Chapter Summaries

Yun Feng and the others continued their trial against Zhao Wuji, whose Martial Soul Possession revealed his full strength after their coordinated attacks caught him off guard. Zhao Wuji unleashed his first Spirit Skill, injuring Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, while Yun Feng caught them and Ning Rongrong in the air.

• Zhao Wuji recovered from the group’s opening assault, revealed his possessed form, and decided to stop holding back.
• Yun Feng coordinated Xiao Wu’s aerial kick and Blue Silver King vines as Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji with Nether Hundred Claws.
• Zhao Wuji activated his first Spirit Skill and blasted away Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Yun Feng’s vines.
• Yun Feng caught the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing and injured Xiao Wu, then carried them and Ning Rongrong in the air as Tang San grew furious over Xiao Wu’s injuries.

Yun Feng and Tang San faced Zhao Wuji again after Xiao Wu was injured by the backlash from her confusion skill. Yun Feng asked Zhao Wuji to restart the test with a fresh incense stick, proposing that all five would join Shrek Academy if they endured it and leave together if they failed.

• Zhao Wuji broke through the group’s combined attack with his Immovable Wisdom King Body and turned his Vajra Palm toward Tang San.
• Xiao Wu used her confusion skill to slow Zhao Wuji, but the difference in their Soul Power caused her to collapse with blood coming from her nose and mouth.
• Tang San escaped the attack while Yun Feng caught Xiao Wu and carried her and Zhu Zhuqing to Ning Rongrong for care.
• Yun Feng and Tang San walked back to Zhao Wuji and said they wanted to begin the fight again rather than continue the test as before.
• Yun Feng asked Zhao Wuji to light another incense stick and proposed that all five would join Shrek Academy if they lasted through it, or leave together if they failed.
• Zhao Wuji questioned whether Yun Feng could speak for the others and reminded him that their earlier group attack had ended in defeat.

Yun Feng, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to face Zhao Wuji together rather than abandon one another. As Tang San attacked, Yun Feng combined his Spirit Skills and launched a powerful aerial strike at Zhao Wuji.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong told Yun Feng they would accept the test’s outcome and leave together if they lost.
• Yun Feng and Tang San prepared to fight Zhao Wuji without hiding their strength, and Ah Yin offered to guide Yun Feng’s movements with her spiritual power.
• Zhao Wuji advanced using his Immovable Wisdom King Body as Tang San used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to launch ten concealed weapons at his vital points.
• Yun Feng activated Magnification, Gravity, and Armor Transformation, forming enormous Blue Silver King wings.
• Yun Feng beat his wings and dived toward Zhao Wuji at high speed.

Yun Feng and Tang San teamed up against Zhao Wuji, with Yun Feng’s devastating strike briefly knocking the Spirit Saint unconscious and Tang San using Hidden Weapons and evasive movement to keep him occupied. Zhao Wuji activated Gravity Enhancement, slowing Tang San and making it harder for him to evade.

• Yun Feng crashed into Zhao Wuji with an immense strike, driving him into a crater and briefly knocking him unconscious.
• Tang San attacked Zhao Wuji with Hidden Weapons, but they could not break through his defense; Zhao Wuji jumped out of the crater and declared that Yun Feng had angered him.
• Tang San used the Rain of Flowers Technique, Blue Silver Grass, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade Zhao Wuji while Yun Feng lashed him with enhanced Blue Silver King vines.
• Zhao Wuji activated his third Spirit Skill, Gravity Enhancement, making Tang San’s body heavy and slowing his movements.
• Tang San barely dodged several of Zhao Wuji’s Vajra Palm attacks under the increased gravity.

Yun Feng and Tang San worked together to stop Zhao Wuji’s attempt to finish their test, using restraint, mechanical Hidden Weapons, and poison to overcome his defenses. Zhao Wuji was left poisoned and battered as the battle continued.

• Zhao Wuji used Position Tracking to close in on Tang San and declared that the test was over.
• Yun Feng used gravity and the Blue Silver King to pull Zhao Wuji down and bind him just as he was about to reach Tang San.
• Tang San fired crossbow bolts and steel needles at Zhao Wuji while Yun Feng lashed him with the Blue Silver King.
• Zhao Wuji broke free and knocked away the bolts, but Tang San’s poisoned Sand-Shooting Shadow needles pierced his weakened defenses.
• Yun Feng reflected that Tang San’s poison and Hidden Weapons were effective, while he kept his own more powerful Desert Eagle Soul Tool hidden.

Tang San used Hidden Weapons to wound Zhao Wuji, while Yun Feng countered Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Squeeze and shot through his hand with the Desert Eagle. The chapter ended with Tang San summoning the Clear Sky Hammer and striking Zhao Wuji in the face.

• Tang San fired Dragon Whisker Needles into Zhao Wuji after finding a gap in his defenses, causing him severe pain.
• Zhao Wuji activated Gravity Squeeze, but Yun Feng used Gravity Manipulation to counter most of its force.
• Tang San fired a venom-filled Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow bolt into Zhao Wuji’s mouth and attacked with blades concealed in his shoes.
• Zhao Wuji deflected Tang San’s kicks and prepared to knock him unconscious, but Yun Feng drew his Desert Eagle and shot through Zhao Wuji’s raised hand.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it into Zhao Wuji’s face.

Tang San and Yun Feng held off Zhao Wuji long enough to pass the entrance examination, though Zhao Wuji struck Tang San down before time expired. Zhao Wuji treated his injuries afterward while the academy’s teachers and Oscar revealed they had watched the fight.

• Zhao Wuji struck Tang San and sent him flying, but Tang San’s hidden hammer smashed into Zhao Wuji’s face and left him dazed.
• Tang San rose despite coughing blood, and Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and allowed Tang San and Yun Feng to enroll.
• Yun Feng descended unharmed, and Zhao Wuji praised his Soul Power and battle judgment.
• Zhao Wuji called for Oscar to bring him healing sausages, then learned that Oscar and several teachers had watched the fight from behind a tree.
• Zhao Wuji ate Oscar’s sausages, which eased the venom’s effects, though his swollen skin continued to cause him severe pain.

After Yun Feng and the others passed Shrek Academy’s entrance test, he and Tang San collapsed from exhaustion and were taken to their dormitories. Yun Feng woke to learn Ah Yin had accepted him, while Zhao Wuji brooded over his defeat and planned to discipline the newcomers.

• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Wuji whether they had passed, and he confirmed that they had before fleeing after she called him a tsundere.
• Li Yusong told Dai Mubai and Oscar to arrange rooms for the newcomers, and Yun Feng and Tang San both fainted from their injuries and exhaustion.
• Ning Rongrong caught Yun Feng as he collapsed, while Tang San fell unconscious nearby.
• Yun Feng woke in the boys’ dormitory, apologized to Oscar on Tang San’s behalf, and learned that Oscar would share his room.
• Yun Feng asked Ah Yin if she was certain, and she agreed to listen to him from then on.
• Zhao Wuji reflected on his humiliating defeat and resolved to discipline Yun Feng and Tang San in the future.

Tang Hao drew Zhao Wuji out of Shrek Academy and revealed himself as a Title Douluo with a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring. Flender arrived and recognized him as the Haotian Crown, but Tang Hao dismissed Flender’s plea for Zhao Wuji.

• Zhao Wuji followed a mysterious aura from Shrek Academy into a forest and challenged its unseen source to appear.
• Tang Hao emerged, revealed his nine Spirit Rings and Clear Sky Hammer, and told Zhao Wuji he intended to bully him in return for how he had treated the children.
• Tang Hao sensed someone else nearby and called Flender out of hiding.
• Flender released his Martial Soul, recognized Tang Hao as the Haotian Crown, and asked him to spare Zhao Wuji.
• Tang Hao refused Flender’s appeal, asking what standing Flender had before him.

Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji had tested Yun Feng and Tang San, then enlisted Zhao Wuji and Flender’s help. The next morning, Yun Feng began training and considered how to develop Blue Silver Grass’s vitality to overcome his poor endurance.

• Tang Hao challenged Zhao Wuji to last an incense stick against him, then defeated him in ten breaths without using his Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao told Zhao Wuji and Flender that the beating compensated them for what happened and asked them to help him from then on.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Yun Feng had punched through his palm and Tang San had left him in pain, while Flender said Zhao Wuji had underestimated the two students.
• Yun Feng watched the night’s events through Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass surveillance and anticipated the effects of Tang San’s Dragon Whisker Needle on Zhao Wuji.
• Yun Feng trained in Taiji the next morning and wondered how Blue Silver Grass could provide endless vitality and continuous circulation.

Yun Feng considered how to obtain Heart Separation Control and build a relationship with Ning Rongrong when Zhao Wuji burst into Tang San’s room, suffering from the Dragon Whisker Needles Tang San had embedded in him. Tang San began removing the needles, but Zhao Wuji would need five days to recover as the others watched.

• Yun Feng thought about acquiring Heart Separation Control through Ning Rongrong and formed a preliminary plan to approach her.
• Zhao Wuji crashed into Tang San’s room and complained that he was urinating blood and passing pieces of flesh.
• Tang San realized that Zhao Wuji’s injuries came from the Dragon Whisker Needles and feared he had caused a serious disaster.
• Zhao Wuji showed the ten swollen lumps where the needles were embedded, and Tang San explained that removing them would take five days.
• Tang San began by identifying the needle locations and said he would remove the two most critical needles first.

Yun Feng visited Xiao Wu after Tang San removed the Dragon Whisker Needle from Zhao Wuji and went to rest. Xiao Wu recovered enough to join Yun Feng for food, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong came along as well.

• Tang San pulled the Dragon Whisker Needle from Zhao Wuji, leaving both of them exhausted.
• Yun Feng left with Oscar and Dai Mubai, then asked where the girls' dormitory was.
• Yun Feng called to Xiao Wu outside the dormitory, and she came out so they could talk without disturbing Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu told Yun Feng that Ning Rongrong had stayed with her overnight, and Yun Feng encouraged her to thank Ning Rongrong.
• Yun Feng and Xiao Wu set off to find food, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined them.

Yun Feng and the girls encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua in the village, prompting Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to intervene. After Ma Hongjun insulted them, Yun Feng stepped forward to handle him.

• Yun Feng took Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing into the village to find food.
• Ma Hongjun demanded that Cuihua sleep with him before he would accept their breakup, then grabbed her.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong stepped in and scolded Ma Hongjun, while Zhu Zhuqing and Yun Feng initially stayed back.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, and Yun Feng moved in to deal with him.

Yun Feng shot Ma Hongjun after Ma Hongjun attacked Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, leaving him badly wounded. Cuihua defended Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai arrived and asked Yun Feng to let him take Ma Hongjun for treatment.

• Ma Hongjun insulted Yun Feng and summoned his Phoenix Martial Soul when Yun Feng challenged him.
• Ma Hongjun fired a stream of flame at Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, but Yun Feng shot him with his Desert Eagle and knocked him down.
• Cuihua rushed to Ma Hongjun and pleaded with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to stop fighting, making them feel their help had been wasted.
• Dai Mubai arrived, learned Ma Hongjun was the one Yun Feng had wounded, and asked to take him away for treatment.

Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun’s mutated Martial Soul gave him powerful flames but also caused uncontrollable Evil Fire, and Yun Feng sent him for treatment. Yun Feng and the others later found the cafeteria, where they met Oscar after he had shaved his beard.

• Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun’s mutated Martial Soul gave him strong flames but caused the Evil Fire that affected his body.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Dai Mubai’s excuse for Ma Hongjun, and Yun Feng told Dai Mubai to take him for treatment.
• Dai Mubai carried Ma Hongjun away, while Cuihua followed; Yun Feng teased Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu about interfering in their affairs.
• Yun Feng and the others asked a villager where the cafeteria was and found Oscar eating there.
• Oscar introduced himself after shaving his beard, but Ning Rongrong called him “Poop Sausage Uncle,” leaving him embarrassed.

Yun Feng joined Oscar and the girls for a meal, where Oscar explained Shrek Academy’s loose rules, changing classes, tuition, and how Spirit Master subsidies worked. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu learning that subsidies stopped once a Spirit Master reached level forty, leaving stronger Spirit Masters to seek work or join a faction.

• Yun Feng stopped the girls from teasing Oscar and asked him to explain the academy’s rules and classes.
• Oscar said fighting and gambling were encouraged, while the academy’s rules were flexible about Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai’s behavior.
• Oscar explained that lessons changed to suit the students and that annual tuition cost one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu questioned why the academy was poor despite having powerful teachers, and Oscar explained that Spirit Hall subsidies ended above Soul Elder level.
• Oscar said the empire limited subsidies to help low-level Spirit Masters and expected stronger ones to earn income through service, military work, or joining clans.

Oscar explained why Shrek Academy’s teachers rejected Imperial titles, while Yun Feng and the others joked about their lack of support. At the training ground, they met Dean Flender, and Yun Feng revealed that he had once gotten money from him, leaving Oscar to warn that Flender was vindictive but protective of his own.

• Oscar explained that the academy’s teachers had refused noble titles to avoid serving the Empire in war, and Yun Feng and the girls laughed at their reasoning.
• A bell summoned the students to the training ground, where Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Flender had already arrived.
• Xiao Wu recognized Flender as the shady merchant she had encountered, and Oscar identified him as Shrek Academy’s level seventy-eight dean and Ma Hongjun’s master.
• Yun Feng said they could all leave the academy together if Flender retaliated against them, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong agreed.
• Xiao Wu asked whether the academy had any Spirit Douluos, and Oscar said such experts were rare across the continent.
• Yun Feng revealed that he had once gotten money from Flender, and Oscar warned him that the dean was vindictive as Flender approached.

Flender welcomed the new students to Shrek Academy and tried to collect money from Yun Feng, but Yun Feng turned the exchange into an opportunity to build a palace on the grounds. Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing moved into the palace, while Tang San abandoned his attempt to object.

• Flender welcomed the new students, assigned Dai Mubai to explain the academy rules, and told Oscar and Ning Rongrong to come with him for their first class.
• Yun Feng argued that he had already paid Flender fairly, and Xiao Wu persuaded Flender to return the money he had overcharged them.
• Yun Feng paid Flender for permission to build a house, then used his Blue Silver King and Ah Yin's spiritual control to create a palace behind the dormitories.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong asked to live in the palace, and Yun Feng let them move in with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong said Yun Feng could not rent the palace to other boys, and Tang San dropped his attempt to object.

Flender assigned Ning Rongrong and Oscar a stamina lesson while Yun Feng questioned why Ning Rongrong had traveled so far to attend Shrek Academy. Flender then called Tang San aside to ask him about something, and Yun Feng stayed silent.

• Yun Feng accompanied Ning Rongrong and Oscar to Flender, while Xiao Wu and Tang San followed and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind to cultivate.
• Flender explained how auxiliary-type Spirit Masters should protect themselves and told Ning Rongrong and Oscar to run twenty laps around the village before lunch.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar set off running, and Yun Feng reflected on how implausible it seemed that Ning Rongrong had left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to attend Shrek Academy.
• Flender asked Tang San to come with him for a private conversation, and Tang San agreed.

Ning Rongrong abandoned the run with Oscar after he offered her a sausage and disgusted her, while Oscar blamed Tang San for his resentment. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi refused to bring Rongrong home, and she later told Yun Feng and Xiao Wu why she had left Oscar behind.

• Yun Feng and Xiao Wu watched Ning Rongrong and Oscar struggle through their running task from the academy entrance.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong his recovery sausage, but she threw it away, insulted him, and used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to run ahead.
• Oscar grew furious and blamed Tang San for making him seem disgusting to girls.
• A subordinate reported to Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi said he wanted her to learn from life outside the sect.
• Sword Uncle urged Ning Fengzhi to bring Rongrong home, but Ning Fengzhi insisted she was safe under Shrek Academy's dean.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Yun Feng and Xiao Wu and said Oscar had disgusted her by staring at her and offering his food.