Chapter Summaries

After leaving Shrek City, Zhou Yi was confronted by expelled students and their families, who blamed her for their treatment at the academy. Beaten and left injured, she swore revenge on everyone who had wronged her.

• Zhou Yi left Shrek City after Shrek Academy rejected her and Fan Yu asked to divorce her.
• A former student recognized Zhou Yi on the road and accused her of expelling him.
• The student’s father and attendants prepared to fight Zhou Yi, and she summoned her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• More expelled students arrived with powerful companions and joined the confrontation against Zhou Yi.
• The students and parents beat Zhou Yi before leaving, and she vowed to take revenge on them all.

Tang Wulin and Wu Feng traveled with Mu Ye and Feng Wuyu to a dangerous training ground reached through a new Soul Tool. The group arrived in Dragon Valley, where their next training would begin.

• Tang Wulin asked Mu Ye about their next training, and Mu Ye said it was an opportunity rather than ordinary training.
• Mu Ye met Feng Wuyu and Wu Feng, then took them with Tang Wulin in a Soul-Guided Car.
• Mu Ye activated a new Soul Tool that created a golden portal, and Feng Wuyu warned that injuries or death inside would be real.
• Mu Ye drove the car through the portal, bringing the group to a strange, luminous landscape.
• Feng Wuyu identified their destination as Dragon Valley, where Tang Wulin and Wu Feng would train.

Tang Wulin and Wu Feng entered Dragon Valley, where martial souls, Soul Power, and most Soul Tools could not be used, and learned that their training would focus on their bodies and Bloodline Power. After Mu Ye and Feng Wuyu warned them about the dangers ahead, the two set off to explore the valley.

• Feng Wuyu explained that Zhuo Shi, Mu Ye, and he had visited Dragon Valley before, so only Tang Wulin and Wu Feng would train there.
• Tang Wulin and Wu Feng discovered that Dragon Valley sealed their martial souls and Soul Power, while Tang Wulin could still use his Bloodline Power.
• Mu Ye explained that absorbing Dragon Clouds could improve their physical condition and Bloodline Power, and that ten days in Dragon Valley equaled two hours outside.
• Mu Ye warned them that aggressive dragon souls inhabited the valley and that Soul Tools could not be used without stored Soul Power.
• Feng Wuyu reminded Wu Feng that her forging hammers would still work, and Tang Wulin and Wu Feng set off to explore.

Tang Wulin absorbed a torrent of dragon clouds, greatly strengthening his body and elemental perception, then used his bloodline aura to guide crimson clouds to Wu Feng. After Wu Feng reached her limit, the two headed deeper into Dragon Valley, following Tang Wulin’s sense that something was calling to him.

• Tang Wulin and Wu Feng went to an open plain, where Wu Feng’s red dragon bloodline drew down a crimson dragon cloud that instead entered Tang Wulin and changed color.
• A host of multicolored dragon clouds poured into Tang Wulin, strengthening his body, bloodline, resistances, mental attributes, and perception of seven elements until he reached his limit.
• Tang Wulin released his Golden and Silver Dragon King Bloodline aura and learned to guide crimson dragon clouds toward Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng absorbed three crimson dragon clouds, which resonated with her red dragon bloodline and left her stronger with a possible change to her martial soul.
• Over the following days, Tang Wulin helped Wu Feng absorb dragon clouds until she reached her limit, then led her deeper into Dragon Valley.

Xie Xie learned that Tang Wulin had gone to Dragon Valley and that he would train in a different small world alongside Wei Xiaofeng, Wang Dong'er, and Wu Siduo. The group gathered with their teachers as Zang Xin opened a glowing gateway and led them inside.

• Xie Xie asked Liang Xiaoyu why he was not going to Dragon Valley, and Liang Xiaoyu explained that Xie Xie needed to improve his combat ability more than his Space-Time Dragon martial soul.
• Liang Xiaoyu told Xie Xie that the students would train in different small worlds, but several of them would share one.
• Xie Xie met Wei Xiaofeng, who revealed that his Green Shadow Snake had evolved into the Green Shadow Snake Emperor after he absorbed a Son of Heaven Fruit.
• Zang Xin unlocked a sphere that projected a massive pale-golden halo around the group.
• Zang Xin led Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, Wang Dong'er, and Wu Siduo into the opened gateway.

Wang Dong'er, Xie Xie, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wu Siduo began agility training in a pitch-black space where attacks came without warning. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er starting to read the attacks while the group continued to dodge and take hits.

• Zang Xin explained that the dark training ground was designed for agility-attack Soul Masters and challenged Wang Dong'er’s view of her Light Goddess Butterfly as an assault-type Martial Soul.
• Zang Xin said the Golden Dragon Spear would take priority over Wang Dong'er's Clear Sky Hammer and explained that ten days in the training ground equaled one hour outside, though injuries were real.
• Liang Xiaoyu started the training, and wooden staffs struck Xie Xie, Wang Dong'er, and Wei Xiaofeng while Wu Siduo dodged the first attack and was grazed by the next.
• Zang Xin told the trainees to learn to take a beating, and the group scrambled to evade a denser barrage of wooden staffs.
• Wang Dong'er assessed the staffs’ trajectories and frequency as Wu Siduo avoided most attacks and Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng cried out while being hit.
• The system reported that Wang Dong'er’s recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy had increased and rewarded the host with Gu Yue, a Five-Ring Soul King, as a special student.

Huo Yuhao entered a sealed training world where his spiritual power was isolated from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux. Han Tianyi forced him to face a giant eye using only his Spirit Eye and spiritual power, leaving him unable to move as the creature approached.

• Huo Yuhao followed Han Tianyi into a gray world where he could not sense Soul Power and his spiritual power could not penetrate the mist.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that they could not sense the outside world, and Electrolux said the academy's small worlds surpassed his Undead Plane.
• Han Tianyi explained that Huo Yuhao would train only his spiritual power and severed his connection to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux.
• Han Tianyi summoned a huge, purplish-red eye and forbade Huo Yuhao from using Soul Tools or auxiliary abilities.
• Huo Yuhao found that he could not move or activate his Ice God Body as the eye approached and its spiritual pressure intensified.

Huo Yuhao destroyed a giant eye in Han Tianyi’s trial by compressing his spiritual power into a powerful Mental Needle, but faced two eyes that had to be destroyed simultaneously. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao’s growing recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy raised the host’s cultivation to Supreme God King and earned him a Fairy Spirit Source.

• Huo Yuhao struck the giant eye with a spiritual blade, then used Mental Detection, but neither approach stopped it and the backlash hurt him.
• Huo Yuhao attacked Han Tianyi with a Mental Needle, and Han Tianyi explained that the eye was created by the small world and had to be destroyed directly.
• Huo Yuhao compressed his spiritual power by rotating it according to the patterns inside the eye, then shattered the eye with a Mental Needle.
• Han Tianyi gave Huo Yuhao a pill that restored his mental power, and two deep-blue eyes appeared; Han Tianyi explained that Huo Yuhao had to destroy both at once.
• In the Dean’s Office, Huo Yuhao’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy granted the host Supreme God King cultivation and a Fairy Spirit Source.

Xi Er trained in a holy-light-filled arena where her darkness powers were suppressed, and Yun Lan revealed that the training could manifest her fears. When the Evil Soul Master who destroyed her village appeared, Xi Er faced the trauma she had carried for years.

• Yun Lan explained that Xi Er’s training would test her darkness attribute against holy light, then filled the arena with light and summoned ten heavily armored soldiers.
• Xi Er attacked the soldiers with her Shadow Scythe Strike and Returning Blade, but holy-light suppression weakened her attacks and the armor barely cracked.
• As the soldiers adapted to her speed, Xi Er recalled being powerless when an Evil Soul Master slaughtered her family, friends, and neighbors.
• Xi Er noticed an oily film on a soldier’s armor, and Yun Lan explained that the arena manifested her fears and that she had to overcome them.
• The Evil Soul Master who destroyed Xi Er’s village appeared and attacked her with burning oil, while Xi Er faced him with hatred and trembling hands.

Ling Luochen began training in the magma cavern, where Zhou Hanyou taught her to shape ice into forms capable of matching the fiery creatures rising from the lava. The lesson left Ling Luochen balancing on shrinking ice as more flaming birds appeared, and she began trying to condense an ice bird of her own.

• Ling Luochen followed Zhou Hanyou into a cavern of scorching heat and asked what her training would be.
• Zhou Hanyou demonstrated how to form an ice bird to meet and cancel out a flaming bird, explaining that Ling Luochen needed to improve her control by shaping ice freely.
• Zhou Hanyou replaced the bridge beneath Ling Luochen with a floating ice block and began her training.
• Ling Luochen's ice spike melted against a flaming bird, which passed her and plunged into the magma while shrinking the ice beneath her feet.
• As more flaming birds rose from the lava, Ling Luochen began shaping her ice into a bird.

Tang Wulin and Wu Feng discovered a vast basin filled with dragon bones, and Tang Wulin felt compelled by his bloodline to bury them. They began the enormous task together, with Tang Wulin digging pits and Wu Feng carefully carrying the bones into them.

• Tang Wulin and Wu Feng reached a deep basin covered in ancient dragon bones, and Tang Wulin felt sorrow as his bloodline resonated with them.
• Tang Wulin declared that he wanted to bury the exposed dragon bones, and Wu Feng agreed to help because she had also benefited from the Dragon Clouds.
• Tang Wulin descended the steep basin wall with ease, while Wu Feng carefully climbed down after him.
• Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Claw to dig a pit and buried a dragon skeleton, while Wu Feng struggled to dig by hand.
• Tang Wulin assigned Wu Feng to carry dragon bones into the pits he dug, and the two began working together to bury them.

As the students gathered at the edge of the Star Dou Forest before the Five Great Competition, Qiu'er, the Auspicious Beast, appeared and asked Wang Dong'er to take her to the academy. Scarlet King soon arrived, calling for Qiu'er as she pleaded not to be taken back.

• Wang Dong'er, Xie Xie, Wu Siduo, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Xiaoyan gathered at the forest's outskirts after finishing their training in the small worlds.
• Xu Xiaoyan worried that they might be discovered in the Star Dou Forest, and Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao recalled Di Tian's warning.
• A golden-haired girl emerged from the grass and asked Wang Dong'er to take her to the academy.
• Wang Dong'er recognized the girl as the Auspicious Beast, who introduced herself as Qiu'er and said she had taken human form.
• Scarlet King appeared after calling for the Auspicious Beast, and Qiu'er begged Wang Dong'er to help her escape.

Qiu'er tried to stop Scarlet King from attacking the group, but Xie Xie challenged the Ferocious Beast and showed he could overpower it with his speed and soul skills. Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Scarlet King, leaving Xie Xie and his clones holding daggers to its three heads as he declared the fight decided.

• Scarlet King found Qiu'er with Wang Dong'er and the others, then lunged at Xie Xie in anger.
• Xie Xie dodged Scarlet King's claw and stabbed its flank with his Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger.
• Scarlet King prepared to attack in earnest after Xie Xie taunted him, and Qiu'er hurried out to urge him to stop.
• Xie Xie used his One-Word Battle Armor and Fourth Soul Skill, Spacetime: Twin Dragon Instant Kill, to break Scarlet King's gathered power.
• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Scarlet King, and Xie Xie used Twin Dragon Clone to hold daggers against all three of its heads.

Xie Xie defeated Scarlet King, but Di Tian arrived and condemned the humans for entering the Star Dou Forest to see Qiu'er. Di Tian unleashed his overwhelming pressure on the group, and Xie Xie called on Xu Xiaoyan to help him fight back as Tang Wulin, Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng rushed over.

• Xie Xie forced Scarlet King to admit defeat, then withdrew his daggers and Battle Armor.
• Ling Luochen and Ning Tian arrived, and Xie Xie bragged that he had defeated one of the Ten Great Savage Beasts.
• Scarlet King urged Qiu'er not to leave with the humans, but Wang Dong'er insisted that Qiu'er should be free to choose and promised the academy would protect her.
• Di Tian arrived, rebuked Scarlet King, and accused the humans of ignoring his warning before unleashing his crushing pressure on everyone.
• Xie Xie asked Xu Xiaoyan to control Di Tian so he could fight back, and Tang Wulin, Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng rushed over and shouted for him to stop.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao arrived as Di Tian tested them with his pressure, but Huo Yuhao shielded the group and Tang Wulin revealed an aura that Di Tian recognized as the Dragon God's. Di Tian withdrew his pressure, bowed his head to Tang Wulin, and began to address him with reverence.

• Di Tian increased his pressure on Tang Wulin, Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng, but Huo Yuhao blocked it with his spiritual power.
• Tang Wulin released his fused bloodline aura, causing Scarlet King to collapse to its knees and leaving Qiu'er and Di Tian shocked.
• Di Tian recognized the aura as the Dragon God's and withdrew his pressure while considering whether Tang Wulin was the Dragon God reincarnated.
• Tang Wulin asked Di Tian what he intended to do to his companions, and Di Tian lowered his head and began, "Lord..."

Di Tian recognized Tang Wulin as bearing the Dragon God’s bloodline and left to report his possible reincarnation to the Lake of Life. Qiu'er gained Tang Wulin’s help to seek admission to Shrek Academy, while the silver-haired woman at the lake decided to go there too.

• Di Tian called Tang Wulin Lord, identified the Dragon God’s Tears on his wrist, and said all soul beasts would obey him.
• Di Tian ordered Scarlet King to protect Tang Wulin and his companions, then hurried to the Lake of Life to report the Dragon God’s aura.
• Tang Wulin asked Qiu'er whether she wanted to join Shrek Academy and said she could attend if she passed the entrance examinations.
• Di Tian told the voice at the Lake of Life that Tang Wulin might be the Dragon God’s reincarnation and that Qiu'er wanted to go to his academy.
• The silver-haired woman at the Lake of Life agreed to let Qiu'er go and said she would go as well.

Gu Yuena and Di Tian agreed to accompany Qiu'er and Tang Wulin's class to Shrek Academy, where Di Tian would apply for a teaching position. On the way, Gu Yuena met Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, who realized she resembled Na'er, while Shrek Academy's arrival stunned her.

• Gu Yuena decided to enter Shrek Academy to recover and observe Tang Wulin, and Di Tian chose to accompany her as a teacher.
• Di Tian and Gu Yuena joined Tang Wulin's class as it set out with Qiu'er for Shrek Academy.
• Xie Xie mistook Gu Yuena for Na'er, but Tang Wulin pointed out that their eye colors differed.
• Da Ming and Titan watched the group depart and worried that Tang San's plan had become more difficult.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian followed the Soul-Guided Cars and saw Shrek Academy floating above the clouds.
• The system rewarded the Dean with Worm of the Sky and the Di Tian teacher template after Gu Yuena and Di Tian recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

Gu Yuena and Qiu'er went to take Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment while Di Tian prepared for the teacher assessment. Cai Yue'er forced the proud Beast God to address her as Elder Cai, and Da Ming and Titan watched and mocked him as he followed her.

• Ye Zhi led Gu Yuena and Qiu'er away for their entrance assessment and told Di Tian someone would conduct his teacher assessment.
• Cai Yue'er introduced herself and Zhang Lexuan to Di Tian, then brusquely demanded that he speak properly.
• Di Tian swallowed his anger and addressed Cai Yue'er as Elder Cai before following her and Zhang Lexuan to the teacher assessment.
• Da Ming and Titan hid behind a pillar, laughed at Di Tian’s humiliation, and recalled their resentment toward him.
• Cai Yue'er told Di Tian to hurry and warned that the assessment could grind away his bad habits, making him more resentful of humans.

Gu Yuena and Qiu'er continued Shrek Academy's assessments, and Gu Yuena grew increasingly impressed by the academy's power. At the sixth-stage combat test, she encountered Na'er and Gu Yue, whose matching appearances and Silver Dragon King bloodlines left her stunned as the battle began.

• Gu Yuena endured the first-stage pressure, which Ye Zhi changed from Di Tian's aura to divine might, and she became more convinced Shrek Academy was extraordinary.
• Gu Yuena and Qiu'er forfeited the secondary-profession assessments and followed Ye Zhi to the sixth-stage two-on-two combat test.
• Na'er and Gu Yue arrived, and Gu Yuena recognized Na'er as Tang Wulin and Xie Xie's lookalike before sensing complete Silver Dragon King bloodlines from both girls.
• Na'er introduced herself as a five-ring Soul King, and Gu Yue did the same; Gu Yuena was shaken by their names and their apparent connection to her.
• Na'er manifested the Silver Dragon Spear and Gu Yue displayed control over five elements as Ye Zhi started the assessment.
• In the Dean's Office, the system rewarded the host with seven-colored gold and a Golden Dragon Spear after Gu Yuena and Qiu'er increased their recognition of Shrek Academy as a Monster Academy.

Gu Yuena and Qiu'er fought Na'er and Gu Yue during Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment and were both defeated. After passing the remaining tests, Gu Yuena grew more suspicious of the academy’s connection to the Dragon God and resolved to uncover its secrets.

• Qiu'er attacked Na'er and Gu Yue with her Ultimate Fire, but they blocked her flames and outmaneuvered her.
• Gu Yuena exchanged spear attacks with Na'er while Gu Yue coordinated elemental strikes against her.
• Gu Yue froze Qiu'er's ankle, and Na'er held her spear at Qiu'er's throat, prompting Qiu'er to concede defeat.
• Na'er and Gu Yue overwhelmed Gu Yuena with spear and elemental attacks until she admitted defeat.
• Gu Yue left to prepare for the Five Great Competition, while Ye Zhi led Qiu'er and Gu Yuena through the remaining entrance tests, which they passed.
• Gu Yuena wondered whether the academy held more Silver or Golden Dragon Kings and whether it was the Dragon God's contingency, then resolved to investigate Shrek Academy's secrets.