Chapter Summaries

After defeating Li Yusong, the Shrek students prepared to face Lu Qibin, with Zhao Zilong devising a plan to win the second match and concede the third against Zhao Wuji. The match against Lu Qibin began as he revealed his six Soul Rings.

• Shao Xin gave Li Yusong Detox Candy and Healing Candy, and Flender praised the students for defeating him and warned Zhao Zilong to keep his Soul Bone secret.
• Meng Yiran resented Zhao Zilong for taking the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, and he promised to repay her with a Soul Ring and Soul Bone when he was strong enough.
• Zhao Zilong told the students to use Oscar's sausages to recover, then proposed defeating Lu Qibin and conceding the match against Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Zilong's team replaced Oscar with Tang San and planned to attack Lu Qibin while Zhao Zilong and Meng Yiran tried to poison him.
• The students faced Lu Qibin, who revealed six Soul Rings as the second match began.

The Shrek students used guerrilla tactics to exhaust Lu Qibin and win their match. Too tired to fight Zhao Wuji, they surrendered the final match, pointing out that they had already won two out of three.

• Lu Qibin immobilized the students with his Star Luo Chess, but Tang San pulled them out of their positions and broke the control effect.
• Zhao Zilong proposed guerrilla tactics, and the students spread out to attack Lu Qibin before retreating and harassing him from different angles.
• After more than two hours, Lu Qibin ran low on Soul Power and called off the fight, while the students were exhausted too.
• Flender announced that the students would next face Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Zilong and the others surrendered because they had little strength left.
• Xiao Wu reminded Flender that the students had already beaten Li Yusong and Lu Qibin, securing the best-two-out-of-three contest despite surrendering the last match.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Suotuo City after being robbed and suffering a mysterious loss of Soul Power, then reunited with Flender at his shop. After learning about Shrek Academy’s students, he prepared to train them and became interested in Zhao Zilong.

• Yu Xiaogang woke in Suotuo City with his Soul Power reduced to level 13, his second Soul Ring gone, and his money and belongings stolen.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to find Flender before visiting Shrek Academy, hoping to restore his appearance before Xiao San saw him.
• Flender mistook the ragged Yu Xiaogang for a beggar, then recognized him and offered him a bath and clean clothes.
• Flender showed Yu Xiaogang information about Shrek Academy’s nine students, and Yu Xiaogang became interested in taking Zhao Zilong as a disciple after learning he had Blue Silver Grass and Soul Elder strength.
• Flender invited Yu Xiaogang to visit the academy and train the Little Monsters, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek and announced that he would direct the students’ training starting the next morning. Zhao Zilong then taught Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong to use hidden weapons, while Oscar tried to warn him away from pursuing Rongrong and learned why she was unlikely to choose him.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to work harder and informed the Shrek students that he would arrange their training, which would begin the next morning.
• Zhao Zilong took Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong to practice hidden weapons, advising Yiran to use darts opportunistically and giving Rongrong Flying Needles suited to her needs.
• Ning Rongrong struggled to hit the target with a Flying Needle, while Meng Yiran handled the darts more smoothly.
• Oscar joined the practice, then privately asked Zhao Zilong not to compete with him for Rongrong.
• Zhao Zilong told Oscar that Rongrong’s sect expected her partner to be an offensive Soul Master, leaving Oscar silent.

Oscar learned that his status as a Support Soul Master left no possibility of a relationship with Ning Rongrong, and he left after she rejected him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang discussed Tang San’s recent Soul Power regression and advised him to rest more.

• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect required her partner to be an attack-type Soul Master, and she confirmed it.
• Oscar asked Zhao Zilong to teach him hidden weapons so he could gain attack power, but Zhao Zilong warned him not to pursue Ning Rongrong on that basis.
• Ning Rongrong firmly told Oscar they could never be together, and Oscar apologized before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Zhao Zilong might be a Twin Martial Souls wielder, while Tang San suspected Zhao Zilong could be another transmigrator and considered recruiting him into the Tang Sect.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his Soul Power had briefly fallen from level twenty-nine to twenty-eight before recovering, and Yu Xiaogang explained possible causes and urged him to rest more.

Oscar asked Tang San to teach him hidden weapons so he could become strong enough to protect Ning Rongrong, and Tang San agreed to teach him the basics. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang arranged a spar between Dai Mubai and Zhao Zilong, ultimately allowing Zhao Zilong to use his third soul skill and External Soul Bone.

• Oscar resolved to prove he could protect Ning Rongrong and decided to learn hidden weapons from Tang San.
• Oscar asked Tang San to teach him, and Tang San agreed to begin with basic techniques while considering Oscar's potential value to the Tang Sect.
• Tang San agreed partly because he wanted to compete with Zhao Zilong, who was teaching hidden weapons to Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran.
• Yu Xiaogang called Dai Mubai and Zhao Zilong forward for a spar, initially restricting Zhao Zilong's third soul skill and External Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai objected to the restrictions, and Yu Xiaogang allowed Zhao Zilong to use both so the companions could better understand each other's strength.

Zhao Zilong defeated Dai Mubai in a brief duel, then listened as Yu Xiaogang criticized his tactics and character. Yu Xiaogang ended by challenging Zhao Zilong’s confidence that his future would go smoothly.

• Zhao Zilong wagered one hundred Gold Soul Coins with Dai Mubai before their duel.
• Zhao Zilong used Spider Web Bind and Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain to quickly restrain and injure Dai Mubai, who surrendered.
• Dai Mubai accepted his loss, gave Zhao Zilong the wager, and asked Oscar for an Antidote Sausage.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Dai Mubai for defending against Zhao Zilong’s third soul skill and warned Zhao Zilong about the risks of attacking first with it.
• Zhao Zilong defended his tactics, and Yu Xiaogang accused him of arrogance, defiance, and keeping his companions at a distance.

Zhao Zilong confronted Yu Xiaogang for judging him without knowing him, demanded that Yu Xiaogang retract his words, and refused to back down despite Flender's punishment. Yu Xiaogang then ordered the other Little Monsters to run fifty laps as a team punishment.

• Zhao Zilong told Yu Xiaogang that his judgment of him was rash and irresponsible, and asked him to retract his remarks.
• Yu Xiaogang struggled to answer Zhao Zilong, while Flender demanded that Zhao Zilong apologize.
• Zhao Zilong stood by his words and went to run laps; Flender increased the punishment to a hundred laps and withheld his food.
• Zhao Wuji objected to the punishment, and Flender asked Yu Xiaogang what he thought.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the other Little Monsters to run fifty laps because they were a team, and they obeyed.

Zhao Zilong encouraged Shrek's Eight as they ran their punishment laps, then sang them a song called “True Hero” to raise their spirits. Inspired by the song, Dai Mubai urged the group to sing together as they continued running.

• Zhao Zilong joked with Shrek's Eight about sharing their punishment, and Dai Mubai, Meng Yiran, and Ma Hongjun supported him.
• Zhao Zilong explained his four kinds of close brothers, prompting the girls to tease the men about visiting brothels.
• Ning Rongrong began tiring during the run, and Zhao Zilong noted that the fifty laps would be difficult.
• Zhao Zilong sang “True Hero,” and Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai praised the song and its lyrics.
• Zhao Zilong suggested singing to show the teachers their determination, and Dai Mubai asked him to lead the group immediately.

Yu Xiaogang began laying out a six-month physical training plan for the Shrek students after Zhao Zilong challenged his authority. He apologized for reprimanding Zhao Zilong and promised to resign if the training produced no results, leaving the students ready to follow his arrangements.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that the students had learned teamwork through their song and said they should next be trained to act as a team.
• Flender ordered the exhausted students to eat but made Zhao Zilong run fifty more laps, and Zhao Zilong resumed running while thinking about improving his physique.
• Zhao Zilong left the field to eat in a neighboring village, where Flender found him and explained the value of Yu Xiaogang's physical training.
• Flender warned Zhao Zilong not to reveal Yu Xiaogang's low Soul Power, and Zhao Zilong agreed before returning to the field.
• Yu Xiaogang announced six months of daytime physical training and nightly medicinal baths, apologized for his earlier reprimand, and promised to resign if the training showed no results.

After six months of Yu Xiaogang’s grueling training, the Shrek students grew stronger and began preparing for the next stage: combat at the Great Soul Arena of Suotuo City. They received a month off, leaving Zhao Zilong to choose between the arena and competing invitations from Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong.

• Yu Xiaogang put the Shrek students through six months of intense physical training, improving their physiques and Soul Power while straining Flender’s finances.
• Tang San reached level 31 and gained Spider Web Bind from a 1,300-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, while Zhao Zilong remained at level 33 and neared a bottleneck.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the next training stage would involve actual combat at the Great Soul Arena of Suotuo City and set badge goals for the students, including Gold Spirit Badges for Tang San and Zhao Zilong.
• Yu Xiaogang gave everyone a month off and warned Zhao Zilong not to reveal his Soul Bone if he entered the arena.
• Ma Hongjun invited Zhao Zilong out, but Meng Yiran blocked him and asked him to visit her family, while Ning Rongrong also invited him to her home.

Zhao Zilong and Meng Yiran left the academy for her family home in Krilan City, where her grandparents welcomed them warmly. After learning their Soul Power levels, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma grew more determined to keep Zhao Zilong close to the family.

• Zhao Zilong asked the others about their plans for the break, and Tang San offered to make hidden weapons for them.
• Tang San gave Ning Rongrong a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and explained how to use it.
• Meng Yiran took Zhao Zilong to Dragon-Snake Manor in Krilan City after two days of travel.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang welcomed Meng Yiran and Zhao Zilong, and Meng Shu encouraged Zhao Zilong to call them Grandpa and Grandma.
• Meng Yiran said she was level 32 and Zhao Zilong was level 33, prompting her grandparents to resolve to keep him close and prepare a banquet for them.

Meng Yiran’s family urged her to secure her relationship with Zhao Zilong, and she spent the night with him after worrying he might leave her for someone else. The next morning, Zhao Zilong broke through to level 34 and credited Meng Yiran.

• Meng Shu advised Meng Yiran to make her relationship with Zhao Zilong permanent before another woman could take him away.
• Worried about the age and talent gap between them, Meng Yiran could not sleep and went to Zhao Zilong’s room.
• Zhao Zilong failed to break through to level 34, then welcomed Meng Yiran into his room and they spent the night together.
• The next morning, Meng Yiran told Zhao Zilong she was his woman and asked him not to abandon her, and he promised to care for her for life.
• Zhao Zilong discovered that his Soul Power had reached level 34 and kissed Meng Yiran, attributing the breakthrough to her.

After a month of vacation with Meng Yiran, Zhao Zilong returned to Shrek Academy and joined his friends for the next stage of training. Yu Xiaogang sent the students to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena to earn Spirit Badges, leaving Zhao Zilong eager to profit from the matches.

• Zhao Zilong gave Meng Yiran birth control pills, and they spent the rest of their vacation together before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Zilong reunited with Tang San and the others, received his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and learned that Ma Hongjun had been beaten by Bu Le.
• Zhao Zilong joined Ma Hongjun and the others in confronting Bu Le, whom Xiao Wu lured in and beat.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned the nine students to train at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena until they earned Silver Spirit Badges, requiring Tang San and Zhao Zilong to earn Gold Spirit Master badges.
• Yu Xiaogang prohibited the students from using hidden weapons, told them to compete under aliases and masks, and led them to register for individual, two-person, and team matches.

Yu Xiaogang organized the students’ Spirit Arena matches and assigned them nicknames. Zhao Zilong proposed new names for himself and Tang San as the group prepared to compete.

• Yu Xiaogang required each student to participate in team battles and individual or two-on-two matches, then the students chose their partners.
• Zhao Zilong agreed to team with Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong on alternating days, while Dai Mubai paired with Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar, and Tang San refused Ma Hongjun’s invitation because he had already teamed with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Dai Mubai and Zhao Zilong that their two-on-two opponents would be above Level Thirty, and both men vowed to lead their partners to victory.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Spirit Arena nicknames to the students, but Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong objected to Zhao Zilong’s proposed name, Blue Silver Radiance.
• Zhao Zilong proposed that Tang San be called Thousand Hand Asura and that he be called the Blue Silver Emperor.

Yu Xiaogang established the Shrek Battle Team and appointed Dai Mubai as captain and Tang San as vice-captain, leaving Zhao Zilong to sign in and strip Tang San of some power. The team prepared to register at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena.

• Yu Xiaogang told the students to address one another as brothers and sisters, and Zhao Zilong teased Xiao Wu before dodging her kick.
• Yu Xiaogang named their group the Shrek Battle Team and announced Dai Mubai as captain and Tang San as vice-captain, while Tang San suggested Zhao Zilong take the vice-captain role.
• Zhao Zilong accepted Yu Xiaogang's decision, and Dai Mubai led the team in pledging to make a name for themselves at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the team to prepare to register at the arena, and Zhao Zilong signed in to Tang San.
• The System Girl reported that Tang San lost one level of Innate Soul Power and half a level of Soul Power, while Zhao Zilong's Soul Power rose to level 34.5.

At the Suotuo Grand Spirit Arena, Zhao Zilong registered and was matched against Dai Mubai in a one-on-one battle. Zhao Zilong dodged Dai Mubai’s attacks before launching a barrage of Blue Silver Grass blades, which Dai Mubai blocked with his defensive Soul Skill.

• Zhao Zilong registered with Level 34 Soul Power, and he, Meng Yiran, and Ning Rongrong formed two-person combinations.
• The Shrek group registered for the arena, and the match board paired Zhao Zilong with Dai Mubai.
• Zhao Zilong bet his Gold Soul Coins on himself, while Dai Mubai challenged his confidence before they entered the arena.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and pursued Zhao Zilong, who repeatedly evaded him with Lingbo Weibu.
• Zhao Zilong used Heartbreak Poison: Bamboo Leaf Sword Rain, and Dai Mubai blocked the incoming blades with White Tiger Body Protection Barrier.

Zhao Zilong defeated Dai Mubai in the arena, then continued using his sign-in ability to deprive the Shrek Seven Devils of Soul Power and Innate Soul Power. After seven days, he had signed in for Dai Mubai, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, raising his own Soul Power to level 37.5 and Innate Soul Power to level 8.

• Zhao Zilong used poisoned Blue Silver Grass and Spider Web Bind to defeat Dai Mubai, who conceded.
• Zhao Zilong freed Dai Mubai, collected his betting winnings, and encouraged Tang San before Tang San and Xiao Wu prepared for their doubles match.
• Zhao Zilong signed in for Dai Mubai and deprived him of 0.5 levels of Soul Power and 1 level of Innate Soul Power.
• Over the next five days, Zhao Zilong signed in for Oscar, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing, taking 0.5 levels of each person's Soul Power and Innate Soul Power.
• After signing in for Zhu Zhuqing on the seventh day, Zhao Zilong's Soul Power reached level 37.5 and his Innate Soul Power reached level 8.

Zhao Zilong completed his sign-in among the Shrek Seven Devils, gained the Byakugan and Gentle Fist, and received new missions tied to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect. After the Shrek Battle Team continued its winning streak, Zhao Zilong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San earned Bronze Spirit Master Badges.

• Zhao Zilong drained Soul Power from the Shrek Seven Devils and raised his Innate Soul Power to level 8, then received the Byakugan and Gentle Fist as his sign-in reward.
• Zhao Zilong received missions to sign in to Liu Erlong, Tang Hao, Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, and Tang San, and decided to handle them one at a time.
• The Shrek members continued competing in spirit battles, and Zhao Zilong earned points quickly by joining individual, two-person, and team matches.
• Manager Ao visited the Shrek Battle Team and gave Zhao Zilong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San Bronze Spirit Master Badges for reaching Bronze rank.
• Tang San praised Zhao Zilong's rapid progress, while the team joked and celebrated their success.

Yu Xiaogang briefed the Shrek Battle Team on the Berserk Team and their strengths before ordering Zhao Zilong and Dai Mubai to sit out so the others would have to rely on teamwork. The chapter ended with Tang San and the remaining fighters facing a difficult match with only a thirty percent chance of victory.

• Yu Xiaogang described the Berserk Team's high soul levels and warned the Shrek fighters about Ruyi Plate's powerful third soul skill.
• Zhao Zilong, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu discussed how Ning Rongrong's support could help them overcome the Berserk Team.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized the team's reliance on individual strength and Spirit Ring advantages instead of coordinated tactics.
• Yu Xiaogang removed Zhao Zilong and Dai Mubai from the lineup and told the remaining fighters to face the Berserk Team.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San and the others that they had only a thirty percent chance of winning unless they coordinated as a team.