Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong completed Flender’s twenty-lap run, foiling his plan to use her as an example, and the students followed him to the Suotuo City Soul Fighting Arena for their first lesson. Luo Ye’s diary revealed the academy’s dangerous training practices and his plans to bring Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu away from Shrek Academy.

• Ning Rongrong finished all twenty laps despite her exhaustion, leaving Flender unable to reprimand her as he had planned.
• Flender praised Ning Rongrong and Oscar for obeying his orders, warned that the upcoming lesson could be dangerous, and led the students toward Suotuo City.
• The girls criticized Flender and Shrek Academy after Luo Ye’s diary described how students were sent to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena and used to earn money.
• Xiao Wu resolved to restrain her sudden eagerness and use Zhu Zhuqing as an excuse to get closer to Luo Ye.
• Ning Rongrong concluded that Shrek Academy was unreliable and that fighting in the arena could cost the new students their lives.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling confirmed that Qin Ming's praise of Shrek Academy hid how unreliable it was, and discussed how its past had helped Tang San's group succeed. Meanwhile, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er devised a plan to meet Luo Ye in Suotuo City and potentially recruit him and other Shrek students to Skywater Academy.

• Qin Ming enthusiastically described his time at Shrek Academy and promised to take his students to Suotuo City.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling privately agreed that Shrek Academy was as unreliable as Luo Ye had said and speculated that Ning Rongrong was a Diary Instance holder.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reasoned that Flender's treatment of Ning Rongrong had helped Tang San's group access the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources.
• Shui Yue'er suggested using soul fights and Soul Master Tournament preparation as excuses for Skywater Academy to travel to Suotuo City and meet Luo Ye.
• Shui Yue'er proposed inviting Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to Skywater Academy along with Luo Ye, impressing Shui Bing'er with her plan.

Flender brought Shrek Academy’s students to the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena and explained the rules, urging them to aim for the Soul Master Tournament championship. As Luo Ye privately doubted Shrek’s prospects and hinted that he would leave with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, Ning Rongrong asked to team up with him too.

• Flender led the group to the arena, explained its match types and registration fees, and Ning Rongrong paid the fees for all five students after competing with Zhu Zhuqing to pay for Luo Ye.
• Flender told the students to gain combat experience and set a top-four finish at the Soul Master Tournament as a graduation requirement, prompting several students to declare their championship ambitions.
• Luo Ye wrote in his diary that Shrek might have a chance to win with him, but he would leave before the tournament and take Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong with him.
• Flender explained that students could enter one-on-one matches daily and form same-rank two-person teams, while Dai Mubai looked toward Luo Ye in frustration.
• Luo Ye teased Zhu Zhuqing about teaming up once she reached Rank 30, and Ning Rongrong asked if she could hug his thigh too.

Ning Rongrong agreed to team up with Luo Ye after reaching level thirty, making Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar jealous for different reasons. As the students began their one-on-one spirit fights, Flender watched Luo Ye and Tang San closely and saw Luo Ye win before Tang San even moved.

• Ning Rongrong happily agreed to team up with Luo Ye once she reached level thirty, while Zhu Zhuqing worried that she was scheming to get closer to him.
• Oscar resolved to keep pursuing Ning Rongrong despite her interest in Luo Ye and her lack of warmth toward him.
• Flender bet only on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, intending to observe the new students before deciding how to wager on them.
• Flender suspected Zhu Zhuqing was Dai Mubai's fiancée and wondered whether Luo Ye had taken her from him.
• Flender guessed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and considered changing his plans to nurture him and Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye finished his spirit fight with a swift victory before Tang San had even begun moving, leaving Flender astonished.

Luo Ye won his Soul Fighting Arena match instantly with a Spiritual Power attack, leaving Flender impressed and prompting Luo Ye to criticize Shrek Academy’s practices. Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong discussed their disdain for the academy before Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong went to compete as a pair, while Oscar approached Luo Ye with a question.

• Luo Ye knocked out his opponent as soon as the referee started the match, and Flender wondered how his Spiritual Power had become so powerful.
• Luo Ye reflected that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s sacrifice had transformed his Spiritual Power and strengthened his soul rings, while he complained that Flender used arena earnings to take Ma Hongjun to brothels.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong read the diary entry and agreed that Shrek Academy was rotten and that they would eventually leave it.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu enthusiastically praised Luo Ye after his victory, while Zhu Zhuqing watched them with a resentful, bewildered look.
• Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing to their two-on-two match, Tang San called Xiao Wu to join his match, and Oscar asked Luo Ye how he had gotten Ning Rongrong to treat him so well.

At the Great Soul Arena, Oscar envied Luo Ye for Ning Rongrong’s attention, while the others grew disgusted with Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai’s behavior. Dai Mubai nearly attacked Luo Ye but held back, then left with Tang San as Xiao Wu was invited to return to the academy with Luo Ye and the others.

• Oscar asked Luo Ye how he had made Ning Rongrong so obedient, but Luo Ye said he did not know why she acted that way.
• Luo Ye watched Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong finish their soul battles and anticipated that the girls might later ask to team up with him.
• Ma Hongjun said he was going to Flender’s shop, and Dai Mubai teased him before refusing to go along.
• Luo Ye mocked Dai Mubai’s claim that he was different from Ma Hongjun, prompting Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to move behind Luo Ye.
• Dai Mubai grew furious and prepared to attack Luo Ye, but Tang San and Oscar intervened, and Dai Mubai left with Tang San after agreeing to let it go.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to return to the academy with Luo Ye and the others while he checked on Dai Mubai.

Luo Ye went shopping in Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, secretly using their rivalry to motivate them. Gu Yuena decided to seek him out and urge him to cultivate, while Qian Renxue resolved to confront him when he left Shrek Academy.

• Tang San sent Xiao Wu back with Luo Ye while he left with Oscar and Dai Mubai, hoping to ease the tension between Luo Ye and Dai Mubai and recruit them both into the Tang Sect.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that the group stroll around Suotuo City, and Luo Ye agreed after seeing Zhu Zhuqing wanted to go.
• Luo Ye's diary thoughts made Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong stubbornly stay close to him, frustrating Zhu Zhuqing, who later complained to the two girls back at the academy dormitory.
• Gu Yuena worried that Luo Ye would neglect cultivation and decided to go to the human world to urge him on, while secretly wanting to see the man her previous self had loved.
• Qian Renxue became jealous of Luo Ye's closeness with Zhu Zhuqing and vowed to find him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy or Spirit Hall after he left Shrek Academy.

Oscar reached level thirty, prompting Flender to send Zhao Wuji and the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Oscar’s third Soul Ring. After reading Luo Ye’s diary, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong reflected on how Shrek Academy had mistreated them in their previous lives.

• Oscar broke through to level thirty, and Flender praised his talent while encouraging him to pursue Ning Rongrong.
• Flender suspended training and assigned Zhao Wuji to lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Luo Ye recalled that the earlier soul-hunting trip had brought Shrek into conflict with the Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran, and criticized the students for provoking stronger opponents.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong read Luo Ye’s diary while packing for the trip.
• Zhu Zhuqing regretted staying at Shrek in their previous lives, while Xiao Wu said she and Ning Rongrong had been used by the academy.
• Ning Rongrong blamed Flender and Zhao Wuji for manipulating and suppressing them, and resolved to repay Shrek for its treatment of her.

The Shrek group stopped at a town on the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dai Mubai’s failed welcome feast and insults toward Canghui Academy set up a confrontation. Luo Ye’s diary gave Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong a chance to distance themselves from Tang San and the others as the conflict began.

• Zhao Wuji stopped the group at a town for the night and told them to pay for their own lodging and meals.
• Dai Mubai offered to treat everyone, but Zhu Zhuqing chose to sit with Luo Ye, and Ning Rongrong brought Xiao Wu along.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked the arriving Canghui Academy students, while Oscar explained that they were deliberately seeking a fight.
• Luo Ye wrote in his diary that the Canghui students were being unfairly targeted and wondered whether Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong would take the chance to oppose the Shrek group.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong silently agreed to use the incident to draw a line between themselves and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• Dai Mubai’s group and Canghui Academy officially began their conflict.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked Canghui Academy, and Tang San tried to recruit Luo Ye and the others to help when Ye Zhi Qiu challenged them. Luo Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu refused, leaving Tang San shocked that Xiao Wu would not side with him.

• Dai Mubai and the others displayed their soul rings and mocked Canghui Academy’s students for having ten-year first soul rings.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Zhi Qiu’s martial soul, prompting Ye Zhi Qiu to lead everyone outside to settle the conflict.
• Tang San asked Luo Ye to help, but Luo Ye refused because Dai Mubai and the others had caused the trouble themselves.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong refused to help, and they said Xiao Wu felt the same way.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she would not help the others bully anyone, leaving Tang San grim and wondering whether she had abandoned him.

Tang San and Xiao Wu grew distant as Luo Ye refused to support Shrek Academy’s bullying of Canghui Academy. After Zhao Wuji confronted Luo Ye and demanded loyalty over right and wrong, Luo Ye said he would leave Shrek Academy rather than compromise, and Tang San asked Xiao Wu to speak with him privately.

• Tang San left the restaurant with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Xiao Wu watched him go with a complicated expression.
• Luo Ye told Ning Rongrong that he would not help his classmates bully others because he believed they were in the wrong.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the conflict by striking Canghui Academy’s teacher and insulting the academy, then returned to confront Luo Ye.
• Luo Ye rejected Zhao Wuji’s demand that Shrek students always support one another and said he would leave the academy if its principles clashed with his own.
• Zhao Wuji backed down from attacking Luo Ye and warned him to help his classmates in future conflicts.
• After Dai Mubai and the others left, Tang San asked Xiao Wu to speak with him privately.

Xiao Wu explained to Tang San why she objected to Shrek Academy’s behavior, while Tang San continued to defend the academy and grew more worried about her closeness to Luo Ye. The next morning, Dai Mubai and Tang San agreed to work together to drive Luo Ye out, unaware that Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong stood with him.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Shrek Academy’s students and teachers had behaved badly, but Tang San defended the academy and urged her to give it a chance.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji led the group onward as Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar walked separately from Luo Ye, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun teased Tang San about Xiao Wu staying with Luo Ye, and Tang San insisted she only wanted to accompany the other girls.
• Dai Mubai proposed that he and Tang San make Luo Ye leave Shrek Academy, and Tang San agreed.

At the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai and Oscar’s attempt to exclude Luo Ye backfired when Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu sided with him. Luo Ye entered the forest with the three girls, intending to sabotage Oscar’s hunt for a soul ring.

• Zhao Wuji warned the students about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest and asked Luo Ye to scout with his soul skill.
• Dai Mubai dismissed Luo Ye’s help, and Oscar skipped him while offering sausages; Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu refused the food.
• Luo Ye told Zhao Wuji to proceed without him, and the three girls stayed with Luo Ye instead of joining the group hunting for Oscar’s soul ring.
• Zhao Wuji led Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun into the forest, while Luo Ye set off with Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu.
• Luo Ye’s diary revealed that he planned to prevent Oscar from obtaining a suitable Soul Beast, especially the Thousand Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake.

Gu Yuena decided to take human form and enter the human world to pursue a way to change the fate of soul beasts, while Luo Ye and the Shrek girls searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul beast. The chapter left them tracking the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as two groups closed in on it.

• Gu Yuena told Di Tian and the Fierce Beasts that she would leave the Star Dou Great Forest to make a mutually beneficial human-soul beast partnership possible, and they agreed to obey Di Tian in her absence.
• Gu Yuena kept Er Ming behind and asked the Titan Giant Ape to cooperate with her, then began transforming into human form while planning to confront Luo Ye and help him oppose Tang San.
• Luo Ye and the Shrek girls used his simulated soul-beast aura to drive weaker soul beasts away as they traveled deeper into the forest.
• Luo Ye detected the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and sensed Zhao Wuji's group and Meng Yiran with the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager pursuing it.

Luo Ye gave the unconscious Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Meng Yiran, but Zhao Wuji’s group arrived and claimed it for Oscar. Luo Ye refused Zhao Wuji’s threat and declared he would rather waste the soul ring than let Oscar have it.

• Luo Ye used Soul Impact to knock the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious and agreed to give it to Meng Yiran.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager accepted Luo Ye’s offer, and Meng Yiran prepared to kill the serpent and absorb its soul ring.
• Tang San fired a Sleeve Dart at Meng Yiran’s staff, but Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager shattered it before Zhao Wuji arrived with Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar.
• Zhao Wuji claimed the serpent for Shrek Academy, but Luo Ye said he would not give it to Oscar.
• Zhao Wuji threatened Luo Ye, who stood firm and said he would rather waste the soul ring than give it to Oscar.

Luo Ye refused to let Oscar have the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji tried to claim it for Shrek Academy by force. Dragon Duke revealed his Soul Douluo strength, leaving Zhao Wuji backing down as Dragon Duke insisted on settling things by strength.

• Luo Ye rejected Oscar’s demand for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and rebuked Tang San for defending Oscar after the group had ostracized him.
• Zhao Wuji told Luo Ye he could not decide who received the Soul Beast, then threatened Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran with Shrek Academy’s claim to it.
• Dragon Duke said he had been willing to honor Luo Ye’s choice and challenged Zhao Wuji after Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai declared that strength decided who was right.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager released their Soul Rings, and Zhao Wuji realized Dragon Duke was a Soul Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji hastily claimed he had only been joking, but Dragon Duke mocked his retreat and said he wanted to reason with him through strength.

Zhao Wuji tried to flee after the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager overwhelmed him, while Luo Ye and the girls considered leaving Shrek Academy. As Meng Yiran began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's soul ring, Luo Ye secretly maintained his deceptive diary plan and anticipated Gu Yuena's arrival.

• Zhao Wuji pleaded with the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager, but they attacked him and quickly forced him onto the defensive.
• Zhao Wuji endured their strike, grabbed Tang San and the others, and fled while threatening the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager; the Dragon Duke pursued him.
• Chao Tianxiang asked whether her husband killing Zhao Wuji's group would cause Luo Ye trouble, and Luo Ye said he did not care what happened to them.
• Ning Rongrong questioned whether they should return to Shrek Academy, and Chao Tianxiang invited Luo Ye and the others to join Meng Yiran's academy.
• Meng Yiran began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's soul ring as Luo Ye wrote in his diary about whether Xiao Wu would leave Shrek Academy with them.
• Luo Ye secretly revealed that his diary entries were meant to deceive the others and anticipated the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, joining his plan.

Gu Yuena sent the Titan Giant Ape after Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students to help Luo Ye disrupt Oscar’s Soul Hunting Operation. Zhao Wuji tried to hold off the beast while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others fled, and Gu Yuena followed them in secret.

• Gu Yuena ordered the Titan Giant Ape to attack Zhao Wuji and his companions, then watched from hiding.
• Dragon Duke fled when he sensed the Titan Giant Ape, allowing Zhao Wuji to set Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar down.
• Tang San’s Soul Power broke through to level thirty as Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai mocked him over Xiao Wu and Luo Ye.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught up with Zhao Wuji and the students, and Zhao Wuji ordered the four students to run while he fought it.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck Zhao Wuji down, while Gu Yuena secretly followed the fleeing students.

Gu Yuena captured Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others, then forced them to take ten-year soul rings to undermine Tang San’s future power. After Titan Giant Ape brought the injured Zhao Wuji, Gu Yuena took him to begin the next step of her plan involving Luo Ye.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San fled from Titan Giant Ape, with Tang San arguing they should leave Zhao Wuji behind and seek revenge later.
• Gu Yuena knocked the four fleeing students unconscious and made Oscar and Tang San absorb ten-year soul rings from Wind Baboons.
• Gu Yuena gave Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer three more ten-year Wind Baboon soul rings, filling its first three slots.
• Titan Giant Ape arrived with the injured Zhao Wuji and questioned Gu Yuena’s actions, but she ordered him to follow her plan.
• Gu Yuena set off with Titan Giant Ape to separate Luo Ye from Shrek's Three Beauties and find a chance to meet him.

After waking from the Titan Giant Ape’s attack, Tang San, Oscar, and the others discovered that Oscar and Tang San had been forced to absorb ten-year soul rings. Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer had gained three worthless rings, leaving him in despair while Zhao Wuji feared Tang Hao’s reaction.

• Dai Mubai woke first and accidentally kicked Zhao Wuji, whose cries of pain roused the others.
• Oscar tried to create a Recovery Sausage, then realized his third soul ring was a ten-year ring and broke down.
• Tang San found a ten-year ring on his Blue Silver Grass, and Zhao Wuji demanded to know what had happened.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and discovered it had three ten-year soul rings, causing him to collapse in despair.
• Zhao Wuji feared Tang Hao would blame him, while Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun reacted to Tang San’s ruined prospects.