Recaps

Flender brought the Shrek group back to the Suo Tuo Grand Soul Fighting Arena for two-on-two soul fights, where Madara's fearsome reputation cleared the way for them. Xiao Wu registered a combination with Tang San, and the chapter ended with Madara approving Tang San's chosen title, Thousand Hand Asura.

• Flender led the group to the arena and told Dai Mubai to look after them while he handled their betting money.
• Madara dismissed two-on-two fights as children's play and said he preferred Life and Death Duels.
• A pair of soul masters recognized Madara as Blood Pupil Asura, moved aside in terror, and abandoned their plans to compete.
• Xiao Wu registered a two-person team with Tang San, and Madara convinced the attendant to change its name to the Three-Five Combination.
• Madara asked Tang San about his arena title and praised his choice, Thousand Hand Asura.

Madara teamed up with Oscar for a two-on-two Soul Fighting match, choosing the name Don't Care Combination and hinting that he wanted to make the fight more challenging. The pair headed for the arena, where Madara eyed their unseen opponents with concealed killing intent.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the Iron Dragon and Iron Tiger combination with seamless coordination.
• Madara offered to partner with Oscar after noticing Dai Mubai had not fully recovered, and Oscar eagerly agreed.
• Madara named their team the Don't Care Combination, ignoring Oscar's objections.
• Tang San worried about Madara's eagerness to fight, while Xiao Wu pointed out that Madara's opponents were the ones in danger.
• Madara and Oscar set off for their match, and Madara wondered whether their opponents' identities mattered.

Madara faced the Absolute Offense and Defense Combination in the Soul Fighting Arena, silenced the jeering crowd, and sent Oscar off the stage before the fight began. After Blue Red Frog attacked, Madara seized his tongue and began smashing him into the ground.

• Blue Red Frog and Ironclad Snail mocked the Don't Care Combination’s name, prompting laughter from the crowd.
• Madara entered the arena and silenced the spectators with his presence, then mocked the opponents’ claim of absolute offense and defense.
• Madara told Oscar to leave his Martial Soul food behind and get off the stage, and Oscar reluctantly handed over sausages before departing.
• Blue Red Frog and Ironclad Snail attacked Madara after Oscar left the platform.
• Blue Red Frog wrapped his tongue around Madara’s arm, but Madara remained unmoved and used the tongue to swing him into the ground.

Madara fought Blue Red Frog and Ironclad Snail in the Soul Fighting Arena, breaking free of their attacks and turning their spirit skills against them. He batted Ironclad Snail’s Silver Armor Giant Egg back toward its user with Uchiha Rebound.

• Ironclad Snail rescued Blue Red Frog, then blocked Madara’s charge with Spiral Shield, but Madara’s scythe cracked the shield and forced him to one knee.
• Blue Red Frog trapped Madara in a giant frog head, but Madara’s aura made it swell and burst, leaving Blue Red Frog injured.
• Ironclad Snail shielded Blue Red Frog with Snail Armor Bronze Dwelling, but Madara’s Fire Release: Great Fireball scorched him without breaking the shell.
• Ironclad Snail fired Silver Armor Giant Egg at Madara, who struck the sphere with his War Fan and sent it flying back with Uchiha Rebound.

Madara defeated Ironclad Snail and Blue Red Frog in the Soul Fighting Arena, strengthening his reputation as Blood Pupil Asura. Oscar asked Madara to train him, and Madara challenged him to walk three laps on his hands outside the arena.

• Ironclad Snail’s attack rebounded and Madara’s blast left him badly wounded beneath the ruins of his shattered shell.
• Blue Red Frog begged Madara to spare him and accept him as a follower, but Madara rejected him and sent him flying.
• Blue Red Frog attacked Madara from behind, so Madara cut off his tongue and killed him with an explosive technique.
• The crowd cheered Madara as Flender praised his undefeated record, while Oscar watched with longing for strength.
• Oscar caught up with Madara and asked him to teach him, so Madara ordered him to walk three laps on his hands outside the Soul Fighting Arena.

Madara stayed behind to test Oscar’s resolve while the others returned to Shrek Academy. Oscar completed three exhausting laps and earned Madara’s approval, while Madara learned that the Emperor Fighting Team was imitating his style and heading their way.

• Madara told the Shrek group to leave and stayed behind to look for Oscar, while Tang San trusted his brother’s judgment.
• Jerry told Madara that the Emperor Fighting Team was challenging soul arenas in his style and was coming their way.
• Oscar continued crawling upside down around the Great Soul Arena despite his exhaustion, determined to become strong enough to fight beside his companions.
• Madara watched Oscar finish three laps and said that he barely qualified.
• Madara told Oscar to find him after training the next day, and Oscar staggered back toward Shrek Academy, elated.

Oscar’s return brought news that he had reached Rank 30, and Flender announced that the students would train by eating Oscar’s Soul Power sausages. Madara pushed the group to overcome their revulsion, and the chapter ended with the students discovering the sausages were both useful and tasty.

• Oscar arrived late and announced that he had broken through to Rank 30.
• Flender planned to take Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day and assigned the students to eat his Soul Power sausages for training.
• Madara ate Oscar’s sausages and warned the students that survival demanded overcoming their discomfort.
• Ning Rongrong volunteered to go first, ate a sausage, and felt its restorative power.
• The other students followed Ning Rongrong and found the sausages surprisingly tasty.

Madara began training Oscar with heavy weights and harsh exercises, then sparred with Tang San to assess his younger brother’s growth. Madara narrowly won, but recognized that Tang San lacked combat experience and ruthlessness.

• Madara made Oscar wear heavy weights at all times and ordered him to run and punch until he could no longer stand.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji watched Oscar train and hoped Madara would teach him useful skills.
• Madara challenged Tang San to a spar, and the brothers exchanged hidden weapons before closing in with kunai.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu watched as Madara and Tang San fought at astonishing speed.
• Madara stopped his kunai at Tang San’s neck while Tang San held his own blade near Madara’s lower abdomen, and Tang San admitted defeat.
• Madara said he had won through greater experience and cultivation, and concluded that Tang San needed to be tempered by blood and pain.

Madara interrupted the Shrek group’s exchange with Ye Zhi Qiu and challenged the Canghui Academy director to a fight. He dodged Ye Zhi Qiu’s ice attack and struck his turtle shell, then hinted that he had not yet used a Spirit Skill.

• Ye Zhi Qiu introduced himself as Canghui Academy’s director and asked where Tang San and the others studied.
• Madara threw a wine jar at Ye Zhi Qiu, then drew his weapons and challenged him to fight.
• Ye Zhi Qiu revealed his five Spirit Rings and used his Mysterious Water Ice Seal, but Madara dodged it.
• Madara’s scythe struck Ye Zhi Qiu’s shell after Ye Zhi Qiu pulled his head inside, leaving the shell mostly unharmed.
• Madara mocked Ye Zhi Qiu and asked whether he had seen Madara use a Spirit Skill.

Madara retaliated when a Canghui Academy student tried to embarrass Dai Mubai, then challenged the academy's angry instructor as both groups prepared to fight. The Shrek group revealed their Martial Souls and overwhelmed the Canghui students with their stronger auras.

• A Canghui Academy student tried to spill food on Dai Mubai and then kick his bench, but Tang San stopped the dish from falling.
• Madara grabbed the student, smashed him through the table, and threw him into the Canghui Academy group.
• When the Canghui instructor confronted Madara and ordered his students to attack, Xiao Wu and the others rushed to meet them.
• The Canghui students summoned their Martial Souls after their instructor scolded them, revealing only white soul rings.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San used their Martial Soul Possession, and their stronger soul rings and auras left the Canghui students struggling to breathe.

Madara led the Shrek group to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them that hunting spirit rings could mean shedding blood. At an inn, he criticized their eagerness to pick fights, leaving the group facing the arrival of Canghui Academy and Madara's judgment of their immaturity.

• Madara told Oscar that choosing a suitable spirit ring was up to him, then ordered the group to prepare to see blood during their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After days of travel, the group reached the forest's outskirts and stayed at an inn, where Ma Hongjun noticed a party from Canghui Academy.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, and Oscar told Tang San that Flender believed spirit masters should not be afraid to cause trouble.
• Madara called the idea of causing trouble everywhere foolish and argued that they should seek worthy opponents instead of starting fights over insults or girls.
• Ma Hongjun dismissed the Canghui students as untalented trash, while Madara silently drank tea and let him remain unaware of his shortcomings.

Madara battled Ye Zhi Qiu, using fire and Ye Zhi Qiu’s own cold water to exploit the weakness of his turtle shell. The shell shattered, leaving Ye Zhi Qiu badly weakened and Madara poised to continue the fight.

• Madara blasted Ye Zhi Qiu into the air and battered him, but Ye Zhi Qiu emerged from the crater with only minor injuries.
• Ye Zhi Qiu withdrew into his shell and charged Madara as a spinning top, forcing Madara back with the impact.
• Madara summoned five fire dragons that heated Ye Zhi Qiu’s shell, while Tang San realized Madara was setting up a victory.
• Ye Zhi Qiu used Mysterious Water to cool himself and his shell, but repeated temperature changes caused the shell to crack and shatter.
• Ye Zhi Qiu spat blood and collapsed after his martial soul was damaged, and Madara kicked him in the chest and sent him flying.

Madara defeated Ye Zhi Qiu, but Zhao Wuji stopped him from killing the Canghui Academy instructor and sent the group fleeing. A band of armed men arrived, and Madara recognized their leader Pan Chui before reuniting with Li Jia and the Lone Soul Hunting Group.

• Madara defeated Ye Zhi Qiu and prepared to kill him, but Oscar urged him to stop.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, frightened Ye Zhi Qiu and his students with his Soul Saint aura, and stopped Madara from pursuing them.
• A group of armed men entered the inn, and Madara threw Pan Chui to the ground before Pan Chui halted the others' attack.
• Pan Chui invited Madara to meet the boss, and Madara followed him to the hall with Tang San and the others trailing behind.
• Li Jia and the Lone Soul Hunting Group warmly welcomed Madara, who felt moved by their concern.

Madara learned that a young man had challenged him and found the stranger’s fist mark on his training stone. After the young man struck the stone with his Thunder Dragon Claw, Madara destroyed its upper half with one ordinary punch, leaving the challenge unanswered but the difference in their strength unmistakable.

• Li Jia told Madara that Ye Lingling’s associate had brought a young man who wanted to challenge him.
• Madara inspected his training stone and saw the massive fist imprint the young man had left on it.
• The young man possessed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and attacked the stone with his First Spirit Skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Madara punched the stone without using a Spirit Skill or Martial Soul Possession and shattered its upper half, while Tang San steadied Oscar against the blast.
• Madara looked forward to meeting the young man again and imagined him living beneath Uchiha’s shadow.

Madara and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Li Jia warned him about the powerful Titan Giant Ape. When they encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for Oscar, Madara insisted Oscar claim his own Spirit Ring, and Oscar resolved to fight for his own power.

• Li Jia warned Madara that the Titan Giant Ape possessed strength close to a Titled Douluo, exciting Madara rather than frightening him.
• Zhao Wuji cautioned the Shrek students about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Madara argued they should kill hostile Spirit Beasts that stalked them.
• Zhao Wuji sent Zhu Zhuqing to scout an approaching Spirit Beast, and Tang San identified it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for Oscar.
• Madara tossed Oscar a kunai and told him to take down the serpent himself instead of relying on others.
• Oscar accepted Madara's challenge and declared that he would claim his own power himself.

Oscar fought the wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to prove himself, killing it after Madara’s training helped him endure its attacks. He collapsed beside the serpent as its purple soul ring appeared.

• Oscar ignored Zhao Wuji and charged the fleeing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Madara’s kunai.
• Madara told Oscar to remove his weights, and Oscar discovered that training with them had made him much faster and stronger.
• Oscar wounded the serpent, but it bit his arm and coiled around him, nearly crushing him.
• Oscar stabbed the serpent repeatedly while struggling to breathe, but it pinned his weapon arm and tightened its coils.
• Two daggers struck the serpent’s eyes, and Oscar seized the opening to drive his kunai into its head and body until it died.
• Oscar stopped attacking when someone sharply called out to him, then collapsed as the serpent’s purple soul ring appeared.

Dai Mubai and the others found Oscar after he killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Meng Yiran claimed the beast and demanded a fight with Madara. She revealed her strength as a level 32 Soul Elder, while Madara accepted her challenge with a taunt.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Madara arrived and confirmed Oscar was safe, and Oscar credited the serpent’s defeat to Meng Yiran’s help.
• Meng Yiran claimed she had found the serpent first and refused Tang San’s offer of compensation, prompting Zhao Wuji to intervene.
• Meng Yiran called for Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma, who arrived and were recognized by Zhao Wuji.
• Meng Yiran demanded a proper fight with Madara, who remembered meeting her years earlier and challenged her to prove herself.
• Meng Yiran summoned her Serpent Cane martial soul and revealed three spirit rings, announcing that she was a level 32 agility-attack Soul Elder.

Meng Yiran challenged Madara, but he refused to fight her and told her to prove herself by defeating Tang San. Their battle began with Meng Yiran escaping Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and launching a surprise attack with her Serpent Cane.

• Meng Yiran confronted Madara, whose overwhelming strength left her shocked and unwilling to admit defeat.
• Madara told Meng Yiran to defeat Tang San if she wanted to earn the right to challenge him.
• Meng Yiran accepted the challenge and attacked Tang San, while Dai Mubai and Oscar urged him to fight.
• Tang San bound Meng Yiran with his Blue Silver Grass, but she escaped using a spirit skill and charged at him.
• Tang San caught Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane with his Mysterious Jade Hand, but its snake head opened its mouth and shot out a blade-like tongue.

Tang San countered Meng Yiran’s serpent attacks and poison with his Tang Sect techniques, then faced her in a contest of throwing knives. He disarmed her without injuring her, leaving Meng Yiran to acknowledge another defeat.

• Meng Yiran launched hidden snake blades from her Serpent Cane, but Tang San blocked them with his Mysterious Jade Hand and showed that her poison had no effect.
• Meng Yiran used eight shifting Serpent Cane afterimages, and Tang San identified the real weapon with his Purple Demon Eye and seized its vital point.
• Tang San and Meng Yiran struggled over control of the Serpent Cane until Meng Yiran threw a knife, prompting Tang San to return it and challenge her to compete.
• Tang San intercepted Meng Yiran’s throwing knives with his hidden weapons and embedded his weapons around her feet, leaving her unharmed but defeated.

After Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring, Madara challenged the group’s instinct to use his new flight skill for escape. He declared that he would use it to hunt down every enemy, leaving the others unsettled by his bloodthirsty resolve.

• Tang San asked the Peerless Dragon Snake to let Oscar absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring, and Oscar began absorbing it.
• Madara taunted Meng Yiran after defeating her, but she refused to accept the loss until Meng Shu ordered her to leave; Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu went after her.
• Madara mocked Ma Hongjun for fearing the Soul Douluo, and Ma Hongjun fell silent under Madara’s stare.
• Ning Rongrong redirected the group’s attention to Oscar, who revealed that his Third Spirit Skill let him fly for one minute at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• When the others praised the skill as a way to escape danger, Madara said he would use it to eliminate threats and kill every enemy, leaving Tang San and the others uneasy.

Tang San reached level 30, forcing the group to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a Spirit Beast. Madara sensed danger and armed himself, but when the Titan Giant Ape attacked the camp, he stood between it and the others and charged.

• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he had broken through to level 30, and Zhao Wuji planned to find him a suitable Spirit Beast the next morning.
• Madara sensed that danger was approaching, warned the group, and prepared his ninja tools despite their doubts.
• The Titan Giant Ape silently approached the camp, and Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to gather behind him.
• Oscar realized Madara was missing, and Tang San and the others spotted him standing between the Titan Giant Ape and the group.
• Zhao Wuji tried to placate the Titan Giant Ape, but Madara tightened his grip on his weapons and charged forward.

Madara fought the Titan Giant Ape, but the beast outmaneuvered him and sent him flying before taking Xiao Wu away. The chapter ended with Tang San watching helplessly as the ape departed.

• Zhao Wuji tried to stop Madara from confronting the Titan Giant Ape, but Madara dodged its attacks and climbed onto its arm.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Madara's strength and speed, and he climbed onto the ape's shoulder and burned its mouth with a torrent of flames.
• The enraged Titan Giant Ape unleashed black waves that blasted Madara into the air, then punched him away.
• Zhao Wuji struck the ape, but it kicked him aside, seized Xiao Wu, and left as Tang San cried out for her.

Madara and Tang San's companions pursued the Titan Giant Ape to rescue Xiao Wu, while Madara raced after Tang San. He reached a ravine guarded by powerful gorillas and prepared to fight his way through.

• Tang San took Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage and ran into the forest after the Titan Giant Ape despite Zhao Wuji's objections.
• Madara returned, revealed that he had reached level forty, and set off after Tang San to bring him back.
• Oscar gave mushroom sausages to the group, and Zhao Wuji ordered them to pursue Tang San and Madara together.
• Madara followed the Titan Giant Ape's trail to a vast ravine, where hostile gorillas guarded the only crossing.
• Madara struck the gorilla leader and realized it was a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Beast, with several other powerful gorillas surrounding him.

Madara fought his way past the Great Ape King to reach the stone bridge, using his combat experience and the Eight Inner Gates to escape despite his injuries. He left the apes behind as the enraged Great Ape King pursued him.

• Madara charged the Great Ape King, was struck into a tree, and got back up after dropping his weighted gear.
• Madara opened the Third Gate, killed one of the great apes with his scythe, and used its falling corpse to distract the Great Ape King.
• Madara cut off the Great Ape King's ear with the blood-red Kunai Tang San had given him.
• The Great Ape King flung Madara toward the stone bridge, and Madara rolled with the impact and sprinted across.
• The Great Ape King recovered and chased after Madara, while the other apes cowered in silence.

Madara reached Xiao Wu and attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but learned that Tang San had not arrived and feared he was dead. Overcome with grief and rage, Madara fought on despite being badly injured, then turned toward the helpless Great Ape King as the Titan Giant Ape closed in.

• Madara raced through the forest with the Great Ape King and its pack pursuing him, then found Xiao Wu facing the Titan Giant Ape.
• Madara knocked the Titan Giant Ape's reaching hand away from Xiao Wu and attacked it with his sickle and flaming ninja tools.
• Madara asked Xiao Wu where Tang San was, and Xiao Wu revealed that she had not known Tang San was there.
• Madara, believing Tang San was likely dead, charged the Titan Giant Ape in grief and fury, wounded it, and was sent flying in return.
• Madara stood again despite his injuries and noticed the Great Ape King incapacitated by the Titan Giant Ape's pressure.
• Madara fixed his gaze on the helpless Great Ape King as the Titan Giant Ape approached.