Chapter Summaries

Oscar sent a carefully controlled team of clones from Nuoding City toward Holy Soul Village after learning Tang San had arrived in Suotuo City. The chapter revealed Dugu Bo had condensed the continent’s first soul core and that Gai Yue was developing one of his own, leaving Oscar with powerful allies advancing toward a greater strength.

• Oscar used his information network and clones to send a seven-person team from Nuoding City toward Holy Soul Village after Tang San appeared in Suotuo City.
• Oscar had built the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect, Jade Scale Family, and Lingyu Escort Agency as a mixture of truth and deception to gather information and protect his plans.
• Dugu Bo used Oscar’s Clone Sausage to create powerful clones, including the Dugu Ao who had helped the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect.
• Dugu Bo evolved his martial soul into the Jade Scale Dragon Emperor and condensed a Poison Soul Core at his dantian, reaching the peak of rank 93.
• Gai Yue reached rank 89 and began forming an Ice Attribute soul core under Dugu Bo’s guidance.
• Oscar planned for Dugu Bo and Gai Yue to develop twin soul cores so they could become powerful pillars for him.

Oscar sent his clones to Holy Soul Village and secretly stole Tang San’s mother Ah Yin and her Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, framing Spirit Hall for the theft. Tang San and Xiao Wu headed to Shrek Academy, while Tang Hao sensed unease but found no sign of the raid.

• Oscar expanded his clone operations, including scouting Slaughter City and Sea God Island, while Gai Yue continued preparing to destroy the Wind Sword Sect himself.
• Oscar used maps and several clones to locate the mountain waterfall hiding Ah Yin’s cave near Holy Soul Village.
• The clones found the hidden entrance, retrieved the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and dug up Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Oscar’s clones left messages blaming Spirit Hall on the cave walls, then escaped with their loot.
• After spending two days in Suotuo City, Tang San and Xiao Wu set out to enroll at Shrek Academy, while Tang Hao felt uneasy but dismissed the feeling.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Shrek Academy and learned that it admitted only young Soul Masters with extraordinary talent. After Li Yusong demonstrated his Soul Emperor strength and the line thinned, an unaccompanied girl passed the preliminary test and Ma Hongjun led her inside, while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained to register.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu found Shrek's village, where the villagers welcomed them and explained the academy's strict reputation as a school for monsters.
• At the academy gates, Li Yusong rejected an over-age applicant, returned his fee, and announced that Shrek required applicants to be under thirteen with Soul Power of at least Level 21.
• Li Yusong revealed his six Spirit Rings and Soul Emperor strength, prompting most applicants and their parents to leave; the remaining successful applicants entered for the next test.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu admired Shrek's standards, and Tang San noticed Ma Hongjun's unusual composure and suspected he was stronger than himself.
• A beautiful girl arrived alone, passed the preliminary test, and Ma Hongjun escorted her into the academy.

Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy’s final entrance test with Ning Rongrong, where Oscar volunteered to examine them instead of Dai Mubai. As the three prepared to face Oscar, Dai Mubai warned them that Oscar’s level 47 strength made surviving the test exceptionally difficult.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu registered at Shrek Academy and went straight to the fourth test after Ma Hongjun learned they were both Level 29.
• Ma Hongjun led them to the Spirit Dueling Platform, where they met Ning Rongrong and saw Oscar, Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai announced that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had to work together to hold out against him for one incense stick, but Oscar volunteered to take his place.
• Oscar lit the incense and gave the three applicants time to share their Soul Power levels and Martial Souls; Tang San and Xiao Wu were Level 29, and Ning Rongrong was Level 26 with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Oscar was Level 47 and warned the applicants that even the academy’s strongest students could not defeat him, leaving the three to face the looming test.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong prepared to face Oscar in Shrek Academy’s fourth assessment after learning of his extraordinary strength. Oscar revealed his Frost Moon Sword and began the fight, while Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates.

• Dai Mubai told Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong that Oscar was Rank 47 at fourteen and warned them that he excelled in every area.
• Tang San’s group introduced their spirits and abilities, then devised tactics while Dai Mubai offered advice.
• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Oscar’s interest in Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and remembered how difficult he was to defeat.
• Dai Mubai started the assessment, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong released their spirits against Oscar.
• Oscar revealed his Frost Moon Sword and Rank 47 strength, while Ning Rongrong activated her support abilities to empower Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Oscar tested Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, quickly defeating Xiao Wu and eliminating Ning Rongrong after Xiao Wu’s Charm backfired. Tang San fought on in a rage, then used Tang Sect techniques and launched hidden weapons at Oscar.

• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San and Xiao Wu’s strength and speed, but Oscar attacked them with Ice Sword Qi.
• Tang San pulled Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong out of danger and sent Xiao Wu charging at Oscar.
• Xiao Wu’s Charm failed against Oscar’s superior Spiritual Power, and the backlash injured her and knocked her unconscious.
• Tang San attacked Oscar with Blue Silver Grass, but Oscar cut through the vines and used his Frost Moon Sword to eliminate Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San evaded Oscar’s six Flying Swords with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, then revealed his Mysterious Jade Hand and Purple Demon Eye before firing hidden weapons at Oscar.

Oscar defeated Tang San’s group in the practical assessment but admitted them to Shrek Academy. As Dai Mubai explained Oscar’s unusual powers on the way to the dormitory, Tang San became eager to learn more about him.

• Oscar blocked Tang San’s Hidden Weapons with his Flying Swords, then forced Tang San to reveal his black hammer and Twin Martial Souls while defending himself.
• Oscar subdued Tang San and declared him, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu qualified to enter Shrek Academy despite their failing the assessment.
• Oscar gave Tang San a Super Recovery Great Sausage, and Xiao Wu woke after recovering from the backlash of her Spirit Ability.
• Dai Mubai escorted Tang San and explained that Oscar was fourteen, level 47, and wielded a Food System Martial Soul that let him use his teacher’s Frost Moon Sword.
• Tang San clarified that Xiao Wu was his younger sister, and Dai Mubai accepted the explanation with a knowing smile.

A black-robed figure watched Shrek Academy and reflected on Tang San’s future before disappearing, while Oscar welcomed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong into the academy. After dinner, Oscar took Tang San aside and asked whether he truly knew his own identity.

• A black-robed figure watched Oscar and Dugu Yan, considered Shrek Academy’s talented students, and vanished after mentioning Xiao Wu’s concealment and his own plans.
• Dai Mubai escorted Tang San to the dormitory, and Tang San meditated until he had recovered enough to join the others for a meal.
• At the cafeteria, Oscar deduced that Ning Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s daughter, and the students exchanged jokes as they got acquainted.
• Shao Xin served the new students a lavish meal, and Oscar and the others introduced themselves and discussed their abilities and plans.
• After the meal, Oscar led Tang San to the forest at the village’s edge and asked whether Tang San truly knew his own identity.

Tang San learned from Oscar that his second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer and that he was a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect. Oscar then challenged Yu Xiaogang’s understanding of Twin Martial Souls and criticized how Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had been cultivated, leaving Tang San torn between his loyalty to his teacher and Oscar’s arguments.

• Tang San realized Oscar had recognized his second Martial Soul, and Oscar identified it as the Clear Sky Hammer of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San learned that he was a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect and heard Oscar say that his parents might have withheld the truth about his Martial Souls.
• Oscar questioned Tang San’s claim that his Twin Martial Souls arose through mutation and explained that Tang San and his teacher misunderstood how Twin Martial Souls appeared.
• Tang San named Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, and Oscar criticized Yu Xiaogang for leaving Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass in an ordinary form.
• Tang San restrained his anger at Oscar’s criticism and wondered whether he could find the secluded Clear Sky Sect.

Oscar told Tang San that Yu Xiaogang had misled him about his Blue Silver Grass and had passed off others’ research as his own. Tang San, shaken by the accusations, decided to verify them with his teacher.

• Tang San asked Oscar why he doubted Yu Xiaogang, and Oscar said he regretted seeing Tang San’s talent wasted.
• Oscar argued that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was extraordinary and that his Twin Martial Souls and rapid progress showed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance might be flawed.
• Tang San said he would verify Oscar’s claims with Yu Xiaogang, and Oscar offered to guide his cultivation if he believed him.
• Oscar claimed Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Spirit Hall scholars’ research, had been expelled from his clan, and had taken Tang San as a disciple partly because of his second martial soul.
• Tang San listened without attacking Oscar and, after absorbing the accusations, said he would verify the truth himself.

Oscar planted the Blue Silver Emperor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sent its Right Leg Bone to Dugu Yan, while Tang San left Shrek Academy to verify Oscar’s claims about Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek, Oscar assessed Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu, recommended a Teleportation Spirit Ability for Xiao Wu, and began training the new students.

• Oscar planted the Blue Silver Emperor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and sent its Right Leg Bone to Suotuo City for Dugu Yan to absorb.
• Tang San left Shrek Academy alone to confront Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu stayed behind and waited for his return.
• Oscar noticed Breath Concealing Grass in Xiao Wu’s sachet but kept his discovery to himself.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu introduced their martial souls and abilities to the older students.
• Oscar advised Xiao Wu to seek a Teleportation Spirit Ability for her Third Spirit Ring, then warned both new students that they would have to complete their training to remain at Shrek Academy.
• Oscar began training the students at the Spirit Dueling Platform.

Oscar trained Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and the other Shrek students to prepare for the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, while concealing his External Soul Bone as a second Martial Soul. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi let Rongrong remain at the academy despite Chen Xin’s worries.

• Oscar had Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu join the team’s demanding training, and they persisted despite struggling to keep up.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu learned that Oscar wielded a powerful sword he presented as his second Martial Soul, the Azure Spirit Jade Sword.
• Oscar planned to strengthen Shrek’s uneven team over the next two years and read letters from Tang San and Ning Rongrong’s guard.
• Ning Fengzhi heard that Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy, where a Soul Douluo-level presence had prevented the guard from investigating.
• Chen Xin urged Ning Fengzhi to bring Rongrong home, but Ning Fengzhi refused and trusted Flender to protect her.

Oscar gave the Shrek students specialized foundational training, including new ways for Ning Rongrong to use her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and plans to develop Xiao Wu’s combat abilities. Concerned that Xiao Wu might expose her soul beast identity by removing her Breath Concealing Grass, Oscar took her to the forest and asked how she viewed humans and soul beasts, leaving her to answer under pressure.

• Oscar taught Ning Rongrong defensive techniques and a Ring Fusion method for boosting and throwing her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and urged her to practice Heart Separation Control.
• Oscar planned to train Xiao Wu to use her future Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body abilities for sudden attacks, alongside intensive physical training.
• Oscar noticed that Xiao Wu removed her Breath Concealing Grass sachet during muddy training, which could reveal her identity when Flender and the others returned.
• Oscar brought Xiao Wu to the forest and asked what she thought about the relationship between humans and soul beasts.
• Xiao Wu, fearing Oscar had discovered her identity, hesitated before beginning her answer.

Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about his cultivation methods and spirit rings, while Oscar revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a soul beast but would not harm her. Xiao Wu thanked Oscar for sparing her and promised to remember his kindness.

• Tang San returned to Nuoding City and questioned Yu Xiaogang about his theories and the choices made for his first two spirit rings.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his guidance but recognized that some of Tang San's arguments about his Blue Silver Grass were convincing.
• Xiao Wu told Oscar that soul beasts and humans could both be good or evil, and Oscar said he knew her identity.
• Oscar assured Xiao Wu that he had no intention of taking her spirit ring or Spirit Bone and urged her to live according to her chosen human identity.
• Xiao Wu bowed deeply to Oscar and promised to remember his kindness and teachings for the rest of her life.

Oscar explained why he was protecting Xiao Wu and intended to keep her close as part of his plans involving her and Tang San. He revealed that the sachet’s Breath Concealing Grass had exposed her identity when she took it off, and warned her to keep it with her.

• Oscar decided to protect Xiao Wu and use her connection to Tang San to keep him within reach, while seeking a more suitable Ninth Spirit Ring for Gai Yue.
• Oscar warned Xiao Wu that he would kill her if she ever harmed humanity, and promised not to reveal her identity to Tang San.
• Xiao Wu asked Oscar how he had discovered she was a Soul Beast, and he said his extraordinary Spiritual Power had helped him see through her.
• Oscar explained that the Breath Concealing Grass in Xiao Wu’s sachet concealed her Soul Beast aura and that he had identified her when she removed it during swamp training.
• Oscar told Xiao Wu that Tang San’s father had given her the grass and advised her to keep the sachet on her and stay near him.

Oscar told Dugu Yan about Xiao Wu and Tang San, and she supported his handling of the situation. As Oscar and Dugu Yan shared an intimate moment, Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong quietly left them alone, unaware that their own relationship was beginning to develop.

• Oscar told Dugu Yan that Xiao Wu was a transformed soul beast and explained her connection to Tang San.
• Dugu Yan approved of Oscar's decision to use Xiao Wu's identity while protecting her, and the two discussed Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong as a possible couple.
• Oscar considered his ambitions and decided he did not need to pursue Ning Rongrong to gain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan agreed to go away together once things were quieter and kissed in the village.
• Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong saw Oscar and Dugu Yan kissing, then quietly changed direction so they would not disturb them.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Yu Xiaogang after weeks away, while Oscar’s demanding training had strengthened the students. Yu Xiaogang came intending to challenge Oscar, but Tang San’s doubts about his teacher deepened, and he proposed discussing their differences face-to-face.

• Oscar trained Shrek’s students in separate groups, and their strength steadily improved during a month of intensive practice.
• Tang San returned to the academy with Yu Xiaogang and respectfully greeted Oscar, while the strained distance between Tang San and his teacher became apparent.
• Yu Xiaogang told Oscar he had come because of him, but Oscar sent him and Tang San to the cafeteria until training was finished.
• On the way, Yu Xiaogang criticized the academy and questioned Oscar’s ability to teach, while Tang San defended Oscar and revealed his level 47 strength at age fourteen.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted Oscar’s talent and knowledge were impossible and warned Tang San against being deceived, deepening Tang San’s doubts about the teacher he had respected for six years.
• Tang San suggested that he and Yu Xiaogang eat first and later discuss their problems with Oscar face-to-face.

Oscar, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San confronted Flender over Yu Xiaogang’s teaching and Oscar’s criticism of his theories. The argument ended with Oscar challenging Yu Xiaogang’s explanation of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Twin Martial Souls, while Flender learned that Tang San also possessed the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the cafeteria and asked Oscar to take him to Flender before they discussed their dispute.
• Oscar led Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to the dean’s office, where Flender’s clone greeted Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Oscar of corrupting Tang San and fabricating claims about his theories, while Flender urged them to judge the dispute through Tang San’s experience.
• Tang San admitted that he believed Oscar might be right, prompting Yu Xiaogang to angrily defend his role in developing Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Oscar argued that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could not be ordinary because Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power, and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s explanation that his second Martial Soul caused it.
• Oscar said Twin Martial Souls had to be of comparable quality and pointed to Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Flender surprised to learn about Tang San’s second Martial Soul.

Oscar exposed Yu Xiaogang’s motives and errors in training Tang San, leading Tang San to end their master-disciple relationship and accept Oscar’s guidance. Flender recognized Yu Xiaogang’s true nature, while Oscar arranged for Yu Xiaogang to go to Suotuo City and began preparing to train Tang San.

• Oscar argued that Yu Xiaogang had mistaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and wasted its potential, and Tang San chose to follow Oscar’s cultivation guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender choose between him and Oscar, but Tang San rejected his teacher’s accusations and ended their six-year relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed after Tang San confronted him, and Oscar told Tang San to rest rather than carry responsibility for seeing his former teacher off.
• Oscar urged Flender to reconsider his friendship with Yu Xiaogang, and Flender agreed to let their past go and wrote a letter for Yu Xiaogang.
• Oscar sent a clone to take Yu Xiaogang to Suotuo City, where it collected his blood and gave him a recovery sausage before leaving.
• Tang San struggled to accept Oscar as his new teacher but swore a Spirit Oath to use what he learned for the righteous path.

Oscar began an intense month of training at Shrek Academy while secretly planning to limit Tang San’s potential and obtain his Hidden Weapon techniques. He taught Tang San how to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and prepare his two spirits for powerful future spirit rings.

• Oscar led the Shrek Academy group into harsher training as several students neared their next levels.
• Tang Hao found Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Soul Bone missing, blamed Spirit Hall, and vowed to retrieve Ah Yin after Tang San could protect himself.
• Oscar explained to Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass carried the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, but a beast-type First Spirit Ring had suppressed its awakening.
• Oscar advised Tang San to choose plant-type spirit beasts with powerful life force for future Blue Silver Grass spirit rings, strengthening its natural control abilities and bloodline.
• Oscar warned that absorbing high-level spirit rings on the Clear Sky Hammer could cause deadly Soul Shock, and said Tang San needed to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline to withstand the burden.
• Tang San accepted Oscar’s cultivation plan and resolved to follow it carefully.