Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xian returned to Shrek after absorbing a soul bone and pondered whether he could ever reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s depths to obtain the Dragon Kings’ remains. Master reflected on how little he could directly help Xiao Xian and decided to build up his teammates, beginning with the black-robed group’s first ranking match the next day.

• Xiao Xian helped Xiao Jue practice controlling its newly fused spider legs and considered seeking Dragon Wings for its fourth ring.
• Xiao Xian returned to Shrek, troubled by the immense pressure he might face trying to reach the Dragon Kings’ remains beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San met Xiao Xian at Shrek Village and returned to the dormitory after deciding to give him hidden weapons another day.
• Master fed Xiao Jue on the rooftop and reflected that Xiao Xian’s training and combat experience had surpassed what he could further provide directly.
• Master resolved to strengthen Xiao Xian’s teammates and told him that the black-robed group’s first ranking match would be held the next day.

Xiao Xian discussed his training and the idea of teaching his Self-Created Soul Skills to Oscar and the others, while Master considered how to help them overcome Sunlight Spore's dangerous side effects. The next morning, Xiao Xian and Tang San arrived at the cafeteria, where Master prepared medicinal cuisine for them.

• Master told Xiao Xian to use his full strength to defeat the others so they would accept his different training plan.
• Xiao Xian asked to pass his Self-Created Soul Skills to Oscar and the others, but explained they could not control Sunlight Spore and suffered injuries when they tried.
• Master said he would look for a way to solve the problem, and Xiao Xian went back to the dormitory to sleep.
• Flender complained about the noise from Master and Xiao Xian overhead and threatened to tear down their tent.
• The next morning, Xiao Xian cultivated the Purple Demon Eye with Xiao Jue, then went with Tang San to the cafeteria, where Master had prepared medicinal cuisine.

Master organized the Black Robes’ first internal ranking match, with rankings based solely on strength. Dai Mubai chose Xiao Xian as his first opponent, and Xiao Jue appeared as they prepared to fight.

• Master served the students a substantial breakfast, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong joined Xiao Xian and Tang San in the cafeteria.
• Xiao Xian told Tang San to summon the remaining students, then teased Xiao Wu about feeling sorry for her brother.
• Master gathered the eight students and announced that Dai Mubai would begin the Black Robes’ first strength-based ranking match.
• Dai Mubai chose Xiao Xian as his opponent, recalling their long-delayed agreement to fight.
• Xiao Xian stepped forward, and Xiao Jue appeared before him as everyone cleared the training ground.

Xiao Xian defeated Dai Mubai and all six of the other Shrek students in succession during training, using his Purple Jade Body and Xiao Jue’s support. Master criticized the group for failing to give Xiao Xian even the slightest trouble.

• Dai Mubai unleashed all three of his spirit rings, but Xiao Jue overpowered his attack and Xiao Xian seized him from behind before Xiao Jue pinned him.
• Master explained Dai Mubai’s mistake, awarded Xiao Xian a point, and asked him to choose his next opponent.
• Xiao Xian swiftly defeated Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, countering their attacks and overpowering them with Xiao Jue’s help.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and hidden weapons against Xiao Xian, but Xiao Xian sent the weapons flying back and Xiao Jue struck Tang San down.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong also lost to Xiao Xian, leaving all seven students defeated.
• Master rebuked the group for failing to trouble Xiao Xian and called Shrek’s students toothless rabbits.

Xiao Xian defeated Dai Mubai and watched the others complete their rankings, while Master punished the students for their mistakes with weighted runs. After they recovered, Xiao Xian said Master planned to discuss ways to address Sunlight Spore’s side effects, raising hopes that the others might learn to use his Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Xiao Xian left the training ground to cultivate with Xiao Jue after defeating Dai Mubai and the others.
• Dai Mubai won the remaining battles, while Tang San defeated Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing; the final rankings placed Dai Mubai second and Tang San third.
• Master criticized the students’ mistakes and assigned weighted runs, giving Tang San fifty percent more distance for misjudging Dai Mubai.
• The seven students struggled through the run and collapsed from exhaustion, with Tang San fainting after completing five extra laps.
• Xiao Xian told the students that Master wanted to discuss the side effects of Sunlight Spore and might help them use his Self-Created Soul Skills.

Xiao Xian and Master considered whether targeted meridian changes could let others use Xiao Xian’s Self-Created Soul Skills without suffering their dangerous side effects. Flender rejected the risky plan, while Xiao Xian continued cultivating with Xiao Jue and quietly tested his Purple Light on a bird.

• Xiao Xian left with Xiao Jue, and Oscar and Dai Mubai explained to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Xian had planned to teach them Self-Created Soul Skills, though previous attempts had caused severe side effects.
• Master told Xiao Xian that strengthening specific meridians with the Dark Gold Dragon Crocodile’s Purple Light might let users control the activated Soul Power from the Sunlight Spores more safely.
• Xiao Xian warned Master that altering other people’s meridians was too dangerous and said he would discuss the idea with Flender, since he could control the Soul Skill safely only inside his own body.
• Flender rejected Master’s proposal, saying the risk of fatal meridian damage was not worth gaining the Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Xiao Xian cultivated beside Xiao Jue in the tent, then opened his eyes with a bird in his hand as purple light flickered from his palm.

Xiao Xian tested a way to use Purple Light Soul Power to strengthen the Self-Created Soul Skills of Oscar and Ning Rongrong. Oscar tried the method first, and his Blowing Fire Palm produced a violent hurricane that Xiao Xian redirected out of the tent.

• Xiao Xian explained his plan to Master, who assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to train with him while the others continued practical combat training.
• Xiao Xian took Oscar and Ning Rongrong to a rooftop tent and told Oscar he would mark meridian points in his left arm to affect his Soul Power.
• Xiao Xian used Xiao Jue's Purple Light to mark Oscar's acupoints, causing him intense pain before the procedure was complete.
• Oscar circulated his Soul Power and produced a stronger gale with his Blowing Fire Palm, but lost control and unleashed a hurricane inside the tent.
• Xiao Xian guided the hurricane outside, where it swept past Ning Rongrong and made her face go pale.

Xiao Xian taught Ning Rongrong the Blowing Fire Palm, a self-created combat skill, after Oscar successfully learned it. Ning Rongrong mastered the technique and rushed out to celebrate with Xiao Wu and Zhuqing.

• Oscar recovered from learning the Blowing Fire Palm and eagerly tested his new combat ability against Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Xian guided Ning Rongrong through the skill’s Soul Power route and injected purple radiance into the vital points of her arm, leaving her in pain.
• Xiao Xian brought Ning Rongrong a Recovery Sausage, sugarcane, and diluted Sunlight Spore, then helped calm her unstable Soul Power as she practiced.
• After half an hour, Ning Rongrong successfully used the Blowing Fire Palm and excitedly told Xiao Wu and Zhuqing that she could use Self-Created Soul Skills too.

Xiao Xian taught Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to use Soul Power Marks, while Master put the Shrek Seven Devils through three months of punishing training. The first phase ended with the group greatly improved, Xiao Wu becoming a Soul Elder, and Dai Mubai reacting strangely after Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Xian to teach her Violent Step.

• Xiao Xian planted Soul Power Marks in Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who endured intense pain before learning to produce a faint breeze with their palms.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing followed Xiao Xian into the tent to receive their marks, then returned after the painful procedure.
• Over the next three months, Master drove the Shrek Seven Devils through relentless combat and physical training, improving their abilities and fitness.
• Xiao Wu returned from a visit home as a Soul Elder with a Thousand-Year Soul Ring that granted Teleportation, and she later forced Xiao Xian to reveal a hidden trump card in a ranking match.
• Ning Rongrong taught Xiao Xian Heart Separation Control and a technique for concealing his martial soul, while Zhu Zhuqing asked him to teach her Violent Step and was told to improve her Soul Power control first.
• The next day, Dai Mubai had a strange expression.

After completing three months of training, the Shrek group began Master’s second phase: spirit duels at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. They headed to Suotuo City, where they would have to meet his win-rate requirements and compete for a place in Team Battles.

• The Shrek group completed their training in the Suction Palm and Blowing Fire Palm, while Xiao Xian reached level thirty-five without any instability in his soul power.
• Master had Xiao Xian fight all seven students at once, and Xiao Xian used the two palms to redirect their attacks and defeat them.
• Tang San brought Xiao Xian a collection of mechanical Hidden Weapons that he had recently assembled.
• Master announced that the students had to fight more than one hundred spirit duels with a win rate above eighty-five percent, and that the lowest-ranked student could not join Team Battles.
• Master led the Shrek group, Flender, and Zhao Wuji to Suotuo City to begin the second phase at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.

Xiao Xian led the black-robed group into their first Spirit Duel at the Great Soul Arena, where they swept their individual and paired matches and prepared for a Team Battle. As the team waited to enter the arena, a hulking man stumbled toward the girls, and Xiao Xian unleashed a hurricane around himself.

• Master assigned the group daily Spirit Duels, and the students formed pairs while Xiao Xian chose to compete only in Team Battles.
• Master distributed numbered badges, and Xiao Xian took Number One while the others received their rankings.
• The black-robed group returned to the Great Soul Arena and won all their individual and paired matches.
• Xiao Xian led the group into the Team Battle waiting room while Ning Rongrong watched from the stands with Master and Flender.
• A hulking man stumbled toward the girls, and Xiao Xian answered by summoning a hurricane around himself.

Xiao Xian injured Mad Rhino after he threatened Xiao Wu, and Manager Ao warned Shrek about the Mad Battle Team’s strength. Shrek prepared to face the team in its first group match, with Xiao Xian planning to take over if their opponents could fly.

• Xiao Xian stopped Mad Rhino from falling toward Xiao Wu and slashed his arm with a tornado, prompting Tang San and the others to rise in defense.
• Manager Ao intervened, reprimanded Mad Rhino for causing trouble, and warned Shrek that the Mad Battle Team had seven consecutive victories and fought to injure or kill.
• Dai Mubai asked Xiao Xian how they should fight, and Xiao Xian told Tang San and Oscar to prepare Storm Sausages and use their full strength if the opponents could attack from the air.
• Shrek and the Mad Battle Team entered the Soul Platform for the fourth match, and Manager Ao introduced the teams to the cheering audience.

The Black Robe Team faced the Mad Battle Team in a Spirit Arena team battle, revealing superior Spirit Rings and an unexpected ability to fly. The chapter ended with the Black Robe Team taking out three opponents in moments as the crowd cheered for them.

• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and the Black Robe Team’s Spirit Rings stunned the audience because none were white.
• The Mad Battle Team charged while its support member used a Ruyi Disk to strengthen his teammates, but Xiao Xian and the other six Black Robes rose more than ten meters into the air.
• Xiao Xian ordered Number Seven to attack the Spider Woman and directed the rest of the team to target her and the plate-wielding support Soul Master.
• Ma Hongjun burned through the Spider Woman’s silk while Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun combined attacks to defeat the White Jade Plate Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation and her braid to throw one Monkey Soul Master out of the arena, leaving the Mad Battle Team reeling as the audience cheered for the Black Robes.

The Shrek Seven Devils used flight and coordinated Soul Skills to defeat the Spider Woman Soul Master’s team with ease. Mad Rhino surrendered, and the victorious team collected their rewards and left the Great Soul Arena.

• The Shrek Seven Devils flew above the opposing team and used their palms’ pulling force to drag the Spider Woman Soul Master and the Twin Sheep Soul Masters into the air.
• Ma Hongjun’s flames burned Mad Rhino’s hand as he tried to hold the Spider Woman Soul Master, while Tang San adjusted the suction to help the attack land.
• Xiao Xian ordered the team to release their opponents, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu knocked the Twin Sheep Soul Masters out of the arena.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar’s combined attack struck the Spider Woman Soul Master, while Tang San’s flames hit Mad Rhino.
• Mad Rhino surrendered, and Manager Ao declared the Black Robe Team the winner.
• Xiao Xian praised the team and offered to buy drinks; the seven collected their points and Gold Soul Coins before leaving the Great Soul Arena.

After the Black Robe Team won its first battle, the Shrek students celebrated while Xiao Xian slipped away from drinking. Over the following month, they went undefeated in thirty Team Battles and returned to register for another match at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.

• The Shrek Seven Devils left the Great Soul Arena after their victory, and Master praised their performance before the teachers departed.
• The students celebrated at the hotel, where Xiao Xian used Suction Palm to drink before slipping away to cultivate; Ning Rongrong found him and promptly fell asleep outside his door.
• Over the next month, the Shrek group won all thirty of its Team Battles and relied increasingly on Xiao Xian's Sunlight Spores.
• Dai Mubai reached rank thirty-eight, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reached ranks twenty-eight and twenty-seven.
• The black-robed Shrek group returned to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where Xiao Xian registered the Black Robe Team for another Team Battle.

Manager Ao asked the Shrek Seven Devils to compete in the Central Main Arena against the Imperial Dou Team, whose powerful members included Yu Tianheng of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Xiao Xian accepted and called in the instructors, who warned that the Shrek team faced a difficult battle.

• A staff member recognized the Black Robe Team and brought Manager Ao to speak with Xiao Xian.
• Manager Ao asked the Black Robe Team to take a Central Main Arena match against a team of Soul Elders hired by Suotuo City nobles, offering Gold Soul Coins as a reward.
• Xiao Xian agreed, requested the opponent's information, and had the instructors brought over.
• Flender, Master, and the Shrek Seven Devils studied the Imperial Dou Team's records and learned that its members were above Level 35, including level 39 Yu Tianheng with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Flender and Master warned Xiao Xian that the match would be difficult, and Xiao Xian said Xiao Jue would participate.

Master and Flender explained the Imperial Dou Team’s formidable Martial Souls and the healing power of its Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, leaving Shrek discouraged before Xiao Xian revealed his connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He told them he had been cast out after his spirit mutated, and Tang San vowed that Shrek would defeat the team.

• Master and Flender identified Yu Tianheng as a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master and Dugu Yan as a possible descendant of the Jade Phosphor Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong warned that the Imperial Dou Team’s Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master could heal the whole team, making her a crucial target.
• Xiao Xian revealed that he and Xiao Jue came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and that Xiao Jue’s mutation had begun with half-level innate soul power.
• Flender explained that Xiao Xian had originally been named Yu Tianxian and had been driven from the clan after his spirit underwent a malign mutation.
• Tang San condemned the clan for abandoning Xiao Xian and promised that Shrek would defeat the Imperial Dou Team, especially Yu Tianheng.

After Shrek’s members vowed to help Xiao Xian reclaim his honor, the Imperial Dou Team prepared to face them at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. Teacher Qin warned his team that the Black Robe Team’s apparent low ranks concealed a dangerous record and possibly Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Tang San and the others joined hands with Xiao Xian and vowed to defeat the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, while Master worried about Yu Tianheng.
• The Imperial Dou Team waited in a VIP room before its match, with most members treating the opponent casually.
• Teacher Qin brought the team information showing that the Black Robe Team had won thirty consecutive battles, including an easy victory over the Mad Battle Team.
• Dugu Yan dismissed the Black Robe Team’s flight ability and questioned whether its sausage and phoenix members could pose a threat.
• Teacher Qin suspected that Black Robe Number One and other Black Robe Team members had Self-Created Soul Skills because they had fought many solo battles without using their Martial Souls.

The Imperial Dou Team and the Black Robe Team prepared for their high-stakes Team Battle at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. As the Spirit Duel began, Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Ming, while the fighters released their martial souls.

• Qin Ming warned the Imperial Dou Team not to kill or cripple their opponents and told Dugu Yan to detoxify anyone she poisoned after the match.
• Host Doudou introduced the two Silver Spirit Duelist teams to the nobles watching from the Main Arena’s private rooms.
• Yu Tianheng led the Imperial Dou Team onto the platform, while Xiao Xian, Dai Mu Bai, Tang San, and the other masked Black Robe Team members entered in a line and stared at him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Ming at the arena entrance but refused to explain their connection to Master.
• Both teams released their martial souls, sending thirteen waves of Soul Power skyward and startling Doudou into flying higher.

The Shrek Seven Devils and the Imperial Dou Team began their match, with both sides revealing their abilities and formations. Shrek quickly eliminated Yufeng, and Xiao Xian countered Yu Tianheng’s Lightning Dragon Claw as the battle continued.

• The Imperial Dou Team displayed its coordinated defense, while Xiao Xian calmly judged his cousin Yu Tianheng’s use of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit.
• Xiao Xian ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to attack, and Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar stayed back as Yufeng swooped toward them.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s enhanced Netherworld Hundred Claws neutralized Yufeng’s attack, and she held him in place while Oscar struck his back with a palm blast and purple fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing kicked Yufeng off the Soul Platform, eliminating him from the match.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Dai Mubai with Lightning Dragon Claw, but Tang San and Xiao Wu pulled Dai Mubai out of its path.
• Xiao Xian avoided the Black Tortoise Spirit Master’s rebounding defense and sent a concentrated whirlwind toward Yu Tianheng in midair.