zhuqing crashed onto Lu Yuan’s barbecue rack, and he discovered that the apparent hedgehog was an injured girl.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and mistook Lu Yuan for a pursuer, but he restrained her and showed her the mithril bolt that had struck her.
• Lu Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing that whoever was hunting her was extremely wealthy because they could afford an arrow made entirely of mithril.

While Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing ate in the forest, Zhu Zhuyun ambushed them with her Death Guards and demanded that Lu Yuan step aside. Lu Yuan slaughtered her forces with Spatial Severance, then caught and knocked Zhu Zhuyun unconscious as she fled.

• Lu Yuan cooked Soul Beast meat for Zhu Zhuqing and explained how eating and fighting had helped him grow stronger.
• Lu Yuan warned Zhu Zhuqing about the danger of keeping a fire lit at night, just as a poisoned crossbow bolt stopped before him.
• Zhu Zhuyun emerged from the darkness, announced that the Star Luo Zhu Family was conducting business, and ordered Lu Yuan to stand aside while targeting Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Yuan released his overwhelming killing intent, prompting Zhu Zhuyun to flee and order her forces to attack.
• Lu Yuan used Spatial Severance to kill Zhu Zhuyun's Death Guards and pursued her through the darkness.
• Lu Yuan struck Zhu Zhuyun unconscious with a wooden club, carried her over his shoulder, and headed back to Zhu Zhuqing.

Lu Yuan stopped Zhu Zhuqing from killing Zhu Zhuyun, claiming her as his spoils of war, and offered Zhu Zhuyun a choice between death and serving him. When Zhu Zhuyun invoked her noble status to negotiate, Lu Yuan made the terms harsher by demanding her absolute loyalty.

• Zhu Zhuqing felt flustered around Lu Yuan, then moved away from him and tried to calm herself.
• Zhu Zhuyun woke as Zhu Zhuqing's thrown short sword stopped beside her eye, and she realized Lu Yuan had saved her from the attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing demanded to know why Lu Yuan had interfered, and he said Zhu Zhuyun was his spoils of war and that he would decide whether she lived.
• Lu Yuan offered Zhu Zhuyun a choice between death and serving him, and Zhu Zhuyun tried to negotiate by citing her status as a duke's daughter and the Star Luo Empire's Crown Princess.
• Lu Yuan raised the terms, requiring Zhu Zhuyun to serve under his command and remain absolutely loyal to him.

Lu Yuan forced Zhu Zhuyun to accept his terms, branded her with a Flying Thunder God Mark, and sent her away. He then spoke with Zhu Zhuqing, and the two learned each other’s names.

• Zhu Zhuyun invoked her engagement to the Star Luo Crown Prince, but Lu Yuan slapped her, threatened her, and choked her until she agreed to cooperate.
• Lu Yuan embedded a Flying Thunder God Mark in Zhu Zhuyun’s back and warned her to behave before ordering her to leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered chasing Zhu Zhuyun, but Lu Yuan told her she could not defeat her sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked what Zhu Zhuyun had said, and Lu Yuan claimed she had agreed to their marriage.
• Lu Yuan introduced himself to Zhu Zhuqing, and she shook his hand as they exchanged names.

Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City and went to the Rose Hotel, where they encountered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé, Dai Mubai. After Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai arrive with two women, Lu Yuan held her as she broke down, while Dai Mubai demanded the suite he had reserved.

• Lu Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing entered Suotuo City and chose the Rose Hotel, where the receptionist claimed only one suite was available.
• Xiao Wu argued with Zhu Zhuqing over the suite, while Lu Yuan recognized Tang San and then hurried to support a stunned Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai approaching the hotel with two women and was overwhelmed by anger and despair at his apparent surrender to debauchery.
• Lu Yuan embraced Zhu Zhuqing and told her not to confront Dai Mubai in public, and she clutched his clothes as she quietly cried.
• Dai Mubai entered the hotel and demanded the suite he said had always been reserved for him, prompting the manager to apologize.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai over his behavior, declaring that he disgusted her, while Lu Yuan revealed a seemingly impossible ability in front of everyone. The chapter ended with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing staring in disbelief as Dai Mubai’s elbow passed through Lu Yuan’s body.

• After calming down, Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai and tried to leave, but he recognized her as his fiancée and asked her to hear his explanation.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s excuses about the two women with him and said his willingness to sink into depravity disgusted her.
• Dai Mubai angrily criticized Zhu Zhuqing for embracing Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan told him that he was wrong.
• Dai Mubai swung an elbow at Lu Yuan, but the strike passed through Lu Yuan’s body, leaving Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing shocked.

Lu Yuan subdued Dai Mubai with a finger at his neck, while Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to understand the mysterious ability that made Lu Yuan untouchable. After Lu Yuan released Dai Mubai and paid the hotel manager with a mithril crossbow bolt, Zhu Zhuqing went inside the hotel.

• Lu Yuan threatened to avenge the dented table, then stopped Dai Mubai with a finger at his neck despite Dai Mubai's Martial Soul Possession and White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Xiao Wu laughed at Dai Mubai's predicament, and Tang San explained that Lu Yuan's ability seemed to evade attacks and strike with great force without using visible Soul Rings.
• Tang San considered possible weaknesses of Lu Yuan's ability while Dai Mubai stood still under threat.
• Lu Yuan ordered Dai Mubai to put away his Martial Soul, then gave the hotel manager a mithril crossbow bolt as compensation.
• Lu Yuan glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, who snorted and entered the hotel.

Lu Yuan challenged Zhu Zhuqing to reconsider her marriage contract and suggested that becoming a Titled Douluo could free her from it, then asked whether she knew about Immortal Herbs. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun told Oscar that Dai Mubai had been defeated by someone their age and that his fiancée seemed to like the victor.

• Lu Yuan teased Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai and asked whether she was willing to accept her marriage contract.
• Lu Yuan said Zhu Zhuqing’s secret escape from the Zhu Family showed her answer, then argued that becoming a Titled Douluo would let her ignore the contract.
• Zhu Zhuqing doubted she could become a Titled Douluo, and Lu Yuan asked whether she knew about Immortal Herbs.
• Ma Hongjun burst into Oscar’s room and told him that Dai Mubai had been beaten, then revealed that Dai’s fiancée seemed to like the person who defeated him.

Dai Mubai brooded over his defeat and the loss of Zhu Zhuqing while Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to identify the young man who had beaten him. Flender ended the chapter reflecting on Shrek Academy’s poor resources and his happier days traveling with his old companions.

• Zhao Wuji scolded Dai Mubai for failing to fight for Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai silently dwelled on their argument and his defeat.
• Flender asked Dai Mubai about his opponent’s age and wondered whether he was Tang San, Yu Xiaogang’s recommended disciple.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar overheard the conversation outside, decided they had arrived at a bad time, and slipped away.
• Dai Mubai said he did not know the opponent’s name and described how his attacks and defenses had failed before he was subdued in one move.
• Zhao Wuji dragged the dispirited Dai Mubai out, while Flender wondered where the mysterious young genius had come from and lamented Shrek Academy’s shortcomings.

Tang San and Xiao Wu found Shrek Academy and witnessed its harsh entrance test, where a Soul Emperor rejected a boy and intimidated him over the nonrefundable fee. An unknown expert’s killing intent made the registrar back down, and the old man suspected a remarkable candidate was among the applicants.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu walked from Suotuo City toward Shrek Academy and found its entrance at a shabby village.
• Tang San heard applicants say Shrek graduates could become Empire Viscounts and considered what that implied about the academy.
• A Soul Emperor registrar rejected a boy for failing the age and Soul Power requirements, kept the fee, and silenced the boy with his pressure.
• An unknown expert released killing intent that countered the registrar’s pressure, allowing the boy and his father to leave safely.
• The registrar searched the crowd for the expert and concluded that Shrek Academy might welcome a real monster that day.

Tang San and Xiao Wu passed Shrek Academy’s entrance trial, while Lu Yuan’s unusual treatment of Ning Rongrong led him to reveal his two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. The chapter left the old examiner and Ning Rongrong stunned by Lu Yuan’s seemingly impossible power.

• Most applicants left after the old man warned them about the fee and his strength, but Tang San and Xiao Wu paid and passed the entrance tests.
• The old man recognized Tang San’s Mystic Jade Hand, checked his and Xiao Wu’s martial souls, and sent Ma Hongjun to guide them onward.
• The old man let Lu Yuan pass after checking only his bone age, prompting Ning Rongrong to protest that the test was unfair.
• Lu Yuan agreed with Ning Rongrong and revealed two black soul rings and a silver glow on the back of his right hand.
• Ning Rongrong and the old examiner stared in shock as they realized Lu Yuan had two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Ning Rongrong questioned Lu Yuan about his two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, but he teased her with a long, useless explanation instead of revealing anything helpful. Ma Hongjun stopped them from fighting, and Ning Rongrong stormed off while Lu Yuan claimed she had failed to pay him for talking.

• Ning Rongrong saw Lu Yuan's two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and asked how he had absorbed them.
• Lu Yuan gave Ning Rongrong a deliberately obvious explanation and then rambled about hunting Soul Beasts while drinking her water.
• Ning Rongrong realized Lu Yuan was messing with her and angrily confronted him.
• Ma Hongjun returned and stopped Ning Rongrong and Lu Yuan from fighting.
• Ning Rongrong walked away, and Lu Yuan told Ma Hongjun that she had used a bottle of water instead of paying his fee.

Lu Yuan used Shrek Academy’s Soul Power rule to skip straight to the Fourth Trial, where Zhao Wuji became his examiner. The chapter left Zhao Wuji confused about the rule and uncertain how much to hold back against Lu Yuan.

• Ma Hongjun asked Lu Yuan to follow Ning Rongrong, and Lu Yuan asked whether Soul Masters above level twenty-five could skip to the Fourth Trial.
• Lu Yuan tested his Soul Power with a crystal, which shattered, showing that he had surpassed level thirty and was far stronger than Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun led Lu Yuan through the Second and Third Trials to the deserted Fourth Trial.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the test was to last one incense stick while joining forces against him, then noticed Lu Yuan was the only student who had reached the trial.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Lu Yuan had skipped ahead because of his Soul Power, but Zhao Wuji admitted he did not remember that academy rule.

Lu Yuan challenged Zhao Wuji to a full match, wagering that he could endure one incense stick and injure the examiner. After revealing his extraordinary strength, Lu Yuan began exchanging charges with Zhao Wuji as Ma Hongjun watched from the sidelines.

• Zhao Wuji released his pressure at Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan shattered it with overwhelming killing intent and asked for a proper match.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to do one thing within his ability if Lu Yuan endured for one incense stick and injured him.
• Lu Yuan revealed that he was a level 46 All-Round Soul Master with a Space Martial Soul and four black Soul Rings, surprising Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and declared that he would fight at full strength while warning Lu Yuan to speak up if he could not withstand the attacks.
• Lu Yuan and Zhao Wuji charged at each other seven times in ten seconds while Ma Hongjun watched from a distance.

Lu Yuan used stacked enhancement skills and spatial attacks to gain the upper hand against Zhao Wuji, forcing the Soul Saint to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar. The battle remained poised to escalate as Ma Hongjun cheered for Lu Yuan and Zhao Wuji warned him to be quiet.

• Lu Yuan activated all four Soul Ring enhancements and used Spatial Severance, Net to slash Zhao Wuji's palm and everything behind him.
• Zhao Wuji tried to trap Lu Yuan with Positioning Tracking and pull him in with Gravity Crush, but Lu Yuan blocked the incoming Soul Ring with Draw Ground as Prison and escaped the pull with Kamui.
• Lu Yuan formed a Spatial Blade and advanced on Zhao Wuji, whose unease grew as he prepared to face him.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, becoming a massive golden bear whose Soul Power made the distant trial-takers feel heavy.
• Ma Hongjun rushed over to praise Lu Yuan, and Zhao Wuji ordered him to shut up so he would not distract them.