Chapter Summaries

After the Titan Giant Ape scattered them, Bai Ge found the injured Tang San and Swablu and helped them recover while keeping watch in the Star Dou Great Forest. As Bai Ge spotted a gigantic black spider approaching, the two prepared to face another threat.

• Bai Ge woke in the forest, found the badly injured Swablu, and placed him in the Dimensional Castle after giving him medicine.
• Bai Ge found Tang San with a fractured leg, gave him a Hundred Herbs Pill, and climbed a tree to scout their surroundings.
• Bai Ge reassured Tang San that the others had wanted to save Xiao Wu too and urged him to heal so they could continue searching for her.
• Tang San began healing while Bai Ge kept watch, and both recovered for more than two hours.
• Bai Ge saw trees shaking in the distance and spotted a gigantic black spider charging toward them.

Bai Ge restrained an injured Man Faced Demon Spider and severed one of its legs without killing it, hoping to avoid provoking the Soul Master who had been pursuing it. Three figures soon arrived, leaving Bai Ge to face the likely owners of the Spirit Beast.

• Bai Ge identified the approaching Man Faced Demon Spider and decided to keep it away from the injured Tang San.
• Bai Ge spotted wounds on the spider and used Cloud-Soaring Vine Spirit Skills to bind it.
• Bai Ge drew the Juque Sword and cut off one of the spider’s legs without killing it.
• Bai Ge waited for the pursuers, suspecting they were Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, and three figures arrived before him.

Bai Ge encountered the Peerless Dragon Snake after restraining the injured Man Faced Demon Spider, and Meng Shu learned that Bai Ge belonged to the group that had taken their Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After Bai Ge explained that he had been separated from his teachers, Meng Shu offered to forgive the past if Bai Ge joined the Dragon Snake Family, leaving Bai Ge time to consider.

• Bai Ge told Meng Shu that he had restrained the injured Man Faced Demon Spider and declined a reward.
• Chao Tianxiang recognized Bai Ge as one of the group that had taken the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Meng Shu demanded that Zhao Wuji apologize.
• Bai Ge explained that he had lost contact with Zhao Wuji and the others after they encountered the Titan Giant Ape.
• Meng Shu proposed that Bai Ge join the Dragon Snake Family after graduation, offering support and suggesting he might marry Meng Yiran.
• Bai Ge asked for time to consider Meng Shu's proposal, and Meng Shu agreed to wait.

Meng Yiran killed the injured Man Faced Demon Spider and began absorbing its Spirit Ring while Meng Shu kept Bai Ge from leaving. A Titan Giant Ape appeared, struck down Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, then departed; Xiao Wu reunited with Tang San and revealed that she had escaped and become a Soul Elder.

• Meng Yiran smashed the Man Faced Demon Spider's head and began refining its Spirit Ring as Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang watched.
• Bai Ge tried to slip away to check on the injured Tang San, but Meng Shu stopped him.
• A Titan Giant Ape arrived and shattered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's Dragon Snake Fusion Skill with one punch before leaping away.
• Xiao Wu arrived, and Bai Ge realized she had brought the Titan Giant Ape to help him.
• Tang San came over and embraced Xiao Wu, who told him she had escaped, absorbed a Lightning Rabbit's Spirit Ring, and become a Soul Elder.

Meng Yiran nearly died while absorbing a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring, so Bai Ge used Cloud-Soaring Vine to draw away its excess power and save her. After she woke and thanked him, she discovered that Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang had disappeared.

• Bai Ge noticed Meng Yiran bleeding as she absorbed her Spirit Ring, and Tang San realized the Man Faced Demon Spider was two thousand years old.
• Bai Ge explained that Meng Yiran could not withstand the Spirit Ring’s power and warned that using Giga Drain to save her carried risks.
• Bai Ge used Cloud-Soaring Vine’s Giga Drain to absorb the excess power from Meng Yiran while circulating it into his own body.
• Meng Yiran’s wounds healed as she finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, and Bai Ge sensed a mysterious force forming eight streams along his ribs.
• Meng Yiran thanked Bai Ge for saving her and apologized for her earlier rudeness, then realized Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang were gone.

Bai Ge used Meng Yiran’s need to save her injured grandparents to demand that the Dragon Snake Family submit to him. After she agreed, he treated Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s submission as uncertain and planted dormant poison in their hearts as leverage.

• Bai Ge told Meng Yiran that the Titan Giant Ape had struck down Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang while they protected her.
• Meng Yiran found her grandparents unconscious, and Bai Ge warned her that moving them carelessly could worsen their injuries.
• Bai Ge demanded that the Dragon Snake Family submit to him in exchange for saving Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Meng Yiran agreed to decide on her grandparents’ behalf after learning Bai Ge was twelve years old and a level thirty-six Soul Elder.
• Bai Ge wrapped Cloud-Soaring Vines around Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang and planted dormant venom in their hearts as leverage.

Bai Ge saved Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, and Snake Grandma Chao Tiaxiang, then demanded the Peerless Dragon Snake's loyalty in exchange. With their lives at his mercy, Meng Shu and Chao Tiaxiang submitted, completing Bai Ge's Gold Rank mission.

• Bai Ge fed pills to Meng Shu and Chao Tiaxiang and helped them recover after poisoning their hearts.
• Chao Tiaxiang questioned how Meng Yiran had survived absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring, and Bai Ge explained that it had two thousand years of cultivation and that he had saved her.
• Meng Shu confronted Bai Ge about the force in his heart, and Bai Ge revealed he had poisoned them and demanded their loyalty as the price for saving them.
• Meng Yiran urged her grandparents to submit, and Meng Shu agreed on behalf of the Peerless Dragon Snake.
• Bai Ge received a Gold Rank Lottery Chance after Meng Shu and Chao Tiaxiang submitted.

Bai Ge gave Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang pills and secured their submission before Flender arrived and found Xiao Wu safe. The group waited for the others to arrive so they could leave the Star Dou Great Forest together.

• Bai Ge gave Meng Shu five kinds of medicine to help him and Chao Tianxiang recover and urged them to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Flender arrived and was surprised to see Xiao Wu safe and already possessing her third Spirit Ring.
• Bai Ge and Tang San explained that the Peerless Dragon Snake had fought the Titan Giant Ape to protect Meng Yiran, easing Flender's doubts.
• Bai Ge asked Flender about Grandmaster, Ning Rongrong, and the others, and Flender said they would arrive with Zhao Wuji.
• Bai Ge told Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to treat their injuries, while Flender wondered why Meng Shu treated Bai Ge with such respect.

Xiao Wu returned safely with a Spirit Ring and became Shrek Academy’s fifth Soul Elder, while Xiao Wu warned Ning Rongrong that Meng Yiran might be interested in Bai Ge. Flender and the Grandmaster persuaded Zhao Wuji not to attack the injured Peerless Dragon Snake, and Bai Ge went to ask them whether they could travel with the group.

• Xiao Wu reunited with the group, and Flender revealed that she had gained a Spirit Ring and advanced to Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong about Bai Ge and warned her that Meng Yiran might have feelings for him after he saved her.
• Zhao Wuji suggested killing the injured Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang, but Flender and the Grandmaster urged him to trust Bai Ge and avoid acting rashly.
• Flender asked Dai Mubai to find out when the Peerless Dragon Snake could leave, and Dai Mubai passed the question to Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge reassured Meng Yiran and asked her to check whether Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma could travel, while Meng Yiran blushed at his claim that she was one of his people.

After Bai Ge’s group left the Star Dou Great Forest, Meng Shu considered how Meng Yiran might secure the Dragon Snake Family’s future by pursuing Bai Ge. At the forest’s edge, Meng Shu asked Flender whether Shrek Academy would admit Meng Yiran, but Flender immediately refused because she was fifteen and exceeded the age limit.

• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu recovered enough to travel, and Meng Shu reminded Chao Tianxiang to address Bai Ge respectfully after their submission.
• Meng Shu asked Meng Yiran whether she liked Bai Ge, and she admitted he was very good before promising to pursue him.
• Meng Shu advised Meng Yiran to control her temper and said he would ask Flender about enrolling her at Shrek Academy.
• Bai Ge and the others traveled for nearly an afternoon and left the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest by evening.
• Meng Shu asked Flender whether Shrek Academy would accept Meng Yiran, but Flender refused because she was fifteen and the academy only admitted students aged thirteen or younger.

Meng Shu agreed to enroll Meng Yiran at Shrek Academy under strict teaching conditions and promised one million Gold Soul Coins in funding. After the group returned to the academy, the Grandmaster questioned Bai Ge about his connection to Meng Shu’s family.

• Meng Shu argued that Meng Yiran could join Shrek Academy as a substitute for its planned tournament team, and the Grandmaster offered enrollment if Meng Shu accepted the academy’s strict teaching and difficult living conditions.
• Meng Shu agreed to the conditions, pledged one million Gold Soul Coins, and said he would take Meng Yiran home before bringing her to the academy.
• Ning Rongrong grew upset at the prospect of Meng Yiran joining, while Xiao Wu warned her to guard against someone taking Bai Ge away.
• Flender led the group back to Shrek Academy using Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage, then excused everyone from training for the day.
• The Grandmaster called Bai Ge aside and asked what was happening between him and Meng Shu’s family.

Bai Ge explained how he subdued Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma, then returned to Shrek Academy and discovered that the energy he absorbed from Meng Yiran had awakened the Eight Spider Lances. He began testing the spider legs in the Dimensional Castle but had not yet figured out how to retract them.

• Bai Ge told Grandmaster, Flender, and Zhao Wuji how he poisoned Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma while they were unconscious and later subdued them.
• Grandmaster accepted Bai Ge’s explanation and sent him back to rest, pleased that Shrek Academy had gained Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma’s support.
• Bai Ge returned to his wooden house, cleaned and bandaged Swablu, and placed it in its nest to recover.
• Bai Ge guided Jade Brightness Skill energy into eight of his ribs, causing the Eight Spider Lances to emerge from his back.
• Bai Ge found that he could not retract the Eight Spider Lances, so he entered the Dimensional Castle to practice controlling them.
• Bai Ge discovered that the spider legs could serve as nimble legs and let him walk across rock walls.

Bai Ge mastered retracting the Eight Spider Lances and used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance to obtain the Nine Yin Manual. After absorbing its contents, he chose martial arts and secret techniques to cultivate, including the Muscle and Bone Tempering Chapter, and considered using them as rewards for the Dragon Snake Family.

• Bai Ge learned to extend and retract the Eight Spider Lances, then bathed and prepared for his Gold Rank Lottery.
• Bai Ge used his Gold Rank Lottery Chance and won a copy of the Nine Yin Manual.
• Bai Ge received the manual’s contents as memories and discovered its many martial arts and secret techniques.
• Bai Ge decided to keep cultivating the Jade Brightness Skill while learning selected Nine Yin Manual techniques, especially the Muscle and Bone Tempering Chapter.
• Bai Ge considered using martial arts as rewards for the Dragon Snake Family and as future inheritances for a faction.

Bai Ge tested several Nine Yin Manual techniques and began the next day’s training with the Shrek team. Grandmaster started their special training by having them fight Dai Mubai one by one, beginning with Tang San.

• Bai Ge declined Tang San’s invitation to Suotuo City and tested Spiral Nine Shadows, reaching its fourth stage, along with the Great Demon Subduing Fist.
• Bai Ge tried Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar and Soul Shifting Great Method but could not yet use either technique, then decided to practice the Muscle and Bone Tempering Chapter inside the Dimensional Castle.
• The next morning, Bai Ge fed Swablu, cultivated the Ten Dragon Ten Elephant Prajna Skill, and joined the others for breakfast.
• Ning Rongrong sat beside Bai Ge and gave him a chicken drumstick, puzzling him with her unusual attentiveness.
• Grandmaster explained that the team needed to learn one another’s strengths and combat styles, then ordered them to fight Dai Mubai one by one, starting with Tang San.

Grandmaster tested the Shrek students’ combat roles through a series of battles, then had Bai Ge face Dai Mubai without using his Martial Soul or Spirit Skills. Bai Ge opened with Spiral Nine Shadows and struck Dai Mubai’s barrier with the Great Demon Subduing Fist, leaving their fight underway.

• Grandmaster explained Tang San’s role as a rear-line controller, and Tang San drew with Dai Mubai by using Blue Silver Grass and footwork to keep him at a distance.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun teamed up against Dai Mubai, but Ma Hongjun lost when his Mushroom Sausage’s flight effect wore off, and Oscar surrendered.
• Grandmaster criticized Ma Hongjun for losing track of the sausage’s duration and Oscar for failing to support his teammate.
• Grandmaster ordered Bai Ge to fight Dai Mubai using only Soul Power, without his Martial Soul or Spirit Skills.
• Bai Ge used Spiral Nine Shadows to rush Dai Mubai, who activated White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation before Bai Ge hit the barrier with the Great Demon Subduing Fist.

Bai Ge used the Spiral Nine Shadows and Great Demon Subduing Fist to overwhelm Dai Mubai, prompting Grandmaster to end their fight. After lunch, Grandmaster assigned the students afternoon weight-bearing training, requiring everyone to run six round trips between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City.

• Bai Ge pursued Dai Mubai with the Spiral Nine Shadows and defeated his passive defense with the Great Demon Subduing Fist until Grandmaster stopped the battle.
• Dai Mubai acknowledged Bai Ge's increased strength, and Grandmaster dismissed everyone to rest before lunch.
• Grandmaster served the students a meal, which they supplemented with Shao Xin's energy-rich Candy Beans.
• Grandmaster ordered each student to carry a weighted basket and complete six round trips between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong questioned whether she could manage the distance, but Grandmaster told her to run the same route as the rest of the team.

The Shrek students began Grandmaster’s weight-bearing training, carrying loads between the academy and Suotuo City without using Soul Power. Bai Ge realized the exercise was meant to teach them to share hardship and cooperate, and the exhausted team finished the final round trip by helping one another.

• The students strapped on their assigned baskets and set off, with Bai Ge carrying more than three hundred jin of stones.
• During the third round trip, Ning Rongrong could not continue, so Bai Ge took more than half of her load and had her run behind him.
• Bai Ge explained that the training tested teamwork and mutual support, prompting Dai Mubai to suggest redistributing the burdens.
• The students adjusted their loads to help teammates with poor stamina and continued through the remaining round trips as the sun set.
• Bai Ge carried Ning Rongrong across the finish line, while Dai Mubai carried Ma Hongjun, Tang San supported Oscar, and Xiao Wu supported Zhu Zhuqing.

The Grandmaster continued Shrek Academy’s team training before Dragon Duke Meng Shu arrived with Meng Yiran and a million Gold Soul Coins in sponsorship. Meng Yiran joined the academy, and after Bai Ge showed her the dormitories, she asked where he lived as Ning Rongrong reacted jealously.

• The Grandmaster explained that the weight-bearing exercises were meant to teach the students to understand, trust, and support one another.
• The students sparred with Tang San and Dai Mubai, then redistributed their burdens for another grueling training session.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu arrived at Shrek Academy with Meng Yiran and donated one million Gold Soul Coins; Flender welcomed Meng Yiran as a new student.
• Bai Ge and the others showed Meng Yiran the girls’ dormitories, where Ning Rongrong refused to share a wooden house with her.
• Meng Yiran asked Bai Ge where he lived, and Bai Ge pointed out his wooden house before she began choosing her own.

Meng Yiran joined Shrek Academy and agreed to live with Ning Rongrong and the other girls. She told Bai Ge she liked him and would accept being his concubine, partly because her family’s future depended on him.

• Ning Rongrong interrupted Meng Yiran’s dormitory choice and persuaded her to share a wooden house with the girls.
• The girls showed Meng Yiran around Shrek Academy and explained its facilities and training.
• Bai Ge left to speak with Meng Shu, and Meng Yiran followed him while Ning Rongrong stayed behind.
• Meng Yiran told Bai Ge she had come for him, and he admitted he liked her but did not want to make Ning Rongrong sad.
• Meng Yiran offered to be Bai Ge’s concubine and explained that she had expected to marry for her family’s sake.

Bai Ge asked Meng Shu to help establish a restaurant in Suotuo City, then supported Meng Yiran through her first weight-bearing training run. After talking with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong decided to let go of her resentment and see how things developed.

• Bai Ge reflected on Meng Yiran's words and renewed his resolve to gain strength and control over his own fate.
• Bai Ge asked Meng Shu to send family representatives to help open his restaurant in Suotuo City, and Meng Shu agreed to send his son.
• Bai Ge promised Meng Yiran a generous gift after Meng Shu declined one for the Dragon Snake Family.
• Bai Ge supported Meng Yiran to the finish line when she struggled during the training run, and Ning Rongrong felt jealous but said nothing.
• Zhu Zhuqing advised Ning Rongrong to let Bai Ge interact with other women, and Ning Rongrong decided to let the matter go.