Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxi used Tian Yuan’s Dream Reenactment to trap Hu Liena in an illusion of her parents, giving Shrek’s team an opening to attack the Spirit Hall team. The battle continued as Shen Ranxi and her teammates engaged Xie Yue and Yan, while Spirit Hall members freed Hu Liena from the illusion.

• Hu Liena’s charm failed to affect Shrek’s team, so Tian Yuan trapped her in an illusion of her parents using Dream Reenactment.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tian Yuan was a Soul Beast who had preserved her soul and consciousness through a special contract, and Bibi Dong confirmed that this did not violate the rules.
• Tang San called the Seven Monsters into action as Shen Ranxi attacked Xie Yue and Dai Mubai engaged Yan.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to position his teammates and block Spirit Hall members from helping their allies.
• A Spirit Hall team member used Fantasy Light to free Hu Liena, while Shen Ranxi kicked Xie Yue back and Dai Mubai’s Blue Silver Grass withdrew.

Shen Ranxi and the Shrek team faced Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demonic Charm, during the match. Shen Ranxi and Tang San countered its suppressive red mist, and she gained the advantage in close combat as the fight continued.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena activated Demonic Charm after a Spirit Hall support Soul Master strengthened them with Holy Light.
• Tang San pulled the Shrek team together as Demonic Charm’s red mist spread across the arena and weakened their senses, Soul Power, and movement.
• Shen Ranxi used her Moon Offering Domain to reduce the mist’s suppression, while Oscar prepared sausages for the team.
• Tang San flung his teammates out of the path of Demonic Charm’s Moon Blades, and he and Shen Ranxi began their counterattack.
• Shen Ranxi and Tang San deflected and returned the Moon Blades, startling Demonic Charm with their ability to anticipate its attacks.
• Shen Ranxi trapped Demonic Charm with her cudgel and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, then smashed the fusion skill in the chest.

Shen Ranxi and Tang San resisted Demonic Charm’s mental attack, while Oscar’s flying sausages let Shrek’s team escape the red mist and counterattack Spirit Hall. Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun attacked the opposing support members from the air, and Xiao Wu ended the chapter launching Spirit Hall’s Support System Soul Master into a painful Eight Section Fall.

• Shen Ranxi resisted Demonic Charm’s red mist, and Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to see through it.
• Demonic Charm pursued Dai Mubai and the others, but Oscar’s flying sausages let the six Shrek fighters escape the mist and take to the air.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun flew toward Spirit Hall and rained flaming attacks on its Support System Soul Masters before retreating from Yan.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated their attacks against Yan while Ma Hongjun guarded Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• With Ning Rongrong’s speed boost, Xiao Wu seized Spirit Hall’s Support System Soul Master and slammed him down with Eight Section Fall.

Shen Ranxi, Tang San, and their teammates used A Yuan’s spatial ability to turn Spirit Hall’s attacks against them and quickly eliminate two opponents. Demonic Charm then unleashed her Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon, leaving the battle poised for a dangerous escalation.

• Xiao Wu knocked a Spirit Hall auxiliary Soul Master off the platform, then escaped the counterattack through A Yuan’s Black Hole.
• Tang San and Shen Ranxi overwhelmed Demonic Charm with coordinated attacks, while Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances revealed his hidden strength.
• Xie Yue’s Moon Blade nearly struck Dai Mubai, but A Yuan’s Multi-dimensional Shuttle redirected it into Spirit Hall’s Li Jian, who was carried away for treatment.
• Shen Ranxi taunted Demonic Charm about her cultivation, and Demonic Charm answered by unleashing her Self-Created Soul Skill, Full Moon.

Shen Ranxi shattered Demonic Charm with her Golden Cudgel, leaving Xie Yue and Hu Liena badly weakened and Shrek with the upper hand. As Tang San confronted the pair, Shen Ranxi engaged Yan and maneuvered him closer to his teammates.

• Shen Ranxi enlarged her Golden Cudgel and broke Demonic Charm with Delusion Breaker: Heaven Cleaving.
• The attack left Xie Yue and Hu Liena nearly out of Soul Power, while Tang San shielded Shen Ranxi from the backlash.
• Ma Hongjun attacked with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike, but Yan overwhelmed his flames with Magma Churning and drove back Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San told Shen Ranxi to leave Yan to him and face the other opponents, so she instead challenged Yan barehanded.
• Shen Ranxi struck Yan's joint and staggered him toward his teammates as Xie Yue and Hu Liena mocked Tang San for facing them alone.

Shen Ranxi and Tang San overwhelmed the Spirit Hall Academy team, forcing Bibi Dong to concede the championship match. Afterward, Tang San removed the poison from Xie Yue and Hu Liena, and the victorious team celebrated their win.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Shen Ranxi and Tang San as Tang San used his movement skills and Eight Spider Soul Bone to wound and poison Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Shen Ranxi and Tang San trapped the Spirit Hall team with their Soul Skills, while Shen Ranxi warned Bibi Dong that Xie Yue and Hu Liena were in danger from the toxin.
• Bibi Dong conceded the match, and Shen Ranxi dispelled her spatial attack.
• Tang San extracted the toxin from Xie Yue and Hu Liena before Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures True Body to support the injured fighters.
• Dai Mubai and the others celebrated their championship as Xie Yue and Hu Liena struggled with their defeat.

Shrek Academy won the Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Grand Competition, and Tang San and Shen Ranxi accepted the championship’s three Soul Bones. Bibi Dong invited them both to join Spirit Hall, but they declined for now, and the team left with their prizes as others eyed the valuable rewards.

• Bibi Dong had a cardinal present the champion’s rewards to Shrek Academy after Hu Liena’s team lost.
• Shrek’s members celebrated their victory and urged Tang San and Shen Ranxi to accept the Soul Bones on the team’s behalf.
• Bibi Dong offered Tang San a place in Spirit Hall, but he declined to join any force.
• Bibi Dong invited Shen Ranxi to become her disciple, but Shen Ranxi declined for now and teased Bibi Dong about their past meeting.
• Tang San and Shen Ranxi returned with the three Soul Bones as the team gathered to discuss them, while onlookers watched greedily.

After Shrek’s team won the Grand Competition, its members decided who would receive the three Soul Bones while Spirit Hall watched them closely. With Ning Fengzhi and two Titled Douluo offering protection, Shrek prepared to leave Spirit City, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing announced they would return to Star Luo.

• Shen Ranxi, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Oscar declined the Soul Bones, while Yu Xiaogang recommended Zhu Zhuqing for the left leg bone and Ma Hongjun for the right arm bone.
• Ning Rongrong urged Tang San to take the Wisdom Skull, but Shen Ranxi reminded him that he could give Ning Rongrong Shi Nian’s gem Soul Bone instead.
• Tang San privately promised Ning Rongrong the gem Soul Bone, and Yu Xiaogang kept quiet about it as Shrek left Spirit Hall without incident.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo accompanied Shrek to protect them, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to escort the group back to Shrek.
• Flender decided the group would leave for Shrek as soon as Yu Xiaogang returned, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing said they would return to Star Luo.

Shen Ranxi declined Ning Fengzhi’s offer to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set out to build her forces while Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar made plans to travel and train. As Tang San agreed to travel with Shen Ranxi, a mysterious cloaked man appeared and told someone to come with him, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Shen Ranxi gave Ning Fengzhi a jade box, then recruited Jiang Zhu and Jing Ling into Tian Que Pavilion and sent them to her restaurant.
• Tang San gave Ning Rongrong the illusion-type head soul bone he had obtained from Shi Nian.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender he wanted to travel and train, and Flender and Liu Erlong gave him money for the journey.
• Oscar confessed his feelings to Ning Rongrong and promised to return safely after seeking a way to gain offensive power.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi he planned to travel and train with Shen Ranxi.
• A mysterious man in a tattered cloak appeared at the doorway and said, “Come with me,” stunning Tang San.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and demanded that he leave with him, but Shen Ranxi defended Tang San and challenged Tang Hao over his failures as a father. Tang Hao accepted her criticism and recognized that he had failed as a husband, father, son, and leader.

• Tang Hao revealed himself to Flender, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then thanked Flender for caring for Tang San and told his son to come with him.
• Tang San hesitated to leave Shen Ranxi, so she reassured him and openly criticized Tang Hao for neglecting his responsibilities as a father.
• Tang San stepped in front of Shen Ranxi to defend her, while Tang Hao's feelings grew more complicated.
• Outside the room, Flender and Oscar warned Shen Ranxi about insulting a Titled Douluo, but she stood by what she had said.
• Tang San felt deeply moved by Shen Ranxi's support and resolved never to let anyone take her from him.
• Tang Hao admitted to himself that he had failed his wife, son, clan, father, and followers.

Tang San forgave Tang Hao and agreed to leave with him to grow stronger, while the Shrek Seven prepared to part ways. The friends made plans to reunite in five years before Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing departed.

• Tang San told Tang Hao he did not hate or blame him, and Tang Hao embraced his son after eight years apart.
• Xiao Wu said she planned to visit her younger brothers, then teased Ma Hongjun until the Shrek Seven burst into laughter.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to become strong enough to stand beside and protect Shen Ranxi, and Tang San agreed to train with him and learn the Clear Sky Hammer's secret methods.
• Shen Ranxi offered to escort Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Dai Mubai proposed that the group reunite at Shrek in five years.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing said their farewells and set off.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left for a dangerous journey, and Tang San and Shen Ranxi shared an intimate farewell before his own departure. Tang San gave Shen Ranxi a pair of handmade rings, while their friends secretly watched nearby.

• Shen Ranxi gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing Shape-Shifting Pills, healing pills, and antidotes, and Tang San added his poisons before the group bid them farewell.
• Dai Mubai teased Shen Ranxi about surpassing her, and she warned him not to let imperial life corrupt him.
• Tang San asked Shen Ranxi if she was angry or would miss him, and she reassured him that she trusted him and loved him above anyone else.
• Shen Ranxi kissed Tang San and told him to consider his own needs rather than blindly obeying his father.
• Tang San presented Shen Ranxi with a pair of rings he had secretly made, while Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar watched from a corner.

Tang San gave Shen Ranxi a ring before leaving for Training, and the group said their farewells as they went their separate ways. Xiao Wu and Oscar waited at a restaurant for Shen Ranxi to return with the bodyguard she planned to find.

• Tang San put his ring on Shen Ranxi and asked her to message him every day while she was Training; she agreed and gave him a matching ring.
• Tang Hao arrived to take Tang San away, and the two young lovers embraced and promised to meet again after his Training.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others prepared to leave; Ma Hongjun said he would first go say goodbye to Little Bell.
• Xiao Wu hugged Liu Erlong goodbye and explained that she needed to visit Da Ming and Er Ming and Become Stronger on her own.
• Xiao Wu ordered thirty portions of food to take to her younger brothers while she and Oscar waited for Shen Ranxi to return.

Shen Ranxi met Zhan Tianqiong’s clan elders, who claimed she was their long-lost relative and tried to bring her back with them. She rejected their pressure, and Liang Li brought out a Bloodline Tracing Disk to prove their kinship.

• Shen Ranxi told Oscar to stay with her while she helped Xiao Wu prepare to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhan Tianqiong found Shen Ranxi and introduced clan elders Liang Li and Mo Yan, while Zhan Qingyun eagerly called her his sister.
• Shen Ranxi challenged the elders for waiting so many years to find her and made clear she had no attachment to the parents she had never known.
• Mo Yan urged Shen Ranxi to return with them, but Liang Li stopped him and recognized that she would not be persuaded by force.
• Liang Li took out a Bloodline Tracing Disk, and Zhan Tianqiong explained how it detected blood relationships through Soul Power resonance.

Shen Ranxi confirmed through a bloodline test that she was the clan leader’s granddaughter, then learned that her parents had died while protecting her from their enemies. Liang Li explained how the clan discovered her existence and searched for her, leaving Shen Ranxi asking why they had expected her to enter the Grand Competition.

• Zhan Tianqiong tested blood samples on the Bloodline Tracing Disk, which showed that Elder Liang Li had no blood relation to the person they sought.
• Shen Ranxi gave her blood to the disk, and all twelve grooves lit up, confirming she was a direct blood relative of Zhan Tianqiong’s father.
• Shen Ranxi demanded to know why the clan had come looking for her after so many years, and Liang Li explained that her parents had died after a traitor exposed their whereabouts.
• Liang Li said the clan learned Shen Ranxi existed from a hidden code in a letter and searched for her, but threats against the clan prevented the clan leader from creating a Clone to join the search.
• Liang Li revealed that Zhan Tianqiong and Zhan Qingyun had entered the Soul Master Elite Competition because the clan expected Shen Ranxi might compete, and she asked why they were so certain.

Shen Ranxi agreed to return with Liang Li and Mo Yan to pay respects to her parents, while making clear that she would not accept clan responsibilities. After saying goodbye to Xiao Wu, she traveled with Oscar and the clan members, who fought repeated assassination attempts along the way.

• Liang Li told Shen Ranxi about her parents and the clan, and offered ancient books that might help Oscar gain offensive abilities.
• Shen Ranxi learned her father was named Zhan Yixiao and her mother was called Jingqiu, then agreed to visit their graves without accepting any obligations.
• Xiao Wu left for Star Lake to seek powerful Soul Beasts and change the fate of Soul Beasts, and Shen Ranxi promised to help if needed.
• Zhan Qingyun and Zhan Tianqiong kept Oscar close as the group set out with Shen Ranxi.
• Assassins attacked Shen Ranxi and Oscar repeatedly, and Mo Yan killed the latest attackers while Oscar retched at the sight.

Shen Ranxi gave Mo Yan two bottles of Twin Drunken Immortal Dew, a potent ice-and-fire wine that could temper Soul Masters and potentially help them break through bottlenecks. After tasting it, Mo Yan offered her his collected treasures, and Shen Ranxi spotted a rare piece of Heaven-Scorching Meteoric Iron among them.

• Mo Yan teased Shen Ranxi about messaging her lover, and Liang Li joined him in urging Mo Yan to find a wife.
• Mo Yan admitted he wanted more of Shen Ranxi's wine, so she gave him two bottles of Twin Drunken Immortal Dew and explained its effects and risks.
• Mo Yan warned that the wine was too potent for Soul Masters below level sixty and said it might help him break through the level-eighty-nine bottleneck where he had been stuck for five years.
• Shen Ranxi considered selling weaker grades of the wine for profit and offered to brew a less potent version for Zhan Tianqiong and Oscar to try.
• After tasting the wine, Mo Yan gave Shen Ranxi a selection of minerals and Soul Beast bones from his Soul Tool, and she recognized a piece of Heaven-Scorching Meteoric Iron.

Shen Ranxi received rare treasures and advice from Mo Yan and Liang Li before traveling with the group to the Heavenblade Sect. At the sect’s dangerous entrance, the others crossed a barbed iron chain over an abyss, leaving Shen Ranxi to face her first test alone.

• Mo Yan gave Shen Ranxi the Blood Marrow Demon Flower and Brahma Heaven Meteoric Iron, while Liang Li gifted her calligraphy supplies.
• Mo Yan and Liang Li playfully fought over the wine Shen Ranxi gave them.
• Shen Ranxi and her companions traveled for ten days on foot because they had almost no money.
• Liang Li revealed that the misty valley was the Heavenblade Sect’s natural barrier and summoned a thick, barbed iron chain across the abyss.
• Mo Yan carried Oscar across the chain, and Liang Li told Shen Ranxi she had to cross without his help.
• Shen Ranxi hesitated at the swaying chain as the people on the opposite cliff wondered whether she was afraid.

Shen Ranxi faced hostility during her clan’s test, but she revealed her immense Martial Soul and rode Taixu above the gathered clanspeople. She left them stunned with her defiant declaration that she would not follow paths others had laid out.

• Zhan Yunqi and Zhan Houhao’s companions dismissed Shen Ranxi, while Zhan Qingxun challenged their insults.
• Zhan Houhao ordered his lackeys to teach Shen Ranxi the rules, and the clan leader worried whether she would accept him as her grandfather.
• A man from the second branch threatened Shen Ranxi at the cliff’s edge, prompting the clan leader to order Mo Cun to punish him and warn the branch.
• Shen Ranxi summoned her Martial Soul, the Great Void Kun Taixu, and flew over the rift as the gathered disciples stared in shock.
• Taixu knocked the threatening man off the cliff, and Shen Ranxi declared that she did not like walking paths laid out by others before calling the crowd her welcoming party.

Shen Ranxi silenced the clan members who had hoped to embarrass her, then Liang Li and Mo Yan escorted her to meet the clan leader. She came face-to-face with Zhan Duanyue, who asked whether she had been well during the years she was away.

• Shen Ranxi confronted the clan members mocking her, while Zhan Qingyun and Oscar celebrated her forceful response.
• Zhan Duanyue and Mo Cun watched Shen Ranxi from a distance and remarked on how much she resembled Zhan Yixiao.
• Mo Yan ordered everyone in the square to extra practice, and Liang Li took Shen Ranxi to meet the clan leader while Zhan Qingyun led Oscar away.
• Shen Ranxi admired the clan's traditional architecture as Liang Li explained that Ancestor Jing Ni had designed its buildings.
• Liang Li and Mo Yan brought Shen Ranxi into the Ten Thousand Blades Pavilion, where Zhan Duanyue approached and asked if she had been well.