Chapter Summaries

After arriving at Shrek Academy, Xiao Tian settled in and practiced with his new swords, while Oscar eyed Ning Rongrong as a potential romantic target. The next morning, Ning Rongrong tried to recruit Xiao Tian to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he recognized her as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and questioned why she had come to Shrek alone.

• Flender sent Dai Mubai and Oscar to show Xiao Tian and the others to their dorms, where Oscar privately considered pursuing Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Tian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu rose early to train, and Xiao Tian practiced with the Iron Sword and Red Dragon Tooth.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Xiao Tian and the others, and Oscar shaved off his beard after hearing the girls were coming along.
• Ning Rongrong moved closer to Xiao Tian and offered to recommend him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arrange a meeting with Sword Dao Chen Xin.
• Xiao Tian deduced that Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter, and she admitted it when he asked why she had come to Shrek alone.

Ning Rongrong invited Xiao Tian to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while the System teased him about pursuing her despite Oscar. When Oscar offered himself to the sect, Ning Rongrong challenged his claim of Innate Full Soul Power and questioned his slow cultivation, leaving Oscar’s talent in doubt.

• Ning Rongrong invited Xiao Tian to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised that the sect would nurture him.
• Xiao Tian considered why Ning Fengzhi might want him bound to the sect, while the System joked about Ning Rongrong and warned him about Oscar’s abilities.
• Oscar, displeased by Ning Rongrong’s attention to Xiao Tian, offered to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a Food-Type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong asked Oscar for proof of his Innate Full Soul Power and questioned why he was only level thirty at fourteen.
• Ning Rongrong recalled her reasons for doubting Oscar, including his lack of a Spirit Hall certificate and his comparatively slow cultivation.

Ning Rongrong questioned Oscar’s talent and Xiao Tian declined her invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The group then found Ma Hongjun forcing Suihua to stay with him, and Xiao Wu attacked him with Ning Rongrong’s support.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Oscar to prove his strength, while Dai Mubai defended him and explained his slow cultivation as a Food System Soul Master.
• Xiao Tian refused Ning Rongrong’s invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar grew depressed after his own attempt to recommend himself failed.
• Ma Hongjun refused to let Suihua leave and proposed one last encounter, so Xiao Wu kicked him away and confronted him.
• Ma Hongjun lecherously asked Xiao Wu to take Suihua’s place, and Xiao Wu used Charm to make him miss with his Phoenix Fire Line.
• Xiao Tian ordered Sword Fifteen to extinguish the flames, and Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu’s strength and speed as she prepared to strike Ma Hongjun.

Xiao Wu beat Ma Hongjun unconscious after he harassed her, while the others argued over whether she had gone too far. At Shrek Academy’s training ground, Flender challenged Xiao Wu over the beating, and she defiantly defended her actions.

• Xiao Wu used Instant Transmission and the Exploding Kill Eight Stage Throw to attack Ma Hongjun, while Xiao Tian urged her to show mercy.
• Oscar defended Ma Hongjun, but Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing criticized him and Dai Mubai over their behavior toward women.
• Xiao Wu knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious, and Dai Mubai took him to Teacher Shao Xin for treatment while Oscar led the others to breakfast.
• Xiao Wu complained that Shrek Academy’s food was poor, and she, Xiao Tian, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing then went to the training ground.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender learned that Xiao Wu had injured Ma Hongjun, and Flender reprimanded her.
• Xiao Wu insisted that Ma Hongjun deserved the beating for harassing her and bullying civilian girls.

Yu Xiaogang arranged a three-on-one training match between Xiao Tian and Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar, forbidding Hidden Weapons. As the fighters prepared, Xiao Tian insisted that Ning Rongrong support Tang San fully, while Yu Xiaogang questioned whether the match would benefit her and Oscar.

• Xiao Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang over Xiao Wu being blamed for beating Ma Hongjun, and Tang San helped Flander end the dispute so training could begin.
• Yu Xiaogang canceled his planned endurance exercise and paired Xiao Tian against Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar, banning Hidden Weapons.
• Xiao Wu objected to the unfair matchup, but Xiao Tian stopped her and said he wanted to test Tang San with the two support Soul Masters.
• Oscar tried to impress Ning Rongrong by promising to protect her, but she reacted with disgust, while Flander hoped the match might bring them closer.
• Xiao Tian told Ning Rongrong to give Tang San whatever boosts she wanted, and Yu Xiaogang challenged the usefulness of the match for Ning Rongrong and Oscar.

Xiao Tian demonstrated his speed technique, Worlds Apart at Hand's Reach, startling Tang San and the others before Tang San agreed to stop challenging his approach to training. During their match, Xiao Tian broke through Tang San's Blue Silver Grass attacks, and Tang San escalated the fight by attacking with his Eight Spider Lances.

• Xiao Tian appeared beside Ning Rongrong in an instant, and Tang San mistook his technique for an advanced Light Body Technique from a wuxia world.
• Xiao Tian claimed the move consumed nearly half his Soul Power, easing the others' worries, and Tang San dropped his objections to the training plan.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as Oscar prepared recovery sausages for the match.
• Tang San tried to ensnare Xiao Tian with Blue Silver Grass and Parasitism, but Xiao Tian cut through it with his Sword Control Technique and Sword Qi Surging.
• Tang San closed in with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and attacked Xiao Tian's chest with his Eight Spider Lances, alarming Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.

Xiao Tian overwhelmed Tang San with his sword techniques during the match, forcing Flender to intervene before Tang San was badly injured. After the match was halted, Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Tian to teach her one of his moves, while Ning Rongrong decided to report his swordsmanship to her sect.

• Xiao Tian unleashed Seven Absolute Sword Qi, cutting through Tang San's defenses and severing one of the Eight Spider Soul Bone's legs.
• Flender stopped Xiao Tian with his Sixth Soul Skill and protected Tang San, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar admitted defeat.
• Xiao Tian apologized to Flender and Yu Xiaogang, who suspended group training until Tang San and Ma Hongjun recovered.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Xiao Tian to teach her his move and said she would do anything he asked, but Xiao Wu covered Xiao Tian's eyes and dragged Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Ning Rongrong resolved to write to her sect about the swordsmanship genius she had found at Shrek Academy.

Xiao Tian examined the Huangdi Neijing and Xuanyuan Ring he had received as rewards after defeating Tang San. At Shrek, Shao Xin began treating Tang San, whose defeat left him doubting his Blue Silver Grass and considering cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Xiao Tian reviewed the Huangdi Neijing’s breathing, cultivation, health, acupuncture, and herbal knowledge, then learned that the Xuanyuan Ring could disguise soul rings, store soul power, and protect against mental attacks.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang brought the badly injured Tang San to Shao Xin and asked him to treat him.
• Flender persuaded Shao Xin to take an interest in Shrek’s new students by claiming they might enter the Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.
• Tang San resented Xiao Tian, questioned whether his Blue Silver Grass could counter him, and considered switching to the Clear Sky Hammer before deciding the plan was too risky.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Tang San’s shaken confidence and planned to discuss their long-term plans after the treatment.
• Shao Xin used his Sweet Sugar Beans and Healing Sugar Beans to restore Tang San’s soul power, stamina, and injuries.

Shao Xin healed Tang San and Ma Hongjun, while Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to focus on Soul Power instead of the Clear Sky Hammer or Self-Created Soul Skills. Dai Mubai confronted Ma Hongjun over skipping training and worried that Xiao Tian was getting close to Zhu Zhuqing; the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong asking Zhu Zhuqing about her figure.

• Shao Xin gave Tang San two Candy Beans that rapidly healed his injuries and restored his Soul Power.
• Shao Xin told Flender that Ma Hongjun had left after treatment, and Yu Xiaogang criticized Ma Hongjun's lack of discipline and weak cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Tang San had considered cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer and insisted he focus on raising his Soul Power instead.
• Dai Mubai found Ma Hongjun bruised after beating him for skipping training, then warned him that he was among the academy's weakest students.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing how she maintained her figure while Xiao Wu was in their dormitory.

Yu Xiaogang criticized the students and ordered them to run twenty weighted laps without Soul Power, prompting Ning Rongrong to lose her temper. Xiao Tian recognized that Flender intended to discipline her, and the chapter left Ning Rongrong confronting the two instructors.

• Zhu Zhuqing attributed her figure to her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul, and Xiao Wu suggested Ning Rongrong try papayas and milk.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Xiao Tian, Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Ma Hongjun for their conduct during training.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai objected that the punishment was too demanding for Support-type Soul Masters, but Yu Xiaogang insisted.
• Ning Rongrong swallowed her anger at first for the sake of her new friends and her plan to recommend Xiao Tian to her sect.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to run twenty laps around the village carrying weights without Soul Power, and Ning Rongrong finally shouted at him and Flender.

Ning Rongrong nearly challenged Flander over his punishment, but Xiao Tian quietly reminded her to think before acting. She accepted the training and began running, while explaining to Xiao Tian why she doubted that running could protect her from powerful enemies.

• Flander asserted his authority over Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Tian used voice transmission to stop her from provoking him.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the punishment with a smile and decided to tell Sword Grandpa about the incident later.
• The students collected weighted baskets for their twenty-lap run, and Xiao Tian noticed his basket held about fifty jin.
• Oscar offered to carry some of Ning Rongrong's load, but she ignored him and ran out; Dai Mubai encouraged Oscar to keep pursuing her.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Xiao Tian for stopping her, and he called out her spoiled behavior and urged her to stay calm.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Tian that her family had used running only to build a normal physique, since she believed it could not help someone escape true experts.

Xiao Tian devised a way to make Yu Xiaogang join the students’ run and secretly set the plan in motion with Sword Fifteen. After arranging for Shao Xin to come to Shrek Academy’s entrance, Xiao Tian briefed the girls while Tang San grew suspicious.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reassured Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu guessed Xiao Tian intended to retaliate against Yu Xiaogang’s training methods.
• Xiao Tian decided to make Yu Xiaogang run alongside the students and enlisted Sword Fifteen to bring Shao Xin to the academy entrance.
• Ning Rongrong realized her family might have scouts watching her, and Xiao Tian used Sword Intent Perception to locate one nearby.
• Xiao Tian sent Sword Fifteen to recruit Ning Rongrong’s scout, who followed it and helped direct Shao Xin to the entrance.
• Sword Fifteen returned to Xiao Tian after delivering Shao Xin, and Xiao Tian quietly told the girls how to carry out the next part of his plan.
• Tang San noticed Xiao Tian whispering with the girls and asked whether he planned to do something later.

Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong used Shao Xin’s arrival to challenge Yu Xiaogang’s weighted running punishment. Shao Xin insisted Yu Xiaogang join the run, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun also questioned the Grandmaster’s authority.

• Xiao Tian hinted to the others that he had a plan and asked Tang San not to interfere.
• After the students finished a lap, Shao Xin questioned Yu Xiaogang’s decision to make them run with weights.
• Ning Rongrong claimed the training would help her sect’s disciples, alarming Shao Xin and Flender.
• Shao Xin challenged Yu Xiaogang to run alongside the students, and Yu Xiaogang insisted the exercise was necessary.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun challenged Yu Xiaogang to prove he could endure the training he assigned.

Xiao Tian and the others pressured Yu Xiaogang into joining their weighted running training, and he reluctantly set off carrying thirty jin. The group began running with Tang San offering to help his teacher, while Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Tian whether she had handled the confrontation well.

• Xiao Tian suggested that Yu Xiaogang train with the group to seek a breakthrough, and Xiao Wu and the others urged him to stop remaining at rank twenty-nine.
• Ning Rongrong implied that she would tell Sword Douluo about Xiao Tian, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to join the training.
• Ma Hongjun asked whether Yu Xiaogang would carry weight, so Xiao Tian had Fifteen make him a basket loaded with thirty jin of stones.
• Tang San objected that the load was too heavy, but Xiao Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang's pride and persuaded him to accept it.
• Flender left Shao Xin to watch the training, and Tang San offered to help Yu Xiaogang share his load as they ran.
• Ning Rongrong ran at the front with Xiao Tian and asked whether she had performed well.

Xiao Tian and the others continued Yu Xiaogang’s punishing running drill, while Ning Rongrong struggled and Xiao Wu felt unexpectedly jealous when Xiao Tian caught her. Yu Xiaogang collapsed near the academy gate, and Shao Xin revived him with a Candy Bean as Flender ended the training.

• Ning Rongrong refused Oscar’s offer to carry some of her burden and kept running behind Yu Xiaogang.
• Ma Hongjun and Xiao Tian teased Yu Xiaogang about his stamina, prompting him to speed up and insist he could continue.
• Ning Rongrong twisted her ankle, and Xiao Tian caught her; Xiao Wu watched them and wondered whether she was jealous.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed near the academy gate, and Tang San rushed to help him.
• Shao Xin forced a Candy Bean down Yu Xiaogang’s throat, then Flender carried him away and ended the training.

After Yu Xiaogang fainted, Shao Xin criticized the weighted-running training and Ning Rongrong invited him to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong rebuffed Oscar’s boast about his upcoming Third Soul Ring, and Xiao Tian received the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon Blueprint Collection for gaining her favor.

• Tang San left with Flender after Yu Xiaogang fainted, while Shao Xin gave the others stamina-restoring candy beans.
• Shao Xin advised Ning Rongrong not to report the running training to her sect and recommended soul-power cultivation and teamwork instead.
• Ning Rongrong invited Shao Xin to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and he agreed before leaving.
• Oscar complained that Ning Rongrong had not invited him, but she dismissed his talent and he vowed to impress her with his Third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong left feeling satisfied, and Xiao Tian received the Tang Sect Hidden Weapon Blueprint Collection for gaining her favor.

Xiao Tian learned that Tang Hao had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity and promised to protect her, prompting Xiao Wu to realize she loved him. As the group prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s third Soul Ring, Xiao Tian trusted that his ring could conceal Xiao Wu’s aura and planned to keep her safe.

• Xiao Tian considered using favorability to earn rewards and decided to let his relationships with the girls develop naturally.
• Flender prepared the group to run to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Oscar offered sausages and the three girls declined.
• Xiao Wu remembered that Xiao Tian had given her a ring to conceal her Soul Beast aura and warned her that Tang Hao had discovered her identity.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Xiao Tian would protect her from Tang Hao, and Xiao Tian swore that Tang Hao would have to kill him first.
• Xiao Wu realized she loved Xiao Tian, and Xiao Tian reassured her that Tang Hao had left Shrek Academy and that they could separate from Tang San when the chance arose.
• The system announced that Xiao Wu had fallen for Xiao Tian and granted him a Ten Thousand Year Whale Tendon, Special Soil, Plant Nutrient Solution, and God-given Soul Ring.

Xiao Tian’s group reached the tavern near the Star Dou Great Forest after several days of travel, with Shao Xin joining them as their Food-Type Soul Master. When Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun insulted Blue Sunshine Academy, Xiao Tian refused to take responsibility for the trouble and left them to handle it.

• Xiao Tian arranged for Shao Xin to join the trip so the group would have food and recovery support without relying on Oscar’s sausages.
• After several days of travel, Flender’s group arrived at a tavern near the Star Dou Great Forest and rested for the night.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked Blue Sunshine Academy after its students entered the tavern.
• Xiao Wu warned Ma Hongjun, but Blue Sunshine Academy’s leader Ye ZhiQiu confronted him and Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Tian told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to deal with the trouble themselves, and Ye ZhiQiu demanded that they apologize.

A dispute between Shrek Academy and Blue Sunshine Academy erupted into a tavern brawl, and Xiao Tian decided to drive the fighters outside before the shop was destroyed. He began clearing the tavern, then targeted Ye ZhiQiu with a sword-intent attack.

• Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai called Xiao Tian a coward for refusing to cause trouble, while Xiao Wu blamed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for provoking Blue Sunshine Academy.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student attacked Dai Mubai, triggering a brawl inside the tavern as Tang San, Oscar, and others joined in.
• Xiao Tian told Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to help him clear everyone out; Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu kicked Ma Hongjun and several students outside.
• Xiao Tian used his techniques to send Dai Mubai and Oscar outside, then told Tang San to leave on his own.
• Xiao Tian faced Ye ZhiQiu, who summoned his Mystic Tortoise Martial Soul, and attacked him with the Sword Intent Gaze skill from Fifteen.

Xiao Tian stopped the tavern fire, defeated Ye ZhiQiu, and challenged the teachers of Shrek Academy over Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s behavior. Outside, the confrontation escalated as Ye ZhiQiu questioned the academy’s origins and Xiao Tian accused Teacher Zhao of enabling his students.

• Xiao Tian used Sword Heart Blood Sever to send Ye ZhiQiu flying, then extinguished the Phoenix Flame inside the tavern.
• Flender scolded Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Tian told him to discuss the matter outside.
• Dai Mubai accused Xiao Tian of attacking his own academy, while Ye ZhiQiu asked which academy or sect Xiao Tian came from.
• Dai Mubai named Shrek Academy, and Flender explained that it was uncertified and accepted only monsters.
• Ye ZhiQiu criticized the teachers and considered recruiting Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu, while Zhao Wuji insulted him for being only a Soul King.
• Xiao Tian blamed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for starting the incident and accused Teacher Zhao of encouraging their behavior.