Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu, Zhao Yun, Zhong Li, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s admissions tests, and Li Yusong was stunned when Zhong Li revealed himself as a twelve-year-old level 42 Soul Ancestor. Zhong Li insisted on taking the combat test, so Li Yusong led the whole group into the academy.

• Xiao Wu passed the test as a level 31 Beast Soul Master, and Zhao Yun qualified as a Soul Grandmaster.
• Dai Mubai paid Zhong Li’s admission fee and told Li Yusong that Zhong Li was an Innate Full Soul Power support-type Spirit Master.
• Li Yusong confirmed Zhong Li’s age, then admitted him after his Green Gem Martial Soul appeared with four Soul Rings and level 42 cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing passed her test at just over eleven years old and level 27, while Li Yusong arranged to take Zhong Li to choose a dormitory.
• Zhong Li argued that he should undergo the combat test, and Li Yusong agreed to take the entire group to it.

Zhao Wuji began Shrek Academy’s entrance test, but Zhao Yun’s introduction revealed that they were uncle and nephew. Zhao Yun explained how his parents died and his family was driven into hiding, leaving Zhao Wuji resolved to visit his father in Nuoding City.

• Li Yusong brought Zhong Li and the other four students to Zhao Wuji, who announced that they had to remain standing for one incense stick’s time to pass his test.
• Dai Mubai introduced Zhao Wuji as a Level 76 Soul Saint, and Zhong Li explained the power of a Soul Saint’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• When Zhao Yun introduced his Earth Bear Martial Soul, Zhao Wuji asked about his family and learned that Zhao Yun was his dead elder brother’s son.
• Zhao Yun told Zhao Wuji that his parents had died in a beast tide seven years earlier and that his grandfather had fled with him to Dog Village before becoming vice principal of Nuoding Academy.
• Zhao Wuji calmed down and said he would visit his father in Nuoding City, while Xiao Wu looked at Zhao Yun with sadness and a trace of apology.

Zhong Li joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Yun for the Shrek Academy test, then gave them a powerful boost with his Spirit Skills. The group attacked Zhao Wuji, who resisted their assault as Tang San restrained him with Blue Silver Bind.

• Zhao Wuji dismissed Li Yusong's offer to join him and started the test for the young Soul Masters.
• Tang San assigned roles to Zhao Yun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, then discovered Zhong Li hovering overhead with his flying martial soul.
• Zhao Wuji learned Zhong Li was a twelve-year-old, level-forty-two auxiliary Soul Ancestor and decided he must join Shrek Academy.
• Zhong Li used three Spirit Skills to shield and greatly enhance Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Yun, while their minds grew muddled from the Berserk effect.
• Zhao Wuji summoned his martial soul and defended against Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's attacks, then prepared to strike Zhao Yun as Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Bind.

Zhong Li’s buffs drove Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Yun into a reckless assault on Zhao Wuji, who ended the test and admitted them to Shrek Academy. After Zhong Li claimed he had broken through under pressure, the others were left frustrated, and that night he spoke with Ruo Tuo about his dreams of carving a piece of jade.

• Zhao Yun, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji under Zhong Li’s enhancements, but their strikes barely affected the Soul Saint.
• Zhao Wuji dodged their renewed attacks and called off the test, declaring that they had passed.
• Zhong Li removed the enhancements, healed the group, and claimed that the battle had helped him break through to level 43 (63).
• Li Yusong led Zhong Li toward the dormitories while Zhao Yun, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing lamented the gap between their abilities and Zhong Li’s.
• That night, Zhong Li told Ruo Tuo that acting mischievously could be fun and recalled a recurring dream of carving a piece of yellow jade.

Zhong Li settled into Shrek Academy, where his strength and generosity impressed the teachers and drew Zhu Zhuqing closer to him. After breakfast, he offered Shao Xin some rare ingredients to cook, leaving the teachers eager to see what he had brought.

• Xiao Wu asked Zhu Zhuqing what she thought of Zhong Li, and Zhu Zhuqing praised him for making her feel safe while Xiao Wu complained that he had used them in the assessment.
• Tang San and Zhao Yun discussed Zhong Li’s overwhelming abilities, then decided to cultivate through the night rather than compare themselves to him.
• Flender considered how Shrek Academy could provide for Zhong Li’s growth, while Zhong Family F3 watched him and criticized Zhao Wuji’s Spirit Skills.
• At dawn, Li Yusong brought Zhong Li to the cafeteria, where the teachers welcomed him and Zhu Zhuqing silently brought him breakfast.
• Zhong Li praised Shao Xin’s cooking and offered him some ingredients, prompting Shao Xin to ask what they were.

Zhong Li gave Shao Xin a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and funds to prepare it for the academy. At the morning assembly, Ma Hongjun harassed Xiao Wu, and Zhong Li warned that Fatty’s martial soul was affecting his mind and could lead him to become an Evil Soul Master.

• Zhong Li brought out a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, asked Shao Xin to cook it for everyone, and paid him a thousand Gold Soul Coins for supplies.
• Tang San and Zhao Yun met Xiao Wu on their way to find Dai Mubai, who announced that he had cultivated through the night and reached level 38.
• Dai Mubai led Tang San, Zhao Yun, and Xiao Wu to the academy field after the assembly bell rang.
• Ma Hongjun arrived, targeted Xiao Wu with flirtatious remarks, and Dai Mubai stepped in to stop him.
• Zhong Li identified a problem with Ma Hongjun’s martial soul and warned that it could affect his mind and turn him into an Evil Soul Master, frightening Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhong Li how he had recognized the problem despite just meeting Ma Hongjun.

Zhong Li examined Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and described four ways to address its danger, including removing its Root of Troubles. After Ma Hongjun avoided the drastic remedy, Flender introduced Shrek Academy’s dean and dismissed the new students until their first class that night.

• Zhong Li identified signs of Ma Hongjun’s mutated Martial Soul, and Flender asked him to find a solution for his direct disciple.
• Ma Hongjun revealed his Phoenix Possession, prompting the others to laugh at its chicken-like appearance before Zhong Li outlined four possible remedies.
• Zhong Li named obtaining the Fire God’s inheritance as the best solution and removing Ma Hongjun’s Root of Troubles as the middle solution, while also describing purification and crippling his Martial Soul as alternatives.
• Dai Mubai said that avoiding women had helped him break through to level 38, and Flender offered to cut off Ma Hongjun’s troublesome appendage; Ma Hongjun was spared.
• Flender introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s level 78 dean, assigned the students one hundred Gold Soul Coins in tuition, and dismissed them until their first class that night.

Flender assigned Oscar to run twenty laps and told Zhong Li to practice flying and supervise him, then took the Shrek students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena for their first look at competitive spirit fights. The group arrived at a teahouse beside the arena, where Tang San realized they might be expected to fight.

• Flender asked Oscar what mattered most for a Support Type Spirit Master, and Oscar answered that it was running away before being ordered to complete twenty laps.
• Zhong Li said survival mattered most and that he would call for help against a flying opponent, so Flender assigned him to practice flying and supervise Oscar instead of running.
• Zhong Li watched Oscar finish his laps while floating above him, and Flender and Shao Xin separately brought Zhong Li food and sweet soup.
• At evening, Flender led the students toward Suotuo City, while Zhong Li flew and the others ran at different speeds.
• Flender brought the students to a teahouse beside the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and explained that Spirit Masters would eventually face danger there.
• Tang San asked whether they were going to enter matches, having inferred the purpose of the trip.

Flender brought the Shrek group to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena so they could gain combat experience. There, Zhong Li met Qian Gu Wolong, a powerful Zhong Family official who turned out to be his maternal granduncle and gave him a token usable at Soul Fighting Arenas across the continent.

• Flender explained the Soul Fighting Arena's rules and led the group to the arena, where staff noticed Zhong Li and reported his arrival.
• Xiao Wu complained that the staff had misspelled the name on her and Tang San's two-on-two badge, but Tang San persuaded her not to pay to have it changed.
• The group registered for sparring matches while waiting for Zhao Yun to return.
• Qian Gu Wolong appeared and introduced himself to Zhong Li after learning that Zhong Li was Zhong Tian's son.
• Qian Gu Wolong confirmed he was Zhong Li's maternal granduncle and gave him a personal token that worked at Soul Fighting Arenas across the continent except the one in Spirit City.

After receiving a golden token from Qian Gu Wolong, Zhong Li learned from Ruo Tuo that his family had assigned three Title Douluo to protect him. At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Supervisor Ao gave Zhong Li and his companions a luxurious private room, but the others were soon called to their matches.

• Qian Gu Wolong gave Zhong Li a golden token bearing the Coiled Dragon Staff and left after speaking with him.
• Xiao Wu recognized Qian Gu Wolong as a Title Douluo, and Zhong Li claimed he knew little about his family.
• Ruo Tuo told Zhong Li that his outfit and Divine Armor had been copied by his relatives and that three Title Douluo had secretly protected him.
• Supervisor Ao welcomed Zhong Li and his companions to a luxurious private room at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.
• Tang San and Mo Bai, Xiao Wu and Zhou Zhou, and Ma Hongjun and Zhao Yun were called to their respective matches.
• After the others left for their matches, Zhong Li warned Supervisor Ao not to use him to test a young Spirit Master.

Tang San faced the veteran Mo Bai in his first Soul Fighting Arena match, struggling against Mo Bai’s superior strength and fire-based attacks. Trapped inside Mo Bai’s Flame Demon Shadow Kill Array, Tang San refused to surrender as Mo Bai gave him one final chance.

• The Shrek group arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena, where Tang San and his companions were assigned opponents different from those in the original story.
• The commentator introduced Tang San, a level 32 Tool Soul Elder with Blue Silver Grass, and Mo Bai, a level 39 Flame Demon Tiger Soul Elder on a nine-match winning streak.
• Mo Bai’s Martial Soul Possession thrilled the crowd, and the match began with Tang San using Blue Silver Bind and Parasite while Mo Bai broke free and counterattacked.
• Mo Bai strengthened himself with Flame Demon Transformation and trapped Tang San inside his Flame Demon Shadow Kill Array after Tang San dodged his attacks.
• Tang San’s Spider Web Restraint burned away, and Mo Bai overpowered him in close combat before offering him one final chance to admit defeat.

Mo Bai awakened the Flame Demon Tiger’s Berserk talent and overwhelmed Tang San in the Flame Demon Shadow Kill Array. Meanwhile, Zhou Zhou defeated Xiao Wu, and Flender searched for the other Shrek students as their matches continued.

• Mo Bai activated Berserk and relentlessly attacked Tang San until Tang San could no longer withstand the blows.
• Xiao Wu faced Zhou Zhou, whose Tyrant Blade and strength proved difficult for her to overcome.
• Zhou Zhou used Fierce Dragon Sky-Breaking Slash to catch Xiao Wu after her Teleportation and knocked her down with the flat of his blade.
• The host declared Zhou Zhou the winner, and staff carried Xiao Wu away.
• Flender watched the defeat and looked for the others, finding Tang San and Mo Bai inside a fiery wall while Ma Hongjun and Zhao Yun fought on another arena.

After Tang San and Xiao Wu were badly injured in the arena, Flender called for help while Dai Mubai and the others searched for Zhong Li, who had left with Zhu Zhuqing. Zhong Li cooked grilled fish with Zhu Zhuqing as Tang San received treatment, though the chapter left the consequences of his severe injury unresolved.

• Dai Mubai, Zhao Yun, and Ma Hongjun found Tang San bloodied and Xiao Wu unconscious, and Dai Mubai urged Flender to fetch Zhong Li for his healing ability.
• Flender told them Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing had left the arena, then sent Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Yun to search for them while he summoned a healing friend.
• Zhong Li instructed the owner of Li's Grilled Fish Shop, grilled fish himself, and shared the meal with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender's healing friend examined Tang San and said his injuries could be treated, but the damage to his private parts could not be repaired and would require amputation.
• Xiao Wu woke and saw the old healer treating Tang San, and Flender reassured her that Tang San would be fine.
• The old healer used his Fifth Spirit Skill, Light of Healing, and reported that Tang San's operation and treatment had succeeded.

After Tang San was badly injured in a soul fight, Flender took him and Xiao Wu back to Shrek Academy while Dai Mubai found Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing. On the road back, two Evil Soul Saint Powerhouses attacked the group, and one of them set her sights on Zhong Li.

• Flender's old friend healed most of Tang San's injuries, and Flender carried Tang San back to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai found Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing eating grilled fish, then told Zhong Li that Tang San was gravely injured.
• Zhong Li, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai went to the Soul Fighting Arena but learned that Flender had already taken Tang San away.
• After the three left the city, two Evil Soul Masters revealed themselves as Soul Saints and threatened them.
• The female Evil Soul Master, You Meng, insisted on claiming Zhong Li despite her companion warning that his backing was too powerful to risk offending.

Zhong Li revealed his power to confront You Ying and You Meng, then destroyed the Evil Soul Master siblings with a falling meteor. He gave Zhu Zhuqing the Soul Bone recovered from the wreckage, while Ruo Tuo teased him about their relationship.

• Ruo Tuo urged Zhong Li to stop hiding his strength, and he summoned his Divine Armor and Vortex of Thunder, revealing himself as a Soul Emperor with unusual Soul Rings.
• You Ying and You Meng released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings and attacked Zhong Li, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight alongside him.
• Zhong Li used All-Encompassing to summon a huge rock meteor, protecting himself, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai with the Jade Screen Shield.
• The meteor struck the ground and turned the You Ying siblings into stone fragments, leaving a crater about a hundred meters wide.
• Zhong Li found a Soul Bone among the rubble and, after Ruo Tuo explained she had preserved it, handed the Right Arm Bone to Zhu Zhuqing.

Tang San woke to discover that the old Healing Type Soul King had completely removed his genitals, and Zhong Li confirmed he could not restore them. The students gathered around Tang San as he recovered, while Zhong Li concealed his amusement.

• Dai Mubai agreed to keep quiet about the Soul Bone, and Zhong Li led Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing back to the academy.
• The Suotuo City Lord and Spirit Hall's White Clothed Archbishop investigated the enormous crater but found no cause and abandoned their inquiry.
• Ma Hongjun told Zhong Li and the others that Tang San had returned to the academy with Zhao Yun and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San woke, checked that his genitals were gone, and declared that he would not act rashly despite his despair over having no heir.
• Tang San became angry after learning Xiao Wu had been struck with the back of a blade, while Zhao Yun worried about his reaction.
• Zhong Li examined Tang San and explained that he could heal his other injuries but could not restore what the old man had removed.

Zhong Li took Oscar to run at Yunfu Pass, where Oscar broke through to level thirty and Zhong Li killed a fighter with a massive Rock Spear before naming himself the Rock King Emperor. The title spread across the continent, while Tang San resolved to grow stronger and began planning to forge Hidden Weapons.

• Zhong Li made Oscar run ten laps around Yunfu Pass, and Oscar reached level thirty before being ordered to finish the remaining laps.
• Zhong Li intervened in a nearby fight by crushing one man with a colossal Rock Spear, then told the survivors to call him the Rock King Emperor.
• Bibi Dong heard reports of the Rock Spear and learned that even powerful Title Douluo could not move it.
• Oscar concealed what he and Zhong Li had witnessed, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing guessed who had caused the destruction.
• Tang San vowed to become as powerful as the figure behind the Rock Spear and decided to visit a blacksmith to begin making Hidden Weapons.

Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing grew closer as they spent their days together, then Zhong Li struck down a white-clad young man who harassed her and taught his coachman a lesson. They continued to Suotuo City hand in hand, while the young man woke after they had left.

• Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhong Li breakfast, and he recognized her affection as Ma Hongjun arrived and noticed their closeness.
• Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing walked hand in hand toward Suotuo City.
• A white-clad young man stopped his carriage and made a lewd remark about Zhu Zhuqing, so Zhong Li slapped him unconscious.
• Zhong Li slapped the coachman as well, explaining that the two men deserved a lesson but not death, then continued to Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing.
• The white-clad young man woke beside the carriage after Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing had gone.

Zheng Taixu abandoned thoughts of revenge after being knocked unconscious, while Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and was beaten by its teachers after insulting them. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang lying on the ground, badly injured and unconscious.

• Zheng Taixu woke with painful cheeks and decided not to confront the stranger who had defeated him.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy before dawn and demanded to know why Flender had not come to greet him.
• Li Yusong led Yu Xiaogang to a remote former storage room and left to get him a meal.
• Li Yusong and Lu Qibin ambushed Yu Xiaogang, then waited for Shao Xin to join them.
• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin beat Yu Xiaogang for a quarter of an hour and left him unconscious on the ground.

Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin staged an attack on Yu Xiaogang, then Zhong Li healed him, leaving him to discover his injury and blame Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall. Xiao Wu grew furious when she heard Bibi Dong's name.

• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin changed clothes after beating Yu Xiaogang, then arranged to have Zhong Li treat him.
• Li Yusong raised the alarm, and the teachers and students gathered around the unconscious Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San begged Zhong Li to save Yu Xiaogang, and Zhong Li used his Third Spirit Skill, Revival Wind, to heal him.
• Yu Xiaogang described being attacked from behind and discovered that he had lost the same body part as Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall for the attack, and Xiao Wu became enraged at Bibi Dong.