Chapter Summaries

Yun Feng and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Forest under Zhao Wuji’s strict safety rules and encountered a colony of Thousand Jun Ants. Yun Feng recognized the ants and thought of the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors deeper in the forest, while the group stopped to assess the creatures blocking their way.

• Yun Feng used Ah Yin’s abilities to communicate with the Blue Silver Grass before the group reached the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhao Wuji warned everyone to stay within twenty meters of the group, and Oscar handed out Sausages before they entered the forest.
• Dai Mubai led the way through the undergrowth, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar stayed in the middle, Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun guarded the flanks, and Yun Feng followed behind with Tang San.
• Xiao Wu grew excited inside the forest, but Yun Feng signaled her to quiet down and she agreed to be careful.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the group when they came upon a colony of Thousand Jun Ants, which Yun Feng recognized as a weak species and linked to the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors deeper in the forest.

Yun Feng learned that Ah Yin had found the Man Faced Demon Spider he wanted, the Spirit Beast that could grant him the Eight Spider Lances. As an unknown creature rushed toward the group, Yun Feng prepared to fight and resolved to keep Oscar from obtaining its Spirit Ring.

• Dai Mubai followed Yun Feng's advice and avoided killing the Spirit Beasts they encountered on their way through the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to rest in a clearing, while Tang San struggled with his feelings about Yun Feng and Xiao Wu seemed troubled by the group's treatment of Spirit Beasts.
• Ah Yin told Yun Feng she had found the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Yun Feng decided he would claim its Spirit Ring before Tang San could.
• Ah Yin warned Yun Feng that something was approaching, and Zhao Wuji alerted the group to prepare for battle.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San reacted first as the approaching creature's rustling grew louder, while Yun Feng watched Oscar and prepared to fight.

Yun Feng identified an injured thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and reasoned that Spirit Masters were pursuing it, while Oscar considered claiming it for his Spirit Ring. As the serpent arrived, Zhu Zhuqing struck it and it retaliated with a cloud of seven-colored mist.

• Zhu Zhuqing climbed into the treetops, spotted a fast, injured flying serpent, and described its appearance and movements.
• Yun Feng recognized the serpent as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Tang San explained its abilities and suitability for Oscar’s next Spirit Ring.
• Yun Feng deduced that other Spirit Masters were pursuing the serpent and advised Oscar to take it only if they had failed to capture it.
• Yun Feng suggested that Zhao Wuji or Ma Hongjun could help subdue the serpent, but Zhu Zhuqing announced that it had arrived.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the charging Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with her first Spirit Skill, and it dodged the blow before spraying seven-colored mist at her.

Yun Feng and the Shrek Academy students tried to capture the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but Yun Feng’s deliberate provocation made it increasingly violent. After it injured Ma Hongjun and tried to escape, Zhao Wuji used his Spirit Skills to stop it.

• Yun Feng dispersed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s mist and used Blue Silver Kings to bind it while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong attacked.
• The serpent broke free, knocked Zhu Zhuqing away, and grew violent as Yun Feng struck its weak spots.
• Zhao Wuji recognized that the serpent’s cry could draw other Spirit Beasts and released his aura to frighten them off.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass failed to hold the serpent, and Xiao Wu used Waist Bow to slam it into the ground without seriously injuring it.
• The serpent fled toward Ma Hongjun, struck him unconscious, and continued escaping.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement, Position Tracking, and Gravity Squeeze to halt the serpent.

Zhao Wuji captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but an elder and her granddaughter arrived to claim the Spirit Beast for the girl’s Spirit Ring. Zhao Wuji halted Oscar and challenged the elder to prove they had found the serpent first.

• Zhao Wuji knocked the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent unconscious and prepared to let Oscar take its Spirit Ring.
• Yun Feng comforted Xiao Wu while Oscar hurried to claim the Spirit Beast.
• The elder and her granddaughter appeared and demanded that Zhao Wuji give them the serpent, saying they had been hunting it first.
• Oscar tried to stab the serpent, but Zhao Wuji flung him away and warned him not to act without permission.
• Zhao Wuji questioned the elder’s claim, and she pointed out wounds from her Snake Lance and explained that her granddaughter needed a suitable Spirit Ring.

Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang disputed who should claim the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which Chao Tianxiang wanted for her granddaughter, Meng Yiran. Zhao Wuji refused to hand it over and revealed that one of his students had reached level thirty, then asked the Shrek students to show their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.

• Zhao Wuji examined the serpent’s wounds as Chao Tianxiang introduced herself as the Snake Matriarch and explained that she and Meng Shu had come to find a third Spirit Ring for Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang and considered the danger of confronting her while her husband, the Dragon Duke, might be nearby.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to return the serpent, saying she and Meng Yiran had found and wounded it first.
• Zhao Wuji refused, arguing that the serpent was ownerless until captured and that it would suit one of his students as well.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran were surprised when Zhao Wuji said a student had reached level thirty.
• Zhao Wuji asked the Shrek students to release their Martial Souls and show Chao Tianxiang their Spirit Rings.

Yun Feng proposed settling the dispute over the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent through a fight, and Chao Tianxiang agreed that Oscar and Meng Yiran should compete for it. Oscar objected because he was a food-system Spirit Master, but the confrontation was interrupted by someone calling out to Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.

• Yun Feng told the students to release their Spirit Rings, shocking Chao Tianxiang with their strength and Yun Feng’s four rings.
• Zhao Wuji identified Oscar as the student who had just reached level thirty and needed a Spirit Ring.
• Yun Feng suggested that Oscar and Meng Yiran settle the dispute over the serpent by fighting, and Chao Tianxiang accepted.
• Oscar protested that he was a food-system Spirit Master and could not fight Meng Yiran, who argued that her side had found and injured the serpent first.
• An unfamiliar voice called out to Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran, interrupting the argument.

Zhao Wuji negotiated with Meng Shu over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the elders let Meng Yiran claim it despite Oscar’s disappointment. As Meng Yiran absorbed the Spirit Ring, Meng Shu learned about the Shrek students and marveled at their talent.

• Meng Yiran complained to Meng Shu that the Shrek group had taken the Spirit Beast she and Chao Tianxiang had found, and Meng Shu confronted Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji drew Meng Shu aside and used the students’ powerful backgrounds to persuade him to let the matter go.
• Zhao Wuji handed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Meng Yiran, and she killed it and began absorbing its Spirit Ring while Oscar turned away in despair.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to introduce the students, and Meng Shu was amazed by their talents.

Meng Yiran absorbed her third Spirit Ring and reached the Soul Elder realm, while Tang San revealed that he had also broken through to level thirty. Meng Shu failed to secure Yun Feng’s agreement to join his family or academy, but he, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran continued traveling with the group as they searched for Spirit Beasts.

• Meng Yiran absorbed a purple Spirit Ring, reached the Soul Elder realm, and received congratulations from the group.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that his Soul Power had reached level thirty and that he needed a Spirit Ring.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang considered Yun Feng a promising match for Meng Yiran, and Meng Yiran’s gaze settled on him.
• Meng Shu spoke privately with Yun Feng, who declined to accept his invitation but avoided directly rejecting him.
• The group resumed its Spirit Beast search the next morning with Tang San joining Oscar, and Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran stayed with them.
• Zhao Wuji insisted that his students hunt their own Spirit Beasts and barred Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang from intervening.

The group continued searching the Star Dou Forest for suitable Spirit Beasts while improving their teamwork through combat. At camp, Yun Feng invited the girls and Meng Yiran to rest in his tent, then suggested that humans were responsible for the forest’s dwindling Spirit Beast population.

• The students spent two days training around the forest’s outskirts, growing more coordinated as they fought Spirit Beasts.
• Yun Feng received combat instruction from Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, while Meng Yiran wondered why her grandparents favored him so much.
• That night, Yun Feng invited Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran to rest in his large tent.
• Yun Feng asked Tang San whether he was anxious about not finding a suitable Spirit Beast, and Tang San said he was willing to wait.
• Meng Shu, Zhao Wuji, and Chao Tianxiang recalled that thousand-year Spirit Beasts had once been common near the outskirts, and Yun Feng said humans were to blame for the decline.

Yun Feng explained how Spirit Masters’ hunting of Spirit Beasts threatened to exhaust them, leaving Zhao Wuji and the others to question their own actions. When a powerful presence appeared in the Star Dou Forest, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang prepared to face it and urged Yun Feng and Meng Yiran to escape.

• Yun Feng explained that Spirit Beasts were dwindling because Spirit Masters killed them for Spirit Rings and Spirit Bones.
• Zhao Wuji and the others understood Spirit Hall’s proclamation and reflected on how many Spirit Beasts they had killed.
• Ah Yin warned Yun Feng of danger, and Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang awakened their Martial Souls and ordered everyone out of the tents.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang sensed that a powerful enemy had locked onto them and told Yun Feng and Meng Yiran to flee if they fell.
• Two towering trees parted, and a massive figure emerged as Meng Shu and the others faced the threat.

The Titan Giant Ape appeared before the Spirit Master teams, and Yun Feng attacked to disrupt the group while pursuing his own plan. Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang threw Yun Feng and Meng Yiran away and prepared to hold the beast back so the others could escape.

• The group recognized the enormous creature as the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu grew anxious.
• Meng Shu offered to withdraw, but the Titan Giant Ape ignored him and stepped closer.
• Yun Feng moved away from Xiao Wu, then attacked the Titan Giant Ape to scatter the group and pursue the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang laughed at their own hesitation, grabbed Yun Feng and Meng Yiran, and hurled them away.
• Meng Shu told the others to flee while he held off the Titan Giant Ape.

Zhao Wuji and the others attacked the enraged Titan Giant Ape while the group fled, but its roar and leap overwhelmed them. Yun Feng pulled Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran out of the impact zone, only for the Titan Giant Ape to seize them after its landing.

• Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang attacked the Titan Giant Ape, provoking it as the others fled.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Yun Feng, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• The Titan Giant Ape blasted everyone aside with a wave of black air and leapt toward the fleeing group.
• Ah Yin's Mental Shock roused Yun Feng, who used Blue Silver Grass to pull Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran away from the impact.
• Dai Mubai led the remaining people into a pit as the Titan Giant Ape crashed down and knocked everyone unconscious.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Yun Feng, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran in its hand.

The Titan Giant Ape captured Yun Feng, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s granddaughter, prompting their companions to fight desperately to stop it. After Xiao Wu called out, the beast fled into the forest with its captives, leaving Tang San and the others devastated and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang pursuing it.

• The Titan Giant Ape seized everyone except Xiao Wu, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang attacked with their Dragon Snake Combined Strike.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang unleashed theirs, and Tang San fired Hidden Weapons at the beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape blocked Tang San’s weapons and struck Zhao Wuji with the dragon, knocking Tang San into a tree and leaving the beast with a small wrist wound.
• Xiao Wu shouted at the Titan Giant Ape, which ignored its attackers, discarded the dragon, and fled into the forest with the captives.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang rushed after the beast, while Zhao Wuji stayed behind and Tang San grieved over Xiao Wu and Yun Feng’s capture.

After the Titan Giant Ape carried Yun Feng, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran away, Xiao Wu confirmed that Er Ming had only made them lose consciousness temporarily. The group was left in Star Dou Forest, and Xiao Wu asked Er Ming why he had come to find her.

• Tang San recovered enough to take Oscar’s Recovery Sausages after the Titan Giant Ape’s shockwave injured him.
• Zhao Wuji regained his original form and apologized to Tang San, the only other conscious person, for failing to stop the Titan Giant Ape from taking Yun Feng and the others.
• The Titan Giant Ape raced through Star Dou Forest and left Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang behind.
• Yun Feng comforted Ning Rongrong and accepted Meng Yiran’s reassurance as the captives feared their fate.
• A surge of Soul Power knocked Yun Feng and the girls unconscious, and Yun Feng asked Ah Yin to wake him after the Titan Giant Ape left.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming whether the others were safe, checked them after he set them down, then climbed onto his shoulder and asked why he had come to find her.

Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming, asked him to protect Yun Feng and the others, then went with him to visit Da Ming. After waking, Yun Feng followed Ah Yin’s guidance through the Star Dou Forest and found the Man Faced Demon Spider, which attacked him as soon as it spotted him.

• Xiao Wu apologized to Er Ming and asked him not to attack recklessly if he sensed her in the forest again.
• Er Ming left his scent to deter other Spirit Beasts, assigned a ten-thousand-year Spirit Beast to guard Yun Feng and the others, then carried Xiao Wu toward the core region to see Da Ming.
• Ah Yin used her Spirit Bone and nearby Blue Silver Grass to revive Yun Feng after Er Ming and Xiao Wu departed.
• Yun Feng learned from Ah Yin that a Spirit Beast was watching over them, then left the Titan Giant Ape’s chest fur behind and flew toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Yun Feng found the Man Faced Demon Spider, dodged its sudden attack, and recognized the human-face markings on its abdomen.

Yun Feng fought a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Forest, using the Blue Silver King, his Desert Eagle, and Ah Yin's support to cripple it. After the spider fell, Yun Feng moved aside, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Yun Feng used the Blue Silver King to restrain the Man Faced Demon Spider and shot one of its legs with the Desert Eagle.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider fired webs at Yun Feng, but the Blue Silver King blocked them while Yun Feng shot two more legs.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider leaped at Yun Feng, who dodged and fired five shots at its remaining legs.
• Yun Feng used Ah Yin's Spirit Bone: Flight and darted aside as the Man Faced Demon Spider fell to the ground.

Yun Feng defeated the Man Faced Demon Spider and began absorbing its Spirit Ring, risking his life to obtain its External Soul Bone. Ah Yin fed him Life Energy to stabilize him, and four bulges appeared along his spine as the absorption continued.

• Yun Feng restrained and tortured the Man Faced Demon Spider until it was near death and its Spirit Ring formed.
• Yun Feng asked Ah Yin to extract the Spirit Ring’s power, then began absorbing it himself when she could not.
• Yun Feng’s body was damaged by the violent Soul Power, and Ah Yin pressed against him to channel Life Energy into him.
• Yun Feng absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s lingering will and endured severe pain as his body convulsed.
• Yun Feng’s back arched, his clothes tore, and four fist-sized bulges rose along each side of his spine.

Yun Feng completed his absorption of the Man Faced Demon Spider's Eight Spider Lances, emerging from a Blue Silver King cocoon with the new appendages and a changed body. Ah Yin guessed that he had taken this opportunity from someone else, and Yun Feng explained himself to her.

• Eight dark purple spider legs grew from Yun Feng's back as he absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Ah Yin watched over him while the Blue Silver King wrapped him in a cocoon.
• Yun Feng's body changed inside the cocoon, and the spider legs lifted him off the ground as Ah Yin sensed that the changes were strengthening him.
• The Blue Silver King unfolded, revealing Yun Feng naked and covered in a brownish-black shell that peeled away; he awoke with a purple streak in his hair.
• Yun Feng realized he had successfully absorbed the Eight Spider Lances and tested their movement before retracting them.
• Yun Feng asked Ah Yin how long he had been absorbing the Spirit ability, and she said it had been less than half a shichen.
• Ah Yin inferred that Yun Feng had taken someone else's opportunity, and Yun Feng gave her the explanation he had prepared.

Yun Feng reunited with Xiao Wu and the others after hiding what he knew about her disappearance, and they prepared to return to Zhao Wuji. Meanwhile, Zhao Wuji found Tang San and helped him and Oscar obtain new Spirit Skills while continuing the search.

• Yun Feng thanked Ah Yin, returned to the girls, and claimed he did not know where Xiao Wu had gone.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged the others to stay alert when a voice called from the forest, but Xiao Wu soon emerged and gave an implausible account of how she had found them.
• Yun Feng and the girls decided to return to Zhao Wuji and the others for safety.
• Zhao Wuji found Tang San nearly dead after he had wandered alone, and Tang San learned to put his survival first.
• Zhao Wuji took Tang San, Oscar, and the others to hunt Spirit Beasts; Oscar gained a speed-boosting skill, and Tang San chose a Crypt Demon Spider on Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s advice.