Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo about Zhang Yang and Shrek Academy, then asked them to accept her relationship with him. They reluctantly agreed, but after Rongrong went to sleep, Sword Douluo flew off on his sword.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow could be supplied to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss a fair price.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo asked Ning Rongrong about her time at Shrek Academy and Zhang Yang, and she described Zhang Yang’s talent and their experiences together.
• Bone Douluo praised Zhang Yang’s courage and skill, while Sword Douluo repeatedly criticized him and grew furious when Ning Rongrong recounted their kiss.
• Ning Rongrong asked her father and grandfathers to accept her relationship with Zhang Yang, and Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo each reluctantly agreed.
• After a servant reported that Ning Rongrong had fallen asleep, Sword Douluo released his Soul Power and rode his sword into the sky.

Zhang Yang was confronted by Sword Douluo Chen Xin over his relationship with Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin demanded that he pass three trials to remain with her. Zhang Yang accepted the first trial, leaving his future with Rongrong dependent on whether he could reach Soul King Rank 51 before age twenty-one.

• Zhang Yang spent the first days after Ning Rongrong left cultivating, while Tang San devoted himself to blacksmithing and Xiao Wu told Zhang Yang a story to explain her connection to Erming.
• Ma Hongjun told the students that Shrek Academy had arranged to train at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and compete under its name.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Shrek Academy and demanded to see Zhang Yang, prompting Flender and Yu Xiaogang to shield him.
• Zhang Yang stepped forward and asked Chen Xin to spare Yu Xiaogang, accepting responsibility for his own actions.
• Chen Xin explained that Zhang Yang had to pass three trials to stay with Rongrong, beginning with reaching Soul King Rank 51 before age twenty-one.
• Despite the difficulty of gaining sixteen cultivated ranks in just over seven years, Zhang Yang agreed to the first trial.

Sword Douluo tested Zhang Yang’s character by ordering him to kill Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Human Form, for her Soul Bone. Zhang Yang refused, and Sword Douluo accepted his decision while warning that he still had to pass the first two trials to be with Ning Rongrong.

• Sword Douluo set Zhang Yang’s second trial: independently hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his Fifth Soul Ring and obtain a complete Soul Bone.
• Sword Douluo took Zhang Yang to a small forest and revealed that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken Human Form, then ordered Zhang Yang to kill her for her Soul Bone.
• Zhang Yang refused, explaining that Xiao Wu was his friend and Tang San’s family, and that he would protect her rather than betray his principles for a Soul Bone.
• Sword Douluo relented, explaining that he had changed the trials after discovering Xiao Wu’s identity and that he would not harm her.
• Sword Douluo said Zhang Yang had passed the third trial but still had to complete the first two before he could be with Ning Rongrong, then left without telling Tang San about the secret.

Zhang Yang returned safely after Sword Douluo’s tests, then visited Tang San and Xiao Wu before discussing cultivation and Soul Bones with Master. Xiao Wu concealed her plan to sacrifice herself for Tang San, and Zhang Yang left her and Tang San together as they reaffirmed their affection.

• Zhang Yang told the group he had passed Sword Douluo’s third test, then learned that Tang San had taken the shaken Xiao Wu to the girls’ dormitory.
• Xiao Wu embraced and kissed Tang San, cried about never leaving him, and secretly resolved to sacrifice herself to give him a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang entered the dormitory, joked with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and reassured Xiao Wu that Sword Douluo had left before departing to meet Master.
• Xiao Wu explained her distress as worry about Rongrong’s family separating a couple, then told Tang San she wanted to be with him forever and asked him to kiss her.
• Master explained Mimicry Training Environments and discussed ways Soul Beasts could produce Soul Bones, while Zhang Yang took notes.

Zhang Yang searched for a Mimicry Training Environment suited to his Borsalino Martial Soul and discovered that recreating Borsalino’s office boosted his cultivation speed. Ning Rongrong returned to the academy, where Zhang Yang defended his trial prospects and Flender tried to charge him rent for the transformed room.

• Master advised Zhang Yang on ways to obtain Soul Bones, and Zhang Yang decided to prioritize hunting Soul Beasts while searching for a suitable Mimicry Training Environment.
• Zhang Yang tested forests and sunny rooftops without success, then commissioned Borsalino’s clothes and office decorations, including a calligraphy piece reading “Ambiguous Justice.”
• Zhang Yang transformed his dormitory into a replica of Borsalino’s office and found that cultivating there increased his speed to about 1.8 times normal, while wearing Borsalino’s outfit had no effect.
• Ning Rongrong returned and learned that Zhang Yang had found an effective Mimicry Training Environment, then worried about the harsh trials Sword Douluo had imposed on him.
• Flender demanded rent after Zhang Yang moved his bed, but Zhang Yang countered by demanding an admission fee, and Master persuaded Flender to back down.

Tang San emerged from his long forging retreat as Shrek prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City, and Master arranged a deadly arena challenge against the Fierce God Team. The Shrek Team annihilated their opponents with hidden weapons, but the victory left all eight members vomiting below the arena.

• Tang San left the Blacksmith Shop after forty-nine days, having reached level thirty-three and finished forging Flying Sky Divine Claws for the group.
• Tang San demonstrated the Flying Sky Divine Claws, and Ning Rongrong stopped Ma Hongjun from taking Zhang Yang's share.
• Flender led the faculty and students toward Heaven Dou City, and the group stayed overnight in Silves City, where he hoped to profit from an arena battle.
• Master chose the level-forty Fierce God Team as Shrek's opponents and provoked them into accepting all eight Shrek members.
• Flender bet thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins on Shrek, and eight Godly Zhuge Crossbows fired 112 bolts that wiped out the Fierce God Team.
• All eight Shrek members vomited beneath the arena after the battle.

Shrek Academy arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Education Committee welcomed them and offered the teachers a place without teaching duties. Meng Shenji tested Zhang Yang’s resistance to Soul Power pressure, gradually raising it until Zhang Yang began to struggle at level forty.

• After arriving at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming arranged a mountain villa and hosted a lavish welcome banquet for Shrek Academy.
• Qin Ming explained the academy’s three Soul Douluo Education Committee members and their interest in Zhang Yang’s Human Form Martial Soul and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass; Xiao Wu stayed behind to rest.
• Flender and the others met Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who warmly welcomed them and promised not to impose teaching duties.
• Meng Shenji tested Zhang Yang by pressing him with Soul Power, and Zhang Yang endured pressure beyond his own level without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Meng Shenji raised the pressure to level forty, where Zhang Yang finally began to feel strained as his Soul Power threatened to slip out of control.

Zhang Yang broke through to Soul Power level thirty-four during Meng Shenji’s test, but Prince Xue Xing then forced the Shrek group to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy after challenging them to face Dugu Bo. As Flender led the group away, Dugu Yan recognized them and told her grandfather something that made him watch Zhang Yang and Tang San.

• Meng Shenji’s pressure caused Zhang Yang’s Soul Power to break free, widen his cultivation pathways, and break through to level thirty-four.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Xue Beng and accused the Shrek teachers of poor character, then demanded they last five minutes against Dugu Bo to prove their worth.
• Dugu Bo revealed himself as a Titled Douluo, and Master chose to leave rather than accept the challenge.
• Meng Shenji and the other two Soul Douluo prepared to confront Dugu Bo, but Flender thanked them and led the Shrek group out.
• Dugu Yan entered, embraced Dugu Bo, and whispered to him; he then looked toward Zhang Yang and Tang San.

After Prince Xue Xing drove Shrek Academy from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Flender took the group to Blue Tyrant Academy, where they reunited with Liu Erlong and established a new home for Shrek. Zhang Yang persuaded Master that he and Liu Erlong could be together without having children, but the chapter ended when Dugu Bo confronted Zhang Yang and Tang San in the forest.

• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and followed Flender's group after Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng drove them out.
• Flender decided to take the group to Blue Tyrant Academy after they found its recruitment notice at Heaven Dou City's gates.
• The Blue Tyrant Academy examiners saw the group's Soul Rings and escorted them to meet the dean, Liu Erlong, who reunited with Master and Flender.
• Liu Erlong renamed Blue Tyrant Academy Shrek Academy, appointed Flender dean, and announced plans to inform the teachers and students.
• Zhang Yang argued that Master and Liu Erlong could live as a married couple if they did not have children, and Liu Erlong emerged from hiding as Master considered his words.
• Dugu Bo appeared before Zhang Yang and Tang San in the forest.

Dugu Bo ambushed Zhang Yang and took Tang San away, leaving Zhang Yang badly injured and unconscious. After Ye Lingling and Yue Ming helped heal him, Zhang Yang woke and learned that Tang San was supposedly studying poison with Dugu Bo; Master planned to take the students to suitable Mimicry Training Environments that afternoon.

• Dugu Bo kicked Zhang Yang unconscious and abducted Tang San, prompting Master and Liu Erlong to carry Zhang Yang back to Blue Tyrant Academy and seek help.
• Jiang Zhu treated Zhang Yang's internal injuries, and Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia to reconnect his broken bones, though he remained unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for help, while the Golden Iron Triangle returned from Dugu Bo's residence after hearing that Tang San had agreed to study poison with him.
• Yue Ming used his Calm the Mind skill, and Zhang Yang woke up to find Ning Rongrong and the others gathered around him.
• Zhang Yang learned that Ye Lingling had healed him and that Tang San was supposedly safe with Dugu Bo, then Master told the students to gather at two that afternoon for Mimicry Training Environments.

Zhang Yang improved his cultivation environment at Blue Tyrant Academy and enjoyed a peaceful life with Master and Liu Erlong. Master proposed that Zhang Yang attempt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his fourth, using a Martial Ape’s respect for martial strength to make the process safer.

• Master assigned Zhang Yang an office as his Mimicry Training Environment, and Zhang Yang remodeled it into a Japanese-style room that boosted his cultivation speed.
• Liu Erlong cooked fish soup and papaya for Zhang Yang and Master, and the three shared a warm meal together.
• Master and Liu Erlong warned Zhang Yang about his rapid cultivation and discussed whether his cautious fighting style suited the Agility Attack System better than the Assault Type.
• Master compared Zhang Yang’s physical fitness with that of higher-level Soul Masters and proposed that Zhang Yang try to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for his fourth ring.
• Master explained that a Martial Ape might willingly submit to Zhang Yang if he proved his martial strength, making the Soul Ring absorption safer and increasing the chance of obtaining a Soul Bone.

Master trained Zhang Yang to prepare him to fight a Ten-Thousand-Year Martial Ape, and Tang San returned with Immortal Herbs for the academy group. Zhang Yang failed to gain the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s recognition, then ate a Jade Ginger Apricot Banana and began absorbing its effects.

• Master explained Martial Apes’ fighting skills and told Zhang Yang to practice close combat with Zhao Wuji.
• Zhang Yang spent half a month training with Zhao Wuji and Master until Tang San returned with news that Dugu Bo had joined the academy as a consultant.
• Tang San gave the group Immortal Herbs and offered Zhang Yang the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which required the consumer to prove sincere devotion.
• Zhang Yang’s thoughts wandered while he tried to pluck the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, so it did not recognize him; Ning Rongrong scolded him after he confessed what distracted him.
• Tang San gave Zhang Yang a Jade Ginger Apricot Banana, which Zhang Yang ate before sitting down to absorb its warming medicinal effects.

After absorbing the Jade Ginger Apricot Banana, Zhang Yang confronted Tang San over bringing Dugu Bo to Shrek Academy and vowed to make Dugu Bo repay his injuries. A week later, the group went to Sunset Forest, where Master gained his third Soul Ring and they encountered a Howling Moon Golden Striped Tiger.

• Zhang Yang emerged from his golden cocoon healed and four Soul Power levels stronger, while Ma Hongjun reported that his Evil Fire was gone and his flames had become purer.
• Zhang Yang rebuked Tang San for inviting Dugu Bo to serve as the academy’s consultant, recalled the harm Dugu Bo had caused, and warned Tang San to keep him away from Xiao Wu.
• A week later, Master, Zhang Yang, and Dai Mubai traveled with Liu Erlong, Flender, and Zhao Wuji to Sunset Forest, where Master defeated a thousand-year Soul Beast and advanced to level thirty-one.
• That night, Flender spotted a Howling Moon Golden Striped Tiger howling at the moon and asked Master to identify it.
• Flender kicked the five-thousand-year tiger off the cliff, and Zhao Wuji struck it in midair, but the tiger landed on its feet seemingly unharmed.

Dai Mubai gained his fourth Soul Ring from the Howling Moon Golden Striped Tiger, then Zhang Yang and the others found a Ten-Thousand-Year Martial Ape for Zhang Yang to challenge. Zhang Yang began fighting the ape, and his final hammer blow sent it crashing to the ground.

• Zhao Wuji subdued the Howling Moon Golden Striped Tiger, and Dai Mubai killed it and absorbed its Purple Soul Ring, reaching level 43 and gaining White Tiger Meteor Shower.
• Master led the group through Sunset Forest to the place where he had previously seen a Martial Ape, and they searched until they found one.
• Zhang Yang challenged the Martial Ape, asking it to offer its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Soul Bone if he won, and the two sealed the agreement with a fist bump.
• Zhang Yang activated Spirit Infusion and fought the Martial Ape, using Elementalization to neutralize its punches and tail strikes.
• Zhang Yang struck the Martial Ape's chest and jaw, then smashed it down with a hammer fist.

Zhang Yang defeated the ten-thousand-year Martial Ape, which sacrificed its Soul Ring and left behind a Torso Bone that he absorbed. After reaching level 42 and completing the transformations, he tested his new Fourth Soul Skill and revealed the Soul Bone Skill.

• Zhang Yang traded more than a hundred punches with the Martial Ape, then defeated it with a Rising Dragon Fist to the jaw.
• The injured Martial Ape sacrificed itself, and its black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring raised Zhang Yang's Soul Power to level 42 while transforming his physique.
• The Martial Ape's golden Torso Bone fused with Zhang Yang, completing its transformation after six hours.
• Zhang Yang activated Spirit Infusion and used his Fourth Soul Skill, [Laser], to blast a crater into the ground.
• Zhang Yang told Master and the others that [Laser] was a ranged piercing and explosive attack, and that his Torso Bone Skill, [Golden Great Buddha], increased his size, strength, and defense.

Zhang Yang tested his Martial Ape Soul Bone skill and showed Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo his Ten-Thousand-Year Fourth Soul Ring. Ning Fengzhi offered him protection and wealth if he joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Zhang Yang to respond.

• Zhang Yang transformed into a ten-meter Golden Giant and stomped a deep shoe-shaped pit into the ground, impressing Master with his physical power.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender learned that Taino would cover the cost of repairing the pit and urged Ma Hongjun to focus on cultivation.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo came to Shrek Academy after Tang San's deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and they waited for Zhang Yang to arrive.
• Zhang Yang released his Borsalino Martial Soul and displayed his black Fourth Soul Ring, shocking Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi explained the sect's interest in Zhang Yang and invited him to join, promising generous support and protection for his future.

Zhang Yang joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and received a twenty-thousand-year Explosive Giant Ape Right Arm Soul Bone from Ning Fengzhi. After absorbing it under Master and Liu Erlong’s protection, Zhang Yang awakened the [Meteor Volcano] Soul Bone Skill, and they planned to test it the next morning.

• Zhang Yang accepted Ning Fengzhi’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi gave him an Explosive Giant Ape Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Ning Rongrong eagerly tried to press the Soul Bone onto Zhang Yang, but Zhang Yang stored it away and agreed to absorb it after recovering.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo discussed Zhang Yang and Tang San’s potential and said Master was key to nurturing their talent.
• Zhang Yang brought the Soul Bone to Master and Liu Erlong, then absorbed it at the Thatched Cottage while they stood guard.
• Zhang Yang awoke three hours later and revealed that his new skill, [Meteor Volcano], turned his arms into Magma Fists that rained down on an area.
• Master warned Zhang Yang to keep the Soul Bone secret, and Liu Erlong suggested testing the skill outside Heaven Dou City the next morning.

During the hunt for Fourth Soul Rings in Sunset Forest, the group encountered a swarm of Pink Ladies and targeted their Queen as Oscar’s potential Soul Ring. Ma Hongjun defeated the Pink Lady Queen with his new Fourth Soul Skill, while Zhang Yang insisted his own power was still greater.

• After six months of cultivation, the group traveled to Sunset Forest to hunt Fourth Soul Beasts for Zhu Zhuqing and the others.
• Zhang Yang and Tang San helped Ma Hongjun capture and weaken a 4,500-year King of Earth, whose Soul Ring Ma Hongjun absorbed.
• A pink poisonous mist surrounded the group, and Tang San identified hundreds of Pink Ladies and protected everyone with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Master ordered the group to lure out the Pink Lady Queen, hoping its suitable Soul Ring would give Oscar an exciting Fourth Soul Skill.
• Tang San trapped the Pink Lady Queen with Spider Web Restraint, and Ma Hongjun struck it with Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, leaving it near death.
• Zhang Yang remarked that Ma Hongjun’s powerful new attack still fell just short of his own.

Tang San used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to draw powerful Soul Beasts to the Poison Array, giving the group a chance to obtain the remaining Soul Rings. Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong began absorbing Soul Rings, while Zhang Yang’s overwhelming strength carried the group through the battles.

• Tang San set up the Aromatic Silk Beauty beside Dugu Bo’s Poison Array, and the group prepared to fight the Soul Beasts it attracted.
• Zhang Yang broke a Ghost Tiger’s leg and rescued Zhu Zhuqing, who killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang San put away the Aromatic Silk Beauty as five more Soul Beasts arrived, and Master assigned Zhang Yang to defeat the Scaled Beast for Ning Rongrong’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang battered the Scaled Beast into submission, then swung it into a charging Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider.
• Ning Rongrong killed the Scaled Beast under Master’s guidance and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Zhang Yang waited nearby.

Tang San and the Shrek team prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition while Master ordered Zhang Yang to remain hidden. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, the team was mocked for its uniforms and clashed verbally with Canghui Academy before its elder Can Meng Shi Nian appeared.

• Tang San evolved his Eight Spider Lances by devouring a Man Faced Demon Spider, then absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Cave Demon Spider's Soul Ring at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Master introduced Shrek's four substitutes and ordered Tang San to lead their tactical training, while barring Ning Rongrong and Zhang Yang from competing in the Preliminary Round and keeping Zhang Yang out of the Promotion Tournament.
• Tang San planned to rotate four Shrek members through the Preliminary Round, with himself, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu among those competing.
• At the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, spectators mocked Shrek's ugly uniforms, and Zhang Yang vowed to stop wearing his after the ceremony.
• Canghui Academy insulted Shrek, Tailong nearly attacked, and Tang San and Dai Mubai traded barbs with them until Can Meng Shi Nian arrived.