Chapter Summaries

Ye Ying and the others registered for Soul Battles at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Xiao Wu won her match and Tang San faced Zhu Zhuqing. Ye Ying altered Tang San’s encounter with Zhu Zhuqing, and the bout remained unresolved as Tang San moved in front of her without attacking.

• Flender explained Soul Battle rules, registered Ye Ying and the others, and led them to the gambling area, where they were matched in the same sub-arena.
• Xiao Wu suggested entering a two-on-two match with Ye Ying, but he gave her ten Gold Soul Coins instead and declined to compete.
• Xiao Wu defeated Qing Bao, then Tang San began a match against Zhu Zhuqing, whose Hell Stab and Hell Hundred Claws cut through Tang San’s Blue Silver Binding.
• Ye Ying changed the event so Tang San collided with Zhu Zhuqing’s attack instead of dodging it, spending ten Points on the modification.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to circle behind Zhu Zhuqing, then moved in front of her without attacking.

Tang San’s bizarre circling ended with Zhu Zhuqing knocking him out and winning their Soul Arena match. Ye Ying then faced a girl who seemed very young, but after she revealed her strength and attacked him, he seized her and beat her down.

• Tang San repeatedly circled Zhu Zhuqing until he and Blue Silver Weasel Liu Ruyan collided with Zhu Zhuqing’s counterattack and fell.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Tang San down and won the Soul Arena match.
• Ye Ying entered his match against a tiny girl and urged her to go home while the Shrek Academy students expected him to lose.
• The girl revealed two Soul Rings and attacked Ye Ying with a dagger, but he grabbed her by the hair and punched her repeatedly.

Ye Ying won his Soul Battle by seeing through an invisible opponent and knocking her unconscious. Afterward, the group left the Great Soul Arena, while Ma Hongjun went to meet the dean and Dai Mubai’s attempt to impress Zhu Zhuqing backfired.

• Ye Ying stood still as the little girl tried to ambush him with her invisibility, then knocked her out when she asked whether he could see her.
• The referee declared Ye Ying the winner, and Flender left after giving Dai Mubai instructions.
• The group headed out of the Great Soul Arena, where Ma Hongjun said he was going to the dean’s shop and invited Dai Mubai along.
• Dai Mubai refused to join Ma Hongjun, and the others discussed Ma Hongjun’s lecherous behavior and the dean’s solution to his Evil Fire.
• Dai Mubai declared himself part of the righteous five percent of men, but Ye Ying revealed that the five percent meant the extremely lustful ones.

Ye Ying and the others returned to Shrek Academy amid Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s conflict, then found Dai Mubai had driven Ning Rongrong to ask Ye Ying to kill him. Tang San learned from Liu Ruyan that Ning Rongrong had chosen Ye Ying because she did not yet know about Tang San’s hidden weapons.

• Ye Ying joked about Dai Mubai’s taste, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to condemn him and walk away; Dai Mubai started to raise his hand against her but stopped himself and followed.
• Ye Ying and the others found Oscar and Ning Rongrong waiting outside Shrek Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing went straight to her dormitory.
• Ning Rongrong said she was staying at the academy and mocked Dai Mubai, who warned her and then struck her with a burst of Soul Power when she provoked him.
• Oscar tried to defend Ning Rongrong, but Dai Mubai told him to keep her in line and strode into the academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ye Ying to kill Dai Mubai in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s favor, and Tang San questioned Liu Ruyan about why she had not approached him instead.

Ye Ying persuaded Ning Rongrong not to kill Dai Mubai, while Oscar rejected her demand for help and challenged his own assumptions about pursuing her. Ning Rongrong chose not to involve Tang San, and Oscar renewed his determination to pursue her as Ye Ying’s rival.

• Ye Ying told Ning Rongrong to obey him by sparing Dai Mubai, then left with Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong asked Oscar to help her, but Oscar refused and explained that he would not be her servant.
• Ning Rongrong considered asking Tang San for help but dismissed the idea and returned to Shrek Academy without seeking his support.
• Tang San offered to kill Dai Mubai, but Ning Rongrong refused, and Liu Ruyan was relieved.
• Oscar praised Ye Ying, then reconsidered his expectations about romance and declared that he was still Ye Ying’s rival.

Ye Ying tricked Oscar into spinning and shouting around Shrek Academy, claiming the stunt would help him break through to level thirty. The next morning, Ye Ying found Yu Xiaogang cooking breakfast and promptly scooped nearly all the meat from the pot into one bowl.

• Oscar asked Ye Ying how running extra laps would help him, and Ye Ying promised he would reach level thirty if he followed instructions.
• Ye Ying made Oscar call him Dad, then told him to spin while walking and shouting before cultivating; Oscar obeyed, drawing stares from students and teachers.
• Dai Mubai stopped Oscar and warned him Ye Ying was probably tricking him, but Oscar continued spinning because he hoped Ning Rongrong would see him differently.
• Dai Mubai helped the dizzy Oscar back to the dormitory, where Oscar began cultivating while Ye Ying left him to it.
• The next morning, Ye Ying went to the cafeteria and found Yu Xiaogang cooking breakfast; after Yu Xiaogang served him only a little broth, Ye Ying took the ladle and filled a bowl with nearly all the meat in the pot.

Ye Ying shared Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s meat breakfast with the other Shrek students and teased him about neglecting physical training. After Ye Ying’s special training helped Oscar break through to level thirty, Flender was left facing his wager to make Ye Ying the dean.

• Ye Ying criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories on physical training and ate the generous breakfast Yu Xiaogang had prepared.
• Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong arrived, and Ye Ying shared the remaining meat with them after Yu Xiaogang served mostly broth.
• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun he planned to seek out the twins from before, while Zhu Zhuqing ignored their conversation.
• At class, Ye Ying explained that he had given Oscar special training, and Flender wagered that Oscar would not reach level thirty.
• Oscar arrived and announced that he had broken through to level thirty, leaving Flender’s promise to make Ye Ying the dean in play.

Oscar broke through to level thirty, and Flender appointed Ye Ying honorary dean before ordering the students to eat Oscar’s sausages as adaptability training. Most of the students completed the task, but Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing had yet to eat theirs.

• Oscar confirmed that he had reached level thirty, and Flender congratulated him as the academy’s third student to achieve it.
• Dai Mubai and the others congratulated Oscar, while Ning Rongrong’s friendly response made him feel encouraged.
• Flender made Ye Ying an honorary dean and announced that every student except Oscar had to eat one of each of his two sausages.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San ate the sausages, leaving Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing as the only students who had not completed the task.
• Xiao Wu gave Ye Ying a pleading look as if asking him to let her avoid eating the sausages.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing overcame their reluctance to eat Oscar’s sausages, and Flender announced that the students would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to obtain Third Soul Rings for Oscar and Ye Ying. As everyone prepared, Yu Xiaogang decided to stay behind while Tang San asked Ning Rongrong about the forest.

• Ye Ying encouraged Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to eat Oscar’s sausages, and both completed the task despite their reluctance.
• Flender dismissed the students and announced that Zhao Wuji would lead them to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar and Ye Ying obtain their Third Soul Rings.
• Oscar asked Ye Ying what Soul Ring might improve his support skills, and Ye Ying told him to rely on chance when choosing a Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender to join the trip but accepted Flender’s decision that he should stay behind.
• Ning Rongrong explained to Tang San that the vast Star Dou Great Forest crossed the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires and contained powerful Soul Beasts, including Ten-Myriad-Year Soul Beasts.

Tang San tried to learn about the Star Dou Great Forest, then Ye Ying and the Shrek students traveled toward it to obtain Soul Rings. The group stopped at a town inn for the night, where Ye Ying and Xiao Wu booked a room together to deepen their bond.

• Tang San asked Liu Ruyan and Yu Xiaogang about the Star Dou Great Forest, learning little and noticing a new word written on Yu Xiaogang's back.
• The next morning, Dai Mubai assigned the students their formation, but Ye Ying persuaded him to let Ye Ying guard the rear.
• The students ran toward the forest, using Oscar's sausages and Ye Ying's drinks to keep up their energy.
• The group traveled over four hundred kilometers and stopped in a nearby town when Zhao Wuji ordered them to rest for the night.
• The students booked rooms at an inn, and Ye Ying and Xiao Wu chose a double room to deepen their bond.

Ye Ying’s group ate at a restaurant where they encountered students from Canghui Academy, and a student approached Dai Mubai to provoke him. Ye Ying used a trick to make the student collide with a waiter and kiss Dai Mubai, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Dai Mubai treated Ye Ying and the others to a meal, while Ma Hongjun ordered more than a dozen dishes.
• A group from Canghui Academy entered the restaurant, and Ma Hongjun ogled the lone girl among them.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, prompting its teacher to send a student toward their table.
• Ye Ying changed the situation with a trick, causing the Canghui Academy student to crash into a waiter and kiss Dai Mubai on the face.

Ye Ying changed the Canghui student’s attempt to seek revenge into a kiss, then altered Dai Mubai’s retaliation into a kiss as well. When Canghui Academy’s students attacked Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu took on the group and swiftly threw one of them.

• Ye Ying changed the Canghui student’s revenge into a kiss, and Dai Mubai kissed the young man on the cheek.
• The Canghui Academy teacher demanded to know Shrek Academy’s identity and ordered the students to teach them a lesson.
• Six Canghui students charged toward Ye Ying’s table, and Xiao Wu stepped forward to face them.
• Xiao Wu used her braid and a flip to hurl one of the Canghui students through the air, then challenged the next Soul Master.

Tang San challenged Xiao Ling to a dance battle instead of fighting, and Xiao Ling won the crowd’s applause with a seductive performance. Tang San condemned her dance and prepared to perform, leaving everyone waiting to see what he would do.

• Ye Zhiqiu sent Xiao Ling to face Xiao Wu after Canghui Academy’s student lost.
• Ye Ying modified the scene so Tang San replaced Xiao Wu and the contest became a dance battle.
• Tang San stepped forward, challenged Xiao Ling to a dance battle, and proposed that the audience vote for the winner.
• Xiao Ling danced seductively, drew applause from the audience, and attracted Ye Ying’s attention.
• Tang San called Xiao Ling’s performance low and filthy, then prepared to take his turn.

Tang San won a dance contest against Xiao Ling by performing a striptease that revealed she was a woman, then the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Third Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Ye Ying and the others reaching the forest’s edge.

• Tang San performed a striptease to defeat Xiao Ling, then angrily revealed herself when the spectators doubted she was a woman.
• Dai Mubai tried to cover Tang San, but she shoved him aside and used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to retrieve her robe after the diners acknowledged her victory.
• The group ate, spent the night in town, and woke early as Zhao Wuji prepared them to travel.
• Ye Ying and Xiao Wu emerged after staying awake all night, while Tang San watched the sunrise and wondered why she could no longer see Purple Qi.
• Zhao Wuji led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Oscar hoped to obtain his Third Soul Ring.
• Ye Ying sensed the forest’s refreshing air as the group arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhao Wuji led the students into the Star Dou Great Forest after warning them about its dangers and distributing supplies. When Ye Ying spotted a group of Rodent Weasels, he stopped Dai Mubai from attacking and led everyone around them, leaving the group cautious as they continued deeper into the forest.

• Zhao Wuji warned the students to stay within twenty meters of him, avoid attacking soul beasts without orders, and keep Oscar and Ning Rongrong close.
• Oscar and Ye Ying distributed stored food and drinks to restore the group’s strength and Soul Power during an emergency.
• Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest, with Dai Mubai and Ye Ying at the front and Zhao Wuji guarding the rear.
• Dai Mubai and Ye Ying cleared the overgrown route while Ye Ying carefully watched and listened for danger.
• Ye Ying spotted a group of Rodent Weasels before Zhao Wuji did and stopped Dai Mubai from attacking them.
• Ye Ying explained that the weak soul beasts posed no threat and that fighting them could attract stronger beasts, so the group went around them.

The group rested in the Star Dou Great Forest before a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent approached, and Ye Ying identified it as a thousand-year Soul Beast suitable for Oscar. Zhao Wuji prepared for a possible confrontation with whoever was hunting it.

• The group rested in the forest while Xiao Wu grew quiet and Liu Ruyan told Tang San what was about to happen.
• Zhao Wuji sensed an approaching creature and ordered the group to prepare as Zhu Zhuqing climbed a tree to scout it.
• Zhu Zhuqing described a flying snake with a red crest and fan-shaped tail, and Zhao Wuji identified it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Ye Ying asked Zhu Zhuqing about the serpent’s wings and length, then judged it to be a thirteen-hundred-to-eighteen-hundred-year Soul Beast suited to Oscar.
• Ye Ying explained the serpent’s abilities and predicted Oscar’s Soul Skill would involve speed, impressing the group with his knowledge.
• Ye Ying warned that the serpent might be fleeing a hunter, and Zhao Wuji declared that anyone seeking a fight would have to be strong enough to face them.

Ye Ying and the others captured a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar’s third Soul Ring. Just as Oscar prepared to kill it, an elderly woman and a young girl appeared and demanded that they stop.

• Ye Ying explained how Fatty’s Phoenix Martial Soul could suppress the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhu Zhuqing struck the approaching beast.
• Dai Mubai blocked the serpent’s charge while Ning Rongrong boosted his speed, and Ye Ying’s Deer King pinned the serpent to the ground.
• Zhao Wuji subdued the serpent, and Ye Ying comforted Xiao Wu when she showed reluctance about killing soul beasts.
• Zhao Wuji handed Oscar a short blade and told him where to strike, but an elderly woman shouted for them to stop.
• The elderly woman and her young companion arrived with serpent-headed staffs, and Zhao Wuji recognized a possible connection to the Unrivaled Dragon Snake.

Zhao Wuji showed Chao Tianxiang the Shrek students’ Martial Souls and Soul Rings, shocking her with their talent and revealing that Oscar needed the Thousand Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. When Chao Tianxiang proposed settling the dispute through a contest, Tang San volunteered to take Oscar’s place.

• Chao Tianxiang questioned whether any of Zhao Wuji’s students had reached level thirty, so Zhao Wuji had them reveal their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Chao Tianxiang was astonished by the students’ ages, strength, and Soul Rings, especially Ye Ying’s rainbow-colored rings, and learned that Oscar had just reached level thirty.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that her granddaughter compete against Oscar for the Thousand Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, with the loser’s side giving it up.
• Zhao Wuji objected that Oscar was a food-system Soul Master, and Chao Tianxiang became interested in recruiting him after learning he had no sect and a mutated Martial Soul.
• Tang San, speaking through Liu Ruyan, offered to fight Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter in Oscar’s place and said she was level twenty-nine.

Ye Ying fought Meng Yiran for the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and quickly disarmed her. He left the contest holding her Serpent Cane and demanded that she admit defeat before he returned it.

• Zhao Wuji chose Ye Ying to fight Meng Yiran for Oscar’s claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Ye Ying and Meng Yiran introduced themselves as level-thirty, two-ring Battle Soul Masters and began their duel.
• Meng Yiran attacked with her Serpent Cane and Serpent Blade, but Ye Ying blocked and dodged her strikes.
• Ye Ying knocked Meng Yiran backward, struck her hand with his Ice Cream cone, and took her Serpent Cane.
• Ye Ying told Meng Yiran to admit defeat before he would return her Martial Soul.

Ye Ying kissed Meng Yiran while teasing her over the Serpent Cane, and Zhao Wuji’s group claimed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after winning their wager. Oscar absorbed its Soul Ring and became a level-thirty-one Soul Elder, leaving the group ready to learn his new skill.

• Ye Ying repeatedly teased Meng Yiran by offering and snatching back her Serpent Cane, then kissed her when she pounced on him.
• Zhao Wuji confirmed that Chao Tianxiang had lost the wager, and Oscar killed the restrained Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran after warning Zhao Wuji that they would meet again, while Zhao Wuji kept watch as Oscar absorbed the ring.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong scolded Ye Ying for taking advantage of Meng Yiran, and he joked that he would not let any beauty slip away.
• Oscar emerged from absorption with a third purple Soul Ring and reached level thirty-one, prompting Dai Mubai to ask him to show his new skill.