Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan absorbed the Bone-Gnawing Poison Python Right Arm Spirit Bone, gaining a powerful skill and relief from her poison. As Oscar discussed the treatment ahead, Dugu Bo welcomed him as family, leaving Oscar and Dugu Yan closer to him.

• Dugu Bo gave Dugu Yan the Bone-Gnawing Poison Python Right Arm Spirit Bone, and she began absorbing it while he stood guard.
• Oscar cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Yan absorbed the Spirit Bone.
• After half a day, Dugu Yan emerged delighted with her new Spirit Bone Skill and increased Soul Power.
• Oscar told Dugu Bo that treating their poison would take months and that he might stay for up to a year.
• Dugu Bo thanked Oscar for helping Dugu Yan and invited him to call him Grandpa, and Oscar accepted.

Oscar chose Earth Dragon Golden Gourd to refine into an Immortal Grade Pill for Dugu Bo, while he waited for Dugu Yan to be able to harvest Lovesick Heartbreak Red herself. After Dugu Yan refined her toxins into her spirit bone, Oscar began treating her with his Hundred Treasures Detoxifying and Rejuvenating Pills as Dugu Bo continued his own cultivation.

• Oscar decided to pursue Dugu Yan, who had shown affection for him, while she and Dugu Bo entered seclusion to refine their toxins into their spirit bones.
• Oscar selected Lovesick Heartbreak Red for Dugu Yan but could not harvest it until she loved someone, and chose Earth Dragon Golden Gourd to strengthen Dugu Bo's combat ability.
• Dugu Yan refined the deadly toxins in her body into her right-arm spirit bone, improving its poison attribute and resolving the danger of poison within her.
• Oscar gave Dugu Yan his Hundred Treasures Detoxifying and Rejuvenating Pills, which he expected to clear her remaining toxins and repair the damage within three months.
• Oscar continued cultivating, refining pills, and practicing swordsmanship, while Dugu Yan repeatedly asked him to take her flying on his sword.

Half a month after Gai Yue returned to Shrek Academy, he told the teachers that Oscar was alive and distributed Oscar’s pills to the teachers and Ma Hongjun. The pills greatly improved their cultivation, while Oscar remained away training with Poison Douluo for up to a year.

• Gai Yue told Ma Hongjun that Oscar was alive and would be training with Senior Poison Douluo for six months to a year.
• Gai Yue warned Ma Hongjun that Oscar would test his progress when he returned, and Ma Hongjun promised to train hard.
• Gai Yue gave Ma Hongjun the Phoenix Nirvana Pill to address his Evil Fire problem and explained how to take it.
• Gai Yue secretly distributed Oscar’s pills among Shrek Academy’s teachers, keeping the gifts from newly enrolled Dai Mubai.
• Gai Yue’s Soul Power rose to level 87, while Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin also made substantial gains from their pills.
• Lu Qibin and Li Yusong each gained one Soul Power level after taking pills refined from Ten Thousand Year Level spiritual herbs.

Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Nirvana Pill cured his Evil Fire and raised his Soul Power from level 25 to level 30, leaving Dai Mubai envious and eager to strengthen his ties with him and Oscar. Meanwhile, Oscar reached level 34 and planned to use his improved body and Spiritual Power to pursue a Fourth Spirit Ring exceeding twenty thousand years.

• After taking Oscar’s Phoenix Nirvana Pill, Ma Hongjun resolved his Evil Fire problem and broke through from level 25 to level 30.
• Dai Mubai learned about Ma Hongjun’s rapid advancement and asked Zhao Wuji whether Oscar could provide him with a similar pill, but learned that the ingredients belonged to Dugu Bo and that Oscar had traded a year of work for Ma Hongjun’s pill.
• Dai Mubai decided to train harder and hoped to build a bond with Oscar and Ma Hongjun so they might support him in the future.
• Ma Hongjun continued his demanding cultivation, motivated by Oscar’s guidance and kindness and by his dream of defeating Oscar fairly.
• Over nearly two months, Oscar advanced from level 33 to level 34 and found that the Immortal Herbs had improved his cultivation speed and made his future progress smoother.
• Oscar planned to take the Water-Piercing Autumn Pill to enhance his Spiritual Power and pursue a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring once he reached level 40.

Dugu Yan completed refining her deadly toxins into her spirit bone, and Oscar gave her pills to heal the damage poisoning had caused. As Oscar and Dugu Yan grew closer, Dugu Bo emerged from seclusion and caught them kissing, leaving Oscar facing his furious grandfather.

• Dugu Yan refined the toxins in her body into the Bone-Devouring Venomous Python Right Arm Bone, gaining a stronger Spirit Bone Skill.
• Oscar gave Dugu Yan a Hundred Treasures Detoxifying and Rejuvenating Pill to take daily, explaining that she would still need to store or expel future toxins.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan spent their days cultivating together while Dugu Bo refined his own toxins in seclusion, and their relationship grew closer.
• Oscar flew with Dugu Yan to watch the sunset, and the two began kissing on the mountaintop.
• Dugu Bo emerged from seclusion, caught Oscar and Dugu Yan kissing, and teleported in front of Oscar in anger.

Oscar and Dugu Yan deepened their relationship while Dugu Bo set limits and cured his poison with Oscar’s help. After refining his poison into a pill, Dugu Bo and Oscar discussed whether it could lead to the creation of a Soul Core, an idea they hoped might eventually benefit Gai Yue as well.

• Dugu Bo warned Oscar and Dugu Yan to prioritize cultivation and avoid having children before reaching Soul Saint level, and Oscar promised to be more careful.
• Oscar followed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to the stone house and offered to cook, while Dugu Bo threatened to keep him away from Yan Yan if the food was bad.
• Over the following months, Oscar and Dugu Yan confirmed their relationship, and Oscar helped cure Dugu Yan’s poison so she could approach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo spent five months refining the deadly poison in his body into his Spirit Bone, which fused with the poison of the Medusa Skull and strengthened him.
• Oscar recognized that Dugu Bo’s condensed poison pill resembled a Soul Core and proposed that Dugu Bo might eventually attempt to create one.
• Dugu Bo agreed the idea might be feasible but postponed a serious attempt until his body had fully recovered, while Oscar considered how success could help Gai Yue.

Oscar reached level 35, helped Dugu Yan obtain a powerful Third Spirit Ring, and completed the detoxification of Dugu Bo. He began considering founding a faction, and Dugu Bo agreed to support him as his vanguard.

• Oscar reached level 35 and used the Azure Spirit Jade Sword and his other abilities to defeat a three-thousand-year Jade Scale Snake, allowing Dugu Yan to claim her Third Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan’s Whale Rubber-enhanced physique let her absorb a stronger Spirit Ring, and the released Soul Power raised her to level 34 after she adapted to her cultivation.
• Dugu Bo extracted his toxins into his soul bone and began taking Oscar’s pills, while Oscar gave him an Ancient Tome on Immortal Herbs and suggested consulting the Breaking Clan.
• Oscar considered recruiting the Four Single-Attribute Sects to build a faction, though he doubted he could win over the Strength Clan while Titan remained loyal to Tang Hao.
• Oscar told Dugu Bo about his plans, and Dugu Bo offered to publicly support him and serve as his vanguard.

After six months at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Oscar and his companions had strengthened their cultivation and completed their recovery. Oscar left for Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo stayed behind to cultivate a Soul Core.

• Oscar’s Soul Power rose from level 35 to 37, and he finished refining the medicinal effects of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Dugu Yan advanced to the peak of level 35, while Dugu Bo detoxified himself, recovered, and reached level 92.
• Gai Yue’s cultivation neared level 88, and he resolved to avenge his family himself and surpass Sword Dao Chen Xin.
• Oscar decided to return to Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to attempt to condense a Soul Core.
• Oscar gave Dugu Bo the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd Pill and left him the Aromatic Silk Beauty before departing with Dugu Yan.

After a month of traveling together, Oscar returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan and introduced her to his teachers. He demonstrated that his External Soul Bone had evolved after absorbing the two Immortal Herbs, gaining the power to unleash both ice and fire sword qi.

• Oscar and Dugu Yan returned to Shrek Academy after spending a month traveling together, and they met Teacher Li Yusong.
• Oscar brought Dugu Yan to Gai Yue's courtyard, where she admired the peach blossoms and watched Oscar practice swordsmanship with his teacher.
• Gai Yue praised Oscar for developing sword aura and discussed how his External Soul Bone functioned like part of his body.
• Oscar used Soul Power to transform his Jade Sword, which gained ice-blue and crimson colors.
• Oscar demonstrated ice and fire sword qi, freezing and then cutting through Gai Yue's iron practice target.
• Oscar explained that his External Soul Bone had evolved as he absorbed the residual power of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Gai Yue congratulated him on his increased combat strength.

Oscar returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, reunited with his teachers, and helped her settle in as a student. Flender arranged for them to live separately, and Oscar and Dugu Yan joined Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai at the training platform.

• Oscar and Gai Yue finished comparing swordsmanship, and Dugu Yan told Gai Yue that Dugu Bo's poison had been cured and his Soul Power had improved.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan visited Flender, who confirmed that Dugu Yan's enrollment had been handled and welcomed her to Shrek Academy.
• Flender told Oscar and Dugu Yan they had to live in separate dormitories, and Oscar agreed to prepare a room for her.
• Oscar teased Dugu Yan about their teachers and led her toward the academy's central plaza.
• Zhao Wuji spotted Oscar during training, knocked Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai aside, and happily welcomed Oscar back.

Oscar returned to Shrek with Dugu Yan, where Ma Hongjun and Zhao Wuji welcomed them. Dai Mubai’s sincere respect for Oscar and his close friendship with Ma Hongjun showed how much he had changed during Oscar’s absence.

• Ma Hongjun joyfully reunited with Oscar and welcomed Dugu Yan as his sister-in-law.
• Oscar introduced Dugu Yan to Zhao Wuji, who welcomed her to Shrek and praised her readiness to train.
• Oscar introduced Dai Mubai to Dugu Yan and recalled how Dai had endured an injury during the academy assessment.
• Dai Mubai sincerely welcomed Dugu Yan as his sister-in-law and explained that Ma Hongjun’s strength had earned his respect and loyalty.
• Oscar noticed Dai Mubai’s changed attitude and wondered what he and Ma Hongjun had experienced during the past year.

Zhao Wuji arranged a friendly spirit duel so he could assess Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, but Oscar chose to face the two younger men alone. The chapter ended as Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai released their martial souls and prepared to fight Oscar.

• Zhao Wuji proposed a friendly match between Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai on one side and Oscar and Dugu Yan on the other.
• Oscar told Dugu Yan to stay out of the duel and declared that he would face Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai alone.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai accepted Oscar's challenge, and Zhao Wuji sent them onto the Spirit Dueling Platform.
• Dai Mubai released his White Tiger martial soul at Level 29, while Ma Hongjun released his Evil Fire Phoenix at Level 35.
• Oscar recognized how much Ma Hongjun's strength had grown through the Phoenix Nirvana Pill he had given him.

Oscar faced Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai in a spirit duel, revealing his Rank 37 Azure Spirit Jade Sword while concealing his sausage spirit. As Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai pressed their attack, Oscar dodged and waited for an opening to use his hidden strength.

• Dugu Yan told Zhao Wuji that Oscar had improved greatly and could handle Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai.
• Oscar revealed his Azure Spirit Jade Sword and declared himself a Rank 37 Assault Spirit Elder, while keeping his sausage hidden.
• Zhao Wuji started the duel, and Ma Hongjun took to the air to attack Oscar with flame-based moves as Dai Mubai fired his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave.
• Oscar blocked Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Claw strikes and dodged Dai Mubai's beam, then evaded Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Fire Line.
• Ma Hongjun pursued Oscar with his fire line while Dai Mubai charged under his White Tiger Body Protection Barrier, and Oscar retreated around the platform while waiting for an opening.

Oscar fought Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai at the spirit dueling platform, revealing the ice and fire powers of his External Soul Bone. After knocking Dai Mubai unconscious and sending him to Zhao Wuji for treatment, Oscar clashed with Ma Hongjun in a fierce final exchange that left Ma Hongjun coughing blood.

• Ma Hongjun chased Oscar with Phoenix Fire Lines, but Oscar froze the flames with Ice Sword Qi and then vaporized them with Blazing Flames Sword Qi.
• Oscar used the mist to surprise Dai Mubai with a full-force punch, knocking him unconscious, then sent him to Zhao Wuji with a Super Recovery Great Sausage.
• Ma Hongjun renewed his attack with Phoenix Explosion, while Oscar combined his severing, ice, and fire attributes into his Ice and Fire Double Heaven sword strike.
• Ma Hongjun boosted his flames with Phoenix Bathed in Fire and collided with Oscar's sword dragon, but the impact blasted him backward and made him cough up blood.

Oscar defeated Ma Hongjun in their spar after countering his Phoenix Claw and overpowering his tracking Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike with Three Yuan Sword Rain. Ma Hongjun begged for mercy, and Oscar warned him not to show off against him again.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Oscar with Phoenix Claw, but Oscar met him with Cold Star Flying Moon and forced him to retreat.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed his Third Spirit Ability, Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, which locked onto Oscar and pursued him.
• Oscar countered with Three Yuan Sword Rain, freezing and vaporizing Ma Hongjun's fire phoenix before the remaining swords threatened to strike him.
• Ma Hongjun begged Oscar to stop, and Oscar used his External Soul Bone to grab him and hurl him over.
• Oscar caught Ma Hongjun by the collar and warned him not to provoke or show off against him again, and Ma Hongjun promised to behave.

Oscar defeated Ma Hongjun and recovered with his sausages, impressing Zhao Wuji, who then challenged Oscar and Ma Hongjun to a spar. Oscar and Ma Hongjun prepared to fight Zhao Wuji together, with Dugu Yan supporting them.

• Oscar defeated Ma Hongjun, then gave him a recovery sausage and restored his own strength as well.
• Zhao Wuji praised Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s rapid progress and challenged Oscar to bring out his full strength.
• Li Yusong offered to take the injured Dai Mubai to Shao, so Oscar agreed to spar Zhao Wuji alongside Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar told Dugu Yan to support them from a safe distance, and she joined the pair on the platform.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun took up positions in front of Dugu Yan and warned Zhao Wuji to be careful.

Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dugu Yan teamed up against Zhao Wuji, using their attacks, poison, and flight to evade his overwhelming strength. Zhao Wuji could not bring the three of them within reach, and the duel ended with him helplessly questioning their tactics.

• Zhao Wuji revealed his Rank 78 strength and warned Oscar and Ma Hongjun that he would no longer suppress his power.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun attacked Zhao Wuji while Dugu Yan used her red and blue poisons to strengthen her allies and hinder their opponent.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun combined their sword and fire attacks, but Zhao Wuji blocked them and used his spirit abilities to target Oscar and restrain Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar flew out of Zhao Wuji's reach, then rescued Ma Hongjun with an ice-and-fire sword attack that forced Zhao Wuji to redirect his strike.
• Dugu Yan released her Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor Poison and flew into the sky, leaving Zhao Wuji unable to reach any of the three.

Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dugu Yan unleashed a combined attack that forced Zhao Wuji to use his Sixth Spirit Ability, but he defeated them and praised their strength. After giving them advice, Zhao Wuji accepted Oscar’s recovery sausages, and Oscar’s Spirit Ability storage time was revealed to have increased to one month for all three abilities.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun attacked Zhao Wuji with a rain of Jade Swords and a Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike, while Dugu Yan fired a poison arrow from her Spirit Bone Skill.
• Zhao Wuji used his Sixth Spirit Ability and Great Vajra Palm to destroy all three attacks without being injured.
• Oscar gave Super Recovery Great Sausages to Ma Hongjun and Dugu Yan, and Zhao Wuji praised the trio for forcing him to use his Sixth Spirit Ability.
• Zhao Wuji advised Oscar and Dugu Yan to improve their coordination and practice their abilities, and Oscar promised they would keep cultivating at the academy.
• Oscar gave Zhao Wuji three recovery sausages, then learned that all three of his Spirit Abilities could now be stored for one month.

Oscar and Dugu Yan settled into Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji assessed Dugu Yan’s abilities and Shao Xin welcomed them. As Oscar and Ma Hongjun toured the grounds with Dugu Yan, Ma Hongjun explained how he had steered Dai Mubai away from pleasure houses, and they discussed Dai Mubai’s royal identity and whether he might benefit from Whale Rubber.

• Zhao Wuji praised Oscar’s improvement, learned the effects of Dugu Yan’s first two Spirit Abilities, and welcomed her as a valuable support and control Spirit Master.
• Zhao Wuji took Oscar and Dugu Yan to dinner, where Shao Xin reunited with Oscar and praised his dedication and potential.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun showed Dugu Yan around Shrek Academy, and Oscar explained why he still called her “sister.”
• Ma Hongjun told Oscar that he had stopped Dai Mubai from visiting pleasure houses and had encouraged him to focus on cultivation.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun discussed Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul and likely status as a Star Luo Empire prince, while Ma Hongjun wondered whether Dai Mubai could take Whale Rubber.

Oscar settled into life at Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan and helped Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai train, while thinking through the risks of targeting Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with Oscar taking Dugu Yan to theory class as she began studying alongside the others.

• Oscar gave Dugu Yan a room beside his and spent the evening catching up with Ma Hongjun before cultivating toward level 40.
• Oscar, Dugu Yan, and Ma Hongjun trained together, and Oscar taught Ma Hongjun and Dugu Yan how to coordinate their abilities.
• Oscar worried that Tang Hao could prevent anyone from capturing Xiao Wu, and weighed the risks of making an enemy of Tang San.
• Dai Mubai recovered, admitted Oscar's strength, and agreed to follow Oscar's training arrangements.
• Oscar took Dugu Yan to theory class, where she was willing to begin studying after her poison was cured.