Chapter Summaries

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhao Wuji during the Shrek Academy test, while Ye Qifeng intervened to protect Zhu Zhuqing. After Zhao Wuji’s counterattack knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, Tang San’s eyes turned blood-red and he faced Zhao Wuji with murderous intent.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhu Zhuqing about helping Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing said she would act if the timing was right.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San worked together to bind and throw Zhao Wuji, but he broke free, activated his martial soul possession, and resisted their attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Zhao Wuji with Hell Hundred Claws, then withdrew after his soul power shield blocked her attack.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu coordinated another throw that drove Zhao Wuji headfirst into the ground, but he pulled himself free and resumed the test more seriously.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked again as Tang San and Xiao Wu launched another combination, but Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body repelled them; Ye Qifeng caught Zhu Zhuqing and kicked Dai Mubai away.
• Zhao Wuji’s attack knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, and Tang San held her as his eyes turned blood-red and murderous intent filled his gaze.

After Zhao Wuji injured Xiao Wu, Tang San abandoned restraint and launched a lethal assault using hidden weapons and poison. Zhao Wuji overcame the attack and struck Tang San down, leaving him motionless as the assessment continued.

• Ye Qifeng caught Zhu Zhuqing as she fell, while Dai Mubai recognized him as the one who had kicked him and backed down when Ye Qifeng stared at him.
• Tang San blamed himself for failing to protect Xiao Wu and resolved to stop hiding his strength and make Zhao Wuji pay for injuring her.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with hand-thrown hidden weapons, crossbow bolts, poisoned needles, and mechanical weapons, but Zhao Wuji deflected most of them before the poison began spreading through his body.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Squeeze and Position Tracking to trap Tang San, then shattered Tang San's black hammer and struck him until he fell motionless.

Tang San lost control after Xiao Wu was hurt and attacked Zhao Wuji with poisoned hidden weapons, but Zhao Wuji knocked him unconscious. Zhu Zhuqing then evaded Zhao Wuji until he used his Gravity Field, and Ye Qifeng appeared to shield her from his next strike.

• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with hidden weapons after Xiao Wu was knocked unconscious, but Zhao Wuji defeated him with two slaps.
• A black-robed figure secretly watched Tang San fall, then decided not to intervene and vowed to get justice from Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji suppressed the poison in his body and continued the assessment against Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing evaded Zhao Wuji while Ning Rongrong supported her, and the two waited for the incense to burn down.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to slow Zhu Zhuqing and charged at her with his Vajra Claw.
• Ye Qifeng appeared in front of Zhu Zhuqing and blocked Zhao Wuji's attack.

Ye Qifeng protected Zhu Zhuqing from Zhao Wuji, and the assessment ended with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passing alongside the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu. When Oscar needed Recovery Big Sausages for Tang San and Xiao Wu, Ye Qifeng agreed to provide them only in exchange for Tang San’s hidden weapons.

• Ye Qifeng redirected Zhao Wuji’s weakened Vajra Palm and carried Zhu Zhuqing out of the Gravity Field’s range.
• Ye Qifeng pointed out that the incense had burned down, and Zhao Wuji declared Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu official students of Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji collapsed after realizing Tang San’s poison had spread, so Dai Mubai summoned Oscar to make a Big Sausage and a Small Salami for him.
• Dai Mubai sent Oscar to ask Ye Qifeng for Recovery Big Sausages for Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Ye Qifeng asked for an exchange instead of money.
• Ye Qifeng picked up Tang San’s Sand-in-the-Shadow and Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow and claimed them as payment for the sausages.

Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy after the assessment, refusing Dai Mubai’s pleas to stay. As they walked through the village, they encountered Ma Hongjun, whose lecherous reputation Zhu Zhuqing already knew.

• Ye Qifeng gave Oscar Recovery Big Sausages for Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhao Wuji, then left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong questioned why Zhu Zhuqing was leaving, but Zhu Zhuqing explained that the assessment had only been a trial and declined to join her.
• Ye Qifeng warned Ning Rongrong to look out for herself, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s appeal and left with Ye Qifeng.
• Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing walked through the village, where Ye Qifeng recognized the approaching Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun walked toward them after visiting Cuihua, thinking about keeping her as his girlfriend so he could satisfy his desire.

Ma Hongjun harassed Zhu Zhuqing and attacked her with his Phoenix Fire Line, but Ye Qifeng stepped in and effortlessly protected her. Ye Qifeng beat Ma Hongjun into submission, leaving him badly injured on the ground.

• Ma Hongjun lustfully approached Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to be his girlfriend, so she slashed his cheek with her claws.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his evil fire phoenix and attacked Zhu Zhuqing with his Phoenix Fire Line.
• Ye Qifeng stepped in front of Zhu Zhuqing and split the flames with his palm, then warned Ma Hongjun to stop.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Ye Qifeng and continued provoking him, so Ye Qifeng slapped him and battered him in midair.
• Ma Hongjun used Bathing Phoenix, but Ye Qifeng ignored the flames and kept beating him before striking him between the legs and leaving him collapsed.

Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing left Suotuo City for the Star Dou Forest, while the Shrek group prepared to hunt Oscar’s third spirit ring and followed close behind. Both groups reached the same town near the forest and checked into the same hotel.

• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin treated Ma Hongjun after Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing left, while Oscar’s sausages helped him recover with lasting complications.
• Tang San learned Ye Qifeng had taken his Sand-in-the-Shadow and Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow, and Xiao Wu learned she had been fed one of Oscar’s sausages while unconscious.
• At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Flender recognized Ye Qifeng and hurried away rather than confront him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Oscar reached level thirty, and Flender told the Shrek group to prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Forest; the group later set out under Zhao Wuji’s leadership.
• Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing traveled by carriage to a town near the Star Dou Forest and checked into a hotel, where Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group arrived soon afterward.

Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing ate at the hotel restaurant, where they encountered the Shrek group and provoked Xiao Wu and Tang San by eating rabbit dishes. The Shrek group then picked a fight with Canghui Academy, while Ye Qifeng watched as trouble began.

• Ye Qifeng ordered dinner for himself and Zhu Zhuqing, including roast rabbit and spicy rabbit heads.
• Zhao Wuji brought Tang San and the others to the hotel, where Dai Mubai offered to pay for their meal and Ma Hongjun ordered a feast.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, and the Shrek group grew angry but kept their distance.
• Xiao Wu nearly confronted Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing over the rabbit dishes, but Tang San restrained her.
• A Canghui Academy party entered the restaurant, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked them by mocking the academy and harassing its female student.

Shrek Academy students provoked Canghui Academy at a restaurant, sparking a fight as Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun charged in. Ye Qifeng explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Flender’s “Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre” doctrine was an excuse for bullying weaker opponents.

• Ma Hongjun ogled a Canghui Academy girl while Dai Mubai insulted the academy, and Oscar explained Flender’s troublemaking doctrine to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ye Zhiqiu restrained his students at first, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun continued mocking the group until he ordered his seven students to teach Shrek a lesson.
• Xiao Wu attacked first, Tang San followed to protect her, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun joined the fight while Oscar prepared sausages and Ning Rongrong stayed seated.
• Ye Qifeng told Zhu Zhuqing that Shrek picked on Canghui Academy because it seemed weaker, and advised that Spirit Masters keep a low profile unless they had enough strength or backing.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun fought Canghui Academy’s students in a restaurant after Ning Rongrong refused to join the confrontation. Shrek’s superior spirit rings turned the tables, and just as Ye Zhiqiu tried to stop the fight, someone grabbed his shoulder.

• Ning Rongrong stayed seated and refused Oscar’s pleas to support Tang San and the others.
• Xiao Wu used her Scorpion Braid and Soft Technique to throw Canghui Academy’s captain and another student into furniture.
• Canghui Academy’s female student revived the fallen students with her Crystal Rod, and the group summoned their martial souls.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun revealed their powerful spirit rings, while Tang San and Xiao Wu summoned their own martial souls, causing Canghui Academy’s students to lose confidence.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Tang San attacked their respective opponents as Ye Zhiqiu tried to stop the fight.
• A large hand landed on Ye Zhiqiu’s shoulder, silencing him before he could intervene.

Zhao Wuji stopped Ye Zhiqiu from intervening as Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun overwhelmed Canghui Academy’s students. After Xiao Wu sent the last girl flying, she hurtled toward a quiet corner where two young people were eating rabbit dishes.

• Zhao Wuji restrained Ye Zhiqiu and dismissed his demand for an explanation, allowing the students’ fight to continue.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu used their spirit skills to defeat Canghui Academy’s six male students.
• Ma Hongjun eyed the remaining female student, but Tang San flung her into the air and Xiao Wu struck her with Waist Bow.
• The injured girl flew toward a quiet corner where a young man and woman were eating spicy rabbit heads and a roasted rabbit leg.

Ye Qifeng saved Canghui Academy’s injured female student after Tang San and Xiao Wu deliberately sent her flying toward his table, while Zhu Zhuqing confronted them. Zhao Wuji forced Ye Zhiqiu to make Canghui Academy pay for the restaurant damage, deepening the feud between the academies and sending the story on a path different from its original fate.

• Ye Qifeng caught Canghui Academy’s female student, treated some of her injuries, and passed her to Ye Zhiqiu as Zhu Zhuqing glared at Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Ye Zhiqiu warned Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing not to challenge Shrek Academy, but Ye Qifeng calmly said Shrek could do nothing to them.
• The hotel owner asked Zhao Wuji to stop the fighting and pay for the restaurant damage, but Zhao Wuji ordered Ye Zhiqiu to make Canghui Academy cover the costs.
• Zhao Wuji intimidated Ye Zhiqiu with his Soul Saint power until Ye Zhiqiu agreed to pay, then Ye Zhiqiu left with his injured students and warned that Canghui Academy would remember the incident.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar celebrated Shrek Academy’s victory while Ning Rongrong sat alone without reacting.

Zhao Wuji invited Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing to join Shrek Academy’s trip to the Star Dou Forest, and Ye Qifeng accepted for a plan he would explain later. The next morning, a Canghui Academy student thanked Ye Qifeng with a love letter, provoking Zhu Zhuqing’s jealousy, before her group departed for the forest.

• Zhao Wuji scolded Tang San and Xiao Wu for attacking a fleeing Canghui Academy student, and Tang San apologized while concealing his anger.
• Zhao Wuji invited Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing to travel with Shrek Academy to the Star Dou Forest, and Ye Qifeng accepted despite Zhu Zhuqing’s dislike of the group.
• Ye Qifeng told Zhu Zhuqing that he and Elder Gui had another objective for the trip, then shared spicy rabbit head with her.
• The next morning, a Canghui Academy girl thanked Ye Qifeng and gave him a love letter with her personal details.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew jealous after reading the letter, while Ye Zhiqiu stopped the other Canghui Academy students from teasing the girl.
• Ye Zhiqiu left the hotel with the girl and the six male students, apparently bound for the Star Dou Forest.

Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing joined the Shrek group on its journey to Star Dou Forest, where Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun tried to exhaust them by running at full speed. After the group entered the forest to hunt spirit beasts, Ye Qifeng identified the approaching creature as the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Ye Qifeng put away a love letter from a Canghui Academy student, intending to give it to Bibi Dong, then ate breakfast with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji invited Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing to travel with the Shrek group, despite the hostility Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai felt toward Ye Qifeng.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun tried to wear Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing down by running ahead without providing them Oscar's Recovery Sausages, but Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing kept pace while the others grew tired.
• The group reached Star Dou Forest, where Xiao Wu secretly hoped Daming and Er'ming would sense her return.
• Dai Mubai assigned roles for entering the forest, and Zhu Zhuqing waited for Ye Qifeng's approval before accepting her scouting duty.
• After the group ventured into the forest, Dai Mubai warned them of an approaching creature, and Ye Qifeng recognized it as the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Tang San showed off his spirit beast knowledge before suggesting she capture it. She struck the serpent down, sending it crashing toward Tang San, and Dai Mubai and Tang San worked together to subdue it for Oscar's spirit ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing scouted from a tree and identified the approaching creature as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San estimated the serpent's age, explained its traits, and suggested that Zhu Zhuqing capture it while the others blocked its escape.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged the serpent's mist and struck its crest with Hell Stab, sending it hurtling toward Tang San.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to hit the falling serpent, and Tang San bound it with Blue Silver Bind.
• Dai Mubai knocked the struggling Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious with a punch.

Oscar prepared to kill the captured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his third spirit ring when Snake Matriarch Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter Meng Yiran arrived to claim it. Zhao Wuji recognized the threat posed by Chao Tianxiang’s Snake Head Staff and addressed the newcomers more cautiously.

• Zhu Zhuqing helped Tang San and Dai Mubai subdue the Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, securing Oscar’s chance to obtain its spirit ring.
• Xiao Wu pleaded for the serpent, but Tang San told her that the strong devouring the weak was the law of survival.
• As Oscar raised Zhao Wuji’s knife to kill the unconscious serpent, Chao Tianxiang shouted for him to stop and arrived with Meng Yiran.
• The Shrek group assessed Chao Tianxiang’s strength, while Zhao Wuji recognized her Snake Head Staff and became more cautious.

Zhao Wuji refused to return the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Chao Tianxiang and agreed to settle the dispute with a duel. Meng Yiran chose Ye Qifeng as her opponent, but Tang San objected and was rejected because Meng Yiran called him too ugly.

• Chao Tianxiang showed the wounds her Serpent Cane had inflicted on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and claimed it for Meng Yiran, but Zhao Wuji refused to hand it over to Oscar.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that each side choose one fighter, with the winner claiming the serpent, and Zhao Wuji agreed.
• Zhao Wuji offered Meng Yiran a choice of opponents, and she pointed to Ye Qifeng.
• Tang San objected that Ye Qifeng could not represent their group, and Zhao Wuji admitted he had forgotten Ye Qifeng was only traveling with them.
• Tang San volunteered to fight Meng Yiran, but she refused because she thought he was too ugly.

Ye Qifeng fought Meng Yiran for Shrek Academy and defeated her after disarming her Serpent Cane. Chao Tianxiang accepted the wager’s outcome, leaving the Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Shrek’s group.

• Meng Yiran rejected Tang San because she found him ugly, and Dai Mubai persuaded Zhao Wuji to ask Ye Qifeng to fight in Oscar’s place.
• Ye Qifeng agreed to face Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing signaled the start of their bout in the Star Dou Forest.
• Meng Yiran attacked Ye Qifeng with punches, kicks, and her Serpent Cane, but he blocked and evaded her attacks without difficulty.
• Meng Yiran used Tongue Blade and Serpent Body, but Ye Qifeng seized the Serpent Cane at its vulnerable point and took it from her.
• Meng Yiran conceded defeat, and Chao Tianxiang accepted the wager and gave Shrek’s group the Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring, while Ye Qifeng warned Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran that nearby spirit beasts might run riot. After the Shrek group resumed searching for spirit rings, Zhao Wuji sensed danger at their campsite, and the Titan Giant Ape arrived.

• Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and absorbed its spirit ring, while Ye Qifeng returned Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane and promised to make up for her loss.
• Ye Qifeng warned Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran of a possible spirit beast uprising and advised them to find Dragon Duke Meng Shu.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran left to find Meng Shu, while Oscar completed his absorption and gained his third spirit skill, I Want to Fly Mushroom Sausage.
• Tang San broke through to level thirty, and the Shrek group left camp to search for spirit rings for him and Zhu Zhuqing, but found no suitable beasts over the next two days.
• Late one night, Zhao Wuji ordered everyone out of their tents, and Ye Qifeng moved away from the group as the Titan Giant Ape arrived.

Er'ming the Titan Giant Ape arrived at the Shrek campsite to take Xiao Wu back to the Life Lake, and the group fought him despite Zhao Wuji's warning to flee. After Er'ming abducted Xiao Wu, the injured Tang San watched him disappear into the forest and cried out in fury.

• Er'ming the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest and fixed his attention on Xiao Wu, while she recognized him with joy.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Er'ming and urged the Shrek group to escape, but Tang San insisted they stay and assigned everyone roles.
• Er'ming brushed aside Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San's attacks, knocking them all down.
• Xiao Wu's cry stopped Er'ming from stomping Tang San, and he scooped her up before leaping away into the forest.
• Oscar pulled Ning Rongrong clear of Er'ming's landing, but she struck her head and lost consciousness; Tang San saw Xiao Wu abducted and cried out.