Chapter Summaries

After Bai Ge helped Ning Rongrong, she offered him money, but he asked her to treat him to dinner instead. At the Tulip Restaurant, Ning Rongrong barely ate and doubted Bai Ge’s claim that he was a top-tier chef, so he set out to prove it.

• Ning Rongrong offered Bai Ge 100,000 gold soul coins, but he refused and asked her to pay for a meal.
• Ning Rongrong took Bai Ge to the Tulip Restaurant, where they ordered dinner and he introduced her to his pet Swablu, Xiao Bai.
• Ning Rongrong tried only the vegetable salad and said the food was worse than what she ate at home.
• Bai Ge offered to cook for Ning Rongrong, bragged about his culinary skills, and prepared to prove himself when she doubted him.

Bai Ge rented a stove at the Tulip Restaurant and cooked several dishes for Ning Rongrong, impressing her with new seasonings and flavors. When she asked whether he was courting her, Bai Ge considered that pursuing the wealthy young lady might not be a bad idea.

• Bai Ge paid the Tulip Restaurant owner five Gold Soul Coins to use a stove and ingredients, and told the staff not to disturb him.
• Bai Ge cooked vegetable and mushroom soup, West Lake Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce, grilled fish, and Snow Osmanthus Cake for Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong enjoyed the fish dishes and asked Bai Ge about the unfamiliar Vinegar and Cumin Powder he had used.
• Bai Ge offered to cook especially for Ning Rongrong, and she asked whether he was trying to court her.
• Bai Ge felt awkward but began considering whether courting Ning Rongrong, a rich young lady, might suit him.

Bai Ge and Ning Rongrong became friends after discussing how Bu Le had lured her into an alley, then exchanged Soul Tools as they parted for the night. Ning Rongrong told Bai Ge she would enroll at Shrek Academy, leaving him confident they would meet again soon.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Bu Le had tricked her by offering to guide her to Suotuo Grand Park before accusing her of stealing and trapping her in an alley.
• Bai Ge walked Ning Rongrong back to her nearby hotel after they talked at the Tulip Restaurant.
• Ning Rongrong gave Bai Ge a Soul Tool pouch that could store living things, and Bai Ge gave her the Fairy Charm, which increased Soul Power recovery speed by twenty-five percent.
• Bai Ge put the Fairy Charm on Ning Rongrong's wrist, and she shyly accepted the gift after feeling its effect.
• Ning Rongrong told Bai Ge she planned to enroll at Shrek Academy and said he could find her there.

After drawing a Shadow Winged Serpent egg, Bai Ge traveled with Tang San and Xiao Wu to the remote Shrek Academy. At the shabby school’s entrance, they encountered Dai Mubai enforcing its strict admissions rules.

• Bai Ge used his Silver Rank mission reward and drew a Shadow Winged Serpent egg, which he stored in the system space.
• Bai Ge met Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Rose Grand Hotel, and they followed directions out of Suotuo City toward Shrek Academy.
• The three reached a village and discovered that its run-down entrance marked Shrek Academy, then joined a long line of applicants.
• An old man rejected an applicant for being thirteen and refused to refund the registration fee, prompting the boy’s father to protest.
• The old man called for Dai Mubai to handle the dispute, and Dai Mubai leaped down from a tree as Tang San and Xiao Wu recognized him.

Dai Mubai mistook Bai Ge for an older student accompanying Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Bai Ge kept the misunderstanding alive to surprise him later. At registration, the academy revealed that it accepted only young geniuses it called “monsters,” and its Spirit Emperor examiner drove most applicants away.

• Dai Mubai chased off a father demanding a registration-fee refund by revealing his three spirit rings, then spoke with Bai Ge and mistook him for Tang San and Xiao Wu’s older companion.
• Bai Ge told Xiao Wu he planned to let Dai Mubai discover that he was only twelve, and Xiao Wu looked forward to his reaction.
• The registration examiner rejected a twelve-year-old applicant with a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, explaining that Shrek Academy accepted monsters rather than ordinary students.
• The examiner revealed his Spirit Emperor strength, causing most of the applicants to flee while Xiao Wu grew interested in the academy.
• A delighted voice called out to Bai Ge from behind as the crowd dwindled.

Bai Ge met Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy’s registration line and explained that he was only twelve, while Tang San underwent the admission test. Tang San’s three Spirit Rings shocked the examiner, who accepted him as the kind of monster Shrek Academy sought.

• Bai Ge greeted Ning Rongrong and joined the line behind her, surprising her by appearing at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Bai Ge was young enough to meet the academy’s age limit, but he said he had just turned twelve.
• Tang San registered, and the examiner struggled to determine his bone age because Tang San had practiced a self-created Spirit Combat Skill.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and three Spirit Rings, shocking the examiner and the waiting applicants.
• Tang San explained that his special Spirit Rings had changed his Blue Silver Grass, then asked to join Shrek Academy.
• The examiner called Tang San a monster and welcomed him as a suitable student for Shrek Academy.

Bai Ge accompanied Tang San and Xiao Wu through Shrek Academy’s admission process, where Ning Rongrong was accepted despite the examiner’s surprise at her Seven Treasure Crystal Tower Martial Soul. The examiner and Dai Mubai initially thought Bai Ge was too old, but Tang San confirmed his age, and a bone-age test revealed that the powerful-looking Bai Ge was only twelve.

• Xiao Wu registered successfully, while several applicants were rejected for failing Shrek Academy’s age, cultivation, or Spirit Ring requirements.
• Bai Ge stared at a girl in the line until Ning Rongrong pinched him, then wondered if she was jealous as she asked to hold Swablu.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Crystal Tower Martial Soul and two Yellow Spirit Rings, and the examiner accepted her.
• The examiner and Dai Mubai tried to dismiss Bai Ge as too old, but Bai Ge insisted he was twelve and Tang San vouched for him.
• The examiner checked Bai Ge’s lower leg and confirmed his bone age was twelve, leaving Dai Mubai shocked and calling him a monster.

Bai Ge, Tang San, and the others entered Shrek Academy’s second-test area, where Dai Mubai explained the remaining exams and Oscar’s sausage-selling was exposed. The chapter ended with Oscar demonstrating that his sausages required an embarrassing incantation, shocking Xiao Wu.

• Dai Mubai led the applicants who passed registration into Shrek Academy and explained the Martial Soul evaluation, while Bai Ge and Tang San were allowed to skip ahead because their Soul Power exceeded level twenty-five.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and another young girl also claimed to have Soul Power above level twenty-five, so Dai Mubai left to fetch a crystal ball to verify them.
• While Dai Mubai was away, Oscar arrived selling sausages, and Tang San bought one for Xiao Wu and another for himself.
• Bai Ge warned Ning Rongrong that Oscar’s sausages were strange, and Dai Mubai returned just as Xiao Wu was about to eat hers.
• Dai Mubai ordered Oscar to make a fresh sausage, and Oscar recited “I have a big sausage!” as he summoned one, causing Xiao Wu to scream and throw hers away.

Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the cold girl passed the Soul Power test, and Dai Mubai brought the group to Teacher Zhao for Shrek Academy’s final stage. Teacher Zhao recognized Bai Ge as the benefactor Flender had told him about and explained Bai Ge’s connection to the academy’s recent wealth.

• Xiao Wu grew angry after learning Oscar had to chant a lewd incantation to make his sausages, and Oscar defended the requirements of his Food System Spirit.
• Dai Mubai ended the argument and tested the applicants’ Soul Power; Xiao Wu measured level twenty-nine and Ning Rongrong measured level twenty-six, while the cold girl also passed.
• Dai Mubai took the five applicants to the final stage, where Teacher Zhao questioned whether the tall Bai Ge was old enough to join.
• Dai Mubai confirmed that Bai Ge was twelve, and Teacher Zhao recognized him from Flender’s account of Bai Ge’s Medicinal Cuisine and his donation of thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins to the academy.
• Teacher Zhao told Dai Mubai that Flender had planned to let him meet Bai Ge and the other genius disciples in person.

Zhao Wuji changed Shrek Academy’s final admission test into a group battle against himself, a level-seventy-six Battle Spirit Sage, and gave the applicants time to prepare. As Zhao Wuji rested while the incense burned, Bai Ge proposed asking Dai Mubai about his strengths.

• Dai Mubai told Zhao Wuji that Bai Ge had nearly defeated him without using his Martial Soul or Spirit Skills, and Zhao Wuji was impressed by the applicants’ abilities.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the final test would assess the group’s combat experience and announced that he would be their opponent instead of Dai Mubai.
• Zhao Wuji set the applicants’ goal as surviving for one incense stick, or forcing him to use Spirit Skills from his later Spirit Rings, while warning them to cooperate and stay in the Playground.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and gave the applicants time to plan, and Bai Ge suggested asking Dai Mubai about Zhao Wuji’s strengths.

Bai Ge studied Zhao Wuji’s strengths and devised a plan to force him to concede, while the group shared their abilities and prepared for the match. The chapter ended with Bai Ge outlining a basic strategy to survive Zhao Wuji’s challenge, though he still needed a way to defeat him.

• Bai Ge realized he needed to provoke Zhao Wuji into using power beyond the agreed Soul Elder level so Zhao Wuji would concede.
• Bai Ge asked Dai Mubai for information, and Dai Mubai explained Zhao Wuji’s Great Vajra Bear Martial Soul, formidable defense, immense strength, and strength-focused Spirit Skills.
• Bai Ge, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing introduced their Martial Souls and combat abilities, and Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda could boost the group’s speed and strength.
• Bai Ge proposed that he shield the others while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked, Tang San controlled the battlefield, and Ning Rongrong supported the group.
• Bai Ge noted that the proposed tactics might let them last one incense stick, but they did not yet provide a way to defeat Zhao Wuji.

Bai Ge explained a risky second strategy for passing Zhao Wuji’s test: use an enormous Cloud-Soaring Vine to force Zhao Wuji to break the rules and unleash power beyond a Soul Elder. Zhu Zhuqing chose the strategy after Tang San said it would earn a higher evaluation, while the group had not yet announced its decision.

• Bai Ge explained that his first strategy was imperfect because Zhao Wuji could exploit their weaknesses and defeat them before the incense burned out.
• Bai Ge proposed using a massive Cloud-Soaring Vine to attack Zhao Wuji and provoke him into exceeding the test’s limits, but warned that the plan could fail and leave him exhausted.
• Bai Ge concealed that the Tear of the Goddess would preserve his fighting strength after the attack.
• The group fell silent as they considered which strategy to choose.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked which strategy would earn a higher evaluation, and Tang San said the second one would count as defeating Zhao Wuji.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose the second strategy.

Bai Ge and the others chose to face Zhao Wuji together and prepared a coordinated plan for the test. When the battle began, Ning Rongrong boosted the group while Bai Ge used his vines to disrupt Zhao Wuji’s view, creating an opening for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to attack.

• Xiao Wu and Tang San agreed with Zhu Zhuqing that the group should choose the riskier second option, and Bai Ge confirmed Ning Rongrong’s choice.
• Bai Ge reviewed the plan with everyone before the incense burned out and Zhao Wuji announced that the test was beginning.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and used its Strength and Speed boosts on the group.
• Bai Ge charged and summoned thorn-covered Cloud-Soaring Vines to obstruct Zhao Wuji’s vision.
• Bai Ge ordered Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing to rush Zhao Wuji through the opening created by the vines.

Bai Ge, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu teamed up against Zhao Wuji, with Bai Ge using his self-created Ice Profound Force to slow Zhao Wuji’s Soul Power. When their attacks nearly knocked Zhao Wuji off balance, he summoned his Great Vajra Bear Martial Soul and unleashed his full Spirit Sage power, leaving the fight poised to intensify.

• Zhu Zhuqing struck Zhao Wuji from behind with Hell Stab, but his defense repelled her and a burst of Soul Power sent her into Bai Ge’s vines.
• Bai Ge rushed Zhao Wuji with a speed boost from Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and drove him back with powerful punches.
• Bai Ge used Ice Profound Force to send Bright Jade True Qi into Zhao Wuji’s acupoints, slowing his Soul Power and stiffening his body.
• Xiao Wu leaped onto Zhao Wuji’s back and used Waist Bow, while Zhu Zhuqing attacked his face as he lost his balance.
• Zhao Wuji summoned his Great Vajra Bear Martial Soul, grew into a towering bear-like form, and released a burst of Spirit Sage Soul Power that knocked Bai Ge, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing aside.

Bai Ge and his companions fought Zhao Wuji, whose Martial Soul Possession made him too strong for them to defeat directly. Bai Ge and Tang San carried out their plan, leaving Zhao Wuji bound and hoisted into the air.

• Zhao Wuji entered Martial Soul Possession and struck Bai Ge with overwhelming strength, sending him sliding backward.
• Bai Ge used his Cloud-Soaring Vine to support Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu while signaling to Tang San that their plan was ready.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked Zhao Wuji, but his tough defenses brushed off their blows.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed Immovable Wisdom King Body, blasting Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu away and leaving them unable to fight.
• Bai Ge evaded the attack and bound Zhao Wuji with Cloud-Soaring Vines while Zhao Wuji's skill kept him immobile.
• Tang San raised a vast Blue Silver Grass net that lifted Zhao Wuji into the air, where Bai Ge taunted him about being hung up and whipped.

Bai Ge used the Cloud-Soaring Vine and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to bind Zhao Wuji, then unleashed a devastating Whip Heaven Trample Earth strike. Zhao Wuji countered with his Martial Soul Avatar and Great Strength Vajra Palm, and the collision left him smashed into the earth as the others waited for the dust to clear.

• Tang San’s Earth Net and Bai Ge’s Cloud-Soaring Vine bound Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Wuji’s strength could not break Bai Ge’s vines.
• Bai Ge enlarged four Cloud-Soaring Vines and used his Eye of Insight to target Zhao Wuji.
• Bai Ge combined the vines into a giant whip and struck Zhao Wuji with Whip Heaven Trample Earth.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Compression, and met the strike with Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• The collision shattered the vines and sent Zhao Wuji crashing into the earth, while the others watched through the dust.

Bai Ge exhausted himself to force Zhao Wuji to reveal his Martial Soul Avatar, then recovered with a Hundred Herbs Pill while Ning Rongrong helped the others recover. Zhao Wuji acknowledged the group’s victory and welcomed them as new members of Shrek Academy, leaving Bai Ge’s Gold Rank Mission complete.

• Bai Ge nearly collapsed after unleashing Whip Heaven Trample Earth, and Ning Rongrong caught him before he used a Hundred Herbs Pill to regain his strength.
• Bai Ge gave Ning Rongrong a bottle of Pills to distribute, and she used them to help herself, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing recover.
• Zhao Wuji climbed out of the crater, admitted defeat, and announced that Bai Ge and the others had passed the test and joined Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji praised Bai Ge’s abilities and urged him to bring Shrek Academy honor, while Bai Ge realized his Gold Rank Mission was complete.

Flander and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy after the new students passed Zhao Wuji’s test. Dai Mubai showed the students their poor wooden dormitories and explained the academy’s financial situation before assigning rooms.

• Flander praised the students’ performance, then introduced Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang to Zhao Wuji as a new teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Flander and Grandmaster left with Zhao Wuji, while Flander asked Dai Mubai to arrange lodging and show the new students around.
• Dai Mubai led Bai Ge, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others to the wooden dormitories and explained that Shrek Academy refused factional funding to preserve its freedom.
• Bai Ge explained how Soul Master subsidies worked after Xiao Wu questioned the academy’s finances.
• Dai Mubai assigned the girls’ and boys’ rooms and suggested that students share rooms to build rapport, but Bai Ge chose a wooden house for himself.

Bai Ge rejected Shrek Academy’s unappetizing cafeteria food and cooked a meal for himself and Ning Rongrong. The other girls joined them, while Dai Mubai and Tang San stayed with the cafeteria food.

• Dai Mubai showed the students the run-down cafeteria, where Ning Rongrong complained about the food.
• Bai Ge asked Dai Mubai for permission to cook his own meal because the cafeteria food could not meet his dietary needs.
• Ning Rongrong offered to tend the fire as Bai Ge prepared meat, vegetables, and seasonings from his Space Ring.
• Bai Ge cooked several dishes, and their aroma drew Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to the table.
• Bai Ge let Ning Rongrong decide whether Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing could share the meal, while Tang San told Dai Mubai that he had eaten Bai Ge’s cooking before.

Bai Ge settled into life at Shrek Academy and used a Gold Rank Lottery Chance, obtaining the Castle-Castle Fruit, which he believed could provide a private space for cultivation. The chapter left him considering how the Dimensional Castle might help him train without interference.

• Oscar arrived at Bai Ge's table, introduced himself as the Sausage Specialist, and Dai Mubai confirmed his identity to the girls.
• After the meal, Dai Mubai and Oscar showed Bai Ge and the girls around Shrek Academy, and Flender hosted a lavish dinner to welcome Grandmaster.
• Bai Ge returned to his wooden house, applied medicinal paste, practiced his fists, cultivated the Tiger Roar Dragon Chant Golden Bell Shield, and took a bath.
• Bai Ge used the Gold Rank Lottery Chance he had earned from defeating Zhao Wuji and drew the Castle-Castle Fruit from One Piece.
• Bai Ge considered whether the fruit could give him a portable Dimensional Castle where he could cultivate away from the distractions of Shrek Academy.