Recaps

Ning Rongrong grew jealous after seeing Su Yu look at a girl in pink, then confessed that she wanted to marry him. Su Yu told her she was young and suggested they discuss it again when she was older, leaving Ning Rongrong hopeful as she fell asleep hugging his arm.

• Su Yu caught Ning Rongrong pretending to sleep and asked why she had been acting clingy.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Su Yu thought she or the girl in pink was prettier, and he reassured her that she was the prettiest to him.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she had been jealous because Su Yu had looked at the girl in pink.
• Ning Rongrong told Su Yu she wanted to become his wife, but he said she was young and might understand her feelings differently as she grew up.
• Ning Rongrong insisted that she loved Su Yu and promised to prove it, then asked to sleep while hugging his arm.
• Su Yu agreed, and Ning Rongrong lay down hugging his arm.

Su Yu brought Ning Rongrong and Zi Ji to Shrek Academy, where they saw its unusually strict admissions rules. They remained among the few applicants as Li Yusong prepared to assess them.

• Late at night, Su Yu watched Ning Rongrong sleep and reflected that her feelings for him were youthful dependence rather than mature love.
• The next morning, Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong toward Shrek Academy with Zi Ji walking beside them, and Ning Rongrong questioned the academy’s shabby village location.
• Su Yu and Ning Rongrong reached Shrek Academy and witnessed Dai Mubai drive away a parent demanding a refund after his thirteen-year-old son was rejected.
• Li Yusong announced that Shrek Academy accepted only students under twelve with Soul Power Level 21 or higher, causing most applicants to leave.
• Li Yusong asked Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Zi Ji who they were.

Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Zi Ji arrived at Shrek Academy to enroll as students and a teacher, and Zi Ji revealed her Titled Douluo strength to secure the academy’s acceptance. Su Yu and Ning Rongrong passed the entrance assessment, while Dai Mubai privately trembled at the realization of how powerful Zi Ji was.

• Su Yu told Li Yusong that he and Ning Rongrong wanted to enroll, while Zi Ji sought a teaching position at Shrek Academy.
• Zi Ji revealed nine Soul Rings, including a crimson one, and Li Yusong was terrified by her Titled Douluo status.
• Flender arrived, welcomed Zi Ji as a teacher, and allowed Su Yu and Ning Rongrong to take the entrance assessment.
• Su Yu displayed the Immortal Slaying Array Diagram, and Li Yusong sensed his formidable Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Flender accepted both applicants after they passed the assessment.
• Dai Mubai remembered Zi Ji’s power and felt relieved that he had restrained himself around her the previous day.

Su Yu watched Zhu Qing pass Shrek Academy’s first assessment, then Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived and qualified as Little Monsters as well. Flender brought the new students to the final assessment, where Zhao Wuji told them they had to withstand him for one incense stick’s time.

• Su Yu noticed Zhu Qing among the candidates, and Li Yusong confirmed that she had passed the first assessment.
• Tang San arrived with Xiao Wu, demonstrated his Rank 29 Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and passed the assessment.
• Xiao Wu revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and Rank 29 Soul Power, then joined Tang San as a qualified Little Monster.
• Flender led the students to the final testing grounds, where Zhao Wuji set their challenge of lasting one incense stick’s time against him.
• Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji had replaced him as their examiner, and Xiao Wu asked whether Zhao Wuji was a Soul Emperor.

Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji was a level 76 Soul Saint, and the newcomers discussed how to face his assessment. After they introduced themselves and their Martial Souls, Su Yu revealed that he was a fifteen-year-old level 49 Soul Ancestor, leaving the group stunned and Ning Rongrong protective of him.

• Dai Mubai warned Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Ning Rongrong that Zhao Wuji was a powerful Soul Saint known as the Immovable Wisdom King.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhao Wuji and asked Su Yu to let her borrow his Immortal Slaying Sword for the assessment, and Su Yu agreed while telling her to stay safe.
• Dai Mubai urged the group to share their names and Martial Souls so they could plan their tactics.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong introduced themselves, and Ning Rongrong revealed that she and Su Yu came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Yu introduced his Immortal Slaying Array Diagram and revealed that he was a level 49 Soul Ancestor at fifteen, shocking Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing.
• Xiao Wu touched Su Yu in disbelief, and Ning Rongrong stepped between them and told Xiao Wu not to touch her brother.

Su Yu organized the group’s plan for their assessment against Zhao Wuji, then revealed his powerful Immortal Slaying Array Diagram Martial Soul as the fight began. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji activating his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul and Su Yu readying the Immortal Slaying Sword.

• Xiao Wu teased Ning Rongrong about being jealous of her closeness with Su Yu, and Su Yu redirected everyone to discuss their Martial Souls and tactics.
• Su Yu took command and assigned Xiao Wu and himself to lead the assault, Zhu Qing to harass Zhao Wuji, Ning Rongrong to provide support, and Tang San to hinder Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San questioned whether Ning Rongrong needed protection, but Su Yu insisted she could protect herself.
• The incense burned out, and Zhao Wuji summoned his seven Soul Rings and challenged the group to begin the assessment.
• Su Yu summoned his Immortal Slaying Array Diagram and four Immortal Swords, impressing the others and drawing Zhao Wuji’s interest.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul, while Su Yu called the Immortal Slaying Sword into his hand.

Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing coordinated their attacks against Zhao Wuji, with Ning Rongrong using the Immortal Slaying Sword while amplifying the group. Zhao Wuji activated his defensive first spirit skill, but the others knocked him down and Su Yu sent all three swords toward him.

• Ning Rongrong wielded the Immortal Slaying Sword and used her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to amplify Su Yu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing.
• Su Yu attacked Zhao Wuji with the Demon Slaying Sword, the Trapping Immortal Sword, and the Immortal Slaying Sword, drawing blood from his arm.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Immovable Wisdom King Body and withstood Xiao Wu's Waist Bow attack.
• Zhu Qing attacked Zhao Wuji with Nether Hundred Claws while Tang San bound his legs with Blue Silver Grass and dragged him to the ground.
• Su Yu threw the Immortal Slaying Sword toward Zhao Wuji as the Demon Slaying Sword and Trapping Immortal Sword joined it in a three-sword attack.

Su Yu and his duplicates pressed Zhao Wuji with coordinated sword attacks, forcing him to use his sixth soul skill, Vajra Body Protection. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji still protected by his bear-paw defense despite the group’s attempts to break through.

• Zhao Wuji rose after deflecting the Three Immortal Swords and unleashed his second spirit skill, Great Strength Vajra Palm, at Su Yu.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Su Yu, who crossed his swords to block Zhao Wuji’s palm strike and staggered backward.
• Su Yu created two duplicates and attacked Zhao Wuji with three swords in a triangular formation; the Immortal Slaying Sword pierced Zhao Wuji’s bear-paw phantom before Zhao Wuji punched Su Yu away.
• The Demon Slaying Sword duplicate kept Zhao Wuji from using a spirit skill while the Trapping Immortal Sword duplicate helped Su Yu launch Flying Immortal Beyond the Heavens.
• Zhao Wuji activated his sixth soul skill, Vajra Body Protection, and blocked Su Yu’s attack and the duplicates’ attempts to breach his defense.

Su Yu defeated Zhao Wuji with the Three Immortal Swords and passed the test, after which Dai Mubai took charge of testing the others. Su Yu persuaded Flender to let Ning Rongrong fight, and she faced Dai Mubai with her Martial Soul boosted and the Immortal Slaying Sword in hand.

• Su Yu combined the Three Immortal Swords into a powerful tricolored attack, broke Zhao Wuji's defense, and pierced his chest before stopping short of a fatal blow.
• Su Yu treated Zhao Wuji's wound, and Zhao Wuji praised his strength and declared that he had passed the test.
• Zhao Wuji assigned Dai Mubai to test the remaining students, and Dai Mubai tested Zhu Qing and Xiao Wu while excusing Tang San.
• Flender initially exempted Ning Rongrong from the test, but Su Yu persuaded him to let her participate.
• Ning Rongrong boosted herself with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, drew the Immortal Slaying Sword, and prepared to spar with Dai Mubai as he charged at her.

Ning Rongrong used her swordsmanship, Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda enhancements, and spatial rifts to fight Dai Mubai to a standstill. After Dai Mubai powered up and sent her crashing into a tree, Su Yu intervened and knocked him backward.

• Ning Rongrong blocked Dai Mubai's tiger claw and cut his robe with the Immortal Slaying Sword.
• Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai traded attacks, with her swordsmanship and enhancements allowing her to hold her own.
• Dai Mubai blasted Ning Rongrong back, but she escaped his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave through a spatial rift and attacked him from above.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to overpower Ning Rongrong and send her into a tree.
• Su Yu caught Dai Mubai's claw before it could strike Ning Rongrong, then punched Dai Mubai and sent him flying.

Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s assessment, and Su Yu tended to her bruised back after the battle. Back in his dormitory, he received several sign-in rewards and learned why he could not sign in with Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing.

• Su Yu asked Flender to confirm Ning Rongrong’s assessment result, and Flender accepted her as a Shrek Academy student.
• Dai Mubai assigned the new students to their dormitories, and Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong to hers.
• Su Yu checked Ning Rongrong’s bruised back, massaged it, and applied medicinal ointment while warning her not to push herself recklessly.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing blushed after hearing sounds from Ning Rongrong’s dormitory and hurried inside when Su Yu came out.
• Su Yu received sign-in rewards for contacting Li Yusong, Zhao Wuji, and Flender, then learned from the system that higher-level sign-ins required a relationship with the target.

Su Yu spent the morning with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing before they encountered Ma Hongjun arguing with Cuihua. After Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Wu with his fire skills, Su Yu pulled her away just before his flaming construct exploded.

• Su Yu checked his sign-in rewards, including two hundred-thousand-year soul rings and a hundred-thousand-year Ancient Dragon Right Arm Bone, which he chose not to absorb yet.
• Ning Rongrong clung to Su Yu as he met her, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing, and the group headed to breakfast together.
• The group came across Ma Hongjun trying to stop Cuihua from breaking up with him, and Xiao Wu confronted him after Cuihua ran away.
• Ma Hongjun made lewd remarks toward Xiao Wu and her companions, so Xiao Wu activated her Martial Soul and challenged him.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Wu with Phoenix Fireline and then caused his Phoenix Bathed in Fire construct to explode; Su Yu pulled Xiao Wu away just in time.

Xiao Wu fought Ma Hongjun after mistaking him for a man bullying a girl, but Dai Mubai stopped them and explained that the girl was Ma Hongjun’s girlfriend and had left because of his Evil Fire. Su Yu and the others then went to Shrek Academy’s plaza, where they waited for the others to arrive.

• Ma Hongjun gave Xiao Wu a pair of shoes, then attacked her with his Phoenix Fireline after she called his Martial Soul a country chicken.
• Xiao Wu dodged Ma Hongjun’s flames and used a series of kicks and throws to knock him to the ground.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun prepared to resume fighting until Dai Mubai stepped between them and called it a misunderstanding.
• Dai Mubai explained that the girl Ma Hongjun had been with was his girlfriend, Cuihua, and that his Evil Fire made his desires unusually strong.
• Dai Mubai led Ma Hongjun away, and Su Yu and the others went to the academy plaza, where Su Yu took chairs from his Soul Tool.

Xiao Wu bought sausages from Oscar and shared them with Tang San, who enjoyed them without knowing why Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun found his reaction funny. Oscar revealed his sausage spirit skill, and the students gathered in the plaza as Dean Flender arrived for class.

• Xiao Wu bought two sausages from Oscar and gave them to Tang San, who praised their taste and ate both.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived, and Dai Mubai questioned Tang San about eating Oscar's sausages.
• Dai Mubai ordered Oscar to summon a sausage, revealing Oscar's spirit skill and its awkward chant.
• Dai Mubai introduced Oscar and the new students to one another, and Oscar invited Tang San to buy sausages from him in the future.
• A bell rang, Oscar headed to the plaza, and Dean Flender arrived as the students assembled for class.

Flender welcomed the new students to Shrek Academy, demanded their fees, and ordered them to run twenty laps. Ning Rongrong struggled through the training with Su Yu beside her, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sect Master instructed someone to protect them in secret.

• Flender welcomed the five new students, announced that each had to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins, and assigned Dai Mubai to explain the academy’s rules.
• Flender ordered everyone to run twenty laps around Shrek Academy, and Dai Mubai led the exhausted students on their route.
• As the group ran, Su Yu kept pace beside Ning Rongrong while Oscar and Ma Hongjun struggled at the back.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sect Master learned that Ning Rongrong and Su Yu had entered Shrek Academy and ordered their continued secret protection.
• After fifteen laps, Ning Rongrong stopped from exhaustion, and Su Yu comforted her and massaged her sore calves.

Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong through the last five laps of the run and helped Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing recover afterward. When Flender learned Ning Rongrong had only run fifteen laps, Su Yu took responsibility, and Flender ordered him to carry her for ten more laps.

• Su Yu carried the exhausted Ning Rongrong as he finished the remaining laps, while she wiped his sweat and talked to him.
• After the group completed twenty laps, Su Yu gave Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing lightly salted water and made them walk before resting.
• Flender arrived and asked Ning Rongrong whether she had completed all twenty laps.
• Su Yu admitted that Ning Rongrong had run only fifteen laps and said Flender should punish him instead.
• Flender ordered Su Yu to carry Ning Rongrong for another ten laps, or have them both run twenty additional laps.

Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong for ten laps as punishment, reassuring her until she stopped crying. After he finished, Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong helped him back to his dormitory, where Su Yu reflected on Zhu Qing and her bond with Dai Mubai.

• Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong around the track for ten laps while she cried and apologized.
• Su Yu comforted Ning Rongrong during the run and promised to buy her candied hawthorn afterward.
• Su Yu finished the laps, staggered, and was caught by Zhu Qing before Ning Rongrong joined them in supporting him.
• Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong escorted Su Yu to his dormitory, where Zhu Qing left Ning Rongrong to care for him.
• Su Yu thought about becoming Zhu Qing's lover and recalled that she and Dai Mubai would have to fight Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after turning eighteen.

Su Yu reflected on Dai Mubai abandoning Zhu Qing and believed he could change her fate in his place. Back in his dormitory, Ning Rongrong cared for Su Yu, bathed, and sat in his lap while he dried her hair, leaving him increasingly affected by her closeness.

• Su Yu thought Dai Mubai had abandoned Zhu Qing and decided that he could be the person to change her fate.
• Ning Rongrong tried to remove Su Yu's wet clothes, but he stopped her and told her he could manage himself.
• Ning Rongrong helped Su Yu change and teased him about his physique while he prepared to bathe.
• After Su Yu came out of the bathroom, Ning Rongrong blurted out that she liked his abs, then fled in embarrassment.
• Ning Rongrong took a bath and later sat in Su Yu's lap as he dried her hair, while he began reacting to her closeness.

Ning Rongrong accidentally grabbed Su Yu in an intimate place and fled to the girls' dormitory, where Xiao Wu teased her about what happened. She finally confessed to Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing, leaving Zhu Qing embarrassed as she realized what Rongrong meant.

• Ning Rongrong grabbed Su Yu, then blushed and ran back to the girls' dormitory.
• Xiao Wu teased Zhu Qing about helping Su Yu after his run, while Zhu Qing denied knowing much about his stamina.
• Ning Rongrong hid beneath her blankets when she returned, and Xiao Wu questioned her about Su Yu.
• Su Yu came to check on Ning Rongrong, but she told him to leave, and he returned to his dormitory.
• Ning Rongrong admitted that she had accidentally grabbed Su Yu in an intimate place, and Zhu Qing blushed when she understood.

Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing how she had accidentally grabbed Su Yu after he helped dry her hair, then woke with injured ankles from the previous day's running. Su Yu carried her to meet the others, and Flender led the students toward Suotuo City for training.

• Ning Rongrong confessed that she had accidentally grabbed Su Yu while he was helping dry her hair, and Xiao Wu teased her about it.
• Ning Rongrong discovered her ankles were scraped and Xiao Wu applied ointment while Zhu Qing checked whether she could walk.
• Su Yu noticed Ning Rongrong's injured ankles and carried her from the dormitory toward the training ground.
• Flender gathered the students and led them out of Shrek Academy toward Suotuo City.
• Ma Hongjun stared at women along the way, and Flender stopped in Suotuo City and told the students to follow him.

Flender brought the Shrek students to the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena and explained its rules, purpose, and combat formats. He required them to win while staying safe and earn at least Silver Spirit Master badges before graduation, then registered the students for matches.

• Flender pointed out the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena and told the students that real combat there would be their classroom.
• Flender explained that the Great Soul Arena was an independent institution where Soul Masters fought for experience, rewards, and prestige.
• Flender set the requirement that each student earn a Silver Spirit Master badge before graduation and asked Dai Mubai to explain the points system and his record.
• Dai Mubai described his two wins and two points, while Ma Hongjun reported twenty-one wins, twelve losses, and nine points across thirty-three battles.
• Flender explained the duel types and formats as they walked to the arena, then handed registration forms to Xiao Wu and the others.

Xiao Wu made her debut in the Dueling Arena and faced Savage Bull A Bao, a Soul Grandmaster with two consecutive wins. She used her Charm Technique and powerful kicks to defeat him, leaving him sprawled beside the arena railing.

• The group registered for the Dueling Arena and waited for their first match.
• The referee introduced Xiao Wu as a newcomer and Savage Bull A Bao as a two-time winner, while the crowd doubted Xiao Wu could compete.
• A Bao resolved to go easy on Xiao Wu, but she warned him to be careful and released her Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu used her Charm Technique to distract A Bao, then struck him with her Waist Bow and a follow-up kick.
• A Bao crashed into the arena railing, and Xiao Wu landed safely and reminded him that she had warned him.

Xiao Wu won her Spirit Duel quickly, and Tang San then faced Zhu Qing in the arena. Zhu Qing broke through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and launched a close-range attack, leaving their match unresolved.

• Xiao Wu defeated Savage Bull A Bao and returned to her friends, proudly asking whether they thought she was amazing.
• Tang San and Zhu Qing were matched against each other, and Dai Mubai quietly asked Tang San to go easy on her.
• Tang San and Zhu Qing released their Martial Souls as the crowd mocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and commented on Zhu Qing’s appearance.
• Zhu Qing used Hell Stab to rush Tang San, but he evaded with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and summoned Blue Silver Bind.
• Zhu Qing cut through the Blue Silver Grass with Nether Hundred Claws, then used Hell Stab to charge straight at Tang San.

Tang San’s Spirit Skill accidentally tore Zhu Qing’s clothes during their match, and Su Yu protected her as she conceded. After the group left the arena, Dai Mubai’s comments about Ma Hongjun’s visit to a brothel made Zhu Qing despise him even more, and she walked away.

• Tang San restrained Zhu Qing with Blue Silver Grass, and the vines tore her clothes before Su Yu caught her and shielded her with his windbreaker.
• Zhu Qing conceded the match, and Tang San apologized to Dai Mubai for the incident.
• The group left the Great Spirit Arena, and Ma Hongjun said he was going to the dean’s shop while Dai Mubai hinted that he was visiting a brothel to relieve his Evil Fire.
• Dai Mubai explained Ma Hongjun’s visits to Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others, and Ning Rongrong praised Su Yu as clean and pure.
• Dai Mubai claimed his taste was better than Ma Hongjun’s, prompting Zhu Qing to condemn him as disgusting and walk away.

Zhu Qing told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that she was Dai Mubai’s fiancée and explained the deadly succession struggle awaiting them in the Star Luo Empire. She left them facing the knowledge that she and Dai Mubai would eventually have to fight Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun for their survival.

• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Martial Soul, but Su Yu stopped him from pursuing Zhu Qing; Dai Mubai then headed toward Suotuo City while Su Yu stayed behind to protect the girls.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong found Zhu Qing crying in the woods and urged her to tell them what was wrong.
• Zhu Qing revealed that she was the Second Young Lady of the Zhu Family and had been engaged to Dai Mubai since birth.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Star Luo succession required the imperial princes to fight until only one survived, and that Dai Mubai was the Third Prince.
• Zhu Qing said Dai Weisi, the First Prince, was engaged to her elder sister Zhu Zhuyun, and that she and Dai Mubai would eventually face them in a life-or-death Spirit Duel.