Chapter Summaries

Canghui Academy provoked Shrek Academy, and the confrontation escalated into a battle against Ye Zhi Qiu, a Soul King. With Tang San directing their tactics and Ning Rongrong providing a crucial strength boost, Zhang Yang and Dai Mubai sent Ye Zhi Qiu crashing to the ground.

• Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others defeated Canghui Academy students who attacked them, prompting Ye Zhi Qiu to challenge Shrek Academy.
• Tang San assigned the team's roles for the fight, and Zhang Yang urged Ning Rongrong to prove she was indispensable by supporting the attackers.
• Dai Mubai, Zhang Yang, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Zhi Qiu, but his defensive skills and freezing water mist hindered them.
• Ning Rongrong amplified Zhang Yang's and Dai Mubai's strength, and Ye Zhi Qiu briefly lost focus after recognizing her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dai Mubai struck Ye Zhi Qiu with White Tiger Vajra Transformation, leaving him off balance, and Zhang Yang followed with Rokugan, blasting him to the ground.

After Shrek's group defeated Ye Zhi Qiu, Zhang Yang meditated for a day and broke through to Level 30. He told Zhao Wuji about Master’s plan for his Third Soul Ring, and the group prepared to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest at dawn.

• Zhao Wuji knocked Ye Zhi Qiu down, then gave Shrek's group an extra day to rest and recover.
• Zhang Yang remained in meditation until evening, then woke up having broken through to Level 30.
• Zhang Yang told Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing about his breakthrough and teased Xiao Wu about reaching Level 30 herself.
• Zhang Yang told Zhao Wuji that Master expected his Third Soul Skill to be attack-type and had planned for him to hunt a strong, non-poisonous ape-type Soul Beast.
• Zhao Wuji agreed with Master’s plan and told Zhang Yang to inform the others that they would leave at dawn.

Zhang Yang and the Shrek group pursued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and a Great Strength Gorilla in the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to obtain suitable Soul Rings for Oscar and Zhang Yang. After Zhao Wuji subdued the gorilla and Oscar prepared to kill the serpent, an old woman and a young woman appeared and ordered him to stop.

• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Yang and Dai Mubai helped guide and protect everyone.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent being chased by a Great Strength Gorilla, and Zhang Yang and Tang San estimated their ages and suitability as Soul Ring targets.
• Zhao Wuji told the students to handle the serpent while he dealt with the gorilla, then knocked the gorilla unconscious with a single punch.
• Oscar took Zhang Yang's dagger and approached the dying Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but an old woman and a young woman arrived and ordered him to stop.

Zhao Wuji’s group contested the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Chao Tianxiang, and Tang San won the right to its Soul Ring by defeating Meng Yiran. Zhang Yang absorbed the Great Strength Gorilla’s Soul Ring, then learned Tang San had also reached Level 30 and become the academy’s youngest Soul Elder.

• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang and explained that Zhang Yang and Oscar needed the captured Soul Beasts’ Soul Rings.
• Tang San challenged Chao Tianxiang’s claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and she agreed to let Meng Yiran fight in a contest for it.
• Tang San defeated Meng Yiran in a dangerous contest of Soul Power, securing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar to absorb.
• Zhao Wuji urged the group to leave quickly, and Zhang Yang killed the Great Strength Gorilla and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• After Zhang Yang awoke, Ma Hongjun told him that Tang San had reached Level 30 and become the academy’s youngest Soul Elder.

Zhang Yang explained his new light-speed techniques as the Shrek group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Tang San’s third soul ring. A Titan Giant Ape attacked the group, and as everyone struggled to survive its pounce, Zhang Yang charged into danger.

• Zhang Yang described [Light Speed Body Technique] and learned that Oscar’s third soul skill created a Flying Mushroom Sausage.
• Zhao Wuji relocated the group and delayed the hunt for Tang San’s soul ring while they searched the forest for two days without finding a suitable Soul Beast.
• Zhao Wuji warned the group to flee when a ten-thousand-year-level Titan Giant Ape appeared, but Dai Mubai, Zhang Yang, and the others stayed to fight or protect their companions.
• Ning Rongrong amplified Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and Zhang Yang, but their attacks barely affected the Titan Giant Ape, which sent the group flying with a roar.
• Tang San saved Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun from the Titan Giant Ape’s pounce, while Dai Mubai sheltered Zhu Zhuqing in a pit and Zhang Yang charged into the ape’s pounce range.

Zhang Yang rescued Ning Rongrong and Oscar from the Titan Giant Ape, then pursued it after it abducted Xiao Wu. He found Xiao Wu with Erming, kept her secret, and returned with her to the group, where Tang San was absorbing a dangerous Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.

• Zhang Yang carried Ning Rongrong and Oscar out of the Titan Giant Ape's attack, but the beast seized Xiao Wu and leaped away.
• Zhang Yang chased the Titan Giant Ape and found Xiao Wu cultivating beside Erming, who attacked him to protect her secret.
• Zhang Yang evaded Erming's slap, explained that he would keep Xiao Wu's identity secret, and waited until she completed her Third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu chose to return to Tang San and the others, and Erming agreed not to harm her companions.
• Zhang Yang and Xiao Wu rejoined the group, where Tang San was absorbing a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu used a prepared excuse, with Zhang Yang supporting her, to explain her escape from the Titan Giant Ape.

Tang San explained the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and considered Ning Rongrong’s request to supply it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Zhang Yang fought and defeated a stronger Soul Elder at the Great Soul Arena. After returning to the academy, Zhang Yang found Master waiting in his room.

• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, agreed to consider Ning Rongrong’s request for a batch, and teased her about Zhang Yang.
• Ning Rongrong went looking for Zhang Yang, but Oscar told her that Zhang Yang had already left for Suotuo City.
• Zhang Yang registered as a rank 31 Soul Elder at Spirit Hall and collected his subsidy before heading to the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhang Yang used Paper Art and Soru to evade a rank 38 Leopard Soul Elder’s attacks, then kicked him off the stage to win their match.
• Zhang Yang returned to the academy to rest and found Master sitting at his desk.

Zhang Yang showed Master his powerful Third Soul Skill, then spent his rest day shopping with Ning Rongrong before bringing her to the Great Soul Arena. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong betting heavily on Zhang Yang and using the crowd’s reaction to drive down his odds before placing his own money.

• Zhang Yang told Master about his spirit battle, then demonstrated how his Flash Body Technique amplified his physical attacks by demolishing a tree.
• Master praised Zhang Yang’s Soul Skill and ordered him to rest before the academy’s new training began.
• Flender introduced the academy’s teachers and Yu Xiaogang to the students, and Master announced that he would oversee their training.
• Zhang Yang went shopping in Suotuo City with Ning Rongrong after Master forbade him from studying or cultivating during the rest day.
• Zhang Yang brought Ning Rongrong to the Great Soul Arena and entered a match against a level 39 Soul Elder.
• Ning Rongrong bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Zhang Yang, prompting spectators to follow her and driving down his odds before she wagered his money too.

Zhang Yang won another soul fight, collected his and Ning Rongrong’s betting winnings, and began three months of Master’s grueling combat and physical training. After a week off, Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong went shopping in Suotuo City, where they found Ma Hongjun badly beaten.

• Zhang Yang defeated a scissors Martial Soul opponent, then learned Ning Rongrong had won thirty-two thousand Gold Soul Coins by betting on him.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong walked back to Shrek Academy holding hands while two men secretly took notes and kept captured bandits nearby.
• Master put the eight Shrek students through varied combat tests and punishing weighted runs, while Zhang Yang’s physical growth accelerated dramatically over three months.
• After the training ended, Ning Rongrong accompanied Zhang Yang to Suotuo City, helped him buy clothes, and went shopping for herself.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong found Ma Hongjun stumbling along the roadside with a swollen face and filthy clothes, and Zhang Yang demanded to know who had beaten him.

Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong helped Ma Hongjun recover from Bu Le’s beating, then confronted Bu Le outside the brothel. Zhang Yang knocked Bu Le unconscious with a kick and followed Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun stayed behind and cooked a hen and its eggs in a forest fire.

• Ma Hongjun told Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong that Bu Le had beaten him after taking the girl he wanted at the brothel.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong took Ma Hongjun to a healer and then ate before going with him to find Bu Le.
• While Ma Hongjun went inside to locate Bu Le, Ning Rongrong got angry at Zhang Yang’s comments about brothels, then blushed when he kissed her cheek.
• Ma Hongjun found Bu Le leaving the brothel, and Zhang Yang activated his Martial Soul and kicked Bu Le between the legs, knocking him unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong left in disgust, and Zhang Yang kicked Bu Le again before chasing after her.
• Ma Hongjun stayed behind and started a forest fire that burned a nesting hen and cooked the two eggs in its nest.

Zhang Yang finished a week of cultivation and Soul Arena fights before Master began the students’ second training stage, requiring them to earn individual and team Silver Soul Arena Badges. The chapter ended as Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong entered their first 2v2 match against the seven-win Moon Shadow Combination.

• Zhang Yang’s Great Soul Arena record reached ten wins and no losses, while Master approved of his training and planned to send the students to the arena for practical experience.
• Master announced that the second training stage would continue until each student earned a Silver Soul Arena Badge and the Shrek Team earned a team badge; everyone had to wear masks, conceal their identities, and fight two matches daily.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong formed a 2v2 team, Oscar paired with Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing paired with Ma Hongjun; Zhang Yang chose Yellow Flash as his arena alias.
• The students traveled to Soto City, settled into an inn, and registered their individual, pair, and team matches at the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhang Yang used the Navy Six Styles to win his 1v1 match, then recovered with Oscar’s Recovery Sausage before joining Ning Rongrong onstage for their 2v2 debut against the Moon Shadow Combination.

Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong faced the Moon Shadow Combination, whose black mist concealed their attacks and whose Soul Skill Fusion Technique threatened to overwhelm him. Ning Rongrong left the arena after buffing Zhang Yang, and he continued fighting as the opponents prepared their fusion attack.

• The Moon Shadow Combination revealed that they could use a Soul Skill Fusion Technique, and Zhang Yang warned Ning Rongrong to escape if the fight turned dangerous.
• The Black Mist Man covered the arena in darkness, so Zhang Yang threw Ning Rongrong out of bounds, and she buffed him with strength and speed before leaving.
• The Dagger Woman attacked Zhang Yang's kidney from the mist, but his intangible defense made her miss, and he countered with Rankyaku.
• The Dagger Woman attacked again, but Zhang Yang struck her with Rankyaku, which she shattered with a burst of Soul Power.
• The Dagger Woman and the Black Mist Man regrouped and began preparing their Soul Skill Fusion Technique as the host explained their power to the audience.

Zhang Yang and the Seven Treasure Flash Combination defeated the Moon Shadow Combination, then the Shrek Team prepared to face the seven-member Mad Team in a team battle. After choosing their lineup and taking the stage, both teams began the match.

• Zhang Yang endured the Moon Shadow Combination’s Soul Skill Fusion Technique without injury, forcing Black Mist Man to surrender and giving the Seven Treasure Flash Combination the win.
• In the team-battle resting room, Mad Rhinoceros provoked Zhu Zhuqing and clashed with Dai Mubai before Supervisor Ao stopped the confrontation and arranged a seven-versus-seven match.
• Supervisor Ao warned the Shrek Team that the Mad Team had won seven matches and fought viciously, while Tang San and Dai Mubai discussed tactics and chose Ma Hongjun to rest.
• The Shrek seven and the Mad Team took their formations on the Soul Fighting Stage, and the host started the match.

In the fourth team battle, Zhang Yang used his speed to knock out the Mad Team’s Spider Woman and Ruyi Disk Soul Master, but the disk’s final skill enraged the remaining fighters. Tang San recognized the danger and helped Shrek take to the air, leaving the Mad Team unable to reach them.

• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Shrek while the Ruyi Disk Soul Master prepared support for the Mad Team.
• At Tang San’s signal, Zhang Yang flashed into the Mad Team’s formation and kicked the Spider Woman out of the arena.
• Zhang Yang struck the Ruyi Disk Soul Master with Rankyaku and sent him off the stage, but the disk’s Third Soul Skill empowered the Mad Team’s five remaining members and turned their eyes red.
• Tang San spotted the Mad Team’s abnormal behavior, warned Shrek to take to the air, and used Blue Silver Grass to buy time for the team to eat Oscar’s Flying Sausages.
• When the Mad Team’s attacks caught Tang San, Zhang Yang grabbed and threw him clear before escaping back into the air, where Tang San used his sausage to grow wings.

Tang San and the Shrek Team survived the Mad Team’s uncontrolled berserk state and won their team battle, with Zhang Yang rescuing Oscar and later helping defeat their pursuers. After reviewing the match at the inn, the team celebrated their first victory, while Master ordered Zhang Yang not to use Soul Skills in future team battles.

• Tang San deduced that the Mad Team’s boosted, irrational state came from a thousand-year soul skill and told the Shrek Team to stall until it ended.
• When the Mad Team chased Oscar beyond the arena, Zhang Yang rescued him, and the Shrek Team knocked the Mad Team off the stage; Supervisor Ao declared Shrek the winner and suspended the Mad Team’s badges.
• After the Mad Team attacked again, Zhang Yang, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu beat them down, and the Shrek Team left the Great Soul Arena with Master, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Ma Hongjun.
• At the inn, Master praised the team, identified the eliminated Spider Female Soul Master as the likely key to the Mad Team’s Berserk Tactic, and ordered Zhang Yang to stop using Soul Skills in future team battles.
• Zhang Yang suggested a Victory Banquet, and the team went to a private restaurant, where Ning Rongrong drank five grown men under the table.

Master prepared the Shrek Team for a difficult battle against the Imperial Fighting Team, a squad of Soul Elders led by powerful Martial Soul users. Both teams studied each other’s strengths and weaknesses before their match, which had yet to begin.

• Zhang Yang’s winning streak ended after he and Master cooperated with the Great Soul Arena to profit from bets, and the Shrek Team continued its Soul Arena battles for nearly a month.
• Master received information about the Imperial Fighting Team and warned Shrek that its members had optimal Soul Ring configurations, including a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon captain and a Jade Phosphor Snake vice-captain.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Imperial Fighting Team’s Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master could heal the entire team, so Master planned to target her quickly and allowed Tang San to use his Eight Spider Lances and Zhang Yang to use his Second Soul Skill.
• The Imperial Fighting Team reviewed information about Shrek, and Qin Ming warned them not to underestimate their opponents and ordered Dugu Yan to detoxify them promptly after the battle.
• Yu Tianheng and Qin Ming discussed Shrek’s notable fighters, while Qin Ming instructed the Imperial Fighting Team not to cripple or kill their opponents.

The Shrek Team used Tang San’s control and coordinated attacks to trap Yu Tianheng and isolate him from the Imperial Fighting Team. After Yu Tianheng broke free and launched a powerful counterattack, the Shrek members struck back, and Zhang Yang activated his long-unused Second Soul Ring as Yu Tianheng was sent toward Dai Mubai.

• Dai Mubai charged the Shi Brothers, but Yu Tianheng attacked him with Lightning Dragon Claw until Tang San pulled him out of danger with Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Tianheng targeted Tang San, but Tang San dodged with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and bound him with Entanglement while the Shrek fighters repositioned.
• Dugu Yan recognized the Shrek Team’s trap and led Osler and Yu Feng to reinforce Yu Tianheng, but Zhang Yang held them back with repeated Rankyaku kicks.
• Yu Tianheng broke free with Thunder Fury and unleashed Thunderous Might, but Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Light Wave met the attack and slightly injured him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu coordinated their attacks to wear Yu Tianheng down, and Xiao Wu threw him toward Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang struck Yu Tianheng with Rokuogan, sending him toward Dai Mubai, while Zhang Yang’s Second Soul Ring lit up and he vanished in a yellow flash.

Zhang Yang eliminated Ye Lingling, and Shrek defeated the Imperial Fighting Team after Tang San countered Dugu Yan’s poison. The teams departed after acknowledging the outcome, and Qin Ming approached Flender and Zhao Wuji.

• Zhang Yang flashed through the Imperial Fighting Team’s formation and kicked Ye Lingling off the stage, eliminating her.
• Dugu Yan released her Jade Phosphor Snake poison, but Tang San ignited Realgar Wine to dispel it while Zhang Yang held off four opponents.
• Dugu Yan conceded the match to get the badly injured Yu Tianheng treated, and Doudou declared Shrek Team the winner.
• After receiving treatment, Yu Tianheng accepted responsibility for the defeat, and Qin Ming urged his team to learn from it.
• Master praised Shrek for passing his training test, and Qin Ming approached Flender and Zhao Wuji to greet them.

After the Shrek students earned new Soul Arena badges and returned to the academy, Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong shared their first kiss, then prepared to part briefly as she returned home with Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow. The students began a two-month Soul Power cultivation period, and Zhang Yang set his sights on reaching level thirty-three.

• Qin Ming reunited with Flender and Zhao Wuji, and the students settled their Soul Arena points, earning Silver or Gold Soul Master Badges.
• Zhang Yang kissed Ning Rongrong outside the Great Soul Arena while two men secretly recorded the moment in their notebooks.
• The group teased Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong at the inn, and Ning Rongrong got everyone drunk at the victory banquet.
• Flender and Master sent the students back to rest and announced two months of intensive Soul Power cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhang Yang she planned to return home with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow so her father could consider Tang San’s weapon deal.
• Zhang Yang noted his progress to level thirty-two and resolved to reach level thirty-three within a week.

Ning Rongrong returned to Seven Treasure City after taking leave from Shrek Academy, where her father and two grandfathers welcomed her home. She gave them Godly Zhuge Crossbows as gifts, and their demonstration of the weapons’ power left them wondering why she had brought them.

• Flender approved Ning Rongrong’s leave and told her to return within two months or arrange a new return time for the academy’s next training phase.
• Ning Rongrong hurried back to Seven Treasure City with her family’s Soul Masters, arriving on the fifth day and stopping for snacks along the way.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo welcomed Ning Rongrong home and gave her gifts after she hugged each of them.
• Ning Rongrong gave Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Godly Zhuge Crossbows, warning them not to fire at people.
• Chen Xin fired a crossbow at a wooden pillar, and the three saw the bolts punch through the pillar and lodge in the Council Hall wall.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo wondered whether Ning Rongrong had given them the weapons as a prank or as a suggestion to equip the clan.