Chapter Summaries

Ning Wuque used Evil Eye Essence to improve his Spiritual Power and stabilize his Sea of Consciousness, then received a visit from Gourmand Douluo Xuanzi. Xuanzi began delivering an invitation on behalf of an unnamed elder, but the chapter ended before he explained it.

• Ning Wuque bought Evil Eye Essence at the Treasure Appreciation Fair with Ning Tian's Gold Card.
• Ning Wuque asked Electrolux how to use the essence, and Electrolux opened a small patch of land in his Sea of Consciousness with its pure Spiritual Power.
• Ning Wuque tested his improved control over Spiritual Power and discussed seeking an Evil Eye for a future soul ring.
• Electrolux warned Ning Wuque that someone was approaching, and Xuanzi appeared and introduced himself as an elder of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ning Wuque formally greeted Xuanzi, who said he had come to invite him on behalf of another elder, then began explaining the academy's decision.

Ning Wuque agreed to join Shrek Academy’s reserve team as captain and compete in two Pan-continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournaments, repaying Mu En for an earlier favor. Later, Wu Feng questioned him about the academy’s selection, and he told her to ask Ning Tian.

• Xuan Zi asked Ning Wuque to join the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team, but Ning Wuque initially declined because he served the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
• Ning Wuque accepted after learning that Mu En had requested his help, while making clear that the favor would then be repaid.
• Xuan Zi left Ning Wuque to continue his relentless physical training beneath the moonlight.
• Zhou Yi, Wang Yan, Mu Jin, and the other teachers explained that the academy would make an exception to select eight competitors, then left the students to discuss it.
• Wu Feng asked Ning Wuque what the competition would select for, and he told her to ask Ning Tian.

Ning Wuque and the other core disciples took part in a free-for-all selection assessment that ended when eight people remained. Ning Wuque’s group survived the battle and secured a place among the final eight.

• Xuan Zi announced that the assessment would end once eight disciples remained in the arena.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao joined Bei Bei’s group, while Ning Wuque, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian formed their own faction.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Golden Road eliminated the sixteen-member faction.
• Ning Wuque challenged Bei Bei’s group and threw Xiao Xiao and He Caitou out of the arena.
• Wu Feng held off three opponents while Ning Wuque eliminated two more, leaving eight disciples in the arena.

After the assessment, the seven successful students joined the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team, while Ning Wuque helped Huo Yuhao avoid pressure to stay at Shrek. The group celebrated at the Red Tea House, where Wu Feng blushed while imagining herself kissing Ning Tian.

• Xuan Zi announced that the seven students other than Ning Wuque would become Shrek Seven Devils candidates and join the Reserve Team for the Pan-continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• Huo Yuhao hesitated over refusing the honor, and Ning Wuque explained that Huo Yuhao was an investment target of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan who might go to the Body Clan.
• After apparently receiving a message from Mu En, Xuan Zi said the academy would not force Huo Yuhao to stay and dismissed the group.
• Bei Bei invited everyone to celebrate at the Red Tea House, and Huo Yuhao quietly thanked Ning Wuque for his help on the way there.
• At the Red Tea House, the group found Tang Ya working in a maid outfit, and Jiang Nannan enthusiastically showered her with kisses.
• Wu Feng fantasized about Ning Tian kissing her, blushed, and got a knock on the head from Ning Wuque.

At the Red Tea House, the group shared tea and snacks while Bei Bei and Tang Ya displayed their affection. Ning Tian kissed Ning Wuque on the cheek and then kissed Wu Feng’s forehead, deciding she needed to talk with Feng Mei about their complicated relationship.

• Bei Bei served tea and snacks to the group at the Red Tea House, then sat with Tang Ya and showed his affection for her.
• Ning Tian asked Ning Wuque to feed her dessert, and he continued until his own portion was gone.
• Ning Tian hinted that she wanted a kiss, but Ning Wuque refused to cross his personal boundary before the appropriate age.
• Ning Tian kissed Ning Wuque on the cheek, leaving dessert jam on him.
• Ning Tian kissed Wu Feng on the forehead, and Wu Feng collapsed onto the table in flustered distress.
• Ning Tian decided she needed to speak with Feng Mei because she did not want Wu Feng to leave over her relationship with Ning Wuque.

Xuan Zi explained that Shrek’s inner court students served as the Shrek Surveillance Group, confronting Evil Soul Masters and other threats. Dai Yueheng urged the reserve members to help others, while Huo Yuhao’s resentment toward Shrek and its members resurfaced.

• Xuan Zi gathered the official and reserve teams and asked Ning Wuque and Huo Yuhao to keep the inner court’s responsibilities confidential; both agreed.
• Xuan Zi explained that inner court students acted as the Shrek Surveillance Group, responding to vicious incidents and Evil Soul Master threats.
• Huo Yuhao silently recalled Ma Xiaotao nearly burning him to death, while Ning Wuque condemned Shrek for letting her endanger others.
• Dai Yueheng praised helping people as a way to improve oneself and shared the inner court motto of strength, responsibility, and kindness.
• Huo Yuhao fought down his hatred as Wang Dong asked what was wrong, then listened to Dai Yueheng declare that serving as a Shrek surveillant was his greatest honor.

Xuan Zi formed the Shrek Surveillance Group and assigned it a mission to eliminate an Evil Soul Master bandit group in the Mingdou Mountain Range. The group set off for the border, while Huo Yuhao remained wary of Ma Xiaotao and Ning Wuque discussed his body training with Dai Yueheng during the flight.

• Xuan Zi asked the reserve team to join the Shrek Surveillance Group; six members agreed, Huo Yuhao declined, and Ning Wuque said he would follow Ning Tian.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the group would eliminate nearly three hundred bandits led by the Evil Soul Master known as the Death God Envoy.
• The students reacted to the prospect of killing, with Huo Yuhao thinking of the mission as preparation for his revenge and Ma Xiaotao feeling guilty about her past treatment of him.
• Wang Yan organized the group’s Flying Soul Tools, and Ma Xiaotao assigned the upperclassmen to carry the younger students toward the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Dai Yueheng asked Ning Wuque about his strength and body training during the flight, and Ning Wuque explained that he wore weighted training equipment.

Huo Yuhao and the others reached the Mingdou Mountain Range and set out to destroy a bandit group, but Ning Wuque warned them to beware of traps. The Death God Envoy appeared when the corpses in the cave suddenly exploded.

• Xuan Zi hosted a barbecue after hearing about Huo Yuhao's cooking, and the two groups grew closer over the meal.
• Duke Dai Hao welcomed the group at the Star Luo Empire's Western Group Army camp and shared intelligence about the Death God Envoy.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng dismissed the threat, but Ning Wuque warned the team to investigate for traps before entering the hideout.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and others sided with Ning Wuque, and the group entered the cave to attack the bandits.
• The Death God Envoy cried out as the remaining bandits fled, and every corpse in the cave exploded.

Ning Wuque saved Xi Xi and protected Ning Tian from the Death God Envoy’s devastating explosion, which killed Yao Haoxuan and severely injured five Shrek Seven Devils. After the Death God Envoy escaped Xuan Zi by turning into black mist, Ning Wuque seized and subdued him, then called for stronger protection and turned to treating the injured.

• Ning Wuque rescued Xi Xi from the blast while Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection helped the reserve team avoid harm, but Yao Haoxuan died and five Shrek Seven Devils were severely injured.
• Ning Tian clung to Ning Wuque, who comforted her and promised to protect her.
• Xuan Zi attacked the Death God Envoy, but the Envoy detonated Yao Haoxuan’s corpse to distract him and escaped as black mist.
• The Death God Envoy tried to take an outer academy student hostage, but Ning Wuque used Spirit Possession to force him back into his body and knock him down.
• Ning Wuque asked Ning Tian to summon stronger guards, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng blamed Xuan Zi for the disaster.
• Xuan Zi apologized, and Ning Wuque set aside blame to offer healing ointments to the injured.

After Yao Haoxuan died and Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo were poisoned, Ning Wuque stabilized the injured and defended his choice to save Xi Xi rather than risk himself for Yao Haoxuan. Wang Yan led the weakened group toward the Star Luo Empire’s capital, leaving the outer-court students to compete until their teammates recovered or reinforcements arrived.

• Ning Wuque treated Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo, gave Xuan Zi meatballs to maintain their antibodies, and Xuan Zi carried them and Yao Haoxuan’s body back to the academy.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ning Wuque whether he could have saved Yao Haoxuan, and Ning Wuque said he had chosen to save Xi Xi because she had shared a macaron with him.
• Ning Wuque rebuked Ma Xiaotao for questioning him and said he had no duty to risk injury for anyone besides the young master; Ma Xiaotao apologized.
• Wang Yan led the group toward the Star Luo Empire’s capital, urging them to do their best while Ma Xiaotao and the other injured members recovered.
• Bei Bei encouraged the group on the journey, and the students joked with Ning Wuque as their spirits lifted.

The Shrek group arrived at the Star Emperor Hotel and learned that they would compete in the tournament’s Opening Match. Alone with Ning Wuque, Ning Tian explained that winning the championship could restore the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s ties with Shrek and asked him to help secure the clan’s future.

• The group settled into their luxurious hotel rooms, and Ning Wuque was startled by the diamond-studded gold toilet.
• Bei Bei told everyone that Shrek had been assigned the Opening Match, and the students left for Wang Yan’s meeting.
• Xu Sanshi led a stunned Jiang Nannan out after she broke an expensive piece of porcelain.
• Ning Tian told Ning Wuque that the clan’s strained relationship with Shrek threatened its future and that the championship could provide a chance to rebuild their ties.
• Ning Tian asked Ning Wuque to help the clan, and he agreed.

Ning Wuque proposed fighting alone in the tournament’s opening match, and the team agreed to trust him. He planned to help Ning Tian win the championship and prepare to make a memorable entrance.

• After Wu Feng finished bathing, Ning Tian took her and Ning Wuque to the meeting room, where Wang Yan explained the tournament’s team battle and round-robin stages.
• Wang Yan said the opening-match opponents would have at most three Soul Ancestors, and the team discussed saving strength for later matches.
• Huo Yuhao reflected that the Body Clan might soon come for him because of his Body Spirit Soul, forcing him to part from Wang Dong until his revenge was complete.
• Ning Wuque volunteered to fight alone in the opening match, and the others supported his proposal.
• Wang Yan approved Ning Wuque’s solo match after hearing the team’s support, while Ning Wuque planned to win the championship for Ning Tian and make a striking entrance.

Ning Wuque took the stage alone for Shrek Academy’s opening elimination match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy. He overwhelmed the opposing captain and vice-captain with his two purple Soul Rings and powerful fists, leaving the rest of Tianling’s team stunned.

• The Star Luo Emperor opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament and announced that Shrek Academy would fight Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the first match.
• Ning Wuque surprised the crowd by stepping onto the stage as Shrek’s only competitor, prompting Tianling’s seven members to vow to defeat him.
• After the referee began the team battle, Ning Wuque revealed two purple Soul Rings and charged both of his Soul Skills.
• Ning Wuque knocked Tianling’s captain away with a punch, then endured the vice-captain’s attack and struck him down with another powerful blow.
• Ning Wuque stood before Tianling’s stunned members and declared that he alone was enough to deal with them.

Ning Wuque overwhelmed Heavenly Soul Advanced Soul Master Academy in Shrek’s opening match, then stayed to watch the other teams. His performance captivated Xiao Hongchen, who left the Sun Moon Empire’s viewing room to seek him out.

• Ning Wuque knocked down Heavenly Soul’s fighters with overwhelming force, prompting the team captain to surrender and the referee to declare Shrek Academy the winner.
• The crowd erupted in cheers, while Ning Tian greeted Ning Wuque and Wang Yan led the Shrek students to a viewing room to watch the other matches.
• Ning Wuque explained that his powerful soul-ring ability had a long cooldown and that he could not afford to underestimate future opponents.
• Meng Hongchen admired Ning Wuque’s presence, while Xiao Hongchen declared him a worthy rival and left to meet him.

As Shrek Academy’s team worried about facing powerful rivals, Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei revealed that they could each temporarily fight at Soul King strength. Their hidden abilities transformed the team’s outlook, though Wu Feng felt left behind as the weakest member.

• Xu Sanshi joked with Ning Wuque before the team discussed the powerful academies competing in the tournament.
• Ning Wuque and Ning Tian worried that his limited recovery time would make it difficult for him to carry Shrek Academy through the round robin.
• Huo Yuhao promised Ning Wuque that he would go all out to help win the tournament and revealed that he had hidden strength.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei disclosed that they could briefly unleash Soul King-level power, greatly improving Shrek Academy’s chances.
• Wu Feng felt dejected when she realized she was the weakest among the newly revealed powerhouses.

After the second day of matches, Ning Wuque joined the Shrek students at an auction, hoping to obtain the Soul Devouring Knife, also called the Gold of Life. The auction’s mysterious final lot was about to appear.

• Xiao Hongchen stopped Ning Wuque after the meeting and asked him how to become stylish, then watched him leave in admiration.
• Xu Sanshi defeated Yunluo Academy alone, impressing spectators with his strength and drawing Ning Wuque’s attention to his footwork.
• Wang Yan took the students to an auction to buy auxiliary Soul Tools, while Wang Dong chose not to go.
• Wang Yan bought several Soul Tools, but Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ning Wuque found nothing they wanted.
• The auctioneer announced the mysterious final lot, which Ning Wuque recognized as the Soul Devouring Knife.

Ning Wuque recognized the Soul Devouring Knife as the Gold of Life Electrolux wanted and had Ning Tian buy it at the auction. After collecting it, he hinted to Wu Feng that its appearance near him was connected to his Divine Examination Mark.

• Electrolux urged Ning Wuque to obtain the Gold of Life at any cost, and Ning Tian agreed to help without asking why.
• The auctioneer revealed that the item was the ninety-ninth-ranked Soul Devouring Knife, whose previous owners had all met tragic ends.
• Ning Tian bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the other bidders fell silent after recognizing her status as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s little princess.
• Ning Wuque collected the Soul Devouring Knife and left the auction house with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• When Wu Feng asked why he wanted the dangerous knife, Ning Wuque pointed to his concealed Divine Examination Mark as an explanation.

Shrek Academy faced Qianling Academy in a team battle, with Huo Yuhao leading the effort against their heavily fortified lineup. He froze their Soul Bone-powered tornado and overwhelmed all seven opponents with Death Gaze, securing Shrek’s victory.

• Ning Wuque sat out Shrek Academy’s match against Qianling Academy, and Huo Yuhao took the lead against their defensive team.
• Wang Yan selected Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Xi Xi, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan for Shrek’s lineup.
• Ning Tian strengthened her teammates while Xu Sanshi led their advance and Shen Ce’s team hurled spears at them.
• Qianling Academy’s ice-attribute Soul Master used a Soul Bone to create a Snow Tornado, but Huo Yuhao dispelled it with his Extreme Ice and Eternal Freeze Domain.
• As Wu Feng and Xi Xi distracted Qianling Academy, Huo Yuhao used Death Gaze to incapacitate all seven opponents, and Shrek won the match.

After Huo Yuhao’s match revealed his Twin Martial Souls and formidable spiritual power, members of the Body Clan decided to notify their Sect Master and watch him closely. Meanwhile, Gu Long appeared at Shrek Academy and revealed himself as Ning Tian’s great-grandfather, leaving Xuan Zi stunned by his hidden history and strength.

• Lang Ya recognized Huo Yuhao’s Twin Martial Souls and powerful spiritual technique, then told Yu Tao to alert the Body Clan’s Sect Master and watch for Shrek’s old monster.
• Yu Tao agreed to send word to the sect while Huo Yuhao left the arena, enjoying the audience’s cheers and attention.
• Gu Long appeared in Shrek Academy’s viewing conference room, making Ma Xiaotao and the others retreat until Ning Wuque addressed him as his great-grandfather.
• Ning Wuque explained that Gu Long was Ning Tian’s great-grandfather and the biological grandfather of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s current Sect Master.
• Xuan Zi recognized Gu Long as the man who had eloped with a former Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan Young Clan Head and learned that he had reached level ninety-eight in just over a century.
• Ning Wuque recalled that Gu Long had risen from level ninety-three to level ninety-eight after losing his lover and had since served the Ning Family as its hidden protector.

After the match, Gu Long warned Huo Yuhao that the Body Clan intended to take him in, and Ning Wuque explained the sect’s customs. Huo Yuhao considered the Body Clan a place where he could grow stronger, while Wang Dong struggled with the possibility that he would leave; Electrolux then told Ning Wuque that fusing the Gold of Life into his body would take about three days.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng greeted Gu Long, who warned Huo Yuhao that the Body Clan planned to bring him to their sect.
• Gu Long and Xuan Zi spoke privately before leaving, and Xuan Zi arranged to meet Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng at nine that night.
• Wang Dong grew resentful as she realized Huo Yuhao might leave without graduating or saying goodbye, while Huo Yuhao avoided addressing her feelings.
• Ning Wuque explained that the Body Clan welcomed all Body Spirit Soul holders as family and supported its disciples in obtaining soul rings.
• Electrolux told Ning Wuque that he had found a way to fuse the Gold of Life into his body, but the process would take around three days.