Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu warned Xiao Xian that Taino was waiting at the academy gates to confront Dai Mubai, but Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue to deal with him. The chapter ended when Zhao Wuji arrived at the cabin and Xiao Wu feared Xiao Jue was in danger.

• Taino took his battered son Tailong to Shrek Academy and waited at the gates for Dai Mubai, who had already gone out.
• Xiao Wu learned about Taino and asked Zhu Zhuqing to notify Zhao Wuji before hurrying to warn Xiao Xian.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Xian that Taino might be a Soul Emperor, but Xiao Xian corrected her and said he was only a Soul King.
• Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue toward the academy gates, using its dragon wings and the ten-thousand-year spirit ring he had lent it.
• Xiao Wu worried that Xiao Jue would be killed, and Zhao Wuji suddenly arrived at the cabin, prompting her to cry that Xiao Jue was done for.

Xiao Wu worried that Xiao Jue was in danger after Taino confronted him, but Xiao Jue defeated Taino before Zhao Wuji arrived. As Flender returned with Tang San and learned he possessed Twin Martial Souls, Titan punished Taino for his humiliating defeat at Shrek Academy.

• Zhao Wuji rushed to confront the Strength Clan after Xiao Wu told him Taino had attacked Xiao Jue, while Xiao Xian dismissed Xiao Wu’s fears and prepared food.
• Xiao Jue returned to Xiao Xian after defeating Taino, and Xiao Wu mistakenly believed Zhao Wuji had saved him before learning that Xiao Jue had nearly beaten Taino into a pighead.
• Xiao Wu complained to Zhu Zhuqing about Xiao Xian’s recklessness, and Zhu Zhuqing told her that Xiao Jue had beaten Tailong’s father at the academy gate.
• Flender returned with Tang San and Master, revealed that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls, and heard Zhao Wuji explain the confrontation with the Strength Clan.
• Titan slapped Taino for his defeat, while Taino recalled being overwhelmed by Xiao Jue’s Ice Fire Soul Power and dragon claws.

Titan reprimanded Taino for provoking Shrek Academy and ordered him to apologize, while Tang San returned with his fourth soul ring and showed Xiao Xian its strength-enhancing ability. When Titan arrived at the academy, he surprised everyone by whipping Taino as he apologized, leaving Xiao Xian astonished by the Strength Clan’s behavior.

• Titan kicked Taino down, threatened to break his legs if he caused more trouble, and ordered him to apologize to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San showed Xiao Xian his fourth soul ring, a nearly seven-thousand-year Fire Jujube that increased his strength by fifty-one percent and helped him wield his hammer.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Taino and his father had come to the academy, and Xiao Xian reassured them that Flender and the others could handle the situation.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San went to watch the confrontation, while Xiao Xian stayed at the cabin and continued cultivating.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San returned with vegetables and reported that Titan had whipped Taino while apologizing humbly to the academy.

Xiao Xian agreed to join Shrek Academy’s team coordination and training for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, while continuing his own cultivation. At dinner, Master introduced him as the team captain and revealed his Level 48 Soul Power, leaving Tailong stunned to realize Xiao Xian had defeated his father.

• Titan punished Tailong by sending him to Shrek Academy for a year and cutting off his family’s Gold Soul Coin allowance, while Flender treated Titan to a meal.
• Tang San moved into the thatched hut near Xiao Xian and began cultivating, while Xiao Wu resolved to train harder after feeling left behind.
• Xiao Xian considered relying less on the Mysterious Heaven Skill as his Purple Light Meridians and cultivation resonance with Xiao Jue accelerated his progress.
• Tang San broke through to Rank 41, and Master asked Xiao Xian to participate in team coordination for the upcoming competition; Xiao Xian agreed to meet his teammates over dinner.
• Master introduced Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Tailong as Xiao Xian’s teammates and revealed that Xiao Xian was fourteen and had reached Level 48, shocking Tailong into realizing Xiao Xian had beaten his father.

Xiao Xian reunited with the Shrek students as Master assembled a team for the upcoming tournament and ordered daily sparring. Zhu Zhuqing challenged Xiao Xian to see how far apart their abilities were, leaving him hesitant about the fight.

• Master praised Tailong, Jing Ling, and Huang Yuan, then assigned Tailong extra training to help him reach Soul Ancestor within half a year.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar arrived and reunited with Xiao Xian.
• Master announced that the tournament team would be chosen from the students, set daily sparring, and said the third phase of training would begin in a week.
• The students introduced their ages, martial souls, and Soul Power, and Jing Ling and Huang Yuan were struck by how young and powerful Shrek's original students were.
• Master brought everyone to a forest clearing and ordered each person to fight at least two matches; Oscar challenged Huang Yuan, and Ning Rongrong challenged Jing Ling.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Xiao Xian, who hesitated because he feared his Dragon Might could overwhelm her.

The Shrek students began their challenge matches, and Oscar surprised everyone by defeating Huang Yuan with his flight-enhancing sausage. Xiao Xian then revealed his Level 48 strength and black Ten-Thousand-Year fourth Spirit Ring, overwhelming Zhu Zhuqing with Xiao Jue’s dragon might before Master stopped the match.

• Tailong challenged Tang San, who accepted, while the others chose their opponents.
• Oscar used a Storm Sausage to fly and defeated Huang Yuan with Blowing Fire Palms.
• Ning Rongrong lost to Jing Ling after failing to overcome her limits as a support-system Spirit Master.
• Xiao Xian revealed that he had reached Level 48 and summoned Xiao Jue with a black fourth Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Xian’s dragon might left Zhu Zhuqing barely able to stand, so Master ended their match.

Xiao Xian’s team trained for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, while Xiao Xian demonstrated the power of his unusual strength and flight. With the tournament three days away, Master explained its rules and told Xiao Xian to give his all in every match.

• Xiao Jue’s roar overwhelmed Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San defeated Tailong in their practical matches while Xiao Xian sat out.
• Seven days later, Master sent the team to fight a wanted Spirit Master squad, and the students returned shaken after killing their opponents.
• Xiao Xian and his teammates drew against seven Soul Kings led by Yin Shu, with Xiao Jue’s flight helping Xiao Xian evade attacks and recover Soul Power.
• Half a year later, Master gathered Shrek Team and explained the competition’s rules, format, and qualifying spots.
• Master told Xiao San that Hidden Weapons were forbidden and ordered Xiao Xian to stop supporting teammates with Sunlight Spores when he was not competing.
• Master told Xiao Xian to go all out in every match.

Master decided Xiao Xian should lead Shrek Team from the start after learning that Spirit Hall had three Spirit Kings and a formidable Martial Soul Fusion Skill. On the opening day, Shrek Team arrived at the Tiandou Grand Spirit Arena in Flender’s embarrassing uniforms, drew ridicule until the other academies recognized Shrek’s reputation, and then caught a staff member’s attention during the entrance preparations.

• Master told Shrek Team to distribute their appearances evenly, while privately planning for Xiao Xian to carry them against Spirit Hall’s powerful roster.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others arrived at the arena in Flender’s yellow-green uniforms emblazoned with sponsorship advertisements and endured public mockery.
• Master, Flender, Liu Er Long, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers hurried ahead to avoid being associated with the uniforms, while Xiao Xian calmly entered the arena.
• Other academies recognized the name Shrek Academy beneath the advertisements and stopped mocking the team because of its Golden Sacred Dragon and Titled Douluo-level reputation.
• Competition staff organized the academies for the opening ceremony, then noticed Shrek Team in the corner and were left dumbfounded.

Shrek Academy entered the tournament to loud jeers, then drew the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team as its first opponent. As the match was announced, Xiao Xian told his teammates they would draw lots for the remaining spots, while the crowd and Spirit Masters reacted to the draw and Salas’s offer.

• A staff member hurried the Shrek group into the arena, where spectators mocked their uniforms as the announcer introduced them.
• Xiao Xian identified Emperor Xue Ye, Platinum Bishop Salas, and Ning Fengzhi in the VIP Stand, and Ning Fengzhi recognized him.
• Xue Ye gave an opening speech, Ning Fengzhi spoke, and Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Shrek Academy with the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• Tailong, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun pleaded to avoid competing, but Xiao Xian said he had to take part and they would draw lots for the other six places.
• Salas announced that a participating academy reaching the championship match could enter the Spirit Sacred Hall, alarming Xue Ye and stirring the Spirit Masters in the crowd.
• The announcer declared Shrek’s match would begin in half an hour, and Ma Hongjun again begged Xiao Xian to spare him from competing.

Shrek Academy began its first preliminary-round match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, with Xiao Xian leading the lineup. The opposing team released their martial souls, but Xiao Xian still had not summoned Xiao Jue as the crowd jeered.

• Xiao Xian exposed Tang San’s attempt to influence the lot draw, and Shrek locked Tang San into one of the embarrassing uniforms.
• Oscar, Tailong, Zhu Zhuqing, Jing Ling, and Xiao Wu drew the lots that put them in the match, while the remaining Shrek contestants avoided competing.
• Xiao Xian led Shrek onto the platform, where Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team laughed at their uniforms before both sides took their places.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to tell Salas which team he favored to win the tournament, and Xue Ye tried to ease their confrontation.
• The referee started the match, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s seven contestants released their martial souls while Xiao Xian remained still.
• As the crowd jeered and the referee urged Shrek to act, Xiao Xian raised his hand and called for Xiao Jue.

At the Great Soul Arena, Xiao Xian revealed himself as a young Spirit King with two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and summoned his Purple Gold Giant Dragon martial spirit. Xiao Jue instantly defeated all seven members of the Tiandou Royal Academy Second Team, leaving the audience and VIPs stunned.

• Xiao Xian summoned the Purple Gold Giant Dragon and revealed five spirit rings, including two black Ten-Thousand-Year rings.
• Xue Xing, Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas reacted with shock and suspicion to Xiao Xian's strength and affiliations.
• Xiao Xian sent his five spirit rings onto Xiao Jue, whose dragon might froze the Tiandou Royal Academy Second Team in place.
• The seven opponents launched Thousand-Year spirit skills, but Xiao Jue's scales deflected them without damage.
• Xiao Jue charged and struck all seven opponents off the stage in less than a second, while their teachers rushed to catch them.
• The Great Soul Arena erupted in applause and cheers after Shrek's single fighter defeated the entire opposing team.

Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the Preliminary Round, with Xiao Xian’s five-ring Xiao Jue overwhelming all seven opponents. After the team left the arena, Ning Fengzhi met them near the exit and asked Ning Rongrong to introduce her companions.

• Xiao Xian dismissed Xiao Jue after its attack secured Shrek Academy’s victory, leaving the crowd stunned by how quickly the match ended.
• Tang San recognized how Xiao Xian had used the Purple Jade Body to blunt the opponents’ spirit skills, while Xiao Xian said he still had a long way to go.
• Flender hurried off to negotiate a lucrative advertising deal, and the Shrek team changed clothes and left the arena to avoid the crowd.
• Ning Fengzhi greeted Ning Rongrong and the Shrek members near the exit, congratulated Xiao Xian, and asked Rongrong to introduce her companions.

Ning Fengzhi met the Shrek students and invited several of them to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but they all declined. He then brought Xiao Xian to meet Xue Qinghe, whose interest in the fifteen-year-old Soul King left Xiao Xian wary as their conversation began.

• Ning Rongrong introduced the Shrek students to Ning Fengzhi, who invited Dai Mubai and Oscar to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but both declined.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu as well, and they politely refused because they wanted to stay with Xiao Xian and their companions.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xiao Xian that one of his students wanted to meet him, and Xiao Xian agreed despite suspecting the student was Qian Renxue.
• Ning Fengzhi took Xiao Xian to a teahouse on Emperor Street, where they met Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe praised Xiao Xian's talent and explained that he had wanted to meet him during earlier visits to Shrek Academy.

Xiao Xian met Xue Qinghe at Ning Fengzhi’s invitation, then returned to Shrek Academy, where Master warned him not to get drawn into the struggle over the throne or the Blue Lightning Family. Master revealed that he planned to take Xiao Xian back to Blue Lightning Mountain Gate after the Elite Competition, while Xue Qinghe resolved to uncover the truth about Xiao Xian’s background.

• Xiao Xian met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, answered questions about his Blue Lightning Family background, and accepted their invitation to lunch.
• After Xiao Xian left, Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi whether the Blue Lightning Family might accept him back, and Ning Fengzhi advised treating gifted youths as friends rather than recruiting them.
• Xue Qinghe privately resolved to uncover the truth behind Xiao Xian’s connections to Blue Lightning, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Er Long.
• Xiao Xian returned to Shrek Academy as students celebrated the team’s victory over the Tiandou Royal Academy Second Team and spread stories about his Soul King strength.
• Master questioned Xiao Xian about his meeting with Xue Qinghe, warned him against making promises or joining political factions, and said he planned to take him to Blue Lightning Mountain Gate after the Elite Competition.

Xiao Xian cultivated after demonstrating how Xiao Jue’s dragon might suppressed opponents, while Shrek Academy’s first victory brought fame and an embarrassing sponsorship. At the arena, Master warned the team that rival academies had joined forces to target Xiao Xian’s apparent weakness, unaware that he could possess his Beast Martial Soul.

• Xiao Xian returned to his cabin, released Xiao Jue to cultivate, and reflected on how its dragon might and Sunlight Spore could suppress enemies.
• After two days of Preliminary Round matches, Tiandou Royal Academy Second Team continued to suffer sluggish Soul Power and malfunctioning Soul Skills after facing Xiao Jue.
• Shrek Academy arrived at the arena in uniforms advertising a trading firm, having accepted Flender’s lucrative sponsorship deal despite the team’s embarrassment.
• The Shrek members assumed their strength made their opponents irrelevant, while Flender said Master and Liu Er Long had gathered information on the competing academies.
• Master told Shrek that several academies planned to sacrifice matches to restrain Xiao Jue and attack Xiao Xian, mistaking his external Martial Soul for a vulnerability.

Shrek Academy debated whether to forfeit against Elephant Armor Academy, whose Diamond Mammoth Soul Ancestors might counter Xiao Jue, but Xiao Xian chose to fight and selected the team through a draw. As the third day of matches began, Ning Fengzhi noticed signs that Spirit Hall might be arranging hostile matchups against Shrek.

• Master warned that Elephant Armor Academy’s defenses and Shrek’s limited stamina could make the match dangerous, and advised forfeiting.
• Xiao Xian chose to fight, named himself, Xiao San, and Oscar, kept Ning Rongrong out of danger, and drew four other teammates for the lineup.
• The third day of matches began, and Shrek’s bout against Elephant Armor Academy was assigned to the central arena.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong noticed Elephant Armored Sect leader Huyan Zhen seated beside Salas on the VIP Stand.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Salas and Spirit Hall were helping arrange hostile matchups against Shrek and hoped Ning Rongrong would not have to compete.

Shrek faced Elephant Armor Academy in the second preliminary-round match as Huyan Li and his teammates formed a united wall of Diamond Mammoths and advanced on Xiao Xian. The chapter ended with Shrek's six fighters waiting behind Xiao Xian, who had not yet released his Martial Soul or Soul Rings.

• Ning Fengzhi watched Salas while Shrek's team saw the enormous Elephant Armor Academy fighters enter the arena.
• Huyan Li introduced himself as a Level 43 Defense System Battle Soul Ancestor and challenged Xiao Xian, who disclosed only that he was a Soul King.
• The match began, and Elephant Armor Academy's seven members transformed into Diamond Mammoths and closed ranks to withstand Shrek's attacks.
• Tang San recognized that the opponents planned to use their formation, strength, and defense to push Shrek off the small arena.
• Huyan Zhen worried that his grandson Huyan Li had encountered Xiao Xian, while Salas and Ning Fengzhi discussed Master and his connection to Spirit Hall.
• The Elephant Armor team advanced toward Xiao Xian without Shrek releasing their Martial Souls, while the six others waited for Xiao Xian's command.

Shrek faced Huyan Li and the Elephant Armored Sect in the Preliminary Round, where Tang San and Oscar helped the team take to the air and Xiao Xian mounted Xiao Jue. The chapter left Xiao Xian studying the Elephant Armored Sect’s unusual defensive technique while Huyan Li stubbornly endured Xiao Jue’s deliberately weakened attacks.

• Oscar gave Tang San a Storm Sausage, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to lift his teammates into the air.
• Huyan Li ordered his team to rush Xiao Xian, but Xiao Xian summoned Xiao Jue and evaded their attacks.
• Xiao Jue revealed its wings, carried Xiao Xian into the air, and released Dragon Might that disrupted the seven opponents’ Soul Power.
• Xiao Xian sent Xiao Jue’s weakened slashes at Huyan Li, who endured them without being seriously hurt.
• Xiao Xian sensed that the Elephant Armored Sect members used rhythmic Soul Power fluctuations to strengthen their defenses.

Xiao Xian used the Elephant Armor Team to test and copy their defensive Soul Power technique, then unleashed a devastating slash that drew Huyan Zhen onto the arena. Huyan Zhen conceded for his team and withdrew, while Xiao Xian realized the attack had unexpectedly broken through his defense.

• Xiao Xian memorized the Elephant Armor Team’s unusual Soul Power fluctuations while Xiao Jue’s weak slashes wore them down.
• Xiao Xian told Xiao Jue to finish the team, and Xiao Jue gathered power for a ten-meter Dragon Wing slash that frightened Huyan Li.
• Huyan Zhen appeared before Huyan Li and took the slash, which cut through his defense and drew blood.
• Flender and Liu Er Long entered the arena as Soul Douluos, and Salas explained that Huyan Zhen had rushed to save his grandson.
• Huyan Zhen withdrew his spirit rings, conceded the match for Elephant Armor Academy, and left with Huyan Li and his teammates.
• Tang San glared at Huyan Zhen as he departed, while Xiao Xian recognized that the slash had unexpectedly pierced Huyan Zhen’s defense.

After Shrek defeated Elephant Armor Academy, Xiao Xian adapted Xiao Jue’s Second Soul Skill using the Soul Power fluctuations he had sensed from Huyan Zhen. The next day, Blazing Academy conceded its match against Shrek, leaving Xiao Xian without a chance to study Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion talent.

• The referees declared Shrek the winner after Huyan Zhen intervened, and Flender decided to keep the children under close protection from the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Xiao Xian returned to the academy and refined Xiao Jue’s Second Soul Skill, increasing its defensive power and rebounding effect.
• Tang San chose not to interrupt Xiao Xian’s midnight cultivation, and Xiao Xian tested the improved purplish-gold barrier after succeeding.
• The other academies regarded Xiao Xian warily after learning his slash had wounded Huyan Zhen, while Master warned Shrek that the Five Great Elemental Academies were targeting them.
• Master announced that Blazing Academy had conceded, disappointing Xiao Xian, who had hoped to study Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion talent.