Chapter Summaries

Tang San fought the yellow-robed man in the arena, but the man coated his Chrysanthemum Spear in filth and defeated him. After Tang San surrendered, Flender demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain the disgrace.

• Tang San tried to restrain the yellow-robed man with Blue Silver Grass, but the man cut through it and approached him.
• The yellow-robed man coated his spear tip in Tang San's filth, horrifying Tang San and the spectators.
• Tang San ran out of breath and failed to dodge the man's spear attack, then staggered off the stage and surrendered.
• The host announced Chrysanthemum Faith as the winner while spectators speculated about the Shrek group and their masks.
• Flender angrily confronted Yu Xiaogang and demanded an explanation for Tang San's humiliating performance.

Tang San’s disastrous spirit duel left the Thirteenth Spirit Dueling Arena covered in filth, delaying the evening’s matches and making his Shrek Number Eight alias infamous around the Soto Great Spirit Arena. When cleanup took longer than expected and spectators demanded refunds, the arena announced it would return half the ticket price to everyone present.

• Yu Xiaogang hurried to the restroom to comfort Tang San, while the host announced a fifteen-minute delay so the arena could be cleaned.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Gu Xuan complained about Tang San’s actions as rumors about the duel spread through the arena.
• The cleaning crew realized the arena would need at least another fifteen minutes of work, and spectators grew increasingly impatient.
• The host announced that the Soto Great Spirit Arena would refund half the ticket price to everyone present.

Tang San left the restroom badly injured after his humiliating spirit battle, and Yu Xiaogang tried to comfort him. Two men in black confronted them on the arena’s orders, and one revealed a powerful soul ring lineup as Yu Xiaogang tried to leave.

• The arena’s person in charge sent two men in black to find Tang San and recover the arena’s losses.
• Tang San limped out of the restroom with severe pain in his injured ass, while Yu Xiaogang reassured him that he did not blame him.
• Two men in black asked whether Tang San was Shrek Number Eight and said their leader wanted to speak with him and Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to go with them and tried to leave with Tang San, but one man grabbed his shoulder and stopped him.
• The man in black revealed one white, two yellow, and one purple soul rings, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San were escorted to the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s top floor, where the arena supervisor demanded compensation for the damage Tang San caused. The supervisor explained that the hundred Gold Soul Coins were for cleaning and refunds to the audience.

• Two men in black revealed that they were Soul Ancestors and escorted Yu Xiaogang and injured Tang San through the arena.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San entered the office of the person in charge of the Thirteenth Spirit Dueling Arena.
• The supervisor said Tang San had damaged the arena and affected the audience, so the arena wanted compensation.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to the demand for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• The supervisor explained that ten percent covered cleaning costs and ninety percent covered refunds for half the audience’s ticket prices.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to pay the Soto Great Spirit Arena eighty Gold Soul Coins and signed a deal for Tang San to keep fighting there for a week in exchange for a share of the sub-arena’s revenue. As Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left, a ticket scalper hinted at an exciting show tomorrow, and Yu Xiaogang stopped to ask what it was.

• The person in charge told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San’s arena performance had caused audience refunds and demanded compensation under their agreement.
• The person in charge offered to reduce the compensation to eighty Gold Soul Coins and proposed a week of arranged matches for Tang San, with Yu Xiaogang receiving five percent of the sub-arena’s revenue.
• Yu Xiaogang signed the agreement, paid the eighty Gold Soul Coins, and said they would return the next day.
• The person in charge had two men in black escort Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to the arena entrance, where Yu Xiaogang felt pleased with the treatment.
• A ticket scalper startled Yu Xiaogang outside and offered discounted tickets, claiming an exciting show was planned for tomorrow.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the scalper what the show was, while Tang San froze, wondering why his teacher had stopped to chat.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San bought tickets from Wang Laowu to hear his supposedly exclusive news about the Soto Great Spirit Arena. They learned that Shrek Number Eight’s martial soul was shit and that he would likely fight at Arena Thirteen again, leaving Tang San furious as they hurried away.

• Wang Laowu claimed he had exclusive news about the Soto Great Spirit Arena and persuaded Yu Xiaogang to buy two tickets at a discount.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San leaned in as Wang Laowu revealed that a freak called Shrek Number Eight had appeared at the arena.
• Wang Laowu said Shrek Number Eight’s martial soul was shit and one of his soul skills sprayed shit, stunning his opponent.
• Wang Laowu predicted Shrek Number Eight would likely fight at Arena Thirteen the next day, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s faces darkened.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San turned and quickly left before Wang Laowu could finish speaking.

Yu Xiaogang took the injured Tang San to a hospital after they heard humiliating rumors about him, while Gu Xuan led the Shrek Team to victory over the Berserk Team. The chapter ended with Manager Ao congratulating Gu Xuan after the match.

• Wang Laowu unknowingly angered Tang San and Yu Xiaogang by repeating rumors that mocked Tang San's martial soul and soul skill.
• Yu Xiaogang held Tang San back from attacking Wang Laowu because he sensed the ticket seller was much stronger than them.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his injury needed hospital treatment, and Yu Xiaogang hurried him to Suotuo City's largest hospital.
• Gu Xuan led the Shrek Team to defeat the Berserk Team, ending its seven-win streak.
• Manager Ao apologized to Gu Xuan, who casually accepted and left the arena.

After the Shrek Team defeated the Berserk Team, Gu Xuan drew attention and praise, while Tang San’s humiliating loss left Flender and Zhao Wuji dissatisfied. Flender agreed to address Tang San’s conduct and let the exhausted team rest and receive a reward.

• Manager Ao ordered the injured Berserk Team members taken to the resting room, then left without concern for their condition.
• Xiao Wu excitedly clung to Gu Xuan, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing praised him before Gu Xuan led the team away from the growing crowd.
• Zhao Wuji praised Gu Xuan’s performance and told Flender that Tang San had damaged Shrek Academy’s image; Flender said he would handle the matter himself.
• Zhao Wuji suggested the Shrek Team rest the next day and receive a reward, and Flender agreed.
• Flender summoned the students, including Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, while Tang San reflected on being the only Shrek student to lose a one-on-one match and on Gu Xuan’s rising popularity.

After Shrek’s spirit battles, Flender asked the students and Yu Xiaogang to assess their performance, while Tang San anxiously hoped no one would discuss his humiliating match. Yu Xiaogang avoided singling out either Tang San or Gu Xuan, and Flender praised the team before leaving Tang San’s performance unmentioned.

• Dai Mubai and the other Shrek students praised Gu Xuan’s decisive role in their team-battle victory and noted that their coordination needed improvement.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang to summarize the day’s battles, leaving Yu Xiaogang scrambling for something to say despite having watched only Tang San’s match.
• Yu Xiaogang gave a vague summary praising everyone without mentioning Gu Xuan or Tang San, which relieved Tang San.
• Flender praised Shrek’s overall performance and encouraged the other team members, while Tang San was relieved that Flender did not evaluate his match.

Flender canceled the next day’s spirit battles and announced that he, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang would pay for a Shrek celebration meal. Most of the students agreed to attend, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were left to decide whether to join them.

• Flender praised the students’ progress and announced that tomorrow’s spirit battles were canceled for a day off.
• Flender said he, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang would jointly pay for a celebration meal, leaving Yu Xiaogang dumbfounded after his recent losses.
• Flender invited everyone to the meal and watched to see how Yu Xiaogang and Tang San would respond.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar agreed to attend, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing looked to Gu Xuan before deciding.
• Gu Xuan agreed to attend with the four girls, leaving only Yu Xiaogang and Tang San yet to answer.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to take Tang San to a celebratory dinner, despite Tang San's pain and reluctance. When the crowded private room had only one spare seat, Tang San offered it to his teacher and proposed eating while standing.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed that he and Tang San would join the Shrek group for dinner, and Flender told everyone to meet downstairs.
• Flender led the group to a restaurant, where the waiter could only offer them a first-class private room with nine chairs.
• The Shrek students, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Gu Xuan's group occupied all nine seats before Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived.
• When the group could free only one seat, Yu Xiaogang offered it to Tang San, who stood back up because sitting caused him intense pain.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang take the seat, then said he would leave, but Yu Xiaogang silently considered how to keep him there.
• Tang San proposed eating while standing, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned.

Tang San ate standing up because of his injury, then clung to Flender’s promise of a future team-battle opportunity. Over the next month, Shrek dominated the Soto Great Spirit Arena while Tang San became famous for his terrible record, leaving his hoped-for return to team battles uncertain.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed that Tang San should eat standing up, and Tang San eagerly devoured the food despite his earlier objections.
• Flender promised Yu Xiaogang that Tang San could compete in team battles if he recovered and met the requirements, making Tang San hopeful.
• Over the next month, the Shrek Team won all twenty-seven team battles, with Gu Xuan becoming its most popular member.
• Tang San won only one match in a month, drawing crowds as the arena’s notorious King of Shit, while Flender refused to put him in team battles.
• Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu won all twenty-seven of their two-on-two matches, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing earned twenty-two wins and five losses.
• Dai Mubai stopped partnering with Tang San in two-on-two battles, and Tang San did not participate in that event.

Shrek Academy’s students finished a month of spirit duels with strong records and rising Soul Power, while Gu Xuan received a new system as they entered the Soto Great Spirit Arena. The chapter left Gu Xuan surprised by the arrival of the Battle Rating Drop System.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar won twenty of twenty-seven two-on-two matches, while Shrek’s students posted strong individual records, including Gu Xuan’s undefeated streak.
• Dai Mubai reached level 38, Gu Xuan reached level 39, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong advanced to levels 28 and 27; Xiao Wu had already reached level 30 but needed a way to obtain a soul ring without revealing her identity.
• Shrek’s success made the team and its members popular attractions at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, so they entered separately in plain clothes and changed into masks before registering.
• Flender assigned the team battle to the eighth division and sent the students to separate divisions for their one-on-one and two-on-two matches to avoid disrupting their streaks.
• As the Shrek group entered the arena, Gu Xuan heard that a new month had begun and received the Battle Rating Drop System.

Gu Xuan learned how the Battle Rating Drop System worked as Flender registered Shrek Team for a team battle at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. Manager Ao asked Flender to move the match to the Central Main Spirit Arena and have both Gu Xuan and Tang San start, leaving Flender to ask why the arena wanted the arrangement.

• Gu Xuan learned that he could support and wager on one battle each day for a month to earn a treasure chest based on the supported side’s rating.
• A staff member recognized Shrek Team’s badge and brought Manager Ao to speak with Flender.
• Manager Ao asked Flender to hold Shrek Team’s battle in the Central Main Spirit Arena, despite the team’s Iron rank.
• Manager Ao requested that Gu Xuan, known as “Shrek Number One,” and Tang San, known as “Shrek Number Eight,” both start in the team battle.
• Flender weighed the risks of playing Tang San in the main arena and asked Manager Ao to explain the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s reasons.

Flender learned that a powerful Silver Spirit Dueling Rank team of Soul Elders had cost the Soto Great Spirit Arena heavy losses, and Manager Ao asked the Shrek Team to face them. Flender accepted after hearing the rewards, confident that Gu Xuan could carry the match as long as Tang San did not cause too much trouble.

• Manager Ao told Flender that a team of Silver Spirit Dueling Rank Soul Elders had beaten the arena’s opponents for two days, including the Berserk Team, thanks to their Optimal Spirit Ring Combination.
• Flender questioned whether the Shrek Team could win, and Manager Ao cited its twenty-seven consecutive team victories and praised Shrek Number One.
• Manager Ao offered each Shrek member five hundred Gold Soul Coins, an additional ten thousand for a win, and a twenty percent bonus if Shrek Number One and Shrek Number Eight fought together.
• Manager Ao offered to count the Shrek members’ other duels that day as victories so they could focus on the team match.
• Flender realized the arena wanted Gu Xuan and Tang San together to draw a crowd, then decided Shrek could take the match because Gu Xuan was strong enough to handle the opponents.

Flender agreed to enter the Shrek Team in a Central Main Spirit Arena battle and decided that Tang San would take Ma Hongjun’s starting position. The students were stunned, and Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Dai Mubai for questioning the decision.

• Flender agreed to Manager Ao’s offer, warning that Shrek Number Eight might behave unpredictably, while Manager Ao said the arena had prepared for it.
• The Shrek Team, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang gathered to hear Flender announce a team battle at the Central Main Spirit Arena.
• Flender revealed that Tang San would replace Ma Hongjun in the starting lineup, with Ma Hongjun becoming a substitute.
• Dai Mubai challenged Flender’s decision, arguing that Ma Hongjun was still stronger than Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang rebuked Dai Mubai and insisted that Shrek students should support one another.

Flender replaced Ma Hongjun with Tang San for the Shrek Team’s upcoming battle against the powerful Imperial Dou Team, while Gu Xuan’s system confirmed his prediction of a Shrek victory. Gu Xuan raised the stakes on the prediction, leaving the team to prepare for the difficult match.

• Flender named Tang San to replace Ma Hongjun in the starting lineup, and Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to watch other team duels.
• Flender revealed that Tang San’s participation would increase the team’s earnings and promised the students seventy percent of the rewards.
• Flender showed the Shrek students a dossier detailing the seven strong members of the Imperial Dou Team.
• After seeing Dugu Yan’s name, Gu Xuan predicted that the Shrek Team would win and chose to raise the stakes on his prediction.

Flender explained the Imperial Dou Team’s powerful members and recognized the likely family connections of its captain and vice-captain. As the teams prepared to fight, Flender’s private motive for putting Tang San in the lineup was revealed, and the chapter ended with seven people waiting in a luxurious room overlooking the Central Main Spirit Arena.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji that the Imperial Dou Team’s match would not be especially dangerous, then briefed the Shrek students on its captain and vice-captain.
• Flender identified the captain’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon and the vice-captain’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent as signs of ties to powerful lineages, including Dugu Bo.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the captain came from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Flender added that the team also had a Black Tortoise Spirit Master.
• Dai Mubai suspected that Flender planned to make Tang San take the blame if the team lost, and the narration confirmed Flender had considered using Tang San’s performance to discredit him and Yu Xiaogang while boosting Ma Hongjun.
• Seven people gathered in Guest Room Three, a lavish private room overlooking the Central Main Spirit Arena.

The Imperial Dou Team rested before its team battle when Teacher Qin warned them that the Shrek Team was a formidable opponent. Dugu Yan initially doubted the Iron-ranked newcomers, but learned they had earned enough points for Silver rank and won all twenty-seven of their team battles.

• Yu Tianheng told Yufeng, Osler, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Shi Family Brothers not to become careless despite their strength.
• Teacher Qin entered and told the Imperial Dou Team that their opponent had finally been confirmed.
• Dugu Yan questioned whether an Iron-ranked team qualified to face them.
• Teacher Qin explained that the Shrek Team had reached the Silver-rank standard and won all twenty-seven of its team battles.

Qin Ming warned the Imperial Dou Team not to underestimate the Shrek Seven Devils, despite their low Soul Power and unusual lineup. The teams prepared to enter the Soto Great Spirit Arena’s quiet, private-room-filled central arena.

• Qin Ming showed the Imperial Dou Team information about the Shrek Seven Devils, including their perfect record and a warning about captain Gu Xuan.
• Dugu Yan and the others mocked the Shrek Team’s low levels, especially Shrek Number Eight’s Blue Silver Grass Spirit and white Spirit Ring.
• Yu Tianheng considered Gu Xuan and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda worth watching, but also doubted Shrek Number Eight’s strength.
• Qin Ming reprimanded Dugu Yan for underestimating their opponents and reminded the team to stay cautious.
• Qin Ming led the Imperial Dou Team toward the central arena, where spectators watched from sealed private rooms behind one-way crystal glass.