Chapter Summaries

Tang San stayed in the hospital to care for Yu Xiaogang while Flender led Shrek’s teachers and students on their journey to Heaven Dou City. After stopping in Silvis City, Flender sent the seven students to the Great Spirit Arena for team battles, planning to profit by betting on them; Yu Xiaogang had awakened but still felt nothing after his transplant.

• Tang San stayed beside Yu Xiaogang in the hospital instead of leaving with Shrek’s group.
• Flender led the teachers and students northeast toward Heaven Dou City, crossing from the Balak Kingdom into the Silves Kingdom.
• Flender booked the group into an expensive hotel in Silvis City and treated them to a lavish dinner.
• Flender told Shrek’s seven students to fight a team battle at the Silvis Great Soul Arena and said they could keep their earnings.
• Ma Hongjun signaled to Dai Mubai that Flender planned to bet on Shrek’s team and make a profit.
• Yu Xiaogang regained consciousness after two days but still could not feel anything following his transplant.

Tang San struggled to control his worsening evil fire and left the hospital for a brothel, while Flender entered the Shrek Team in a dangerous challenge at Silvis Great Spirit Arena. Flender insisted on choosing a particularly vicious level 40 team, claiming he had his reasons.

• After caring for Yu Xiaogang for two days, Tang San found his evil fire growing harder to control and slipped out of Suotuo City Hospital.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to rush to a brothel, determined to enjoy himself.
• At Silvis Great Spirit Arena, staff refused to arrange a fair team battle because the Shrek Team had a level 30 Golden Spirit Dueling Rank.
• The staff offered to arrange a challenge against level 40 teams, but Zhao Wuji objected because the Shrek students would face a dangerous Spirit Ring gap.
• Flender accepted the challenge and asked for a particularly vicious team known for injuring opponents, then told Zhao Wuji he had his reasons.

Flender arranged for the Shrek Team to challenge the vicious, level 40 Fierce God Team and told the students to use any means necessary to win. Meanwhile, Tang San’s evil fire subsided, but he found the woman in his room unconscious and bleeding from a bitten-off ear.

• Flender chose the Fierce God Team for a cross-rank challenge, and the other teachers agreed after he explained his reasons.
• The Shrek students worried about the level gap, but Dai Mubai and Gu Xuan voiced confidence while Ma Hongjun protested.
• Flender stopped the students from meditating and told them to exploit their stronger opponents’ blind spots and show no mercy.
• Tang San’s evil fire was purged in less than three minutes, leaving him satisfied that the torment had ended.
• Tang San stayed beside the unconscious woman and realized he had bitten off her left ear, though he could not remember doing it.

Tang San fled a room after injuring a woman, but four Soul Elders blocked his escape. At the Silvis Great Spirit Arena, the Shrek Team prepared to challenge the brutal Fierce God Team, and Flender placed a large bet on Shrek's victory.

• Tang San checked that the woman was alive, wrapped her injured ear, and left the room before the madam confronted him.
• The woman screamed for help as Tang San tried to escape, and four Soul Elders blocked the main exit.
• Meng Li learned that a level-30 team had challenged the Fierce God Team, ending their half-month wait for a match.
• Spectators heavily bet on the Fierce God Team, driving the Shrek Team's odds up to one to seventeen.
• Flender bet thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on the Shrek Seven Devils to win.

Flender placed a huge bet on the Shrek Team and sent the Shrek Seven Devils into a challenge match against the stronger Fierce God Team. As the teams entered the arena, Flender trusted Gu Xuan’s hidden strength to secure victory, while Shrek faced seven Assault Type Battle Spirit Masters led by Meng Li.

• Flender bet on the Shrek Team despite the spectators’ certainty that the Fierce God Team would win.
• A merchant placed ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Shrek, explaining that he had seen the team win in Suotuo City.
• The Great Soul Arena adjusted the odds on the Fierce God Team but kept accepting bets until wagering closed.
• Flender warned the Shrek Seven Devils not to hold back and to leave the platform if danger arose, while Dai Mubai said they would not lose.
• The two teams entered the main arena, where Shrek saw that Meng Li led seven Fierce God Team members, all Assault Type Battle Spirit Masters.

Gu Xuan led the Shrek Team against the Fierce God Team and killed all seven opponents alone. The spirit battle ended with the arena covered in blood and Zhu Zhuqing rushing away, overcome with nausea.

• The Fierce God Team revealed its seven-man Assault System lineup and charged into the spirit arena against Shrek.
• Flender’s plan had six Shrek members support Gu Xuan, while the team’s formation made it seem they would fight together.
• Gu Xuan killed Meng Li with a single scythe strike as the teams met.
• The six remaining members of the Fierce God Team rushed Gu Xuan, and he killed them one after another.
• Zhu Zhuqing covered her mouth and ran toward the arena entrance as nausea overtook her.

After the Shrek team defeated the Fierce God Team, the young Soul Masters struggled with the shock of having killed their opponents. Meanwhile, Tang San was beaten and tied up after biting Meihua’s ear.

• Gu Xuan asked the host to announce Shrek’s victory after the Fierce God Team was wiped out, and the surviving Shrek members left the arena.
• Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu vomited backstage while Gu Xuan and Dai Mubai tried to steady themselves after their first human kills.
• Flender told the shaken students that killing was an ordeal they would eventually face, and Zhao Wuji later went to comfort them.
• Flender revealed that he had chosen the Fierce God Team as a test for the students and that the odds had earned the teachers a fortune.
• Tang San was found beaten and tied up in a room with Meihua, who angrily demanded to know why he had bitten her ear.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left Suotuo City for Heaven Dou City after Yu Xiaogang recovered enough to travel, while Tang San had spent his savings paying compensation and neither could afford to repay Yu Xiaogang’s black-market loan. Meanwhile, the Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Ning Rongrong guiding them to its gates.

• Tang San paid the madam and her people two hundred Gold Soul Coins after they threatened to beat him, then hid his bruises from Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang recovered enough to leave the hospital, and Director Liu was relieved when Yu Xiaogang said he planned to go to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San set out for Heaven Dou City, leaving Yu Xiaogang’s black-market loan unpaid and struggling with poor health, limited Soul Power, and lack of money.
• Flender asked Zhao Wuji where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was, and Ning Rongrong explained that it stood outside Heaven Dou City and offered to guide the group.
• Ning Rongrong led the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy at night, and Flender asked whether they had reached the right place.

The Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dai Mubai fought students who insulted them at the entrance. As Flender demanded that the academy’s teachers come out, someone approached to investigate the commotion.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy occupied the mountain, nearby forest, and lake, while the Shrek group admired the grounds.
• Tang San questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had taken the right road to Heaven Dou City, and Yu Xiaogang rebuked him for doubting his teacher.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy students blocked the Shrek group and called them country bumpkins and beggars.
• Dai Mubai kicked the leading student and quickly beat several others, while the remaining students retreated in fear.
• Flender called Dai Mubai off, condemned the students as trash, and demanded to see their teachers.
• A figure came down the hillside path and asked why there was so much noise.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender explained the Shrek group’s dispute with the students, and Sun Buyu welcomed them after learning they had come to find Qin Ming. Meanwhile, Tang San discovered that Yu Xiaogang had led them in the wrong direction, leaving the pair to spend the night at an inn; the Shrek group entered the academy and saw its extensive Mimicry Cultivation Grounds.

• Xue Beng complained to Sun Buyu that the Shrek group had caused trouble, and Sun Buyu greeted Flender and asked why they had come to Heaven Dou Academy.
• Tang San used a compass to show Yu Xiaogang that they were heading east rather than south, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed their mistake by asking a local for directions.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San used his remaining money to find an inn for the night and ask about the route to Heaven Dou City.
• Flender told Sun Buyu that the group had come to find Qin Ming and that academy students had insulted them, prompting Sun Buyu to apologize and invite them inside.
• Sun Buyu led the Shrek group up the mountain, where they saw Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s grounds and learned about its many Mimicry Cultivation Grounds.

The Shrek Academy group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qin Ming welcomed them and arranged comfortable accommodations and a lavish dinner. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang realized they had strayed about two hundred kilometers off course and had no money.

• Sun Buyu escorted the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main campus and explained that it had over five hundred mostly noble-born students.
• Tang San checked an innkeeper’s map and discovered that he and Yu Xiaogang were about two hundred kilometers off route and penniless.
• Qin Ming greeted Flender and the Shrek teachers, confirmed the academy’s approval, and arranged for them to rest before meeting the academy’s leadership the next day.
• Qin Ming led the group to a clean courtyard with separate rooms, where Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing chose to share a room and playfully invited Gu Xuan to join them; he refused.
• Qin Ming hosted the Shrek group at a lavish academy banquet and praised the students after drinking with Flender and Zhao Wuji.

While Shrek Academy settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang arrived late and hungry, with Yu Xiaogang instructing Tang San to seek alms. Qin Ming explained the academy’s structure and generous teacher salaries, and Flender led the group to meet its Committee of Elders.

• Qin Ming noticed two Shrek members were missing, and Flender and Zhao Wuji told him they were Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and could be accommodated when they arrived.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang took the innkeeper’s map and set out after two days without food.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San a bowl and chopsticks and told him to seek alms at a restaurant.
• Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s student and teacher ranks, the authority of its Committee of Elders, and the benefits for Heavenly Dou Level teachers.
• Flender asked Qin Ming to take the Shrek group to meet the three elders, and they headed to the Committee building.

Flender and the Shrek Academy group arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where three Soul Douluo elders welcomed them with great respect. Meng Shenji praised the Shrek students and assured Flender that their future achievements would preserve Shrek Academy’s legacy.

• Flender felt uneasy about leaving Shrek Academy but was impressed when three formally dressed Soul Douluo elders greeted the group at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Committee of Elders.
• Flender introduced himself and the Shrek teachers, and Meng Shenji introduced himself alongside Bai Baoshan and Zhìlín.
• The elders welcomed the Shrek group into their simple quarters, where the students stood behind their teachers.
• Meng Shenji said he had heard from Qin Ming that the Shrek Seven Devils defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Dou Team and praised their talent.
• Flender said Shrek Academy no longer existed, but Meng Shenji insisted the students’ future accomplishments would bring lasting glory to it.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhìlín tested Gu Xuan with steadily increasing Soul Power pressure and was astonished that the thirteen-year-old remained composed without releasing his martial soul. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang struggled to beg for food, leaving the chapter with Zhìlín still gauging the limits of Gu Xuan’s strength.

• Flender introduced Gu Xuan to the three Soul Douluo, and Zhìlín began testing his strength with Soul Power pressure.
• Zhìlín sensed that Gu Xuan’s Soul Power had reached level 40 and was surprised by his ability to resist without showing strain.
• Tang San was thrown out of a restaurant after asking for food in his teacher’s name, but he returned to Yu Xiaogang with two steamed buns.
• Yu Xiaogang took one of the buns and ate it while Tang San stood beside him.
• Zhìlín increased the pressure on Gu Xuan, but Gu Xuan remained standing without releasing his martial soul, astonishing all three Soul Douluo.

Gu Xuan impressed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three Soul Douluo by enduring Zhìlín’s escalating pressure, prompting Meng Shenji to promise Shrek’s students the academy’s best resources. As the groups settled their arrangements and planned a welcoming banquet, an unknown visitor called for Meng Shenji from outside.

• Zhìlín raised his Soul Power pressure past level 50, and Gu Xuan released and transformed the Thunderclap Sword while remaining steady.
• Zhìlín stopped the test after realizing Gu Xuan possessed strength and a background he could not gauge.
• Meng Shenji praised Gu Xuan and offered Shrek’s students the best cultivation facilities and environment, even if they never represented Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender thanked the three Soul Douluo and explained that he had brought Shrek’s final batch of students so they could develop their talents.
• Meng Shenji confirmed the arrangements and announced a welcoming banquet, while Qin Ming watched Gu Xuan with envy.
• An unseen visitor arrived outside and called out to ask whether Meng Shenji was there.

Prince Xue Xing arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Xue Beng and the formidable Dugu Bo, then challenged Shrek Academy’s qualifications after hearing that Dai Mubai had beaten Xue Beng. He agreed to let the incident go but demanded that the Shrek teachers prove their talent.

• Meng Shenji recognized Prince Xue Xing and went out with the other education committee members to greet him.
• Gu Xuan recognized the silent green-haired man accompanying Xue Xing as Dugu Bo, though no one else could gauge his strength.
• Meng Shenji introduced Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers as candidates for cooperation, but Xue Xing dismissed their academy as third-rate.
• Xue Xing accused the Shrek group of humiliating Xue Beng, and Flender asked whether Xue Beng had explained why he was beaten.
• Xue Xing agreed to overlook the incident but demanded that the Shrek teachers prove their talent.

Prince Xue Xing demanded that Shrek Academy prove its worth by lasting five minutes against Dugu Bo, but the three Education Committee members stepped forward to challenge the Poison Douluo. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu hid her soul-beast aura, and Yi Ling Fang prepared to hunt down Yu Xiaogang if he missed his loan deadline.

• Prince Xue Xing ordered Shrek Academy to fight Dugu Bo for five minutes or leave, and Dugu Bo's gaze knocked Dai Mubai unconscious.
• Flender recognized Dugu Bo and started to withdraw, but Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhìlín challenged the Poison Douluo together.
• Xiao Wu concealed her aura from Dugu Bo while Gu Xuan noticed her fear.
• At Yi Ling Fang, the boss told his subordinate to search for Yu Xiaogang if he missed repayment and release his private photos once he was three days overdue.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Prince Xue Xing drove Flender and Shrek Academy away despite the three Education Committee members’ objections. Qin Ming then resigned in solidarity with his former teachers, while Dugu Yan recognized Gu Xuan and spoke privately with Dugu Bo.

• A subordinate left Yi Ling Fang’s office to prepare for Yu Xiaogang’s possible failure to repay his debt, while the boss anticipated seeing him again.
• Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo confronted the three Education Committee members, who threatened to report Xue Xing to the Heaven Dou Emperor.
• Flender thanked the three members and led Shrek Academy out of the Education Committee Hall, where Xue Beng watched them leave with satisfaction.
• Dugu Yan arrived, recognized Gu Xuan, and whispered to Dugu Bo, who watched the departing group and spoke to her quietly.
• Qin Ming announced that he would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Meng Shenji urged him to reconsider while promising to seek justice from the emperor.

After Prince Xue Xing drove Shrek Academy away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender led the group toward Heaven Dou City to decide what to do next. As the Shrek group entered the capital, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived outside its gates, exhausted and hungry.

• Qin Ming left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the Shrek group, while Meng Shenji condemned Prince Xue Xing for driving away the talented students and teachers.
• Prince Xue Xing told Xue Beng to claim the Shrek group had attacked first and warned him to work harder in the contest for the throne.
• Dai Mubai urged Flender to expand Shrek Academy and earn money through spirit dueling, but Flender declined and chose to find lodging in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong offered to take the group to her family's castle, but Flender refused and led the Shrek group toward the capital instead.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reached Heaven Dou City after two days of begging for food, exhausted and hoping to find Flender at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San struggled to reach Heaven Dou Royal Academy after arriving in Heaven Dou City, where they learned the academy stood outside the city. At the academy entrance, students mistook them for beggars, and Yu Xiaogang introduced himself and said they had been invited.

• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San into Heaven Dou City, where Tang San asked about the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and learned that soul bones were sometimes auctioned there.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San saw an auction notice advertising a final-day item that could directly increase a Soul Master's Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he did not know where Heaven Dou Royal Academy was, and a passerby told them it stood on a mountain outside the city.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San walked for half a day to reach the academy, where several students called them beggars and told them to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang told the students he was a Shrek Academy teacher, Tang San was his disciple, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy had invited them.