Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun headed to Suotuo City for fun after Tang San refused their invitation to visit a brothel. Yu Xiaogang asked Flender for new living arrangements and a teaching position at Shrek Academy, and left with permission to teach Tang San personally but not the other students.

• Dai Mubai invited Oscar and Ma Hongjun to Suotuo City and offered to treat them.
• Ma Hongjun invited Tang San to a brothel, but Tang San refused and returned to his dormitory.
• Dai Mubai took Oscar and Ma Hongjun out of Shrek Academy toward Suotuo City.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender to arrange a dormitory for himself and Tang San and to make him an official teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Flender agreed to arrange the dormitory but refused to let Yu Xiaogang teach the academy's other students.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Flender's offer to teach Tang San personally.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang that he would no longer help him, ending the warmth in their friendship. Yu Xiaogang set out to find Zhao Wuji, while Tang San approached Li Yusong to ask for directions and was met with the teacher's displeasure.

• Flender said he had helped Yu Xiaogang for the sake of their old friendship but would not help him again.
• Yu Xiaogang took Flender's words as an insult, left in anger, and went to find Zhao Wuji to arrange a dormitory for himself and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he did not know where Zhao Wuji's office was and, seeing no students nearby, sent Tang San to ask Li Yusong for directions.
• Tang San greeted Li Yusong, who recognized him and Yu Xiaogang and disapproved of their entry into Shrek Academy and their conduct.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang asked Zhao Wuji for a dormitory room, but Zhao Wuji’s contempt for them deepened as he arranged one. Tang San accepted the key and left to find the room, while Yu Xiaogang stayed outside.

• Tang San asked Li Yusong where Zhao Wuji’s office was, and Li pointed him toward the southernmost room.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang went to Zhao Wuji’s hut, where Zhao found them waiting outside and asked what they wanted.
• Tang San told Zhao that Flender had asked him to arrange an empty room for them to use as a dormitory.
• Zhao invited Tang San inside, gave him a rusty key, and explained that the room would need cleaning.
• Tang San took the key and left, while Yu Xiaogang refused to follow him into Zhao’s office.

Yu Xiaogang complained to Zhao Wuji about the shabby room Shrek Academy assigned him and Tang San, but Zhao Wuji threw him out of the office. Yu Xiaogang stayed at the academy and pretended to Tang San that he had negotiated successfully, while Tang San prepared to clean the room.

• Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang the rusty room key, and Yu Xiaogang grew angry at the shabby accommodation.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Zhao Wuji and complained that Shrek Academy had assigned them a filthy room.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang to accept the academy’s conditions or leave, then shoved him out and shut the door.
• Yu Xiaogang considered leaving but decided to stay so Tang San could benefit from the academy and resolve to prove his theories right.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he had settled the matter through negotiations, and Tang San quietly went along with the act and prepared to clean the room.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San settled into a shabby room at Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang learned that Flender would make an announcement the next day. Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun returned from a debauched outing and ran into Gu Xuan and the three girls before Flender summoned everyone to the training ground.

• Yu Xiaogang realized he had left the room key behind, so he told Tang San to break the rusty lock and clean the empty, dusty house.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that all students and teachers had to gather at the training ground the next day, and Yu Xiaogang eagerly passed the news to Tang San.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy tipsy and praised the quality of their outing.
• Gu Xuan and the three girls ran into the men at the academy gate, and the girls recognized the perfume on them and looked disgusted.
• Flender sent a message summoning all seven students and the teachers to the training ground.

Tang San secretly went to the Drunken Flower House for his first visit before moving in with Yu Xiaogang. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang arrived at the academy gathering and found himself shunned by students and teachers, while Flender grew more displeased with him.

• Tang San overheard Oscar and Ma Hongjun discussing Dai Mubai's trip to a brothel and decided to visit one before leaving the student dorms.
• Tang San used his saved Gold Soul Coins to enter the Drunken Flower House and pay for its first-tier service.
• The next morning, the academy students and teachers gathered on the training ground, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were absent.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, and the three girls moved beside Gu Xuan while Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong deliberately kept their distance.
• Flender noticed the group's hostility toward Yu Xiaogang and privately felt increasingly fed up with the problems caused by him and Tang San.

Flender introduced Tang San as Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and announced that Yu Xiaogang would teach theory but not handle regular classes. Tang San was missing from the meeting, and while Flender prepared the students for combat training, Tang San was trapped doing labor at Drunken Flower House in Suotuo City.

• Flender introduced Tang San as a level 28 Control System Spirit Master and announced that Yu Xiaogang had joined Shrek Academy as a teacher who would not oversee regular teaching.
• Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong relaxed when Flender clarified Yu Xiaogang’s limited role, while Yu Xiaogang reacted with anger.
• Flender asked where Tang San was, and Oscar said Tang San had already disappeared from the dormitory that morning.
• Yu Xiaogang assumed Tang San had gone somewhere quiet to cultivate, unaware that Tang San had been beaten and forced to clean toilets at Drunken Flower House after falling for a Honey Trap.
• Flender announced that the eight students would begin practical combat training the next day, leaving Yu Xiaogang irritated by his remarks about theory.

Flender assigned Shrek’s students to earn Silver Spirit Master Badges through one-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, and told them to choose pairs. With Tang San absent and Yu Xiaogang standing in for him, the students formed teams while avoiding the prospect of partnering with Tang San, leaving Yu Xiaogang displeased.

• Flender ordered the students to compete at the Soto Great Spirit Arena until they earned Silver Spirit Master Badges and instructed them to form two-person teams.
• Xiao Wu claimed Gu Xuan as her partner, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to team up together.
• Yu Xiaogang looked to Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to partner with Tang San, but the three avoided him and argued over how to pair among themselves.
• Yu Xiaogang saw that none of the students wanted to team up with Tang San and became displeased.

Flender assigned the remaining Shrek students to teams, pairing Dai Mubai with Tang San and Oscar with Ma Hongjun despite their objections. Tang San, unaware of the assignment, realized the madam seemed to want him to entertain clients.

• Gu Xuan and the girls formed two teams while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun struggled to decide how to pair up.
• Dai Mubai asked Flender to assign the teams, and Flender ordered that there would be no objections to his decision.
• Flender paired Ma Hongjun with Oscar and Dai Mubai with Tang San.
• Dai Mubai disliked being paired with Tang San, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun were relieved to be teammates.
• Yu Xiaogang approved of the arrangement, and Tang San remained unaware of it as he noticed the madam seemed to want him to entertain clients.

Tang San refused the madam’s offer to earn his freedom by entertaining male guests, insisting he would not sell his dignity. At Shrek Academy, Flender assigned aliases and masks for the students’ Spirit Battles and made Tang San a substitute for team battles because of his poor record and inexperience.

• The madam told Tang San he owed Drunken Flower House about forty Gold Soul Coins and offered him twenty per encounter with male guests, but he firmly refused.
• Tang San believed his teacher would find him and make Drunken Flower House repay its debt.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender assigned the students numbered Shrek aliases and instructed them to wear masks and conceal their identities and ages.
• Yu Xiaogang resented that Tang San was ranked last, behind the support Spirit Masters Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
• Flender named the other seven students as team-battle starters and assigned Tang San to the substitute bench because he had just arrived and had lost both of his Soto Great Spirit Arena battles.

Flender sent Shrek Academy’s students to Suotuo City to earn money and gain combat experience through spirit duels, but Yu Xiaogang arrived to report that Tang San had gone missing. The group settled near the Great Spirit Arena and prepared to compete while Yu Xiaogang searched the city for Tang San.

• Flender announced that the students would travel to Suotuo City and pay for their own food and lodging through spirit duels, leaving Yu Xiaogang dissatisfied with Tang San’s standing.
• The next morning, Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San had been missing since the previous day, and Flender suggested he search for him in Suotuo City.
• Flender led the group to Suotuo City, where the students chose rooms near the Great Spirit Arena and Yu Xiaogang went out alone to ask about Tang San.
• Gu Xuan, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu planned to start with one-on-one duels, while Oscar’s sausages could help replenish their Soul Power and stamina.
• The Soto Great Spirit Arena filled with spectators as night fell, with ordinary people able to watch spirit duels using inexpensive tickets.

The Shrek students entered the Soto Great Spirit Arena in masks and registered for spirit duels under codenames. Ma Hongjun lost after flirting with his opponent, leaving Flender furious, while Gu Xuan stepped onto the platform to face the mysterious Blue Cat.

• Flender had the Shrek students register for one-on-one and two-on-two duels under their codenames at the Thirteenth Spirit Dueling Arena.
• Ma Hongjun flirted with his female opponent instead of finishing their match, and she blasted him off the platform.
• Flender grew furious at Ma Hongjun's defeat and resolved to put him through extra training.
• Gu Xuan entered the arena as Shrek Number One while spectators mocked him because of Ma Hongjun's earlier antics.
• Gu Xuan saw that his opponent, Blue Cat, was a young woman with short blue hair and wondered whether she had a cat-type martial soul.

Gu Xuan faced Blue Cat in the spirit arena, where his superior soul rings and scythe let him block her opening attack. As Blue Cat launched a powerful third-soul-skill assault, Gu Xuan changed his scythe into its Extreme Cold Form, while Dai Mubai challenged Ma Hongjun to bet on the fight.

• Blue Cat recognized Gu Xuan as an ally of the man Ma Hongjun had just fought and warned him not to use the same disgusting tricks.
• Blue Cat and Gu Xuan revealed their three soul rings, and Gu Xuan's two yellow rings and one purple ring impressed the spectators.
• Blue Cat used her agility to attack Gu Xuan from the side, but he blocked her claws with a dark blue scythe and forced her to stagger back.
• Blue Cat launched another assault with her third soul skill, extending her claws into ten blades as Gu Xuan transformed his scythe into its Extreme Cold Form and activated Extreme Cold Domain.
• Dai Mubai asked Ma Hongjun to bet on whether Blue Cat could withstand Gu Xuan's attack, with the loser treating the winner to Drunken Flower House.

Gu Xuan overwhelmed the Blue Cat girl with his speed, dodging her attacks so completely that the crowd and Shrek Academy were stunned. After she recovered and refused to give up, Gu Xuan activated his third soul ring and flashed toward her, leaving the fight at its decisive moment.

• Ma Hongjun accepted Dai Mubai's bet that the Blue Cat girl could withstand one of Gu Xuan's attacks, while Xiao Wu assured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Gu Xuan was safe.
• The Blue Cat girl launched a flurry of claw strikes, but Gu Xuan vanished from her reach and reappeared at the center of the Spirit Fighting Platform.
• The audience cheered Gu Xuan's speed and skill, and Flender recognized his strength while wondering about his unusual scythe martial spirit.
• The Blue Cat girl regained her composure, spotted Gu Xuan, and decided to continue fighting despite the odds.
• Gu Xuan's third soul ring flashed, and he darted toward the Blue Cat girl.

Gu Xuan defeated the Blue Cat girl and led Shrek through a strong night of spirit battles, though Ma Hongjun caused both of the group's losses. The team returned to the hotel, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun went to the Drunken Flower House and were greeted by a familiar figure.

• Gu Xuan beat the Blue Cat girl, who tried to ambush him after the match and was blasted out of the arena.
• The host declared Gu Xuan the winner, and Dai Mubai laughed at Ma Hongjun over his loss.
• Shrek won the rest of its one-on-one matches, and Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu won their two-on-two battle with ease.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong won their match, but Ma Hongjun and Oscar lost after Ma Hongjun overextended himself and Oscar was taken out.
• Vlad harshly scolded Ma Hongjun, and most of Shrek returned to the hotel while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun went to the Drunken Flower House.
• A familiar figure greeted Dai Mubai when he entered the Drunken Flower House.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun encountered Tang San at Drunken Flower House and told Flender, who informed Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang rushed there to find Tang San and spotted him cleaning the restroom on the second floor.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun visited Drunken Flower House, where they ran into Tang San as he fled from the restroom.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned to the hotel and told Flender they had seen Tang San at Drunken Flower House.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang where Tang San was, and Yu Xiaogang hurried out to find him.
• Yu Xiaogang reached Drunken Flower House, asked to use the restroom, and recognized Tang San scrubbing it on the second floor.

Yu Xiaogang found Tang San at the Drunken Flower House and paid the madam one hundred Gold Soul Coins to take him away. The next night, Tang San entered his first spirit duel at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where he faced Chrysanthemum Faith.

• Tang San knelt before Yu Xiaogang, apologized, and wept that he had failed his teacher’s teachings.
• The madam demanded one hundred Gold Soul Coins to settle Tang San’s debt, and Yu Xiaogang paid before taking him back to the hotel.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to join the Shrek group and arranged for him to begin spirit duels at the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Tang San entered the arena as Shrek Number Eight to face the Level 25 Assault Type Battle Spirit Master Chrysanthemum Faith.
• Both fighters summoned their martial souls and soul rings, but the spectators lost interest when Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass and two soul rings.

Tang San fought a spear-wielding Soul Master at Soto Great Spirit Arena and used Blue Silver Grass to restrain him, while Yu Xiaogang praised his disciple before the outcome was decided. Just as Tang San threw his opponent toward the edge of the arena, the man broke free, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The man in yellow robe charged Tang San, who used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Blue Silver Bind to defend himself.
• Tang San trapped the man with Parasitism but stood still for thirty seconds instead of attacking, confusing the spectators and Shrek Academy group.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s performance and claimed that his disciple had his flair, while Flender and Zhao Wuji looked on disdainfully.
• Tang San revealed that he had delayed to show Shrek his strength, then lifted and hurled the bound man toward the edge of the arena.
• The man in yellow robe broke free from the Blue Silver Grass at the last moment, and Tang San sent more strands after him.

Tang San nearly escaped the Chrysanthemum Faith's attacks, but the opponent's spirit skills pierced him and triggered a catastrophic bout of diarrhea in the arena. The spectators and Shrek students fled or watched from a distance as the arena descended into chaos.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Bind to evade the yellow-robed man's spear and regain some distance.
• The yellow-robed man used Fearless Charge and Wind Slash Electric Stab to close in and stab Tang San in the rear.
• Tang San's injuries and bursting hemorrhoids triggered an explosive bout of diarrhea across the arena platform.
• The stench sent spectators and Spirit Masters fleeing, while Shrek's students cursed Tang San and the three girls recoiled in disgust.

Tang San continued fighting the yellow-robed spear wielder despite having soiled himself, while the revolting mess drew horrified reactions from the crowd. The yellow-robed man charged at Tang San, and the arena battle remained underway.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji reacted with disbelief to Tang San’s humiliating predicament, while Yu Xiaogang suspected the fight was not over.
• Tang San accepted that his appearance was ruined and used Blue Silver Bind against the yellow-robed man.
• The yellow-robed man cut through Tang San’s vines, but splattered filth made him vomit.
• The yellow-robed man decided to fight Tang San by embracing the disgusting situation and charged at him with his spear.
• The host announced that the battle was continuing, and the crowd cheered as the yellow-robed man targeted Tang San.