Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qing and the Shrek group followed a lead to the Star Dou Forest in search of a 1,300-to-1,500-year-old Blood-Vein Python. With Xiao Feng tracking its faint scent, they reached a mountain hollow and spotted a concealed cave, leaving the group on alert.

• Xiao Qing gave Flender and Zhao Wuji the Blood-Vein Python information, and Zhao Wuji decided to investigate the lead.
• Zhao Wuji led eight students to Greywater Creek, where Tang San found disturbed ground and Ma Hongjun discovered a dark red snake scale estimated to belong to a roughly 1,500-year-old Soul Beast.
• Xiao Qing had Xiao Feng memorize the scale's scent, and Xiao Feng picked up a faint trail leading southeast through the forest.
• Xiao Feng followed the trail for most of the day until it stopped in a mountain hollow, where Thunder Feather spotted a cave hidden behind vines and rocks.
• Xiao Qing signaled the group to stop, and Zhao Wuji put everyone on guard as they watched the cave.

Xiao Qing led the Shrek students in a coordinated attack to drive a thousand-year Blood-Vein Python from its cave and bring it near death. The python collapsed after fifteen minutes of relentless attacks, still faintly breathing.

• Xiao Qing confirmed the cave held a thousand-year Blood-Vein Python and assigned the students roles while Zhao Wuji watched over them.
• Tang San wove Blue Silver Grass across the cave entrance, and Ma Hongjun set it ablaze to force the python outside.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai, who blinded the python with attacks on its eyes as it emerged.
• Tang San restrained the python with Blue Silver Grass while Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai attacked its wounds from a distance.
• After about fifteen minutes of coordinated attacks, the python slumped to the ground, badly wounded and barely breathing.

Oscar absorbed the Blood-Vein Python's Soul Ring and gained a third Soul Skill that temporarily boosts physical abilities while gradually nourishing vitality. As the group celebrated at camp, terrifying roars and stampeding Soul Beasts shook the Star Dou Forest, leaving Xiao Qing worried about what was approaching.

• Xiao Qing and Oscar killed the Blood-Vein Python, and Oscar absorbed its fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring to reach the Soul Elder realm.
• The group made camp, and Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai salvaged the Python's valuable parts before burying its remains.
• Oscar demonstrated his Blood-Nourishing Sausage, and Zhao Wuji tested it and felt its warming, strengthening effect.
• Oscar explained that his third Soul Skill could gradually improve vitality and temporarily raise basic physical abilities by about twenty percent.
• A powerful roar and the panicked cries of Soul Beasts shook the forest, and Xiao Qing feared a dangerous newcomer was near.

A Titan Giant Ape appeared in Star Dou Forest and pursued Xiao Qing’s group as they fled. Xiao Qing realized they could not outrun it and urged Zhao Wuji to slow it down, leaving the group’s next move unresolved.

• Zhao Wuji and Xiao Qing recognized that the disturbance might come from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Thunder Feather confirmed that the Titan Giant Ape was approaching.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to abandon camp and flee southeast while Ning Rongrong boosted their speed with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Xiao Qing noticed Xiao Wu’s troubled reaction and suspected the Titan Giant Ape had come for her, so he moved toward the group’s outer edge.
• The Titan Giant Ape rapidly closed the distance, and Xiao Qing warned Zhao Wuji that they needed to slow it down.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to stay behind and make trouble for the Titan Giant Ape while Xiao Qing took Oscar and Ning Rongrong onward on Xiao Feng.

Zhao Wuji and Xiao Qing tried to help the Shrek group escape the Titan Giant Ape by slowing it with gravity and guiding the others through difficult terrain, but the beast smashed through every obstacle and caught up. As Zhao Wuji prepared a desperate final attack, a mysterious figure in a black robe appeared before the group and faced the Titan Giant Ape.

• Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and gravity skills to obstruct the Titan Giant Ape, then raced after Xiao Qing and the others.
• Xiao Qing guided Dai Mubai, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar through a zigzag route using boulders, trees, and rough terrain.
• The Titan Giant Ape ignored Zhao Wuji's gravity and smashed through the obstacles, then charged after the group at greater speed.
• Zhao Wuji caught up with the exhausted group and positioned himself between them and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji prepared to stake his life on a final attack, but a figure in a worn black robe appeared and faced the beast.

Tang Hao revealed himself as the man in black and used Ring Detonation to strike the Titan Giant Ape with overwhelming force. The beast was left gravely wounded and frightened, while Tang San still did not recognize his father.

• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and revealed nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao detonated his first eight Soul Rings and brought the empowered hammer down on the charging Titan Giant Ape.
• The blow sent the Titan Giant Ape flying nearly a hundred meters and left it kneeling in a crater with serious internal injuries.
• Zhao Wuji and the others stared at Tang Hao in awe, while Tang San wondered whether the hammer-wielding man was related to his father.
• The Titan Giant Ape realized Tang Hao could kill it and considered fleeing rather than risk another attack.

Tang Hao drove the wounded Er Ming into retreat with a devastating hammer strike, then vanished after Zhao Wuji recognized him as Tang San’s father. As the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Forest, Tang San discovered Xiao Wu had disappeared.

• Er Ming fled into the forest after Tang Hao’s attack made it fear for its life.
• Tang Hao dismissed the idea of pursuing Er Ming, confirmed Tang San was safe, and disappeared before Zhao Wuji could thank him.
• Zhao Wuji identified the black-robed man as Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao and realized he was Tang San’s father.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the group to check injuries and supplies and leave the forest quickly.
• Tang San searched for Xiao Wu, realized she was missing, and urgently told Zhao Wuji.

After Xiao Wu went missing in the aftermath of the Titan Giant Ape’s attack, Xiao Qing, Tang San, and Zhao Wuji followed her scent deeper into Star Dou Forest. They found her standing calmly across a clearing from the wounded Titan Giant Ape.

• Tang San noticed Xiao Wu was missing, and Zhao Wuji asked Xiao Qing to use Xiao Feng to track her scent.
• Xiao Feng picked up Xiao Wu’s scent leading toward the Titan Giant Ape’s escape route, so Zhao Wuji sent others to guard the remaining students while he joined Xiao Qing and Tang San in the search.
• As they followed the trail, Tang San and Zhao Wuji realized Xiao Wu might be chasing the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Wuji warned them to retreat if they encountered it.
• Xiao Qing stopped the group near a clearing, where they saw Xiao Wu facing the half-kneeling Titan Giant Ape.
• Tang San nearly called out to Xiao Wu, but Xiao Qing covered his mouth.

Xiao Qing and Zhao Wuji planned to distract the wounded Er Ming so Tang San could rescue Xiao Wu. Xiao Qing also secretly ordered his Soul Beast companions to seize a chance to let Xiao Feng deliver the final blow, and the chapter ended as Zhao Wuji attacked Er Ming to draw its attention.

• Xiao Qing restrained Tang San and urged him to stay quiet while Xiao Wu stood before the wounded Er Ming.
• Zhao Wuji and Xiao Qing agreed to distract Er Ming while Tang San brought Xiao Wu to safety.
• Xiao Qing secretly commanded Xiao Feng, A'Man, and Thunder Feather to wait for a chance to help Xiao Feng defeat Er Ming.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San to rescue Xiao Wu, and Tang San firmly agreed.
• Zhao Wuji charged out, activated his Martial Soul Avatar and gravity skills against Er Ming, while Xiao Qing rode Xiao Feng away to prepare an attack.

Zhao Wuji wounded and lured Er Ming away while Tang San rescued Xiao Wu and fled with her. As Zhao Wuji turned to face Er Ming, a volley of green wind blades suddenly struck from the treetops.

• Zhao Wuji struck Er Ming's abdominal wound, worsening his injuries and provoking his fury.
• Zhao Wuji taunted Er Ming and led him into rocky terrain, drawing him away from Xiao Wu.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to pull Xiao Wu to safety, then led her into the forest.
• Zhao Wuji kept Er Ming occupied while Xiao Qing and Xiao Feng stayed near the edge of the fight.
• Zhao Wuji stopped and faced Er Ming, and green wind blades suddenly shot from the treetops toward the ape's arm.

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.