Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing found Dai Mubai flirting with a blue-clothed girl, unaware that the girl was Tang San, transformed by the Sunflower Manual and Evil-warding Divine Sword. Li Ang revealed Tang San was a man, and the confrontation grew chaotic until an imposing voice intervened.

• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Dai Mubai holding hands with a blue-clothed girl and grew increasingly angry.
• Li Ang told Zhu Zhuqing that the blue-clothed girl was probably a man, then explained that Tang San had cultivated the Sunflower Manual and Evil-warding Divine Sword and become more powerful and feminine.
• Zhu Zhuqing reacted with shock when she learned Tang San was a man, and Dai Mubai hurried over to explain himself.
• Tang San flirted with Dai Mubai and teased Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai tried to defend himself and onlookers gathered.
• An aged, imposing voice demanded that everyone stop as the scene threatened to spiral out of control.

Li Yusong revealed himself as a Soul Emperor and began Shrek Academy’s admissions process, while Li Ang explained to Zhu Zhuqing that the academy’s impressive teachers and strict requirements concealed a ramshackle school. Zhu Zhuqing reconsidered Shrek’s claims, but Li Ang left her with a critical view of its founder Flender’s scheme to gain fame by recruiting geniuses.

• Li Yusong displayed six Soul Rings and used his Soul Emperor aura to make Dai Mubai and Tang San back down.
• Li Ang told Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek Academy had a few powerful teachers but very few students and little else.
• Li Yusong scolded Dai Mubai, then announced that Shrek admitted only students under thirteen with Soul Power of at least level twenty-one.
• Li Ang questioned whether gifted students needed Shrek Academy to become successful and criticized Flender for trying to build the school's reputation by recruiting geniuses.

Li Ang urged Zhu Zhuqing to let him take control when Dai Mubai attacked her at Shrek Academy. Using Li Ang’s combat experience, Zhu Zhuqing wounded Dai Mubai with a strange dagger, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Li Ang criticized Shrek Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing’s brief goodwill toward the school disappeared.
• Dai Mubai tried to reconcile with Zhu Zhuqing as they entered the academy, but she ignored him.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Dai Mubai disgusting, and he angrily prepared to fight her.
• Li Ang asked Zhu Zhuqing to hand him control of her body so he could teach Dai Mubai a lesson.
• Dai Mubai activated his Soul Spirit Avatar and lunged at Zhu Zhuqing, but Li Ang’s control let her slip past him and wound his chest with a strange dagger.

Li Ang used Zhu Zhuqing to poison Dai Mubai with a dagger made from a Black King Snake’s fangs, hoping to alter the story by killing one of the Shrek Seven Devils. Tang San saved Dai Mubai with Realgar Wine, leaving Li Ang baffled and Zhu Zhuqing questioning the remedy’s effects.

• Li Ang used Zhu Zhuqing’s body to stab Dai Mubai with a venomous dagger, leaving him near death.
• Zhu Zhuqing regained control and worried that Dai Mubai might die and bring trouble upon her.
• Tang San rushed in, gave Dai Mubai Realgar Wine, and removed the dagger, rapidly neutralizing the venom.
• Tang San accused Zhu Zhuqing of using a vicious poisoned weapon and said the Realgar Wine had saved Dai Mubai.
• Li Ang was astonished that the wine worked and told Zhu Zhuqing that realgar could repel snakes but could not detoxify poison.

Zhao Wuji ended the confrontation between Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai by forbidding them to fight inside Shrek Academy, then sent Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong straight to the fourth assessment. Dai Mubai escorted them and befriended Tang San, though his boasts about Shrek Academy’s history and graduates did not withstand scrutiny.

• Zhao Wuji learned what had happened, reprimanded Dai Mubai, and told Zhu Zhuqing that the academy would not interfere in their grudge but forbade them from fighting on its grounds; Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Zhao Wuji exempted Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong from the second and third assessments, then used his Soul Sage pressure to silence an examinee who objected.
• Dai Mubai led the four toward the fourth assessment and avoided provoking Zhu Zhuqing after she defeated him.
• Dai Mubai thanked Tang San for the Realgar Wine and quickly became friends with him.
• Dai Mubai boasted about Shrek Academy’s graduates, but the timeline and requirements for Spirit Hall elders made his claims seem unreliable.

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.