Chapter Summaries

Tang San delivered Master’s letter to Flender, who reacted emotionally and urged him not to disappoint his teacher. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong and Oscar struggled through their running assignment, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leader learned that she had enrolled at Shrek Academy.

• Tang San gave Flender Master’s letter after passing Shrek Academy’s assessment, and Flender read it with a mixture of emotions before telling Tang San to prepare for the evening lesson.
• Flender greeted Lan Xue as Orchid Douluo, but she asked him to treat her as a student and call her Little Xue.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong a stamina-restoring sausage during their run, but she rejected it, used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost her agility, and ran ahead.
• A young man reported to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leader that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy, and he asked how the academy was.

Ning Fengzhi refused to retrieve Ning Rongrong from Shrek Academy, trusting Flander to protect her. At the academy, Flander punished Oscar for lying about Ning Rongrong’s unfinished assignment and confronted her over leaving without permission.

• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Uncle that neither he nor Dragon Uncle could go after Ning Rongrong, and said Flander would keep her safe.
• Flander asked Oscar whether he and Ning Rongrong had completed their assigned twenty laps, and Oscar falsely claimed they had.
• Flander ordered Oscar to run another twenty laps without food and with his Soul Power sealed because he had lied.
• Flander revealed that Ning Rongrong had gone to Suotuo City to eat and wander instead of completing her task.
• Flander condemned Ning Rongrong for leaving the academy, disobeying orders, and making Oscar lie, warning that such conduct would merit death on a battlefield.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over her arrogance and refusal to follow Shrek Academy's rules, insisting she prove herself or leave. He challenged her to recognize her weakness without trustworthy companions and compared her talent with Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Lan Xue.

• Ning Rongrong revealed her contempt for Flender and threatened him when he ordered Dai Mubai to escort her out.
• Flender rebuked Ning Rongrong's arrogance and argued that her personality would make her helpless on a battlefield, despite her powerful support-type martial soul.
• Ning Rongrong fell silent as she understood the point behind Flender's criticism.
• Flender praised Dai Mubai's rank and achievements, then said Tang San and Lan Xue had the talent to surpass him and were more gifted than Ning Rongrong.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong with the other students’ strengths and revealed that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power, shattering her confidence. Ning Rongrong ran off in tears, while Flender ordered the students to prepare for their first class at Shrek Academy.

• Flender compared Ning Rongrong’s abilities and resolve with those of Dai Mubai, Tang San, Lan Xue, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s judgment by insisting she was better than Oscar, but Flender revealed Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power and exceptional potential.
• Ning Rongrong was overwhelmed by Flender’s words and ran toward her dormitory in tears.
• Lan Xue used one word, “Letter,” to unsettle Flender after seeing his smug thoughts with her mind-reading ability.
• Flender told Dai Mubai to fetch Oscar and have him comfort Ning Rongrong, then ordered the students to prepare for their first class and follow the academy’s rules.

Flender brought the students to Suotuo City and explained that their first lesson would be practical combat at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena. Tang San questioned why Soul Masters would fight for an audience, leaving Flender’s explanation unfinished.

• Flender led Dai Mubai, Tang San, Lan Xue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun from the academy toward Suotuo City.
• The group entered the lively city at night, where Lan Xue explored the street stalls while Tang San held her hand.
• Flender took the students to a tea shop and pointed out the towering Soto Grand Spirit Arena as their classroom.
• Flender explained that real combat experience was the academy’s most important lesson and that the Great Soul Arenas hosted Soul Master battles.
• Tang San asked why Soul Masters would perform martial soul competitions for spectators.

Flender explained the Great Soul Arena’s independent standing, ranking system, and value as a place to prove a soul master’s strength, then set a Silver Spirit Duelist badge as a graduation requirement. After hearing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun describe their records, the group headed to the Soto Grand Spirit Arena.

• Flender explained the Great Soul Arena’s ten badge ranks and said the students had to earn Silver Spirit Duelist badges before graduation.
• Dai Mubai described the points and streak rules for advancing badges and shared his record of twenty-nine wins and twenty-seven losses.
• Dai Mubai explained that reaching a new Soul Ring tier had disrupted his winning streak and made it difficult to gain points.
• Ma Hongjun reported thirty-three matches, twenty-one wins, twelve losses, and nine points, while Lan Xue told Flender she had already reached Amethyst.
• Flender led the six-person group from the tea shop to the Soto Grand Spirit Arena.

Tang San and his companions registered for Spirit Duels at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena and were assigned their first sparring matches. Tang San and Lan Xue also decided to enter a two-on-two duel, and went to register as they waited for their matches.

• Flender explained the Spirit Duel formats and rules as the group approached the Soto Grand Spirit Arena.
• Tang San, Lan Xue, and Zhu Zhuqing registered and received Iron Soul Badges after paying the fee and taking Soul Power tests.
• Flender went to the arena while Dai Mubai explained the match assignments and the rules for newcomers.
• The five students were assigned sparring matches in the fourteenth sub-arena, with Dai Mubai facing a Soul Elder and the others facing Soul Grandmasters.
• Lan Xue suggested that she and Tang San register for a two-on-two duel, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang San and Lan Xue left to register for the two-on-two competition.

Tang San and Lan Xue registered their two-on-two team as Blue Silver Flying Snow before Lan Xue entered her one-on-one match against Qing Bao. The duel began with Qing Bao underestimating her, and Lan Xue launched an attack as he stood his ground.

• Tang San and Lan Xue paid the entry fee and registered their team as Blue Silver Flying Snow.
• Dai Mubai called Lan Xue to her one-on-one match, and Tang San and the others went to watch.
• The host introduced Lan Xue and Qing Bao, a Soul Grandmaster on a two-match winning streak.
• Lan Xue drew the crowd's attention, while Qing Bao urged her to leave the stage rather than risk getting hurt.
• Lan Xue rushed at Qing Bao and kicked toward his stomach, and he chose not to dodge.

Lan Xue defeated Qing Bao with a single kick and won her first Spirit Duel. Tang San then faced Zhu Zhuqing, whose challenge against him began with both Soul Masters summoning their martial souls.

• Lan Xue kicked Qing Bao out of the duel and won without him summoning his martial soul.
• Qing Bao accepted his defeat and called Lan Xue “Big Sister Little Xue” after she insisted.
• The host announced Lan Xue’s victory, and the crowd cheered her.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were matched against each other, and Dai Mubai asked Tang San to go easy on her.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing summoned their martial souls, and Zhu Zhuqing lunged at Tang San through a string of afterimages.

Tang San defeated Zhu Zhuqing in a one-on-one duel, then teamed up with Lan Xue for their two-on-two match. Lan Xue instantly knocked their opponents off the stage, securing a stunned victory for the Blue Silver Flying Snow Combination.

• Tang San evaded Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Stab with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and restrained her with Blue Silver Grass, winning their duel.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted defeat and left the stage, while Tang San met Lan Xue and rested with her before their two-on-two match.
• Tang San and Lan Xue entered the stage and faced the Iron Blood Duo, Tie Long and Tie Hu, who wielded forging hammers as Tool Spirit Souls.
• Lan Xue used the airflow from the Ice Jade Orchid Emperor’s swing to knock Tie Long and Tie Hu off the stage.
• The host announced the Blue Silver Flying Snow Combination’s victory after the Great Soul Arena fell silent for a minute.

After the duels, Tang San and Lan Xue learned that Ma Hongjun was going to a brothel to deal with his unruly Evil Fire. Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Dai Mubai for his remarks about women and left, leaving their relationship strained.

• Tang San asked Dai Mubai where the dean had gone, and Dai Mubai said the group should return without him.
• Ma Hongjun said he was going to the dean’s shop, but Dai Mubai explained that he was heading to a brothel because his Evil Fire was flaring up.
• Tang San questioned whether the dean took Ma Hongjun to brothels, and Dai Mubai defended the arrangement as a way to keep Ma Hongjun from losing control of his Spirit Soul.
• Lan Xue teased Dai Mubai about his attitude toward women and praised Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing called men filthy.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai after he claimed to have better taste than Ma Hongjun, called him disgusting, and walked away.

Dai Mubai lost his temper with Ning Rongrong, while Lan Xue and Oscar challenged her selfish attitude. Left alone after they returned to the academy, Ning Rongrong began to question whether she was at fault.

• Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai and went to her dormitory, while he followed her back to the academy.
• Ning Rongrong told Dai Mubai she was staying at Shrek Academy and mocked him about Zhu Zhuqing, provoking him to unleash his Soul Power.
• Tang San diverted Dai Mubai's Soul Power and stopped the confrontation, after which Dai Mubai warned Ning Rongrong and left.
• Ning Rongrong offered Lan Xue money and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support to kill Dai Mubai, but Lan Xue rejected her and advised her to change or leave.
• Oscar refused Ning Rongrong's request for support, told her she treated him like a servant, and warned that friendship would remain a luxury if she kept her attitude.

Ning Rongrong spent a sleepless night regretting how she had treated others, while Oscar broke through to level thirty. At Flender’s lesson, Lan Xue revealed that she had twin martial souls, but the students still had to eat Oscar’s sausages.

• Ning Rongrong realized she might have been wrong about friendship and endured the night in distress.
• Dai Mubai said he planned to visit the twins again, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong missed breakfast.
• Oscar arrived at class and announced that he had reached level thirty, earning congratulations from Flender and the others.
• Flender ordered everyone except Oscar to eat one of each of Oscar’s sausages as adaptability training.
• Lan Xue transformed her martial soul into several kinds of food, revealing that she had twin martial souls.
• Flender refused to exempt the students from eating Oscar’s sausages, even if Lan Xue could provide food.

Ning Rongrong and the other students accepted Oscar’s sausages during Flender’s lesson, then the group set out with Zhao Wuji to obtain Oscar’s third Soul Ring. After reaching an inn near the Star Dou Great Forest, they clashed with students from Canghui Academy, and Lan Xue and Tang San joined the fight.

• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Lan Xue, and Zhu Zhuqing ate Oscar’s sausages and passed Flender’s lesson on relying on support Spirits.
• Flender sent the students to the Star Dou Great Forest under Zhao Wuji’s lead to help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring, and Dai Mubai assigned the group’s travel formation.
• Oscar’s sausages and Lan Xue’s food kept the group energized as they ran more than four hundred kilometers toward the forest.
• The group stopped overnight in a nearby town, where they met a party from Canghui Academy at an inn dining hall.
• A Canghui Academy student tried to trip Dai Mubai, who struck him and sent him crashing back into his group.
• The Canghui Academy teacher ordered his students to attack, and Lan Xue and Tang San rose to fight them.

Lan Xue and the Shrek students clashed with Canghui Academy after its students provoked them at a restaurant. When Ye Zhiqiu, a Soul King, challenged them outside, Lan Xue struck him before Zhao Wuji arrived and dismissed Canghui Academy as garbage.

• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes to judge the Canghui students’ Soul Power and let Lan Xue confront them.
• Lan Xue sent five Canghui students flying with her Martial Soul, then Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San revealed their Soul Rings and drove them back.
• Ye Zhiqiu released his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and challenged the Shrek students, so Tang San outlined a plan to exploit his defensive focus.
• Ning Rongrong felt excluded from Tang San’s plan, and Oscar encouraged her to prove she belonged at Shrek.
• Lan Xue chose to fight Ye Zhiqiu one-on-one and sent him flying with a lash before Zhao Wuji interrupted and ordered the Shrek students back to the hotel.
• Ye Zhiqiu demanded an explanation from Zhao Wuji, who called Canghui Academy a garbage academy.

Shrek Academy entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a third Soul Ring, and the group captured a thousand-year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent. Just as Oscar prepared to claim it, an elderly Soul Master and her young companion arrived and insisted they had tracked the serpent first.

• Zhao Wuji defeated Ye Zhiqiu with one slap, then warned the Shrek students that they would undergo special training and urged them to work together.
• The group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji laid down safety rules and Oscar and Lan Xue distributed food for the journey.
• Tang San advised the group to avoid harmless Gnawing Weasels, and a Calico Cat unexpectedly leaped into Lan Xue's arms during their rest.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a thousand-year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, and Tang San and Lan Xue identified it as a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar.
• The group worked together to stop the serpent, and Zhao Wuji subdued it so Oscar could take its Soul Ring.
• An elderly woman with a snake-headed staff and her young companion confronted the group, and the woman claimed they had discovered and pursued the serpent first.

Zhao Wuji and Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang disputed who would receive the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent's Soul Ring, then agreed to let their students settle the matter in a duel. Tang San fought Meng Yiran and gradually gained the upper hand in a contest of Soul Power.

• Chao Tianxiang claimed that she and Meng Yiran had first wounded the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, but Zhao Wuji refused to surrender it and revealed that Oscar needed its Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji showed Chao Tianxiang the Shrek students' Soul Rings, and Tang San offered to fight Meng Yiran in Oscar's place.
• Meng Yiran attacked Tang San with her Serpent Cane, but escaped his Blue Silver Grass with her Snake Body skill and struck back with her Tongue Blade.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eyes to seize Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane, then caught her poisoned Tongue Blade with his Mystic Jade Hands.
• Tang San and Meng Yiran clashed Soul Power through the Serpent Cane, and Tang San's steady defense and lower consumption gradually gave him the advantage.

Oscar absorbed the thousand-year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent's Soul Ring and gained a flight skill, while Tang San revealed that he had reached level thirty and needed a third Soul Ring. The Shrek group searched the forest for two days without finding a suitable Soul Beast, and Tang San discussed how Soul Masters' hunting might threaten Soul Beast populations.

• Meng Yiran lost the contest with Tang San, and Chao Tianxiang admitted defeat and let Oscar claim the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent.
• Oscar absorbed the Serpent's Soul Ring, became a thirty-first-level Soul Elder, and revealed that his third skill let someone fly at the Serpent's speed for one minute.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he had reached level thirty, so Zhao Wuji agreed to extend their stay and find a Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji led the group away from the site to avoid trouble, but after two days of searching the forest outskirts, they still had not found a suitable Soul Beast for Tang San.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that human Soul Masters' repeated hunting could cause Soul Beast populations to shrink, and Zhao Wuji acknowledged the concern while doubting restrictions would help.

A Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek students and seized Lan Xue, escaping despite Zhao Wuji and the others fighting to stop it. As the injured group regrouped, Tang San secretly asked Oscar for a Mushroom Sausage so he could pursue Lan Xue.

• Zhao Wuji sensed danger and ordered the students out of the tent, where they saw the Titan Giant Ape emerge from the forest.
• Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Lan Xue attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but its black shock wave blasted them away.
• The Titan Giant Ape pounced on the group, and the students narrowly avoided being crushed; it caught Lan Xue in its hand.
• Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and Tang San attacked with hidden weapons, but the Titan Giant Ape repelled them and carried Lan Xue away.
• Tang San secretly asked Oscar for a Mushroom Sausage so he could pursue Lan Xue, and Oscar reluctantly agreed to make one.

Tang San pursued the Titan Giant Ape after it carried Lan Xue away, while Lan Xue stopped with Erming to form her third Soul Ring. Exhausted and unable to find her, Tang San encountered and killed an injured Man Faced Demon Spider, but hesitated to absorb its powerful Soul Ring because of his weakened condition.

• Ning Rongrong helped Tang San fly after the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Wuji ordered the others to follow together.
• Erming stopped at Lan Xue's request, and Lan Xue formed a thousand-year third Soul Ring while worrying about Tang San and her companions.
• Tang San's flight ended after less than three thousand meters, and he continued searching for Lan Xue on foot until exhaustion forced him to rest.
• An injured Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Tang San, who recognized it as a possible source for his third Soul Ring.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass, a heavy hammer, and a mechanical hidden weapon to strike the spider's eyes and fatally wound it.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring appeared, but Tang San delayed absorbing it because he was physically depleted and feared its violent energy.