Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji showed off Shrek Academy’s talented students to the Unrivaled Dragon and Snake, only to learn that Meng Yiran was already level thirty-nine at sixteen. Tang San agreed to spar with her, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Zhao Wuji introduced Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar and praised their talent to the Dragon Duke.
• The Dragon Duke revealed that Meng Yiran was level thirty-nine at sixteen, surprising Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students.
• Tang San questioned Meng Yiran’s level, and she challenged him to a match.
• The Dragon Duke allowed the spar and told Meng Yiran not to go overboard.
• Tang San agreed to spar with Meng Yiran, who resolved to teach him a lesson.

Meng Yiran fought Tang San and repeatedly foiled his Soul Skills and Hidden Weapons. After revealing that she was even more skilled than him at neutralizing Hidden Weapons, she rushed at him in midair with Tongue Blade.

• Meng Yiran kept Tang San at a distance and shredded his Blue Silver Grass with her enhanced Tongue Blade.
• Tang San failed to approach her with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and decided to use Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San fired a Sleeve Arrow, but Meng Yiran dodged it and then deflected his barrage of Hidden Weapons back into the air.
• Tang San exclaimed that Meng Yiran knew Hidden Weapons, and she dismissed her skill as minor tricks.
• Meng Yiran activated Phantom Colored Snake Wings, flew up to Tang San, and unleashed Tongue Blade.

Meng Yiran defeated Tang San with his own Hidden Weapons and questioned where he had learned his unusual techniques. The Unrivaled Dragon and Snake couple left, while Zhao Wuji and the others stayed to continue searching for Oscar’s Spirit Ring.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to block Meng Yiran’s Snake Blade, then retreated and observed her Hidden Weapon techniques with the Purple Demon Eye.
• Meng Yiran swept Tang San’s intercepted Hidden Weapons into the air and redirected them at him, injuring him despite his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Meng Yiran struck Tang San across the chest, and he fell, unable to stand because Hidden Weapons had injured his legs; Zhao Wuji stopped himself from intervening when the Dragon Duke warned him off.
• Tang San asked whether Meng Yiran had learned her techniques from the Tang Sect, but she said she had never heard of it and challenged him to explain his own methods.
• Meng Yiran called Tang San too ugly to tell him where she learned her techniques, then left with her grandparents after mocking his defeat.
• Zhao Wuji gave Tang San sausages and told the group to rest before continuing their search for a Spirit Beast for Oscar the next day.

Ye Mu’s group followed Zhao Wuji’s party as Oscar obtained a Spirit Ring and Tang San reached level thirty. As they searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Tang San’s Spirit Beast, a Titan Giant Ape appeared before them.

• Meng Yiran’s advanced hidden weapon techniques helped her defeat Tang San, but she spared his life.
• Ye Mu’s group continued following Zhao Wuji’s party while planning to take opportunities before Tang San could claim them.
• Oscar absorbed a Black Wing Blood Bat Spirit Ring, and Tang San announced that he had reached level thirty.
• Zhao Wuji led the group through the forest for several days as Tang San searched for a suitable Spirit Beast.
• Spirit Beasts fled from a sudden disturbance, and Zhao Wuji recognized the approaching Titan Giant Ape as the King of the Forest.

Zhao Wuji and the students fled when Erming, the Titan Giant Ape, attacked them in the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang San escaped into a quiet woodland, where he encountered a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider, while Ye Mu and his group prepared to intervene before Tang San could kill it.

• Zhao Wuji ordered the students to split up and run, then used his Martial Soul Avatar to delay Erming as Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun fled in different directions.
• Ye Mu and his group followed Tang San, and Xiao Wu reassured them that she could explain Erming's presence to him.
• Tang San entered a silent woodland, sensed danger, and dodged a web before identifying the approaching Spirit Beast as a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tang San tried to flee rather than absorb the spider's potentially over-limit Spirit Ring, but its webs, mental shockwave, and hard armor left him struggling despite his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Hidden Weapons.
• Ye Mu recognized the Man Faced Demon Spider as the one that could produce an External Soul Bone and prepared to intervene before Tang San defeated it.

Ye Mu killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, absorbed its External Soul Bone, and received the Third God Trial reward before heading toward Suotuo City with his companions. Tang San escaped and later reunited with Zhao Wuji, who agreed to help him hunt his third Spirit Ring.

• Ye Mu rescued Tang San from the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Tang San fled without waiting to help.
• Ye Mu killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and absorbed its External Soul Bone, gaining the Eight Spider Lances.
• Ye Mu and his companions received the Third God Trial rewards, including increases to their Soul Power and Spirit Ring ages.
• Ning Rongrong suggested returning to Suotuo City so she could warn her father about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect opposing Spirit Hall, and Ye Mu agreed.
• Tang San hid in the forest for two days, then found Zhao Wuji and the others outside it.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to help Tang San hunt his third Spirit Ring, while Tang San concealed that someone had saved him.

Ye Mu and the four girls reached Suotuo City and decided to wait for Ning Rongrong’s father while participating in the Great Soul Arena. The group checked into the Rose Hotel, and Zhu Zhuqing told Meng Yiran where they were.

• Ye Mu arrived in Suotuo City at level sixty-three, while Book Friends discussed Tang San’s lost opportunities and Ah Yin’s hatred of him.
• Ye Mu suggested that the group stay in the city and fight at the Great Soul Arena while they waited for Ning Fengzhi.
• Xiao Wu wanted everyone to participate in matches, and Ye Mu considered using the arena to find Soul Emperor-level opponents for his Fourth God Trial.
• Ning Rongrong chose the Rose Hotel, and the girls teased Ye Mu as they checked into two double rooms and one single room for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether to tell Meng Yiran their location, and Hu Liena agreed, so Zhu Zhuqing replied to her in the Book Review Section.

Ye Mu’s Tian-Shu Team continued winning at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena until Supervisor Ao arranged a match against the Shrek Team. The Shrek Team accepted under restrictions, and Yu Xiaogang began planning how they could exploit the matchup.

• Ye Mu and the Tian-Shu Team won repeatedly at the Great Soul Arena, earning fame and more than ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Supervisor Ao asked Ye Mu to accept a team match against the Shrek Team, and Ye Mu agreed after requesting their information.
• Ye Mu reviewed the teams’ levels and Spirit Ring configurations, which showed that Tian-Shu had a major advantage over Shrek.
• The Shrek Team agreed to fight only if Tian-Shu could use no Soul Skills beyond their third Spirit Rings or Soul Power above level forty.
• Yu Xiaogang instructed the Shrek Team to target Ning Rongrong and Ye Mu, then have Xiao San restrain Ye Mu so Mubai could force him out of the arena.

Yu Xiaogang prepared the Shrek Team to face Ye Mu’s Tian-Shu Team, while Tang San realized that Xiao Wu had returned as one of their opponents. The teams met in the arena, leaving Tang San eager to reunite with Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai suspicious of Zhu Zhuqing.

• Yu Xiaogang explained the Shrek students’ strategy to Flender and instructed them to target Ning Rongrong and Ye Mu first.
• Tang San wondered whether the Xiao Wu on the Tian-Shu Team was the Xiao Wu who had left him, then decided it was probably someone else.
• Yu Xiaogang sent the four-member Shrek Team into the arena to face Ye Mu and the masked Tian-Shu Team.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu despite being unable to see through her with the Purple Demon Eye, and decided to wait until after the match to speak with her.
• Dai Mubai felt a resonance between his martial soul and Zhu Zhuqing’s and began to suspect who she was.

Ye Mu’s team countered the Shrek members’ assault, and Ye Mu used his Seven Star Sword Formation to defeat and cripple Tang San. The match continued with Dai Mubai and Oscar facing Ye Mu.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Mu’s team, but Ye Mu blocked their strikes with Iron Steed and Frozen River Enter the Dream.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Hu Liena intercepted the Shrek attackers, wounding Dai Mubai and humiliating Ma Hongjun.
• Ye Mu sent an iron cavalry phantom charging out of his shield wall and knocked Ma Hongjun out of the arena.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and Hidden Weapons against Ye Mu, who trapped him in the Seven Star Sword Formation.
• Ye Mu struck Tang San’s hands and joints with sword qi, leaving him crippled before turning toward Dai Mubai and Oscar.

Ye Mu’s team defeated Dai Mubai’s team after Ye Mu crippled Tang San, and Dai Mubai conceded to avoid further losses. Afterward, Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing and claimed she was his fiancée, but she rejected him and said their engagement had ended when he fled the Star Luo Empire.

• Ye Mu crippled Tang San and left Seven Star Sword Qi in his injuries to prevent him from using hidden abilities.
• Dai Mubai conceded the match, and the host announced Ye Mu’s team as the winner.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang took the injured Shrek students away, while Yu Xiaogang and Flender threatened Ye Mu, who mocked them in return.
• Dai Mubai rushed after Ye Mu’s team and demanded to know why Zhu Zhuqing was with him, claiming she was his fiancée.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai he had no right to question her and said their engagement was void after he fled the Star Luo Empire.

Ye Mu faced down Flender and Shrek Academy after Zhu Zhuqing declared her engagement to Dai Mubai void, revealing his extraordinary age and strength. Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai and left with Ye Mu, while Shrek’s members could only retreat to tend to Tang San.

• Dai Mubai refused to believe Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement had been voided, and Flender threatened Ye Mu over Tang San’s injuries.
• Ye Mu stood firm against Flender’s Soul Power, and Xiao Wu revealed that Ye Mu was twelve years old and level sixty-three.
• Ning Rongrong warned Shrek against provoking Ye Mu, who threatened to destroy the academy if Flender targeted him.
• Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai, warned him to stay away, and left with Ye Mu and the girls.
• Flender restrained Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang told Shrek to take Tang San and the others back for treatment.

After Ye Mu crippled Tang San, Shrek Academy struggled to find a way to restore his missing palms, while Yu Xiaogang considered the value of taking Ye Mu as a disciple. Tang San woke and insisted that the level-forty-nine Xiao Wu he saw in the Tian-Shu Team was his old companion, leaving Yu Xiaogang wondering how she had grown so powerful.

• Yu Xiaogang reflected on Tang San’s injuries and considered pursuing Ye Mu as a disciple, but worried about Tang Hao’s reaction to Tang San’s condition.
• Qiao Dong told Flender and Yu Xiaogang that Tang San might regrow his palms with two life-rich Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bones, which Shrek Academy could not afford.
• Tang San woke, discovered his palms were gone, and believed Yu Xiaogang’s reassurance that a way to heal him would be found.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Wu was on the Tian-Shu Team and insisted he recognized her aura, braid, and fighting style.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted that the level-forty-nine fighter was Xiao Wu and speculated that the team had a method of rapidly increasing strength.

Yu Xiaogang went to bring Xiao Wu back to Tang San, but she rejected him and exposed the flaws in his reputation. As he insisted that her rapid cultivation was harmful, their confrontation remained unresolved.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he could not lose Xiao Wu, while privately planning to obtain her hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to persuade Xiao Wu to return, and Flender learned that Shrek had already considered her one of its own.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong she could handle breaking off her engagement with Dai Mubai because she had joined Spirit Hall, while Xiao Wu and the others discussed threats from Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Xiao Wu outside her room and urged her to return to Tang San, citing their six years together.
• Xiao Wu called Yu Xiaogang a creep, challenged his authority, and accused him of copying Spirit Hall materials for his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Xiao Wu's rapid cultivation as an evil method that cost her life force, and Xiao Wu retorted that his limitations did not make her achievements impossible.

Ye Mu defended Xiao Wu and the Tian-Shu Team when Yu Xiaogang tried to lecture her, then drove him away with a kick. Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy without Xiao Wu, while Ning Fengzhi’s arrival was still pending.

• Xiao Wu insulted Yu Xiaogang, and Ye Mu stepped in to defend her as a member of his team.
• Ye Mu traded insults with Yu Xiaogang, kicked him to the ground, and warned him not to approach his team again.
• Yu Xiaogang fled the hotel after failing to persuade Xiao Wu or take Zhu Zhuqing away.
• Ye Mu learned from Ning Rongrong that Ning Fengzhi would likely arrive within two or three days and said the team would keep waiting.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender and Tang San that Xiao Wu refused to come back and was hostile toward him.

Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek Academy group decided to kill Ye Mu for humiliating Yu Xiaogang and crippling Tang San. At the Great Soul Arena, Ye Mu exposed their plan and warned them that he and his companions belonged to Spirit Hall Academy, making Flender reconsider the danger of attacking them.

• Tang San and Flender grew furious after Yu Xiaogang recounted how Ye Mu and Xiao Wu had humiliated him, and Flender formed a plan to eliminate Ye Mu.
• Yu Xiaogang considered asking Tang Hao to avenge Tang San, while the Shrek Academy group set off for Suotuo City.
• Ye Mu reasoned that Tang Hao was unlikely to find Ah Yin, who was hidden in Spirit City, and went to the Great Soul Arena with four girls.
• Flender's group confronted Ye Mu at the arena entrance, and Flender threatened him while preparing to attack later that night.
• Ye Mu recognized Flender's intent and revealed that he and his companions were from Spirit Hall Academy, causing Flender to fear Spirit Hall's retaliation.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether Bibi Dong had withheld valuable materials from him, and he worried that Xiao Wu's ties to Spirit Hall would affect Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San tried to understand why Xiao Wu had joined Spirit Hall Academy, while Tang San considered ways to reclaim her and exploit her identity. Flender backed down rather than risk provoking Spirit Hall, and Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek group away; Tang San then asked for help healing his arm so he could defeat Ye Mu later.

• Yu Xiaogang planned to tell Xiao Wu about Tang San's connection to Spirit Hall, while Tang San suspected Ye Mu had turned Xiao Wu against him and considered exposing her identity.
• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San, saying he should know why she had left, and Tang San realized she might know his true intentions.
• Ye Mu challenged Flender over whether he planned to attack them, and Flender refused to fight the Spirit Hall Academy students and left with Zhao Wuji.
• Yu Xiaogang led the Shrek group away, while Ye Mu dismissed their retreat and took the girls back to the Great Soul Arena.
• At the hotel, Yu Xiaogang criticized Flender for backing down, but Flender insisted they leave the matter for now; Tang San asked his teacher to heal his arm so he could defeat Ye Mu in the future.

Tang San resolved to heal his hands and grow stronger, while Ning Rongrong warned Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect that Spirit Hall had become too powerful to oppose. The chapter left Ning Fengzhi seeking Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo’s views on how the sect should respond.

• Tang San urged Yu Xiaogang to tell him how soon his hands could be healed, and Yu Xiaogang considered asking Bibi Dong for a life-rich Spirit Bone.
• Flender took Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others back to the academy rather than pay for another night at the hotel.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Ye Mu to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo at the Rose Hotel.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu were both level ninety-nine and that Spirit Hall had incorporated Sea God Island without a battle.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she was Bibi Dong’s disciple and a member of the Golden Generation, then urged her father to keep the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from becoming Spirit Hall’s enemy.
• Ning Fengzhi said he understood Ning Rongrong’s warning and asked Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo what they thought.

Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluos accepted that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not oppose Spirit Hall, then learned that twelve-year-old Ye Mu was the Sea God Successor at level sixty-three. Ning Fengzhi reached an agreement with Ye Mu to avoid conflict and considered his proposal for the sect to cooperate with Spirit Hall.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo agreed with Ning Fengzhi that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not withstand Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Ye Mu was the Sea God Successor and had reached level sixty-three at age twelve, shocking the three visitors.
• Ning Fengzhi went to meet Ye Mu and asked him to ensure Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not become enemies.
• Ye Mu agreed to Ning Fengzhi's condition, and Ning Fengzhi accepted the agreement.
• Ye Mu proposed that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples team up with Spirit Hall soul masters, and Ning Fengzhi considered the benefits of cooperating.

Ye Mu agreed to return to Spirit City with Ning Fengzhi, while Ning Fengzhi considered a closer alliance and a future match between Ye Mu and Ning Rongrong. As Ye Mu traveled back, he weighed how to complete the Fourth God Trial, and Shrek Academy began plotting to keep Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu from leaving.

• Ye Mu left the cooperation negotiations with Ning Fengzhi to Bibi Dong and agreed to return to Spirit City with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo praised Ye Mu and discussed his possible relationship with Ning Rongrong, while Ye Mu's Great Soul Arena fights impressed them with his combat power and sword intent.
• After three days of rest, Ye Mu set out for Spirit City and considered how to complete the Fourth God Trial by killing ten Soul Saints, including whether to target Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Dai Mubai and the others told Flender that the Tian-Shu Team had left Suotuo City, prompting Yu Xiaogang to insist that Shrek Academy persuade Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to stay and detain them if necessary.