Chapter Summaries

Oscar joined the meal after shaving his beard, and Ye Xingchen later accompanied Ning Rongrong around Shrek Academy. When Ma Hongjun chased a young woman who had broken up with him, Ye Xingchen protected her and knocked Ma Hongjun down with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron martial soul.

• Oscar entered the meal, joked with the group, and learned Ning Rongrong had already paid the bill.
• Ye Xingchen and Ning Rongrong toured Shrek Academy, where she considered spending money to improve its shabby buildings.
• A frightened young woman ran to Ning Rongrong and Ye Xingchen while Ma Hongjun pursued her.
• The young woman said she had broken up with Ma Hongjun because he bullied her, and Ning Rongrong rejected his advances.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Xingchen, but the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron repelled him and sent him to the ground.

Ma Hongjun challenged Ye Xingchen after Ye mocked his Phoenix Martial Soul as an Earth Chicken, but Ye easily repelled his attacks and defeated him. After learning Ye had also defeated Teacher Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun apologized, while Ye told him not to call him Boss Ye.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Xingchen with his Flame Tornado after Ye mocked his Earth Chicken Martial Soul, but Ye shattered the attack with a Sword Qi Blade.
• Ma Hongjun charged Ye with his fist, but Ye’s Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul rebounded the blow and knocked him down.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, and the others arrived, and Tang San revealed that Ye had defeated Teacher Zhao Wuji during the entrance test.
• Ma Hongjun launched another fiery attack, but Ye struck him down, and Ning Rongrong teased him about his Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun admitted Ye was stronger and apologized, and Ye told him not to call him Boss Ye.

Ye Xingchen formed the Tang Sect with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, while Tang San refused to join after hearing its name. Later, Xiao Wu told Tang San she saw him only as a brother and asked him to forget any other feelings, leaving him stunned.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar acknowledged Ye Xingchen as their big brother and agreed to join his group, which he named the Tang Sect.
• The others urged Tang San to join, but he refused and left, saying he would grow strong through his own abilities.
• Tang San went to a pavilion and reflected on his past in the Tang Sect before Xiao Wu arrived to ask what was troubling him.
• When Tang San tried to touch her, Xiao Wu stepped away and said they were siblings and should not be so physically familiar.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San she had always seen him as a brother and asked him to forget any different feelings, then left him stunned.

Tang San confronted Ye Xingchen after a hidden weapon attack, believing Ye Xingchen had become close to Xiao Wu. Ye Xingchen easily countered Tang San’s attacks, and Tang San ended the chapter declaring that Xiao Wu was his and summoning his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San suspected Xiao Wu’s changed attitude began after Ye Xingchen appeared and decided to investigate him.
• Ye Xingchen deflected a hidden weapon aimed at him and Ning Rongrong, then followed its trail into the woods.
• Tang San confronted Ye Xingchen and challenged him to stop seeing Xiao Wu, claiming he would leave them alone if he lost.
• Tang San attacked with hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass, but Ye Xingchen effortlessly blocked and destroyed them.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and insisted that Xiao Wu belonged to him.

Ye Xingchen defeated Tang San in a forest spar, leaving Tang San shaken by the gap between them. At Shrek Academy, the students began their training run, where Ye Xingchen helped keep the group together and caught Zhu Zhuqing when she stumbled.

• Tang San attacked Ye Xingchen with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Ye Xingchen countered with the Cloud Pattern Long Sword and the power of his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron.
• Chen Xin and a black-robed Titled Douluo watched the fight from the shadows and agreed not to interfere.
• Ye Xingchen spared Tang San, who left the forest feeling ashamed and wondering whether Ye Xingchen was his destined nemesis.
• Zhao Wuji welcomed the students to Shrek Academy, ordered them to run ten laps, and said Flender would take them somewhere that night.
• Ye Xingchen explained that the students should run together as a team, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun slowed down to match the others.
• Ye Xingchen caught Zhu Zhuqing when she stumbled, then apologized after accidentally grabbing her tail; Dai Mubai envied Ye Xingchen's appeal to the girls.

Ye Xingchen and the Shrek students visited Suotuo City’s Soul Fighting Arena to register for matches. Ning Rongrong paid Flender to carry their shopping, and Ye Xingchen, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu formed the Stunning Tang Sect Combination as Tang San registered alone.

• Flender reminded the gloomy Tang San to remember why Grandmaster had sent him to Shrek Academy, while Tang San privately brooded over Xiao Wu and Ye Xingchen.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Ning Rongrong offered to cover six months of the academy’s food expenses, and Flender agreed to carry the group’s shopping bags.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to team up with him, but she said she had already formed a combination with Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu declined Oscar’s invitation and chose to compete alone, while Tang San registered by himself after learning how to enter matches.
• Ye Xingchen, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu registered together as the Stunning Tang Sect Combination.
• The arena host announced the evening’s competitors and welcomed the audience to the coming battles.

Ye Xingchen led the Stunning Tang Sect in its first Soul Fighting Arena match and defeated the Hammer Brothers with overwhelming defensive power and a single punch. Meanwhile, Ci Xue approached Shrek Academy seeking revenge, but Chen Xin confronted him and watched him retreat.

• Ye Xingchen and the three girls faced the veteran Hammer Brothers, who charged at him with their hammers and were repelled by his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul.
• As the Hammer Brothers attacked again, Ye Xingchen shattered their weapons with a punch, and they surrendered while the arena spectators marveled at his strength.
• Ci Xue arrived near Shrek Academy, intending to avenge his son, but Chen Xin intercepted him with Sword Qi.
• Chen Xin challenged Ci Xue to explain his presence, and Ci Xue warned him not to interfere before fleeing the forest.
• Ye Xingchen returned from the exchange to the arena, where the Hammer Brothers again attacked; he shattered their hammers with a punch, and they surrendered.

After winning his first match, Ye Xingchen was paired against Tang San, who challenged him to a rematch despite feeling pressured by his earlier defeat. Tang San attacked with his Blue Silver Grass, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun watched from the platform.

• Ye Xingchen reunited with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing after his victory, and they praised his strength.
• Tang San saw that the new lineup matched him against the Stunning Tang Sect and noticed Xiao Wu among Ye Xingchen's companions.
• Zhu Zhuqing suggested Xiao Wu fight Tang San, but Ye Xingchen stopped her and entered the arena himself.
• Tang San accused Ye Xingchen of wanting to humiliate him again, then resolved to fight and summoned his Soul Rings.
• Tang San rushed Ye Xingchen and formed a Blue Silver Grass Cage around him as Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun commented on the match.

Ye Xingchen easily broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass cage while Tang San’s attacks failed to hurt him. Xiao Wu confronted Tang San about his jealousy and clarified that they were only brother and sister, leaving Tang San devastated and Ye Xingchen to continue the duel.

• Tang San attacked Ye Xingchen with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Ye Xingchen’s Heavenly Emperor Cauldron protected him.
• Ye Xingchen shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass cage with sword qi and dismissed Tang San’s attacks.
• Xiao Wu entered the arena and told Tang San to stop, reminding him of his promise to protect her as her brother.
• Xiao Wu said Tang San should bless her relationship with Ye Xingchen instead of fighting out of jealousy, and Tang San spat out blood in despair.
• Ye Xingchen told Xiao Wu to leave the fighting to him, and Xiao Wu again told Tang San they were only brother and sister.

Ye Xingchen defeated Tang San after Tang San, driven into a frenzy over Xiao Wu, attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer. The group left the Soul Fighting Arena celebrating, and Ye Xingchen noticed Oscar was close to breaking through to Soul Elder.

• Xiao Wu left the stage, and Tang San, enraged and injured, refused Ye Xingchen's offer to stop fighting.
• Tang San unleashed his soul power and attacked Ye Xingchen with Blue Silver Grass and the vine-covered Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ye Xingchen blocked Tang San's hammer, then knocked him back with a punch and told him he could not force Xiao Wu to like him.
• Tang San collapsed in defeat and left after Oscar teased him about Xiao Wu; Ye Xingchen reunited with Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Oscar offered Ye Xingchen sausages, and Ye Xingchen guessed that Oscar was about to break through to Soul Elder.

Ye Xingchen trained Zhu Zhuqing in the indoor training ground, teaching her to combine her speed and kicks with sword attacks. After she collapsed from exhaustion and he helped her recover, Zhu Zhuqing embraced him and asked whether he thought she was pretty.

• Flender praised Ye Xingchen and Oscar’s progress, dismissed Dai Mubai’s concerns about Tang San, and wondered what the Grandmaster would think of his disciple’s current state.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Xingchen to spar so she could find her weaknesses, and he demonstrated how her Heavenly Emperor Cauldron’s defense and a sword could broaden her fighting style.
• Ye Xingchen urged Zhu Zhuqing to keep practicing and combine new techniques with her existing skills, then continued training her until she began to grasp the basics of sword attacks.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing training with Ye Xingchen and later found Tang San heading out to train, warning him that Ye Xingchen was nearing Soul Elder rank.
• After Zhu Zhuqing collapsed from exhaustion, Ye Xingchen caught her and transferred Soul Power to help her recover; she stayed in his arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and asked if he thought she was pretty.

Zhu Zhuqing confessed her love to Ye Xingchen, while Shrek Academy prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings. Grandmaster arrived at the academy, learned of Ye Xingchen’s talent, and defended his confidence in Tang San as the group reached a crowded town near the forest.

• Zhu Zhuqing confessed that she had fallen for Ye Xingchen and asked to stay by his side, and Ye Xingchen struggled to refuse her.
• Zhao Wuji warned the students to seek suitable Soul Rings, while Chen Xin told Flender that Ci Xue from Spirit Hall was nearby and left him gold from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Grandmaster arrived, and Flender claimed Ye Xingchen was far more gifted than Tang San, prompting Grandmaster to insist that his disciple would improve under his guidance.
• Three days later, Zhao Wuji led the group to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu worried about the Soul Beasts and Tang San announced he would pursue her despite her rejection.
• Oscar mocked Tang San after Xiao Wu rejected him again, and Zhao Wuji arranged food and lodging for the group at a restaurant.

Shrek Academy encountered students from Blue Sunshine Academy at a crowded restaurant, and a dispute over their rude behavior escalated into a fight. After Tang San’s vines failed against the academy teacher’s freezing power, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun joined forces against him.

• Zhao Wuji treated the group to a meal, where Ma Hongjun ordered an enormous amount of food and Zhu Zhuqing teased him.
• Students from Blue Sunshine Academy shoved a waiter, and Oscar tripped one of them after Dai Mubai caught the waiter and his plates.
• The two academies argued and moved outside, where Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San quickly defeated several students.
• The Blue Sunshine Academy teacher released his martial soul and froze Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass Vines, then knocked Tang San down with a burst of cold power.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar attacked the teacher together while Tang San watched from the ground.

Ye Xingchen stepped in to help Shrek Academy fight the Blue Sunshine Academy instructor, overpowering the Soul King with his sword and Heavenly Emperor Cauldron. During the clash, Ye Xingchen broke through to the middle stage of the Other Shore in the Wheel and Sea realm and launched a finishing attack.

• Zhao Wuji watched the fight from a raised platform and felt proud of Shrek Academy's students.
• Ye Xingchen told Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu that he would handle the Blue Sunshine Academy instructor, then walked into the fight.
• Ye Xingchen struck the instructor with two Sword Qi Dragons, forcing him back and drawing blood despite his Xuanwu Martial Soul.
• The instructor charged Ye Xingchen with an ice gauntlet, but Ye Xingchen's Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul knocked him back.
• Ye Xingchen broke through to the middle stage of the Other Shore in the Wheel and Sea realm, then rushed forward and sent Sword Qi toward the instructor.

Ye Xingchen defeated the Blue Sunshine Academy instructor, while Zhao Wuji intimidated and humiliated him for attacking Shrek’s students. Back at the inn, Ye Xingchen checked his cultivation progress and teased Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing after they returned with fruit.

• Ye Xingchen’s sword qi overwhelmed the Blue Sunshine Academy instructor’s frost defense, and the instructor praised his strength as comparable to a peak Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai mocked the Blue Sunshine Academy students, then Zhao Wuji appeared and revealed his Soul Saint power.
• The Canghui Academy instructor apologized and tried to end the dispute, but Zhao Wuji sent the Blue Sunshine Academy instructor flying onto a well.
• Zhao Wuji told the students to return to the inn and rest before their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Xingchen checked his system interface and saw that he had reached the mid-stage Other Shore realm and needed to form his third soul ring.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing returned with fruit, and Ye Xingchen teased them about eating and sleeping together.

Ye Xingchen and Zhu Zhuqing were made to sleep on the floor while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing shared a bed. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San angered Xiao Wu by dismissing Soul Beasts as mere sources of Soul Rings, and Ye Xingchen comforted her after Tang San stormed away.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong made Ye Xingchen sleep on the floor while they shared the bed.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Oscar praised Xiao Wu's affection for Soul Beasts, but Tang San warned him to stop pursuing her.
• Ye Xingchen brought Xiao Wu an injured young Soul Beast, and she took it to help it.
• Tang San said Soul Beasts existed to provide humans with Soul Rings, prompting Xiao Wu to tell him to leave.
• Tang San blamed Ye Xingchen and stormed off after threatening to defeat him, while Ye Xingchen reassured Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu wondered whether Ye Xingchen was her Destined One, while the Star Dou Great Forest’s ancient beasts learned of her return. As Zhao Wuji’s group searched for Oscar’s Soul Ring, a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent appeared, and Ye Xingchen protected Oscar from its strike.

• Xiao Wu watched Ye Xingchen leave and wondered whether meeting him was fate.
• A colossal ape visited the lake in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the bull-headed, serpent-bodied creature told him to investigate Xiao Wu’s return.
• Zhao Wuji’s group struggled to find a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar, and Xiao Wu explained that humans’ demand for Soul Rings had reduced their numbers.
• Pink mist approached the group, and Ye Xingchen identified the incoming Soul Beast as a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent before Zhu Zhuqing confirmed it.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent struck at Oscar, but Ye Xingchen stepped in front of him and knocked its tail away.

Ye Xingchen and the others fought the injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent so Oscar could absorb its Soul Ring, but Snake Grandma and Yiran arrived claiming it as their prey. As the dispute escalated, Ning Rongrong revealed a token from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ye Xingchen identified the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as an injured beast over a thousand years old, and Zhao Wuji led the group in attacking it.
• Ye Xingchen killed the serpent with one punch when it tried to self-destruct, then urged Oscar to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Snake Grandma and Yiran emerged from the forest and demanded that the group leave the serpent alone, claiming they had wounded and tracked it.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Snake Grandma and explained that the serpent's Soul Ring was needed by his student, while Snake Grandma challenged him to oppose her.
• Ye Xingchen offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's protection and hospitality in exchange for the serpent, but Snake Grandma dismissed his authority.
• Ning Rongrong presented a token to Snake Grandma and asked whether her words now carried the weight of her father's.

Ye Xingchen stepped in to fight Yiran over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring and defeated her with the power of his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul without launching an attack. Snake Grandma yielded the Soul Ring and left with Yiran, who remained fascinated by Ye Xingchen.

• Snake Grandma recognized Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect token and proposed that Yiran fight for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring.
• Tang San refused to help Oscar, and Ye Xingchen volunteered to face Yiran instead.
• Yiran attacked Ye Xingchen, but his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul repelled her and left her badly shaken.
• Snake Grandma conceded the Soul Ring to Zhao Wuji's group and departed with Yiran, who looked back at Ye Xingchen.
• Oscar praised Ye Xingchen's swagger, while Ning Rongrong proudly called him her husband.

Tang San left the group to search for a Soul Ring and was chased and captured by Erming, a mighty Titan Ape. As Zhao Wuji and the others tried to distract Erming, Ye Xingchen asked Xiao Wu to intervene, and she requested his help.

• Tang San argued with Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong, then left the group to find a Soul Ring alone.
• Oscar successfully absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring and gained a temporary speed ability that gave the group wings.
• A disturbance in the forest prompted Zhao Wuji and the others to fly toward Tang San, while Ye Xingchen guessed that Erming had appeared and asked Xiao Wu if she knew him.
• Erming smelled Xiao Wu's scent on Tang San, chased him, overwhelmed his weapons and Clear Sky Hammer, and lifted him toward his mouth.
• Zhao Wuji and the others attacked Erming to distract him, and Xiao Wu agreed to go with Ye Xingchen to stop him.