Recaps

Zhao Wuji replaced Shrek Academy’s fourth test with a challenge to withstand his attacks for one incense stick, and Li Ang told Zhu Zhuqing to face it without his help. The group began preparing to cooperate against the level seventy-six Soul Sage.

• Li Ang judged Dai Mubai’s claims about Shrek Academy’s achievements to be fabricated, while Tang San and Xiao Wu were impressed and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong remained politely skeptical.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the four applicants had to endure his attacks for one incense stick and that they could pass if even one of them lasted until the end.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Ang whether she could defeat Zhao Wuji, and he said she could not win in a direct fight but could kill him using preparation and unconventional means.
• Li Ang said he would not help Zhu Zhuqing during the test and would use it to assess what she had learned.
• Tang San urged the group to cooperate, as the three applicants recognized the danger of facing Zhao Wuji.

Tang San organized Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong into a team to face Zhao Wuji after they introduced their abilities. The test began with Zhu Zhuqing launching a sudden attack on Zhao Wuji, leaving Dai Mubai shaken by her ferocity.

• Dai Mubai described Zhao Wuji's powerful Soul Rings and urged the four students to coordinate before the test.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong introduced their Soul Spirits, levels, and roles, with Ning Rongrong revealing her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and support abilities.
• Tang San assigned Ning Rongrong to support, Xiao Wu to attack from the front, himself to control Zhao Wuji, and Zhu Zhuqing to harass him from the flank; Zhu Zhuqing eventually agreed.
• When the incense burned out, Zhao Wuji prepared to begin the test, but Zhu Zhuqing attacked before Dai Mubai finished speaking.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her first and Second Soul Skills to vanish and strike at Zhao Wuji's chest, startling Dai Mubai with her fierce attack.

Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji before the trial officially began, but he knocked her back and showed that he had been holding back. Once Zhao Wuji started the trial, Tang San and Xiao Wu coordinated an attack that lifted him into the air, though he remained unharmed.

• Dai Mubai worried about Zhu Zhuqing's lethal attacks and resolved to cultivate harder so he could protect himself.
• Zhao Wuji used his First Soul Skill to send Zhu Zhuqing flying, then lit an incense stick and officially began the trial.
• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen her teammates.
• Zhao Wuji struck the ground with both fists, sending a shockwave toward Tang San and the others.
• Tang San pulled Ning Rongrong clear with Blue Silver Grass, then helped Xiao Wu launch herself at Zhao Wuji while distracting him with needles.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San lifted Zhao Wuji off the ground and spun him in the air, but Zhao Wuji remained unharmed and said the attack was fun.

Zhu Zhuqing used Li Ang’s specially forged dagger to pierce Zhao Wuji’s defense and poison him, while Tang San’s hidden weapons stopped Zhao Wuji from pursuing her. Zhao Wuji charged at Tang San, but Tang San’s speed kept him out of reach.

• Zhao Wuji’s First Soul Skill blasted Xiao Wu away and destroyed most of the Blue Silver Grass, while Zhu Zhuqing evaded the attack and struck again.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s dagger blade shot forward when Zhao Wuji caught it, piercing his chest and delivering enhanced Ten Thousand Year Black King Snake venom.
• Zhao Wuji retaliated with his Second Soul Skill, the Vajra Power Palm, but Zhu Zhuqing retreated and was only grazed.
• Tang San unleashed embroidery needles and other hidden weapons at Zhao Wuji, forcing him to abandon his pursuit of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji endured Tang San’s attacks and charged at him, but Tang San’s speed kept Zhao Wuji from catching him.

Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhao Wuji, whose soul skills and defenses left them struggling to land a decisive blow. Li Ang took control of Zhu Zhuqing and used a hidden poisoned dagger to pierce Zhao Wuji’s neck, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated their attacks, prompting Zhao Wuji to use his Third Soul Skill to slow them down.
• Zhao Wuji targeted Tang San, but Tang San dodged his attacks while poison from Zhu Zhuqing’s dagger began weakening Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Gravity Squeeze, pulling Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing toward him.
• Tang San fired a hidden crossbow bolt at Zhao Wuji, while Zhu Zhuqing yielded control of her body to Li Ang.
• Li Ang escaped the Gravity Squeeze, feinted with Soul Snatcher, and stabbed Zhao Wuji in the neck with the sharper, more potent Life Taker before vanishing.

Zhu Zhuqing and the others defeated Zhao Wuji, who was paralyzed by poison until Tang San cured him with Realgar Wine. As the injured students recovered, they met Oscar, a Shrek Academy classmate whose healing sausages came with an embarrassing soul chant.

• Zhao Wuji collapsed after the enhanced snake venom spread through his body, and Li Ang reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the poison would not kill him.
• Zhu Zhuqing regained control of her body but collapsed from pain and injuries, so Li Ang guided her to medicine stored in her hairpin.
• Dai Mubai panicked over Zhao Wuji, while Tang San explained that he had been poisoned and gave him Realgar Wine to drink.
• Zhao Wuji recovered after drinking the wine, removed the dagger from his neck, and complained that the weapon was shameless.
• Dai Mubai summoned Oscar, who introduced his healing sausages with an unusual soul chant, and Zhao Wuji ate one and asked for two more.

Zhu Zhuqing overcame her disgust and ate Oscar’s sausages after Li Ang urged her to accept anything that could help her grow stronger. Zhao Wuji admitted the new students to Shrek Academy and sent Dai Mubai to show them to their dormitories ahead of the academy’s opening the next day.

• Li Ang praised Oscar’s rare talent and told Zhu Zhuqing to use his sausages to help her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing set aside her discomfort, asked Oscar for a sausage, and ate several of them.
• Dai Mubai panicked as Zhu Zhuqing ate more sausages than Zhao Wuji and reflected on how dangerous his fiancée was.
• Zhao Wuji praised Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San, scolded Dai Mubai, and confirmed the four new students’ admission to Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji left to tend to his injuries, and Dai Mubai led the new students toward the dormitories.

Li Ang reflected on how his changes to the story had earned him points and a new skill, while Zhu Zhuqing found Shrek Academy’s ordinary combat training insufficient. He offered her a dangerous training regimen, and she agreed to begin with a Death Duel.

• Li Ang gained 0.4% story rewrite progress, 400 points, and the Negotiation Expert skill after the admissions events changed.
• Ning Rongrong struggled with Shrek Academy’s classes, and Flender sent Oscar to comfort her while he took the other five students to the Great Spirit Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing easily won a spirit battle but asked Li Ang for training that could help her grow stronger.
• Li Ang warned Zhu Zhuqing that his training could kill her, and she agreed to follow his methods.
• Li Ang announced that Zhu Zhuqing’s first lesson would be a Death Duel.

Li Ang explained how the Great Spirit Arena’s Life and Death Zone worked and decided that Zhu Zhuqing would train by fighting Death Duels. Zhu Zhuqing registered for a one-on-one Death Duel in Suotuo City and waited while watching other contestants.

• Li Ang explained that the Great Spirit Arena’s Life and Death Zone hosted Gambling Duels and lethal Death Duels, where winners could earn prizes and attract the attention of major powers.
• Li Ang judged ordinary spirit fighting matches inadequate for training and chose Death Duels for Zhu Zhuqing because Suotuo City lacked a suitable soul beast forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to Li Ang’s plan and went alone to the Life and Death Zone at the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing registered for a one-on-one Death Duel with the staff.
• While waiting for her match, Zhu Zhuqing watched the other contestants’ battles.

Zhu Zhuqing entered a Death Duel Match in the Life and Death Zone and learned that her opponent had lower Soul Power but five prior matches. She refused to forfeit and began fighting him, with her first attack blocked by his Executioner's Blade.

• A Blood Red Lion killed Contestant No. 4, and Great Spirit Arena staff subdued the beast and cleaned the arena.
• The host announced Zhu Zhuqing's match as Contestant No. 12 against Contestant No. 7, whose Soul Power was 22 and who had fought in five Death Duel Matches.
• Li Ang told Zhu Zhuqing to stay alert until her opponent was dead, and she confirmed she would fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Soul Spirit Avatar and used Hell Stab to attack her opponent's throat, but he blocked her strike with his Executioner's Blade.

Zhu Zhuqing narrowly won a Death Duel against a weaker but cunning rat Spirit Master, then left the Great Spirit Arena with the Shrek Academy group. After the fight shook her confidence, Li Ang comforted her, while Ma Hongjun headed off on his own.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed and Netherworld Hundred Claws to attack, but the short Spirit Master revealed hidden blades, activated his rat Soul Spirit Avatar, and used two speed-enhancing Soul Skills to counter her.
• Zhu Zhuqing combined Netherworld Hundred Claws with Hell Stab and killed the Spirit Master, but his poisoned blade wounded her abdomen.
• Zhu Zhuqing took an antidote and told Li Ang that the opponent had been weaker than her, but had nearly killed her; Li Ang reassured her and advised against fighting too many Death Duels in one day.
• Zhu Zhuqing earned one thousand gold soul coins, left the Life and Death Zone, and joined the others from Shrek Academy before they departed the Great Spirit Arena.
• Tang San asked Dai Mubai about the dean, and Dai Mubai said the dean had left and instructed them to return to the academy; Ma Hongjun then said he had to go somewhere.

Dai Mubai tried to hide Ma Hongjun’s visit to a brothel, but Zhu Zhuqing condemned him and left, leaving him humiliated. Tang San comforted him, and they returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu, where they found Oscar and Ning Rongrong waiting at the gate.

• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to go with him, but Dai Mubai denied his remarks about women and sent him away when Zhu Zhuqing’s mood turned cold.
• Dai Mubai explained Ma Hongjun’s need to visit Goulan, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to call men filthy and leave after Dai Mubai defended his own taste.
• Dai Mubai waited until Zhu Zhuqing was gone before cursing, and Tang San comforted him as Xiao Wu watched them with exasperation.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy and found Oscar and Ning Rongrong waiting at the entrance.
• Dai Mubai greeted Oscar and Ning Rongrong with hostility and demanded to know what they were doing there.

Dai Mubai took out his anger on Ning Rongrong after Zhu Zhuqing humiliated him, and his threat to her nearly provoked hidden Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protectors into intervening. They held back on Ning Fengzhi’s orders, though one planned to visit Flender that night.

• Dai Mubai asked Ning Rongrong whether she planned to stay at Shrek Academy, then became angry when she mocked his failure with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai threatened to rape and kill Ning Rongrong, then unleashed his Soul Power and nearly sent her flying.
• A hidden Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect protector summoned his axe and prepared to attack Dai Mubai, but another stopped him and cited Ning Fengzhi’s orders.
• A voice in the darkness said he would visit Flender that night, while Dai Mubai remained unaware that the sect’s disciples were guarding Ning Rongrong.

Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy, but Zhu Zhuqing caught her and challenged him. That night, after Tang San and Oscar refused to help Ning Rongrong take revenge, a strange voice offered her assistance.

• Dai Mubai blasted Ning Rongrong away, and Zhu Zhuqing returned in time to catch her.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai for taking his anger out on Ning Rongrong, while Tang San intervened and persuaded Dai Mubai to stop.
• Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong and left, and Ning Rongrong vowed to kill him.
• Ning Rongrong sought Tang San’s help and offered him generous terms, but he refused and rebuked her; Oscar also rebuked her.
• Ning Rongrong resolved not to suffer the same humiliation again, and a silver light appeared in her hand as a strange voice offered to help.

Flender dealt with a visit from two powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters, who demanded better discipline at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Li Ang persuaded Ning Rongrong that a Support Soul Master could fight on the front lines, and she asked to learn his self-created Soul Skills.

• Two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters confronted Flender, who promised to improve the academy's education and prevent campus violence.
• Flender blamed Dai Mubai for causing trouble and planned to teach him humility and courtesy.
• Li Ang appeared to Ning Rongrong and offered to take her as his disciple, promising she could surpass Dai Mubai within a year.
• Ning Rongrong questioned how a Support Soul Master could fight, and Li Ang insisted that the best support was defeating enemies directly.
• Li Ang claimed that his self-created Soul Skills let him fight powerful opponents despite having a support-type martial soul, and Ning Rongrong asked whether she could learn them.

Li Ang accepted Ning Rongrong as his disciple and taught her Eight Extremes Collapse, then began training her body so she could use the close-combat skill. Ning Rongrong agreed to endure the training to become strong enough to take revenge on Dai Mubai, and she headed to the cafeteria the next morning after her first night of training.

• Ning Rongrong bowed to Li Ang and became his disciple in exchange for helping him restore his physical body.
• Li Ang secretly obtained Eight Extremes Collapse from the System Shop and passed its cultivation method to Ning Rongrong.
• Li Ang warned Ning Rongrong that her body was too weak for the skill and offered to strengthen her through painful training.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to Li Ang's training because she wanted to defeat Dai Mubai and prove she had been right to stay at Shrek Academy.
• Li Ang put Ning Rongrong through a night of whipping training and had her soak in Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid afterward.
• Ning Rongrong woke hungry but otherwise unharmed and went to the cafeteria the next morning.

Li Ang considered Immortal Herbs for Zhu Zhuqing and watched Ma Hongjun return to Shrek Academy badly beaten after a fight with Bu Le. Over the following months, Li Ang trained his disciples and gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, raising her Soul Power to rank thirty.

• Li Ang considered buying Immortal Herbs for Zhu Zhuqing and kept the Acacia Heartbreak Red untouched at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ma Hongjun entered the cafeteria with a swollen face, and Oscar gave him a Big Sausage while Tang San asked what had happened.
• Ma Hongjun said a middle-aged man had beaten him after a dispute over a woman, and Xiao Wu proposed that the group retaliate.
• Li Ang recognized the man as Bu Le, decided not to interfere, and noted that the encounter had happened earlier than in the original timeline.
• Li Ang spent the next two months training Zhu Zhuqing and gave her a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, raising her Soul Power to rank thirty.

Ning Rongrong consumed the Tulip of Qiluo Li Ang prepared, raising her Soul Power to level thirty and evolving her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. She planned to keep training before challenging Dai Mubai, while Li Ang urged her to obtain her Third Soul Ring and continue absorbing the herb’s effects.

• Ning Rongrong mastered Eight Extremes Collapse and began learning Suction Palm and Fire Blowing Palm from Li Ang.
• Li Ang gave Ning Rongrong the Tulip of Qiluo, which raised her Soul Power by four levels and transformed her martial soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated reaching level thirty and considered how a Third Soul Ring and her combat skills could help her challenge Dai Mubai.
• Li Ang told Ning Rongrong to obtain her Third Soul Ring and keep cultivating, promising her more good things after she absorbed the Tulip of Qiluo’s effects.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s rapid breakthroughs astonished Flender and the Shrek Academy students. Flender dismissed training and arranged for the group to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to help three students obtain their Third Soul Rings.

• Li Ang planned to give Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a second Immortal Herb after they absorbed the first, and reflected on how his own overconsumption had both limited and later fueled his growth.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar arrived late at Shrek Academy’s training grounds and announced that they had both reached rank thirty.
• Ning Rongrong released her aura to confirm her breakthrough, leaving Flender, Oscar, and the other students astonished by her rapid progress.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached rank thirty two days earlier and released her aura to prove it.
• Flender canceled training and ordered the group to set out for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning, where Zhao Wuji would help Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing obtain their Third Soul Rings.

Zhao Wuji led the Shrek Academy students toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a spirit ring, while Bu Le and his allies learned of their departure and prepared an ambush. The chapter left the Shrek group unaware that the Three Scoundrels Mercenary Group was pursuing them.

• Zhao Wuji gathered the Shrek Academy students and led them from Suotuo City toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Rat reported to Bu Le, Tian Ya, and Lao E that eight people had left Shrek Academy, including Zhao Wuji.
• Tian Ya and Lao E agreed to help Bu Le take revenge and set out with several dozen soul masters.
• E Kao used Soul Spirit Avatar and flew away alone to contact their people.
• Bu Le and Tian Ya pursued the Shrek group while the students continued their journey, unaware of the danger.

Shrek Academy’s students provoked and defeated Canghui Academy in a nearby town, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong remained apart from their classmates. That night, Bu Le and his companions located Shrek Academy’s inn and prepared to attack once Lao E joined them.

• Shrek Academy stopped for the night in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered students from Canghui Academy.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Canghui Academy’s female students, and Dai Mubai insulted the academy, prompting a fight.
• Zhao Wuji defeated Canghui Academy’s teacher and students, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong watched without helping.
• Zhao Wuji tried to lecture Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, but they rebuked him and left him furious.
• Rat told Bu Le that Shrek Academy was staying at the town’s central inn, and Tian Ya urged him to wait until Lao E arrived before attacking.

Bu Le and Tian Ya met with Ma Xiu, a vice captain of the Black Beast Mercenary Group, to arrange help against Shrek Academy. Ma Xiu demanded one million gold soul coins because the mission involved students with powerful connections, and E Kao agreed to pay as the group prepared to proceed.

• Bu Le and Tian Ya led the Three Scoundrels Mercenary Group to meet Ma Xiu and two other members of the Black Beast Mercenary Group after a signal flare appeared.
• E Kao introduced Ma Xiu, and Tian Ya recognized that the vice captain and his two companions were formidable Soul Masters.
• Ma Xiu revealed that Shrek Academy included a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect direct disciple and two Xingluo Imperial Family members, making the mission riskier than Tian Ya had described.
• Ma Xiu demanded one million gold soul coins, and Bu Le and Tian Ya objected that they could not afford the sum.
• E Kao offered to provide the money, and Ma Xiu promised to complete the mission or take no payment if it failed.

Ma Xiu and the Black Beast Mercenary Group ambushed Shrek Academy with a Soul Power Suppression Field and an anesthetic agent, but Li Ang intervened secretly and Tang San’s antidote freed the students. Ma Xiu confronted Zhao Wuji while ordering Bai He to take the clients inside and Hei Shan to maintain the field.

• Ma Xiu’s men deployed the Soul Power Suppression Field and anesthetic agent around the inn as Ma Xiu gave Tian Ya and Bu Le antidote pills.
• Li Ang recognized his subordinates’ attack and secretly awakened his disciples and removed their negative conditions, while choosing not to stop the ambush.
• Tang San gave the Shrek Seven Devils an antidote, freeing the Shrek Academy students from paralysis.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Soul Spirit Avatar and charged outside, where Hei Shan used the suppression field against him.
• Ma Xiu summoned his martial soul, ordered Bai He to escort the clients inside and Hei Shan to control the field, then challenged Zhao Wuji over the bounty on his head.

Ma Xiu attacked Zhao Wuji to claim the bounty on his head while Bu Le and his brothers confronted the Shrek Seven Devils. As Zhao Wuji realized Shrek Academy was outmatched, he ordered the students to scatter and flee, then began transforming with his seventh Soul Skill to cover their escape.

• Ma Xiu attacked Zhao Wuji under the Soul Power Suppression Field while Bai He led the Three Scoundrels Mercenary Group toward the inn.
• Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils out of the inn, and Bu Le trapped Ma Hongjun with his Soul Skill and severely injured him.
• Zhao Wuji tried to strike Bu Le, but Bai He blocked him long enough for Ma Xiu to knock Zhao Wuji away.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to split up and escape, then activated his seventh Soul Skill.

Ma Xiu used his swordsmanship to kill Zhao Wuji after Hei Shan and Bai He suppressed Zhao Wuji with their Soul Power Suppression Field. The battle ended with Ma Xiu injured but alive, as the chapter explained how his attack-focused skills overcame Zhao Wuji’s defenses.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and all his Soul Skills, while Bai He helped Hei Shan maintain the Soul Power Suppression Field.
• Ma Xiu activated his Martial Soul Avatar and enlarged the Horse Chopping Blade before confronting Zhao Wuji.
• Ma Xiu used his self-created Soul Skill, Extreme Style Swordsmanship: Mountain Split, to cut Zhao Wuji in two.
• Ma Xiu coughed blood from the strain, then recovered and dismissed his Martial Soul Avatar.
• The account explained that the suppression field weakened Zhao Wuji, while Ma Xiu’s amplified swordsmanship gave him overwhelming attack power but left him vulnerable to faster opponents.