Chapter Summaries

Tang San settled on cultivating both his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer under Oscar’s guidance, while Shrek’s students reached new breakthroughs and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation visited the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect to meet Ao Yue and arrange a sparring match.

• Oscar explained how Tang San could develop his Blue Silver Grass to support future Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings and train his Clear Sky Hammer with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• A month later, Zhao Wuji had gained his Eighth Spirit Ring, while Dugu Yan, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other Shrek students reached cultivation breakthroughs.
• Dugu Yan revealed her Ten Thousand Year fourth spirit ring to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, who accepted that her family’s resources and opportunities had made it possible.
• Oscar led Dugu Yan and the other Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain spirit rings for those who had reached their bottlenecks.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena visited the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect’s residence in Spirit City and met Ao Yue, who welcomed them and proposed tea before they sparred.

Oscar used his rank-45 clone, Ao Yue, to welcome Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to the Lingyu Escort Agency and challenge Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation to a friendly spirit duel. After Yan volunteered to fight first, the duel began with Yan charging at Ao Yue’s sword qi.

• Oscar hosted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan with refreshments before inviting them to the Training Ground for a spar.
• Yan insisted on fighting Ao Yue first, and Hu Liena encouraged Ao Yue to beat him.
• Luo Ying agreed to referee the duel and gave the fighters one minute to display their martial spirits.
• Yan revealed his Flame Lord martial spirit and rank-46 Soul Power, while Ao Yue displayed the Frost Moon Sword and rank-45 Soul Power.
• Luo Ying started the duel, and Yan charged through Ao Yue’s incoming ice-blue sword qi as his first yellow spirit ring rose.

Oscar defeated Yan in a duel at the Training Ground, revealing formidable ice abilities while concealing how much strength he had held back. After Yan was taken away to recover, Oscar invited Hu Liena to tea, and she accepted.

• Yan used his spirit abilities against Oscar, but Oscar matched him in close combat without using a spirit ability, impressing Hu Liena and Xie Yue.
• Yan activated Lava Surge and attacked Oscar with his Third Spirit Ability, but Oscar froze the lava and countered with Ice Thorn—Pierce Heart.
• When the mist cleared, Oscar held his sword at Yan’s neck, forcing Yan to concede defeat and leaving him stunned by the loss.
• Xie Yue checked Yan and took him away to recover; Oscar told him Yan was safe and then faced Hu Liena amid the crowd’s cheers.
• Oscar teased Hu Liena by offering another match, then suggested tea after claiming he had suffered internal injuries; Hu Liena accepted his invitation.

Oscar’s clone, posing as Ao Yue, won the respect of Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, prompting Bibi Dong to consider a marriage alliance between Hu Liena and the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect. Meanwhile, Oscar’s main body met Flender and Zhao Wuji near the Star Dou Great Forest and entered it with the students to seek spirit rings.

• Oscar defeated Yan and spoke with Hu Liena, who tried to learn about the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect and Ao Yue’s younger brother.
• Over half a month, Oscar repeatedly edged out Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena in their duels, while Hu Liena grew interested in him and Yan became increasingly resentful.
• After hearing Hu Liena’s account, Bibi Dong decided she would support a marriage between Hu Liena and Ao Yue if they fell in love, hoping to draw the Spiritual Jade Sword Sect closer to Spirit Hall.
• Oscar’s main body met Flender and Zhao Wuji in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Flender noticed Tang San but said nothing.
• Flender led the students into the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, leaving spirit-ring hunting to them while he and Zhao Wuji stood by as protectors.

Oscar led Shrek Academy’s group through the Star Dou Great Forest to find spirit rings, where Zhu Zhuqing obtained a powerful Third Spirit Ring and they encountered Snake Grandma and Meng Yiran. After giving Meng Yiran the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Oscar remembered the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone and began considering how Dugu Yan or Tang San might obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

• Oscar organized the group’s search for spirit rings and explained that physical fitness and willpower could let them absorb rings beyond the usual limits, while Flender warned them to keep the academy’s method secret.
• On the third day, Zhu Zhuqing found and absorbed a 2,700-year spirit ring for her Third Spirit Ability.
• Ma Hongjun subdued a fleeing 1,500-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar released it after learning Snake Grandma and Meng Yiran needed it for Meng Yiran’s Third Spirit Ring.
• Oscar recognized Snake Grandma as one of the Peerless Dragon Snake and let Meng Yiran take the serpent; Snake Grandma offered her name in return for the favor.
• After leaving, Oscar remembered that Tang San had obtained the Eight Spider Lances from a Man Faced Demon Spider in the original story and considered how Dugu Yan or Tang San might acquire them.

Dai Mubai and Tang San gained their Fourth and Third Spirit Rings, with Tang San choosing a Life Spirit Vine and discovering its powerful regenerative ability. As Shrek Academy camped in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Titan Giant Ape appeared, and Flender and Zhao Wuji charged to hold it off while the others escaped.

• Dai Mubai absorbed an eight-thousand-year spirit ring for his Fourth Spirit Ring and advanced to the early stage of Level 42.
• Tang San absorbed a seventeen-hundred-year Life Spirit Vine as his Third Spirit Ring, gaining the Source of Life ability to regenerate his Blue Silver Grass and manipulate plants' Life Force.
• Oscar waited for an opportunity to take Xiao Wu away to condense her spirit ring while the group searched for spirit rings for her and Dugu Yan.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged near the group's campsite, and Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized that its strength surpassed their own.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji told the students to flee using Oscar's Swift Sausages, then charged at the Titan Giant Ape to buy them time.

The Titan Giant Ape overwhelmed the Shrek group and carried Xiao Wu into the forest, leaving Oscar to rescue the injured survivors and pursue it with a clone. Oscar suspected Xiao Wu was connected to the beast and resolved that she would have to bear some consequences, though he promised Dugu Yan he would not harm her.

• Zhao Wuji and Flender attacked the Titan Giant Ape while Oscar led the others in flight, but the beast's gravity domain knocked the two Soul Douluos down and sent the group crashing to the ground.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and vanished into the forest, while Tang San and most of the others fainted from the attack.
• Oscar gave recovery sausages to the injured, checked that Flender and Zhao Wuji had survived, and used clones to carry the group toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Oscar sent another clone after the Titan Giant Ape while he carried Dugu Yan to safety with the others.
• Dugu Yan asked whether the Titan Giant Ape was connected to Xiao Wu, and Oscar said Xiao Wu would have to bear consequences but that he would not harm her.

Oscar pursued the Titan Giant Ape and found Xiao Wu safe, then learned that the ape was her childhood friend Er Ming. Xiao Wu explained their relationship and accepted responsibility for the injuries Er Ming caused, while Oscar demanded an explanation for what had happened.

• Oscar's clone chased the Titan Giant Ape, which had taken Xiao Wu away, while Er Ming carried her through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to stop and scolded him for injuring Tang San, Oscar, and the other Shrek Academy members; Er Ming promised to be more careful.
• Er Ming offered to guard Xiao Wu while she condensed her Third Spirit Ring, but she insisted that he take her back to her companions.
• Er Ming sensed Oscar approaching and feared that he wanted Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, but Xiao Wu defended Oscar and convinced Er Ming to leave.
• Oscar reached Xiao Wu, confirmed she was unharmed, and asked whether the Titan Giant Ape was her friend; Xiao Wu identified him as Er Ming and apologized for the injuries.
• Xiao Wu accepted responsibility for Er Ming's actions, and Oscar said that Er Ming owed an explanation for injuring the Dean, the others, and his sister.

Oscar confronted Er Ming about injuring Shrek Academy and negotiated compensation, explaining that he wanted Spirit Bones to help Tang San strengthen his second martial soul. Er Ming admitted the forest held Spirit Bones, and Xiao Wu urged him to share them as Oscar argued that the exchange would benefit everyone.

• Er Ming returned after secretly listening to Oscar and Xiao Wu, then challenged Oscar over demanding an explanation.
• Oscar said Er Ming should compensate Shrek Academy for injuring its members, and Er Ming offered help finding suitable spirit rings.
• Oscar condemned the indiscriminate killing of soul beasts, earning Er Ming's goodwill and prompting him to ask what compensation Oscar wanted.
• Oscar asked Er Ming for stored Spirit Bones and explained that Tang San could use them to improve his resilience before adding rings to his second martial soul.
• Er Ming admitted they had Spirit Bones but questioned whether giving them away was worthwhile, while Xiao Wu insisted they would not lose out.

Xiao Wu persuaded Er Ming to give Oscar Spirit Bones in exchange for his promises to nurture her and Tang San. While Tang San and the others recovered in a cave, Er Ming brought Oscar and Xiao Wu deep into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Xiao Wu told Er Ming that she trusted Oscar, and Er Ming agreed to give him Spirit Bones in return for his promises to nurture her and Tang San.
• Er Ming carried Oscar and Xiao Wu into the forest’s depths as Xiao Wu recounted her experiences at Shrek Academy and Er Ming learned about Oscar’s abilities and background.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others woke in the cave, and Oscar treated Tang San after he collapsed from grief over Xiao Wu’s capture.
• Oscar stopped Tang San from pursuing Xiao Wu, warning that the Titan Giant Ape could return and endanger the entire academy group.
• Er Ming brought Oscar and Xiao Wu to a lakeside paradise, where the Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the water.

Oscar secured Da Ming and Er Ming’s trust regarding Xiao Wu, then revealed his ambition to end the conflict between humans and soul beasts by uniting the continent and the Soul Beast Race. He left them with a proposal: he would work toward human unification while they unified the soul beasts.

• Xiao Wu explained Oscar’s purpose for visiting, and the Sky Azure Bull Python agreed to let him take the Spirit Bones if he sent yearly proof that Xiao Wu was safe.
• Oscar set aside the Spirit Bones as his main goal and asked Da Ming and Er Ming how much of the Star Dou Great Forest they could command; the Sky Azure Bull Python said they controlled about two-thirds.
• Oscar announced that he wanted to resolve the conflict between human spirit masters and the Soul Beast Race by addressing the hunt for spirit rings.
• Oscar asked Da Ming and Er Ming to help build a new world, explaining that spirit masters and soul beasts needed unified management.
• After Da Ming and Er Ming doubted his ambition to unify the continent, Oscar said he would prove himself through his actions and proposed that they unify the Soul Beast Race.

Oscar tried to persuade the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to help unify the Soul Beast Race, explaining that cooperation would support his plans for a future where humans and Soul Beasts could coexist. After revealing his unprecedented Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring and clone ability, he began to win the Sky Azure Bull Python’s confidence and stayed behind to discuss his plan while Xiao Wu condensed her Third Spirit Ring.

• Oscar argued that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape could unite the Star Dou Great Forest with his help, and said he was willing to use a short war to secure lasting peace.
• Oscar considered the weakness of his faction’s high-end combat power and revealed that he wanted Soul Beast cooperation to develop the Soul Spirit Plan and end humanity’s dependence on hunting Soul Beasts for Spirit Rings.
• Oscar informed Tang San through his main body that Xiao Wu had been found and was safe while she absorbed a Spirit Ring.
• Oscar told Xiao Wu to condense her Third Spirit Ring, and Er Ming stood guard while Oscar stayed to discuss cooperation with the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Oscar demonstrated his Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring and used its ability to create an identical clone, astonishing the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python began to believe Oscar’s ambitions might be achievable, and Oscar left his clone behind to continue their discussions.

Oscar secured seven valuable spirit bones from the Sky Azure Bull Python while Xiao Wu condensed her third spirit ring and became a Soul Elder. The group returned to camp, then hunted a Snake Empress Medusa for Dugu Yan; she became a Spirit King, while Oscar kept his growing collection of spirit bones secret.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python gave Oscar seven spirit bones after trusting him to protect and help Xiao Wu, while keeping Xiao Wu’s reserved bones separate.
• Xiao Wu condensed a purple third spirit ring, advanced to level 31, and promised to keep pace with Oscar as she approached maturity.
• Oscar and the Sky Azure Bull Python discussed his plans after Xiao Wu left with the Titan Giant Ape for the Shrek Academy camp.
• Xiao Wu told the Shrek Academy members that a bull’s roar had caused the Titan Giant Ape to drop her and flee, concealing what had really happened.
• The group hunted a Snake Empress Medusa over 32,000 years old, and Dugu Yan absorbed its ring to become a level 52 Spirit King.
• The Shrek students resolved to train harder for Oscar’s advanced spirit-ring method, while Oscar secretly retained six spirit bones beyond the one set aside for Tang San.

Oscar and Dugu Bo visited the Breaking Clan to meet its patriarch, Yang Wudi, whom Oscar hoped to recruit for his alchemical expertise and future strength. After discussing their recent gains and plans, they faced Yang Wudi as he arrived to ask what they wanted.

• Oscar and Dugu Bo arrived at the Breaking Clan’s residence in a Star Luo Empire city and asked to see Yang Wudi.
• While they waited, Oscar told Dugu Bo about the Star Dou Great Forest trip, including the Spirit Bones and Dugu Yan’s new Spirit Ring.
• Oscar promised Dugu Bo a suitable Spirit Bone and privately planned to take Dugu Yan to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor’s Right Leg Bone.
• Dugu Bo learned that Oscar had partnered with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape and chose to support his ambitions.
• Yang Wudi entered the main hall, greeted Oscar and Dugu Bo, and asked why they had come.

Oscar and Dugu Bo visited Yang Wudi to exchange knowledge about alchemy and poison-making, and Yang Wudi eagerly shared his expertise. When Yang Wudi revealed his fascination with Immortal Herbs, Oscar hinted that he was a suitable candidate for something, leaving Yang Wudi wondering what he meant.

• Oscar introduced Dugu Bo as his grandfather, the Poison Douluo, and explained that they had come to meet Yang Wudi.
• Oscar asked to learn alchemy from Yang Wudi, who welcomed the request and agreed to share his knowledge.
• Yang Wudi learned that Oscar was a fourteen-year-old level 45 spirit master who also studied medicinal theory and alchemy.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi discussed poison-making in Yang Wudi's Alchemy Room, where Yang Wudi said Immortal poisonous herbs could bring down a Titled Douluo.
• Yang Wudi described his deep interest in Immortal Herbs, and Oscar told him he seemed like a suitable candidate.

Oscar and Dugu Bo recruited Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan into the Sword Sect by offering him control of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and access to its herbs. Later, Oscar and Dugu Yan went to Suotuo City so she could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone, but they became intimate before doing so.

• Oscar revealed that he and Dugu Bo wanted Yang Wudi to manage the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and join the Sword Sect.
• Yang Wudi agreed to lead the Breaking Clan into the Sword Sect after securing protection and support for his clansmen.
• Dugu Bo named Yang Wudi Pill Hall Master and promised that he could use the garden’s Immortal Herbs and Spirit Grass freely.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan returned to their room at Lingyu Restaurant in Suotuo City to prepare for her to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone.
• Oscar and Dugu Yan gave in to their mutual desire and became intimate.

Oscar watched Dugu Yan absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone while planning his sect's recruitment and reviewing his clones' discoveries. Dugu Yan gained two powerful abilities and rose to level 54, while Oscar's plans to recruit the Defense Clan and Speed Clan remained ahead.

• Oscar decided to pursue the Defense Clan and Speed Clan while ruling out recruiting Titan's Strength Clan.
• Oscar learned that clones sent toward Sea God Island had discovered a Golden Swordfish King suited to Gai Yue's Ninth Spirit Ring, while clones in Slaughter City mapped the area and one earned over sixty victories.
• Oscar noted that Gai Yue's first Soul Core was taking shape and that his Ao Yue clone had grown close to Hu Liena while repeatedly defeating Yan.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone, gained Flight and recovery skills, and advanced from peak level 52 to level 54.

Oscar returned to Shrek Academy and began training the students to fight Spirit Masters whose attributes countered theirs. He paired Ma Hongjun with himself for the first test after Ning Rongrong chose him.

• Oscar reviewed the students' Spirit Power Levels and planned to keep their strength hidden until the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament so they could claim its Spirit Bone prizes.
• Oscar gathered the students on the Spirit Dueling Platform and challenged them to withstand a countering Spirit or attribute for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Dugu Yan, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu all volunteered to go first, while Ning Rongrong held back.
• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong to choose another student, and she selected Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun said he had improved enough to challenge Oscar at the same level, and Oscar agreed to test him.

Oscar defeated Ma Hongjun in a training duel by freezing him with an Ice Dragon Python spirit bone skill. Dugu Yan then stepped onto the platform to fight Oscar, leaving their teasing exchange to introduce the next match.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar released their martial souls at equal level 46 and began their duel.
• Ma Hongjun attacked with his Phoenix Nine Forms and amplified spirit abilities, but Oscar countered his fire attacks with powerful ice sword techniques.
• Ma Hongjun unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, and Oscar overwhelmed it with his Ice Sword Momentum—Blade Storm.
• Ma Hongjun tried to conceal himself behind a wall of fire and dive at Oscar, but Oscar froze him with his Ice Dragon Python Right Arm Spirit Bone Skill: Ice Age.
• Oscar called for the next opponent, and Dugu Yan stepped onto the platform, teasing him before promising to deal with him.

Oscar and Dugu Yan fought fiercely on the Spirit Dueling Platform, each using powerful Spirit abilities, Spirit Bones, and copied Martial Souls. As their battle reached a dangerous climax in the air, Ma Hongjun broke free and intervened to stop Oscar’s Blue Electric Divine Dragon Swiftness.

• Dugu Yan and Oscar released their Martial Souls and clashed as Dugu Yan charged up the ice pillar and Oscar attacked from the air.
• Dugu Yan combined her Ten Thousand Year Spirit abilities and Bone-Devouring Venomous Python Right Arm Bone Skill, while Oscar countered with fire attacks and his Fourth Spirit Ability.
• Dugu Yan used the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone to evade Oscar’s Phoenix Fire Line, and Oscar switched to a copied Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan evaded Oscar’s Blue Electric Divine Dragon Swiftness, then locked him in place in midair as the attack turned back toward them.
• Ma Hongjun broke free of the ice pillar and used Phoenix Meteor Shower to intercept the Blue Electric Divine Dragon before it struck Oscar and Dugu Yan.