Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxi and Tang San encountered a battered street orphan named A Man while shopping, and Shen Ranxi rescued her from an abusive Soul Master. Shen Ranxi gave A Man a chance to prove her worth by gathering information about the Soul Masters in the market before she returned.

• Shen Ranxi bought candy from an elderly seller and secretly left her Gold Coins, while Tang San asked why she had helped the woman.
• Shen Ranxi and Tang San heard a man beating A Man and learned she was an orphan who worked for food.
• When the man tried to sell A Man, Shen Ranxi knocked him out and Tang San helped the injured girl up.
• Shen Ranxi gave A Man a pill and food, and A Man begged to go with her.
• Shen Ranxi gave A Man two Gold Coins and told her to gather information about the Soul Masters in the market before she returned.

Shen Ranxi defended herself after a Canghui Academy girl attacked her over Yang Wei, then explained why she valued strength and ambition over romance. The confrontation escalated when the girl’s teacher arrived, demanding to know who had injured his student.

• A Man decided to exchange most of her Gold Coins for Copper Coins, hide them, and hire other beggars to help her complete Shen Ranxi’s task.
• Shen Ranxi told Tang San she had offered A Man a chance because the girl was clever and determined, then returned to the inn with him.
• A girl in a Moon White Uniform confronted Shen Ranxi, accused her of stealing Yang Wei, and attacked her with an Ice Arrow; Tang San’s Entanglement pulled Shen Ranxi out of its path.
• Shen Ranxi rebuked the girl for obsessing over romance, then kicked her to the ground when she refused to let Shen Ranxi leave.
• Shen Ranxi explained her views on women pursuing strength and careers, prompting Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to reflect on their own goals.
• A bespectacled man in Canghui uniform entered with several students and the injured girl, roaring that he wanted to know who had hurt his student.

Shen Ranxi and the Shrek students clashed with Blue Sunshine Academy after Shen Ranxi admitted hitting one of its students, and they fought off the boys who confronted them. Ye Zhi Qiu challenged the group to apologize, but Shen Ranxi stopped the fight from damaging the inn and sent everyone outside to settle it.

• Shen Ranxi admitted hitting the girl, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others stood with her as Ye Zhi Qiu confronted them.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San defeated the Blue Sunshine boys, while Shen Ranxi slapped Yang Wei away after he approached her and declared himself her devoted fan.
• Ye Zhi Qiu ordered his students to use their real abilities, and both groups revealed their Martial Souls; he realized the Shrek students were powerful and asked which academy they represented.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Zhi Qiu after he demanded an apology, prompting the director to prepare to fight the Shrek students.
• Shen Ranxi stopped Ye Zhi Qiu and the others from fighting inside the inn and told them to take the battle outside.

Ye Zhi Qiu challenged Shrek Academy’s students, and Zhao Wuji intervened after their fight nearly injured Shen Ranxi. The students went inside to rest while Zhao Wuji prepared to punish Ye Zhi Qiu.

• Ye Zhi Qiu released his Mysterious Turtle Martial Soul and challenged the Shrek Academy students to admit defeat.
• Shen Ranxi, Ma Hongjun, and the others fought Ye Zhi Qiu with Ning Rongrong’s support, but his fifth Soul Skill filled the arena with ice and snow.
• Shen Ranxi was thrown toward a rock by the blast of Ma Hongjun’s flames and the energy bullets, but Zhao Wuji caught her and restrained the Blue Sunshine group.
• Ye Zhi Qiu realized Zhao Wuji was a Soul Saint and apologized, while Oscar mocked him for bullying the students.
• Zhao Wuji sent the students inside to eat and rest, then announced that he would give Ye Zhi Qiu some guidance.

Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu whether she had romantic feelings for Tang San, and Xiao Wu denied it while focusing on her goals. The Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Soul Beast, where Zhu Zhuqing spotted a large flying snake approaching.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu if she liked Tang San romantically, and Xiao Wu said she saw him as a brother and had goals of her own.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Tang San paid unusual attention to Shen Ranxi, and Xiao Wu became excited that Tang San had opened up.
• Zhao Wuji warned the eight Shrek students about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest before they ventured inside.
• Shen Ranxi led the group around harmless Soul Beasts, while Tang San explained what they were and Feifei kept watch from the air.
• Feifei alerted Shen Ranxi to movement ahead, and Zhu Zhuqing climbed a tree and identified an approaching flying snake with a blood-red crown.

Tang San identified a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a suitable Third Soul Ring for Oscar, but Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter arrived to claim it. While Xiao Wu found resolve to grow strong enough to change Soul Beasts’ fate, Shen Ranxi helped Oscar kill the serpent before Chao Tianxiang could stop them.

• Tang San identified the captured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar’s Third Soul Ring, and Shen Ranxi praised Baby for helping trap it.
• Xiao Wu asked Shen Ranxi whether Soul Beasts were destined to become human Soul Rings, and Shen Ranxi urged her to grow strong enough to change their circumstances.
• Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter confronted Zhao Wuji’s group, claiming the serpent as their prey, and Chao Tianxiang recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Ming King.
• Shen Ranxi tripped Oscar and pinned him with her staff, allowing him to stab the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and kill it.

Shen Ranxi and the Shrek group settled their dispute with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, while Shen Ranxi revealed she had reached Level Forty and later pointed Meng Yiran toward another suitable Soul Beast. After Oscar absorbed his Soul Ring and gained a flight-granting skill, Ning Rongrong resolved to improve and surpass her peers.

• Zhao Wuji pretended Shen Ranxi's group had killed the snake by accident, and Meng Yiran demanded a duel with Shen Ranxi.
• Shen Ranxi revealed her Level Forty Soul Ancestor cultivation and three Soul Rings, so Tang San offered to fight Meng Yiran instead and narrowly defeated her.
• Shen Ranxi gave Meng Yiran her robe and secretly told her about a Moon Shadow Snake to the east; Meng Yiran vowed to defeat her someday.
• Oscar absorbed his Soul Ring and announced that his new Soul Skill could let others fly.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the rarity of Oscar's flight skill and resolved to work harder and surpass her peers.

Tang San broke through to level thirty as the group searched for a suitable Soul Beast, but their night in the Star Dou Great Forest was interrupted by the Titan Giant Ape. Zhao Wuji and the students stayed to fight it, while Xiao Wu struggled to protect her companions without revealing her connection to the beast.

• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he had broken through, and the group set out to find him a suitable Soul Beast.
• As the group camped for the night, Shen Ranxi's system assigned her a mission to obtain a Ten Thousand Years fourth Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji sensed a powerful predator and ordered everyone to flee, but the Titan Giant Ape appeared and he charged forward to hold it off.
• Shen Ranxi and the other students refused to leave Zhao Wuji, and they joined the fight while Xiao Wu recognized the ape as her brother Er Ming.
• Shen Ranxi shielded Ma Hongjun from falling rubble, then used her Third Soul Skill, Mountain Shaker, Sun Piercer, against the Titan Giant Ape.

The group’s attack enraged the Titan Giant Ape, and Tang San took a crushing blow while saving Shen Ranxi. When the beast seized Xiao Wu, Shen Ranxi slipped onto its back to rescue her, leaving the others to rely on Feifei to track her.

• Dai Mubai and the others struck the Titan Giant Ape with their strongest attack, but its roar and counterattack blasted the group and pinned them beneath its pressure.
• Dai Mubai shielded Zhu Zhuqing by diving with her into a pit, while Shen Ranxi used her emergency skill to grab Tang San and escape the beast’s descending foot.
• Tang San reversed their positions and took the Titan Giant Ape’s blow for Shen Ranxi; after they landed, she gave him healing pills, and Oscar rushed to comfort her.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu, prompting Tang San to attack it with hidden weapons as Shen Ranxi tossed Feifei to him and secretly climbed onto the beast’s back.
• Zhao Wuji learned that Shen Ranxi had gone after Xiao Wu and questioned whether Feifei could find her.

Shen Ranxi survived being flung from the Titan Giant Ape and woke on the back of a Nightmare Unicorn Cub she had once rescued. After a bloodthirsty Black-robed Man entered the forest, Shen Ranxi hid while the Soul Beasts fled.

• The Titan Giant Ape flung Shen Ranxi away, and Feifei shielded her as she crashed to the ground and lost consciousness.
• A Nightmare Unicorn Cub found Shen Ranxi, carried her away, and fled when it sensed movement nearby.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Dai Mubai to lead the others toward the forest's edge, but Oscar and the Shrek students insisted they would search together for Shen Ranxi and Xiao Wu.
• Shen Ranxi woke on the cub's back, treated her injuries, and recognized it as the Soul Beast she had once rescued from an Evil Soul Master.
• When a cold wind carried the smell of blood, Shen Ranxi told the cub to run, hid it in a bush, and concealed herself in a tree as a Black-robed Man arrived.

Shen Ranxi confronted a powerful black-robed Evil Soul Master who wanted to use her as a Container, and he badly injured her in battle. Believing her defeated, he approached her, but she rose again and provoked him with insults.

• Shen Ranxi’s system urged her to defeat the Evil Soul Master for a reward, but she refused because she was badly injured and outmatched.
• The black-robed man revealed six Soul Rings, overwhelmed Shen Ranxi with his pressure, and tried to capture her as his Container.
• Shen Ranxi counterattacked with her Golden Cudgel, but the man’s soul skills left her deaf and critically wounded.
• The black-robed man mocked Shen Ranxi and approached her, intending to take her away and torture her.
• Shen Ranxi regained her strength through the Formless Heart Sutra, stood up, and repeatedly insulted the black-robed man.

Shen Ranxi fought the Black-robed Man until the Little Unicorn rescued her and three Soul Beasts kept him occupied. Near death, she transformed into a silver-haired, black-eyed being with a Black Hole and overwhelmed him, tearing out his spine.

• Shen Ranxi boosted her strength and taunted the Black-robed Man, but he beat her brutally and lifted her by the throat.
• Shen Ranxi distracted the Black-robed Man with powder as three powerful Soul Beasts charged him, while the Little Unicorn carried her away through an illusion.
• The Little Unicorn hid Shen Ranxi beneath a leaf, and she lost consciousness as a voice whispered, "You've finally come~"
• Shen Ranxi awoke transformed, with black eyes and silver-gray hair, and summoned a Black Hole that made everyone nearby sense its terrifying pressure.
• The Steel Arm Ape fled, but Silver-haired Shen Ranxi sealed the area and ignored the Black-robed Man's soul skills.
• Silver-haired Shen Ranxi tore the Black-robed Man's spine from his body.

Silver-haired Shen Ranxi consumed the Black-robed Man and the Moon Shadow Demon Wolf before the Great Sage suppressed her and she began absorbing the wolf’s Soul Ring. At dawn, the Little Unicorn brought her a Nether Heart Branch, while the Shrek Group waited for Tang San to finish absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.

• Silver-haired Shen Ranxi killed and absorbed the Black-robed Man, defeated the Scarlet Tiger and Moon Shadow Demon Wolf, and consumed the wolf’s soul, but the Scarlet Tiger escaped.
• The Great Sage struck Silver-haired Shen Ranxi to restore Shen Ranxi’s control, put her to sleep, and placed the Moon Shadow Demon Wolf’s Soul Ring and bones with her.
• Shen Ranxi began absorbing the Soul Ring without suffering Soul Shock, while a voice deep in the Star Dou Forest sensed the aura of a Dark Undead.
• The injured Little Unicorn returned at dawn with a Nether Heart Branch and used it to cocoon itself and Shen Ranxi in light.
• The Shrek Group fought off the Man Faced Demon Spiders with Tang San’s Sleeve Arrows, and Tang San chose the two-thousand-year spider as his third Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji and the others guarded Tang San as he absorbed the Soul Ring, worried about Shen Ranxi and the others, while rustling sounds came from the woods.

Xiao Wu returned alone and revealed that she had never seen Shen Ranxi, but Shen soon reappeared with Meng Yiran and the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager. The group learned that Shen had been badly injured and rescued after a battle, and she was back among her companions as she recovered.

• Xiao Wu returned to the group, and everyone learned she had not been with Shen Ranxi on Er Ming.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun worried over Shen and Feifei until Shen appeared with Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke, and Snake Dowager.
• Zhao Wuji examined Shen and found severe injuries that were being slowly healed by a gentle force inside her body.
• Twenty minutes earlier, Feifei found Shen unconscious beside Little Unicorn, then hid Little Unicorn when Meng Yiran and her grandparents approached.
• Meng Yiran insisted on bringing Shen with them, but refused her grandfather's suggestion that she take Shen away from her companions.
• Shen woke on Meng Yiran's back, thanked her, and flattered her until Meng Yiran blushed.

Shen Ranxi reunited with her Companions after surviving an Evil Soul Master, and she reassured Xiao Wu that her injuries were not Xiao Wu’s fault. As Tang San completed his third Soul Ring, spider-like limbs emerged from his back, and the chapter ended with him waking to find Shen Ranxi openly admiring his exposed physique.

• Shen Ranxi told everyone that a Soul Emperor had tried to take her as a Container, but Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had intervened and Meng Yiran had carried her to safety.
• Shen Ranxi comforted Xiao Wu, then gave Meng Yiran skincare products as thanks; Meng Yiran denied they were friends but left blushing beside her grandparents.
• Dragon Duke learned that the Titan Giant Ape had attacked the group and hurried to leave the forest with Meng Yiran and his wife.
• Tang San’s third Soul Ring settled, and eight spider-like limbs grew from his back as Blue Silver Grass wrapped him in a cocoon.
• An hour later, Tang San woke with his upper body bare, and Shen Ranxi openly admired his physique, leaving him flushed with embarrassment.

After leaving the Star Dou Forest, Shen Ranxi discovered she had somehow gained a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while unconscious, though she did not know how it happened. The group reached an inn to rest, where Xiao Wu explained the danger of Soul Shock and marveled at Shen Ranxi's survival.

• Tang San struggled to retract the spider legs on his back, checked on Xiao Wu, and learned Shen Ranxi had survived an encounter with a Soul Emperor level Evil Soul Master.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Shen Ranxi's Black Soul Ring, and the group was shocked when she realized she had somehow absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while unconscious.
• Zhao Wuji led everyone out of the forest and back to an inn, where Shen Ranxi treated the group to food and Tang San helped care for Feifei.
• Dai Mubai bought fresh flower drinks and gave Zhu Zhuqing a special one, prompting Oscar and Ma Hongjun to tease them until Zhu Zhuqing threatened them.
• Xiao Wu explained that Soul Shock from a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast could damage a Soul Master's spiritual world, and said Shen Ranxi had been incredibly lucky.

After recovering from her near-fatal fight, Shen Ranxi received her rewards, concealed her Soul Ring colors, and agreed to let the orphaned Little Unicorn follow her. The next morning, Ning Rongrong helped her get ready, and Shen Ranxi showed her how to make a heart gesture to say she liked someone.

• Tang San wished the pale Shen Ranxi good night, then she went into the Space and endured Feifei's hour-long scolding for leaving him behind.
• The system awarded Shen Ranxi thirty Combat Course sessions and 20,000 Merit Points, along with a Soul Ring upgrade bonus, and she bought a Shadow Demon's Shell after bargaining it down to 300 Merit Points.
• Shen Ranxi confirmed that Feifei could still see her Soul Rings as yellow, purple, purple, and black, while the Little Unicorn asked to follow her after its mother was gone.
• Shen Ranxi fell asleep, and moonlight flowed into her body while she slept.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong checked on Shen Ranxi, helped her wash up, and styled her hair; Shen Ranxi taught her that a heart gesture meant she liked her.

Shen Ranxi welcomed A Man into her group and gave her a new life and name, Shen Manyue. Later, the group rescued Li Xue from an abusive captor, and Shen Ranxi asked what she wanted to do now that she was free.

• Shen Ranxi promised Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing new dresses, while Oscar desperately kept Ma Hongjun from revealing an embarrassing childhood story.
• A Man showed Shen Ranxi a scribbled note and asked to go with her; Shen Ranxi accepted her and named her Shen Manyue.
• After traveling for two shichen, the group heard sobbing in a wooden house, and Tang San opened the door with his vines.
• Shen Ranxi pulled a man away from Li Xue and threw him into a wall, while Tang San carried the unconscious captor outside and the girls freed Li Xue.
• Li Xue told the group that she had been abducted, imprisoned, and forced to bear children; Shen Ranxi asked whether she wanted revenge.

Shen Ranxi helped Li Xue escape her abuser, arrange an adoption for her child, and find work before returning to Shrek Academy with the others. At the Academy, A Man settled into Shen Ranxi’s care and decided to become her disciple so she could stay by her side.

• Shen Ranxi helped Li Xue punish the man who had abused her, then arranged for a childless couple to adopt Li Xue’s daughter and gave Li Xue a token for help finding work at Qingshan Fu.
• Shen Ranxi and the others returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji and Flender gave them three days to rest and Shao Xin promised them a feast.
• Shen Ranxi brought A Man to the dormitory, gave her clean clothes and toiletries, and bathed her before putting her to bed.
• A Man enjoyed the warmth of her clean bed and resolved to become Shen Ranxi’s disciple so Shen Ranxi would never abandon her.

The Shrek students and teachers celebrated their return, and Shen Ranxi’s attention made Tang San feel noticed and cared for. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang reunited with Tang San and learned that Tang San had feelings for Shen Ranxi.

• Flender invited Yu Xiaogang to join the gathering, but Yu Xiaogang stayed behind and asked what had happened to Tang San and the others.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong toasted their teachers and companions, while Shen Ranxi shared spicy hot pot and noticed Tang San’s fondness for chili.
• The students drank until they were all sprawled around the cafeteria, with Ning Rongrong outdrinking Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang embraced Tang San after learning about the danger at the Star Dou Forest and said he would teach at the school from then on.
• Shen Ranxi greeted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang during her morning jog, and Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San had fallen for her.