Chapter Summaries

Tang San faced the Worldly Dragon Snake family after killing the Man Faced Demon Spider, while desperately seeking help to rescue Lan Xue from the Titan Giant Ape. Zhao Wuji arrived before Meng Shu could kill Tang San, and Meng Yiran challenged him to a throwing-knife contest over the Soul Ring.

• Tang San admitted he had killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Meng Shu offered him the choice of joining the family or surrendering an arm.
• Tang San refused to join unless Meng Shu helped save Lan Xue, but Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang said they could not face the Titan Giant Ape and its powerful elder brother.
• Meng Shu threatened Tang San, but Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Academy students arrived, and Zhao Wuji persuaded Meng Shu to spare Tang San by revealing his connection to his master.
• Meng Yiran challenged Tang San to a contest for the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, and Oscar added that she would have to kiss Tang San if she lost.
• Meng Yiran proposed that they each throw eighteen Soul Piercing Blades at falling leaves and leave the blades embedded in a tree, unaware that Tang San was trained in the Tang Sect's hidden weapon arts.

Tang San defeated Meng Yiran in a hidden-weapon contest, then began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s overpowered Soul Ring while Lan Xue returned safely. The chapter ended with Tang San still trapped in a dangerous absorption, as Lan Xue concealed what had really happened to her.

• Tang San used hidden weapons to beat Meng Yiran’s eighteen Soul Piercing Blades, then explained his training methods and gave her a Bone Penetrating Needle.
• Meng Yiran accepted Tang San’s instruction and fulfilled their wager by kissing him before leaving with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.
• Tang San began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring, whose age exceeded the usual limit for a third Soul Ring, and suffered severe pain as blood seeped from his body.
• Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Academy students guarded Tang San as his condition worsened, while his determination to rescue Lan Xue kept him resisting the Soul Ring’s energy.
• Lan Xue returned to the group and claimed the Titan Giant Ape had thrown her aside before a mysterious roar drove it away; she said she had reached level thirty and obtained a third Soul Ring.
• Lan Xue privately teased Zhao Wuji about his performance, while Tang San remained in danger during his Soul Ring absorption.

Tang San survived absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring, gained a spiderweb skill and poisonous spider legs, and reunited with Lan Xue. After the group began returning to Shrek Academy, Tang San demonstrated the power of his Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

• Lan Xue returned to the group, and Zhao Wuji told her that Tang San had risked his life searching for her.
• Tang San endured the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring’s violent energy, then sprouted eight spider legs and spent twelve hours wrapped in Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San woke and reunited with Lan Xue, then discovered his third Soul Ring had given him a spiderweb skill and that his spider legs carried deadly poison.
• Tang San drew the poison out of Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun touched one of the spider legs, and Tang San learned he could retract them using Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji led the group toward Shrek Academy, while Lan Xue told Tang San she had obtained her third Soul Ring.
• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, explaining that it could fire sixteen bolts at once and had to be discharged after cocking.

After returning safely from the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San discussed producing hidden weapons for his companions and considered a larger order from Ning Rongrong’s sect. At the academy, Master heard about the group’s encounter with the Titan Giant Ape and explained the Sky Azure Bull Python’s power, while examining Tang San’s rapid growth and unusual spider legs.

• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow’s piercing power, agreed to make one for each companion, and said they would pay for materials and future orders.
• Zhao Wuji led the group out of the forest, and Dai Mubai paid for two days of rest before everyone returned safely to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to supply mechanism-type hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he said he would consider how to produce them in larger quantities.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender and Master about the forest expedition, and Master identified the Sky Azure Bull Python as the likely source of the roar that drew away the Titan Giant Ape.
• Master learned that Oscar had gained a thousand-year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent Soul Ring and examined the reports of Tang San reaching rank thirty, surviving an over-limit Soul Ring, and developing eight spider legs.

Master reunited with Tang San, warned him about his reckless absorption of the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring, and examined the resulting changes to his Blue Silver Grass and new soul skill. The chapter ended as Tang San began releasing the eight spider legs growing from his back for Master to inspect.

• Master and Flender discussed Tang San's gains, their painful shared past, and Flender's promise not to tell the woman they loved that Master had returned.
• Flender revealed that Lan Xue was the young Pope of Orchid Hall and a Titled Douluo, while Master disclosed that Tang San had twin martial spirits.
• At dawn, Master found Tang San on the roof, scolded him for absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring recklessly, and urged him to stay calm when loved ones were in danger.
• Master examined Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, confirmed its increased toughness and corrosive poison, and learned that his third soul skill was Spiderweb Restraint.
• Master demonstrated that fire could weaken Tang San's spiderweb, warned him not to add Soul Rings to his hammer, and began inspecting the eight spider legs on Tang San's back.
• Tang San channeled his Soul Power to release the spider legs as Master watched closely.

Tang San discovered that his Man Faced Demon Spider had left him an extraordinarily rare External Soul Bone, and Master explained its powers and dangers. Master stayed at Shrek Academy to direct the students’ training, while Tang San went to Suotuo City to find blacksmiths for making equipment.

• Tang San tested his eight spider legs and watched their venom dissolve a tree, while Master identified them as an External Soul Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Master explained the rarity, value, and potential of External Soul Bones, warned Tang San to keep his secret, and told him to practice controlling the spider legs.
• Master told Tang San he would remain at the academy to guide him and the other students, then argued with Flender that the students needed better meals.
• Flender introduced the academy’s teachers and Yu Xiaogang, who announced unified instruction for the seven students and assigned them rankings by age.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun went to Suotuo City, where Ma Hongjun left to address his Evil Fire problem and Tang San searched for a blacksmith shop.

Tang San negotiated with Tie Xin at Suotuo City’s largest blacksmith shop to forge components for his hidden weapons. After agreeing on a large order, Tang San spotted two familiar young blacksmiths in the workshop.

• Tang San visited the Blacksmith Shop to arrange long-term production of hidden weapon components while keeping their purpose secret.
• Tie Xin examined Tang San’s design and quoted prices for forging the complex parts from Iron Essence.
• Tang San agreed to order ten sets, requiring twenty kilograms of Iron Essence for 440 Gold Soul Coins after the labor discount.
• Tie Xin led Tang San into the workshop, where Tang San noticed two familiar young blacksmiths working.

Tang San negotiated with Tie Xin to have his blacksmith shop forge a set of intricate items, offering a deposit and showing his Soul Master Hand Ledger to establish his credibility. Tie Xin was shocked to learn Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power and had already reached Soul Grandmaster rank.

• Tie Xin introduced his sons, Tie Long and Tie Hu, as the shop’s best blacksmiths and said they could forge Tang San’s items if they reached an agreement.
• Tang San proposed paying a deposit of one hundred Gold Soul Coins for a trial set, with further production depending on its quality.
• Tie Xin asked Tang San to show his Soul Master Hand Ledger as proof of his identity before accepting the large order.
• Tang San handed over his ledger, which recorded his Blue Silver Grass spirit soul and his advancement to Soul Scholar in 2637.
• Tang San explained that he had Innate Full Soul Power, and Tie Xin saw that the ledger recorded him as a Level 20 Soul Grandmaster in 2639.

Tang San secured a partnership with Tie Xin’s blacksmith shop after proving he was a twelve-year-old Soul Elder, and he arranged for equipment and materials to be delivered to Shrek Academy. After cultivating the next morning, he found Master preparing breakfast for the students.

• Tang San showed Tie Xin his three Soul Rings, convincing him of his rank and earning his trust.
• Tie Long recognized Tang San from the Spirit Duel Arena and confirmed their previous match as the Three-Five Combination.
• Tie Xin agreed to handle Tang San’s order, including delivering high-quality furnace equipment and metal materials to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San paid one hundred Gold Soul Coins and returned to the academy to cultivate.
• Tang San cultivated his Purple Demon Eyes at sunrise and then went to the dining hall for breakfast.
• Tang San found Master cooking for the students, and Master invited him to try the food.

Master began intensive training for the Shrek students by testing how they handled one another’s strengths and weaknesses in combat. Tang San defeated Dai Mubai with his new Spiderweb Restraint, while Lan Xue and the Oscar–Ma Hongjun team exploited their abilities against Tang San and Dai Mubai; Master then asked the fighters to share their impressions.

• Master served the students a hearty breakfast and announced that he would lead their intensive training, beginning with a strict breakfast schedule.
• Master ordered Dai Mubai to defeat the other students one by one, and Tang San used Spiderweb Restraint to paralyze and bind him.
• Master explained how Soul Masters could counter one another and assigned Dai Mubai to fight Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then Oscar and Ma Hongjun, while Lan Xue fought Tang San without Soul Skills.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar used flight and Recovery Sausages to wear down Dai Mubai, while Lan Xue used Charm and Waist Bow against Tang San before he bound them both with Spiderweb Restraint.
• Master stopped the battles and asked the fighters for their impressions, and Dai Mubai protested that the Oscar–Ma Hongjun team would not have beaten him at full strength.

Master punished the Shrek students for their mistakes by making them run weighted round trips without Soul Power, turning the ordeal into a test of endurance and teamwork. The seven supported one another through the final brutal lap and collapsed after completing it.

• Master criticized Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Lan Xue for their mistakes in battle, then ordered the students to run weighted trips between the academy and Suotuo City without Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were also ordered to join, and Master assigned each of the seven a stone-filled bamboo basket; Tang San had to complete twelve round trips while the others had to complete ten.
• Tang San and Oscar recognized that Master was testing their collective spirit, so the group ran at the slowest pace and shared the burden when Oscar and Ning Rongrong began to tire.
• Dai Mubai took on Ma Hongjun's load, while Tang San carried stones for his companions; the group continued despite exhaustion, with Master providing warm salt water and brief rests.
• During the final round trip, several students fainted or could no longer carry their stones, so their companions took their loads and helped them forward.
• The seven supported one another over the finish line after the final lap, then collapsed, with Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun fainting almost immediately.

After three months of Master’s punishing training, the Shrek Seven Devils grew stronger and closer as a group. During their break, Ma Hongjun returned from Suotuo City badly beaten by a Soul Ancestor named Bu Le, so Tang San and the others prepared to confront him.

• The Shrek Seven Devils collapsed after their first brutal training session, then recovered in medicinal baths and ate before continuing their training and cultivation.
• Master praised the group’s trust and teamwork, and they joined Tang San to finish his remaining punishment; the following three months of combat and physical training strengthened their bodies.
• During their seven-day break, Tang San assembled hidden weapons while Ma Hongjun went to Suotuo City to deal with his Evil Fire.
• Ma Hongjun returned bruised and swollen, explaining that Bu Le had beaten him at a pleasure den after they argued over a woman.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar agreed to accompany Ma Hongjun to confront Bu Le, and Tang San planned how they would counter Bu Le’s control-type martial soul.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Lan Xue went after Bu Le to avenge Ma Hongjun, but Lan Xue defeated him brutally before Ma Hongjun added his own punishment. The group warned that Bu Le might seek revenge, while Flender learned the academy’s funds were nearly gone and Bu Le regained consciousness, gravely injured.

• Lan Xue joined Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun as they went to find Bu Le at the Grass Nest.
• Lan Xue lured Bu Le into a dark alley, then used Charm, Teleport, and her Eight-Section Throw to smash him repeatedly and leave him unable to move.
• Ma Hongjun kicked Bu Le and burned his crotch with Phoenix Flame before rejoining the others.
• Tang San warned Ma Hongjun that Bu Le might retaliate and said they should have eliminated the threat completely.
• Flender told Master that the academy had run out of money, and Master promised to resolve the expenses after the students’ rest period.
• Bu Le regained consciousness and realized his limbs, ribs, vertebrae, and most of his meridians had been badly damaged.

After Bu Le's companions found him badly injured, Master began Shrek Academy's second training stage by sending the seven students to earn Silver Spirit Duelist badges at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena. The masked Shrek Seven Devils began their first matches, and Tang San and Lan Xue faced the four-win Cat and Mouse Duo in a two-on-two duel.

• Old Goose and Tianya found Bu Le with dislocated joints, broken ribs, and a damaged cervical spine, and Tianya cut off Bu Le's injured member.
• Master sent Tang San, Lan Xue, and the other five students to Soto City to earn Silver Spirit Duelist badges through daily duels, including team battles as the Shrek Seven Devils.
• The students chose their two-on-two partners and aliases, and Master gave them Shrek masks to conceal their identities.
• At the Thirteenth Spirit Duel Arena, Tang San and Lan Xue entered their first two-on-two match as the Blue Silver Flying Snow Combination against the four-win Cat and Mouse Duo.
• The Cat and Mouse Duo revealed their Martial Souls, while Tang San and Lan Xue displayed six soul rings between them; the cat fighter attacked, and Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to evade and redirect her assault.

Tang San and Lan Xue defeated the Cat and Mouse Duo in a quick two-on-two spirit duel, using their abilities to counter the opponents’ speed. The Blue Silver Flying Snow Combination earned its second consecutive victory, and both fighters left to prepare for their one-on-one duels.

• Thin Cat attacked Tang San with her third Soul Ring skill while Fat Rat charged at Lan Xue.
• Tang San evaded Thin Cat’s claws, bound her with Blue Silver Grass, and kicked her off the stage.
• Lan Xue used Teleport to get behind Fat Rat, then threw him off the stage with her ponytail and a kick.
• The host announced the Blue Silver Flying Snow Combination’s second consecutive victory, raising both fighters’ scores to three points.
• Tang San and Lan Xue left the stage as their respective one-on-one duels awaited them.

The Shrek Seven Devils won their one-on-one and two-on-two spirit duels and prepared for their first team battle. While waiting, they clashed with Mad Rhino, who was revealed to be their upcoming opponent.

• Oscar and Dai Mubai won their two-on-two match as the Twin-Winged White Tiger, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing won as the Seven Treasure Spirit Cat.
• The Shrek Seven Devils completed five one-on-one matches and three two-on-two matches with victories, then reviewed Tang San’s plan for the team battle.
• The team waited and recovered in the crowded Team Battle room, where Lan Xue was told not to reveal her martial soul.
• Mad Rhino harassed Lan Xue, and Tang San stepped in to defend her before meeting Mad Rhino’s strike with his Mystic Jade Hands.
• Manager Ao stopped the private fight and announced that the Shrek Seven Devils would face Mad Rhino’s team in the arena; Mad Rhino threatened Tang San.

The Shrek Seven Devils faced the formidable Berserker Team in their first team battle at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena. As both teams released their martial souls and Soul Rings, the duel began with the opponents’ support Soul Master buffing his teammates.

• Manager Ao warned the Shrek Seven Devils that the Berserker Team had won seven consecutive matches and could leave opponents dead or crippled.
• Dai Mubai urged the team to prioritize safety, while Tang San planned to restrain Mad Rhino and target the less defensive opponents.
• The Shrek Seven Devils and the Berserker Team formed their battle formations before a hostile crowd at the packed arena.
• Both teams released their martial souls, and Mad Rhino was surprised by the Shrek Seven Devils’ four Soul Elders with two yellow and one purple Soul Ring each.
• The Berserker Team’s older support Soul Master activated his Wishful Disk and gave six teammates defensive and attack-enhancing auras.

Tang San and Lan Xue led the Shrek Seven Devils to victory over the Berserker Team, then their teachers praised the team and assigned them to review the battle. The students celebrated together at the inn, where Lan Xue stepped in to drink with Oscar.

• Tang San and Lan Xue gave the Spider Woman Soul Master their titles as Thousand Hands Asura and Ice Jade Orchid Emperor, and the Shrek Seven Devils collected their rewards.
• The seven reunited with Master, Flender, and Zhao Wuji, then removed their masks and reflected on how teamwork had helped them win.
• Master praised each student’s contribution, reassured Oscar that his support had been crucial, and told the team to review the battle during their day off.
• Flender, Master, and Zhao Wuji left the inn, and Flender agreed to treat them to drinks after Master teased him about losing.
• Dai Mubai hosted a meal and drinks at the inn, thanked Tang San, and Oscar challenged him to drink before Lan Xue volunteered to drink in his place.

Ning Rongrong apologized to her companions during a drinking celebration, while she and Lan Xue astonished everyone with their alcohol tolerance. After a month of undefeated team and individual performances at the Soto Grand Spirit Arena, the Shrek Seven Devils entered the final day’s matches poised to earn Silver Spirit Duelist ranks, and Master planned to move them into their next stage of training afterward.

• Ning Rongrong thanked the Shrek Seven Devils and apologized before draining her first cup of ale, while Oscar and the others welcomed her as a companion.
• Ning Rongrong and Lan Xue outlasted the rest of the group in their first drinking session, with both earning the others’ admiration for their talent.
• The Shrek Seven Devils completed a month of spirit duels with strong records, including twenty-seven consecutive Team Battle victories and perfect individual records for Tang San and Lan Xue.
• Dai Mubai advanced to Soul Power level thirty-eight, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reached levels twenty-eight and twenty-seven.
• Master had the Shrek Seven Devils disguise themselves and compete across separate branch arenas to avoid attention and prevent them from facing one another.
• Master registered the team at the eighth branch arena for the final day, expecting their accumulated points to earn them Silver Spirit Duelist ranks before he began their third training stage.

Master agreed to have the Shrek Seven Devils face a powerful Silver Spirit Duelist team in the Soto Grand Spirit Arena’s Central Grand Spirit Arena. After the team and their teachers gathered, Master shared the opponents’ information as Tang San noticed Master’s intense fighting spirit.

• A registration staff member recognized the Shrek Seven Devils badge and brought Manager Ao to speak with Master.
• Manager Ao asked the Shrek Seven Devils to fight in the Central Grand Spirit Arena against a Silver Spirit Duelist team of Soul Elders with optimal Soul Ring configurations.
• Manager Ao explained the arena’s losses to the team and offered rewards, while arranging for the Shrek Seven Devils’ individual and two-on-two matches to count as victories if their opponents forfeited.
• Master accepted the challenge for the training it would provide and agreed to review the opponents’ information.
• Staff brought the Shrek Seven Devils, Flender, and Zhao Wuji to the room, where Master explained the arrangement and spread the team’s information across the table.