Chapter Summaries

Yu Cheng reunited with Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team in Suotuo City, where he learned that Dugu Yan had become their captain and reached rank forty. The team planned to rest before entering the Star Dou Forest for her Fourth Soul Ring, while Yu Cheng worried that the process might worsen the Snake Venom in her body.

• Yufeng, Osler, and Dugu Yan arrived at the city gate and reunited with Yu Cheng, who gave Dugu Yan a restorative pill.
• Osler told Yu Cheng that the Imperial Dou Team had defeated Blazing Fire Academy, Kamikaze Academy, and Heavenly Water Academy, with Dugu Yan excelling in duels.
• Osler revealed that Dugu Yan had reached rank forty and that the team intended to enter the Star Dou Forest to obtain her Fourth Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianheng arrived and silently struggled with envy and shame as Dugu Yan led the team.
• Dugu Yan arranged for the group to settle in Suotuo City and rest before their forest trip, while Yu Cheng privately worried that absorbing a Soul Ring could stir her Snake Venom.

The Imperial Dou Team encountered Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, where Yu Cheng reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and explained Shrek’s strict admission standards. Two days later, the teams met outside the city to travel together, and Shrek’s young members’ strength stunned the Imperial Dou Team.

• The Imperial Dou Team watched matches at the Great Soul Arena, and Dugu Yan singled out a skilled Blue Silver Grass Control System Soul Master.
• Zhu Zhuqing approached Yu Cheng, revealed she had reached rank thirty, and arranged for him to join her trip to the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang San and the Shrek group met the Imperial Dou Team, and Yu Cheng explained that Shrek admitted exceptionally talented students despite its poor facilities and high tuition.
• Dugu Yan recognized Shrek as the team Qin Ming had proposed for a friendly match and worried that her upcoming breakthrough might leave the Imperial Dou Team without a Control System Soul Master for the bout.
• Two days later, Qin Ming and Zhao Wuji greeted each other outside Suotuo City, and Zhao Wuji introduced Qin Ming to the Shrek students as a celebrated Soul Emperor.
• The Shrek Seven Devils and the Imperial Dou Team released their Martial Souls before setting out, and the Imperial Dou Team was shocked by Shrek’s young members and rare soul-ring configurations.

The Shrek Team and Imperial Dou Team competed in a day-long run to Star Dou Forest, revealing Yu Cheng’s shared enhancement skill and exposing gaps in Shrek’s teamwork. After resting in town, the group entered the forest under strict orders from Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming.

• Zhao Wuji assessed the Imperial Dou Team’s strength before Ning Rongrong and Oscar supported Shrek with boosts and recovery sausages for the run.
• Yu Cheng used Frenzied Seed on himself and shared its enhancements with the Imperial Dou Team through his Third Soul Skill, Sky Blue Contract.
• Dai Mubai urged Shrek to speed up, but Ning Rongrong and Oscar fell behind as the teams raced toward Star Dou Forest.
• After reaching the town, Yu Cheng and Ye Lingling helped restore Ning Rongrong, while Zhao Wuji criticized Shrek’s coordination and Qin Ming noted the Imperial Dou Team’s battle experience.
• The teams rested overnight, then Zhao Wuji led them into Star Dou Forest and ordered everyone to stay together, follow instructions, and avoid provoking soul beasts.

Oscar obtained his Third Soul Ring, but the group’s night in the forest turned into a disaster when the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and attacked. As the others were scattered by its blow, Yu Cheng fled with Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan.

• Oscar absorbed a fifteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring and gained the Flight Sausage skill.
• After the group camped without a fire, Xiao Wu left the tents and the Titan Giant Ape appeared, carrying her in its hand.
• Tang San charged toward the Titan Giant Ape, but Zhao Wuji stopped him while Qin Ming and two Soul Douluos confronted the beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck the short Soul Douluo and blasted the students across the clearing, leaving several injured or buried.
• Yu Cheng fled with Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling while dragging Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan behind him with Blue Silver Grass.

Yu Cheng escaped the Titan Giant Ape’s attack with the injured members of his group, while Xiao Wu discovered that Er Ming had attacked her companions by mistake and told it to leave without harming anyone else. After treating the wounded, Yu Cheng’s group encountered a Two-Headed Leopard, and he prepared to lead the fight so Zhu Zhuqing could obtain her third Soul Ring.

• Yu Cheng fled the Titan Giant Ape’s shockwave with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Zhu Zhuqing, who were injured while escaping.
• Xiao Wu confronted Er Ming, learned it had attacked because it suspected the Soul Douluo guards had discovered her identity, and ordered it to leave without hurting anyone else.
• Er Ming knocked Zhao Wuji into the ground, swatted Qin Ming aside, and disappeared into the forest, leaving Tang San grieving for Xiao Wu.
• Yu Cheng’s group stopped several kilometers away, where Ye Lingling healed Zhu Zhuqing’s leg and Yu Cheng treated Ning Rongrong’s broken ribs.
• A Two-Headed Leopard emerged from the forest, and Yu Cheng identified it as a suitable target for Zhu Zhuqing’s third Soul Ring.
• Yu Cheng took out a heavy roof beam and volunteered to lead the attack while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to flank the leopard.

Yu Cheng and his companions defeated a wounded Two-Headed Panther, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Soul Ring. As another, larger beast emerged from the forest, Yu Cheng prepared the group for a new threat.

• Yu Cheng used his heavy-sword style and Dugu Yan’s Petrification to cripple the Two-Headed Panther, then struck it with Oneness of Man and Sword.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Yu Cheng, while Zhu Zhuqing used her clones as a distraction and attacked the beast’s old wound.
• Dugu Yan poisoned the Panther, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong laughed at Yu Cheng’s unconventional swordsmanship after the battle.
• Yu Cheng sensed something approaching, gathered the others, and fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbow into the forest.
• A huge silhouette emerged from the shadows, and Yu Cheng realized it had been following the wounded Panther.

Yu Cheng and the others wounded an Ice Fire King Serpent with Godly Zhuge Crossbows and tracked it instead of letting Dugu Yan pursue it. Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her new Third Soul Skill fused her clones to greatly enhance her abilities, then offered two Star Luo Empire cities as collateral when Yu Cheng and Ning Rongrong demanded payment for their help.

• Yu Cheng recognized the Ice Fire King Serpent and stopped Dugu Yan from chasing it, explaining that its venom could trigger the poison in her body.
• Yu Cheng said white orchid pollen on his arrows could track the wounded serpent, while Middle-aged Yu Cheng's phantom followed it through the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke with her Soul Power at level thirty-two and demonstrated that her Third Soul Skill fused her clones to boost her strength, speed, and defense two to three times.
• Yu Cheng told Zhu Zhuqing her skill was like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill achieved alone, and she thanked him and the others.
• Yu Cheng and Ning Rongrong demanded payment for their help and Ning Rongrong's Mind Control Technique, so Zhu Zhuqing offered to mortgage two cities in the Star Luo Empire.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Star Luo heritage and offered Yu Cheng two border cities in gratitude for helping her grow stronger. After he accepted the fief tokens, the group prepared to track a serpent-type soul beast suited to Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Ring.

• Ning Rongrong asked about Zhu Zhuqing's two cities, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to reveal that she was a direct descendant of the Star Luo Zhu Family and the fiancée of its third prince, Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained how the succession struggle, her sister's suppression, and Dai Mubai's flight had left her fearing death, while her Second Soul Ring and the emperor's grant of two fiefs had opened a safer path.
• Ning Rongrong offered to shelter Zhu Zhuqing at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhu Zhuqing said she was no longer afraid and credited Yu Cheng's help with changing her fate.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered Yu Cheng the tokens to her two fiefs and promised to seek an imperial decree, and Middle-aged Yu Cheng pointed out that the cities could help Yu Cheng establish an independent duchy.
• Yu Cheng accepted the tokens as a friendship with the Star Luo Empire, and Zhu Zhuqing relaxed.
• When Zhu Zhuqing asked whether they would leave the forest, Yu Cheng said they would instead track a serpent-type soul beast that suited Dugu Yan's Fourth Soul Ring.

Yu Cheng and his companions drove the wounded Ice Fire King Serpent from its cave and killed it, allowing Dugu Yan to gain its Soul Ring and the Ice Fire Dual Poison skill. After discovering that the Soul Ring had reduced her Snake Venom, Yu Cheng set off alone to find Tang San and Xiao Wu, while the others stayed behind.

• Yu Cheng used burning realgar to draw the Ice Fire King Serpent from its cave, and he and Dugu Yan killed it with repeated volleys from their Godly Zhuge Crossbows.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the serpent's Soul Ring while Zhu Zhuqing guarded the group, and Yu Cheng collected the serpent's blood, organs, venom, and meat.
• Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong lent Yu Cheng their Soul Tools to store the serpent's remains, and he promised them pills in return.
• Dugu Yan gained the Fourth Soul Skill Ice Fire Dual Poison and discovered that the serpent's Soul Ring had reduced the toxins in her body.
• Yu Cheng decided to return alone to search for Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling stayed behind as he left.

After the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu, Tang San pursued her and was trapped by a Man Faced Demon Spider until Yu Cheng killed it. Xiao Wu returned unharmed, and Zhao Wuji led the group onward to find Tang San a Soul Ring.

• Zhao Wuji learned that Tang San had gone after Xiao Wu and set off to find him while Qin Ming escorted the others out of the forest.
• Tang San was caught in the Man Faced Demon Spider's web and began to succumb to its venom, but he broke free and readied his Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Yu Cheng shot the Man Faced Demon Spider with a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, killing it, then told Tang San its Soul Ring was unsuitable for him and collected its legs.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and scolded Tang San for frightening him, while Yu Cheng told him that Zhuqing and Sister Yan had obtained their Soul Rings and the others had left.
• Xiao Wu returned and said the Titan Giant Ape had thrown her aside before disappearing, and Zhao Wuji led the group deeper into the forest to hunt a Soul Ring for Tang San.

Tang San absorbed a two-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider Soul Ring and gained the Blue Silver Prison Cage, while Yu Cheng realized Xiao Wu’s aura had been concealed and continued to keep his plans to himself. Back in Suotuo City, Yu Cheng fended off his teammates’ teasing and announced he would enter seclusion.

• Yu Cheng and Middle-aged Yu Cheng concluded that Xiao Wu’s aura had changed, likely because the Titan Giant Ape gave her a concealing treasure, and Yu Cheng decided not to warn her.
• Tang San absorbed the Cave Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and used his Third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Prison Cage, to trap several trees.
• Zhao Wuji led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others away from the forest and back toward safety.
• At the Imperial Dou Team’s hotel, Osler and Yufeng noticed Yu Cheng’s necklace and Ye Lingling’s bracelet and teased him about his relationships with the girls.
• Yu Cheng explained that he had borrowed the Soul Tools to store medicinal herbs, threatened to withhold pills from Osler and Yufeng, and left to enter seclusion.

Yu Cheng discovered that the Man Faced Demon Spider flesh in Ning Rongrong’s ring had been devoured by its two remaining Soul Bones, and he absorbed them into his elbows as paired blades. With his combat weakness reduced, Middle-aged Yu Cheng offered to teach him the Mind Control Technique to improve his left-hand swordsmanship.

• Yu Cheng found that the Ice Fire King Serpent’s flesh and the other Man Faced Demon Spider legs had vanished from Ning Rongrong’s ring, leaving two glowing forelimb Soul Bones.
• Middle-aged Yu Cheng explained that the Eight Spider Lances had devoured the flesh and each other, and suggested Yu Cheng use the surviving bones as weapons.
• Yu Cheng absorbed the Soul Bones through his elbows, manifesting two long blades with Vicious Poison and devouring abilities.
• Yu Cheng tested the blades and found he could use them as swords or retract them into shorter spikes, though his left-hand technique felt stiff.
• Middle-aged Yu Cheng offered to teach Yu Cheng the Mind Control Technique to address his difficulty wielding the left blade.

Yu Cheng learned a spiritual cultivation method from Middle-aged Yu Cheng and practiced ambidextrous skills during a lively dinner with the others. The next morning, Flender and Yu Xiaogang appeared at Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang took charge of training and called Dai Mubai and Tang San forward.

• Middle-aged Yu Cheng taught Yu Cheng how to practice ambidextrous control and passed him a spiritual cultivation method.
• Dugu Yan summoned Yu Cheng to dinner, where he accidentally reached into her bowl while practicing with both hands, and the group turned the meal into a playful food scramble.
• Zhao Wuji introduced Flender as the academy dean and Yu Xiaogang as Tang San's teacher and the students' new training instructor.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that his Soul Power was level twenty-nine and said he had once guided Yu Cheng at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that he would create specialized training plans and ordered Dai Mubai and Tang San to step forward.

Yu Xiaogang ordered Dai Mubai and Tang San to spar under restrictions so he could assess their realistic combat skills, then imagined leading Shrek’s students to fame at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Meanwhile, the Imperial Dou Team easily won its match, but Qin Ming confronted Yu Cheng about the punch that stopped an opponent and suspected he had used poison.

• Yu Xiaogang explained his team-battle tactics and told Dai Mubai and Tang San to spar without Dai’s Third Soul Skill or Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang envisioned training the seven Shrek students to compete at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and earn recognition for himself.
• The Imperial Dou Team defeated the Frenzied Team in five minutes, with Yu Cheng knocking down a berserk opponent who had charged toward Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan and the others questioned Yu Cheng about his punch, and Yu Cheng said they should discuss it back at the hotel.
• Qin Ming called out Yu Cheng in the hotel VIP room and accused him of possibly using poison, insisting he would not tolerate cheating.

Yu Cheng revealed that his pair of Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bones could extend into poisonous weapons, while Dugu Yan confronted him about her grandfather’s suggestion that they be together. The next day, Ning Rongrong collapsed during Shrek’s weighted running training and angrily quit.

• Yu Cheng showed Qin Ming and the students his paired Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Bones, which carried Vicious Poison and could extend into long bone spikes.
• Qin Ming warned Yu Cheng to keep the Soul Bones secret, while Middle-aged Yu Cheng privately revealed that they were growing External Soul Bones with devouring abilities.
• Dugu Yan visited Yu Cheng to say she wanted to focus on cultivation rather than romance, but Yu Cheng joked that the Soul Bones were her dowry.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Cheng she would let him do as he pleased if his Soul Power surpassed hers, and then left his room.
• During Shrek’s weighted run outside Suotuo City, Ning Rongrong fell, scraped her knees, and threw off her basket in protest.

Ning Rongrong clashed with Yu Xiaogang and Flender over Shrek Academy’s harsh training and poor provisions, then decided to leave for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and seek out Yu Cheng. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing went with her, and Flender learned they had disappeared when he sent Oscar to call them to dinner.

• Ning Rongrong fell during training and argued with Yu Xiaogang about the exhausting routine, explaining that she had enough pills to supply everyone at Shrek for three months.
• Zhu Zhuqing criticized the training conditions, while Flender revealed that Ning Fengzhi had sent money and tried to insist that Ning Rongrong obey academy orders.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Flender’s authority and left for the dormitory after he told her she could leave if she disliked Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing she planned to find Yu Cheng and have fun, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing decided to go with her.
• At dinner, Flender sent Oscar to fetch the girls, but Oscar returned and reported that Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing had disappeared.

Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy after Flender insulted her and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Flender persuaded her to stay long enough to bet on a friendly match against the Imperial Dou Team. Three days later, Yu Xiaogang prepared Shrek for the match, and Tang San resolved to prove himself against Yu Cheng.

• Flender found Ning Rongrong at the hotel and apologized, while Qin Ming explained that Shrek's talents might join Heaven Dou Royal Academy under Shrek's name.
• Ning Rongrong refused to return, so Flender bet that she would stay if Shrek defeated the Imperial Dou Team in a friendly match and could leave if Shrek lost; she accepted.
• Three days later, Yu Xiaogang told Shrek's students that their next training stage would be a match against the Imperial Dou Team at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.
• Yu Xiaogang reassured the students that Dugu Yan could not participate under the arena's rules, while they worried about the strength of the remaining opponents.
• Tang San resolved to give everything in the match and defeat Yu Cheng to overcome his Blue Silver Grass's fear of Yu Cheng's Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang began outlining three factors that could secure Shrek's victory.

Yu Xiaogang rallied Shrek for its match against the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Cheng briefed his teammates on Shrek’s abilities and planned counters. The Imperial Fighting Team prepared to face Shrek with Yu Cheng’s participation still uncertain, and Yu Cheng hinted that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might fail first.

• Yu Xiaogang argued that Dugu Yan’s absence, the Imperial Fighting Team’s likely underestimation, and Shrek’s talent gave Shrek advantages, and the team rallied around his speech.
• Tang San proposed using Oscar’s Flight Sausages to stall until Yu Cheng’s boosts caused their side effects, but learned the boosts lasted about half an hour.
• Yu Cheng warned the Imperial Fighting Team about Xiao Wu’s speed and Bewitchment, then assigned Osler to draw her attacks while Yu Cheng’s Second Soul Skill reflected damage.
• Yu Cheng explained Zhu Zhuqing’s powerful Third Soul Skill and admitted he had helped her obtain it, prompting Osler to tease him about her necklace.
• Yu Cheng noted that Ning Rongrong had left Shrek and debated whether he, Ling Ling, or Yufeng should sit out; Dugu Yan then asked him to assess the remaining Shrek members.
• Yu Cheng judged the Imperial Fighting Team’s chances favorably and suggested Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass might be the first thing to collapse.

Flender wagered Shrek Academy’s funds on the team defeating the Imperial Dou Team, while Yu Cheng’s Blue Silver Grass unsettled Ye Lingling’s Nine Star Begonia and weakened Tang San’s control over his own Martial Soul. The match began with Shrek’s first coordinated move faltering, leaving Tang San struggling to explain why his Blue Silver Grass had gone soft.

• Flender placed a twenty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin bet on Shrek Team at odds of one to fifty, hoping to win enough money to support the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang assured Flender that Tang San would ensure the match went well, and the arena introduced the Imperial Dou Team and Shrek Team.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Yu Cheng activated his Frenzied Seed skill to strengthen the Imperial Dou Team.
• Ye Lingling sensed pressure from Yu Cheng’s Blue Silver Grass, while Tang San felt his own Blue Silver Grass become afraid and slow as he tried to bind his teammates.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing shook off Tang San’s vines, and Ma Hongjun complained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had gone soft.

Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team split into separate clashes as Tang San abandoned the planned formation, prompting Yu Xiaogang to predict victory through his horse-racing analogy. Xiao Wu distracted Yu Tianheng, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to unleash her powerful Third Soul Skill, leaving Yu Tianheng uncertain whether he could withstand it.

• Dai Mubai struck the Shi Brothers’ defenses and realized Yu Cheng’s Energy Shield reflected physical damage, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu moved to attack the Imperial Fighting Team’s supports.
• Yu Tianheng drove Zhu Zhuqing away from Yu Cheng with his Thunder Dragon Claw, then faced Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu as the arena divided into separate battles.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass failed to cross the center line, so he used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to engage Osler directly, and Yu Xiaogang reassured Flender that the matchups favored Shrek.
• Xiao Wu used Bewitchment to briefly weaken Yu Tianheng, giving Zhu Zhuqing time to activate her Third Soul Skill and transform into a formidable, enlarged form.
• Yu Tianheng’s Energy Shield weakened Xiao Wu’s Bewitchment, but Zhu Zhuqing’s immense aura still made him fear her attack could overwhelm his thirty-ninth-level Soul Power.