Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng’s exemption notice was verified as genuine, and Tang San and Xiao Wu passed Shrek Academy’s preliminary test alongside him. The group entered the academy for the second trial, where Tang San’s request to buy sausages left Oscar stunned after he called him “uncle.”

• Li Songyu confirmed that Qin Feng’s exemption notice carried Flender’s aura and was genuine.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu summoned their Martial Souls, and Li Songyu accepted them as monsters who passed the preliminary test.
• A girl in a light green princess dress passed the first test, and Dai Mubai sensed a potentially compatible Martial Soul aura from her.
• Dai Mubai led the successful applicants to the second test and explained that they had four trials to pass.
• Xiao Wu persuaded Tang San to buy five sausages from Oscar, who was offended when Tang San called him “uncle.”

Tang San and Xiao Wu proved they met Shrek Academy’s level requirement and joined two other talented girls in skipping the first tests. The dissatisfied male student accused Qin Feng of entering through favoritism, and Dai Mubai confronted him.

• Tang San discovered that Oscar’s sausage Martial Soul was conjured and fled without buying one.
• Dai Mubai said Tang San and Xiao Wu could skip the first two tests because they had reached level twenty-five before turning fourteen.
• Tang San demonstrated his level with a crystal ball, and Xiao Wu tested at a similarly high level.
• A girl in a pale green dress and a black-clad girl also tested above level twenty-five and qualified to skip ahead.
• A male student challenged Qin Feng’s admission, accusing him of being a well-connected insider, and Dai Mubai sneered at him.

Qin Feng and the others reached Shrek Academy's combat assessment, where Zhao Wuji rejected Qin Feng's exemption letter and decided to test the group himself. While Tang San and the others planned how to last against him, Qin Feng slipped away toward Zhao Wuji's office in the forest.

• Dai Mubai explained that Qin Feng had been admitted without an entrance exam on Dean Flender's personal approval, silencing the student who had challenged him.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Shrek Academy had admitted only forty-two students in over twenty years and had just three students enrolled.
• Zhao Wuji dismissed Qin Feng's exemption letter and ordered Dai Mubai to light an incense stick for a combat test against the group.
• Zhao Wuji gave the group time to plan how to survive for one incense stick, while Qin Feng left under the pretense of going to the bathroom.
• Qin Feng appeared in the forest behind Shrek Academy and identified a small pavilion as Zhao Wuji's office.

Tang San and the others finished Zhao Wuji’s entrance test, leaving Zhao Wuji battered and Tang San unconscious from exhaustion. Qin Feng supported Tang San and learned Zhao Wuji would test him the next day, though Qin Feng planned to give Zhao Wuji trouble that night.

• Zhao Wuji knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, but Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons, a Dragon Beard Needle, and a small black hammer.
• After the incense stick burned down, Zhao Wuji ended the test, and Tang San thanked him for holding back.
• Dai Mubai called Oscar to make sausages, but Tang San refused one and removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji instead.
• Tang San collapsed from exhaustion, and Qin Feng rushed over to support him.
• Zhao Wuji told Qin Feng to wait for his test the next day, then ordered Dai Mubai to arrange dormitories and warned everyone not to touch the poisonous items.

Qin Feng prepared for Zhao Wuji’s promised test, then secretly challenged him at night, using his speed and hammer to overwhelm the Soul Saint. The fight left Zhao Wuji battered and unable to land a hit on Qin Feng.

• Dai Mubai and Oscar warned Qin Feng that Zhao Wuji would test him the next morning and advised him to be cautious.
• After dinner, Qin Feng dressed in black and slipped into the night.
• A black-clad Qin Feng lured Zhao Wuji into the back mountain and revealed his unusual hammer and Spirit Rings.
• Qin Feng used his Thunder Blast Hammer, Soul Bone, and speed to evade Zhao Wuji’s attacks and strike him repeatedly.
• After more than half an hour, Zhao Wuji had failed to touch Qin Feng and was left swollen and furious.

Qin Feng defeated Zhao Wuji in a nighttime test, agreed to enroll at Shrek Academy, and invested ten thousand Gold Soul Coins. After returning to the dormitory, he left Flender and Zhao Wuji to face an unexpected voice near the academy.

• Flender arrived as Qin Feng revealed himself and told Zhao Wuji he had come early for his test.
• Qin Feng praised Shrek Academy, handed Flender a gold card with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and officially invested in the academy.
• Qin Feng reached level thirty, received an Advancement Treasure Box, worried about the enormous amount of Spirit Power Value needed to advance, and returned to the dormitory.
• Zhao Wuji complained that Flender had not warned him about Qin Feng, but Flender praised him as the academy's savior to avoid spending coins on him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji reached the academy, where a cold voice called Zhao Wuji and left them wondering who had arrived.

Tang Hao appeared at Shrek Academy and brutally challenged Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji had beaten Tang San, then left him with advice and compensation. Flender recognized Tang Hao’s warning that Qin Feng and Tang San were under his protection, while Qin Feng visited the weakened Tang San in their dormitory.

• A black-cloaked man summoned Zhao Wuji and Flender, then revealed himself as Tang Hao, a Titled Douluo with a One Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Tang Hao said he had come to settle the score because Zhao Wuji had beaten the younger one, and he threatened Flender into silence.
• Tang Hao battered Zhao Wuji for the time it took an incense stick to burn, while Flender watched from above.
• Tang Hao asked Zhao Wuji if he understood his message, and Zhao Wuji thanked him for the guidance.
• Tang Hao gave Zhao Wuji and Flender compensation and disappeared, while Flender privately received his advice.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji argued about Flender’s lack of loyalty, and Qin Feng visited the weakened Tang San in their dormitory.

Qin Feng used his Two-Form Heavenly Gang Hammer to heal Tang San, then slept through the morning after exhausting his Soul Power. He woke to learn Tang San was well and Teacher Zhao had taken leave, and left the dormitory to find food after Oscar offered him a sausage.

• Qin Feng healed Tang San through the night with his Two-Form Heavenly Gang Hammer, while Tang San remained unconscious.
• Tang San woke fully recovered, guessed Qin Feng had healed him, and quietly left to retrieve his hidden weapons.
• Qin Feng slept until nearly noon, and Tang San, Oscar, and Dai Mubai woke him and told him Teacher Zhao had taken leave.
• Oscar explained that Teacher Zhao had challenged Qin Feng to a personal test, and Tang San teased that Qin Feng was stronger than he was.
• Qin Feng said he was hungry and tried to leave, but Oscar offered him a sausage, making Qin Feng flee to get porridge instead.

Qin Feng encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua and intervened, quickly knocking him down before Ma Hongjun revealed his Phoenix Avatar. The fight continued as Qin Feng mocked Ma Hongjun’s phoenix, while Cuihua laughed at the insult.

• Qin Feng explored the village near Shrek Academy and came across Ma Hongjun refusing to accept Cuihua’s breakup.
• Ma Hongjun threatened Qin Feng for laughing at him, and Qin Feng approached to challenge him.
• Qin Feng dodged Ma Hongjun’s kick and swept him to the ground, impressing Cuihua.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Qin Feng with a punch laced with flame power, and Qin Feng blocked it with Soul Power.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Avatar, and Qin Feng compared his form to a fat chicken, making Cuihua laugh.

Qin Feng defeated Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun attacked him over Cuihua, then accepted Cuihua’s invitation to eat at her family’s restaurant. Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and gathered Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar to confront Qin Feng, but became distracted by the new female students.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Qin Feng with his Phoenix soul skills after accusing him of coming between him and Cuihua.
• Qin Feng used his hammer to break through Ma Hongjun’s flames and knock him into a thatched shed, prompting Ma Hongjun to retreat.
• Cuihua thanked Qin Feng, invited him to her family’s restaurant, and told him that she and Ma Hongjun were not suited to each other.
• Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and told Dai Mubai that Qin Feng had bullied him, embellishing the story.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, and Xiao Wu agreed to go with Ma Hongjun, who became distracted by Zhu Zhuqing and the other new students.

Ma Hongjun led Dai Mubai and the others to confront Qin Feng, accusing him of stealing Cuihua and beating him. At Cuihua’s restaurant, her account of Ma Hongjun’s behavior turned the group against Fatty, while Dai Mubai finally spoke up.

• Ma Hongjun complained that his companions had claimed the new girls’ attention, then led them to find Qin Feng and seek revenge.
• Qin Feng ate a home-cooked meal at Cuihua’s restaurant while the group followed Ma Hongjun there.
• Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu entered the restaurant and found Qin Feng calmly eating with Cuihua.
• Ma Hongjun accused Qin Feng of stealing Cuihua, but Cuihua said Qin Feng had saved her and described how Ma Hongjun had pressured her after their breakup.
• Xiao Wu condemned Ma Hongjun, and he admitted that Qin Feng had beaten him before insisting that the accusation was still true.
• Dai Mubai, who had been holding back, finally spoke.

At lunch with the Shrek students, Ma Hongjun learned that Qin Feng had beaten Dai Mubai and asked him for advice on helping Cuihua’s bust develop. Qin Feng suggested papayas, and as the group sat down to eat, Oscar quietly asked him how men could become more virile.

• Dai Mubai admitted that Qin Feng had beaten him at Rose Hotel, leaving Ma Hongjun shocked and wary of the test-exempt student.
• Oscar loudly called Qin Feng a bust-enhancement expert, creating an awkward misunderstanding among the group.
• Ma Hongjun asked Qin Feng for help winning Cuihua back, and Qin Feng suggested trying papayas.
• Ma Hongjun fetched papayas from outside and thanked Qin Feng, while Cuihua brought out lunch.
• Oscar leaned toward Qin Feng and asked how men could become more virile.

Qin Feng and the others returned to Shrek Academy after a meal and arrived late for Dean Flender’s assembly, where he announced fees and running punishments. After paying, the students began their laps under the blazing sun, with Qin Feng leading the pack.

• Qin Feng tipped Cuihua three copper coins after the group finished eating at her home.
• The academy’s assembly bell rang, and Dai Mubai hurried everyone back to Shrek Academy, but they arrived a minute late.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San recognized Flender as the merchant they had met while shopping, and Oscar revealed that he was the academy’s dean.
• Flender ordered the late students to run twenty laps, assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong ten additional laps, and added twenty laps for older students.
• After paying their fees, the students began running under the sun, and Qin Feng took the lead as he grew more excited with each lap.

Qin Feng kept running after his punishment ended because each breath increased his Soul Power, and he gained over a million points during the exercise. After the exhausted students received Ning Rongrong’s healing and returned to the dormitory, Qin Feng checked his status and still had not opened his third treasure box.

• Qin Feng discovered that running without using Soul Power rapidly increased his Soul Power Value, gaining over a million points in just over a dozen laps.
• Qin Feng ran all fifty laps alongside Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Fatty, then joked that he had to work hard because he was trash.
• Fatty asked Qin Feng for advice, and later thanked him enthusiastically while trading suggestive remarks with Dai Mubai.
• Ning Rongrong restored the exhausted students with her Seven Treasure Pagoda after Xiao Wu explained that Flender had permitted it.
• Qin Feng asked Tang San to prepare hot water for their feet, and the four students soaked them after reaching the dormitory.
• Qin Feng checked his status panel that night and left his third treasure box unopened.

Qin Feng opened his third Advancement Treasure Box and received a red pearl that healed the scar on his hand, but his black bug Martial Soul swallowed it. Furious, he chased the bug to Shrek Academy’s back mountain and unleashed a destructive fight, while the resulting commotion sent Flender and Zhao Wuji scrambling.

• Qin Feng opened the third treasure box and found a red pearl that healed the scar on his hand when he touched it.
• Qin Feng’s black bug Martial Soul leaped out and swallowed the pearl, then taunted him with red crumbs.
• Qin Feng summoned his hammer and Spirit Rings, alarming Tang San, who hid under his bed because he thought Qin Feng was sleepwalking.
• After the bug bit his palm, Qin Feng used his Spirit Bone Skill to take it to Shrek Academy’s back mountain and attacked it with his Soul Skills.
• Qin Feng’s battle flattened a small mountain and woke Flender, who rushed to Zhao Wuji’s room as Zhao Wuji headed out to investigate.

Qin Feng spent the night battling a resilient Bug and returned exhausted, while Tang San hid beneath a bed to avoid him. During the next morning’s laps, Oscar’s sausage offer enraged Ning Rongrong, who kicked him and stormed off, leaving Oscar bewildered.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji realized they had each mistaken the other for the person being beaten up and concluded Qin Feng was practicing with his hammer.
• Qin Feng battered the back mountain for hours while trying to dislodge the Bug, gained more than a million Spirit Power Value, then gave up and went to sleep.
• Tang San crawled out from beneath a bed after Qin Feng returned, having hidden there to avoid being hit by the hammer.
• Flender ordered the students to run thirty laps before their evening class, and Qin Feng declined Ning Rongrong’s suggestion to go shopping because he was exhausted.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong his Big Sausage to restore her strength, but she kicked him, said she had two thick breads, and left the group.
• Oscar asked Qin Feng why girls were so strange, then misunderstood Qin Feng’s suggestion to look at himself in a mirror.

Ning Rongrong returned after skipping the academy’s rules, and Flender confronted her for making the others wait hungry. Their argument escalated until Flender ordered her expelled, while Ning Rongrong insisted her status and talent made her superior to everyone there.

• Qin Feng and Fatty mocked Oscar for claiming he could win Ning Rongrong’s affection, and Qin Feng kicked him down.
• Flender learned that Ning Rongrong had gone to eat instead of following the rules, then made the others wait until she returned before eating.
• Ning Rongrong came back at sunset, and Flender revealed that she had also gone shopping for clothes.
• Oscar apologized for lying to protect Ning Rongrong and accepted a punishment of twenty laps.
• Ning Rongrong argued with Flender, who ordered Dai Mubai to pack her belongings and send her away.
• Ning Rongrong declared that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and her status as a rare genius made her stronger than everyone present.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong about her arrogance and convinced her that she had little to boast about beside her family’s wealth, while revealing Qin Feng’s hidden business holdings. After Ning Rongrong broke down and Oscar was sent to comfort her, the students gathered for their first class that evening.

• Flender compared Ning Rongrong unfavorably with the other students and challenged her to name anyone whose future she could surpass.
• Ning Rongrong claimed her status as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s princess made her superior, but Flender pointed out that Qin Feng had built a business empire of his own.
• Ning Rongrong burst into tears after learning Qin Feng secretly owned stakes in major Suotuo City businesses, and Flender told Dai Mubai to have Oscar comfort her.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu teased Qin Feng about his hotels and wealth, while Dai Mubai pressed him to share the hotel repair costs.
• Flender summoned the students to the plaza at seven, where they gathered excitedly for their first class.

Flender brought the Shrek students to Suotuo City's Soul Arena to gain combat experience and explained its match types and graduation requirements. After registering, Qin Feng revealed he had reached level thirty, and Dai Mubai explained the Gambit Battle rules as the arena assigned the students their numbers.

• Flender led the students to the Soul Arena and reassured them that they would enter Gambit Battles rather than Death Matches.
• Flender told the students they needed a Silver Soul Badge to graduate, and Dai Mubai described the points required to advance.
• Qin Feng registered at level thirty, surprising Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai explained that each participant could fight in each Gambit Battle category only once per day.
• The arena's screen displayed the students' names and automatically assigned their numbers.

Qin Feng entered the Soul Elder Field for his first match and faced Li Ergou, a level thirty-five fighter with a Siberian Wolf King Martial Soul. After mocking Li Ergou’s wolf as a dog, Qin Feng provoked his opponent, who began the battle with a charging Soul Skill.

• Dai Mubai and Fatty watched with Flender as Qin Feng was called to Arena Three.
• The host introduced Qin Feng as a level thirty Soul Elder with a hammer Martial Soul, and the crowd doubted he could win without a third Spirit Ring.
• Li Ergou entered to cheers as a level thirty-five Soul Elder with a Siberian Wolf King Martial Soul.
• Qin Feng recognized Li Ergou’s Martial Soul as an Erha and teased him by calling it a dog.
• Li Ergou unleashed his first Soul Skill, Starving Wolf Pounce, and charged at Qin Feng.