Chapter Summaries

Tang San struggled to absorb a thousand-year Spirit Ring while Yun Feng and his group returned to Zhao Wuji. The Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch arrived just as Tang San was forming an External Soul Bone, and their collision with a tree disrupted it, leaving Tang San badly injured.

• Tang San endured severe injuries while absorbing a Spirit Ring from a khaki-colored spider, and Yun Feng sensed that an External Soul Bone was forming.
• Yun Feng and his group emerged from the forest, surprising Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji fired a signal flare to summon the Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch, then told Yun Feng that Tang San had been injured while searching for the others.
• Ah Yin urged Yun Feng to interrupt Tang San, but Yun Feng first asked Zhao Wuji what had happened.
• The Dragon Duke and Snake Matriarch rushed toward the group after seeing the flare, crashed into a tree, and disrupted Tang San's nearly formed External Soul Bone.
• Tang San completed the Spirit Ring absorption but spat blood after the interruption damaged his body.

After Tang San absorbed a Spirit Ring, he discovered that a Crypt Demon Spider’s compound eyes had appeared on his forehead, horrifying the others and leaving him distraught. The group reunited with Meng Yiran, left the Star Dou Forest safely, and headed toward a town to rest.

• Tang San saw the Crypt Demon Spider’s compound eyes in a mirror and panicked, while Yun Feng regretted how his schemes had turned out.
• Meng Shu asked Meng Yiran how she escaped, and she said the Titan Giant Ape had knocked them unconscious before she woke up alone.
• Xiao Wu and Yun Feng gave vague explanations for their survival, and Chao Tianxiang urged everyone to discuss it after leaving the dangerous forest.
• Yun Feng promised to treat everyone to a meal, and the group carefully withdrew from the Star Dou Forest.
• After they reached safety, Meng Shu said a town where they could rest was nearby, and Zhao Wuji reminded everyone that Yun Feng had promised drinks.

After two days of rest and celebration, the group prepared to part ways, and Meng Yiran asked Yun Feng to speak with her alone. The others moved aside, leaving Tang San to watch as the private conversation began.

• Yun Feng paid for two days of drinking and merrymaking while the group recovered in town, though Tang San remained miserable over his injury.
• As everyone prepared to leave, Meng Yiran reflected on her growing interest in Yun Feng and her desire to become stronger.
• Meng Yiran asked Yun Feng to speak with her alone, prompting Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to leave with pointedly calm expressions.
• Tang San accepted that Yun Feng attracted many girls but decided to wait and see, while Zhao Wuji led the others away to give the pair privacy.
• Oscar muttered about Meng Yiran and Yun Feng, and Tang San silenced him with a cold look.

Yun Feng accepted Meng Yiran’s wish to be friends while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu teased him, and he considered taking the Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Tang San could. At the Heaven Dou Empire’s Crown Prince’s Residence, Ning Fengzhi praised Xue Qinghe’s readiness to handle government affairs.

• Meng Yiran told Yun Feng she wanted to be friends, and he agreed that they would remain friends when they met again.
• Ning Rongrong teased Yun Feng about attracting another girl, while Xiao Wu blushed and chased her playfully.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Yun Feng what he and Meng Yiran had discussed, and he said she had only wanted to be friends.
• Yun Feng planned to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and take the Immortal Herbs before Tang San could.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe he was capable of taking over his father’s governmental affairs, and Xue Qinghe modestly said he still had more to learn.

Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe discussed Ning Rongrong’s new friend, Yun Feng, while Ning Fengzhi considered meeting and possibly investing in him. Tang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy convinced that Ah Yin was hiding there, and pressured Flender to explain the Blue Silver Grass palace.

• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Qinghe that he would meet the young man who had grown close to Ning Rongrong, and Xue Qinghe said he wanted to meet him too.
• Tang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy and concluded that Ah Yin had created the Blue Silver Grass palace to protect Tang San.
• Tang Hao concealed his aura and appearance, then went to Flender’s office to ask where Ah Yin was.
• Flender denied that Tang Hao’s wife had made the palace, after Tang Hao threatened him for an explanation.

Tang Hao visited Flender to question him about Yun Feng’s palace and warned him to forget the visit before leaving. The next day, Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the dangers of the Star Dou Forest, and Grandmaster arrived with an explanation for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s sudden strength.

• Flender told Tang Hao that Yun Feng had created the palace with his Martial Soul, and Tang Hao acknowledged the boy’s talent and considered his potential usefulness to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao asked Flender to forget his visit, then disappeared through the open window.
• Flender heard Zhao Wuji recount the Star Dou Forest trip and decided to accompany him on future Spirit Beast hunts with Shao Xin and Lu Qibin.
• Zhao Wuji described the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s strength and the Titan Giant Ape’s unexpected appearance, while Flender wondered why the Ape had spared them.
• Grandmaster entered Flender’s office and confidently said the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent had mutated.

Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had returned in a monstrous form, then found him safe and was overjoyed. At the Lake of Life, Er Ming told Da Ming that Xiao Wu seemed to love someone, leaving the two brothers mourning her choice to live as a human; the next morning, Yun Feng planned to practice and refine Soul Tools.

• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had turned into a monster, then left the dean's office.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender hurried to the dormitory area, where Yu Xiaogang laughed with relief after seeing Tang San was safe.
• At the Lake of Life, Er Ming told Da Ming that he thought Xiao Wu had someone she liked.
• Da Ming reminded Er Ming that Xiao Wu would return someday, but Er Ming said she had undergone Human Transformation and would live as a human.
• Da Ming sat beside Er Ming and said he missed the old days.
• The next morning, Yun Feng returned Ah Yin to his hand and decided to practice Taiji Fist and refine Soul Tools.

Yun Feng met Zhu Zhuqing training at Shrek Academy and warned her that pushing her body past its limits could cause lasting harm. He offered to help her change her training, believing her Martial Soul should focus on stealth, speed, and powerful assassination strikes.

• Yun Feng arrived at the training grounds and found Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly pushing herself through physical training.
• After they finished their routines, Yun Feng accidentally handled a strand of Zhu Zhuqing's hair, embarrassing them both before he changed the subject.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she trained harder because she lacked confidence in surpassing her older sister and the First Prince.
• Yun Feng warned Zhu Zhuqing that overtraining could leave hidden injuries and damage her talent.
• Yun Feng proposed a different training method that could improve her Martial Soul, then judged that her balanced approach wasted its potential for stealth and burst attacks.

Yun Feng offered Zhu Zhuqing a way to improve her combat ability and began training her in a dense forest. As they started, Tang Hao left after concluding that Spirit Hall was behind Ah Yin’s disappearance, while Ah Yin’s hidden presence reassured Yun Feng.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Yun Feng’s offer despite his warning that the training would be painful.
• Yun Feng led Zhu Zhuqing to a small forest beside Shrek Academy and explained that she must dodge his Blue Silver King vines without touching the trees.
• Yun Feng planned to use the training to improve Zhu Zhuqing’s reactions and to help himself master his Spirit Skills.
• Tang Hao failed to sense Ah Yin, suspected Spirit Hall had taken her, and headed toward Spirit City.
• Ah Yin signaled Yun Feng that Tang Hao had left, and Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Hell Spirit Cat as Yun Feng sent vines rushing toward her.

Yun Feng trained Zhu Zhuqing in evasion until they were exhausted, then returned with her to find Xiao Wu waiting. Ning Rongrong’s attempt to cook breakfast ended in a smoky kitchen, a charred chicken, and a fire that Yun Feng had to extinguish.

• Yun Feng used his Blue Silver Kings to capture Zhu Zhuqing during evasion practice, then repeated the training with her several times.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their residence, where Xiao Wu questioned their rumpled appearance before Yun Feng explained their training.
• Xiao Wu told Yun Feng that Ning Rongrong was making breakfast for everyone.
• Yun Feng found Ning Rongrong in a smoke-filled kitchen holding a chicken that had burned to charcoal on her spatula.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing pulled Ning Rongrong away from the kitchen, and Yun Feng extinguished the spreading fire with his Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong said she had only wanted to cook a meal for everyone.

Ning Rongrong apologized for ruining Yun Feng’s kitchen, and Yun Feng repaired it before cooking breakfast for her, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San and decided to stay and supervise his cultivation of the dangerous External Soul Bone.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing comforted Ning Rongrong and invited her to wash up and eat breakfast outside.
• Yun Feng restored the kitchen with Ah Yin’s help and cooked breakfast for the girls.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined Yun Feng at the table and eagerly ate his cooking.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San had repeatedly seen Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing return panting from the woods, while Dai Mubai silently resented what he believed was happening between them.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San after discussing Spirit Bones and told him he would arrange a new training schedule.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would stay to supervise his External Soul Bone training because a mishap could be fatal, and Tang San was delighted.

Yu Xiaogang decided to stay at Shrek Academy and take charge of the students’ cultivation and meals. Flender gave him authority to make changes, and the chapter ended with Flender introducing the academy’s teachers to the students.

• Yu Xiaogang objected to the students’ meager breakfast and told Flender he would decide what they ate from then on.
• Yu Xiaogang asked for authority to improve the academy’s teaching, and Flender agreed, provided he was consulted about expenses.
• Flender gathered the students and introduced Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin, including their Martial Souls and ranks.
• Shao Xin fixed his gaze on Oscar with an unusually infatuated expression.

Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the celebrated Grandmaster and Tang San’s teacher, but Shrek’s students challenged his reputation and theories. Zhao Wuji mocked Yu Xiaogang for choosing Tang San over Yun Feng, then left after Flender demanded an apology.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the authority behind the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and asked the students to call him Grandmaster.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing laughed at the introduction, while Xiao Wu questioned Yu Xiaogang’s theory about useless Martial Souls and his low Soul Power Level.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted he would prove himself through his strength and knowledge.
• Zhao Wuji asked why Yu Xiaogang had chosen Tang San as his disciple instead of the more talented Yun Feng, and mocked his reasoning.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji to apologize to Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji apologized before leaving the training grounds.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of the students’ training and announced a unified program, while Zhu Zhuqing challenged him to prove his methods could improve her combat ability. The students received a day off, and Yun Feng and Tang San headed to Suotuo City to buy materials and seek blacksmiths.

• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would be responsible for training the students and noted that two had reached the Soul Elder realm.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that all eight students would train together and warned them to attend breakfast and training.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Yu Xiaogang’s methods, and he agreed to a contest after Yun Feng nodded.
• Ma Hongjun invited the others to visit Suotuo City, and Yun Feng clarified that he wanted to buy crafting materials.
• Tang San joined Yun Feng to find a blacksmith shop, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing offered to accompany Yun Feng before he told them to rest.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu whether she worried about Yun Feng being led astray, and Xiao Wu said she trusted him.

Yun Feng and Tang San visited Suotuo City's largest blacksmith shop, where Yun Feng bought forging supplies and Tang San tried to arrange ongoing work making Hidden Weapon components. Tang San still planned to learn Yun Feng's Soul Tool techniques by watching him, while Yun Feng kept his knowledge secret and left the shop.

• In Suotuo City, Tang San asked Yun Feng where his weapon came from, and Yun Feng refused to reveal the secret.
• Ah Yin told Yun Feng that Tang San had been observing and following him since the entrance test, hoping to learn from him.
• Yun Feng and Tang San headed to the city's largest blacksmith shop to buy forging supplies and discuss business.
• Yun Feng bought a forging hammer and materials while Tang San showed an attendant a Hidden Weapon blueprint and requested long-term cooperation.
• After the attendant went to consult the shopkeeper, Yun Feng took his supplies and left Tang San at the shop.

Yun Feng noticed a carriage carrying members of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and avoided the powerful watcher sent to investigate him. The next morning, he and Zhu Zhuqing returned from training to find Yu Xiaogang preparing breakfast for the students.

• Yun Feng saw a luxurious Heaven Dou Imperial Family carriage leaving Suotuo City, and its occupants sent an elder to watch him.
• Ah Yin warned Yun Feng that a formidable person was following him, and he recognized the carriage’s occupants as people from his previous life.
• Yun Feng left the city without confronting the watcher, who eventually departed after remarking on his sharp instincts.
• Yun Feng and Zhu Zhuqing trained in the little woods the next morning, then returned home and gathered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu for breakfast.
• Yun Feng, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu found Yu Xiaogang cooking breakfast with Tang San helping, and Yu Xiaogang served them meat soup, steamed buns, and eggs.

Yu Xiaogang served the students breakfast and began an intensive training session, while Yun Feng ate far more than expected. The chapter left Dai Mubai questioning Yu Xiaogang’s restrictions on Tang San before their fight.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar arrived at the cafeteria and received breakfast from Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San noticed he had been given more.
• Yun Feng took Yu Xiaogang’s remaining food and ate several large servings, prompting Yu Xiaogang to suspect that his appetite was tied to his strength.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered the eight students for training and told them to arrive early for breakfast the next day.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Dai Mubai to defeat the students one by one without causing serious injuries, excluding Yun Feng.
• Yu Xiaogang paired Dai Mubai with Tang San and prohibited Tang San from using his third Spirit Skill or special weapons, but Dai Mubai objected that the restrictions were unfair.

Dai Mubai challenged Tang San to a duel without Hidden Weapons, hoping to regain his confidence, while Yu Xiaogang allowed Tang San to use his third Spirit Ring. Tang San trapped Dai Mubai in his newly gained spiderweb skill, leaving him bound and numb.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed that Tang San could use his third Spirit Ring after Dai Mubai insisted on fighting him.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged into Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San's enhanced Blue Silver Grass bound Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai began cutting through it with his tiger claws.
• Tang San launched his third Spirit Skill, a huge spiderweb, and it enveloped Dai Mubai as he tried to roll away.
• The spiderweb tightened around Dai Mubai, whose claws could not cut it and whose body began to go numb.

Tang San restrained Dai Mubai with his Spider Web Restraint, and Yu Xiaogang used the result to teach the Shrek students about control and teamwork. Dai Mubai then fought Ma Hongjun and Oscar, whose unexpected retreat left him surprised.

• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai in his spider web, then removed the web and toxin after Yu Xiaogang stopped the match.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how control-type Spirit Masters could be countered and assigned new pair battles for the lesson.
• Yu Xiaogang paired Tang San against Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai against Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun used Bathing Phoenix Fire to strengthen his Phoenix Fire Line, but Dai Mubai countered with his White Tiger Spirit Skills.
• Ma Hongjun suddenly shot backward dozens of meters, leaving Dai Mubai's pounce to miss.

Dai Mubai fought Ma Hongjun and Oscar while Tang San faced Xiao Wu in a sparring match. Oscar’s sausages helped Ma Hongjun wear Dai Mubai down, while Xiao Wu revealed her third Spirit Skill and kicked Tang San, declaring him defeated.

• Dai Mubai tried to reach Oscar, but Oscar used Mushroom Sausages to evade him and supply Ma Hongjun with Recovery Sausages.
• Ma Hongjun kept attacking Dai Mubai with Phoenix Fire Lines while Oscar supported him, gradually exhausting Dai Mubai’s Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu used Charm to briefly daze Tang San, who responded by casting Spider Web Restraint as she charged.
• Xiao Wu activated her third Spirit Skill, vanished past Tang San’s spider web, and kicked him in the face, saying, “Xiao San, you lost.”