Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang fed the others food infused with Soul Power and later agreed to teach them combat after Ma Hongjun teased him. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai shoving Ma Hongjun forward as Xiao Tianyang asked who wanted to go first.

• Saber noticed Soul Power in Xiao Tianyang’s cooking, and Ning Rongrong accepted his fried rice after he pretended to take it away.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Xiao Tianyang’s cooking and found Bubu selling illustrated booklets with its Soul Tool.
• With the teachers absent, Tang San and Dai Mubai asked Xiao Tianyang to train them in combat techniques.
• Ma Hongjun teased Xiao Tianyang, who shattered a boulder and agreed to train the group.
• Dai Mubai kicked Ma Hongjun toward Xiao Tianyang, leaving him to go first.

Xiao Tianyang used Ma Hongjun to demonstrate Wing Chun, overwhelming him in close combat before teaching the technique to the group. He completed a side quest and received 300 Lottery Points.

• Xiao Tianyang questioned Ma Hongjun about attacking and announced that he would train Ma Hongjun in close-quarters combat.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Tianyang with his Soul Skills for three minutes but failed to hit him.
• Xiao Tianyang fought Ma Hongjun with Wing Chun at one-tenth of his usual speed, then knocked him unconscious after five minutes.
• Xiao Tianyang confirmed Ma Hongjun was fine and began teaching the group Wing Chun, while Tang San said he had memorized most of the moves.
• Xiao Tianyang completed the side quest Training 2 and received 300 Lottery Points.

Xiao Tianyang rode to the cafeteria with Saber to prepare breakfast, while reflecting on his new system tasks to help Shrek's Seven Devils grow. He chose scallion oil noodles and creamy seafood soup, leaving him ready to test a cooking idea from the day before.

• Xiao Tianyang reviewed his Great Soul Arena, cooking, and training tasks as he rode to the cafeteria.
• Saber joined Xiao Tianyang on his bicycle to help prepare breakfast, and Bubu ran alongside them.
• Xiao Tianyang collected a money pouch from Bubu and told Saber that the money came from a deal between Bubu and Flender.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Saber what she wanted for breakfast, and she chose noodles.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to make scallion oil noodles and creamy seafood soup.

Xiao Tianyang and the others traveled with Flender to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena for a practical lesson. Flender set them the task of earning Silver Spirit Dueling Badges before graduation, and the group entered the arena to begin.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing praised Xiao Tianyang's noodles and asked how his cooking could ease Spirit Power Bottlenecks; he told Zhu Zhuqing to return after reaching level forty.
• Xiao Wu declined to learn cooking, so Xiao Tianyang cut her dinner portion in half, while Saber said she was content to rely on him.
• Flender led the students to Suotuo City and announced that their lesson would take place at the Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai explained the arena's individual, two-person, and team battles, along with its ranking badges and uneven matchmaking.
• Flender assigned the students to earn Silver Spirit Dueling Badges before graduation, then led them inside the Great Soul Arena.

At the Soul Fighting Arena, Xiao Tianyang and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Sky Green Combination, while Saber teamed with Ning Rongrong. Xiao Tianyang entered a one-on-one match against Suzuki, a fighter on a nine-win streak, as a young VIP and Bishop Jekko watched.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Saber to let her team with Xiao Tianyang, explaining she hoped to learn from him, and named their team the Sky Green Combination.
• Xiao Tianyang was called to fight in the sixteenth Soul Fighting Arena and mistakenly headed the wrong way before Zhu Zhuqing corrected him.
• The host introduced Xiao Tianyang, competing as Conan, as a level-twenty-nine versatile Weapon Soul Master with zero wins, and Suzuki as a level-thirty Assault System Weapon Soul Master pursuing his tenth consecutive victory.
• Dai Mubai told the others that Xiao Tianyang planned to use only his First Soul Skill and avoid his close-quarters fighting during the match.
• A young man in the VIP room asked Bishop Jekko about Conan and Suzuki, and Bishop Jekko praised Suzuki’s potential and soul ring configuration.

Xiao Tianyang defeated Suzuki in three moves, shocking the Soul Fighting Arena and drawing the attention of a youth in the VIP room. After explaining how he strengthened his flaming attack with Soul Power, he joined Zhu Zhuqing to prepare for their 2v2 match.

• Suzuki challenged Xiao Tianyang, who revealed a purple and a black Soul Ring and stunned the arena.
• A youth in the VIP room ordered Bishop Jekko to gather every piece of information about Xiao Tianyang within ten minutes.
• Xiao Tianyang trapped Suzuki's blade with a flaming fist, engulfed him in a Fire Pillar, and defeated him with a final blow.
• The youth noted Xiao Tianyang's three-move victory and precise physical control, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong reacted to the fight.
• Xiao Tianyang explained to Tang San that wrapping flames in Soul Power made them harder to cut, then went with Zhu Zhuqing to their 2v2 match.

Xiao Tianyang enhanced Zhu Zhuqing with his First Soul Ring, allowing her to defeat their opponents in the Soul Fighting Arena. After the match, Zhu Zhuqing suffered temporary exhaustion, while a curious youth ordered Bishop Jekko to investigate Xiao Tianyang and the people around him.

• Xiao Tianyang told Zhu Zhuqing to lead their fight against a Control System and Agile Attack System pair, promising to support her.
• Xiao Tianyang used four Green Fire clusters to enhance Zhu Zhuqing’s reflexes, coordination, heart rate, and flames.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated the man with Hell Stab and Netherworld Hundred Claws, then knocked the woman unconscious and won the match.
• Xiao Tianyang caught the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing and explained that his enhancement had temporarily overdrawn her body.
• A youth who witnessed Xiao Tianyang’s Soul Ring enhancement asked Bishop Jekko about him, then ordered him to continue investigating Xiao Tianyang and his associates.

Xiao Tianyang explained how his four-layer enhancement helped Zhu Zhuqing, then the group left the Great Soul Arena and discussed Ma Hongjun’s plans to visit a brothel. Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai and walked away, but Xiao Tianyang stopped Dai Mubai from pursuing her by reminding him to show them around Suotuo City.

• Xiao Tianyang explained the four layers of enhancement to Zhu Zhuqing, who said she could handle them despite their strain on her body.
• Dai Mubai told the group that lessons were over, and Ma Hongjun left to buy something after Dai Mubai refused to accompany him.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Ma Hongjun was going to a brothel to suppress his evil fire, prompting disgust and questions from the group.
• Xiao Wu teased Dai Mubai about his own visits to brothels, and Zhu Zhuqing accused him of being no better than Ma Hongjun before walking away.
• Dai Mubai angrily moved to follow Zhu Zhuqing, but Xiao Tianyang held him back and asked him to show the group around Suotuo City.

Xiao Tianyang sent Dai Mubai away to think about his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing, then took Tang San and Oscar to a blacksmith shop to order equipment. Miao Zhenshan confronted Xiao Tianyang over the danger his Martial Soul had attracted and began offering him two choices.

• Dai Mubai stayed behind to calm down while Zhu Zhuqing left with Saber, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Tianyang went off with Tang San and Oscar.
• Xiao Tianyang brought Tang San and Oscar to a blacksmith shop in Suotuo City and gave each of them a list of items to buy or have made.
• Oscar asked whether the purchases would be reimbursed, and Xiao Tianyang kicked him into an alley after teasing him about being single.
• Miao Zhenshan grabbed Xiao Tianyang and warned him that two Soul Saints might have attacked him at the Great Soul Arena because he had used his Martial Soul.
• Miao Zhenshan presented Xiao Tianyang with two choices, and Xiao Tianyang immediately refused to return with him.

Miao Zhenshan decided to announce Xiao Tianyang as his last disciple, giving him protection from people who might target him. Back at the academy, Xiao Tianyang reunited with Tang San and Oscar, then found Saber attempting to cook and prepared dinner himself.

• Miao Zhenshan revealed that he was a Rank 98 Super Douluo and told Xiao Tianyang he would make him his last disciple.
• Xiao Tianyang considered the benefits of becoming Miao Zhenshan's disciple and returned to the blacksmith shop, where Tang San had collected some of his requested items.
• Xiao Tianyang and Tang San found Oscar collapsed beneath a bundle of cargo, and Xiao Tianyang teased him about his stamina.
• Xiao Tianyang returned to the academy, where Xiao Wu complained that he had been late to cook, and he asked Tang San to put away the supplies.
• Xiao Tianyang found Saber had burned her attempt at tomato scrambled eggs, reassured her, and chose beef in sour soup for dinner.

Xiao Tianyang led the students through a weighted morning run while Flender assigned Zhao Wuji to guide Oscar and Xiao Tianyang on a trip to obtain Soul Rings. During his midday break, Xiao Tianyang considered the danger of his next Soul Ring and his new Great Soul Arena quest before Zhu Zhuqing called him to leave.

• Xiao Tianyang made the students run with weighted sandbags, then led them through cooldown exercises while Flender and Zhao Wuji watched.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji to lead a team to the Star Dou Great Forest when Oscar and Xiao Tianyang needed Soul Rings, and Zhao Wuji reluctantly agreed.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected on the escalating ages of his Soul Rings and examined his quests to obtain a fifty-thousand-year Third Soul Ring and a Purple Gold Badge in the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing approached Xiao Tianyang during his midday rest and told him it was time to leave.

Xiao Tianyang and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Suotuo City and fought as a team in the Great Soul Arena. After winning, Xiao Tianyang warned Zhu Zhuqing about her opponent’s poison and advised her on how to approach similar battles.

• Xiao Tianyang took Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City on his bicycle, and they watched matches at the Great Soul Arena before their names were called.
• Xiao Tianyang enhanced Zhu Zhuqing with his Myriad Transformation Flame as she faced a support-type Weapon Soul Master and an Assault System Battle Soul Master.
• Zhu Zhuqing knocked out the support-type fighter with Inch Punch, while Xiao Tianyang weakened the Assault System fighter until he conceded.
• Xiao Tianyang discovered purple poison marks on Zhu Zhuqing’s hand and explained that the opposing support fighter’s poisonous mist could damage those he enhanced.
• Xiao Tianyang told Zhu Zhuqing she could have targeted the Assault System fighter first and advised her not to rely too heavily on theory when deciding how to fight.

Xiao Tianyang was summoned to a concealed Special Invitation Battle, where a masked youth asked him to join his team. After Xiao Tianyang refused, they agreed that the youth would owe him a favor, and the youth revealed himself as a Soul Emperor before their fight began.

• Zhu Zhuqing learned that Xiao Tianyang's individual match had been hidden because it was a confidential Special Invitation Battle.
• Xiao Tianyang suspected the match was connected to Miao Zhenshan's warning and faced a masked youth who said he wanted him.
• The youth clarified that he wanted Xiao Tianyang to join his team, but Xiao Tianyang refused and guessed that the youth belonged to a powerful clan or faction.
• The youth proposed that Xiao Tianyang withstand ten moves, but Xiao Tianyang negotiated a favor instead, which they sealed with a high-five.
• The youth released six soul rings—two yellow, two purple, and two black—revealing that he was a Soul Emperor.

Xiao Tianyang fought a mysterious youth who revealed himself as a powerful Soul Emperor, and their exchange escalated after Xiao Tianyang accidentally offended him. Though Xiao Tianyang wounded the youth with his Ancient Divine Eyes, he took a pill and unleashed the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, leaving the battle raging.

• A mysterious youth challenged Xiao Tianyang, and their first exchange showed the youth had a major advantage in strength and speed.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized clues to the youth’s Martial Soul, then used Lingbo Weibu and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms to knock him back.
• After Xiao Tianyang’s remark angered him, the youth used his Fifth Soul Skill, Holy Sword, and Sixth Soul Skill, Angel’s Roar, forcing Xiao Tianyang to defend himself and suffer a mental attack.
• Xiao Tianyang opened his Ancient Divine Eyes, dispelled the mental attack, and pierced the youth’s shoulder with a beam of light.
• The youth healed his wound and prepared to attack again, so Xiao Tianyang swallowed a pill and unleashed the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms with overwhelming power.

Xiao Tianyang and the masked youth fought until both were badly wounded, and the youth let him leave after learning his name. Xiao Tianyang then reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and encountered Tang San and the others, who were shocked by his condition.

• Xiao Tianyang and the youth exchanged devastating blows, leaving both too injured to continue fighting.
• Xiao Tianyang kicked the youth as he approached, causing them to fall together before Miao Zhenshan pulled Xiao Tianyang away.
• The youth asked Xiao Tianyang's name, accepted his challenge to fight again in one year, and ordered his maidservants to leave with him.
• Bishop Jekko arrived and the youth told him to handle the arena's aftermath without affecting anyone.
• Xiao Tianyang limped away after Miao Zhenshan left, and Zhu Zhuqing found him and helped him toward the resting room.
• Tang San and the others saw Xiao Tianyang's bloodied state and reacted with shock.

After Xiao Tianyang returned battered from a Special Invitation Battle against a Soul Emperor, his friends learned that the Great Soul Arena had let nobles arrange unfair matchups. Once Saber left for her match and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing tended Xiao Tianyang’s wounds, the group headed back, and Dai Mubai invited him out on a date that he declined.

• Dai Mubai and the others questioned Xiao Tianyang about his injuries, and he revealed that his opponent had been a Soul Emperor in a Special Invitation Battle.
• Tang San explained that nobles could use the Great Soul Arena’s rules to change opponents, but the level gap in Xiao Tianyang’s fight exceeded the thirty-level limit.
• Saber forfeited her match after Zhu Zhuqing called her, and Ning Rongrong and then Zhu Zhuqing helped tend Xiao Tianyang’s wounds.
• After the group finished their matches, Ma Hongjun said he needed to buy things, while Dai Mubai announced that he had a date with the twins from before.
• Dai Mubai invited Xiao Tianyang along, but Xiao Tianyang declined and said he would rather work on recipes.

After the battle, Xiao Tianyang returned to Shrek Academy exhausted and slept through the day while his friends joked about his romantic preferences. He woke to Saber changing his wound and made food for the hungry academy crowd, turning a late-night snack into a communal meal.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Tianyang about his interest in girls, while Zhu Zhuqing blushed at their attention.
• Xiao Tianyang recovered enough to beat Oscar for teasing him, then returned to Shrek Academy and saw that his mission had failed.
• Xiao Tianyang fell into a deep sleep after worrying that the youth might pursue them on the road back.
• Saber changed Xiao Tianyang's chest wound after he woke in the evening and learned he had slept for a day.
• Xiao Tianyang went to cook despite his injury, and the smell drew the academy members into a huge communal meal.

Zhao Wuji appointed Xiao Tianyang to lead the Shrek students into the Star Dou Great Forest, where several of them needed Soul Rings. After organizing the team and riding there with Ning Rongrong’s speed boost, Xiao Tianyang led them to the forest entrance, where they prepared to enter its dangerous wilderness.

• Zhao Wuji told Xiao Tianyang to lead the team and let him know he would not interfere unless something unexpected happened.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned the students positions in their formation and identified six members who had reached Soul Ring bottlenecks.
• Xiao Tianyang set out nine bicycles, and Ning Rongrong used her Second Soul Ring to speed the group’s journey while Zhao Wuji made Oscar carry him.
• Xiao Tianyang decided the group would enter the Star Dou Great Forest directly instead of stopping in the nearby town.
• Xiao Tianyang and the others arrived at the lively forest entrance and sensed the danger posed by its powerful Soul Beasts.

Xiao Tianyang used Bubu to scout the Soul Hunting Forest and help the group locate a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar. Saber defeated the serpent alone with precise strikes, leaving it alive but unable to move so Oscar could claim it.

• Xiao Tianyang revealed that Bubu had secretly followed the group and sent it ahead to scout for danger.
• Bubu alerted Xiao Tianyang to a possible target, and Tang San identified it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Saber to fight the serpent alone, and she agreed.
• Xiao Tianyang directed Saber to the serpent, and she cut its jaw and struck it unconscious without killing it.
• Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to collect the immobilized Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Xiao Tianyang and Zhao Wuji disputed the ownership of a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Snake Dowager and Meng Yiran. As Snake Dowager hesitated, Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Tianyang to a fight, and Ma Hongjun added an outrageous wager.

• Snake Dowager interrupted Oscar’s attempt to strike the serpent, then introduced herself and her granddaughter, Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Wuji refused to surrender the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, arguing that his student needed a Spirit Ring too and had defeated it.
• Xiao Tianyang claimed he had defeated the serpent and reminded Snake Dowager that he had blocked her earlier attack.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Snake Dowager to let them keep the serpent, and she began to hesitate.
• Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Tianyang to a fight, offering the serpent and a favor as the stakes if she lost.
• Ma Hongjun proposed that Meng Yiran kiss Xiao Tianyang if she lost.