Recaps

Xiao Qing and the others defeated Er Ming by exploiting the wounds Tang Hao had inflicted, then immediately fled before Da Ming arrived. Zhao Wuji realized Xiao Qing’s quick retreat had saved his life as a terrifying aura erupted behind them.

• Xiao Qing, Zhao Wuji, and their companions wore Er Ming down by repeatedly attacking its injured abdomen while Thunder Feather harassed it.
• Xiao Qing ordered Xiao Feng to use Vacuum Jade, and the attack struck Er Ming’s wound, triggering Tang Hao’s hidden Ring Detonation injuries and bringing Er Ming down.
• Xiao Qing urged the group to retreat, and A'Man carried the dazed Zhao Wuji away from Er Ming.
• Thunder Feather warned them as a powerful, unknown aura erupted where Er Ming had fallen, and Zhao Wuji understood that Xiao Qing’s decision had saved him.

Xiao Qing and Zhao Wuji escaped Da Ming after he carried the critically injured Er Ming away, then reunited with the others. Tang San gave a false explanation for Xiao Wu’s behavior, which Zhao Wuji and Xiao Qing chose not to challenge, and the group set out to return to Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Qing and Zhao Wuji took a wide detour to evade pursuit before reaching the rendezvous point with Oscar, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• Oscar gave Zhao Wuji Recovery Big Sausages, while Zhu Zhuqing treated his wounds and Xiao Qing checked on his spirit beasts.
• Tang San claimed that the Titan Giant Ape had controlled Xiao Wu’s mind, and Zhao Wuji accepted the explanation without pressing her.
• Xiao Qing and Zhao Wuji privately recognized that Tang San’s explanation was false but stayed silent to preserve the team’s unity.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to pack up and leave the Star Dou Forest for Shrek Academy.

After Xiao Feng absorbed the experience from Er Ming’s defeat, he broke through to twenty thousand years of cultivation and gained the wind-controlling talent. His brief aura surge alarmed Shrek Academy and frightened Yu Xiaogang at the gate, while Xiao Qing reached Soul Power Level forty and prepared to seek a fourth pet.

• Xiao Feng absorbed roughly twelve thousand years of experience from Er Ming’s defeat and spent three days digesting it inside the Prism Ball.
• Xiao Qing summoned Xiao Feng and discovered that he had grown larger, reached twenty thousand years of cultivation, and evolved Wind Messenger into Wind Controller.
• Xiao Feng briefly lost control of his aura, frightening Yu Xiaogang outside the academy and alarming Flender and the Shrek students.
• Xiao Qing recalled Xiao Feng into the Prism Ball and fielded questions from Ma Hongjun and the others about the breakthrough.
• Xiao Qing’s Soul Power reached level forty, and he prepared to find Flender and consider acquiring his fourth pet.

Xiao Qing met Yu Xiaogang and sought advice on choosing a Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring, but his unusual Martial Soul left Yu Xiaogang unable to apply conventional theories. The chapter ended with Xiao Qing asking for a spiritually skilled Soul Beast to cover gaps in his abilities.

• Flender introduced Xiao Qing to Yu Xiaogang, who praised Xiao Qing’s training plan for Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Qing revealed that he had reached rank forty and needed to choose a Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring, astonishing Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Xiao Qing’s crystal Martial Soul and learned that its Soul Skills came from copying captured Soul Beasts’ abilities.
• Flender explained that Xiao Qing captured living Soul Beasts as companions and gained Soul Rings naturally, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to advise him through ordinary theory.
• Xiao Qing said he wanted a spiritually skilled Soul Beast that could provide detection, mental interference, or spiritual-impact abilities.

Xiao Qing sought a ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat as his next Soul Beast and followed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance to Mist Valley in Sunset Forest with Flender. After three days of searching, they found the Phantom Cat, whose mental interference began affecting Xiao Qing as he faced it.

• Yu Xiaogang recommended a Phantom Cat and identified Mist Valley in Sunset Forest as a likely place to find a ten-thousand-year specimen.
• Xiao Qing told Yu Xiaogang he wanted a ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat, and Yu Xiaogang agreed Sunset Forest was a safer destination than Star Dou Forest.
• Xiao Qing and Flender left Shrek Academy with Thunder Feather and flew toward Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Qing and Flender searched around Mist Valley for three days, using Thunder Feather’s aerial vision and Xiao Feng’s scent tracking to find signs of Phantom Cat activity.
• Xiao Qing and Flender found a silver-gray Phantom Cat in a cave behind a waterfall, and its mental interference created multiple images around it in Xiao Qing’s perception.

Xiao Qing and his companions subdued a ten-thousand-year Phantom Cat so Xiao Qing could obtain his fourth Soul Ring while concealing its age. The Phantom Cat was captured inside the Prism Ball, leaving Xiao Qing with a new soul beast and a step toward reaching Sea God Island.

• Xiao Qing rode on A'Man's shoulder as Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather prepared to fight the Phantom Cat, while Flender watched.
• The Phantom Cat created illusions that deceived the senses, but Xiao Feng used his Wind Controller talent to locate and pursue its true body.
• Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather cornered the Phantom Cat, and Xiao Feng used Vacuum Jade to pin it down.
• Xiao Qing offered the Phantom Cat the Prism Ball, and it entered willingly.
• Xiao Qing caught the Prism Ball and sensed the Phantom Cat inside, successfully obtaining his fourth Soul Ring.

After subduing the Ten-Thousand-Year Phantom Cat, Xiao Qing endured a painful surge of Soul Power and mental power that expanded his mental space and unlocked the Thousand-Body Phantom Domain. He emerged at level forty-three, able to accommodate more Soul Beast companions, while Flender guarded him during the breakthrough.

• The Prism Ball released feedback from Xiao Feng and the Phantom Cat, and Xiao Qing sat down to guide the surging power through his body.
• Flender recognized Xiao Qing's breakthrough and stood guard against interference.
• The Phantom Cat's mental power battered Xiao Qing's mental space until he expanded and stabilized it.
• Xiao Qing found four Soul Beast presences in his mental space and learned he could now subdue ten Soul Beasts, though additional companions could not provide Soul Rings.
• The Phantom Cat granted Xiao Qing the Thousand-Body Phantom Domain, an illusion skill with limits on its use, range, duration, and effectiveness.
• Xiao Qing opened his eyes after reaching Soul Power Level forty-three.

Xiao Qing returned to Shrek Academy with Phantom Night and found Yu Xiaogang putting the Shrek Seven Devils through an intense group training program. After the exhausted students finished their run and recovered with Oscar’s sausages, Yu Xiaogang asked Flender for more cafeteria funding to improve their nutrition.

• Xiao Qing named the Phantom Cat Phantom Night, which submitted to him before he returned it to the Prism Ball.
• Xiao Qing and Flender returned to an empty academy field, where Zhao Wuji explained that Yu Xiaogang had taken the students running after their Gravity Training Room session.
• Xiao Qing suggested that he, Flender, and Zhao Wuji go see Yu Xiaogang’s training plan, and they found the Shrek Seven Devils running with baskets of stones on their backs.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San Recovery and Blood-Nourishing Sausages after he finished first, and Oscar caught Ning Rongrong when she nearly collapsed at the finish.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender for funds to improve the cafeteria meals with better ingredients and medicinal herbs for the students’ demanding training.

Yu Xiaogang proposed funding better meals by having the students fight in Suotuo City's Soul Fighting Arena, and Flender agreed. He then advised Xiao Qing to develop combined attack skills for his Soul Beasts, leaving Yu Xiaogang determined to prove his value through tactical research.

• Yu Xiaogang offered his savings to pay for better meals and suggested earning money through team matches and bets at the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City.
• Flender agreed to the plan after realizing Tang San, the other six students, and Xiao Qing could form a strong team.
• Yu Xiaogang cooked a lavish lunch for the students using ingredients he had bought himself.
• Yu Xiaogang told Xiao Qing that his Soul Beasts could coordinate through combined attack skills by aligning their Soul Power.
• Xiao Qing accepted the suggestion and considered combining Xiao Feng's wind power with Thunder Feather's lightning.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to use tactical research to help the students develop and prove his worth at Shrek Academy.

Xiao Qing trained with his companions and struggled to synchronize his Soul Beasts’ Soul Power while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang pursued their own goals. After a week, Flender sent the students to compete at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City to gain combat experience and earn money for Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Qing practiced sensing and synchronizing the Soul Power of Xiao Feng, A'Man, Thunder Feather, and Phantom Night, eventually briefly aligning two streams.
• Tang San reached level thirty and obtained a third Soul Ring in Sunset Forest, but missed the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and the Eight Spider Lances.
• Yu Xiaogang studied Oscar’s food-type Soul Skills to help him produce more sausages with his limited Soul Power.
• Flender reviewed Shrek Academy’s dwindling funds and ordered the students to compete as a team at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, where Xiao Qing saw a chance to test his research.

Xiao Qing and Oscar entered the Soto Great Soul Arena for their first team match, where they faced a formidable pair after Flender bet heavily on them. The chapter left the masked duo stepping into the ring to begin their bout.

• Flender treated the students to a lavish breakfast and led them to the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Yu Xiaogang advised them to focus on team matches and conceal their identities.
• The students chose arena code names and formed teams; Oscar invited Xiao Qing to partner with him, and Xiao Qing accepted.
• Xiao Qing and Oscar were scheduled to fight that afternoon, and Flender bet a large sum of Gold Soul Coins on their team.
• Before the match, Xiao Qing told Oscar to prepare sausages, stay in a corner, and concede if the fight turned dangerous.
• Xiao Qing and Oscar entered the ring as the Myriad Food God team and faced Sun Xiaochuan and Hu Chenfeng, the five-match-winning Blood Demon Bear-Wolf Combo.

Xiao Qing fought Sun Xiaochuan and Hu Chenfeng in the ring while Oscar prepared Blood-Nourishing Sausages. After using his Thousand-Body Phantom Domain to confuse the pair, Xiao Qing regrouped with Oscar and prepared to finish the battle.

• Sun Xiaochuan and Hu Chenfeng mocked Xiao Qing and Oscar, then charged at Oscar after releasing their Martial Souls.
• Xiao Qing used Lightning Flash to kick Sun Xiaochuan aside and stop the pair from reaching Oscar.
• Sun Xiaochuan and Hu Chenfeng changed tactics and attacked Xiao Qing from both sides.
• Xiao Qing activated Wind Shadow and the Thousand-Body Phantom Domain, filling the ring with Phantom Shadows that confused the two men.
• Xiao Qing retreated to Oscar, took a Blood-Nourishing Sausage, and turned back toward Sun Xiaochuan to end the fight.

Xiao Qing used a Phantom Shadow to lure Sun Xiaochuan into an explosive wind-blade attack, then battered Hu Chenfeng while Sun Xiaochuan recovered. As Sun Xiaochuan launched a sneak attack with his fourth Soul Skill, he struck another decoy, which mocked him before exploding.

• Sun Xiaochuan mistook Xiao Qing's Phantom Shadow for the real one and triggered its wind-blade explosion, which wounded him and Hu Chenfeng.
• Xiao Qing punched Sun Xiaochuan in the stomach and sent him crashing across the arena.
• Xiao Qing blocked Hu Chenfeng from helping Sun Xiaochuan and overwhelmed him with a rapid series of punches.
• Sun Xiaochuan recovered, circled behind Xiao Qing, and prepared to attack while Oscar warned Xiao Qing to watch his back.
• Sun Xiaochuan used his fourth Soul Skill, Demon Wolf Thrust, only to stab another Phantom Shadow, which mocked him before exploding.

Xiao Qing defeated Hu Chenfeng and Sun Xiaochuan’s team, then refined his combat insights while building an undefeated streak at the Soto Great Soul Arena. He became known as the “Guaranteed Winner” and “Thousand Light Tyrant,” while Flender lamented that the arena’s low betting odds made Xiao Qing’s victories barely profitable.

• Sun Xiaochuan fell unconscious, and Xiao Qing overwhelmed Hu Chenfeng with a relentless close-range assault.
• Hu Chenfeng surrendered, and Xiao Qing stopped his punch just short of Hu Chenfeng’s face, securing the match for himself and Oscar.
• Xiao Qing ate a Clear Heart Sausage and reviewed the battle to organize the insights he had gained about combat rhythm and Soul Power.
• Shrek Academy’s students began a routine of entering individual, doubles, and team matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Xiao Qing continued his undefeated streak.
• The students nicknamed Xiao Qing “Guaranteed Winner,” while spectators called him “Thousand Light Tyrant” and flocked to his matches.
• Flender complained that the arena had fixed the odds on Xiao Qing’s individual matches at one to one, leaving little profit from betting.

Xiao Qing asked Flender for a way to find more challenging fights, and Yu Xiaogang proposed that he and the others face the murderous Fierce God Team. Flender initially refused, but after seeing Tang San demonstrate the Zhuge Crossbow’s power, he agreed to the plan.

• Xiao Qing told Flender that his recent Soul Fighting Arena matches were too easy to improve his combat skills or develop combined techniques.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Xiao Qing and the others fight the Fierce God Team, whose members had killed more than a dozen Soul Masters.
• Flender objected that the fight would be too dangerous, but Yu Xiaogang argued that the students needed to experience life-or-death battles and could rely on Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San demonstrated his Zhuge Crossbow by firing all sixteen bolts into a tree from twenty meters away.
• Flender inspected the embedded bolts and agreed to the plan.

Yu Xiaogang told the team that their match against the murderous Fierce God Team would be a fight to the death, then issued them Zhuge Crossbows to help eliminate their opponents. The team prepared to keep out of the fight until Xiao Qing gave the signal, leaving Ma Hongjun anxious about killing people.

• Ma Hongjun celebrated the team match, expecting Xiao Qing to carry the team to an easy victory.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that the Fierce God Team had killed dozens of Soul Masters and ordered the team to kill them in the arena.
• The team struggled to accept killing fellow Soul Masters, but Yu Xiaogang warned that mercy could get them or their teammates killed.
• Tang San distributed eight Zhuge Crossbows and explained that they could fire sixteen bolts rapidly enough to pierce most defensive Soul Skills.
• Yu Xiaogang told the others to stay safe in a corner while Xiao Qing fought, then have Tang San distribute the crossbows when Xiao Qing gave the signal.
• Ma Hongjun realized Xiao Qing had known about the opponents and silently prepared for the possibility of killing someone.

Xiao Qing and his team faced the brutal Fierce God Team in the arena, and Xiao Qing fought Meng Li before two more opponents joined in. Surrounded by three attackers, Xiao Qing used Phantom Shadow to reach Oscar and take the Blood-Nourishing Sausage.

• The Fierce God Team mocked Xiao Qing and his companions before the arena host started the match.
• Meng Li and his six teammates unleashed their Beast Martial Souls and charged with killing intent.
• Xiao Qing rushed forward and traded blows with Meng Li, eventually striking him hard enough to make him call for help.
• Third Brother and Fifth Brother joined Meng Li, surrounding Xiao Qing and attacking him from three sides.
• Xiao Qing activated his first and fourth Soul Rings, created several copies, and used the confusion to reach Oscar, who handed him a Blood-Nourishing Sausage.

Xiao Qing used the battle against Meng Li and the Fierce God Team to test his quick-fusion Combination Skill. He killed Meng Li and Third Brother with Wind-Thunder Break, leaving the remaining team members stunned.

• Xiao Qing ate the Blood-Nourishing Sausage Oscar tossed him and used Wind Shadow to return to the fight against Meng Li and the other two.
• While dodging their attacks, Xiao Qing tried using his Soul Power to quickly combine Xiao Feng and Thunder Feather's energies.
• Meng Li mistook Xiao Qing's reduced counterattacks for exhaustion and urged his companions to intensify their assault.
• Xiao Qing used an illusion to trick Meng Li into thinking he had fired Wind-Thunder Break, then struck him and Third Brother with the real attack.
• Meng Li and Third Brother died from the wind-and-thunder energy destroying their internal organs, while the remaining members of the Fierce God Team stared in disbelief.

After the Fierce God Team’s defeat, Tang San and the others struggled with the shock of killing their opponents but gradually recovered. Soon, a team from Heaven Dou Royal Academy challenged Shrek, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to the match after negotiating the wager split.

• Xiao Qing signaled Tang San to distribute Zhuge Crossbows, and Ma Hongjun and the others used them to kill the remaining Fierce God Team members.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and the others reacted with nausea and distress at the bloodshed, while Xiao Qing remained composed.
• Over the following week, Flender and Zhao Wuji shared their own first-kill experiences, and the students gradually regained their appetite and spirits.
• A Soul Fighting Arena staff member invited Shrek to meet the administrator, who said Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team had requested a match.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted the challenge as a training opportunity and negotiated for Shrek to receive seventy percent of the wager.

Yu Xiaogang planned for Shrek Academy to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy by relying on team strategy and Xiao Qing’s support. As the match drew huge crowds in Suotuo City, He Changrui paid Shrek to keep the fight going, and the team headed toward the arena.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Xiao Qing protected Ning Rongrong and Oscar and avoided taking action where possible.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on the potential of Xiao Qing’s Wind-Thunder Break and how much stronger it could become as his Soul Beasts grew.
• Publicity for the match filled Suotuo City, drawing large crowds and prompting the Soul Fighting Arena to arrange transport for Shrek Academy.
• He Changrui offered Shrek an additional ten thousand Gold Soul Coins if they kept the match going longer, and Xiao Qing agreed.
• Xiao Qing, Tang San, and the others left the lounge and walked toward the arena as the host announced the Shrek Eight Devils.

Shrek Academy faced Heaven Dou Royal Team in the arena, where Tang San and his teammates neutralized Dugu Yan’s poison and kept the opposing fighters occupied. Xiao Qing stayed out of the fight while supporting his teammates with Oscar’s sausages, as the battle continued.

• Dai Mubai charged Yu Tianheng, and the two captains clashed head-on.
• Dugu Yan spread Jade Phosphorous Purple Poison toward Shrek, but Tang San and Ma Hongjun ignited Realgar Wine to burn it away.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to attack Dugu Yan from behind, but the Shi Brothers blocked her and Osler forced her back.
• Ma Hongjun used curved Phoenix Fire Line nets to restrict Yu Feng’s flight while Xiao Wu and Tang San kept the opposing team busy.
• Dugu Yan tried to free Yu Tianheng, but Xiao Wu blocked Shi Mo and Tang San forced Dugu Yan to dodge Spider Web Restraint.
• Xiao Qing watched from the back and tossed Recovery Big Sausages to Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun while continuing to eat Clear Heart Sausages.

Xiao Qing stopped Osler from ambushing Ning Rongrong and sent him flying into Yu Tianheng, giving Shrek an opening. After Ma Hongjun blocked Yu Tianheng at the cost of being eliminated, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing joined hands to unleash their combined power.

• Oscar told Xiao Qing that Yu Xiaogang’s guidance had helped him make sausages faster, but he still had no Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Osler broke free from Zhu Zhuqing and tried to ambush Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Qing caught him and slapped him into Yu Tianheng.
• Dai Mubai hit Osler with his White Tiger Intense Light Wave and knocked him out of the fight.
• Yu Tianheng pursued Dai Mubai, but Tang San pulled Ma Hongjun into his path, and Ma Hongjun took Yu Tianheng’s blow so Dai Mubai could escape.
• Dai Mubai reached Zhu Zhuqing, and they joined hands as their Soul Power began to resonate.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and the Shrek Eight Devils celebrated their victory. After Yu Xiaogang offered Yu Tianheng guidance, he urged Flender to accept Qin Ming’s invitation to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving Flender to consider the academy’s future and the team’s tournament eligibility.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing unleashed the Hell White Tiger, which knocked out Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, prompting the Heaven Dou Royal Team to surrender.
• The Shrek Eight Devils celebrated their victory, and Flender offered to treat everyone to dinner.
• Qin Ming visited the lounge, introduced himself as Flender and Zhao Wuji’s former student, and praised the team’s performance.
• Yu Xiaogang spoke with Yu Tianheng, checked on his family, and decided to offer him guidance on developing his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming invited Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers and students to move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to consider its resources and Shrek’s ineligibility for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Flender accepted Qin Ming’s invitation to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then closed the old academy and began the journey to Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji returning with Shrek’s signboard, which Flender had thought would be left behind.

• Flender accepted Qin Ming’s invitation, and Zhao Wuji and the others reassured him that Shrek Academy would live on wherever they went.
• Flender treated everyone to a farewell meal, where they ate, laughed, and got drunk together.
• Qin Ming said goodbye and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to report their plans to the education committee.
• A week later, Flender locked Shrek Academy’s gate and led Xiao Qing, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, and the others toward Heaven Dou City.
• After Zhao Wuji turned back and arrived late, he gave Flender the academy’s signboard, which he had removed to save it.

Xiao Qing considered how to use Soul Core condensation to help Dugu Bo control his poison and gain access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Beng provoked the group, and Dai Mubai struck him; after they left, Xue Beng revealed that he planned to find another way to drive them out.

• While traveling, Xiao Qing reasoned that condensing Dugu Bo’s Soul Power into a core might trap the poison and stop it from harming him.
• Xiao Qing and the others reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Flender was struck by the contrast with Shrek Academy’s poor facilities.
• Xue Beng mocked the group and insulted their appearance and status when Dai Mubai asked for directions to the committee members’ offices.
• Dai Mubai slapped Xue Beng hard enough to knock out a tooth, and Xue Beng nervously gave him directions.
• After the group left, Xue Beng dismissed his attendants and decided to find someone who could ruin their chance of staying at the academy.