Chapter Summaries

After enduring a painful Spirit Ring absorption, Tang San woke to find eight enormous spider legs growing from his back. He sensed that his new Spirit Ring skill was normal but could not explain the strange external soul bone.

• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass wrapped him in a cocoon as the spider legs lifted his body, and the Shrek Academy members waited through the night.
• Xiao Wu tested whether the others would attack Tang San if he turned into a giant spider, and their silence gave her the answer she wanted.
• Tang San woke as the cocoon unraveled, revealing his body covered in a brownish-black substance and eight spider legs on his back.
• Tang San dressed, examined the spider legs, and sensed that his Third Spirit Ring had granted him a skill without mutating his Martial Soul or body.
• Ma Hongjun tried to touch a spider leg, which sliced open his finger with a light touch.

Ma Hongjun was poisoned by Tang San’s Spider Legs, but Tang San absorbed the venom and saved him. Tang San explained his new abilities and retracted the Spider Legs, while the group remained uncertain about their origin and future consequences.

• Ma Hongjun touched Tang San’s Spider Legs and was poisoned, and Oscar’s Small Cured Sausage could not stop the venom from spreading.
• Tang San grabbed Ma Hongjun’s hand and drew the poison into his jade-colored palm, restoring Ma Hongjun’s arm.
• Tang San examined the Man Faced Demon Spider’s corpse and explained that he had absorbed its venom along with its Spirit Ring and gained its spiderweb skill.
• Tang San said his Blue Silver Grass and attributes had changed, and he suspected his Soul Power had risen beyond level thirty-one.
• Tang San retracted the eight Spider Legs into his body at the cost of a third of his Soul Power, leaving their nature and possible consequences unclear.

After the group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest’s earlier dangers, Lin Du found Dugu Yan a defensive Fifth Soul Ring in a ten-thousand-year Crystal Rock Earth Dragon. Lin Du crippled and restrained the beast, leaving it ready for Dugu Yan to claim its ring.

• Flender led the group back toward Shrek Academy after Oscar, Tang San, and Xiao Wu obtained Spirit Rings and advanced to Soul Elder.
• Lin Du guided Dugu Yan and the others to a ten-thousand-year Crystal Rock Earth Dragon whose armor withstood a Dark Gold Falcon’s attacks.
• Lin Du attacked the Crystal Rock Earth Dragon, severing its tail and cutting through its crystal armor with the Sword of the Sword King.
• Lin Du used the Heavenly Dream Domain to immobilize the struggling Crystal Rock Earth Dragon so Dugu Yan could receive its Fifth Soul Ring.

Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing obtained new Spirit Rings, and Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power rose to Level 37. The group discovered two Clear Soul Jade Cicadas just as Ye Lingling revealed that she had reached Level 40, leaving Lin Du to capture the creatures for the women.

• Dugu Yan absorbed a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, gained three Soul Power levels, and acquired the Jade Flood Dragon Heavenly Armor Shield.
• On the return journey, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a thousand-year Black Winged Fiend Crow Spirit Ring and rose to Level 37.
• Lin Du and the others discovered two Clear Soul Jade Cicadas suited to Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling revealed that her Soul Power had reached Level 40 the previous night.
• Lin Du caught both Clear Soul Jade Cicadas with his Mental Power.

After returning to World Creation Mountain Academy, Lin Du gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty that could potentially evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Rongrong summoned her father to Heaven Dou City, where Ning Fengzhi saw the Immortal Herb and asked whether Lin Du had given it to her.

• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling absorbed Clear Soul Jade Cicada Spirit Rings and gained new abilities.
• Lin Du returned to World Creation Mountain Academy and gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining how she should cultivate its essence.
• Ning Rongrong considered giving the Immortal Herb to Ning Fengzhi and sent an urgent message asking him to come to Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi received the Red Grade report, then flew with Chen Xin to Heaven Dou City at full speed.
• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and he asked whether the Saint Son had given it to her.

Ning Rongrong consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and transformed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Fengzhi named her the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Young Sect Master, while Ning Rongrong noticed an unexpected change in her Soul Power.

• Ning Fengzhi refused to consume Ning Rongrong’s Aromatic Silk Beauty and insisted that she use it instead.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin sealed Ning Rongrong inside the room to guard her while she consumed the herb.
• Ning Rongrong followed Lin Du’s instructions, absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and awakened after a day and night.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had gained two levels, becoming a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi named Ning Rongrong the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Young Sect Master and asked her to take him to thank Lin Du.
• Ning Rongrong sensed an unexpected change in her Soul Power and froze in surprise.

Ning Rongrong’s Immortal Herb raised her Soul Power to Level 37, prompting Ning Fengzhi to send enormous gifts to Lin Du’s World Creation Mountain Academy. At Shrek Academy, the students speculated about the donation before a strange voice identified the roar that had scared off the Titan Giant Ape.

• Ning Rongrong discovered that the Immortal Herb had raised her Soul Power six levels, to Level 37, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin confirmed her condition.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin to deliver half the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasury and half its annual income to Lin Du’s World Creation Mountain Academy.
• Chen Xin escorted a vast convoy of treasures and wealth into Heaven Dou City, prompting rumors that Ning Rongrong’s donation was a dowry for a marriage alliance with Lin Du.
• At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Tang San argued over the donation and speculated about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s motives.
• An unfamiliar voice outside the room said the bull’s roar had come from the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Tang San recognized the voice as his Teacher’s.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with Tang San and explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python had likely summoned the Titan Giant Ape away from Xiao Wu. He described the Forest Emperor’s immense power and revealed that even a Title Douluo had fled after encountering it.

• Flender brought Yu Xiaogang into the room, and Tang San greeted his teacher with relief.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python was an even more powerful forest ruler than the Titan Giant Ape.
• Yu Xiaogang described how a Title Douluo encountered the Sky Azure Bull Python at a lake in the Star Dou Great Forest and fled after it spoke to him.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that the Titan Giant Ape had heard the Sky Azure Bull Python’s roar and rushed to answer its summons.

Yu Xiaogang learned how Tang San obtained his third Spirit Ring and examined the unexplained Eight Spider Legs on his back. The chapter ended with Tang San trying to release them so Yu Xiaogang could inspect them.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent might have granted a Flight Soul Skill, and Flender said Martial Soul Hall Saint Son Lin Du had intervened when they encountered Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang.
• Flender revealed that Lin Du had recently fought and suppressed a Title Douluo, then said he had brought Yu Xiaogang back to help train the students.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had reached level 30 and listened as Tang San recounted his dangerous trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and his absorption of a Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang ruled out Spirit Ring and Martial Soul mutations as the cause of Tang San's Eight Spider Legs but could not identify what they were.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to release the Eight Spider Legs so he could examine them, and Tang San began circulating his Soul Power.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Lin Du had killed Zhao Wuji and doubted Flender’s account of Lin Du’s strength, believing the Saint Son still had to obey the Pope. At dawn, Yu Xiaogang found Tang San on the roof and asked whether he could control his eight Spider Legs.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to rest after he failed to extend the eight Spider Legs, and Flender said Yu Xiaogang would soon take over Shrek Academy’s teaching.
• Flender hoped Yu Xiaogang would stay at Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to discuss it the next day.
• Flender revealed that Lin Du had killed Zhao Wuji three years earlier, despite Shrek Academy’s teachers being present.
• Yu Xiaogang doubted that Lin Du could have killed Zhao Wuji as a Spirit Emperor and dismissed him as a Saint Son who had to obey the Pope.
• At dawn, Tang San went to the roof to train and found Yu Xiaogang waiting there; Yu Xiaogang asked whether he could control his Spider Legs.

Tang San tested how absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring had changed his Blue Silver Grass and showed Yu Xiaogang his Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint. He explained that the web combined the grass's poison and toughness with strong adhesion, and that its resilience would grow with him.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left the village to test Tang San's altered Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San wrapped a tree with Blue Silver Grass, which proved tough and released corrosive poison that damaged the trunk.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to risk his life impulsively again, and Tang San promised to be more careful.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint to cast a five-meter-wide web between two trees, then explained its properties and Soul Power cost.

Yu Xiaogang explained the strengths and fire weakness of Tang San’s Spider Web Restraint and warned him not to cultivate his Clear Sky Hammer without permission. He then examined Tang San’s back to investigate the origin of his spider legs.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Spider Web Restraint could hold opponents far stronger than him, making him a true Control-type Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated that fire could melt the web and warned Tang San that fire-based Spirit Masters countered his Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to rely on companions and Hidden Weapons against fire users instead of spending Spirit Rings on fire resistance.
• Tang San asked whether he could cultivate his hammer, but Yu Xiaogang firmly forbade him from attaching Spirit Rings to it.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s spine, and Tang San explained that his retractable spider legs seemed attached to eight symmetrical ribs and strengthened his back.

Tang San tested the eight Spider Legs on his back and discovered that they could dissolve a tree and absorb its energy. Yu Xiaogang identified them as a rare External Soul Bone and urged Tang San to train with them every day.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s back and asked him to release the eight Spider Legs.
• Tang San summoned the Spider Legs, which rapidly extended and spread behind him.
• At Yu Xiaogang’s instruction, Tang San pierced a large tree with one Spider Leg, and its violet poison dissolved the tree and nearby shrubs.
• Tang San felt energy flow into him through the Spider Leg as it absorbed the tree’s energy.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the Spider Legs as an External Soul Bone and explained Spirit Bones to Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to train with the External Soul Bone daily and never let himself be weaker than others.

Yu Xiaogang decided to stay at Shrek Academy to guide Tang San and the other students, and he took charge of improving their training and meals. Flender introduced him to the academy as Master, though the teachers offered only polite applause.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San that he would stay to supervise his External Soul Bone training and guide the academy's students.
• Yu Xiaogang objected to the students' simple breakfast and declared that he would decide what they ate.
• Flender arrived, agreed to give Yu Xiaogang authority over the academy's teachers, and let him make changes as long as he discussed expenses first.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to be more flexible in raising income for the students.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to the students and teachers as Master, but the teachers applauded only out of respect for Flender.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of training the five Shrek Academy students and began planning reforms, including assembling a seven-person team for the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang questioning why Flender had let Zhu Zhuqing leave, while Flender explained that she had already wanted to withdraw and Lin Du had recruited her to World Creation Mountain Academy.

• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would oversee the students' training, and Yu Xiaogang ranked Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu by age before ordering them to assemble at dawn.
• Ma Hongjun teased Xiao Wu about calling him big brother, but she mocked his failure to reach level 30 and left; Tang San later joined Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai on a trip to Suotuo City.
• Ma Hongjun went to the pleasure quarter to deal with his Evil Fire, Dai Mubai contacted the twins, and Tang San spent nearly two hours at a blacksmith shop before returning to the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender they needed to recruit two more Spirit Masters within a month to form a seven-person team for the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Flender for losing Zhu Zhuqing and the potential Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Dai Mubai, while Flender said Zhu Zhuqing had wanted to leave and Lin Du had quickly taken her to World Creation Mountain Academy.

Yu Xiaogang began teaching at Shrek Academy by preparing a hearty breakfast and laying out a strict training plan. He started the first exercise by ordering Dai Mubai to defeat the other students without causing serious injuries.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender to form a seven-person team as soon as possible so he could proceed with his training plans.
• Tang San completed his morning Purple Demon Eye cultivation and found Yu Xiaogang preparing breakfast for the students.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that a strong body supported cultivation, and Tang San helped bring the other students to breakfast.
• At the training ground, Yu Xiaogang announced intensive training and ordered Dai Mubai to defeat the other students one by one without injuring their muscles or bones.

Yu Xiaogang arranged sparring matches to test the students, and Tang San used his Third Soul Skill to defeat Dai Mubai. After the other matches exposed more weaknesses, Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to complete a grueling running punishment, with Tang San assigned the most laps.

• Yu Xiaogang let Tang San use his Third Soul Skill in a one-on-one fight against Dai Mubai, who was defeated after Tang San restrained him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how Control-type Soul Masters could counter Power Attack-type Soul Masters, and Dai Mubai questioned his claim about their weak attacks.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar fought Dai Mubai to a draw using Python Sausages and speed, while Xiao Wu defeated Tang San with Charm and Teleportation.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized the students’ mistakes and ordered them to run ten round trips between the academy and Suotuo City, with Tang San assigned twelve.
• Yu Xiaogang told the students to carry stones and warned that nobody would eat unless every member completed the punishment.

Yu Xiaogang’s letter prompted Bibi Dong to send Shrek Academy a million Gold Soul Coins and order Lin Du to leave it alone. Lin Du used the donation to arrange a meeting with Yu Xiaogang, while Flender wondered who had provided the money.

• Yu Xiaogang made Tang San and the others run between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City as daily physical training, then sent a letter to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong read Yu Xiaogang’s letter and ordered Yue Guan to donate a million Gold Soul Coins to Shrek Academy and tell Lin Du not to target it.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported Bibi Dong’s order to Lin Du, who told them to deliver the money and obtain an Honorary Elder token from Yu Xiaogang.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought four carriages loaded with chests of Gold Soul Coins to Shrek Academy.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had arranged the donation, and Yu Xiaogang said it came from an old acquaintance and invited him to guess who had sent it.

Yu Xiaogang secured one million Gold Soul Coins for Shrek Academy, and Flender took the students to celebrate. Meanwhile, Lin Du met Qian Renxue for a date and brought her to Shrek Academy to recover the money, leaving them inside the academy under cover of his domain.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Shrek Academy’s funding problem was resolved, and Flender announced the million Gold Soul Coins to Tang San and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Flender to safeguard the money and invited everyone to celebrate in Suotuo City that night.
• Lin Du met Qian Renxue outside Heaven Dou City, and they kissed before he carried her into the sky.
• Lin Du told Qian Renxue he planned to retrieve the million Gold Soul Coins from Shrek Academy and flew with her to the village.
• Lin Du concealed himself and Qian Renxue with the Heavenly Dream Domain, then led her over Shrek Academy’s wall to begin their treasure hunt.

Lin Du and Qian Renxue recovered the Gold Soul Coins hidden at Shrek Academy, and Qian Renxue asked Lin Du to spare Bibi Dong if they ever became enemies. The two enjoyed a carefree stroll through Suotuo City, where Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun appeared looking for entertainment.

• Lin Du led Qian Renxue to a hidden granary at Shrek Academy and revealed that Bibi Dong had made him fund the academy because Yu Xiaogang worked there.
• Lin Du hinted that Qian Renxue should investigate Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, and she confronted him before asking whether she could always trust him.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Du to spare Bibi Dong's life if they ever came into conflict, and Lin Du promised he would.
• Lin Du and Qian Renxue used their Mustard Seed Sumeru Rings to take the twenty chests of Gold Soul Coins and agreed to split them evenly.
• Lin Du carried Qian Renxue to Suotuo City, where they wandered through the streets together as a happy couple.
• Dai Mubai, carrying a scent of alcohol, asked Ma Hongjun where they should go to have fun during their day off.