Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze learned that Suihua had reached Epic Grade and gained a powerful support Domain, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Life System Soul Beast. There, he encountered Hu Liena fighting a fox-type Soul Beast and was discovered by Chrysanthemum Douluo, while Principal Xiao appeared nearby.

• Suihua advanced to Epic Grade, gained the Thousand Layered Rice Waves Domain, and began evolving the crops in its fields.
• Xiao Ze left with the Blue Silver Emperor and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xiao Ze entered the Outer Circle and cautiously searched for a Soul Beast, but found none that suited him.
• Xiao Ze watched Hu Liena fight a Thousand Year fox-type Soul Beast before Chrysanthemum Douluo caught him spying.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo invited Xiao Ze to join the Martial Soul Hall, and Xiao Ze declined because he wanted to compete in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo spotted Principal Xiao, who stepped out and told Xiao Ze he had come because he was worried about him.

Xiao Ze and Grandpa Xiao waited for Hu Liena to finish absorbing her fourth soul ring, then set out to find a suitable Life System Soul Beast for Xiao Ze’s second ring. They found an Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan, and Xiao Ze’s Spirits began battling it.

• Hu Liena became a Soul Ancestor and invited Xiao Ze to join Spirit Hall, but he said he planned to compete in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Hu Liena directed Xiao Ze toward an area where Life System Soul Beasts lived, and Xiao Ze traveled there with Grandpa Xiao.
• Xiao Ze discovered an eighteen-hundred-year-old Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan and chose it as his target.
• Xiao Ze summoned Suihua, Xi Mang, Yu Jin, and the Earth Potato King to attack the banyan while Grandpa Xiao guarded the area.
• The Earth Potato King charged through the banyan’s attacks and drove sharp potato spikes into its underside, drawing green liquid.

Xiao Ze and his Agricultural Sprites defeated the Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan, allowing him to absorb his second Soul Ring and gain a powerful second Soul Skill. The corpse also yielded an External Soul Bone, and Xiao Ze left with Grandpa Xiao after absorbing it.

• Yu Jin paralyzed the Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan while Suihua linked the group with Sui Chain Resonance to share healing and recover Soul Power.
• Suihua and Xi Mang used their Bond Skill, Sheji Dingfei, weakening the Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan and turning the battlefield into God-Given Breathing Soil that healed their allies.
• The Agricultural Sprites overwhelmed the Eternal Jade Spirit Banyan, and Suihua cut it down, leaving behind a Purple Soul Ring.
• Xiao Ze absorbed the Thousand Year Soul Ring and gained his Second Soul Skill, Spirit Transformation.
• Xiao Ze discovered an External Soul Bone with the skills Extreme of Life and Calamity of Death, absorbed it, and manifested eight translucent energy vines.
• Xiao Ze used Spirit Transformation to fly away with Grandpa Xiao as night fell.

Xiao Ze expanded his cultivated region and planted crops before accepting Tang San's challenge at Nuoding Academy. Their duel began with Xiao Ze countering Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and explosive attacks, leaving Tang San struggling to keep up.

• Xiao Ze pioneered his second major region and planted Sweet Potatoes, Chili, and Tea Leaves, which restored Soul Power, boosted Spiritual Power, and temporarily increased combat strength.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Ze's rapid cultivation seemed suspicious, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to challenge Xiao Ze.
• Tang San challenged Xiao Ze, and the gathered students learned that Xiao Ze had reached Soul Grandmaster and was a Summoning System Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu refereed as Tang San opened with Blue Silver Grass, but Xi Mang's Golden Whirlwind pierced through it and explosive wheat seeds blasted Tang San backward.
• Tang San used Parasite to send more Blue Silver Grass at Xiao Ze, but Suihua blocked it before attacking with Rice Wave Assault and Windfall Wheat awn.

Xiao Ze defeated Tang San and Xiao Wu after their attacks failed, leaving Xiao Wu badly injured by Tang San’s reflected Hidden Weapons. Tang San blamed Xiao Ze and Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang feared Tang San was drifting away from him.

• Tang San’s attacks failed to stop Xiao Ze’s summoned Agricultural Sprites, and their blows left Tang San badly wounded.
• Xiao Wu interfered in the match to protect Tang San, but Suihua and Xi Mang overwhelmed her, and Xiao Ze shattered her Charm with his Spiritual Power.
• Tang San fired Hidden Weapons at Xiao Ze, but Xi Mang’s Dawn Prism reflected them into Xiao Wu, leaving her covered in wounds.
• Xiao Ze knocked Tang San down, criticized his reliance on Yu Xiaogang, and left the match without revealing his Soul Rings.
• Tang San carried the unconscious Xiao Wu away, removed the Hidden Weapons, and blamed Xiao Ze and Yu Xiaogang for what had happened.

Xiao Ze gained a new Agricultural Sprite, Red Flame, and prepared to leave for Shrek Academy after saying goodbye to Grandpa Xiao. In Suotuo City, he checked into a hotel with Tang San and Xiao Wu, where Dai Mubai confronted the attendant over the last room.

• Xiao Ze watched a Sweet Potato become an Excellent-tier Agricultural Sprite and named it Red Flame.
• Xiao Ze told Grandpa Xiao he planned to visit Shrek Academy, and Grandpa Xiao warned him about its lack of resources and dangers.
• Grandpa Xiao gave Xiao Ze a mysterious Soul Tool containing a strange hoe before Xiao Ze left with Tang San and the others.
• Xiao Ze, Tang San, and Xiao Wu reached Suotuo City and went to the Rose Hotel, where Tang San and Xiao Wu took its last available room.
• Dai Mubai arrived with two women, demanded the attendant summon the manager, and Xiao Ze challenged him.

Tang San fought Dai Mubai over a hotel room and was defeated after Dai Mubai unleashed his White Tiger Martial Soul. Outside the hotel, Xiao Ze encountered Zhu Zhuqing, who left after he commented on her relationship with Dai Mubai.

• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu over the room, and Tang San stepped forward to fight him.
• Dai Mubai revealed his Level 37 White Tiger Martial Soul and overpowered Tang San despite Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, poison, and evasive techniques.
• Xiao Ze returned to the Rose Hotel and found Zhu Zhuqing outside while Tang San and Dai Mubai were still fighting inside.
• Xiao Ze asked Zhu Zhuqing if she had caught Dai Mubai cheating and urged her to move on, but she told him he did not understand and left.
• Dai Mubai knocked Tang San down, conceded the room, and left; Xiao Ze feigned surprise while Tang San felt humiliated.

Xiao Ze awakened the God of Agriculture from a damaged hoe and learned that the god could teach him to pursue godhood through Faith and Merit. The God of Agriculture settled in Xiao Ze’s Sea of Consciousness, where he began tending Xiao Ze’s crops and teaching him and the Agricultural Sprites.

• Xiao Ze examined the rusty Green Hoe from Grandpa Xiao’s ring and awakened an apparition who identified himself as the God of Agriculture.
• The God of Agriculture explained that he had died in a God Realm War and survived only as a Body of Merit, drawn to Xiao Ze by his Natural Life Force.
• The God of Agriculture offered to teach Xiao Ze about Faith, Merit, and farming, and Xiao Ze agreed to trust him.
• The God of Agriculture gave Xiao Ze the Fertility Hoe, a former Divine Artifact now reduced to a Demigod Artifact, and taught him to imprint it with Spiritual Power.
• The God of Agriculture entered Xiao Ze’s Sea of Consciousness and began tending his Black Land, accelerating the crops and teaching Xiao Ze and the Agricultural Sprites.

Xiao Ze arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, passed its entry checks, and sampled Oscar’s sausage. After the group qualified for the later assessment, Zhao Wuji offered to test them himself.

• Xiao Ze followed Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy and watched Li Yusong turn away applicants who failed its strict requirements.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing entered the academy, and Li Yusong accepted Xiao Ze after inspecting his Black Earth Martial Soul.
• Xiao Ze bought a sausage from Oscar, praised its taste, and explained that it could heal injuries.
• Dai Mubai led the candidates through a Soul Power test, which confirmed that five of them exceeded Level 25 and could skip two assessments.
• Zhao Wuji rose from his chair and announced that he would personally test the qualified candidates.

Xiao Ze and the others prepared to face Zhao Wuji’s one-incense-stick test, while Xiao Ze learned from the God of Agriculture that Tang Hao had been revived as a soulless puppet by divine power. The test began with Ning Rongrong’s support and Xiao Ze summoning two Agricultural Sprites, but his thousand-year second Soul Ring immediately stunned everyone.

• Zhao Wuji announced that the five applicants had to withstand him for one incense stick’s time, and Dai Mubai revealed that he was a Soul Saint.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang’s theories, while the group introduced their Martial Souls and levels; Ning Rongrong explained the rarity and strength of Summoning System Soul Masters.
• Xiao Ze planned the group’s approach and considered taking Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong away from Shrek Academy to weaken Tang San.
• The God of Agriculture told Xiao Ze that Tang Hao was dead but had been turned into a soulless puppet by divine power to protect Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s strength and speed, then Xiao Ze summoned two Agricultural Sprites with his thousand-year second Soul Ring, shocking everyone.

Xiao Ze and his Agricultural Sprites helped Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing fight Zhao Wuji during the test. After Xi Mang reflected Zhao Wuji’s fourth Soul Skill onto Tang San, Zhao Wuji used his fifth Soul Skill to drag Xiao Ze toward him, leaving Xiao Ze’s next move unresolved.

• Tang San learned Xiao Ze’s second Soul Ring was a thousand years old and blamed Yu Xiaogang for misleading him about the age limit.
• Zhao Wuji began the test, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked while Suihua connected them to share damage.
• Xiao Ze summoned Suihua’s clones and Xi Mang, whose attacks and Suihua’s domain helped the group weaken Zhao Wuji’s defense.
• Xi Mang reflected Zhao Wuji’s fourth Soul Skill above Tang San, prompting Tang San to accuse Xiao Ze of targeting him.
• Zhao Wuji used his fifth Soul Skill to pull Xiao Ze toward him; Ning Rongrong tried to hold him back, but Xiao Ze told her to let go.

Xiao Ze helped defeat Zhao Wuji during the Shrek Academy entrance test, then settled into the academy and showed Ning Rongrong one of his unusual rice balls. Ning Rongrong became interested in keeping him close, while Xiao Ze considered selling his crops to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xiao Ze summoned Suihua, broke free of Zhao Wuji’s control, and joined the others in attacking him with clones and Suihua Crowns.
• Xiao Ze severed Little Rabbit’s Sui Chain Resonance after her Charm skill backfired, and Tang San carried her away before attacking Zhao Wuji with Hidden Weapons.
• Xiao Ze warned Ning Rongrong that Tang San’s Hidden Weapons depended on his cultivation methods, and Zhao Wuji congratulated the group on joining Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai showed the newcomers their old wooden houses, and Xiao Ze took a private room and ate rice balls made from his crops.
• Ning Rongrong entered Xiao Ze’s room, admired him, and showed interest in his food, so Xiao Ze offered her a plain rice ball while considering a deal with her sect.

Xiao Ze showed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing crops grown with his Black Earth Martial Soul, which could strengthen the body and increase Soul Power. The next morning, Ning Rongrong dragged him around the academy, where they encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua.

• Ning Rongrong tasted Xiao Ze's rice, learned about his crops' effects, and agreed to keep them from Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong brought crops to Zhu Zhuqing, who confirmed that the wheat slightly increased her Soul Power.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong woke Xiao Ze and pulled him out to explore the academy grounds.
• Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong encountered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun as Ma Hongjun pressured Cuihua not to break up with him.
• Xiao Wu stepped in to defend Cuihua, and Ma Hongjun turned his attention to Ning Rongrong before a blow landed.

Xiao Ze defeated Ma Hongjun with Xi Mang’s reflected attacks and explosive strikes, then watched Shrek Academy begin its training for the day. Ning Rongrong left the run early and returned to Xiao Ze, who had expected her to come back.

• Xiao Ze used Xi Mang to reflect Ma Hongjun’s fire attacks and blast him into defeat.
• Dai Mubai arrived, heard Tang San’s explanation, and described the problem with Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul.
• Flender gathered the students, collected their fees, and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps.
• Xiao Ze questioned the value of the running exercise and spoke with Zhu Zhuqing about his crops and her interest in buying them.
• Ning Rongrong found the run excessive, left Oscar behind, and returned to Xiao Ze, who asked if she was back.

Ning Rongrong defied Flender over his training methods, backed by Xiao Ze, and he ultimately let her train as she wished. Xiao Ze then explained why support Soul Masters needed different training and challenged Tang San’s understanding of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Ning Rongrong refused to complete Flender’s twenty-lap task, criticizing his training and questioning whether Shrek Academy could properly train Support System Soul Masters.
• Xiao Ze warned Flender against confronting Ning Rongrong, and Flender backed down and allowed her to cultivate by her own methods.
• Xiao Ze explained to Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the others that support Soul Masters primarily needed protection from attackers rather than the ability to outrun them.
• Xiao Ze said that a Soul Master’s training depended on their Martial Soul, then told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass was half-useless and asked what its highest truth was.

Xiao Ze criticized Tang San for following Yu Xiaogang’s advice and wasting the potential of his Blue Silver Grass, deepening Tang San’s hatred for his teacher. The next day, Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong entered a two-on-two match at the Great Soul Arena and easily defeated their opponents.

• Xiao Ze told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass could have followed a life-support path and mocked Yu Xiaogang’s expertise, while Tang San left in anger.
• Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang for ruining his future but decided to continue with his current path because he had already obtained two Soul Rings.
• Flender took the students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena for practical combat training, where Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong registered as the Smile Combination.
• Xiao Ze revealed his yellow and purple Soul Rings in the arena, while the crowd recognized Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Qian Jun and Bai Lian targeted Ning Rongrong, but her boosts strengthened Xiao Ze’s Agricultural Sprites, which defeated the brothers with attacks and reflected force.

Oscar reached level thirty, and the Shrek students traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to help him obtain his Third Soul Ring. At a town hotel, Xiao Ze warned against picking fights just as a young man from Canghui Academy bumped into a waiter and sent the dishes crashing down.

• Flender made the students eat Oscar's sausages and announced that Zhao Wuji would take them to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Ze advised Oscar to pursue amplification or special abilities, and Oscar considered the value of percentage amplification.
• Zhao Wuji assigned the group positions for the journey, and they ran more than four hundred kilometers to a town near the forest.
• At the hotel, Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, while Xiao Ze warned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing not to imitate Shrek's troublemaking.
• A young man from Canghui Academy approached the group and knocked a waiter's dishes to the floor.

Xiao Ze refused to help Tang San and the others after they provoked Canghui Academy, then challenged Zhao Wuji’s insistence that Shrek’s students act as one. The group left for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhu Zhuqing identified a rare Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Tang San caught a falling plate, but a Canghui Academy student kicked Dai Mubai’s chair and started a fight that escalated outside the restaurant.
• Xiao Ze refused Tang San’s appeal for help against Ye Zhiqiou, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong also declined to join the fight.
• Zhao Wuji knocked Ye Zhiqiou away with one palm, then scolded Xiao Ze for not supporting his classmates; Xiao Ze argued that Zhao Wuji should beware of provoking a Title Douluo.
• The next day, Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to stay close and avoid reckless attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing scouted ahead and reported seeing a rare Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Xiao Ze discussed the conflict between Soul Masters and soul beasts before Zhao Wuji’s group encountered Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, who claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Meng Yiran’s third Soul Ring. Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Ze to decide who would get the serpent, and the chapter ended as Xiao Ze prepared to fight.

• Tang San identified the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a Thousand Year Soul Beast, and the group subdued it so Oscar could claim its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu objected to killing soul beasts, but Xiao Ze argued that Soul Masters’ greed could eventually drive soul beasts to extinction.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived, claimed they had been pursuing the serpent, and agreed with Zhao Wuji to settle ownership by the rules of the Spirit Master World.
• Meng Yiran chose Xiao Ze as her opponent, and she and Chao Tianxiang were surprised to see his yellow and purple Soul Rings.
• Xiao Ze introduced his Martial Soul and Soul Power, then called out, “Suihua, Xi Mang.”

Xiao Ze defeated Meng Yiran, then helped her find a Soul Beast so she could advance to Soul Elder while discussing Soul Spirits and equal contracts with the God of Agriculture. As they parted, Meng Yiran kissed Xiao Ze on the cheek, leaving him stunned.

• Meng Yiran attacked Xiao Ze, but Suihua and Xi Mang stopped her and helped defeat her.
• Xiao Ze offered to help Meng Yiran find a Soul Beast, then left with her and Snake Grandma despite Xiao Wu's anxious objections.
• The God of Agriculture agreed that Soul Spirits and equal contracts could repair the distorted relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and promised to study how to create them and artificial Soul Bones.
• Xiao Ze helped Meng Yiran find a suitable Soul Beast, allowing her to advance to Soul Elder.
• Meng Yiran kissed Xiao Ze on the cheek before leaving, stunning him and surprising Snake Grandma.