Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji reprimanded Ma Hongjun and the others for causing trouble, while Lin Qingmo warned them that Shi Nian, a dangerous Soul Saint from Canghui Academy, might target them. The Shrek students were ordered to reflect and remain confined until Flender found a way to handle the threat.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong defended Lin Qingmo, while Zhu Zhuqing silently showed her disapproval of Ma Hongjun; Tang San seethed over Xiao Wu's support for Lin Qingmo.
• Zhao Wuji blamed Ma Hongjun for nearly dragging the team into trouble, ordered him to write a ten-thousand-word self-criticism, and scolded Dai Mubai and Oscar for joining in.
• Lin Qingmo warned Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to fear Shi Nian, a seven-ring Soul Saint from Canghui Academy who used illusions to kill geniuses.
• Zhao Wuji realized Ma Hongjun might have drawn Shi Nian's attention and ordered the three troublemakers to return to the Academy and stay confined until Flender dealt with the danger.

Lin Qingmo and the others entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Spirit Ring, and they subdued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that seemed suitable. Oscar was about to claim it when Lin Qingmo stopped him.

• Lin Qingmo reflected on Shi Nian’s threat before falling asleep beside Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered them to search for a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar.
• Tang San spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the group worked together to restrain and injure it.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Squeeze to pin down the serpent and called Oscar forward.
• Lin Qingmo stopped Oscar before he could approach the serpent.

Lin Qingmo discovered that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent had already been wounded by another hunter, and Snake Matriarch Chao Tianxiang arrived with her granddaughter Meng Yiran to claim it. With Zhao Wuji unwilling to yield the serpent, Chao Tianxiang proposed that a student from each group fight for it, and Zhao Wuji offered any of his students except Oscar and the other support-type student.

• Lin Qingmo pointed out wounds on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and warned that someone else had hunted it.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran emerged from the forest, and Chao Tianxiang claimed the serpent as prey they had pursued for two days.
• Zhao Wuji identified Chao Tianxiang as the Snake Matriarch and introduced himself as a Soul Saint from Shrek Academy.
• Chao Tianxiang insisted the serpent was important to Meng Yiran, while Zhao Wuji asked her to yield it to his student.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed a fight between students to decide who would get the serpent.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Oscar could not fight and offered any of his other students except the support-type student.

Meng Yiran chose Lin Qingmo as her opponent, but learned that the twelve-year-old was already Level 40 and declined to fight him. When she challenged Xiao Wu instead, Xiao Wu revealed she had reached Level 37, leaving both the Shrek group and Chao Tianxiang stunned.

• Meng Yiran picked Lin Qingmo to fight, and he said he could not compete because he was Level 40.
• Chao Tianxiang sensed Lin Qingmo's powerful Soul Power, and Zhao Wuji confirmed he was a twelve-year-old Control System Battle Spirit Ancestor missing only a Spirit Ring.
• Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Wu instead, and Zhao Wuji said she was Level 32.
• Xiao Wu revealed she was now Level 37 and credited A-Qing, stunning Shrek's students and deepening Tang San's frustration.
• Chao Tianxiang struggled to process Shrek's two twelve-year-old prodigies.

Chao Tianxiang learned the Shrek students’ astonishing levels and accepted that they had lost their claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Meng Yiran challenged Lin Qingmo, accepted her defeat, kissed his cheek, and left with Chao Tianxiang.

• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun revealed their ages, levels, and Martial Souls, shocking Chao Tianxiang and discouraging Meng Yiran.
• Chao Tianxiang prepared to leave with Meng Yiran, but Meng Yiran insisted on fighting Lin Qingmo so she could accept her loss knowingly.
• Lin Qingmo avoided and blocked Meng Yiran’s attacks without releasing his Martial Soul or moving far from his spot.
• Meng Yiran withdrew her Martial Soul, acknowledged her defeat, kissed Lin Qingmo on the cheek, and vowed to catch up to him.
• Chao Tianxiang conceded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Zhao Wuji and left to follow Meng Yiran.

After Meng Yiran kissed Lin Qingmo, Xiao Wu defended her relationship with him and reassured him that she trusted him, while Tang San’s attempt to turn her against him failed. As Oscar began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Spirit Ring, Tang San spiraled into a delusion that Xiao Wu’s lack of jealousy meant she did not truly love Lin Qingmo.

• Tang San called Lin Qingmo a fickle scumbag, but Xiao Wu slapped him and defended Lin Qingmo.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Lin Qingmo loved her and would leave her; he said he loved her and would not, and Xiao Wu kissed him on the cheek.
• Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to finish the hunt, and Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qingmo spread his Blue Silver Grass to sense movement nearby while Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that she trusted him and did not mind Meng Yiran’s kiss.
• Tang San suddenly shouted that Xiao Wu’s lack of anger meant she did not love Lin Qingmo and was only pretending.

Tang San’s uncontrolled breakthrough to Level 30 shattered Oscar’s Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and left Oscar seriously injured. Zhao Wuji forced Tang San to apologize, and the group set out to find another Spirit Beast for Oscar, who vowed to remember what happened.

• Tang San’s wild laughter and surging Soul Power struck Oscar during his Spirit Ring absorption, shattering the Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and injuring him.
• Tang San stopped laughing, realized he had reached Level 30, and celebrated his breakthrough while Zhao Wuji struck him for endangering Oscar.
• Tang San blamed Lin Qingmo for provoking him, while Lin Qingmo and the Chat Group members reacted to the disaster.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Tang San to apologize, and Oscar warned Tang San that he would remember the incident for the rest of his life.
• Zhao Wuji urged the group to continue searching for a suitable Spirit Beast for Oscar, who silently agreed.

The Shrek group continued through the Star Dou Great Forest amid growing tension between Oscar and Tang San, while Xiao Wu acted nervously. A Titan Giant Ape appeared, and Zhao Wuji charged at it to protect the group.

• Tang San silently blamed Lin Qingmo for his troubles and glared at him with killing intent, while Lin Qingmo recognized Tang San as dangerous.
• After three days of searching, Oscar remained bitter over his shattered Spirit Ring, and Zhao Wuji worried about the conflict between Oscar and Tang San.
• Xiao Wu grew distracted and gripped Lin Qingmo's hand tightly as the group traveled deeper into the forest.
• The ground shook, wildlife fled, and the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged at the Titan Giant Ape to shield the group.

The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu into the forest, prompting Tang San and Lin Qingmo to pursue her while Zhao Wuji led the others away. Lin Qingmo met Bibi Dong, who took him to seek his Fourth Spirit Ring, and they spotted an unconscious Tang San beside a Man Faced Demon Spider.

• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and fled, while its gust struck Zhao Wuji and injured him.
• Lin Qingmo set off after Xiao Wu, and Tang San followed despite Zhao Wuji's attempt to stop him.
• Bibi Dong appeared to help Lin Qingmo obtain his Fourth Spirit Ring, and he told her the Titan Giant Ape would not harm Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong carried Lin Qingmo through the forest, where they saw Tang San unconscious beside a Man Faced Demon Spider.

Lin Qingmo stole Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances while they were beginning to fuse, then offered the External Soul Bone to Bibi Dong, who told him to keep it. Bibi Dong carried Lin Qingmo deeper into the forest to search for a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring.

• Lin Qingmo found Tang San unconscious beside the dead Man Faced Demon Spider and saw the Eight Spider Lances beginning to emerge along Tang San’s spine.
• Lin Qingmo forcibly removed the Eight Spider Lances from Tang San and stored them in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Lin Qingmo showed the Eight Spider Lances to Bibi Dong and offered them to her, but she refused and told him to keep the rare External Soul Bone.
• Bibi Dong flew deeper into the forest with Lin Qingmo to find a suitable Soul Beast for his Fourth Spirit Ring.

Lin Qingmo and Bibi Dong discovered a Thunderous Hell Vine in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Qingmo decided to risk absorbing its Spirit Ring as his fourth. As the lightning storm began to fade, the vine suddenly unleashed a violent surge of electricity.

• Bibi Dong brought Lin Qingmo to a cliff where lightning repeatedly struck a charred vine.
• Lin Qingmo identified the vine as a Thunderous Hell Vine and explained how it grew by absorbing lightning and could eventually turn its surroundings into a Thunder Pool.
• Bibi Dong judged that the vine likely had ten thousand years of cultivation and asked whether Lin Qingmo wanted it as his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qingmo weighed the danger of absorbing its berserk lightning power and chose to try, with Bibi Dong agreeing to support him.
• The storm clouds began to disperse, but the Thunderous Hell Vine suddenly sent a torrent of blue lightning skyward.

Lin Qingmo absorbed the Thunderous Hell Vine’s ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring while Bibi Dong guarded him, but the ring triggered a Thunder Tribulation. He chose to face the lightning himself as a bolt struck toward him.

• The Thunderous Hell Vine lost control of the lightning it had absorbed and began to die, so Bibi Dong uprooted it for Lin Qingmo.
• Lin Qingmo used his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to kill the vine and summon its ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qingmo prepared himself with his spirit skills, then began absorbing the Spirit Ring while Bibi Dong sealed off the area and kept watch.
• As Lin Qingmo neared the end of the absorption, dark clouds gathered and a Thunder Tribulation locked onto him.
• Lin Qingmo stopped Bibi Dong from intervening and chose to endure the tribulation, and a massive bolt of Purple Heavenly Lightning struck toward him.

Lin Qingmo survived the Thunder Tribulation through the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone’s healing skill and absorbed a Spirit Ring that could grow stronger through future trials. Bibi Dong’s relief led her to kiss him, and the chapter ended with Lin Qingmo eager to pursue the Ring’s dangerous potential.

• Bibi Dong found Lin Qingmo charred after the Thunder Tribulation and feared he was dead.
• The Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone’s Soul Bone Skill revived Lin Qingmo, allowing him to complete the Fourth Spirit Ring absorption.
• Bibi Dong hugged and kissed Lin Qingmo before warning him not to risk his life again.
• Lin Qingmo discovered that his Soul Power had reached level 45 and his new Spirit Ring had grown to thirty thousand years.
• Lin Qingmo told Bibi Dong that surviving future Thunder Tribulations could further increase the Spirit Ring’s age, and he considered finding more ways to protect himself.

After Lin Qingmo absorbed the Thunderous Hell Vine and endured its Thunder Tribulation, Bibi Dong insisted on a close examination and concluded that the lightning had left him unharmed and improved his physical abilities. She then asked about his Fourth Spirit Ability, which Lin Qingmo identified as Blue Silver Thunderous Endowment.

• Bibi Dong refused to let Lin Qingmo raise his Spirit Ring further until she had checked him for injuries from the Thunder Tribulation.
• Bibi Dong examined Lin Qingmo, who realized the Thunder Tribulation had burned away his clothes and became intensely embarrassed.
• Bibi Dong conducted a prolonged functional examination and later concluded that Lin Qingmo had no hidden injuries and had gained improved endurance and recovery.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo about the ability granted by his Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Lin Qingmo learned that his thirty-thousand-year Thunderous Hell Vine Spirit Ring had granted him Blue Silver Thunderous Endowment.

Lin Qingmo explained his Fourth Spirit Ability’s lightning powers and resurrection trait to Bibi Dong, who gave him an emergency communication token for future Thunder Tribulations. Their discussion was interrupted by a furious golden giant turtle that charged in demanding the return of its stolen treasure.

• Lin Qingmo demonstrated how his Blue Silver Grass released lightning and formed a powerful, flexible thunder net.
• Bibi Dong praised the ability’s potential, warned that it could make future Thunder Tribulations stronger, and gave Lin Qingmo an emergency communication token.
• Lin Qingmo described his Blue Silver Resurrection trait, which could restore him and greatly enhance his abilities after he took damage.
• A colossal golden giant turtle charged through the forest, furious that Lin Qingmo had taken its treasure, and demanded it back.
• Lin Qingmo realized the creature might be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast connected to the Thunderous Hell Vine.

Bibi Dong and Lin Qingmo encountered a golden tortoise that claimed to be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Bibi Dong sensed it had only fifty thousand years of cultivation. The tortoise identified itself as Golden Hawksbill and began explaining that swallowing a strange metal had caused its cultivation to fall.

• Bibi Dong shielded Lin Qingmo and confronted the golden giant tortoise, judging its cultivation to be no more than fifty thousand years.
• Golden Hawksbill tried to flee, but Bibi Dong blocked its path and threatened to kill it.
• Golden Hawksbill offered a treasure in its stomach to save its life, and Lin Qingmo urged Bibi Dong to hear it out.
• Golden Hawksbill claimed it was an auspicious King of All Tortoises and had once been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Golden Hawksbill said that several hundred years earlier it swallowed Jade Silver, hoping its vitality would help it face a two-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation.

Lin Qingmo discovered that the Golden Hawksbill had swallowed Life Gold, which had drained its cultivation and life force for three hundred years. He located the treasure inside its stomach and prepared to remove it while Bibi Dong guarded the creature.

• The Golden Hawksbill told Lin Qingmo that the Life Gold was stuck in its stomach and had reduced its cultivation from one hundred thousand years to fifty thousand.
• Lin Qingmo recognized the treasure as Life Gold and realized its valuable life, purifying, and spiritual benefits.
• Bibi Dong threatened to kill the Golden Hawksbill and cut it open, but Lin Qingmo stopped her and promised to retrieve the treasure.
• The Golden Hawksbill agreed to cooperate, and Bibi Dong stayed ready to intervene as Lin Qingmo sent his Blue Silver Grass into its stomach.
• Lin Qingmo found the Life Gold embedded in the Golden Hawksbill's stomach wall and warned that removing it would cause severe pain; the Golden Hawksbill agreed to endure it.

Lin Qingmo removed the Life Gold from the Golden Hawksbill, ending its three centuries of torment. Bibi Dong agreed to spare the grateful Soul Beast, which offered Lin Qingmo a golden shell token before the chapter ended.

• Lin Qingmo used his Blue Silver Grass to tear the Life Gold and surrounding flesh from the Golden Hawksbill, while Bibi Dong stood ready to protect him.
• The Golden Hawksbill rejoiced that its three hundred years of suffering had ended and imagined rebuilding its cultivation.
• Bibi Dong asked whether they should kill the Golden Hawksbill, but Lin Qingmo persuaded her to let it go.
• The Golden Hawksbill began to flee, then turned back and offered Lin Qingmo a small golden shell as a token of thanks.

Lin Qingmo received the Golden Hawksbill Shell from the Golden Hawksbill and learned of its protective barrier and teleportation abilities. After the beast left, Bibi Dong refused the treasures he offered and told him to keep them; she then asked what he planned to do with the Life Gold.

• The Golden Hawksbill explained that its shell could create an Invincible Barrier and teleport targets within a one-kilometer range once per day, and Lin Qingmo accepted it.
• The Golden Hawksbill thanked Lin Qingmo for freeing it and left for the depths of the forest.
• Lin Qingmo offered the Life Gold and Golden Hawksbill Shell to Bibi Dong, but she told him to keep both so he could grow stronger.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Qingmo what the Life Gold was and how he intended to use it.

Lin Qingmo tried to use Life Gold to purify the poison attribute of the Eight Spider Lances and transform them to suit his life path. With Bibi Dong protecting him, he began the risky fusion, but the two energies fiercely resisted each other.

• Lin Qingmo explained Life Gold's healing, purification, and spiritual enhancement effects to Bibi Dong.
• Lin Qingmo proposed using Life Gold to purify the poison attribute of the Eight Spider Lances, and Bibi Dong agreed to let him try.
• Lin Qingmo began drawing life energy from the Life Gold while Bibi Dong established a protective barrier around them.
• The life energy collided with the Eight Spider Lances' poisonous aura, which resisted purification.
• Lin Qingmo increased the energy output and tried to envelop the Eight Spider Lances with Life Gold's pure life force.