Chapter Summaries

Ye Zhiqiu used Flying Thunder God to impress the old instructor and secure admission to Shrek Academy. Back at the assessment site, Tang San and Dai Mubai prepared to fight, just as the instructor returned and spotted Ye Zhiqiu among the students.

• Ye Zhiqiu used his 130,000-year Flying Thunder God soul skill to catch up with the old instructor and revealed his soul rings.
• The old instructor accepted Ye Zhiqiu into Shrek Academy but assumed his intimidating soul rings were a disguise.
• Ye Zhiqiu rejoined Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai, hinting that they would soon see his soul rings.
• Dai Mubai threatened Xiao Wu over their upcoming assessment, and Tang San stepped in to defend her.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai agreed to fight, but the old instructor returned and spotted Ye Zhiqiu among the group.

Ye Zhiqiu and the other new students entered Shrek Academy and prepared for the fourth test, while Dai Mubai went to fetch Teacher Zhao. As they waited, Tang San bought Oscar’s sausages, leaving the group to snack before the test began.

• The old man sent Dai Mubai to take Ye Zhiqiu and the others directly to the fourth test, telling protesting students they needed Soul Power above level 25 to do the same.
• Dai Mubai led Ye Zhiqiu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing through Shrek Academy to its training field, where he went to fetch Teacher Zhao.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Tang San that Dai Mubai was above level thirty, but Tang San said he was confident he could fight him.
• Oscar arrived selling sausages, and Tang San bought eight grilled sausages for the group, giving two to each person except Zhu Zhuqing.

Ye Zhiqiu and the other applicants faced a surprise assessment when Vice Dean Zhao Wuji decided to test them himself. They had one stick of incense to plan how to survive against the level seventy-six Soul Sage, and the assessment had not yet begun.

• Xiao Wu refused Oscar's meat sausages until Ye Zhiqiu gave her a carrot, while Zhu Zhuqing accepted a sausage despite her embarrassment.
• Dai Mubai warned the group against eating Oscar's sausages because of their embarrassing incantation, but Ye Zhiqiu defended the food.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Dai Mubai and announced that he would personally assess the applicants, requiring them to last one stick of incense against him.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and gave the group until it burned out to discuss tactics.
• Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Soul Sage and urged the five applicants to share their soul skills and coordinate.

Tang San and the others prepared to face Zhao Wuji, a level 76 Spirit Saint, in Shrek Academy’s entrance test. Ye Zhiqiu revealed that he was level 40 and helped the group plan their opening formation as the incense burned out.

• Dai Mubai explained Zhao Wuji’s immense strength and suggested that Ye Zhiqiu’s speed might help the group endure.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Zhiqiu introduced their Martial Souls and levels, and Ye Zhiqiu claimed he was a level 40 Battle Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai doubted Ye Zhiqiu’s level, but Ning Rongrong defended him.
• Tang San assigned Xiao Wu to lead, Ye Zhiqiu and Zhu Zhuqing to support the flanks, himself to control Zhao Wuji, and Ning Rongrong to provide rear support.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Xiao Wu not to use Charm on Zhao Wuji, and Zhao Wuji stood up as Tang San announced that they were ready to begin.

Zhao Wuji began the test by lighting an incense stick as Ning Rongrong enhanced Ye Zhiqiu and the others, who released their martial spirits. When Zhao Wuji’s Aura Pressure failed to affect Ye Zhiqiu, he decided to test the boy with sheer strength.

• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Ye Zhiqiu and the other three, though enhancing Ye Zhiqiu consumed far more Soul Power.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing released their martial spirits while Zhao Wuji lit the incense and watched them prepare.
• Ye Zhiqiu joked with Zhao Wuji about the academy’s poor condition and teased him for being uneducated, while the incense continued to burn.
• Zhao Wuji approached Ye Zhiqiu and subjected him to Aura Pressure, but Ye Zhiqiu endured it without changing expression.
• Zhao Wuji realized his Aura Pressure was ineffective and decided to test Ye Zhiqiu through a direct contest of strength.

Zhao Wuji feinted at Ye Zhiqiu and charged at Tang San and the others, forcing them to fight him without Ye Zhiqiu’s help. After Tang San and Xiao Wu’s coordinated attack failed, Zhao Wuji revealed his martial spirit, while Ye Zhiqiu watched from a rock and ate watermelon.

• Zhao Wuji decided to leave Ye Zhiqiu for last and target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect girl to weaken the group.
• Zhao Wuji feinted toward Ye Zhiqiu, then rushed at Tang San and the others; Ye Zhiqiu chose to let them handle the attack themselves.
• Tang San slowed Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass, bound him, and helped Xiao Wu use her Waist Bow to throw him toward the ground.
• Zhao Wuji broke free, landed safely, and summoned his martial spirit and seven spirit rings.
• Tang San spotted Ye Zhiqiu sitting on a rock eating watermelon while the others faced Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to hinder Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, then eliminated Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing after foiling their attacks. Tang San remained on the field as Zhao Wuji prepared to deal with him and then confront Ye Zhiqiu.

• Ye Zhiqiu watched the fight from afar while eating watermelon, and Zhao Wuji suppressed his anger and turned his attention back to the students.
• Tang San ordered Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to stall for time, but Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement, disrupting Ning Rongrong's support and slowing the others.
• Zhao Wuji caught Xiao Wu's kick, and Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass so Zhu Zhuqing could strike with Nether Hundred Claws.
• Zhao Wuji broke free with Immovable King Body, increased the gravity to disrupt Zhu Zhuqing's retreat, and captured her.
• Zhao Wuji threw Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing out of the battlefield, leaving Tang San facing him while Ning Rongrong had fled beyond the gravity field.

Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Blue Silver Grass to stall Zhao Wuji, but ran out of Soul Power and was eliminated. After the fight, he insisted that Ye Zhiqiu had shown purple, black, and red spirit rings, leaving Xiao Wu and the others worried that the beating had confused him.

• Tang San evaded Zhao Wuji's attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Blue Silver Grass as the Tibetan Incense burned down.
• Zhao Wuji used his fourth spirit ability, Positioning Tracking, and his Immovable King Body to overwhelm Tang San, then changed his landing at the last moment to avoid crushing him.
• Zhao Wuji declared Tang San eliminated and tossed him to Dai Mubai, who carried him to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San pushed Xiao Wu aside and searched for Ye Zhiqiu, then found him feeding Ning Rongrong watermelon instead of standing on the rock.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu he had seen Ye Zhiqiu with purple, black, and red spirit rings, while Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing suspected the beating had confused him.

After Zhao Wuji secretly extended the assessment time so he could keep fighting Ye Zhiqiu, Ye Zhiqiu activated the Six Gates of the Eight Gates of Dunjia. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji stunned by the immense Soul Power radiating from him.

• Ye Zhiqiu sent Ning Rongrong to watch with Xiao Wu and the others, assuring her he would not lose.
• Zhao Wuji lit another Tibetan Incense stick to extend the time, provoking the others’ outrage.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Zhao Wuji that he would regret extending the fight, while Dai Mubai teased him and earned Zhao Wuji’s promise of training.
• Ye Zhiqiu opened six gates of the Eight Gates of Dunjia, unleashing a violent storm and a surge of jade-green energy.
• Zhao Wuji stared in disbelief at Ye Zhiqiu’s power and wondered whether he could still replace the incense stick.

Ye Zhiqiu used the Eight Gates of Dunjia to overwhelm Zhao Wuji with speed and strength, then kept attacking after Zhao Wuji activated his Immovable King Body. The fight remained unresolved as Zhao Wuji's cracked shield neared breaking.

• Ye Zhiqiu opened six gates and struck Zhao Wuji with a punch that sent him through a wall and buried him beneath a collapsed house.
• Tang San and the others discussed Ye Zhiqiu's Eight Gates of Dunjia, and Ning Rongrong worried that opening the sixth gate might injure him.
• Zhao Wuji emerged mostly unharmed, activated his First Spirit Ability, and challenged Ye Zhiqiu to fight seriously.
• Ye Zhiqiu tricked Zhao Wuji into lowering his guard, then rushed in and cracked his golden shield with a punch.
• Ye Zhiqiu circled Zhao Wuji at extreme speed and landed repeated blows while Zhao Wuji struggled to maintain his increasingly damaged shield.

Ye Zhiqiu escaped Zhao Wuji’s chained spirit abilities by revealing his powerful spirit rings and using Substitution Jutsu. After Zhao Wuji challenged him to fight head-on, Ye Zhiqiu agreed, and Zhao Wuji prepared to use his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Zhao Wuji combined Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Press to slow Ye Zhiqiu, then used Positioning Tracking to trap him.
• Zhao Wuji leaped into the air and descended toward Ye Zhiqiu, while Tang San and the others watched anxiously.
• Ye Zhiqiu revealed his purple, black, and red spirit rings and used Substitution Jutsu to replace himself with a stone.
• Zhao Wuji crashed into the ground, emerged frustrated, and challenged Ye Zhiqiu to a head-on fight.
• Ye Zhiqiu accepted, and Zhao Wuji unleashed his Seventh Spirit Ability, Martial Soul Avatar.

Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed a powerful combination of spirit abilities against Ye Zhiqiu. Ye Zhiqiu answered with Gate of View—Morning Peacock, and their head-on clash left its outcome hidden by dust and chaotic Soul Power.

• Zhao Wuji transformed into his Vajra Bear Avatar, drawing attention from across Shrek Academy and prompting Ma Hongjun to run toward the academy.
• Zhao Wuji combined his spirit abilities to restrict Ye Zhiqiu and boost his attack, while the watching students condemned his overwhelming advantage.
• Ye Zhiqiu opened Gate of View and summoned a Black Flame peacock phantom to meet Zhao Wuji's Great Strength Vajra Palm head-on.
• The attacks collided in a thunderous blast, and Tang San wondered whether the fighters had destroyed each other.

Ye Zhiqiu and Zhao Wuji resumed their battle after Ye Zhiqiu claimed he would fight at seventy percent strength, but Flender and other powerful Spirit Masters arrived before they could continue. Ye Zhiqiu activated the third stage of Susanoo, leaving everyone stunned.

• Ye Zhiqiu emerged from the dust after nearly breaking Zhao Wuji's defenses, then closed the Eight Gates of Dunjia because pushing them further had injured him.
• Zhao Wuji assumed Ye Zhiqiu was exhausted, but Ye Zhiqiu insisted on continuing and promised to show him the power of a god.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu urged Ye Zhiqiu to stop because the assessment was already over, but he said he was excited to fight Zhao Wuji.
• Flender and a group of powerful Spirit Masters rushed toward the battlefield, and Flender shouted at Zhao Wuji about losing a year's salary.
• Ye Zhiqiu shouted “Susanoo!” and formed its towering third-stage purple skeleton, shocking everyone present.

Ye Zhiqiu overwhelmed Zhao Wuji in a spar by summoning Susanoo, then revealed to Flender that he was a new student at Shrek Academy. After reassuring his friends, he left them wondering how much strength he still had in reserve.

• Ye Zhiqiu summoned his enormous Susanoo and shattered Zhao Wuji’s Immovable King Body with a punch.
• Zhao Wuji resisted Susanoo’s attack briefly, but Ye Zhiqiu struck again and drove him into the ground.
• Tang San reassured the others that Zhao Wuji was not in mortal danger as the Shrek Academy instructors arrived.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Flender that he was a new student and that Zhao Wuji had insisted on sparring with him.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong praised Ye Zhiqiu and checked on him, while Tang San and the others asked what abilities he had kept hidden.

After passing Shrek Academy’s assessment, Ye Zhiqiu discussed his extraordinary soul rings and sought more chances to spar with Zhao Wuji. The students were assigned dormitories, where Ye Zhiqiu’s pairing with Ning Rongrong prompted him to claim they were a couple.

• Ye Zhiqiu reflected on his battle with Zhao Wuji and the new combat ideas it had inspired.
• Flender announced that Ye Zhiqiu and the others had passed the assessment and asked whether Ye Zhiqiu’s third soul ring was truly a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Ye Zhiqiu claimed a hundred-thousand-year soul beast had willingly sacrificed itself to him and asked Zhao Wuji to spar with him again, but Zhao Wuji refused.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai to arrange the new students’ dormitories and assigned the senior students to repair the training ground.
• Dai Mubai paired Ye Zhiqiu with Ning Rongrong in a dormitory, and Ye Zhiqiu called them a couple as Ning Rongrong blushed.

After settling into Shrek Academy, Ye Zhiqiu prepared for Tang Hao’s arrival while Zhao Wuji was lured into the forest by a mysterious voice. Ye Zhiqiu then sensed Tang Hao approaching and teleported himself, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong away to meet him.

• Dai Mubai assigned the newcomers their dorms, then slipped away from the academy after warning them to rest and find dinner.
• Ye Zhiqiu and Ning Rongrong arranged their shared room, and Ye Zhiqiu left to buy food in Suotuo City.
• Zhao Wuji brooded over his defeat by Ye Zhiqiu and planned to discipline Tang San and Ning Rongrong to spite him.
• A mysterious voice summoned Zhao Wuji to the forest, and he rushed out of Shrek Academy to confront its owner.
• While playing cards with Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, Ye Zhiqiu sensed Tang Hao’s arrival and teleported all four away.

Zhao Wuji confronted a mysterious intruder who revealed himself as Haotian Douluo Tang Hao, and Flender negotiated for him to spare Zhao Wuji. Tang Hao asked Flender to look after Tang San, but Ye Zhiqiu exposed his identity before he could leave, bringing father and son face to face.

• Zhao Wuji pursued a hidden presence and discovered a black-robed man wielding a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and a powerful hammer.
• Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji over his treatment of Tang San during the assessment and threatened to make him undergo an assessment of his own.
• Flender arrived, recognized Tang Hao as Haotian Douluo, and pleaded for Zhao Wuji to be spared.
• Tang Hao agreed to spare Zhao Wuji if Flender would look after Tang San, then decided to ask him to care for Tang San alone.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ye Zhiqiu, and Ning Rongrong arrived, and Ye Zhiqiu called out to Tang Hao, exposing his identity to Tang San.
• Tang San recognized his father and approached him, while Tang Hao greeted him after a long separation.

Tang San reunited with his father, Tang Hao, who questioned Ye Zhiqiu and warned him against joining Spirit Hall. After Tang Hao left, Xiao Wu realized he knew her identity, and Tang San asked Ye Zhiqiu to train with him so he could grow stronger.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji left, but Tang Hao asked Ye Zhiqiu, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to stay and talk.
• Ye Zhiqiu explained how he had sensed Tang Hao nearby, and Tang San asked his father why he had watched over him from the shadows.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to focus on cultivating and urged Ye Zhiqiu not to join Spirit Hall after graduating.
• Ning Rongrong declared that Ye Zhiqiu would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ye Zhiqiu casually agreed to Tang Hao's request.
• Tang Hao warned the group to keep Xiao Wu away from Spirit Masters above Rank 89, then disappeared; Ye Zhiqiu reassured Xiao Wu that he would keep her secret.
• Tang San asked Ye Zhiqiu to train with him more often, and Ye Zhiqiu asked if he wanted to get beaten every day.

Ye Zhiqiu donated one million Gold Soul Coins to Shrek Academy after the students and Flender joined him for breakfast. Flender canceled daytime classes, and that night the eight Shrek students went to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena without him.

• Ye Zhiqiu used his Teleportation Spirit Ability to bring breakfast from Suotuo City, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Flender joined the group to eat.
• Ye Zhiqiu told Flender he would donate a million Gold Soul Coins, then poured out a huge pile of coins from his Black Jade Bracelet to prove it.
• Flender gleefully sprawled across the Gold Soul Coins, and he told Dai Mubai that class would be held that night.
• Ma Hongjun asked Ye Zhiqiu for money to repay Dai Mubai for a brothel trip, prompting Dai Mubai to deny the story while Zhu Zhuqing listened nearby.
• That night, the eight Shrek students entered Suotuo City and headed for the Great Soul Arena while Flender remained behind with the coins.

Ye Zhiqiu took Shrek’s students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Fighting Arena and explained their matches and training plans. He assigned everyone to solo and team bouts, leaving Dai Mubai to face two opponents while Ye Zhiqiu watched over him.

• Ye Zhiqiu treated the group to expensive tea and asked Dai Mubai to explain the Great Soul Fighting Arena’s rules.
• Dai Mubai described the arena’s match types, badge ranks, and the challenge of earning a Silver Soul Fighting Badge.
• Ye Zhiqiu ordered the students to enter solo and two-person matches, pairing Tang San with Xiao Wu, Oscar with Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing with Ning Rongrong.
• Ye Zhiqiu chose Dai Mubai as his own partner but made him fight two opponents at once until he had improved.
• Ye Zhiqiu led the group toward the arena and warned that anyone who failed to win would receive a surprise the next day.