Chapter Summaries

Chen Ming ended his fight with Tang San peacefully, praised his talent, and left with Ning Rongrong and the injured Xiao Wu. Zhu Zhuqing joined Shrek, but seeing Dai Mubai in women’s clothing left her stunned and questioning what had become of her fiancé.

• Chen Ming withdrew after defeating Tang San, praised his skill with poison, and proposed that they put their conflict behind them.
• Tang San introduced his teacher Yu Xiaogang, and Chen Ming departed with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared her name, age, rank, and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Zhao Wuji accepted her into Shrek.
• Zhao Wuji led Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to their final test, where Dai Mubai appeared dressed and behaving like a woman.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai by name and was shocked that the fiancé she had crossed the empire to find had become so transformed.

Dai Mubai’s past and increasingly twisted desires were revealed as he fought Zhu Zhuqing during her final examination. After Zhu Zhuqing wounded him, he recognized her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and suspected she was connected to the royal family, intensifying his rage and killing intent.

• After Dai Mubai explained the previous day’s clash, Zhao Wuji let Tang San and Xiao Wu skip the final examination, while Zhu Zhuqing stayed to face Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing with his White Tiger claws, secretly eager to hurt her.
• Dai Mubai’s memories revealed that psychological trauma had left him unable to perform sexually, and that his desires had led him into increasingly twisted encounters with Ma Hongjun and others.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and used Hell Stab to slip behind Dai Mubai, tear his clothing, and leave bloody wounds across his body.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul as belonging to the Star Luo Zhu Family and, in pain and anger, developed concealed killing intent toward her.

Dai Mubai used the assessment as an excuse to attack Zhu Zhuqing with lethal intent until Zhao Wuji intervened. Shao Xin healed Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai blamed her and began plotting retaliation.

• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Soul Skills and wounded Zhu Zhuqing as she tried to fight him.
• Dai Mubai prepared to strike Zhu Zhuqing's face, but Zhao Wuji stopped him with his Soul Saint power.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Li Yusong to fetch Shao Xin, who gave Zhu Zhuqing candy beans that healed her wounds and restored her strength.
• Shao Xin glared at Dai Mubai, who avoided the teachers' anger but secretly blamed Zhu Zhuqing and planned to retaliate.

After Shrek’s admissions ended with only Tang San and Xiao Wu enrolling, Chen Ming joined Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu at a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect restaurant in Suotuo City. He introduced Ning Rongrong to powerful Soul Tools, leaving her to recognize their value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Zhu Zhuqing abandoned her attempt to join Shrek Academy and left for Suotuo City after Dai Mubai injured her.
• Shrek Academy’s admissions ended with only Tang San and Xiao Wu enrolling, unlike the original story.
• Chen Ming returned to Suotuo City with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu and was welcomed into a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect restaurant.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek Academy and revealed she had learned about it from her father, Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Ming gave Ning Rongrong a Grade Three Soul Ray Gun and an automatic shield Soul Tool, explaining how they worked and their limits.
• Chen Ming described rare Invincible Shield Soul Tools, and Ning Rongrong realized that the weapons could greatly benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Chen Ming demonstrated the Soul Ray Gun to Ning Rongrong at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chamber of commerce, and she discovered how powerful it was. Ning Rongrong became so excited by the weapon’s damage that she kept firing until she had destroyed the targets.

• Ning Rongrong brought Chen Ming and Xiao Wu to a sealed testing room at the local Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chamber of commerce, where her hidden Soul Saint bodyguard revealed himself.
• Chen Ming explained how to operate the Soul Ray Gun and demonstrated its powerful shot against a target.
• Ning Rongrong fired the weapon herself and found that it could inflict damage comparable to Chen Ming’s shot.
• Ning Rongrong repeatedly shot the targets, then burned the ruined ones into ash with the fire-attribute Soul Ray Gun.

Ning Rongrong tested a Level Three Soul Ray Gun until she nearly exhausted her Soul Power, and Chen Ming restored her strength before showing her a protective shield Soul Tool. The shield automatically withstood Ning Rongrong’s shots and Xiao Wu’s Dragon’s Fire, demonstrating its defensive power.

• Ning Rongrong fired the Level Three Soul Ray Gun ten times, exhausting her Soul Power, and Chen Ming replenished her strength.
• Ning Rongrong examined the shield Soul Tool Chen Ming had given her and learned its protections and limitations.
• Chen Ming wore the shield and invited Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to attack him so he could demonstrate it.
• Xiao Wu used her Third Soul Skill, Dragon’s Fire, while Ning Rongrong fired the Ray Gun at Chen Ming.
• The shield activated automatically, absorbed both attacks, and remained intact.

Chen Ming demonstrated and explained his Soul Tools to Ning Rongrong, then revealed he had made them himself and claimed his Soul Tool research had ended after most of his notes were lost. Ning Rongrong realized the weapons were newly made rather than ancient relics, while Chen Ming offered them to her and concealed that he was trying to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into his plans.

• Chen Ming stopped Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu from attacking and explained the defensive barrier's limits before handing it to Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong passed the barrier to Xiao Wu, then noticed the Soul Ray Gun's metal seemed recently forged rather than excavated from an ancient ruin.
• Ning Rongrong asked Chen Ming about Soul Tool levels after realizing the continent had no known system for classifying them.
• Chen Ming described Soul Tools as technology, explained their levels and his inheritance, and said he had made the gun and barrier himself.
• Chen Ming claimed most of his Soul Tool records had been lost and gave both devices to Ning Rongrong, asking her not to tell others.

Chen Ming gave Ning Rongrong Soul Tools and declined her attempt to bring him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. That night, Xiao Wu spotted a suspicious figure, and two Titled Douluo began clashing on the inn’s roof while Dugu Bo promised to protect them.

• Ning Rongrong urged Chen Ming to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and offered to trade its poison-related treasures for his Soul Tools.
• Chen Ming took Ning Rongrong to a sect-owned inn in Suotuo City, while an Agility Attack System Soul Emperor carried her letter and the old Soul Saint’s records to the sect.
• Ning Rongrong watched Xiao Wu cultivate until Xiao Wu became uneasy and turned away.
• Xiao Wu spotted a black shadow outside the window, summoned her Martial Soul, and pinned Ning Rongrong while warning her of danger.
• Ning Rongrong called for the guards, who gathered around her and Xiao Wu as two powerful Soul Powers clashed on the roof.
• Dugu Bo sent a message into their minds, promising to protect them and challenge the intruder.

Chen Ming disguised himself as Dugu Bo and confronted Tang Hao, using his poison and aura to make Tang Hao believe he was facing a formidable Poison Douluo. He left Tang Hao unsettled and pressed him about watching Shrek Academy and pursuing a shapeshifted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Chen Ming concealed his identity and posed as Dugu Bo while Tang Hao approached him in disguise.
• Tang Hao praised the supposed Poison Douluo with a condescending air, believing his own strength could overcome him.
• Chen Ming's poison attack forced Tang Hao back and gave him trouble, though Tang Hao avoided revealing his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao considered the threat posed by Spirit Hall and worried that revealing his abilities could draw a deadly pursuit.
• Chen Ming told Tang Hao he had seen him watching Shrek Academy and asked whether the shapeshifted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast there was his prey.

Chen Ming, disguised as Dugu Bo, confronted Tang Hao and exposed his suspicions about Tang Hao’s past and his plans for Xiao Wu. Tang Hao withdrew rather than fight further, but resolved to kill Dugu Bo and even his relatives if he got the chance.

• Dugu Bo outlined why a Titled Douluo might protect or plot against a Shapeshifted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, provoking Tang Hao to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer and Titled Douluo aura.
• Tang Hao attacked Dugu Bo with the Clear Sky Hammer, and Chen Ming countered with Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison before Tang Hao drove the poison away and retreated.
• Tang Hao recognized Dugu Bo’s strength and considered striking while they spoke, but abandoned the idea after assessing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Phantom.
• Dugu Bo accused Tang Hao of deceiving his wife into sacrificing herself and suggested Tang San planned to make Xiao Wu sacrifice herself to him.
• Tang Hao restrained himself from attacking again but decided he would kill Dugu Bo and his blood relatives if an opportunity arose.

Chen Ming used Ah Yin’s link to Tang Hao’s Soul Ring to let her read Tang Hao’s thoughts, revealing his betrayal and plans and turning her love into hatred. Chen Ming restrained Ah Yin’s growing malice as he confronted Tang Hao over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Tang Hao offered compensation if Chen Ming withdrew.

• Chen Ming used Ah Yin’s remaining Spiritual Power in Tang Hao’s Soul Ring to read Tang Hao’s thoughts from nearby.
• Chen Ming provoked Tang Hao so Ah Yin could learn that he had deceived her and planned to use another Soul Beast for the foreign soul inhabiting her child’s body.
• Ah Yin’s love for Tang Hao turned into intense hatred, and Chen Ming suppressed her malice before it consumed her will.
• Chen Ming challenged Tang Hao’s claim to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and argued that strength, not first arrival, would decide who took it.
• Tang Hao warned that Spirit Hall could seize the Soul Beast if their conflict became known, then offered Chen Ming a Fifty Thousand Year Soul Bone to withdraw.

Chen Ming and Tang Hao negotiated over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, agreeing that Tang Hao would take its Soul Ring and Dugu Bo would receive its Soul Bone. After Tang Hao left to spy on Xiao Wu and Tang San, Chen Ming returned to his room and pretended to have just escaped danger, leaving Ning Rongrong’s guards to wonder who the Titled Douluo had targeted.

• Tang Hao demanded the Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo proposed that they each take one.
• Tang Hao chose the Soul Ring for his son and warned Dugu Bo to keep Xiao Wu and their identities secret.
• Tang Hao secretly considered enlisting Tang Xiao and taking Dugu Bo’s Soul Bones, while Chen Ming planned to dispose of Tang Hao once his scheme was complete.
• Tang Hao left Suotuo City for Shrek Academy to continue watching Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Chen Ming returned to his room, changed clothes, and emerged pretending to be shocked by the spy’s visit.
• Chen Ming told the old Soul Saint that his grandfather had driven off a Titled Douluo, prompting the guard to suspect someone might be targeting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After arranging with Dugu Bo to take responsibility for the assassination incident, Chen Ming hunted Man Faced Demon Spiders in the Star Dou Great Forest to collect and strengthen their Eight Spider Lances. He left the first set of Eight Spider Lances he had obtained at the full Fifty Thousand Year level.

• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu left the city with an elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Chen Ming refused Ning Rongrong's offer to travel with them.
• Chen Ming returned to Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and arranged how they would handle the blame and face Tang Hao.
• Chen Ming entered the Star Dou Great Forest and hunted Man Faced Demon Spiders, discovering two sets of Eight Spider Lances among his first four kills.
• After finding that many Man Faced Demon Spiders yielded Soul Bones, Chen Ming hunted more than two hundred of them over two days and obtained several sets of Eight Spider Lances.
• Chen Ming refined the dead spiders' Soul Rings and bodies into the Eight Spider Lances, raising his first set to the full Fifty Thousand Year level.

Chen Ming slaughtered hundreds of Man Faced Demon Spiders, gained Soul Bones and discovered their bloodline carried power from an evil spider Divine Beast. Back in Suotuo City, he watched Dai Mubai confront Zhu Zhuqing, whose refusal fueled Dai Mubai’s resentment.

• Chen Ming killed five hundred Man Faced Demon Spiders and collected numerous Soul Bones, including several pairs of Eight Spider Lances.
• Chen Ming discovered that the spiders’ bloodline contained evil power from a Divine Beast, which he considered fusing with his External Soul Bone.
• Chen Ming returned to Suotuo City and learned Oscar had already reached Soul Elder and obtained his third Soul Ring before Tang San enrolled.
• Chen Ming observed Dai Mubai repeatedly press Zhu Zhuqing to join Shrek Academy so they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Mubai changed back into men’s clothing and went to plead with Zhu Zhuqing, then resented her dismissive response and blamed her for his condition.

Chen Ming warned Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai planned to attack her, then teleported her out of Suotuo City so she could escape. After Dai Mubai found her gone, Shrek Academy settled into a brief calm before Tang San reached rank thirty and the instructors planned a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Chen Ming used Spiritual Sound Transmission to warn Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was coming to harm her and urged her to flee to the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked the unknown senior, and Chen Ming teleported her outside Suotuo City before she could leave through the window.
• Dai Mubai and his group found Zhu Zhuqing's room empty, grew furious, and left after indulging in depravity there.
• Chen Ming resumed monitoring Tang San and Shrek Academy as the conflict between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing temporarily ended.
• Tang San's Soul Power rose from rank twenty-nine to rank thirty, so Shrek Academy's instructors decided to take the students to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Chen Ming watched Shrek’s group hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest as the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python arrived together to retrieve Xiao Wu. The two hundred-thousand-year beast kings subdued the group, and Xiao Wu stepped between them and Tang San, leaving the brothers hurt by her concern for him.

• Chen Ming observed Shrek’s team and learned that Oscar’s third Soul Skill created a foul-smelling wolf meat sausage that boosted speed and attack power.
• Shrek’s group let the fleeing Chicken Crown Phoenix Tail Snake go, passed Snake Dowager Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, and camped without finding a suitable soul beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python came together after the Sky Azure Bull Python had nearly been killed by Yu Yuanzhen’s hunting party a month earlier.
• Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, Dai Mubai, and Tang San were crushed unconscious by the two beast kings’ combined gravity and sluggishness powers.
• Xiao Wu stood between the beast kings and Tang San, and the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python reacted with wounded, aggrieved expressions.

Tang Hao plotted to obtain Xiao Wu and the two great beast kings as Soul Rings and Soul Bones for Tang San, but Xiao Wu decided to return to the Lake of Life after learning how badly Da Ming and Er Ming had been wounded. Tang Hao then broke Ah Yin’s Ninth Soul Ring and charged out to stop them.

• Tang Hao considered using Xiao Wu’s bond with Da Ming and Er Ming to make all three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts sacrifice themselves for Tang San.
• Er Ming carried Xiao Wu toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest while Da Ming and Er Ming explained the attacks on the forest and showed her Da Ming’s injuries.
• Xiao Wu cried over Da Ming and Er Ming’s wounds, condemned the Soul Masters who hunted Soul Beasts, and decided to return to the Lake of Life before seeking Tang San again.
• Tang Hao became enraged when Xiao Wu chose to leave and used Exploding Ring to shatter Ah Yin’s Ninth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao charged out to stop Xiao Wu and the two beast kings, while Ah Yin cursed him from within Chen Ming.

Tang Hao fought Da Ming and Er Ming after using Exploding Ring, trading powerful blows with the two beast kings. Er Ming sent Tang Hao flying into the forest with Titan Domain, and Da Ming tended to Xiao Wu while the beasts feared that more Titled Douluo would arrive.

• Er Ming attacked Tang Hao with a gravity-enhanced punch, but Tang Hao countered with the Clear Sky Hammer and badly injured Er Ming's arm.
• Da Ming struck at Tang Hao with his tail and a lightning-charged Soul Power beam, but Tang Hao's Soaring Sky Strike shattered the tail sweep and clashed with the beam.
• Er Ming hit Tang Hao with Titan Roar Wave, blasting him away and causing him to vomit blood.
• Tang Hao claimed that Clear Sky Sect reinforcements were coming, prompting Da Ming and Er Ming to worry about being surrounded.
• Er Ming used Titan Domain to send Tang Hao flying into a thicket, while Da Ming spat Xiao Wu out and spread blood from his wound over her body.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape tried to draw human Soul Masters away from Xiao Wu, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan found them and attacked. Tang Hao’s intervention nearly killed Yu Luomian, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to declare war on the Clear Sky Sect and decide to seek help from Spirit Hall to save his brother.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python sent Xiao Wu away and smeared his blood on Soul Beasts to lure the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Masters, while he and the Titan Giant Ape drew pursuit away from her.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan followed the blood trail and attacked the two Beast Kings, hoping to claim the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao attacked Yu Yuanzhen from behind, but Yu Luomian blocked the blow with his Martial Soul Avatar and was gravely injured.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan pursued Tang Hao, but Tang Hao detonated his remaining Soul Rings and escaped.
• Yu Yuanzhen blamed the Clear Sky Sect for the attack and declared that his clan would fight it to the death.
• After learning Yu Luomian might not survive without Ye Renxin’s help, Yu Yuanzhen decided to go to Spirit City and ask Spirit Hall to save him.

Xiao Wu escaped and began condensing her third Soul Ring while Tang San woke and raced into the forest to find her. After Xiao Wu learned he had gone searching for her and charged after him, Tang San encountered a Poison Sting Beast and prepared to make it his third Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu fled to an abandoned cave and began condensing her third Soul Ring.
• Tang San woke, learned Xiao Wu was missing, and chased the trail left by the two Soul Beasts after eating Oscar's Wolf Meat Sausage.
• Zhao Wuji kept the camp in place and gave Tang San two days to return.
• Xiao Wu returned to camp, learned Tang San had gone after her, and rushed into the forest while Zhao Wuji followed.
• Tang San mistook an enraged Poison Sting Beast for an obstacle tied to Xiao Wu's disappearance and aimed his Godly Zhuge Crossbow at it.