Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji captured a Man Faced Demon Spider, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran claimed its venom for Meng Yiran’s Foundation Ring. After seeing her living Serpent Cane absorb the venom, Chen Feng began considering how it might advance his research into Tool Spirits and souls.

• Zhao Wuji subdued the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San asked to collect its venom.
• Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang arrived and claimed the spider’s venom, explaining that Meng Yiran needed it for her Foundation Ring.
• After Meng Yiran revealed that her Tool Spirit could obtain a Foundation Ring, Tang San gave up the venom and asked to observe her using it.
• Meng Yiran used her Serpent Cane to draw venom from the spider, while Chen Feng studied the Cane and considered whether it possessed a soul.
• Chen Feng planned to pursue a mental spirit skill after reaching level forty to help him safely awaken the Yin Sword.

After Meng Yiran pointed the Shrek group toward a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Zhao Wuji captured it for Oscar. Chen Feng proposed testing whether a Soul Beast could cooperate in condensing a spirit ring, but the serpent was too badly dazed to communicate, so Oscar absorbed it traditionally while Chen Feng left his own experiment for later.

• Meng Yiran told Tang San and the others where she had seen a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar became smitten with her.
• Chen Feng suggested inviting Meng Yiran to Shrek Academy, while Zhao Wuji said Boss Fu would decide whether to recruit her.
• Tang San used the surrounding plants to locate the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji captured it for Oscar.
• Xiao Wu asked Chen Feng to try his spirit-ring-condensing experiment, and he explained his idea to the group.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent woke in a daze and remained unresponsive despite Tang San healing its wounds and Oscar offering it food.
• Oscar apologized to the serpent, stabbed it beneath its fleshy crest, and absorbed its purple spirit ring.

Oscar became a Soul Elder and revealed a one-minute flight ability, but Xiao Wu was carried off by the Titan Giant Ape after accidentally flashing toward it. Chen Feng and Tang San pursued her, and they found her sitting on the ape’s shoulder, apparently speaking with it.

• Oscar advanced to Soul Elder, demonstrated his Flying Mushroom soul skill, and gave Chen Feng two mushrooms before the group resumed searching for a Lightning Attribute Soul Beast.
• As the group prepared to camp, the Titan Giant Ape appeared and seized Xiao Wu after she flashed toward it, then leaped away with her.
• Chen Feng showed Tang San the Flying Mushrooms, and the two flew after the Titan Giant Ape with Ning Rongrong’s speed boost.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Bai Chenxiang chose to pursue or help, while Zhao Wuji ordered the others to leave the forest.
• Tang San tracked the Titan Giant Ape through the plants, and he and Chen Feng caught sight of Xiao Wu sitting on its shoulder and talking to it.

Chen Feng revealed Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to Tang San and argued that Tang San’s mother had been one too. Tang San accepted their reasons for keeping the secret and focused his desire for revenge on those responsible, including Gui Mei.

• Chen Feng caught Tang San as his Flying Mushroom’s duration expired, and they found Xiao Wu with the Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming.
• Xiao Wu apologized for hiding her identity, and Chen Feng explained that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form.
• Chen Feng presented three reasons why Tang San’s mother was likely a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tang San accepted the conclusion.
• Chen Feng explained that Tang Hao had likely recognized Xiao Wu’s identity and revealed that the surviving Title Douluo involved in the past was Gui Mei.
• Tang San said he would not blame ordinary members of Spirit Hall and would remember Gui Mei as a target for revenge.

Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned safely to Zhao Wuji’s group after meeting Er Ming, and Chen Feng persuaded Er Ming to help him find a Lightning Rat for a Soul Ring experiment. The group reunited in the forest, where Xiao Wu gave a cover story for her escape and the others welcomed the three back.

• Chen Feng warned Xiao Wu to keep her aura concealed, and Er Ming agreed to help him find a Lightning Rat for his experiment without having it killed.
• Er Ming carried Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu near Zhao Wuji’s group, then disappeared into the forest.
• Chen Feng and Xiao Wu returned with Tang San, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing embraced Chen Feng while Dai Mubai punched Tang San before welcoming him back.
• Xiao Wu told Zhao Wuji that a mysterious cow-like bellow had frightened the Titan Giant Ape into abandoning her, and Zhao Wuji accepted her explanation.

Chen Feng began an experiment to test whether a Soul Master's advancement could result from fusing Soul Power with a Soul Beast. He joined Soul Power with a rare Flying Lightning Rat, but the energies did not truly merge, leaving the experiment unresolved.

• Zhao Wuji agreed to let the exhausted group camp overnight in the Star Dou Great Forest, with himself standing watch.
• Tang San sensed an approaching electric Soul Beast, and Zhao Wuji returned with an unharmed Flying Lightning Rat.
• Chen Feng identified the creature as a rare Flying Lightning Rat and offered it Lightning Yuan Stones in exchange for helping with his experiment.
• Chen Feng and the Flying Lightning Rat joined their hands and paws and began releasing Soul Power while the others watched.
• Chen Feng found that he could not draw the rat's Soul Power into himself, and their energies only mixed superficially rather than truly fusing.

Chen Feng’s experiment with the Flying Lightning Rat unexpectedly produced an unstable third Soul Ring, then spiraled out of control when the rat absorbed Lightning Yuan Stones and advanced to a two-thousand-year Soul Beast. Chen Feng remained in danger as Tang San tried to supply the life energy his incomplete Soul Ring seemed to lack.

• Chen Feng sent his Soul Power into the Flying Lightning Rat, exchanged strands of Soul Power with it, and used the rat’s circulation route to form an illusory purple third Soul Ring.
• The Flying Lightning Rat mistook Chen Feng’s withdrawal for a need for more Soul Power and absorbed the nearby Lightning Yuan Stones to replenish its energy.
• The rat’s sudden increase in Soul Power overwhelmed Chen Feng, who spat blood and trembled as the Flying Lightning Rat struggled to retrieve the energy it had sent him.
• Xiao Wu noticed that the Flying Lightning Rat’s tail had grown longer and identified its breakthrough to a two-thousand-year Soul Beast as the cause of Chen Feng’s distress.
• Tang San compared Chen Feng’s unstable Soul Ring with his own and concluded that it lacked life energy and soul energy; he wrapped Chen Feng in Blue Silver Grass to provide life energy.

Chen Feng survived the dangerous experiment and successfully condensed his third Soul Ring with the Flying Lightning Rat alive, reaching the Soul Elder realm and gaining small wings he suspected were an External Soul Bone. He shared Lightning Yuan Stones with the rat and revealed that his new method might let Soul Masters surpass the traditional Soul Ring absorption limit.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to supply life energy while Chen Feng endured the Flying Lightning Rat's rampaging Soul Power.
• Chen Feng grew two pairs of small blue-black wings, and his purple Soul Ring solidified before entering the Tai Chi Bagua Sword's Zhen Hexagram.
• Chen Feng woke as a Soul Elder, thanked Tang San, and concluded that life energy helped form the Soul Ring while soul energy was not essential.
• Chen Feng suspected the wings were an External Soul Bone, retracted them, and kept his discovery from the others.
• Chen Feng credited the living Flying Lightning Rat for their achievement, gave it instructions for recharging Lightning Yuan Stones, and watched it return to the forest.
• Chen Feng told the group that his Soul Ring method might allow Soul Masters to exceed the current absorption limit.

Chen Feng tested a cooperative soul-ring condensation method and demonstrated the powerful mobility of his Third Spirit Skill, while Yu Yuanzhen taught Grandmaster how to use Blood Rage with Golden Horn. The chapter ended as a sleeping Golden Beast awakened in a pocket dimension.

• Chen Feng explained that a Soul Beast’s cooperation could make obtaining a soul ring safer and allow soul masters to pursue stronger rings, though the method still required research.
• Ma Hongjun offered to test Chen Feng’s method for his third soul ring, and Chen Feng demonstrated that his Third Spirit Skill let him charge rapidly to a destination within range.
• Zhao Wuji sent the exhausted group to rest before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, while Chen Feng volunteered to keep watch.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Grandmaster that anger balanced by rationality was the key to Blood Rage and suggested that Golden Horn could help him learn it.
• Grandmaster stirred his anger and shared it with Golden Horn, which entered a powerful Blood Rage state while retaining some clarity.
• A sleeping Golden Beast in a pocket dimension within the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region suddenly opened its eyes.

The Auspicious Beast followed fate’s guidance and agreed to take human form, with the Purple Dragon Eyes sealing the Golden Dragon Spear inside her as part of the transformation. Back at the academy, Chen Feng reassured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing about his feelings, and the chapter ended as Flender asked Ma Hongjun about a missing Fire Cloud Rock.

• The Auspicious Beast sensed that something beneficial to her had appeared in the human world and asked Di Tian to help her go there.
• The Purple Dragon Eyes agreed to transform the Auspicious Beast and sealed the Golden Dragon Spear inside her, forming a silver-white egg with golden patterns.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Chen Feng about his closeness with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then asked which of them he liked more.
• Chen Feng admitted that he wanted to be with both girls when they were older, and promised not to pursue other girls.
• The next morning, Chen Feng joined the others at breakfast, where Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun argued about visiting Suotuo City’s Spirit Fighting Arena.
• Flender arrived and asked Ma Hongjun whether he had seen a piece of Fire Cloud Rock.

After securing the valuable Fire Cloud Rock, Ma Hongjun and the others discussed Flender’s priorities and agreed to spend their break relaxing in Suotuo City. The boys split from the girls’ shopping trip, and Chen Feng considered visiting a brothel to satisfy his curiosity.

• Flender discovered the Fire Cloud Rock was missing, and Ma Hongjun told him he had stored it in Ning Rongrong’s Storage Soul Tool.
• Flender explained that he had kept the Fire Cloud Rock to help train students and warned Ma Hongjun to keep it safe.
• Chen Feng and Tang San proposed correcting Xiao Wu’s habit of Flashing into opponents’ faces, but the group agreed to relax in Suotuo City first.
• Ma Hongjun joked that Chen Feng and Tang San seemed like Xiao Wu’s strict father and gentle mother, so Xiao Wu and the others beat him after Oscar revealed the joke.
• The boys left the girls to shop, then Chen Feng spotted a brothel and asked whether they could go inside to observe it.

Chen Feng and the others followed Bu Le out of Bai Xiang Ju, where a mysterious golden-haired girl abruptly knocked him near death after he tried to harass her. Tang San secretly finished Bu Le off, while the girls later found Ma Hongjun and learned the boys had visited Bai Xiang Ju before leaving shortly afterward.

• Chen Feng, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar entered Bai Xiang Ju to investigate its layout and watch for Bu Le.
• Bu Le noticed Tang San’s androgynous beauty, approached the group, and persuaded them to follow him to another place.
• Bu Le spotted a striking golden-haired girl and abandoned the boys to approach her, but she ignored him and studied Chen Feng.
• When Bu Le tried to touch the girl, she crushed his chest with a punch and left him barely alive.
• Chen Feng and the others left Bu Le behind, and Tang San secretly killed him with a concealed silver weapon.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun found out from the women at Bai Xiang Ju that the boys had visited and soon left, prompting Ning Rongrong to suspect something.

After the group settled their misunderstanding in Suotuo City, Chen Feng recorded his findings on a method for condensing soul rings without killing Soul Beasts. He concluded that the method depended on cooperation and strong Soul Power control, and left his External Soul Bone’s unexpected appearance unexplained, suspecting the Lightning Yuan Stone was involved.

• Ma Hongjun berated Dai Mubai, Chen Feng, Tang San, and Oscar for visiting Bai Xiang Ju without him, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu questioned the boys about what they had done.
• Tang San explained that the Old Whoremonger had died, and Ning Rongrong accepted that Chen Feng and the others had not misbehaved.
• The group spent the afternoon in Suotuo City and returned to the academy at dusk, where Tang San began cultivating to prepare for revenge against a Title Douluo.
• Chen Feng concluded that his Soul Ring Experiment showed Soul Beasts could provide soul rings while alive, but the method required intelligent, cooperative beasts and a soul master with excellent Soul Power control.
• Chen Feng recorded the experiment’s process and considered whether Soul Beasts could benefit from the Soul Power they absorbed, potentially making the method advantageous to both sides.
• Chen Feng reflected on his small External Soul Bone wings and speculated that the Lightning Yuan Stone had caused their appearance.

Chen Feng considered how to investigate the Lightning Yuan Stone and tested the effects of his External Soul Bone, while Tang San developed a blinding Blue Silver Grass seed. At breakfast, Gu Yue Ling appeared at Shrek Academy, and Chen Feng suspected her Golden Lion martial soul and bloodline path might point to a Suanni before she asked to enroll.

• Chen Feng planned to use the Purple Demon Eye or controlled experiments to learn whether attribute-rich stones could grant External Soul Bones, and named his lightning wings Wrath of Vengeance and their reflective armor effect Vengeance.
• Chen Feng and Tang San cultivated the Purple Demon Eye, and Tang San tested a Blue Silver Grass seed that produced a powerful flash capable of blinding them temporarily.
• Chen Feng and Tang San met Gu Yue Ling, who joined them for breakfast and said she had a Golden Lion martial soul and followed the bloodline path without a Foundation Ring.
• Chen Feng suspected Gu Yue Ling might be connected to a Suanni because of her Golden Lion martial soul, bloodline path, and name, but he could not confirm it.
• At the Cafeteria, Gu Yue Ling recognized the students from meeting them the previous day and asked whether she could enroll at Shrek Academy; Chen Feng told her to ask the Dean.

Gu Yue Ling challenged Dai Mubai to earn a place at Shrek Academy, and their duel ended with Dai Mubai narrowly winning. Flender accepted her as a student, and Ning Rongrong paid her tuition before Zhu Zhuqing took her to the dormitory.

• Gu Yue Ling left to find Flender, while the others teased Chen Feng about whether she was interested in him.
• Flender asked Dai Mubai to test Gu Yue Ling, offering her a place at the academy if she lasted one incense stick and student leadership if she defeated him.
• Gu Yue Ling and Dai Mubai fought using their Golden Lion Spirit and White Tiger Spirit; her Lion's Roar stunned him, but he recovered and won their final clash.
• Flender declared Dai Mubai the winner but admitted Gu Yue Ling after confirming she met the academy's age requirement.
• Gu Yue Ling admitted she had no money for tuition, so Ning Rongrong paid her one hundred gold coins, and Zhu Zhuqing took Gu Yue Ling to the dormitory.

The Grandmaster told Chen Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had developed Blood Rage, then revealed his past with Liu Erlong and confronted the consequences of their close relationship. Chen Feng proposed that Shrek Academy join Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy to qualify for the upcoming tournament, leaving the Grandmaster to decide whether he would face her again and give her a clear answer.

• The Grandmaster told Chen Feng that his father had successfully developed Blood Rage, which drew on negative emotions and could harm the user’s mind.
• The Grandmaster recounted his history with Liu Erlong, and Chen Feng explained the risks of children born to close relatives, deepening the Grandmaster’s resolve to stay away from her.
• The Grandmaster explained that Shrek Academy lacked official registration and facilities, making it unlikely to qualify for the All-Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament in time.
• Chen Feng proposed that Shrek Academy join Liu Erlong’s Blue Tyrant Academy, which had the facilities and tournament eligibility Shrek needed.
• The Grandmaster agreed the plan could work but worried about seeing Liu Erlong again, and Chen Feng urged him to give her a clear answer instead of leaving her hope unresolved.

Chen Feng urged Grandmaster to end his relationship with Liu Erlong, believing Grandmaster’s unresolved bond was the best way to preserve Bibi Dong’s remaining hope. After Gu Yue Ling settled into the academy and sparred with her new classmates, Flender began a night of practical combat training at Suotuo City’s Spirit Fighting Arena, where Gu Yue Ling focused on the chance to earn prize money.

• Chen Feng explained why Grandmaster should break things off with Liu Erlong, and Grandmaster agreed to think through how to resolve their relationship.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Gu Yue Ling to buy necessities, questioned her about Chen Feng, and learned that Gu Yue Ling had no current romantic interest in him and might prefer girls.
• Chen Feng and Tang San trained Xiao Wu to stop using Flash to appear right in people’s faces by having Tang San draw little turtles on her face when she did it.
• Chen Feng noticed a pattern among the students’ Spirits and renamed his signature move Invincible Dragon-Slaying Sword.
• Flender summoned the students after their holiday and led them to Suotuo City’s Spirit Fighting Arena for practical combat classes.
• Gu Yue Ling asked whether victory at the Spirit Fighting Arena earned prize money and looked eagerly toward the arena.

Gu Yue Ling went to the Spirit Fighting Arena hoping to earn money, but learned she could collect a monthly Soul Elder subsidy instead. The students registered under masked codenames and began competing, while Tang San considered teaching Bai Chenxiang hidden weapon techniques and was unsettled by Chen Feng’s claim that her grandfather might be related to Tang San’s father.

• Flender gave the students masks and codenames before taking them to the Spirit Fighting Arena, where they registered and learned the rules for solo, paired, and team matches.
• Gu Yue Ling tried to recruit Chen Feng for a two-on-two match, but he reminded her that Soul Elders could collect a hundred gold coins monthly from Spirit Hall, so she entered a solo match instead.
• Flender assigned Ma Hongjun with Bai Chenxiang and Zhu Zhuqing with Ning Rongrong for paired matches, while Chen Feng teamed with Oscar under the name Black and White Tofu Combination.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Bai Chenxiang won their solo matches, and Tang San watched Bai Chenxiang’s speed-based fighting style.
• Tang San told Chen Feng he wanted to teach Bai Chenxiang hidden weapon techniques, and Chen Feng agreed that the skills would suit her.
• Chen Feng told Tang San that Bai Chenxiang’s grandfather might be related by blood to Tang San’s father, leaving Tang San wondering about their relationship as Chen Feng went to his own match.

Chen Feng defeated Lu He with his Tai Chi Swordplay and newly acquired Swift Thunder, then proposed that Ning Rongrong use her buffed Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a weapon. The Shrek group moved on to the two-on-two matches, while Flender began considering how to strengthen Shrek Academy.

• Chen Feng used Tai Chi Swordplay to deflect Lu He's attacks, then defeated him with Swift Thunder after Lu He tried to catch him off guard with Flash Fist.
• Chen Feng agreed to spar with Gu Yue Ling, and Flender noticed signs of Sword Intent in Chen Feng's fighting.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing won their two-on-two match using Ning Rongrong's speed boosts and Zhu Zhuqing's shadow concealment.
• Flender asked Chen Feng about Zhu Zhuqing's Shadow Escape, and Chen Feng pointed out that she needed a skill to move between disconnected shadows.
• Chen Feng suggested that Ning Rongrong buff herself and wield the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a weapon, but she deferred considering the idea until they returned.

Chen Feng and Oscar won their two-on-two spirit fight, while Tang San and Xiao Wu also won theirs before the group returned to Shrek Academy. Flender agreed to move the students to Blue Tyrant Academy, but Grandmaster planned to reject Liu Erlong and asked Flender to help him; meanwhile, Ning Rongrong kissed Chen Feng on the cheek.

• Chen Feng and Oscar defeated the Cat Mouse Combination by knocking Thin Cat off the platform and making Fat Mouse concede.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu won their match, and Chen Feng told the group that Flender had left the arena; they returned to the academy without visiting his shop.
• Flender agreed with Grandmaster that the students should attend an academy qualified for the All-Continent Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, and they settled on Liu Erlong's Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Grandmaster told Flender that he could not be with Liu Erlong because they were blood-related cousins, and he asked Flender to help him end her hopes; he mentioned Bibi Dong.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Chen Feng on the cheek as a reward, then ran back to her dormitory.