Chapter Summaries

At the Black Market Auction, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San watched a Beast Girl sell for 180,000 Gold Soul Coins, while Tang San struggled with an unsettling urge to bark at her. The auction then began selling Six Emperors Pills, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he had a plan rather than bidding immediately.

• The host unveiled a Beast Girl in an iron cage and explained that she had canine traits and was loyal to humans.
• Yu Xiaogang admired the Beast Girl, while Tang San felt an inexplicable attraction, nearly barked at her, and reopened his wound.
• Bidders raised the Beast Girl's price to 180,000 Gold Soul Coins, and a mysterious guest in the white section won her.
• The host introduced six Six Emperors Pills, which could raise a Soul Master's Soul Power by one level if they were below level 30.
• When Tang San asked whether they should bid on the first pill, Yu Xiaogang told him to wait because he had a plan.

Yu Xiaogang spent nearly all his money at auction to obtain two Spirit Medicines for Tang San, then used them to help him reach level 30. Tang San broke through just before the academy’s planned Soul Beast hunt.

• Yu Xiaogang’s bids on the last two Spirit Medicines climbed to 130,000 and 160,000 Gold Soul Coins, leaving him with only a small amount of money.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San and continued cleaning the toilets while Tang San recovered.
• After Tang San remained at level 28, Flender scheduled a Soul Beast hunt for seven days later and warned that Tang San could not go unless he reached level 30.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San both Spirit Medicines, and Tang San swallowed them before beginning cultivation.
• Tang San cultivated for a day and a half and reached level 30.

Tang San reached level 30 after taking Spirit Medicines, but the medicine also caused uncontrollable evil fire that led him to secretly assault stray dogs at night. He joined Shrek’s Spirit Beast hunt with Yu Xiaogang, and the group reached Sunset Forest, where Flender called for them to rest until morning.

• Tang San’s evil fire surged after he took the Spirit Medicines, and he secretly lured stray dogs at night to satisfy it.
• Seven days later, Flender announced that the Spirit Beast hunt would count as Shrek’s first graduation examination stage, with the students expected to hunt as a group without the teachers’ help.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to the group and revealed that Tang San had reached level 30; a test confirmed it, so Flender allowed them to join.
• Flender led the Shrek teachers and students toward Sunset Forest, planning to visit Heaven Dou City afterward as preparation for their future enrollment at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• After a week of travel, the group searched Sunset Forest for half a day but found mostly low-quality Spirit Beasts, so Flender told everyone to rest until the next day.

Tang San left camp to deal with the burning evil fire inside him, then returned with an implausible story about driving off a Wolf-type Spirit Beast. The next morning, the Shrek teams searched for Spirit Beasts, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang wandered off course toward a dangerous area.

• Tang San volunteered for the first watch, then fled into the forest when his evil fire flared up.
• A wolf howled, and the group rushed outside to discover Tang San was missing; Yu Xiaogang begged Flender to search for him.
• Tang San stumbled back, claimed he had driven away a Wolf-type Spirit Beast, and was assigned the rest of the night's watch with Yu Xiaogang.
• The Shrek group split into six teams to search for Spirit Beasts, with Flender warning them not to stray too far.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang relied on Yu Xiaogang's poor sense of direction and drifted toward a dangerous area.

Gu Xuan received the Defense Breaking Lottery System and its first mission to break Yu Xiaogang's defenses, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider in the forest. The chapter left Tang San attempting to fight the injured spider alone as Yu Xiaogang hid nearby.

• Gu Xuan received the Defense Breaking Lottery System, which assigned him the mission of breaking Yu Xiaogang's defenses for lottery chances.
• Tang San heard a rustling noise and encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider that immediately attacked him.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized the spider and warned Tang San, who dodged its strike and realized it might be injured and out of web sprays.
• Tang San activated Blue Silver Grass Entanglement to restrain the spider, hoping to kill it and obtain his third spirit ring.
• Yu Xiaogang hid behind a tree and left the fight to Tang San, fearing his own attacks could injure his disciple.

Tang San fought the injured Man Faced Demon Spider while Yu Xiaogang watched from behind and called out advice. After Luo Sanpao's farts briefly distracted the spider, Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer to strike its armor and then threw the hammer at its chest, leaving the attack's result unresolved.

• Yu Xiaogang decided to stay behind Tang San and call Flender for help if the fight became too dangerous.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider corroded Tang San's Blue Silver Grass restraints and charged, while Tang San attacked its eyes with hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San to use his second martial soul and released Luo Sanpao, whose two farts briefly distracted the spider.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck the Man Faced Demon Spider, cracking its chest armor and forcing its upper body back.
• Tang San threw the Clear Sky Hammer at the spider's chest as it exposed its abdomen, and the chapter ended before the outcome was revealed.

Tang San defeated one Man Faced Demon Spider but exhausted his strength, leaving him and the injured Yu Xiaogang helpless when a second spider appeared. Elsewhere, Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu searched with Flender until he suddenly stopped, leaving them wondering what he had noticed.

• Tang San knocked the first Man Faced Demon Spider down and smashed half its head, then waited for it to die so he could absorb its Spirit Ring.
• A smaller Man Faced Demon Spider appeared beside Yu Xiaogang, who collapsed in agony with a pale face and purple lips.
• Tang San realized his Soul Power and strength were exhausted, while the smaller spider watched the dying first spider instead of attacking him.
• The first Man Faced Demon Spider died and left a purple Spirit Ring, but Tang San could not absorb it while the other spider watched him.
• Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu continued searching for a Spirit Beast with Flender, each secretly hoping for a chance to slip away.
• Flender suddenly stopped, causing Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu to halt and wonder what had happened.

Flender arrived in time to kill the second Man Faced Demon Spider, but found Yu Xiaogang severely poisoned in a vital area. He handed Tang San a dagger and urged him to remove the poisoned parts, leaving Tang San to declare himself Yu Xiaogang’s son as he prepared to act.

• Flender left Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu behind after sensing two thousand-year soul beasts near Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Wu sensed a soul beast and dashed into the forest, while Gu Xuan stayed behind and pretended to hunt one.
• The second Man Faced Demon Spider attacked the helpless Tang San, but Flender arrived and killed it before it could strike.
• Tang San begged Flender to save Yu Xiaogang, whose vital area had turned purple-black from the spider’s venom.
• Flender gave Tang San a dagger and told him to cut away the poisoned parts to save Yu Xiaogang’s life.
• Tang San accepted that he had to act and declared, “From today on, I, Tang San, am your son!”

Tang San accidentally castrated Yu Xiaogang while cutting away the poisoned area, and Flender saved Yu Xiaogang’s life but could not save his manhood. Tang San then began absorbing the second Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, enduring a brutal transformation as its full cultivation remained unclear.

• Tang San cut away Yu Xiaogang’s poisoned area, and Flender forced out the remaining toxins, stopped the bleeding, and saved Yu Xiaogang’s life.
• Flender concluded that Yu Xiaogang could not safely undergo a transplant, while Tang San struggled with guilt over what he had done.
• Tang San chose the smaller Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, rejecting the first spider’s ring because it was likely over two thousand years old.
• Tang San began absorbing the second spider’s soul ring, and its violent energy engulfed him and caused severe pain, bleeding, and convulsions.
• Tang San’s third soul ring had not yet appeared, showing that he had not finished absorbing it.

Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring with the help of the Six Emperors Pill, though the ordeal nearly killed him. He found Yu Xiaogang unconscious, thanked Flender for saving them, and carried his teacher back to camp, where no one else from Shrek Academy had returned.

• The Six Emperors Pill purified the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring energy inside Tang San, allowing him to absorb it and transform his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San recovered from the ordeal, then clung to the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and wailed as if his teacher had died.
• Flender warned Tang San not to shake Yu Xiaogang and concluded that Yu Xiaogang’s methods had damaged Tang San’s future cultivation.
• Tang San thanked Flender for saving them, and Flender told him to leave the unsafe area with Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San carried Yu Xiaogang back to their campsite and found that the other Shrek members had not returned.

Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu returned to camp with their new Soul Rings and found Yu Xiaogang badly injured, while Tang San revealed that saving him had required removing his genitals. Yu Xiaogang’s rage and collapse earned Gu Xuan two system rewards, and Yu woke again the next day changed by despair or acceptance.

• Flender returned to camp with Gu Xuan and Xiao Wu, who had both obtained Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu recoiled from Yu Xiaogang’s bloodied injuries, while Gu Xuan noticed how close to death he seemed.
• After Yu Xiaogang woke, Tang San explained that he had removed Yu Xiaogang’s genitals to stop the Man Faced Demon Spider’s poison, following Flender’s instruction.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender, then fainted in rage, completing Gu Xuan’s mission and earning him a Ten-Pull reward.
• Yu Xiaogang fainted again after another bout of distress, triggering an additional Ten-Pull reward for Gu Xuan.
• Yu Xiaogang woke at noon the following day, seeming profoundly changed and possibly resigned to his condition.

Yu Xiaogang silently considered whether he could undergo a transplant surgery after returning, while Flender sent the Shrek students to find a soul beast for Zhu Zhuqing. The group fought a Ghost Tiger, and the chapter ended with Gu Xuan striking it as it defended itself.

• Yu Xiaogang remained withdrawn despite visits from Tang San and Flender, but privately held on to the hope that he could receive transplant surgery.
• Flender assigned the six Shrek students to help Zhu Zhuqing find a soul beast without teacher assistance unless their lives were in danger.
• The group encountered a Ghost Tiger, which attacked with its Shadow Clone ability, and Gu Xuan identified its true body among the illusions.
• The Ghost Tiger targeted Zhu Zhuqing, but Gu Xuan struck it with his Gold-Attribute Light Form while Zhu Zhuqing charged and wounded it.
• Tang San's mental attack disrupted the Ghost Tiger, and Gu Xuan used his Third Soul Skill—Extreme Cold Domain before bringing his scythe down on it.
• The injured Ghost Tiger could not use its clones and formed a black barrier as it braced for Gu Xuan's strike.

Shrek's group defeated the Ghost Tiger, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed its soul ring, completing everyone's search for soul rings. As they left Sunset Forest, Yu Xiaogang remained resentful toward Flender for failing to save him.

• Ning Rongrong boosted the five attackers while Gu Xuan wounded the Ghost Tiger with a full-force strike.
• The Ghost Tiger launched a desperate phantom attack at Zhu Zhuqing, but she blocked it long enough for Gu Xuan to protect her.
• Xiao Wu threw the Ghost Tiger down, and Ma Hongjun's flames left it fatally wounded.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Ghost Tiger with Hell Stab and successfully absorbed its soul ring.
• Flender led Shrek out of Sunset Forest, while Tang San carried Yu Xiaogang, who blamed Flender for standing by as he suffered.

Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group hurried back to Suotuo City so he could seek surgery, unaware that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had posted a wanted notice for the treasury thief. The group missed a chance to expose Yu Xiaogang, and Flender returned them to Shrek Academy without seeing the notice.

• Yu Xiaogang urged the group to return to Suotuo City for surgery, and Tang San carried him for much of their exhausting journey.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect posted a reward notice in Heaven Dou City after discovering that five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins were missing from its treasury.
• The sect's investigation revealed that a masked person with an elder's command token had entered the treasury, but its blurry portrait offered few clues.
• The wanted suspect was Yu Xiaogang, who had stolen two hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, though the notice claimed twice that amount.
• The Shrek group passed over the chance to see the notice, and Flender took them straight back to Shrek Academy.

After returning from Sunset Forest, Shrek Academy celebrated the students’ new Soul Rings with a restaurant meal, while Tang San stayed behind to care for the despondent Yu Xiaogang. Flender brought them leftovers, but Yu Xiaogang angrily rejected the food as charity.

• Flender led the exhausted Shrek group back to the academy, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang went to Suotuo City Hospital.
• Flender announced that everyone had obtained a Soul Ring and promised to treat the students to dinner the next evening.
• Yu Xiaogang remained hospitalized and despairing while Tang San stayed to care for him; Director Liu said he would try to arrange surgery within half a month.
• Flender took the Shrek students to a small restaurant, and Tang San asked him to bring food back for himself and Yu Xiaogang.
• When Flender brought the leftovers, Tang San gratefully accepted them, but Yu Xiaogang glared at Flender and ordered Tang San to return the food, declaring that they would not eat charity.

Yu Xiaogang confronted Flender over Tang San’s attack, but Flender admitted he had ordered it and reminded Yu Xiaogang that he had saved him. Yu Xiaogang eventually ate the food Flender left, then stayed in his room while Tang San took over his chores and suffered further misfortune.

• Yu Xiaogang refused Flender’s food and accused him of having told Tang San to attack him.
• Flender confirmed that he had instructed Tang San and said he had saved Yu Xiaogang from the Man Faced Demon Spider before leaving.
• Tang San urged Yu Xiaogang to eat, and Yu Xiaogang eventually wolfed down the food despite his pride.
• Yu Xiaogang stayed in his room for several days to recover, leaving Tang San to care for him and clean the toilets.
• Tang San was bitten by a pack of dogs while searching nearby villages, but continued handling Yu Xiaogang’s duties.

Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to apply medicine to his wound, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun walked in and mistook the scene for an affair. Yu Xiaogang tried to explain, while the two visitors became even more convinced of their suspicion.

• Flender saw Tang San limping in the cafeteria and asked Dai Mubai to bring him medicine.
• Tang San returned to the room, where Yu Xiaogang ate the food he had brought without showing concern for his injury.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to apply medicine to the wound on his ass, and Yu Xiaogang leaned in to inspect it.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun burst into the room and saw Tang San exposed on the bed while Yu Xiaogang sat behind him.
• Tang San hurried to pull up his pants and worsened his pain, while Yu Xiaogang explained he was treating the wound.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun took Yu Xiaogang's explanation as further proof of their suspicion.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun brought medicine for Tang San, but their suspicions about Yu Xiaogang and Tang San led them to misinterpret Yu Xiaogang treating Tang San’s wound. They left convinced they had discovered a scandal, while Yu Xiaogang explained that the medicine’s painful dose was necessary.

• Dai Mubai delivered medicine from Flender to Yu Xiaogang, who grew angry as he wrongly suspected Flender of plotting against him.
• Yu Xiaogang locked the door and prepared to apply the medicine to Tang San’s injury as Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun secretly returned to listen outside.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun heard Yu Xiaogang tell Tang San to lie still and Tang San ask him to be gentler, so they assumed the pair were having an illicit affair.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun hurried away before Yu Xiaogang explained that the medicine had to be applied in a painful dose.

A scandal claiming Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were lovers spread throughout Shrek Academy, though neither of them knew about it. At a meeting, their unusual welcome left Yu Xiaogang confused as he prepared to borrow money for another operation.

• Ma Hongjun started the rumor about Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, and it spread through Shrek Academy after Oscar and Gu Xuan passed it along.
• Gu Xuan doubted the rumor because Yu Xiaogang was a eunuch, while Flender dismissed it because he had witnessed Tang San injure Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender called a meeting before the academy’s planned move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang attended without knowing about the scandal.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to go to Suotuo City after the meeting to borrow money for surgery and insisted Tang San stay behind to clean toilets.
• Zhao Wuji unexpectedly asked Yu Xiaogang about his recovery and offered him Western Regions Divine Medicine, leaving Yu Xiaogang puzzled by the students’ strange behavior.

Flender announced Shrek’s early training trip to Heaven Dou City, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stayed behind so Yu could undergo transplant surgery. The operation succeeded, though Director Liu warned that Yu’s age and a surgical error could leave his transplanted organ with severely limited function, and Tang San was tasked with caring for him.

• Flender announced that Shrek would leave in seven days and participate in soul fights on the way to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Yu Xiaogang said he and Tang San would meet them there.
• Yu Xiaogang went to Suotuo City Hospital, arranged a transplant for five days later, and borrowed another ten thousand Gold Soul Coins from the black market to pay for it.
• Five days later, Tang San waited outside the operating room as Yu Xiaogang underwent surgery.
• Director Liu told Tang San that the transplant had succeeded but Yu’s age could affect his male functions, concealing that a surgical error had left the organ with very little function.
• Director Liu told Tang San to stay with Yu Xiaogang and care for him during recovery.