Chapter Summaries

Flender and many Spirit Masters rushed to watch the battle between Tang Hao and Lin Du, whose powerful clash had drawn attention across town. Dugu Yan revealed that Lin Du was fighting, prompting Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to join the spectators as the fight continued and onlookers recognized Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer.

• Flender sensed the clash between two Title Douluo and took Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San toward it, while Xiao Wu initially refused to go.
• Spirit Masters throughout the hotel, including the injured Ye Zhi Qiu and his companions, hurried toward the battle site.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that Lin Du was fighting, and Zhu Zhuqing immediately decided to go; Xiao Wu then agreed to accompany her.
• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost the group’s speed as Dugu Yan led them toward Lin Du and Tang Hao.
• Lin Du continued attacking Tang Hao, while arriving Spirit Masters recognized Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer but did not identify him.

Lin Du fought Tang Hao to a standstill, astonishing the soul masters watching with his strength as a Spirit Sage. As Tang Hao considered retreating without revealing his identity, Lin Du’s attacks sealed off his escape routes.

• Flender led Tang San and the others to safety, where they recognized Lin Du’s martial soul and were stunned that he could fight a Title Douluo evenly.
• Flender told the group about Tang Hao’s legendary battle against three Martial Soul Hall Title Douluos, while Tang San wondered why the hooded fighter seemed familiar.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar reacted to Lin Du’s strength, and Tang San stopped Oscar from further offending Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Wu and the others watched the fight; Xiao Wu wondered whether Lin Du had entered Star Lake and feared for Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Tang Hao considered retreating to keep his identity concealed, but Lin Du’s Sword King Dragon God’s Gauntlet Sword cut off his escape routes.

Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer and detonated four Soul Rings to attack Lin Du, but Lin Du and Sword King Dragon God stopped his blow and devastated the surrounding forest. Tang Hao escaped, and Lin Du returned to Dugu Yan and the others, where Zhu Zhuqing explained why she had come.

• Tang Hao saw Lin Du as a growing threat and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, detonating his first four Soul Rings.
• Lin Du and Sword King Dragon God struck back with Certain Victory! Sword King! Dragon Ascending Sword! and met Tang Hao’s crimson-gold hammer head-on.
• Their clash’s shockwave flattened the forest into a basin and knocked back the Spirit Masters watching nearby.
• Tang Hao disappeared after the collision, while Lin Du remained and declined to pursue him.
• Lin Du returned to Dugu Yan and the others, then asked Zhu Zhuqing why she was there.
• Zhu Zhuqing immediately told Lin Du what had happened earlier.

Lin Du invited Zhu Zhuqing to join World Creation Mountain Academy, and she accepted. Back at the hotel, he confronted Shrek Academy over its accusation that she was his spy and refused to explain himself to Dai Mubai.

• Lin Du laughed at Shrek Academy for suspecting Zhu Zhuqing was his spy and invited her to join World Creation Mountain Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried she was too weak to join Dugu Yan and the others, but Lin Du reassured her, and she accepted his invitation.
• Tang Hao fled into a forest after his Ring Explosion failed to harm Lin Du, worsening his old injuries and leaving him unable to act for a time.
• Flender returned to the hotel with Tang San and the others, where they found Xiao Wu alone and asked where Zhu Zhuqing had gone.
• Lin Du arrived with Zhu Zhuqing and mocked Shrek Academy for treating her as a spy he had planted there.
• Dai Mubai demanded that Lin Du explain the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son token found in Zhu Zhuqing's pack, but Lin Du refused.

After Zhu Zhuqing withdrew from Shrek Academy, Lin Du welcomed her into his academy and gave her a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to help her cultivation. She began absorbing the herb while Lin Du left her room protected by a Soul Power barrier.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Lin Du had saved her in Safe City, then voluntarily withdrew from Shrek Academy after its members suspected her of being a spy.
• Lin Du took Zhu Zhuqing to a new room and learned that her Soul Power Level was 27.
• Lin Du gave Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and explained its effects and how to consume it.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the herb, ate its petals, and began absorbing its medicinal power as her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul flickered behind her.
• Lin Du laid down a Soul Power barrier and left, while the herb's fragrance drifted into Tang San and Oscar's room below.

Zhu Zhuqing awakened after taking the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and discovered her Soul Power had reached level 30, then joined Lin Du and the girls on their way to the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Flender's group approached the forest on foot, and Tang San sensed its refreshing air.

• Tang San woke during cultivation after recognizing a sweet medicinal fragrance but could not identify where he had smelled it before.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke to find that the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone had raised her Soul Power to level 30, and Dugu Yan told her its remaining potency could increase her level further after she obtained a Spirit Ring.
• Lin Du led Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling toward the Star Dou Great Forest on the Phoenix Dragon God.
• Flender's group continued running toward the forest, with Oscar quietly anticipating the search for his Third Spirit Ring.
• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to see the forest ahead and felt its clean, refreshing air.

Flender led Tang San and the Shrek Academy group into the dangerous Star Dou Great Forest to find Tang San a suitable Third Spirit Ring. The group cautiously advanced past a herd of Rodent Weasels, and Tang San explained why they should avoid killing harmless Spirit Beasts.

• Flender warned the students to stay close, avoid attacking Spirit Beasts without orders, and take Oscar's prepared sausages and cured sausages.
• Flender arranged Dai Mubai and Tang San at the front and led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu excitedly enjoyed being back among Spirit Beasts.
• Dai Mubai cleared the thorny trail while Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to watch for danger and recalled Yu Xiaogang's warnings about Wild Spirit Beasts.
• The group spotted twenty or thirty Ten-Year Rodent Weasels, and Tang San signaled everyone to move around them rather than provoke them.
• Dai Mubai asked why they spared the weak Rodent Weasels, and Tang San said killing them was unnecessary and fighting could attract stronger Spirit Beasts.

As Shrek Academy rested in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San identified an approaching Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as a roughly 1,600-to-1,800-year Spirit Beast suited to Oscar. The serpent arrived before the group could settle on a plan to capture it.

• Tang San and Flender led Shrek Academy through the forest while Lin Du’s group traveled safely under the pressure of a powerful Spirit Beast.
• Flender ordered the group to rest, and Tang San noticed that Xiao Wu seemed troubled.
• Tang San sensed an approaching creature and climbed a tree to identify it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San estimated the serpent’s age and explained its abilities, its speed-based Spirit Ring potential, and how the group could restrain it.
• Tang San saw a streak of multicolored light flash into view and warned Flender and the others that the serpent had arrived.

Flender subdued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but an elder Spirit Master and a young girl arrived and claimed they had been hunting it first. The two groups faced a dispute over who would get the serpent’s spirit ring.

• Dai Mubai struck the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Tang San bound it with Blue Silver Grass while Ma Hongjun used his Martial Soul to pressure it.
• The serpent slipped free of Tang San’s grass and tried to escape, but Flender stopped it and knocked it unconscious.
• Flender gave Oscar a short blade and told him to kill the serpent for its spirit ring, but an elderly woman shouted for him to stop.
• The elderly woman arrived with a young girl and claimed they had found and hunted the serpent first.
• Oscar challenged the woman to prove her claim, saying the group had seen no sign of her when they found the serpent.

Flender and Chao Tianxiang disputed who should claim a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent needed for a Third Spirit Ring. After recognizing each other and exchanging courteous words, neither yielded, and Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter threatened Flender.

• Chao Tianxiang explained that she and her granddaughter had wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and that her Rank 30 granddaughter needed it for a spirit ring.
• Flender recognized Chao Tianxiang as the Snake Dowager and realized her husband, Meng Shu, might be nearby, but refused to give up the beast he had captured for Oscar.
• Flender introduced himself as a former member of the Golden Iron Triangle, prompting Chao Tianxiang to speak more respectfully.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Flender to return the serpent, saying she would repay his kindness, but he declined.
• Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter raised her Serpent-headed Cane and demanded that Flender return the serpent or face her anger.

Flender refused to give Chao Tianxiang the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, arguing that it was ownerless and suitable for Oscar. After Flender revealed his students’ spirit rings, Lin Du appeared with Dugu Yan and the others, challenging Flender’s claim and leaving the serpent’s possession in doubt.

• Chao Tianxiang demanded that Flender return the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Flender insisted that his group had caught it and that it suited his student.
• Flender ordered the Shrek students to reveal their spirit rings, shocking Chao Tianxiang with their strength and their high-quality rings.
• Flender identified Oscar as the student who had reached level 30 and needed a spirit ring.
• Lin Du emerged from hiding with Dugu Yan and the others, accused Flender of taking what belonged to someone else, and prompted Flender to fear losing the serpent.

Lin Du intervened in the dispute over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, helping Chao Tianxiang secure it for Meng Yiran and preventing Oscar from killing it first. After Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Oscar and Dugu Yan slapped him, Flender remained pinned by Lin Du's pressure as they returned to Lin Du's side.

• Chao Tianxiang recognized Lin Du as the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son, and Lin Du offered to stand up for her and Meng Yiran.
• Flender yielded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Chao Tianxiang, but Oscar tried to kill it so he could claim its Spirit Ring.
• Lin Du alerted Zhu Zhuqing, who knocked Oscar's dagger away with help from Ning Rongrong's speed boost, and Flender handed the serpent to Chao Tianxiang.
• Oscar accused Zhu Zhuqing of betraying their classmates, and she reminded him that Shrek Academy had treated her like a spy and that she now followed World Creation Mountain Academy's orders.
• Dugu Yan slapped Oscar and sent him flying, while Lin Du's pressure kept Flender from intervening.

Lin Du prevented Oscar from obtaining the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as his Third Spirit Ring, and Flender led Shrek Academy through two days of searching the Star Dou Great Forest without finding a replacement. The group rested for another night, where Oscar admitted he blamed Flender but did not resent him.

• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran thanked Lin Du before leaving with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Chao Tianxiang warned Flender that they would meet again.
• Flender encouraged the disappointed Shrek Academy students and promised to find Oscar a suitable Third Spirit Ring.
• Flender led the students through the forest outskirts for two days, but they found no spirit beast suited to Oscar.
• The students' teamwork improved as they fought spirit beasts, while Flender kept them cautious to protect them from danger.
• Flender asked Oscar if he blamed him for losing the Third Spirit Ring, and Oscar said he blamed him but did not resent him.
• Flender promised Oscar he would find him another suitable spirit ring.

Flender confronted the Titan Giant Ape when it appeared near the Shrek Academy camp in the Star Dou Great Forest. He ordered the students to flee and charged the beast alone, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Flender sensed danger, summoned his Martial Soul, and ordered everyone to leave the tent.
• Flender told Dai Mubai to lead the students to safety if he did not return.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the trees, and Tang San recognized the legendary King of the Forest.
• Flender tried to persuade the Titan Giant Ape to let them withdraw, but it stepped closer without responding.
• Flender ordered the students to run and charged the Titan Giant Ape with his seven rings blazing.

Flender fought the Titan Giant Ape to give the Shrek students time to escape, but the beast defeated him and carried Xiao Wu away. Xiao Wu revealed that she had arranged the rescue because Lin Du’s attention made her uneasy, and she planned to hide until the Martial Soul Hall Saint Son left.

• Flender unleashed all seven Spirit Rings and ordered the Shrek students to flee while he fought the Titan Giant Ape.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and the others escaped, promising to find reinforcements, while Xiao Wu stayed behind.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck Flender down and seized Xiao Wu before carrying her into the forest.
• Xiao Wu rode on the Titan Giant Ape’s shoulder and explained that she had contacted Er Ming to help her hide from Lin Du until he left.
• Er Ming suggested that he and Da Ming kill Lin Du, but Xiao Wu warned that Spirit Hall would retaliate and they might not defeat him.

Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region with Er Ming and condensed her Third Spirit Ring, while Tang San and the others reentered the forest with Flender to search for her. Tang San revealed that he had reached level 30, and the group hurried along the path left by the Titan Giant Ape until he suddenly called for them to stop.

• Er Ming brought Xiao Wu to the core region, where she condensed a thousand-year Third Spirit Ring.
• Tang San and the others left the forest, then turned back with the awakened Flender after learning that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape.
• Tang San persuaded Flender to let the group search for Xiao Wu and revealed that he had reached level 30.
• Flender led Tang San, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun back into the forest, and Tang San soon called for everyone to stop.

Oscar absorbed a Third Spirit Ring from a Speed Sound Three Flower Python and gained an acceleration Soul Skill. As the group continued searching for Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider and recognized its deadly threat.

• Tang San spotted a Speed Sound Three Flower Python, and Oscar killed it and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Oscar gained a Soul Skill that let his sausage grant five minutes of the python's speed, then made acceleration sausages for the group.
• The group resumed its search for Xiao Wu, with Tang San leading the way.
• Tang San heard a strange rustling, signaled the others to stop, and cautiously approached its source.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Tang San, who dodged its strike and recognized the dangerous Spirit Beast.

Tang San hunted a Man Faced Demon Spider for his Third Spirit Ring, but the ring proved far more powerful than expected when he tried to absorb it. Surrounded by his companions and shrouded in blood mist, he struggled to endure its energy.

• Tang San asked Flender to stop the Man Faced Demon Spider so he could claim it as his Third Spirit Ring.
• Flender pinned the spider and severed its legs, allowing Tang San to kill it with Yu Xiaogang's dagger.
• Tang San drew the spider's purplish-black Spirit Ring into his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and began absorbing it.
• The Spirit Ring's overwhelming energy made Tang San cough up blood as Flender warned that no one could help him.
• Tang San's body seeped blood that evaporated into a pale red mist while Oscar and Flender watched anxiously.

Tang San struggled to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's overly powerful Spirit Ring while Flender and the others feared for his safety. Xiao Wu returned unharmed and explained that she had escaped after a strange roar frightened the Titan Giant Ape, leaving Tang San’s absorption as the group’s remaining concern.

• Tang San convulsed in agony as the Man Faced Demon Spider's violent Spirit Ring energy tore at his body, and Flender warned that they could not interrupt the absorption.
• Flender realized the Spirit Ring belonged to a Man Faced Demon Spider with a cultivation exceeding two thousand years, beyond what Tang San should ordinarily have attempted to absorb.
• Xiao Wu emerged from the woods, surprising the group, and Oscar blurted out that he had thought she was dead.
• Flender told Xiao Wu that the group had come looking for her and that Tang San was absorbing his Third Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu said a bull's roar had frightened the Titan Giant Ape, which threw her aside, and that she had awakened at level 30, absorbed a nearby rabbit-type Spirit Beast's Spirit Ring, and found her way back.
• Ma Hongjun doubted Xiao Wu's account, but Flender stopped their argument and said they would leave once Tang San finished absorbing his Spirit Ring.

Tang San endured the dangerous absorption of a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring, then manifested eight spider-like appendages from his back. Flender and the others recognized them as the spider’s legs, while Xiao Wu knew Tang San had gained a rare External Soul Bone but concealed her knowledge.

• Xiao Wu identified the Man Faced Demon Spider as over two thousand years old and warned that Tang San might die trying to absorb its Spirit Ring.
• Flender watched Tang San endure the painful absorption until his bleeding stopped and blue radiance spread from his body.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass changed to an azure-purple color as Flender believed the most dangerous stage had passed.
• Tang San suddenly convulsed again, and his clothes tore as eight bulges appeared along his spine.
• Eight purple-black spider legs burst from Tang San’s back and grew to over three meters, leaving Flender and the others stunned.