Chapter Summaries

After breaking through, Su Ming learned that Ma Hongjun had provoked Blue Sunshine Academy and warned in his diary that Shi Nian could have destroyed Shrek if he had led the opposing group. The others discussed Shi Nian’s danger, while Ning Rongrong defended her sharp response to Oscar.

• Ning Rongrong rebuked Oscar for making excuses for Ma Hongjun, and the others stayed silent.
• Su Ming’s stomach rumbled, so Xiao Wu served him food and Dai Mubai offered the meal as a welcome.
• Su Ming wrote in his diary that Ma Hongjun’s earlier provocation had ended in injuries and that the group had been fortunate not to encounter Shi Nian.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Shi Nian was the Soul Master Ning Rongrong had heard about, and Ning Rongrong said he probably was.
• Su Ming explained that Shi Nian’s illusions could have killed Tang San and the others, while Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong recognized the danger of his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing teased Ning Rongrong about Su Ming praising her, and Ning Rongrong insisted Oscar had deserved her rebuke.

Su Ming continued studying talisman crafting after his breakthrough, while Ning Rongrong received a Heart Separation Control Advancement Card and decided to save it for later. The group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest under Zhao Wuji’s strict instructions, with Su Ming using his Spiritual Power to scout as they entered.

• Su Ming received ten Learning Acceleration Cards and planned to use them to advance his talisman crafting.
• Ning Rongrong received a Heart Separation Control Advancement Card and chose to save it for when she surpassed the secret method’s usual limits.
• The students departed for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Oscar made sausages for the group before they entered.
• Zhao Wuji warned the students to stay within twenty meters of him and keep the support Soul Masters close.
• Su Ming and Zhao Wuji led the group into the forest as Su Ming surveyed their surroundings with his Spiritual Power.

Tang San and the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt his Third Soul Ring, while Su Ming's Diary predicted the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent encounter and recounted how Tang San had won it from Meng Yiran. Su Ming decided not to interfere or recruit Oscar, and the chapter ended with an author’s clarification of the Wood Scripture’s updated bonuses.

• Tang San surveyed the Star Dou Great Forest excitedly as the group stopped to rest after an hour of searching.
• Su Ming wrote that a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent would appear soon and described how Tang San had competed with Meng Yiran for it in the original story.
• Su Ming criticized Tang San for accepting Meng Yiran’s kiss and contrasted his own willingness to take responsibility for his romantic choices.
• Su Ming decided to watch the encounter unfold rather than intervene for Oscar, and the women agreed that giving up on Oscar was wise.
• The author clarified that each level of Su Ming’s Wood Scripture added ten percent to his Life and Toughness Attributes, giving his current fourth level a forty-percent passive bonus.

After the Titan Giant Ape appeared on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu revealed through the Diary that it was her younger brother, Er Ming, who had come because he sensed her aura. Su Ming then speculated that Shrek Academy’s missing senior students had mostly died during dangerous training, leaving the girls and Liu Erlong shocked and unsettled.

• Meng Yiran and the other girl left after losing the bet, but the group continued searching for a Soul Beast suitable for Tang San.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, alarming the group and prompting Xiao Wu to reveal that Er Ming was her younger brother and had likely sensed her nearby.
• Xiao Wu reassured Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Er Ming would not hurt them, while Zhu Zhuqing wanted to retreat rather than risk provoking him.
• Su Ming questioned why Shrek Academy had no senior students and speculated that most of its more than forty former students had died during Soul Arena competitions or Soul Beast hunts.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other women considered the danger Shrek students faced, while Liu Erlong was shocked by Su Ming’s suspicion and compared Shrek’s practices with her safer approach at Blue Tyrant Academy.

Su Ming argued that Zhao Wuji had protected his students mainly to save himself, while Bibi Dong and Bo Saixi considered what the diary revealed about powerful Soul Masters and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. The chapter ended with Su Ming planning to approach Qian Renxue and keep Tang San from obtaining the Sea God’s inheritance.

• Su Ming claimed Zhao Wuji risked himself against Er Ming because Tang San and the other students had powerful families who could punish him, while Xiao Wu and Oscar had little protection from their backgrounds.
• Bibi Dong considered Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei’s stalled cultivation, the strength of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and whether Su Ming might save them if they joined his side.
• Su Ming recalled that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was held by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and resolved to prevent Tang San from inheriting the Sea God’s position.
• Bo Saixi learned that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was in the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s possession, but the Diary’s rules prevented her from reclaiming it herself.
• Su Ming planned to meet Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, during the Soul Master Tournament and have her obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Su Ming waited with the others for a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to appear, hoping to gain combat experience while Oscar sought a suitable Soul Ring. When the serpent arrived, Zhao Wuji assigned the group to capture it, and Tang San prepared to restrain it.

• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that Da Ming was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sky Azure Bull Python, stronger than Er Ming, and that more powerful Soul Beasts lived deeper in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After the group rested for nearly half an hour, Su Ming sensed a Soul Beast approaching, and Zhao Wuji warned everyone to prepare.
• Zhu Zhuqing scouted from a tree and described a flying snake with a fleshy crest and fan-shaped tail; Zhao Wuji identified it as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San estimated that the serpent was thirteen to eighteen hundred years old and suitable for Oscar, so Zhao Wuji told the group to capture it for Oscar to absorb.
• Tang San asked Fatty to use his Evil Fire Phoenix aura to suppress the serpent while he waited for an opening to restrain it.

Tang San and the others captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar to absorb as his Third Spirit Ring. Watching the hunt troubled Xiao Wu, while Su Ming considered why transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could condense only six rings and whether that principle might lead to artificial Soul Rings.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Ning Rongrong boosted her speed so she could escape its Seven-Colored Mist.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement and Parasite while Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix aura frightened the serpent; Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing helped contain it until Zhao Wuji knocked it unconscious.
• Tang San urged Oscar to absorb the captured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his Third Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu asked Su Ming why Soul Masters had to hunt soul beasts, and Su Ming explained the world's rules and discussed possible ways to reduce the conflict.
• Su Ming wondered why Xiao Wu could condense only her first six Soul Rings and considered whether understanding the process could help him create artificial Soul Rings.

Zhao Wuji’s group prepared to give the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Oscar, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed it for Meng Yiran’s Third Soul Ring. Zhao Wuji recognized the danger of opposing Snake Grandma and Dragon Duke, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Xiao Wu struggled with the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, while Su Ming rejected Tang San’s past promises as hypocritical.
• Zhao Wuji gave Oscar a broken blade and told him to kill the captured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for its Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and ordered Oscar to stop, claiming they had found and wounded the serpent first.
• Oscar and Meng Yiran argued over who deserved the serpent, and Oscar revealed that he was fourteen and had reached level thirty.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang as Snake Grandma and learned that Meng Shu might be nearby, so he spoke cautiously while asserting Oscar’s claim.

Zhao Wuji arranged a contest between Tang San and Meng Yiran to decide who would claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Oscar’s wager nearly forced Meng Yiran to give Tang San a kiss. After Oscar began absorbing the serpent’s Soul Ring, Su Ming asked Snake Grandma what Soul Beast she planned to hunt next for Meng Yiran.

• Zhao Wuji proposed a fair contest between Tang San and Meng Yiran, and Chao Tianxiang agreed.
• Oscar insisted that Meng Yiran owe Tang San a kiss if he won, but Tang San defeated her and then waved off the wager.
• Su Ming covered Xiao Wu’s eyes as Meng Yiran’s clothes were torn during the fight, while Chao Tianxiang accepted the loss.
• Su Ming warned Oscar not to provoke Snake Grandma, and Oscar hurriedly began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring.
• Su Ming asked Snake Grandma which Soul Beast she planned to hunt for Meng Yiran’s Third Soul Ring.

Su Ming warned Snake Grandma that a Man Faced Demon Spider could be too dangerous for Meng Yiran, then Oscar awakened his third Spirit Skill after absorbing a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring. The group learned that Oscar could fly at the serpent’s speed for only one minute, and Su Ming began explaining why the skill’s long-term value was limited.

• Su Ming advised Snake Grandma to check a Man Faced Demon Spider’s age carefully and avoid one older than fifteen hundred years for Meng Yiran.
• Snake Grandma accepted Su Ming’s warning and left with Meng Yiran, while the others waited for Oscar to finish absorbing his Soul Ring.
• Oscar woke as a Level Thirty-One Soul Elder and revealed that his third Spirit Skill, Mushroom Sausage, granted flight.
• Oscar said the flight lasted one minute, then disclosed that it matched a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed, surprising Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Su Ming praised Oscar’s unusual early flight ability but pointed out that its usefulness would diminish when Soul Masters could fly at higher levels.

Su Ming and Zhao Wuji argued that Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage would be of limited use in high-level battles because it lasted only one minute and would be outclassed by later flight skills. Oscar defended his potential as a Food System Soul Master, but Su Ming’s reasoning left him discouraged.

• Su Ming explained that the Mushroom Sausage’s brief flight duration made it impractical in battles between powerful Soul Masters, and Zhao Wuji agreed.
• Ning Rongrong said Food System Soul Masters mainly served as logistical support and could not match the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s boosts, though Oscar pointed out his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Ming argued that Oscar’s flight skill would remain less useful than lasting percentage-based enhancements and later flight skills from stronger Spirit Rings.
• Oscar grew pale as the others reconsidered his Spirit Skill, while Su Ming privately decided not to advise him about choosing another Soul Beast.

Su Ming pointed out the flaws in Oscar’s new Spirit Skill, leaving Oscar despondent until Zhao Wuji and Tang San reassured him. Zhao Wuji then turned the group’s attention to finding a Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San’s Third Soul Ring.

• Su Ming told Oscar that his Mushroom Sausage’s flight distance was unimpressive, and Oscar was crushed by the criticism.
• Zhao Wuji stopped Su Ming and comforted Oscar, while Tang San promised that Master could help him choose a better Soul Beast at level forty.
• Su Ming considered the poor enhancement and one-minute shelf life of Oscar’s future Excitement Pink Sausage Spirit Skill.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the group would look for a Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San’s Third Soul Ring.

Zhao Wuji led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest for two days in search of a suitable Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San, but they found none. As they rested, the Titan Giant Ape arrived, and Su Ming prepared to protect the others while considering going with it if it came for Xiao Wu.

• Zhao Wuji moved the group through the forest cautiously, but they failed to find a suitable Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he would patiently wait for a suitable Soul Beast, and Zhao Wuji praised his composure.
• Zhao Wuji sensed a powerful presence, activated his Martial Soul, and ordered everyone out of their tents.
• Xiao Wu recognized the approaching aura as Er Ming's and told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to stay back while she warned him not to hurt them.
• Zhao Wuji entrusted Su Ming with protecting the group, and the Titan Giant Ape appeared before them.

Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students encountered the Titan Giant Ape, while Xiao Wu and Su Ming secretly arranged to leave with it. The Titan Giant Ape focused on Xiao Wu, and she secretly told it to protect Su Ming and her friends while finding a chance to cripple Ma Hongjun.

• The Titan Giant Ape appeared, and Zhao Wuji and Tang San recognized the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as a threat they could not defeat.
• Su Ming asked Xiao Wu to have the Titan Giant Ape take him along, and Xiao Wu revealed that the beast was her younger brother, Er Ming.
• Zhao Wuji tried to appease the Titan Giant Ape, but Er Ming ignored him and fixed his gaze on Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu told Er Ming to take her and Su Ming away, spare Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and cripple Ma Hongjun when he got the chance.
• Su Ming noticed Xiao Wu glancing at Ma Hongjun and suspected the red-haired student was about to suffer.

Er Ming followed Xiao Wu’s order to cripple Ma Hongjun while taking her and Su Ming away, and the Titan Giant Ape used its Gravity Domain to make Zhao Wuji’s attack crush Ma Hongjun. The group remained trapped, and Ma Hongjun was left unconscious with all four limbs broken and his third limb pulverized.

• Xiao Wu told Er Ming not to harm Tang San and to cripple Ma Hongjun, while Er Ming decided to use Zhao Wuji to control his own strength.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked the Titan Giant Ape, while Su Ming pretended to fight and secretly arranged with Er Ming to take him and Xiao Wu away.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun joined the fight as the Titan Giant Ape resisted their attacks.
• The Titan Giant Ape activated Gravity Domain, immobilized most of the group, and struck Zhao Wuji with Titan Sky Cannon.
• Zhao Wuji was blasted into Ma Hongjun, breaking all four of Ma Hongjun’s limbs and pulverizing his third limb before the Titan Giant Ape dismissed the domain.

Su Ming arranged for the Titan Giant Ape to capture him and Xiao Wu while helping the others escape. Ning Rongrong refused to leave him behind, and Su Ming knocked her unconscious as the battle continued.

• Su Ming guessed that Xiao Wu had asked Er Ming to cripple Ma Hongjun, who had attacked the Titan Giant Ape with his Phoenix Fireline.
• After the Titan Giant Ape dismissed its domain, Su Ming asked Er Ming to let him use a soul skill to evacuate the others and then capture him and Xiao Wu.
• Su Ming empowered his Wood Dragon and urged Zhao Wuji and the others to escape on it, and Zhao Wuji left with the group and the unconscious Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Rongrong rebuked Zhao Wuji and the others for abandoning Su Ming, then used her support skills on Su Ming instead of leaving.
• Su Ming told Zhu Zhuqing to take Rongrong away and used Mental Impact to knock Ning Rongrong unconscious.

Su Ming staged his capture by Er Ming so the others could escape, while Xiao Wu remained with him and was carried away. Tang San watched Xiao Wu go and realized he wanted her as his lover, not his sister.

• Ning Rongrong pretended to faint, and Zhu Zhuqing carried her onto Su Ming's Wood Dragon.
• Tang San called for Xiao Wu to teleport away, but she ignored him and stayed beside Su Ming.
• Er Ming grabbed Su Ming, who shouted for the others to run as the Wood Dragon flew off with them.
• Xiao Wu acted as if she were trying to rescue Su Ming, and Er Ming picked her up as well.
• Tang San watched Er Ming leave with Su Ming and Xiao Wu, then realized he wanted Xiao Wu to be his lover and welcomed the prospect of Su Ming's death.

Tang San and the others survived the Titan Giant Ape’s attack, but Su Ming and Xiao Wu were left behind. As the group recovered, Tang San resolved to return for Xiao Wu, leaving Oscar to wonder why he seemed unconcerned about Su Ming.

• Tang San woke and called for Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun also regained consciousness; Oscar used a Big Sausage to ease Ma Hongjun’s pain.
• Zhao Wuji told the group that Su Ming and Xiao Wu had stayed behind and been captured by the Titan Giant Ape, and Ning Rongrong insisted Su Ming would survive.
• The Wood Dragon carried them to safety and then vanished; Zhao Wuji ordered Oscar to make more sausages while the others rested and recovered their Soul Power.
• Tang San asked Oscar for Flying Mushroom Sausages so he could return to look for Xiao Wu and Su Ming, saying he needed to see them even if only their bodies remained.
• Oscar suspected Tang San wanted to rescue Xiao Wu because he loved her, and wondered why Tang San appeared so indifferent toward Su Ming.

Tang San flew back toward the Titan Giant Ape to rescue Xiao Wu and Su Ming, while Zhao Wuji and the others learned why he had left. At Star Lake, Su Ming and Xiao Wu teased each other, and Su Ming unexpectedly kissed her cheek.

• Oscar made several Flying Mushroom Sausages for Tang San, who swallowed one and flew back toward the Titan Giant Ape despite Zhao Wuji's objections.
• Oscar explained what had happened, and the group realized Tang San had returned mainly to save Xiao Wu.
• Er Ming released Su Ming and let him sit beside Xiao Wu on his hand.
• Xiao Wu guessed that Su Ming wanted to spar with Er Ming and use hidden trump cards, including his eyes.
• Su Ming teased Xiao Wu, stroked her rabbit ears, and kissed her flushed cheek, leaving her stunned.

Su Ming confessed to Xiao Wu at Star Lake, and she agreed to become his girlfriend. After Xiao Wu told him about her mother’s death and her desire for revenge, Su Ming promised he could revive her, prompting Er Ming to angrily confront him.

• Su Ming confessed to Xiao Wu and asked her to be his girlfriend, and Xiao Wu accepted.
• Su Ming said he had come to meet Xiao Wu’s family, and Xiao Wu told him that Da Ming and Er Ming were her only family at Star Lake.
• Xiao Wu explained that her mother had returned from the Great Ferocious Land severely injured and sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong, and she had hidden nearby in fear.
• Xiao Wu cried in Su Ming’s arms, and he comforted her before promising he could revive her mother in the future.
• Er Ming objected to Su Ming pursuing Xiao Wu and told him not to go too far.