Chapter Summaries

Tang San used cautious training and preparation as excuses to reduce his effort while building coordination and combat plans with the Shrek Seven Devils. The group reached Suotuo City for their Great Soul Arena training, and Tang San ended the night with 89 Slacking Value, 11 points short of his next Soul Power Increase.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as a new instructor, named the seven students the Shrek Seven Devils, and announced their departure for Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena in three days.
• Tang San limited his Blue Silver Grass control during team coordination and tactical drills, claiming he needed to adapt to his teammates and conserve Soul Power; he gained Slacking Value.
• Tang San prepared a Soul Power allocation chart that reduced battlefield control reserves and emphasized emergency reserves, earning another Slacking Value point.
• Dai Mubai explained the Great Soul Arena rules as the seven traveled to Suotuo City, while Tang San walked behind the group and used minimal Soul Power to scout.
• The seven arrived in Suotuo City, and Tang San meditated slowly at the inn, checking that his Slacking Value had reached 89.

Tang San and Xiao Wu registered as the Three-Five Combination and won their first Bronze Tier spirit combat match against the Iron Stone Combination using cautious, attrition-based tactics. Back at the inn, Flender planned more matches for the next day, while Tang San meditated slowly and looked for ways to keep earning Slacking Value.

• Flender assigned the spirit combat teams, and Tang San and Xiao Wu registered as the Three-Five Combination while Tang San reported his Soul Power as Level 16.
• The Three-Five Combination drew the Iron Stone Combination, and Tang San proposed a cautious strategy to wear down the two stronger assault-type opponents.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu followed their plan, knocked the Iron Hammer Soul Master off the stage, and won after the rock Soul Master surrendered.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing won their match, Ma Hongjun lost his, and Flender scheduled two more matches for Tang San and Xiao Wu the next day.
• Tang San returned to the inn and deliberately slowed his meditation to recover Soul Power while continuing to pursue Slacking Value.

Tang San used cautious-sounding excuses to conserve Soul Power while the Three-Five Combination won two spirit combats and prepared for a team match against the Imperial Dou Team. After planning tactics and scouting the inn’s surroundings, he meditated slowly, still three Slacking Value points short of his next Soul Power Increase.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the Gale Combination after Tang San delayed his field control and bound the Wind Wolf at close range.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu beat the Heavy Armor Combination by binding the edge of the Thick Shield and letting Xiao Wu attack Steel Armor’s weak points.
• The Three-Five Combination rose to mid Bronze rank, then encountered the Imperial Dou Team, whose leader challenged Shrek Academy to a team spirit combat the next day.
• Tang San assigned himself limited front-line control duties during the team’s tactical planning and surveyed the nearby buildings for possible escape routes.
• Tang San meditated at seventy percent speed and considered the upcoming match an opportunity to gain Slacking Value.

Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils to defeat the Imperial Dou Team by adapting his control tactics and protecting his teammates, while earning enough Slacking Value to secure his next Soul Power Increase. After celebrating, the team prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City for new challenges.

• Tang San restrained the Rock Soul Master to block Yu Tianxin’s electricity, then bound Yu Tianxin when his lightning weakened.
• Tang San used his emergency Soul Power to pull Yu Tianxin away from Ma Hongjun and helped the team turn the fight in their favor.
• Tang San disabled the Imperial Dou Team’s control-type Soul Master, allowing Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to escape the spider web.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun struck Yu Tianxin together, forcing the Imperial Dou Team to surrender as the Shrek Seven Devils won.
• Tang San reached 100 Slacking Value, and Flender announced that the team would travel to Heaven Dou City the next day.

Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Tang San used cautious tactics to help them defeat the Ironclad Combination in their first promotion tournament match. The team prepared to continue the tournament, while Tang San gained Slacking Value through his deliberately restrained decisions.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu’s attack to help the Shrek Seven Devils defeat three Nether Wolves on the road, then protected Ning Rongrong during the fight.
• Flender found a Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena promotion tournament notice, and Tang San suggested the team take it cautiously after arriving in the city.
• Tang San registered the Shrek Seven Devils for the tournament, where they were matched against five level-twenty-two Steel Armor soul masters called the Ironclad Combination.
• Tang San stabilized his team’s formation and pulled at the opponents’ armor with Blue Silver Grass, allowing Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to break their formation and win.
• Flender celebrated the victory and said the team could advance to Silver Tier by winning two more matches, while Tang San meditated slowly and counted his Slacking Value gains.

Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils to victory in two advancement matches, earning them Silver Tier badges. Afterward, the team prepared to visit Shrek Academy’s main campus while Tang San continued collecting Slacking Value through his cautious tactics and deliberate pacing.

• Tang San studied the Gale Assault Combination’s profile and used a flexible Blue Silver Grass net to help the Shrek Seven Devils defeat them.
• Tang San redirected the Control-Support Alliance’s webs and guided Dai Mubai toward their support types, securing a second victory and Silver Tier promotion.
• Flender announced that the team would rest before traveling to Shrek Academy’s main campus.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu explored Heaven Dou City, and Tang San suggested buying a Soul Guiding Recovery Device.
• Tang San meditated slowly at the inn and considered the harder trials awaiting them at the main campus.

Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy Main Campus and used excuses about adapting to its equipment and training pace to limit his effort. After passing the entrance assessment and deliberately falling short in a precision exercise, he prepared for the next day’s team training while continuing to conserve his Soul Power.

• Tang San traveled with Flender and the others to the main campus, scouting the mountain road with Blue Silver Grass and earning a Slacking Value point.
• Tang San barely met Teacher Li’s Soul Power assessment standard by claiming he needed time to adapt to the device, bringing his total Slacking Value to 108.
• Tang San joined group basic training and repeatedly kept his crystal readings below the required eighty percent, earning another point and reaching 109.
• Xiao Wu questioned Tang San’s performance after training, and he said he was still adjusting to the main campus’s rhythm.
• Tang San saved Oscar’s Recovery Sausage for the next day and slowed his meditation, raising his Slacking Value to 110.

Tang San used cautious tactics and carefully framed excuses to conserve his effort during coordinated defense training and a spar against senior students, while the Seven Monsters improved their teamwork. After Flender assigned them multi-group defense training for the next day, Tang San reviewed the day's mistakes and slowed his meditation, bringing his Slacking Value to 114.

• Tang San arranged Xiao Wu and Oscar in a triangular defense formation and deliberately used restrained control, but the group eventually withstood a dummy's attack.
• Tang San postponed a challenge from two senior students until the afternoon so he could prepare and learn about their Martial Souls.
• Tang San targeted the senior students' great axe with Blue Silver Grass, helping Dai Mubai and the Seven Monsters win the spar.
• Flender praised the group's coordination and assigned them multi-group coordinated defense training for the next day.
• Tang San recorded tactical notes, planned the next formations with Xiao Wu, and slowed his meditation, raising his Slacking Value to 114.

Tang San used carefully limited defenses and control to conserve Soul Power while leading his team through coordinated defense training and a simulated ambush assessment. The seven captured three Earth Bears and qualified for next week’s Spirit Beast Forest Trial, as Tang San prepared for the greater challenge ahead.

• Tang San commanded the left formation in the Dual Triangle Linked Defense drill, narrowing its range so Oscar could support the right formation and both sides held off the dummy attacks.
• Flender announced that the seven had to pass an afternoon assessment against three 300-year Earth Bears to qualify for the Spirit Beast Forest Trial.
• Tang San helped the team plan a defense-first strategy, with Oscar preparing extra sausages and the others assigned to attack the bears’ weak points.
• During the assessment, Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to slow the bears’ charges while the team counterattacked and captured all three before time ran out.
• At the evening review, Tang San recorded the bears’ attack patterns and told Xiao Wu to stay close to him in the forest.
• Tang San slowed his meditation to recover carefully and continued seeking ways to conserve effort while strengthening the team.

Tang San led Shrek Academy's students through spirit beast forest training, using careful scouting and efficient combat tactics to keep the group safe and conserve Soul Power. The seven returned to the academy with stronger practical experience, and Tang San continued meditating slowly as his Slacking Value reached 122.

• Flender divided the students into two groups to search the forest for suitable spirit beasts, while Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to scout the route and detect danger.
• Tang San coordinated Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong to defeat a two-hundred-year Poison Spider without splashing its venom, raising his Slacking Value to 120.
• The two groups reunited at the stream, where Tang San organized them into a double-triangle formation to defeat a four-hundred-year Azure Water Snake while conserving Soul Power.
• The students left the forest without casualties, and Flender praised their training and set a five-hundred-year spirit beast as next week's target.
• Tang San slowed his meditation to recover after the day's exertion, bringing his Slacking Value to 122.

Tang San led the Shrek Academy group through a hunt for a 500-year Hell Spirit Cat, using cautious control tactics to defeat it and secure its Soul Ring. The group returned safely, and Flender announced that their next target would be a 600-year Spirit Beast.

• Tang San prepared tracking powder and fireproof ropes, then warned Xiao Wu to stay close because a speed-type Spirit Beast might attack from the side.
• Tang San detected a Hell Spirit Cat and used Blue Silver Grass mesh defense to draw it into range while Xiao Wu and the others attacked.
• The Hell Spirit Cat escaped its bindings with Netherworld Ambush, but Ma Hongjun's flames revealed it and Dai Mubai wounded it.
• Tang San slowed the pursuit, spotted the spirit cat's trap, and helped lure it into Dai Mubai's White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, which defeated it.
• The group returned with the Hell Spirit Cat's Soul Ring, and Flender set a 600-year Spirit Beast as their target for the following week.
• Tang San deliberately slowed his Soul Power recovery and meditation, bringing his Slacking Value to 126.

Tang San led the Shrek team in coordinated tactics to defeat a 600-year Great Earth Rhinoceros while conserving their Soul Power. After returning to Shrek Academy, the team prepared for a more dangerous hunt in the forest’s core area next week.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and mineral powder to search the rocky forest for a defensive Spirit Beast and warned Xiao Wu about rhinoceros weak points.
• Tang San restricted the Great Earth Rhinoceros’s joints while Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai’s first strike failed to break its shell.
• After the rhinoceros activated Rock Armor, Xiao Wu opened a shell gap with Waist Bow, Tang San hooked it, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked through the opening to defeat it.
• Tang San distributed Recovery Sausages and explained how the team had conserved Soul Power by coordinating their attacks.
• Flender praised the team and announced that their next target would be a 700-year Spirit Beast in the forest’s core area.
• Tang San slowed his recovery and meditation back at the dormitory, planning how to apply the team’s tactics to the more dangerous training ahead.

Tang San led the Shrek team into the Spirit Beast Forest core area, where they defeated a 700-year Lightning Patterned Leopard through carefully tiered control and coordinated attacks. The group returned with its soul ring, and Flender announced that they would begin preparing for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition preliminaries the following week.

• Tang San prepared lightning detectors and insulating Blue Silver Grass, then instructed Xiao Wu and the others on how to handle lightning-type spirit beasts.
• The team encountered a Lightning Patterned Leopard at the Lightning Bamboo Forest, and Tang San used brief-contact bindings to restrict its movements without letting electricity damage the grass.
• Tang San coordinated Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu to weaken the leopard’s lightning attacks and Thunderstorm Domain while Dai Mubai struck it.
• Tang San exposed the leopard’s throat lightning sac to Ma Hongjun’s flames, allowing Dai Mubai to kill it and the team to claim its soul ring.
• Flender praised Tang San’s tiered control and announced the team would prepare for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition preliminaries; Tang San returned to the dormitory and meditated slowly.

Tang San practiced three rounds of simulated battles against a dual-support lineup under Soul Power suppression, conserving energy while disrupting the supports and stalling their amplifications. Master Yu Xiaogang approved his tactics, and Tang San prepared for the next day's tournament-rule training while recovering slowly.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to interrupt the opposing supports’ amplification rhythms, helping Dai Mubai counter the assault fighters in the first round.
• Tang San protected Ning Rongrong with a thin, luring net while binding a support fighter’s defensive release point in the second round.
• Tang San stalled the assault fighters until their Joint Amplification expired, allowing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to finish the third round.
• Tang San retained thirty percent of his Soul Power, and Master Yu Xiaogang praised his strategy of cutting off support before striking the assault fighters.
• Tang San studied the tournament rulebook with Dai Mubai and slowed his meditation to recover before the next day’s rule training.

Tang San led Shrek Academy through three training rounds in flame and swamp arenas, adapting his Blue Silver Grass tactics to forbidden-skill rules while conserving soul power. Grandmaster planned a visit to the Heaven Dou City Competition Venue the next day, and Tang San ended the chapter recording arena data and meditating slowly.

• Tang San used the element detector to justify a slow start, then carefully controlled opponents in the Flame Zone without letting the fire damage his Blue Silver Grass.
• In the Swamp Zone, Tang San slowly probed for hidden pits and bound an agile opponent’s calves while Oscar and Ning Rongrong helped the team counter the ambush.
• With control skills forbidden during arena switches, Tang San created a buffer at the boundary and disrupted opponents’ footwork without binding them, helping Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar break the pincer attack.
• Tang San finished the three rounds with thirty-five percent of his soul power remaining, and Grandmaster announced that they would visit the Heaven Dou City Competition Venue the next day.
• Tang San recorded the day’s arena conditions and meditated at reduced speed to recover his martial soul, raising his Slacking Value to 145.

Tang San led the Shrek Seven Devils through real-venue training, using the Field Resonance Detector to adapt his Blue Silver Grass control to lightning, sound waves, and rapidly switching elements while conserving Soul Power. After marking the venue’s elemental points and meditating slowly, he prepared the team for its first Preliminary Match against Elephant Armor Academy.

• Tang San used the Field Resonance Detector to identify lightning resonance as Grandmaster outlined three training rounds with changing Spirit Skill restrictions.
• During the lightning-and-fire round, Tang San used narrow Blue Silver Grass bindings and waited for resonance gaps while Dai Mubai attacked.
• During the sound-wave round, Tang San slowly adjusted the grass’s vibration frequency before binding opponents, while Zhu Zhuqing evaded and Ma Hongjun used flames to block the interference.
• During rapid ground switching, Tang San waited half a second for the elements to stabilize before choosing his control method, and he finished training with forty percent of his Soul Power.
• Grandmaster announced that the next day’s practice would simulate Elephant Armor Academy’s reserve team, and Tang San marked the venue map and warned Xiao Wu about the lightning zone’s metal seams.
• Tang San meditated at half his normal circulation speed to adapt to residual elemental energy, bringing his Slacking Value to 150.

Tang San led Shrek through three simulations against Elephant Armor Academy's reserve team, using careful probing, swamp mud, and controlled lightning to break their formations while conserving strength. Afterward, he recorded armor weak points and prepared for the official match, confident Shrek would win its first Preliminary Match.

• Tang San used the Soul Tool Hook and Blue Silver Grass to find shifting gaps in the Turtle Shell Formation, allowing Dai Mubai to break through the first round's defense.
• Tang San clogged armor joints with Swamp Mud and used Ma Hongjun's flames to weaken Hardening Amplification, then tore a breach in the second round.
• Tang San conducted controlled lightning through Blue Silver Grass to burn the armor's inner fibers, enabling Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to defeat the rotating formation in the third round.
• Grandmaster warned that the reserve team's Hardening Amplification would be stronger in the official match and advised Tang San to use the Lightning Zone.
• Tang San recorded the armor's weak points, cautioned Xiao Wu to avoid the toughest back armor, and slowed his meditation to restore his grass blades before the match.

Tang San used his Armor Plate Gap Detector, Blue Silver Grass, and the arena’s metal protrusions to exploit Elephant Armor Academy’s Soul Power gaps and dismantle its Turtle Shell Formation. Shrek Academy won, and Tang San ended the chapter recording the opponents’ circulation patterns while preparing for stronger teams.

• Tang San delayed before the match to calibrate his detector and learned from Grandmaster that Elephant Armor’s formation had a Soul Power gap every ten seconds.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and the arena’s metal protrusions to pry open armor plate gaps, allowing Dai Mubai to damage Elephant Armor’s defense.
• Tang San anchored three strands of Blue Silver Grass in the protrusions’ grooves to withstand vibrating Soul Power, then opened a wide gap for Ma Hongjun’s flames.
• Tang San bound Elephant Armor’s Support Soul Masters when their Soul Power was depleted, and Shrek’s attackers broke through the formation to win the match.
• Tang San recorded Elephant Armor’s individual circulation rhythms at the inn and slowed his meditation to adapt to the vibrating Soul Power.

Tang San used a wind-speed detector and careful field control to help Shrek Academy defeat Thunder Academy Second Team. After the match, he recorded the wind patterns and slowed his meditation to adapt to the lingering airflow.

• Tang San prepared for the match by studying wind conditions while Grandmaster warned Shrek about Thunder Academy Second Team’s Wind Vortices and lightning attacks.
• Tang San waited for stable airflow, then used Blue Silver Grass and Xiao Wu’s attack to bring down two agility attackers and disrupt their charge.
• Tang San slowly split Blue Silver Grass through airflow blind spots, avoiding Thunder Academy’s Electric Net Restraint and binding the final agility attacker.
• Tang San waited until the Lightning Control soul masters’ recovery gap to bind them, allowing Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to defeat them as Shrek won.
• Tang San recorded airflow patterns at the inn and slowed his meditation so his Soul Power could adapt to the wind field’s lingering effects.

Tang San used the scorching field’s heat-dissipation pipes and the Blazing Fire team’s skill cooldowns to conserve Shrek’s strength and defeat Blazing Fire Academy’s second team. After the match, he recorded the pipe data and slowly meditated as Shrek continued toward the main tournament.

• Tang San studied the scorching field with his detector while Grandmaster briefed Shrek on Blazing Fire’s lineup and the field’s heat peaks.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and a cooling pipe to bind Blazing Fire’s support Soul Master, interrupting Flame Amplification and helping Dai Mubai break through the Fire Wall.
• Tang San guided heat through the pipes to wither the control vines and deflect the fire ring, then trapped the Fire Ring Control Soul Master during its cooldown.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu helped subdue Blazing Fire’s exposed fighters, and Tang San stopped the remaining control Soul Master from using vines before Blazing Fire conceded.
• Tang San recorded the pipe locations at the inn and slowed his meditation to adapt to the scorching field’s residual heat.