Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge ate the purified Castle-Castle Fruit, discovered he could enter its spacious Dimensional Castle with Xiao Bai, and began preparing it as a refuge and cultivation space. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned about Xiao Wu’s Hidden Weapon and asked her to see whether Tang San could make more for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Bai Ge confirmed with the System that the purified Castle-Castle Fruit had no seawater curse, then ate it and connected with the Dimensional Castle.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Bai entered the castle, where Bai Ge explored its rooms, changed the scenery outside, and stored cooking utensils for future use.
• Bai Ge cultivated the Jade Brightness Skill and noticed his Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Prajna Skill and Tiger Roar Dragon Chant Golden Bell Shield nearing breakthroughs.
• Xiao Wu explained that her Sleeve Dart was a Hidden Weapon from Tang San and said it could kill an unwary Soul Grandmaster.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu to ask Tang San to make Hidden Weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Xiao Wu agreed.

Bai Ge and the others gathered for their first class with Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and met Ma Hongjun, whose Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul made him one of Shrek Academy’s students. Flender introduced the academy’s teachers and handed the class over to Yu Xiaogang to lead their training.

• Bai Ge finished his morning cultivation and joined the others as Dai Mubai woke Oscar for their first class with the Grandmaster.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai gave an evasive explanation for another absent student, then encountered Ma Hongjun, who said he had broken up with Cuihua.
• Oscar introduced Ma Hongjun’s Mutated Martial Soul, the Evil Fire Phoenix, and said he was a Soul Grandmaster above level twenty-five.
• Ning Rongrong got breakfast with the group, and the students went to the Playground to meet their teachers.
• Flender introduced Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Shao Xin, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, then handed the class over to Yu Xiaogang.

Grandmaster began training the eight Shrek Academy students by ordering them to run between the academy and Suotuo City without using Soul Power until they reached their limits. He made Bai Ge carry a heavy basket of stones to account for his exceptional strength, and the exhausted group continued toward the city.

• Flender introduced Grandmaster as the students’ new trainer, and Grandmaster ranked the eight students by age and told them to follow his methods.
• Grandmaster ordered the students to run between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City without using Soul Power until they could go no farther.
• Grandmaster judged Bai Ge’s physique too strong for the test and had Zhao Wuji bring a basket of stones for Bai Ge to carry.
• Bai Ge set off with the others and reassured Ning Rongrong that the load was manageable.
• After several round trips, the others grew dizzy and exhausted while Bai Ge remained in good condition.
• Dai Mubai urged the group to keep going toward Suotuo City, while Ning Rongrong wished she could stop for a cold drink.

After an exhausting run to Suotuo City and back, Bai Ge helped Ning Rongrong finish training, then rested before setting out with her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar for the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena. They reached Suotuo City after dark and went to dinner before heading to the arena.

• Ning Rongrong collapsed during the final run, so Bai Ge gave her a Hundred Herbs Pill and stayed behind to support her until she could finish the round.
• Bai Ge returned to training after bringing Ning Rongrong back, running five more rounds after Tang San and Dai Mubai stopped.
• Bai Ge slept through the afternoon sparring, while Ning Rongrong stayed beside him and told him about the training and the others who had gone to Suotuo City.
• Bai Ge prepared to leave with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar, and Swablu Little White rode on his shoulder.
• The four reached Suotuo City after dark, ate dinner, and headed for the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena.

Bai Ge and the others gathered at Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena, where Flender explained the rules and sent the newcomers to register for Spirit Battles. The group reached the registration counter, and Bai Ge was asked whether he wanted to register.

• Bai Ge led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to the Registration Hall, where they met Grandmaster, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San about his Hidden Weapons, and Tang San said they would take at least a month to finish.
• Zhu Zhuqing criticized Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for being late, and Flender explained that Ma Hongjun needed to vent his Martial Soul problem.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived, and Flender introduced the Spirit Arena's battle types and explained that Shrek Academy could now form a group for Group Battles.
• Flender led Bai Ge, Tang San, and the others to the registration counter, where Bai Ge went first to register as an Iron Spirit Master.

Bai Ge registered as an Iron Spirit Master at the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena, and Grandmaster explained why the students would not form a group battle team yet. As they prepared for their first matches, Bai Ge learned he could not team up with Ning Rongrong until she reached his strength level, so she chose Xiao Wu instead.

• Bai Ge paid ten Gold Soul Coins, registered, and tested at Soul Power Level thirty-five, earning Iron Spirit Master status.
• Grandmaster told Dai Mubai that the students lacked familiarity, trust, and coordination to enter group battles, which would be part of his next training stage.
• Flender and Grandmaster led the students to the combat area, where they were assigned to the Fifteenth Sub Spirit Fighting Arena and waited for their matches.
• Dai Mubai explained that a Soul Master could enter one match of each competition type per day, and Bai Ge asked whether he could form a team with Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai explained that teammates had to be at the same strength level, so Ning Rongrong proposed teaming up with Xiao Wu, who offered to protect her.

Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun fought their One-on-One Spirit Battles, with all but Ma Hongjun winning. Bai Ge was called to fight Niu Mang, and the chapter ended as the crowd cheered for both Soul Elders before the match began.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu registered their Two-on-Two team as the Seven Treasures Enchanting Rabbit Team.
• Xiao Wu defeated Xiong Ba by charming him, then sending him off the arena with a Waist Bow kick.
• Dai Mubai defeated his whip-wielding opponent, while Ma Hongjun lost to a fast Leopard Cat Martial Soul Soul Master.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing each won their One-on-One Spirit Battles.
• Bai Ge was called to fight Niu Mang, and both contestants entered the arena as spectators cheered.

Bai Ge fought Niu Mang in the Soul Fighting Arena, deliberately meeting the stronger warrior’s attacks head-on to push past his limits. He broke through to level thirty-six, though the battle was still underway.

• Bai Ge and Niu Mang introduced themselves and began their Soul Fight.
• Niu Mang used his Mad Bull Martial Soul and charged Bai Ge, who caught his horns and stopped him.
• Niu Mang used War Stomp to knock Bai Ge away, then activated Bloodthirsty Berserk to increase his strength.
• Bai Ge exchanged heavy blows with the berserk Niu Mang, using the pressure to force a breakthrough.
• Bai Ge broke through to level thirty-six while continuing to fight Niu Mang.

Bai Ge defeated Niu Mang after breaking through his Soul Power Level, and the Seven Treasures Enchanting Rabbit Team won its first two-person Spirit Battle. The group left the arena after Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong defeated the Cat Dog Combination.

• Bai Ge used the Eye of Insight and Cloud-Soaring Vine to bind Niu Mang, then defeated him with Poison Dragon Bares Teeth and knocked him off the stage.
• The host declared Bai Ge the winner, and the audience applauded his battle against Niu Mang.
• Bai Ge joined the others as they waited for Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to compete in their two-person Spirit Battle.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Xiao Wu guarded her from the Cat Dog Combination.
• Xiao Wu kicked away the cat Soul Master, charmed the dog Soul Master, and sent him out of the arena; the cat Soul Master then admitted defeat.

After the Shrek students finished their spirit fights, they learned that Flender, Grandmaster, and Zhao Wuji had gone into Suotuo City and headed back without them. On the way, Bai Ge rebuked Dai Mubai for threatening Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Dai Mubai storming off and Zhu Zhuqing reflecting on Bai Ge’s defense of her.

• A waiter told the Shrek students that Flender, Grandmaster, and Zhao Wuji had gone to Suotuo City and instructed them to leave after their fights.
• Ning Rongrong suggested staying in Suotuo City, but Bai Ge urged everyone to return to the academy; Ma Hongjun then set off alone, and Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun went to a brothel to suppress his evil fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing criticized Dai Mubai’s behavior, and Dai Mubai threatened her when she mocked him.
• Bai Ge stopped Dai Mubai and rebuked him for acting entitled while pursuing Zhu Zhuqing and continuing to womanize.
• Dai Mubai left in humiliation, while Zhu Zhuqing thanked Bai Ge and thought about his suggestion that she and Dai Mubai talk calmly.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Bai Ge kept up his cultivation routine and Grandmaster took charge of the students’ meals, asking Bai Ge to prepare medicinal cuisine once a week. Oscar arrived at breakfast after breaking through to level thirty.

• Bai Ge cultivated in his Dimensional Castle through the night and began another morning training session before returning to the dormitory area.
• Tang San found Oscar meditating in his wooden house and told the others that Oscar might have gained insight from the spirit battle.
• The students learned that Grandmaster had replaced the villagers as their cook and found a lavish breakfast waiting at the new cafeteria.
• Grandmaster asked Bai Ge to prepare medicinal cuisine weekly for one thousand Gold Soul Coins per meal, and Bai Ge accepted.
• Ma Hongjun arrived late from Suotuo City and apologized to Grandmaster before being allowed to eat.
• Oscar arrived after the others had nearly finished breakfast and announced that he had broken through to level thirty.

After Oscar reached level thirty, Flender and Grandmaster made the Shrek students eat Oscar’s sausages to overcome their disgust and strengthen their resolve. The training ended, and the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

• Oscar announced that he had broken through to level thirty, and Grandmaster went to find Flender to prepare a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Flender and Grandmaster ordered Oscar to make sausages and required the students to eat them as mental training.
• Ning Rongrong objected, but Flender insisted that everyone complete the lesson or leave the academy.
• The students ate Oscar’s sausages, and Flender then ordered Oscar to make another fourteen.
• The next morning, Grandmaster and Flender led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Shrek Academy stopped in a bustling town near the Star Dou Great Forest to rest and eat before continuing their journey. Bai Ge offered to pay for the students’ meal, while Ning Rongrong wondered how he had obtained the Fairy Charm despite his ordinary background.

• Flender stopped the group in town for the night because they were nearing the Star Dou Great Forest and might not find another place to rest or resupply.
• Xiao Wu admired the town’s bustle, and Bai Ge explained that it had grown around Soul Masters’ need to hunt for Spirit Rings.
• The group rented three expensive rooms and went downstairs to eat, with the teachers dining separately from the students.
• Bai Ge offered to treat the students, and Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that he had grown wealthy by opening popular restaurants across several cities.
• Ning Rongrong wondered where Bai Ge had obtained the Fairy Charm, then Bai Ge encouraged everyone to order whatever they wanted.

After Bai Ge’s group encountered Canghui Academy at a hotel, the academy’s students provoked a fight and Bai Ge quickly defeated them. Canghui Academy’s leader backed down when Flender and Zhao Wuji revealed their seven Spirit Rings.

• Bai Ge treated the Shrek Academy group to a meal, and the others admired him after learning he had built his fortune from an ordinary background.
• Canghui Academy entered the hotel, and Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai’s remarks about the academy and its female student angered its members.
• A Canghui student tried to make a waiter spill food on Bai Ge’s table, but Bai Ge used Cloud-Soaring Vine to trip him.
• The student led several others in a charge, and Bai Ge struck them with Cloud-Soaring Vine, sending them crashing into Canghui Academy’s table.
• Canghui Academy’s leader summoned his Martial Soul, but Flender and Zhao Wuji revealed their seven Spirit Rings, forcing him to wipe off the sauce and back down.

Flender led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Spirit Ring for Oscar, using his Heavenly Eye skill to avoid dangerous spirit beasts. He spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar, and the group moved to intercept it.

• Flender warned everyone about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest and told them to stay close to Zhao Wuji.
• Oscar made Recovery Sausages for the group, and they entered the forest with Flender leading and Zhao Wuji guarding the rear.
• Flender used Heavenly Eye to guide the group past thousand-year spirit beasts while they encountered many kinds of hundred-year spirit beasts.
• Flender spotted a blood-red, fan-tailed snake, and Grandmaster identified it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for Oscar.
• After estimating that the serpent was six to eight meters long and around thirteen hundred to eighteen hundred years old, Grandmaster confirmed it was an ideal target.
• Flender led the group ahead of the serpent’s path and told everyone to prepare to intercept it as it drew near.

Bai Ge and Tang San captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter Meng Yiran arrived to claim it for her. The chapter ended after Chao Tianxiang introduced herself and Flender and Zhao Wuji revealed their identities as Shrek Academy's dean and vice dean.

• Bai Ge and Tang San trapped the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji praised Bai Ge's Spirit Skills for working together.
• Flender told Oscar to kill the serpent so Oscar could absorb its Spirit Ring, but a woman shouted for them to stop.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and asked the group to give the serpent to Meng Yiran, who had just reached Rank 30.
• Flender refused, and Chao Tianxiang showed wounds on the serpent to support her claim that she had hunted it first.
• Chao Tianxiang identified herself as Snake Grandma of the Peerless Dragon Snake, and Flender and Zhao Wuji introduced themselves as Shrek Academy's dean and vice dean.

Chao Tianxiang gave up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after Flender and Zhao Wuji refused to yield it. Oscar absorbed its Spirit Ring and gained a flight skill, then revealed that his Mushroom Sausage let people fly at the serpent’s speed for one minute.

• Chao Tianxiang asked Flender and Zhao Wuji to return the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but they refused, so she took Meng Yiran and retreated.
• Flender told Oscar to kill the weakened Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar absorbed its Spirit Ring after it died.
• Oscar completed his absorption and became a fourteen-year-old Food System Spirit Elder with three Spirit Rings.
• Oscar revealed that his Third Soul Skill created a Mushroom Sausage that let someone fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for one minute.

Oscar demonstrated that his Flying Mushroom Sausages let the group fly, and the students camped overnight in the Star Dou Great Forest. The next morning, a Titan Giant Ape appeared nearby, and Flender ordered Zhao Wuji to hold it back while he led the others away.

• Oscar made Mushroom Sausages, and Bai Ge and the others tested their brief flight ability before returning to the ground.
• Grandmaster declared the outing a success and led the group to camp for the night.
• Bai Ge struggled to find a way to subdue the Peerless Dragon Snake and secure his Gold Rank reward, then went to sleep without a plan.
• At dawn, Flender spotted a Titan Giant Ape approaching the forest outskirts.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji to use his Martial Soul Avatar to delay the Titan Giant Ape while Flender escaped with the children.

Flender led the group fleeing from the Titan Giant Ape while Zhao Wuji stayed behind to delay it, but the beast soon caught up and seized Xiao Wu. It escaped with her, leaving Tang San devastated and the others behind.

• Flender ordered everyone to flee and had Oscar make Mushroom Sausages while Zhao Wuji held off the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji entered his Martial Soul Avatar state but was knocked away after delaying the beast for only a short time.
• The Titan Giant Ape overtook the group and blocked their path, while Flender tried to persuade it to leave them alone.
• The Titan Giant Ape reached for Xiao Wu, and Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Bai Ge, and the others attacked it without success.
• The Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, and Tang San collapsed to his knees.

After the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, Tang San and Bai Ge rode Altaria to pursue it. They found Xiao Wu, but the Titan Giant Ape struck them out of the sky, leaving their fate unknown.

• Tang San asked Bai Ge to help him search for Xiao Wu, and Bai Ge agreed to go with him on Altaria.
• Bai Ge and Tang San flew after the Titan Giant Ape while Flender followed, leaving Grandmaster and the other students to wait for Zhao Wuji.
• Altaria caught up with the Titan Giant Ape, and Tang San and Xiao Wu called to each other.
• Bai Ge ordered Altaria to attack the Titan Giant Ape, which retaliated with a swing of its palm.
• The Titan Giant Ape's blow shattered Altaria's Protect and sent Bai Ge, Tang San, and Swablu flying hundreds of meters away.