Chapter Summaries

While Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing looked for breakfast, they found Ma Hongjun trying to force village girl Cui Hua to stay with him. Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing intervened and attacked him, while Tang San stood aside as a spectator.

• Tang San invited Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to get breakfast with him, and the three left the academy grounds to search the village.
• Ma Hongjun argued with Cui Hua after she tried to end their relationship, then grabbed her wrist when she refused to stay with him.
• Xiao Wu knocked Ma Hongjun's hand away and demanded that he release Cui Hua, while Tang San urged Xiao Wu not to interfere.
• Xiao Wu attacked Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing rescued Cui Hua before joining the fight.
• Tang San chose to watch from the sidelines as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's attacks wounded Ma Hongjun and tore his clothes.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing worked together to overcome Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line, with Xiao Wu using Bowing Waist to launch him through an earthen house. Ma Hongjun was defeated, while Tang San watched from nearby.

• Ma Hongjun activated Phoenix Avatar and attacked Xiao Wu with his Phoenix Fire Line after she mocked him as an earth chicken.
• Zhu Zhuqing carried Xiao Wu while dodging Ma Hongjun’s flames, then circled him as Xiao Wu taunted him into chasing them.
• When Ma Hongjun became dizzy, Zhu Zhuqing threw Xiao Wu toward him, and Xiao Wu slipped through his flames to get close.
• Xiao Wu used Bowing Waist to hurl Ma Hongjun into an earthen house made of bricks and stones.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing intervened when Ma Hongjun pursued Cui Hua, and Dai Mubai tried to explain Ma Hongjun’s strange Martial Soul and its dangerous Evil Fire. Xiao Wu rejected the explanation and left with Zhu Zhuqing, while Ma Hongjun’s actions remained condemned.

• Ma Hongjun burst from the rubble and tried to continue fighting after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had stopped him.
• Dai Mubai arrived and explained that Cui Hua and Ma Hongjun had been boyfriend and girlfriend, but Cui Hua could no longer tolerate him.
• Dai Mubai described Ma Hongjun’s mutated Martial Soul, powerful flames, and Evil Fire, which caused intense lustful impulses and could kill him if suppressed.
• Ma Hongjun insisted he believed in mutual consent, but Xiao Wu accused him of forcing Cui Hua and rejected his excuses.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Xiao Wu away after Cui Hua had safely left.

Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s rules, flexible courses, tuition, and the limits on Spirit Hall subsidies to Tang San. When the academy bell rang, Dai Mubai sent Tang San to the Main Playground and went to look for Zhu Zhuqing and the others.

• Dai Mubai tried to approach Zhu Zhuqing, but she ignored him and left with Xiao Wu; Ma Hongjun offered to help him pursue her, and Dai Mubai warned him off.
• Tang San returned to the academy and asked Dai Mubai about its rules and courses, learning that fighting and gambling were encouraged and annual tuition cost one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai explained that Spirit Hall subsidies stopped once a Spirit Master reached Soul Ancestor level, and that Shrek’s teachers stayed poor because they valued freedom over joining a faction.
• The academy summons bell rang, and Dai Mubai told Tang San to go to the Main Playground while he went to find Zhu Zhuqing and the others.

Oscar shaved off his beard to attract the new girls at Shrek Academy, while Dean Flender welcomed the students and summoned Tang San to his office. After learning Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s student, Flender read a letter from his old friend, and his expression shifted as he opened it.

• Oscar showed Tang San his clean-shaven face and said he planned to compete for the new girls’ attention.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu arrived, while Dai Mubai followed them after failing to win them over; Oscar teased him and Tang San warned Oscar not to cause trouble.
• Flender welcomed the students, ordered them to pay the enrollment fee, and told Dai Mubai to explain the academy’s rules and have everyone prepare for their first class that night.
• Flender asked Tang San to come to his office, where he learned Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s student.
• Tang San gave Flender Yu Xiaogang’s letter, and Flender’s hands trembled as he opened and read it.

Flender took Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City for their first lesson: real combat at the Great Soul Arena. He explained that practical fighting experience was the most important part of their training, and led them toward the arena.

• After Tang San completed Master’s task, Flender told him not to disappoint the person he was meant to prove and directed him to prepare for the evening’s lesson.
• Flender gathered Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing for training, while Oscar stayed behind because he was a Food System Soul Master.
• Flender led the five students from Shrek Academy into Suotuo City, where they hurried after him through the lively nighttime streets.
• Flender stopped at a teahouse and pointed out the enormous building across the street as the place where the students would have class.
• Flender told the students that their first lesson was actual combat and that practical experience would be crucial to victory in battle.

Flender brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena for combat training and explained its rules and badge system. Xiao Wu chose to form the Qing Wu team with Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San teamed up with Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu went to fight her first individual match.

• Flender explained that the students needed to earn Silver Badges through dangerous Soul Arena matches, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun shared their records.
• Dai Mubai described how the arena’s rank-based matching system had led to his losing streaks after he gained a Spirit Ring.
• Flender led the group to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and explained its rules on the way.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to form a team, but she refused and chose Zhu Zhuqing instead; Tang San then teamed up with Ma Hongjun.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing named their combination Qing Wu, and Xiao Wu leaped onto the platform for her individual match.

After a month of combat training, Xiao Wu and the others had gained experience, while Lin Du took Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling away on the Phoenix Dragon God. Meanwhile, Flender led the Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest to find a spirit beast for Oscar, and the group stopped in a nearby town for the night.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing continued to win more often than they lost in Two on Two battles, and the students grew stronger through their month of arena combat.
• Lin Du asked Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling if they were ready, then flew off with them on the Phoenix Dragon God.
• Oscar became Shrek Academy's second student to reach level 30, so Flender suspended classes and led the students toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Oscar supplied Sausages during the long run, and the group covered more than four hundred kilometers before stopping about one hundred kilometers from the forest.
• Oscar explained to Tang San that towns near the Star Dou Great Forest served Spirit Masters and that Safe City guarded against dangers such as Beast Tides.
• Flender told the students to pay for their own lodging and meals, and Dai Mubai booked rooms before the group went to eat without calling Flender down.

Dai Mubai treated Tang San and the others to dinner at a small town restaurant, where they encountered Canghui Academy. Lin Du arrived at the same hotel with Ning Rongrong and two other girls, while Dugu Yan recognized Ma Hongjun and prepared for a confrontation.

• Dai Mubai paid for a welcome feast, and Ma Hongjun ordered more than a dozen dishes while the Shrek students ate together.
• Lin Du landed in the town with Ning Rongrong and two other girls, then followed a group from Canghui Academy to the hotel.
• Ma Hongjun stared at the Canghui Academy girl, and Dai Mubai insulted the group for acting superior.
• Oscar told Tang San that Flender considered causing trouble part of Spirit Master training, and Tang San joked about collecting the dean's sayings.
• Dugu Yan recognized Ma Hongjun and said she wanted to find out whether the Shrek students were mediocrities or fools.

Lin Du and his companions watched as Dai Mubai clashed with Canghui Academy in a hotel, while Dugu Yan waited to join the fight. The Canghui teacher confronted Shrek Academy after Dai Mubai injured one of his students.

• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Du to let her join the fight, and he agreed that she could support Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling declined to fight and chose to stay with the dean.
• A Canghui Academy student deliberately bumped into a waiter, but Tang San caught the tray and saved the dishes from spilling.
• The student secretly kicked at Dai Mubai's chair, and Dai Mubai countered by striking him and sending him crashing into several tables.
• Dugu Yan prepared to step in, but Lin Du told her to wait while the crowd gathered around the confrontation.
• The Canghui Academy teacher stopped his students from rushing Shrek Academy and demanded to know what academy they belonged to.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun faced down five Canghui Academy students after their teacher challenged them to fight. Dai Mubai and his companions revealed their Martial Souls and overwhelming strength, leaving the Canghui students shaken as their teacher called off the confrontation.

• The Canghui Academy teacher ordered his students to teach Dai Mubai and the others a lesson after Dai Mubai refused to name Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the fight, but Zhu Zhuqing declined, and Xiao Wu stayed with her.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San stepped forward to face the five Canghui Academy students.
• The five Canghui students summoned their Martial Souls and revealed that each had one Ten Year Spirit Ring and one Hundred Year Spirit Ring.
• Dai Mubai revealed his White Tiger Martial Soul and three Spirit Rings, while Ma Hongjun and Tang San also displayed their Martial Souls and two rings each.
• The Canghui students lost their nerve at the strength gap, and their teacher ordered them to stand down.

Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun confronted Ye Zhi Qiu after a clash with Canghui Academy, and Ye revealed himself as a Soul King. When Ma Hongjun insulted him, Ye attacked the three youths, who prepared their defenses.

• Dai Mubai's strength startled Ye Zhi Qiu, who learned that the three youths came from Shrek Academy.
• Ye Zhi Qiu released his Mysterious Tortoise Martial Soul and displayed five Soul Rings, revealing his Soul King-level strength.
• Ye Zhi Qiu demanded that the youths call their teacher, but Ma Hongjun mocked him and refused.
• Ye Zhi Qiu used his second Soul Skill, Mysterious Water Ice Seal, sending freezing black light toward the three.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Body Protection Barrier, Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Bathing in Fire, and Tang San raised a wall of vines.

Flender stepped in when Ye Zhi Qiu challenged Shrek Academy, defeating him with a single slap. As Flender left with the students, Lin Du appeared with three girls and challenged him, bringing back the fear of a past encounter.

• Ye Zhi Qiu's Mysterious Water Ice Seal immobilized Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun during their fight.
• Flender ordered the students to return to their rooms, then struck Ye Zhi Qiu and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Flender mocked Ye Zhi Qiu and started to leave with Tang San and the others.
• Lin Du emerged from the crowd with three girls, and Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar reacted with alarm.
• Flender recognized Lin Du, and Lin Du challenged him to prove what he and the others could do.

Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong challenged Tang San and the others, and Dugu Yan overwhelmed Tang San with her Azure Phosphorus Flood Dragon powers. The onlookers recognized her as a Level 50 Quasi-Soul King and connected her to Lin Du’s World Creation Mountain Academy.

• Lin Du told Dugu Yan to have fun, and Ning Rongrong joined her in challenging Tang San and the others.
• Tang San attacked Dugu Yan with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Dugu Yan used her martial soul and spirit bone skill to burn the vines to ash.
• Dugu Yan revealed four Soul Rings and trapped Tang San’s group in her Emerald Phosphorous Bewildering Formation.
• Ye Zhi Qiu identified Dugu Yan’s Soul Power as Level 50, and the diners called her a young Quasi-Soul King.
• The diners recognized the emblem on Ye Lingling’s dress as belonging to World Creation Mountain Academy, founded by Lin Du.

As Lin Du watched, Ning Rongrong enhanced Dugu Yan, who overwhelmed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun before evading Tang San's hidden weapons. Dugu Yan reached Tang San, leaving him unable to slow or strike her.

• People in the restaurant recognized Lin Du as the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son and speculated about his strength.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasures Manifest Glazed Tile and boosted Dugu Yan's strength and speed.
• Dugu Yan shattered Dai Mubai's defense, clawed him across the chest, and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Dugu Yan struck Ma Hongjun in the face with her Flood Dragon Tail and sent him flying.
• Tang San unleashed a succession of hidden weapons at Dugu Yan, but she dodged every attack under Lin Du's Heavenly Dream Domain.
• Dugu Yan passed through Tang San's hidden weapon barrage and appeared before him.

Dugu Yan defeated Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San, while Lin Du forced Flender to pay for the damage they caused. Zhu Zhuqing later visited Lin Du in his room, and Ma Hongjun saw her enter, prompting him to suspect she and Lin Du had plotted to join Shrek Academy.

• Dugu Yan easily defeated Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San, then mocked the Shrek Academy students.
• Lin Du confronted Flender and made him pay three hundred Gold Soul Coins for the hotel damage.
• The hotel owner waived Lin Du's group's expenses and arranged the Heavenly Suite for them.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Lin Du in his room, and Lin Du noticed Ma Hongjun watching from the stairs.
• Ma Hongjun suspected Zhu Zhuqing had colluded with Lin Du and hurried to tell Flender.

Ma Hongjun accused Zhu Zhuqing of spying for Lin Du after seeing her enter Lin Du’s room, and Flender and Dai Mubai began to believe him. Xiao Wu defended Zhu Zhuqing, while Flender proposed searching for proof to clear her name.

• Ma Hongjun told Flender that Zhu Zhuqing had entered Lin Du’s room and argued that her refusal to fight Canghui Academy suggested she was a spy.
• Flender grew suspicious and agreed to investigate Zhu Zhuqing’s belongings with Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing was with Lin Du, and Dai Mubai knocked on the girls’ room to check.
• Xiao Wu said Zhu Zhuqing had gone out, and Dai Mubai’s hopes that Ma Hongjun was mistaken faded.
• Ma Hongjun called Zhu Zhuqing a spy and insulted her, so Xiao Wu threatened to beat him up.
• Flender stopped Ma Hongjun and asked Xiao Wu to help clear Zhu Zhuqing’s name.

Xiao Wu agreed to let Flender inspect Zhu Zhuqing’s luggage, and the search uncovered Lin Du’s Saint Son Token. Flender and Dai Mubai treated it as evidence against Zhu Zhuqing and called for her interrogation, while Xiao Wu continued to defend her.

• Flender persuaded Xiao Wu to let them search Zhu Zhuqing’s luggage, and Xiao Wu insisted that only she handle it.
• Xiao Wu found a gold token among Zhu Zhuqing’s clothes, and Ma Hongjun seized it.
• Tang San identified the token as Lin Du’s Saint Son Token, leading Ma Hongjun to accuse Zhu Zhuqing of spying for Lin Du.
• Xiao Wu argued that Lin Du had no reason to send a spy to Shrek Academy, and Ma Hongjun could not name anything the academy had that Lin Du might want.
• Dai Mubai urged Flender to interrogate Zhu Zhuqing when she returned, and Flender praised him and said he would try to bring the two together if the token proved to be a misunderstanding.

Zhu Zhuqing defended her loyalty to Shrek Academy and confronted Dai Mubai about her independence. Meanwhile, Lin Du followed an unfamiliar aura to a forest and faced Tang Hao, who revealed his nine Spirit Rings and challenged him.

• Zhu Zhuqing reclaimed Lin Du's Saint Son Token from Ma Hongjun and denied being an infiltrator, explaining that Lin Du had given her the token and that she had visited him to thank him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai she had once come to Shrek Academy for him but now relied only on herself, then swore she had never betrayed the academy.
• Lin Du sensed an unfamiliar aura and used the Heavenly Dream Domain to locate a concealed figure nearby.
• Lin Du tracked the aura to a forest outside town, identified the hidden man as Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, and challenged him to come out.
• Tang Hao revealed himself, summoned a massive weapon, and displayed nine Spirit Rings, including one red ring, before challenging Lin Du.

Lin Du fought Tang Hao and effortlessly countered his Clear Sky Hammer, Dragon God form, and Divine Slaughter's Domain. The battle continued as Lin Du's Sword King Dragon God overpowered Tang Hao in a direct contest of strength.

• Lin Du summoned his seven Spirit Rings and Dragon Ascending Sword, then dodged Tang Hao's opening attack with ease.
• Lin Du summoned Dragon God, which struck Tang Hao and sent him crashing through the trees.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and attacked with a hundred-meter Clear Sky Hammer, but Lin Du's Sword King of Black Steel split the Weapon Spirit True Body in two.
• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter's Domain, but the Sword King of Black Steel severed its weakening effect on Lin Du.
• Lin Du charged Tang Hao and caught the blood-red giant hammer with Sword King Dragon God's Gauntlet Sword, forcing Tang Hao back despite his two-handed grip.