Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy defeated the Elephant Armor Sect, and Shen Ranxi reunited with Tang San after his hard-fought victory. A week later, Shrek remained among the teams with six consecutive wins, while Zhan Qingyun continued pursuing Shen Ranxi and watched another match beside her.

• Zhan Qingyun introduced himself to Shen Ranxi and left after she rejected his attempt to befriend her, while Ma Hongjun warned her not to trust him.
• Shrek Academy defeated the Elephant Armor Sect, prompting Hu Yan Zhen to leave and the crowd to cheer for Shrek.
• Shen Ranxi embraced Tang San, gave him a recovery Pill, and helped him back to the stands after his victory.
• Zhan Tianqiong warned his clan that Shrek was a strong enemy, then questioned Zhan Qingyun about his sudden affection for Shen Ranxi.
• After a week and four more victories, Shrek had six consecutive wins, and Zhan Qingyun joined Shen Ranxi as she watched a match and guessed Moxi Academy would win.

Shen Ranxi and Tang San left the Shrek lounge together, then were ambushed by Shi Nian’s illusion. Shen Ranxi saw through his mental attack and countered him, leaving Shi Nian battered and unable to understand how she had resisted his nightmare.

• Zhan Qingyun tried to invite Shen Ranxi to a restaurant, but she left with Tang San to train, and Zhan Qingyun stormed away.
• Tang San kept his jealousy toward Zhan Qingyun to himself, while Shen Ranxi told him he could share his feelings with her and promised to punish anyone who hurt him.
• Shen Ranxi shattered Shi Nian’s illusion with her Golden Cudgel, and she and Tang San realized they had been drawn into a dark forest.
• Tang San fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbow at Shi Nian, while Shen Ranxi struck an afterimage and concealed that she had resisted the illusion.
• Shen Ranxi used her Fourth Soul Skill, Moon Offering, to leave a Clone in the nightmare and ambush Shi Nian with her true body.
• Shen Ranxi beat Shi Nian into a crater, and he raged that she should not have been able to resist his Seventh Soul Skill.

Shen Ranxi overwhelmed Shi Nian, while A Yuan trapped him in an illusion. Tang San remained unconscious as Shi Nian’s nightmare shifted into dreams of his past and Little Xi, leaving him in a world resembling hers.

• Shen Ranxi charged Shi Nian and battered him despite his Nightmare Soul Skill having no effect on her.
• Shi Nian used his Remnant Dream Chain, but A Yuan trapped him in the Dream Abyss Domain and Shen Ranxi freed herself.
• Shen Ranxi checked on Tang San, and A Yuan said he would wake soon because he was having a sweet dream.
• Tang San dreamed that his life on the Douluo Continent had been an illusion and threw himself from the Ten Thousand Foot Cliff.
• Tang San remembered Little Xi after seeing her apparently killed, then found himself in her modern world and reached toward a child he mistook for her.

Tang San relived Shen Ranxi’s childhood in an illusion before waking and reuniting with her. Shen Ranxi and Tang San killed Shi Nian, then discovered a Soul Bone among his ashes.

• In an illusion, Tang San met three-year-old Shen Ranxi, became her self-appointed minion, and left after promising to return to her side.
• Tang San woke and embraced Shen Ranxi, who told him she had subdued Shi Nian.
• Shen Ranxi mocked Shi Nian while Tang San crippled his limbs with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Shen Ranxi killed Shi Nian with a knife and burned his body to ash as Tang San watched.
• Shen Ranxi picked up a gleaming Soul Bone from the ashes.

Shen Ranxi gave the Soul Bone recovered from Shi Nian to Tang San, who learned it was unsuitable for him and promised to cherish her. Zhan Qingyun reported what he had witnessed to his elder brother, while Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San not to let Shen Ranxi down.

• Shen Ranxi gave Tang San Shi Nian’s Soul Bone, explaining that she already had a Head Soul Bone and did not want one used by Shi Nian.
• Tang San was deeply moved by Shen Ranxi’s generosity, and she comforted him before taking him to eat and shop for their friends.
• Zhan Qingyun saw Shen Ranxi’s silver hair as she disappeared and hurried back to tell his elder brother about his suspicion.
• Shen Ranxi brought gifts to the academy’s returning students and went to the arena, while Tang San showed the Soul Bone to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the Soul Bone as best suited to Support System or illusion Soul Masters and urged Tang San to treasure Shen Ranxi and never let her down.

Shrek Academy continued its winning run, with Tang San defeating Blazing Fire Academy by revealing that his Blue Silver Grass was immune to fire. After spotting Tiandu Academy’s powerful leader, Shen Ranxi volunteered to face Blue Sunshine Academy, whose rumored mental attack could threaten the team.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Shrek that Blazing Fire Academy used coordinated fire-based styles, but the team entered the match confidently.
• Tang San broke Huo Wu’s strengthened Soul Skill fusion and defeated Blazing Fire Academy by relying on his fire-immune Blue Silver Grass.
• Shen Ranxi and Ning Rongrong watched the match, while Shen Ranxi decided not to interfere with Ma Hongjun’s patient pursuit of Little Bell.
• Yu Xiaogang took Shrek to watch Tiandu Academy face Skywater Academy, and Shen Ranxi recognized Tiandu’s leader, Zhan Tianqiong, as being near her strength.
• Shen Ranxi volunteered to compete against Blue Sunshine Academy because she had heard they possessed a mental-type trump card, and Yu Xiaogang told her to avoid using Soul Skills.
• The other academies noticed Shen Ranxi as Shrek’s unfamiliar new competitor when she appeared on the arena.

Shen Ranxi shocked the tournament crowd when the referee revealed she was a young Soul King, then joined Shrek against Blue Sunshine Academy. Blue Sunshine trapped Shrek in its Asura Illusion Realm, but Shen Ranxi warned Tang San not to celebrate before the match was over.

• The referee announced that Shen Ranxi was a Soul King, stunning the audience, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the VIP stand.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Shen Ranxi was an orphan, while Zhan Qingyun cheered for her from Tiandu Academy.
• Blue Sunshine Academy threatened Shrek, and Shen Ranxi mocked its captain as Tang San gathered his teammates with Blue Silver Grass.
• Blue Sunshine Academy revealed seven gem-type Martial Souls and formed a Team Fusion Skill that engulfed the arena in its Asura Illusion Realm.
• The illusion placed black shadows with blades behind Shrek's members, and Shen Ranxi warned Tang San against celebrating too early.

Shen Ranxi and Tang San defeated Blue Sunshine Academy’s illusion-based Multi-Body Fusion Skill, leaving its eight users with shattered Seas of Consciousness. At a hearing, Shen Ranxi challenged Salas’s accusations and admitted she alone had attacked the opponents, leaving him demanding how she resisted the skill.

• Shen Ranxi used Dream Abyss Domain to destroy the eight Blue Sunshine Academy contestants’ Mental Power, then helped Tang San pretend to be injured as the illusion faded.
• The referee declared Shrek the winner, and Tang San explained that Blue Sunshine Academy had used a Multi-Body Fusion Skill rather than a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi, and Gu Rong joined Shen Ranxi in the conference room as Salas accused her of crippling the opposing contestants.
• Shen Ranxi asked whether competition rules forbade injuries, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed that the rules only prohibited deliberately killing opponents.
• Shen Ranxi said she had been the only one to attack Blue Sunshine Academy and claimed she resisted the illusion because she was a Soul King.

Shen Ranxi demonstrated that her illusion could counter Blue Sunshine Academy’s Asura Illusion Realm, ending Salas’s investigation after Yu Xiaogang showed him the Pope’s Token. Outside, Tang San waited for Shen Ranxi with cake, and the two shared a tender moment before Shrek forfeited its next two matches.

• Shen Ranxi used her illusion to trap Salas briefly and insisted that her skill could counter Blue Sunshine Academy’s Asura Illusion Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang presented the Pope’s Token, and Salas respectfully ended his investigation and declared that the injuries had resulted from a normal match.
• Tang San waited outside for Shen Ranxi and gave her red velvet cake he had bought for her.
• Shen Ranxi hugged Tang San, shared the cake with him, and joked with him as they enjoyed their time together.
• Shrek forfeited its next two matches.

Shen Ranxi left Shrek’s final qualifying match to pursue the Soul Masters who had attacked the Shadow Pavilion and stolen its auction goods. She confronted the three brothers in a forest and prepared to fight them, while Feifei began to recognize her as the kind of person who could become the strongest in the world.

• A Shadow Pavilion messenger told Shen Ranxi that strange Soul Masters had killed several of their people and stolen auction goods, so she left the match preparations to handle the attack.
• Shen Ranxi gave the injured A Zhi a healing Pill, carried her to the edge of the forest, and followed tracking clues alone.
• Shen Ranxi found three brothers dividing the stolen goods and saw a Moon Shadow Fox cub in their cage.
• Shen Ranxi and Feifei used poisonous ammunition and the fog to recover the stolen items, then Shen Ranxi attacked the three men.
• Xie Feng and Evil Fire mocked Shen Ranxi and charged at her, while she welcomed the fight and Feifei recalled its elder’s words about recognizing a future world champion.

Shen Ranxi fought Ba Tian, Xie Feng, and Xie Huo to temper her newly strengthened Soul Skills, then survived their combined assault and redirected it to kill Xie Feng. She taunted the two remaining men as they attacked her in a rage.

• Shen Ranxi refused A Yuan's offer to join the fight and battled the Soul Emperor Ba Tian and the Soul Kings Xie Feng and Xie Huo alone.
• Shen Ranxi used her Golden Cudgel, Soul Skills, and martial arts to withstand the three men while gradually solidifying her unabsorbed Soul Power.
• Ba Tian, Xie Feng, and Xie Huo unleashed their strongest attacks together, but a Black Hole appeared above Shen Ranxi and swallowed the assault.
• Shen Ranxi redirected the combined attack, which consumed Xie Feng and left nothing behind.
• Xie Huo and Ba Tian charged Shen Ranxi in fury, and she taunted them about their brother's death.

Shen Ranxi fought Ba Tian and his brothers, using deception and a Soul Bone illusion to kill Xie Feng while Ba Tian unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar. As Ba Tian overwhelmed her, A Yuan intervened, giving Shen Ranxi an opening to use her Great Void Kun.

• Shen Ranxi provoked the Soul Emperor and Soul King, then used a dark domain and a hidden butcher knife to ambush them.
• Shen Ranxi mutilated Xie Feng and threatened Ba Tian, who transformed into his Purple Flame Demon Lion Martial Soul Avatar and attacked her.
• Shen Ranxi trapped Ba Tian in her Dream Abyss Domain, smashed Xie Feng into the ground, and killed him with her butcher knife.
• Ba Tian broke free, saw Xie Feng dead, and battered Shen Ranxi until she suffered a shattered shoulder and a deep abdominal wound.
• A Yuan used Void Strangler to trap Ba Tian, and Shen Ranxi began casting her Great Void Kun's North Nether Heaven Swallowing skill.

Shen Ranxi used her Great Void Kun abilities, Feifei’s cannon, and her Martial Skills to battle Ba Tian despite her severe injuries and dwindling Soul Power. As Ba Tian’s flame attack rushed toward her, she cast aside her Long Staff and relied on the martial arts that had carried her to this point.

• Shen Ranxi’s second Martial Soul absorbed nearby energy, while poison from her bullets caused Ba Tian’s Soul Power to falter during their fight.
• Ba Tian seized Shen Ranxi and battered her, but Feifei struck him from behind with a Level 3 Soul Cannon.
• Shen Ranxi unleashed Nine Heavens Wind Kill and Nether Sea Profound Windstorm, blasting Ba Tian into a mountain wall without killing him.
• With her Soul Power nearly exhausted, Shen Ranxi summoned A Yuan, then faced Ba Tian’s Explosive Flame Bombardment by trusting in her Heart Method and Martial Skills.

Shen Ranxi and A Yuan defeated Ba Tian, but his final sacrifice summoned a projection of a fallen Evil God. Trapped and gravely injured by the projection, Shen Ranxi faced its attack as Feifei rushed in to protect her.

• Shen Ranxi used Tai Chi to redirect Ba Tian’s beam, then switched places with A Yuan using Multi-dimensional Shuttle so A Yuan could pierce Ba Tian’s chest.
• Ba Tian activated a forbidden Sacrificial Mark before Shen Ranxi killed him, opening a vortex in the sky and summoning an Evil God projection.
• Feifei warned Shen Ranxi that the projection was powerful, and she tried to flee before its gaze froze her in place.
• The Evil God projection attacked Shen Ranxi, crushing her into the ground and destroying her knees as she struggled against its pressure.
• Feifei leaped in front of the attack to protect Shen Ranxi and urged her to run.

Feifei revealed why he had chosen Shen Ranxi and, after she threw him away to save him, watched in terror as she faced the Black Mist. In her Sea of Consciousness, Shen Ranxi demanded the silver-haired woman merge with her and take on the power, and the two began to fuse as the Black Mist prepared to claim her body.

• Feifei recalled that the Feifei Clan had rejected him for his Rebel Bone, and that Shen Ranxi was the only person whose soul he had ever found entirely golden.
• Feifei realized Shen Ranxi had used her last Soul Power to throw him away from the Black Mist, and he trembled as she remained trapped with it.
• Shen Ranxi demanded the silver-haired woman give her power, and the woman warned that merging could cost Shen Ranxi control of her body and place her on a path of heavy responsibility.
• The silver-haired woman embraced Shen Ranxi, and the two identical figures began to merge.
• The Black Mist rejoiced at the prospect of using Shen Ranxi’s Golden Bone body to deceive the Heavenly Dao and restore its strength.

Shen Ranxi used Taixu’s Abyss Devourer to drag the Evil God’s soul fragment into her Sea of Consciousness and tried to absorb it, but the fragment trapped her in a hell of tortured souls. Surrounded by the suffering dead and forced to fight their attacks, she was left furious at her own weakness.

• Shen Ranxi taunted the Black Mist and let it envelop her as she activated Taixu’s Abyss Devourer.
• Taixu devoured part of the Evil God’s power while Shen Ranxi dragged its projection into her Sea of Consciousness.
• Shen Ranxi seized the fragment with Mental Power and began absorbing it, but the strain threatened to destroy her.
• The Evil God’s fragment transported Shen Ranxi to a blood-red realm filled with corpses and tortured souls.
• The fragment commanded the souls to attack, and Shen Ranxi dodged them while lamenting that she was not strong enough to save them.

Shen Ranxi used a sacred chant to calm the lingering souls and destroy a Black Mist clone, while the being’s followers learned that its clone had been killed. Afterward, Tang San sensed that Shen Ranxi was in danger and left Shrek’s resting room to find her.

• Shen Ranxi chanted as golden light and chains restrained the Black Mist and soothed the suffering Ghosts.
• The Black Mist clone shrank into a sphere of light and vanished as Shen Ranxi continued the purification.
• At a hidden altar, the Black Mist learned its clone had been destroyed and ordered its surviving followers to find Shen Ranxi.
• Tang San felt the red rope on his wrist flicker and sensed that Shen Ranxi was in trouble.
• Tang San told Flender and the others that he had to find Shen Ranxi, despite being unable to explain how he knew she was in danger.

After Shen Ranxi disappeared during the battle, the Shrek Group split up to search for her while she prepared to merge with her other self and asked Feifei to explain her absence. Flender, Liu Erlong, and Tang San followed A Zhi to the devastated battlefield, where Tang San sensed Shen Ranxi’s aura and searched for her.

• Yu Xiaogang stopped the Shrek Group from rushing out together and sent Flender and Liu Erlong to search with Tang San, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar went to Shen Ranxi’s tavern.
• A Zhi waited at the forest’s edge as Shen Ranxi battled nearby and reflected on why Tian Que Pavilion’s ordinary members were devoted to her.
• Inside her Sea of Consciousness, Shen Ranxi told Feifei she would continue purifying residual souls and merge with her other self, who would temporarily take over her body.
• Shen Ranxi asked her other self to experience life in the world and told Feifei to explain the situation to everyone at Shrek; Feifei said it had something important to tell her when she returned.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Tang San followed A Zhi to a blood-soaked clearing, where Tang San sensed Shen Ranxi’s aura and searched for her.
• A faint cracking sound made Flender and Liu Erlong look up alertly.

After Shen Ranxi returned badly injured, Feifei explained that a divinity-only soul fragment had taken control of her body while merging with her. Tang San and the others brought her back to Shrek, where her friends welcomed her.

• Tang San found Shen Ranxi bloodied and treated her wounds, while Flender and Liu Erlong scolded her and checked her condition.
• Feifei explained that Shen Ranxi was a soul fragment without human emotions, and that the merging would strengthen her.
• Tang San held Shen Ranxi's hand as the group returned toward Heaven Dou City, and Liu Erlong destroyed the scene of the battle.
• At the city gates, Shen Ranxi told A Zhi to distribute captured wealth to the injured and their families.
• Tang San explained the city's Soul Celebration Festival to Shen Ranxi, who watched the festivities with quiet curiosity.
• When the group reached Shrek, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong rushed to embrace Shen Ranxi.

Shen Ranxi, whose True Self had taken control of her body, struggled to understand her friends’ affection while Tang San tried to reconnect with her. After he admitted he wanted to be the one closest to her, her heart raced and she turned away, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Shen Ranxi embraced Xiao Wu and Little Bell despite her confusion, while Oscar learned from Feifei that her personality had changed.
• Tang San took Shen Ranxi to the Back Mountain and roasted chicken for her, easing the tension between them.
• Tang San said he wanted to accompany Shen Ranxi on future missions because he did not want to see her injured again.
• Shen Ranxi threatened Tang San when he insisted she was still the person he liked, but he drew her into an embrace and explained what liking someone meant.
• Tang San confessed that he wanted Shen Ranxi to look only at him and said he should be the one closest to her, prompting her to rise and turn away.
• Ma Hongjun laughed at the scene until Oscar elbowed him and told him to keep quiet.