Chapter Summaries

Yun Feng disrupted Flender’s plan to isolate Ning Rongrong by turning her punishment into a group outing to Suotuo City. After the students returned, Flender caught Oscar admitting he had run Ning Rongrong’s laps and ordered him to run another twenty.

• Yun Feng invited Ning Rongrong to eat in Suotuo City rather than finish her run, then suggested inviting the other Shrek Academy students too.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agreed to join Yun Feng’s outing, frustrating Flender’s plan to provoke Ning Rongrong.
• After the group ate and returned to the academy, Flender asked Oscar whether he had completed his twenty laps.
• Oscar admitted that he and Ning Rongrong had both finished, and Flender realized Oscar had covered for her.
• Flender praised Oscar’s caring spirit, sealed his Soul Power, and ordered him to run another twenty laps.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over breaking the academy rules and offered her the choice to leave or prove herself. Ning Rongrong and the others chose to leave Shrek Academy, leaving Flender panicked as he blocked their way.

• Ning Rongrong angrily challenged Flender after he criticized her, and Flender listed her violations of the academy rules.
• Flender gave Ning Rongrong the choice to leave Shrek Academy or prove she deserved to stay.
• Yun Feng offered to leave in Ning Rongrong's place, and Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing also announced they would leave.
• Ning Rongrong led the group away and said she would get them into a better academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Flender shouted for them to stop, then used Soul Power to rush ahead and block their path.

Flender apologized to Ning Rongrong and Yun Feng for his unfair punishment, and the group agreed to stay at Shrek Academy after setting boundaries about personal matters. Flender then led them to Suotuo City for their first class, whose nature he kept secret.

• Flender admitted he had been wrong to assign an impossible punishment and apologized to Ning Rongrong.
• Yun Feng told Flender to leave the students’ personal lives and state of mind alone, and Flender agreed.
• Ning Rongrong and the others accepted Flender’s apology, and he warned them that their training would still follow his arrangements.
• Flender led the group at speed toward Suotuo City, with Yun Feng in front and Zhu Zhuqing behind him.
• The group entered Suotuo City at night, where Xiao Wu eagerly explored the busy streets while Zhu Zhuqing kept her attention on Yun Feng.

Flender took the Shrek students to the Soto Great Soul Arena and explained its role, rules, and ranking system. He assigned them to earn Silver Soul Fighter badges before graduation and asked Dai Mubai to describe the requirements and his record.

• Flender led the students into a teahouse and pointed out the towering Soto Great Soul Arena as their classroom.
• Flender explained that practical combat was their first lesson and described the Great Soul Arena as an independent power where Spirit Masters fought for prestige and rewards.
• Tang San questioned whether the arena turned Spirit Master battles into entertainment, and Flender defended its fairness and importance.
• Flender explained the Soul Fighting badge ranks and ordered the students to earn at least Silver Soul Fighter badges before graduation.
• Flender asked Dai Mubai to explain the badge requirements and share his record.

Dai Mubai explained the Great Soul Arena’s point system and his poor record before Flender brought the students to register for Soul Fighting. Yun Feng and several others obtained Iron Soul Fighter badges, leaving the group ready to begin competing.

• Dai Mubai described the Soul Arena’s ranking points and explained that gaining a Spirit Ring had pushed him into a tougher competition bracket, leaving him with twenty-nine wins and twenty-seven losses.
• Ma Hongjun said he had fought thirty-three matches, winning twenty-one and losing twelve, and had nine points.
• Flender led the group of eight to the Soto Great Soul Arena and explained its match, Death Match, and Gambling Match categories, along with its one-on-one, two-on-two, and group-battle formats.
• The group entered the arena, saw a stone tablet bearing the names of those killed in Soul Fighting, and learned that registration cost ten gold coins and required a Soul Power test.
• Yun Feng registered separately with Ning Rongrong, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and the staff issued their initial Iron Soul Fighter badges.

Yun Feng and his companions registered for Soul Fighting matches at the Great Soul Arena and learned how its divisions and match formats worked. Xiao Wu’s first one-on-one match began against the much larger Qing Bao, drawing the crowd’s attention to her youth.

• Flender led the group to the Gambling Soul Fighting Zone, where Dai Mubai explained the arena’s rules and their match assignments.
• Xiao Wu regretted that the differences in their levels prevented her from teaming with Yun Feng, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing registered for two-on-two matches with Dai Mubai’s approval.
• Yun Feng and the others went to watch Xiao Wu’s match at the Fourteenth Division arena.
• The host introduced Xiao Wu and Qing Bao, a power-type Spirit Master with two consecutive wins, before they entered the platform.
• Xiao Wu leaped onto the platform, and spectators questioned how someone so young could be a Soul Elder before many began cheering for her.

Xiao Wu defeated Qing Bao with her Waist Bow before he could summon his Martial Soul, then Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight in the next Soul Fight. The chapter ended with both Soul Grandmasters summoning their Martial Souls and taking positions on the stage.

• Qing Bao tried to persuade Xiao Wu to leave, but she attacked before he could summon his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to throw Qing Bao off the stage and won the Soul Fight.
• Qing Bao accepted his defeat and called Xiao Wu Sister Xiao Wu, while the crowd cheered her victory.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing were matched against each other, and Zhu Zhuqing asked him to fight seriously.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing summoned their Martial Souls as their Soul Fight began.

Tang San defeated Zhu Zhuqing in their one-on-one match by binding her with Blue Silver Grass, and Zhu Zhuqing then teamed up with Ning Rongrong for a two-on-two match against the Iron Blood Duo. The chapter left the fight just beginning as Zhu Zhuqing leapt into the air to watch for an opening.

• Tang San dodged Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Stab with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, then bound her with Blue Silver Grass and won their match.
• Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged her defeat and left the stage, recognizing Tang San and Yun Feng's skill at reading combat timing.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing rested before entering their two-on-two match as the Rong-Qing Duo.
• The Rong-Qing Duo faced the strength-type Iron Blood Duo, Tie Long and Tie Hu, who wielded weapon Martial Souls resembling casting hammers.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu charged together, while Zhu Zhuqing completed her Martial Soul Possession in midair and prepared to attack when they exposed an opening.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong fought the Tie Brothers in a Soul Fighting match, using Ning Rongrong’s enhancement and Zhu Zhuqing’s speed to overcome the brothers’ powerful hammer attacks. Zhu Zhuqing defeated both opponents with a sudden counterattack and left them unconscious on the platform.

• The Tie Brothers used their hammers’ vibration skill to knock Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong back as Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Zhu Zhuqing, who slipped through the Tie Brothers’ hammer defense and attacked them with Hell Stab and Nether Hundred Claws.
• The Tie Brothers used their tracking All-In skill to pursue Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong with their hammers.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong to leave the platform, then led the tracking hammers toward the Tie Brothers.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed past the Tie Brothers, causing their hammers to crash into the platform, then struck them with Hell Stab and Nether Hundred Claws until they lost consciousness.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong won their two-on-two Soul Fight, and the group left the Great Soul Arena after everyone else had won their matches. Ma Hongjun went to meet Dean Flender to deal with his uncontrollable Evil Fire, while Oscar remained behind at the academy and was forgotten by the others.

• Zhu Zhuqing prompted the referee to announce that the Rong-Qing Duo had won their match.
• The group left the Great Soul Arena, reflecting on what they had learned from their fights, while Yun Feng failed to find an opponent.
• Ma Hongjun said Dean Flender had sent him to the dean’s shop, and Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun needed help suppressing his Evil Fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Dai Mubai about his remark that women were resources, and Dai Mubai claimed it was Ma Hongjun who had said it.
• The group found Oscar waiting after being left behind to run at the academy, and Dai Mubai went to comfort him.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San to go back and rest while she and the others entered their palace, leaving him standing outside.

Tang San struggled with his feelings after Xiao Wu entered the palace with Yun Feng, while Flender learned that Yun Feng’s attack had left Ma Hongjun unable to last more than three minutes but had also cured his hidden ailment. At class, Oscar arrived excited to announce he had reached level thirty, leaving Flender and the others astonished.

• Tang San watched Xiao Wu enter the palace with Yun Feng, then left feeling desolate.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that he had lasted less than three minutes at a brothel, and Flender discovered Yun Feng’s attack had largely cured his Evil Fire and kidney damage.
• Flender began class and asked Dai Mubai where Oscar was; Dai Mubai said Oscar had been cultivating.
• Oscar hurried in and announced that he had broken through to level thirty, surprising everyone except Yun Feng.

Oscar reached level thirty, and Flender made the students taste Oscar’s two sausage types as adaptability training. Yun Feng volunteered first and praised the food, leaving Oscar deeply grateful as the others faced the same task.

• Flender congratulated Oscar on becoming the academy’s fourth student to reach level thirty, and Ma Hongjun and the others offered their congratulations.
• Flender announced that everyone except Oscar had to eat one of each sausage Oscar created, calling it adaptability and mental training.
• Yun Feng signaled Tang San, who warned Oscar to recite his Spirit Incantation quietly so Xiao Wu would not have to hear it.
• Oscar softly recited his Spirit Incantation and produced a thick sausage and a thin sausage, revealing that his earlier loud recitations had been unnecessary.
• Yun Feng ate both sausages, praised their taste, and encouraged the others to try them, making Oscar feel grateful.

After the students tried Oscar’s sausages and recognized their restorative power, Flender announced that the group would travel to the Star Dou Forest to help Oscar obtain his third Spirit Ring. Yun Feng questioned Shrek Academy’s teaching and chose not to advise Oscar on a better Spirit Ring, while Oscar celebrated reaching level thirty.

• Zhu Zhuqing overcame her disgust and ate two of Oscar’s sausages, then confirmed their effects to Yun Feng.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu ate the sausages, and Ning Rongrong considered Oscar’s potential value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San ate Oscar’s sausages, and Flender declared that everyone had passed the lesson and would support Oscar as logistical supply.
• Flender told the students to rest for a day before Zhao Wuji led them to the Star Dou Forest, where they would train while helping Oscar obtain his third Spirit Ring.
• Yun Feng considered possible Spirit Rings for Oscar but decided not to help him, then criticized Shrek Academy’s teaching methods.
• Oscar celebrated reaching level thirty, and the chapter explained how obtaining a Spirit Ring filled the Soul Power needed to advance beyond a whole-number level.

Yun Feng and Xiao Wu discussed the dangers of the Star Dou Forest and Oscar’s upcoming Spirit Ring before the group set out to find one. Zhao Wuji joined the eight students, and Yun Feng and Dai Mubai were assigned to lead them.

• Xiao Wu described the Star Dou Forest’s size, terrain, and powerful Spirit Beasts, then warned Yun Feng to stay close to Zhao Wuji.
• The next morning, the students noticed Zhao Wuji’s bruised face but did not ask him about it.
• Zhao Wuji assigned Yun Feng and Dai Mubai to lead the group, with Yun Feng handling safety and Dai Mubai guiding the others.
• Dai Mubai warned the group to stay vigilant in the forest, and they left the academy on foot with Zhao Wuji.

Yun Feng criticized Shrek Academy's lack of specialized training as the group traveled toward the Star Dou Forest. They stopped for the night in a town near the forest, where Yun Feng offered to pay for dinner and Ma Hongjun eagerly ordered more food.

• Yun Feng decided that Shrek's students needed targeted training suited to their abilities rather than just running and Soul Fighting.
• Zhao Wuji led the group to a town near the Star Dou Forest and ordered everyone to rest overnight before setting out at dawn.
• Ning Rongrong learned from Dai Mubai why towns were kept at a distance from the dangerous wild Spirit Beast habitat.
• Dai Mubai planned shared rooms, but Yun Feng refused to share with the boys.
• Yun Feng offered to pay for dinner as an apology, and Ma Hongjun gladly agreed to order whatever he wanted.

Yun Feng and the others ate at a restaurant, where Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai provoked a group from Canghui Academy. Yun Feng chose not to get involved, and the three girls followed his lead as the confrontation began.

• Yun Feng ordered two servings of every dish Ma Hongjun had named, explaining that the extra food was for himself.
• Ma Hongjun joked with the group while Yun Feng ate, and the table remained tense as Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong kept to themselves.
• A middle-aged man and seven youths from Canghui Academy entered the restaurant, and Ma Hongjun openly ogled the lone girl in their group.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, while Oscar told Tang San that Flender considered causing trouble part of their training.
• Yun Feng criticized the idea of provoking people and continued eating, and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong stayed out of the dispute.

At a restaurant, Dai Mubai retaliated after a Canghui Academy student deliberately spilled food on him and struck him, provoking the academy’s group into a fight. As five students charged Shrek Academy’s table, Tang San stood to protect Xiao Wu and discovered a new ability of his Purple Demon Eye.

• A Canghui Academy student spilled food on Dai Mubai and secretly kicked his chair, but Dai Mubai struck him and sent him crashing through two tables.
• Dai Mubai mocked the Canghui Academy student and dismissed the teacher when he demanded to know Shrek Academy’s name.
• The Canghui Academy teacher ordered his students to teach Shrek Academy a lesson, and five of them charged toward Yun Feng’s table.
• Tang San stood to protect Xiao Wu and used his Purple Demon Eye, which had reached the Microscopic realm.
• Tang San realized his Purple Demon Eye could now sense the Soul Power of Spirit Masters weaker than himself.

Tang San and the others faced off against Canghui Academy after Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked its students, but the academy’s director, Ye Zhiqiu, revealed himself as a level-fifty-plus Spirit King. Ye Zhiqiu challenged the youths to fight outside, leaving them confronted with a powerful adult opponent.

• Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to assess the Canghui students’ Soul Power, while Zhu Zhuqing stepped forward to prevent the dispute from causing trouble for Yun Feng and the others.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun joined the confrontation, and five Canghui students prepared to fight until Ye Zhiqiu ordered them to stand down.
• Dai Mubai mocked the Canghui students for retreating, and Ma Hongjun leered at their female classmate, provoking Ye Zhiqiu into releasing his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and five Spirit Rings.
• Yun Feng teased Ah Yin about Tang San being their son while the others reacted to Ye Zhiqiu’s strength.
• Ye Zhiqiu challenged Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing to fight him outside.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing fought Ye Zhiqiu but were overwhelmed by his Spirit Skills. Yun Feng stepped in to settle the dispute, and Ye Zhiqiu withdrew after seeing Yun Feng’s four Spirit Rings and the Martial Souls among his companions.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Zhiqiu, but their strikes failed to hurt his defenses.
• A Spirit Master blasted the three students out of the tavern, and Ye Zhiqiu demanded an apology; Ma Hongjun insulted him, provoking a fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun against Ye Zhiqiu, who used his Spirit Skills to knock them all down.
• Yun Feng stepped between Ye Zhiqiu and the fallen students and offered to apologize on their behalf, but Ye Zhiqiu refused and charged at him.
• Yun Feng released his Martial Soul, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong revealed theirs; Ye Zhiqiu noticed Yun Feng’s four Spirit Rings and withdrew with his students.

After Ah Yin disappeared, Tang Hao assumed she had gone to Shrek Academy and rushed there, unaware that she was already with Yun Feng. Meanwhile, Yun Feng and the others set out for Star Dou Forest to find Oscar a Spirit Ring, and Yun Feng considered whether he could claim the Eight Spider Lances for himself.

• After Ye Zhiqiu retreated, Tang San reflected on how little his Hidden Weapons had helped against the Soul King’s defenses and Spirit Skills.
• Tang Hao discovered that Ah Yin and the box were missing, destroyed the cave in a rage, and concluded that Ah Yin had learned the truth and fled to find Tang San at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao hurried toward Shrek Academy, worried that Ah Yin would expose how he had killed her to attain enlightenment, while Ah Yin was actually with Yun Feng and her aura had merged with his.
• Zhao Wuji woke the group early, and Yun Feng and the others left for Star Dou Forest on foot to seek Oscar’s third Spirit Ring.
• As the group approached Star Dou Forest, Yun Feng considered finding a Man Faced Demon Spider and obtaining its Eight Spider Lances, while using Ah Yin’s abilities and his Imperial Blood to locate one.