Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xian reunited with Tang San at Shrek and learned how he and Xiao Wu had been doing, while Ning Rongrong struggled with the academy’s unusual students. As night fell, Xiao Xian heard Zhao Wuji crash through a window, suggesting Tang Hao had arrived at Shrek.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Xiao Wu about Shrek and learned little beyond Xiao Wu’s connections to Xiao Xian and Tang San.
• Xiao Xian caught up with Tang San, heard that Tang Hao had not returned, and showed him his Purple Light Soul Power and progress toward his Martial Soul’s evolution.
• The new students met Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others, while Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai argued and Dai Mubai left for Suotuo City.
• Oscar asked Xiao Xian about pursuing Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Xian warned him about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s expectations, leaving Oscar despairing.
• Xiao Xian heard Zhao Wuji crash through the window late at night and suspected Tang Hao had come to Shrek.

As Shrek Academy’s term began, Xiao Xian reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu and helped care for Xiao Jue while the students gathered for breakfast. Tang San asked about the academy’s courses, but Xiao Xian deferred to Dai Mubai as Zhu Zhuqing abruptly left.

• Flender returned from meeting Tang Hao and reflected on the exceptional talents gathered at Shrek, including Xiao Xian and Tang San.
• Xiao Xian and Tang San cultivated the Purple Demon Eye together, and Xiao Xian praised Tang San’s improved Violent Step before they went to breakfast.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined Xiao Xian, and the three reminisced about being together again after years apart.
• At breakfast, Xiao Xian summoned the Purple-Haired Dragon Dog and supplied it with meat, surprising Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San asked about the academy’s courses, but Xiao Xian said he did not attend classes and pointed him to Dai Mubai; Zhu Zhuqing then left.

At Shrek Academy, Flender welcomed the new students and explained that its lessons focused on using martial souls rather than cultivating them. He assigned Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar a grueling endurance run, leaving them racing to finish before noon to earn their meal.

• Dai Mubai tried to explain the academy to the new students, then went to bring Zhu Zhuqing to the training ground.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai argued over Oscar joking about pursuing Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Xian calmed Dai Mubai before Flender arrived.
• Flender welcomed the students, announced the academy fee and Xiao Jue’s increased food expenses, and sent Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar to hear a lesson.
• Flender told Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar that Support System Spirit Masters needed to learn to run away, then ordered them to complete twenty village laps before noon.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San set off running, and Oscar reluctantly followed them.

During the academy’s sixty-kilometer run, Tang San used Xiao Xian’s self-created soul skills and explained how he controlled the Sunlight Spore’s side effects. Ning Rongrong and Oscar were left stunned by the skills’ power as Tang San sped ahead.

• Tang San gave Oscar and Ning Rongrong Blue Silver Sugarcane, then used Violent Step to race ahead.
• Oscar ate a Recovery Sausage and the sugarcane, caught up with Tang San, and asked how he copied Violent Step and suppressed the Sunlight Spore’s side effects.
• Tang San explained that controlling Soul Power could redirect the spore’s violent energy, while Ning Rongrong caught up and asked about Xiao Xian’s skills.
• Tang San demonstrated Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm by hurling a pebble through a roadside tree, then used Violent Step to cross the river through the air.
• Oscar explained Xiao Xian’s self-created skills and his strength, then ran ahead with a weak breeze while Ning Rongrong continued running, shaken by the comparison.

Flender took Shrek’s students to begin their first lesson at the Great Soul Arena, after Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong joined the outing. At the arena’s entrance, Dai Mubai explained their disguises and declared that he would be called Black Robe Number Three.

• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master learned that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy and wondered what Flender would make of her.
• Flender praised Oscar, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong for their training before announcing the students’ first lesson, and Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong asked to join.
• Flender led the students toward Suotuo City, while Xiao Xian and Tang San kept pace ahead of the others.
• Ning Rongrong collapsed during the run, so Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue to carry her to the group.
• At Suotuo City’s South Gate, Flender handed out black robes and masks, and Dai Mubai said he would be called Black Robe Number Three at the Great Soul Arena.

Flender brought the Shrek students to the Great Soul Arena, where Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong received black-robed codenames and registered for duels. The black robes’ fame led several opponents to concede, but Dai Mubai’s match began with a direct clash that thrilled the crowd.

• Flender led the students into Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, where spectators recognized the black robes and eagerly searched for Numbers One through Four.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong registered as Black Robes Numbers Five through Eight, but Flender excused Ning Rongrong and Oscar from competing.
• Xiao Xian and Dai Mubai guided the others to the competition area, where Spirit Masters traded rumors about the black robes’ strength and rankings.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun’s opponents conceded immediately, while Tang San defeated his opponent with Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm.
• Dai Mubai warned Tang San that the black robes were not there merely to win, then faced his rhinoceros martial-soul opponent in a head-on collision that set off cheers.

After the Great Soul Arena matches, the Shrek students returned to the academy, where Tang San helped Oscar study his Soul Power control. Oscar broke through that night, and Xiao Xian anticipated a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xiao Xian explained how dangerous arena battles could stimulate Soul Power, while Flender considered taking the students to Balak for better opponents.
• Ma Hongjun eagerly left for a brothel, and Xiao Xian explained the effects of his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul to the others.
• Xiao Wu suspected Xiao Xian had visited brothels with Ma Hongjun, so Xiao Xian teased and threatened her until she apologized.
• Tang San worked with Oscar to figure out how to control the Sunlight Spore, but made little progress without the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• After returning with Ma Hongjun, Flender heard Oscar exclaim that he had broken through, while Xiao Xian thought about going to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Oscar broke through to level thirty, and Zhao Wuji led the Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest to help him obtain his third spirit ring. Xiao Xian rode Xiao Jue while meditating as the group began its journey.

• Oscar rushed out of his cabin and announced that he had reached level thirty, earning congratulations from Flender and Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar asked Xiao Xian and Tang San what kind of third spirit ring he should seek, and they discussed possible support effects.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji told the students they would travel together to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dai Mubai organized their formation with Xiao Xian at the front.
• The students set out on foot, and Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, climbed onto its back, and began meditating while it followed the group.

Xiao Xian and the Shrek group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a thousand-year Spirit Beast for his spirit ring. After a day of searching and camping, Tang San announced that he had broken through to Level thirty.

• The group traveled more than four hundred kilometers and stayed overnight in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Xian arranged a single room so Xiao Jue could cultivate.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji warned everyone about the dangers inside the forest and kept the auxiliary Spirit Masters close as they entered.
• Xiao Jue helped scout and detect Spirit Beasts, while the group avoided unsuitable targets and searched for a Spirit Beast within Oscar's limits.
• The group camped for the night without being attacked, and Tang San's Soul Power fluctuations grew especially strong in the forest.
• At breakfast, Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he had broken through to Level thirty, startling everyone.

Tang San approached his third spirit ring as Zhao Wuji praised his exceptional progress, while Xiao Xian advised him to seek a strength-enhancing support skill. Xiao Jue brought back a Storm Lark suited to Oscar, who killed it to obtain its spirit ring, and then Xiao Jue left to search for more suitable Soul Beasts.

• Zhao Wuji praised twelve-year-old Tang San for nearing Soul Elder and urged the others to learn from his hard work.
• Tang San asked Xiao Xian what support effect to seek for his third ring, and Xiao Xian recommended strength enhancement but warned against risking an unsuitable ring.
• Xiao Jue returned carrying a roughly fourteen-to-seventeen-hundred-year-old Storm Lark, which Xiao Xian identified as a good match for Oscar's agility-focused skill.
• Oscar slit the Storm Lark's throat and watched its spirit ring form as Xiao Wu questioned the need to kill Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Jue left to find another suitable Soul Beast after explaining that it had spotted more traces.

Xiao Xian and Xiao Jue encountered a dying Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Xiao Xian destroyed the corpse and concealed its scent when he sensed its owners approaching. After Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang left, Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue to search for a soul beast for Tang San, despite Zhao Wuji's warning that Dragon Duke might be nearby.

• Xiao Jue brought back a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Xiao Xian told Tang San it was unsuitable for his third soul skill.
• Xiao Xian sensed two figures approaching, so Xiao Jue tore apart the serpent and Xiao Xian stored its remains and scattered its scent.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter, then directed them away from the group while Oscar absorbed his soul ring.
• Zhao Wuji identified Snake Dowager as one half of the Peerless Dragon Snake and warned that her husband, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, was a Soul Douluo.
• Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue to search for a soul beast for Tang San, while Zhao Wuji cautioned him about Dragon Duke.

Xiao Jue searched for a Man Faced Demon Spider but found none, while Oscar awakened as a Soul Elder and revealed his powerful Storm Sausage. The group learned the sausage granted a controllable gale that could enable flight, though Ma Hongjun struggled to control it.

• Xiao Jue searched near the group for a Man Faced Demon Spider, found none, and returned to Xiao Xian.
• Chao Tianxiang returned without finding clues about the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Xiao Xian told Tang San he had not found a suitable target.
• Oscar awoke with his third soul ring, became a Soul Elder, and showed the group his Storm Sausage.
• Xiao Xian ate the Storm Sausage and used its gale to fly swiftly before landing safely.
• Ma Hongjun ate a Storm Sausage, lost control of the gale, and crashed into a tree.
• Xiao Xian explained that the Storm Sausage let its user control a gale, and Oscar said it lasted about five minutes before Ma Hongjun challenged him to demonstrate it himself.

Xiao Xian searched the Star Dou Great Forest for the Man Faced Demon Spider while helping Tang San find a suitable soul beast. After Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager discovered it, Xiao Xian hurried to their camp and left them believing he was only passing through.

• Zhao Wuji praised Oscar’s Storm Sausage, while Ma Hongjun struggled to control its flight and had to climb down from a tree.
• Xiao Xian and the group searched the forest for the Man Faced Demon Spider as Xiao Jue tracked soul beasts and helped improve their coordination.
• Xiao Xian grew anxious about a possible Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and planned to choose another soul beast for Tang San if they found nothing by the next afternoon.
• After midnight, Xiao Jue located the Man Faced Demon Spider near Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager’s camp and drove a Hundred-Year Porcupine toward it.
• Xiao Xian killed the porcupine with a flying knife, then recognized Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and their granddaughter when they confronted him.
• Xiao Xian pretended to be leaving after pursuing the porcupine, and Dragon Duke let him go while the Man Faced Demon Spider remained with their group.

Xiao Xian warned Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that the Man Faced Demon Spider was far too old for Meng Yiran to absorb, then helped them find another soul beast. After they left to hunt it, Xiao Xian released Xiao Jue and ordered it to kill the spider and bring back its corpse.

• Xiao Xian explained that the Man Faced Demon Spider was at least two thousand years old and showed Meng Shu a book confirming its age.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang realized Meng Yiran had nearly absorbed a dangerous soul ring, and the Man Faced Demon Spider fled while they discussed the danger.
• Meng Yiran thanked Xiao Xian, and he told the Peerless Dragon Snake Couple where to find a Thousand-Year Black Python for her Third Ring.
• Xiao Xian gave Meng Shu pages about Black Pythons, then watched Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran leave to hunt one.
• Xiao Xian released Xiao Jue and ordered it to kill the Man Faced Demon Spider, put its corpse inside Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, and bring it back.

Xiao Xian secretly secured the Man Faced Demon Spider’s external soul bone, then helped Tang San obtain his third spirit ring and become a Soul Elder. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest safely, and Tang San revealed his new Blue Silver Lotus Seed ability.

• Xiao Xian returned to Zhao Wuji and claimed he had run into the Peerless Dragon Snake Couple after chasing a Hundred-Year Porcupine.
• Xiao Jue brought back Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, and Xiao Xian discovered the Man Faced Demon Spider’s eight legs inside it, confirming he had obtained the external soul bone.
• Xiao Xian told Zhao Wuji that Xiao Jue had found a suitable Soul Beast for Tang San, and the group went to the pool where Tang San absorbed his third spirit ring.
• Tang San awakened with two yellow spirit rings and one purple spirit ring, becoming a Soul Elder, while Xiao Xian urged the group to leave before the Peerless Dragon Snake Couple appeared.
• The Shrek group left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San explained that his Blue Silver Lotus Seeds could temporarily raise a Spirit Master’s Soul Power Limit and increase the use and duration of Soul Skills.

Tang San’s Blue Silver Soul Lotus Seeds demonstrated powerful effects, and the group returned safely to Shrek Academy. There, Master and Flender discussed Xiao Xian and their past, while Tang San reunited with his Teacher.

• Zhao Wuji had everyone test Tang San’s Blue Silver Lotus Seeds, and Oscar found that they doubled his Storm Sausage’s duration.
• The group returned to town, rested, and then traveled back to Shrek Academy with the help of Tang San’s lotus seeds and Oscar’s sausages.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the group’s encounter with the Peerless Dragon Snake before Master arrived at the dean’s office.
• Flender asked whether Xiao Xian was Master’s child, and Master said Xiao Xian was not his child but could be treated as one.
• Tang San left his dormitory at dinner time and was startled to find his Teacher waiting on the roof.

Master reunited with Xiao Xian and Tang San, saw Xiao Jue’s third Soul Ring and its powerful bite, and declared that their family had been wrong about Summoning System Soul Masters. He also examined Tang San’s new abilities, while Xiao Xian ended the chapter on the roof with Tang San and Xiao Jue.

• Master brought food to Tang San and Xiao Xian, then took them outside the academy to see Xiao Jue’s third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue, and Master trembled as he witnessed its purple ring and dragon-like presence.
• Xiao Xian demonstrated Xiao Jue’s Dark Gold Dragon Crocodile’s Kiss, which snapped a tree in half and drained it with purple light.
• Xiao Xian told Master that Purple Light Baptism had strengthened his meridians, and Master wondered whether its effects could help others.
• Master tested Tang San’s third Soul Skill and Blue Silver Grass, then shared food with both disciples and Xiao Jue.
• Xiao Xian called Tang San to the roof that night, hoping Master would guide him, but Master remained focused on Xiao Jue.

Xiao Xian helped Tang San discover and work around the limits of his Blue Silver Soul Lotus Seed skill by teaching him to adjust his Soul Power control. Tang San confirmed the method with Master the next morning, while Master praised Xiao Xian and anticipated the dean’s announcement.

• Xiao Xian warned Tang San that his Soul Lotus Seeds might not provide enough Soul Power for stronger Soul Skills, making his Third Ring less useful later.
• Tang San tried eating a seed and producing another, but found that the conversion caused a loss of Soul Power.
• Xiao Xian advised Tang San to spend slightly more Soul Power producing the first seed and slightly less on the next, and Tang San eventually created a seed nearly twice the normal size.
• Tang San confirmed that the larger seed nearly doubled his Soul Power limit, though producing one four times as large proved too difficult.
• Tang San hurried to Master the next morning, and Master praised Xiao Xian for finding the problem and its solution before leading Tang San toward breakfast and the dean.

Master took charge of Shrek's training and approved a competitive ranking system for the secret Black Robe organization, where strength determined who became Number One. Xiao Xian then left for the woods to test whether his new External Soul Bone could conceal the aura of the hundred-thousand-year-old soul bone in his Soul Tool.

• Flender introduced Master to the Shrek students and appointed him responsible for their training.
• Tang San explained that the students' Black Robe aliases already gave them rankings, with Xiao Xian as Black Robe Number One.
• Dai Mubai proposed changing the rankings through competition, and Master agreed that strength would determine each member's place.
• Master announced that the students would train together, serve publicly as Shrek's monsters, and secretly operate as the Black Robe organization.
• Xiao Xian left with Xiao Jue for the woods to test whether his External Soul Bone could suppress the soul bone's aura inside his Soul Tool.

Xiao Xian fused the Man Faced Demon Spider soul bone into his spine with Xiao Jue's help, gaining strength and eight venomous spider legs. He discovered that the bone emerged alongside Xiao Jue when he summoned it, leaving the soul bone absent from his body.

• Xiao Xian hid in a mountainside cave and tested the Man Faced Demon Spider soul bone's poison on wild birds.
• Xiao Xian used the Mysterious Jade Body and Xiao Jue's Purple Light Soul Power to contain the soul bone as it fused into his spine over six hours.
• Xiao Xian recovered and found his soul power, physical strength, and spinal meridians had improved; he also summoned eight venomous spider legs.
• Xiao Xian cleared away traces of the fusion and tried to summon Xiao Jue for the return to Shrek.
• Xiao Xian directed the restless soul bone's power into his martial soul and summoned Xiao Jue with the eight spider legs on its back, then realized the bone had disappeared from his body.