Chapter Summaries

Xia Yan arrived at Shrek Academy, where Flender personally escorted him through the first three checkpoints after learning of his Black Tower Martial Soul and Soul Elder rank. The chapter ended as Xia Yan and Dai Mubai prepared to begin the required combat test.

• Li Yusong welcomed Xia Yan and let him skip the first checkpoint after seeing his Martial Soul and learning he was an eleven-year-old Soul Elder.
• Flender met Xia Yan and personally led him past the second and third checkpoints.
• Oscar noticed Flender escorting Xia Yan and secretly followed them, suspecting the newcomer was a talented rival.
• Flender introduced Xia Yan to Dai Mubai and explained that the final checkpoint required a spar.
• Xia Yan and Dai Mubai walked to the center of the field to begin their fight.

Xia Yan revealed that he was an eleven-year-old level-thirty-five Soul Elder, shocking the Shrek teachers and students. Dai Mubai attacked him, but Xia Yan easily stopped his Soul Skill and overpowered him, leaving Dai Mubai humiliated and determined to win.

• Ma Hongjun, Zhao Wuji, and Oscar arrived and learned that Xia Yan was a Soul Elder.
• Xia Yan introduced himself as an eleven-year-old level-thirty-five Control System Battle Soul Elder, stunning Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender.
• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Martial Soul and charged Xia Yan with White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Xia Yan clamped Dai Mubai’s mouth shut to stop his White Tiger Intense Light Wave, then blocked his tiger-claw strike with one arm.
• Dai Mubai retreated, weakened by forcibly interrupting his Soul Skill, and resolved to defeat Xia Yan despite his humiliation.

Xia Yan defeated Dai Mubai in a spar and settled into Shrek Academy, where he spent the next year training. As Tang San graduated and headed for Shrek, Xia Yan flew toward Holy Soul Village, hoping to find Tang Hao while he was away.

• Xia Yan blinded Dai Mubai with Light Slash, threw him to the grass, then knocked him down again when he charged with his eyes closed.
• Dai Mubai accepted his loss after Flender told him Xia Yan had held back, and Oscar gave him a restorative sausage.
• Flender showed Xia Yan a simple wooden dormitory, which Xia Yan agreed to take.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender discussed Xia Yan's talent and concluded that he likely had no need to seek anything from Shrek.
• Four days later, Xia Yan began combat training at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, and he continued cultivating at Shrek for a year.
• After Tang San graduated from Notting City and set out for Shrek, Xia Yan flew toward Holy Soul Village to take advantage of Tang Hao's absence.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Shrek Academy and faced its strict entrance test, while Xiao Wu continued to wonder about Xia Yan. Tang San passed Li Yusong’s age check and revealed his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with two yellow Soul Rings.

• Tang San asked Xiao Wu what Shrek Academy would be like, but she kept her distance and thought about Xia Yan’s unexplained departure.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at the shabby Shrek Academy village, where Li Yusong used his six Soul Rings to silence a parent disputing the admissions rules.
• Tang San paid twenty Gold Soul Coins for himself and Xiao Wu, and Li Yusong checked his age by examining his hand and leg.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and proudly displayed two yellow Soul Rings.

Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Shrek Academy with three other talented students, leaving Tang San frustrated that he had the lowest Soul Power among them. Meanwhile, Xia Yan searched along a river for the Blue Silver Emperor, which he believed was beneath a waterfall.

• Tang San explained that his altered Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass, while Xiao Wu paid her own registration fee and revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and two Century Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passed the admissions test, and Dai Mubai led them and Tang San and Xiao Wu into the village.
• The students objected to the group skipping the second test, and their Soul Power readings showed Xiao Wu at level twenty-nine, Zhu Zhuqing at level twenty-seven, Ning Rongrong at level twenty-six, and Tang San as the weakest.
• Oscar followed the group after spotting the new students, but Dai Mubai told them Oscar was a fourteen-year-old academy student with a Sausage Martial Soul.
• Xia Yan flew over a forest on the Jade Green Bird and searched along a river for the Blue Silver Emperor, which he knew was beneath a waterfall.

Dai Mubai brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Zhao Wuji for their fourth Shrek entrance test, where they had to endure the seventy-sixth-level Soul Saint’s attacks. Zhao Wuji’s account of Xia Yan’s overwhelming talent stirred Xiao Wu and unsettled Tang San, and the group began preparing to face the test.

• Zhao Wuji announced that the applicants would pass if at least one of them survived his attacks until an incense stick burned down.
• Zhao Wuji described Xia Yan as a twelve-year-old level-thirty-eight Soul Elder who could defeat two Soul Ancestors, and Xiao Wu excitedly asked when he would return.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Wisdom King and explained his past fight against sixteen Spirit Hall bishops.
• Tang San devised a plan to use his Blue Silver Grass and poison while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu attacked and Ning Rongrong provided support.
• As the test began, Tang San asked whether weapons were allowed, and Zhao Wuji told them to use whatever they wanted.

Xia Yan and the Jade Green Bird flew toward a distant waterfall while Zhao Wuji tested the Shrek students. Tang San and the others managed to knock Zhao Wuji down briefly, but his counterattack left Tang San unleashing poisonous Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons until Zhao Wuji shut his eyes in defeat and humiliation.

• The Jade Green Bird spotted a mountain waterfall and flew toward it with Xia Yan.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the students with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as Zhao Wuji began the test, and Xiao Wu saved her from his attack.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San worked together to lift Zhao Wuji and slam him into the ground, but he broke free and revealed his seven Soul Rings.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Squeeze, while Tang San attacked him with poisonous Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons.
• Tang San covered Zhao Wuji in milky-white poisonous sap and fired more arrows as Zhao Wuji, shaken and humiliated, closed his eyes and stopped fighting.

Xia Yan found and took the Blue Silver Emperor and its hundred-thousand-year Right Leg Bone from a hidden cave behind a waterfall. At Shrek, Tang San’s spar with Zhao Wuji ended in an embarrassing mess, and Xia Yan left to catch up with the group before their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xia Yan found the Blue Silver Emperor in the cave and moved it into the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, replacing it with another Blue Silver Grass to conceal its absence.
• Xia Yan discovered a hidden box containing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and left with both it and the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Zhao Wuji ended Tang San’s test after Tang San was covered in his own venom, then ordered Oscar to heal him.
• Oscar struggled to reach Tang San through the venomous Blue Silver Grass, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the girls abandoned him to handle the cleanup.
• Xia Yan hurried back to Shrek overnight so he could catch up with the group before they went to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji for nearly harming Tang San, then ordered Zhao Wuji and Flender to protect his son and monitor Xia Yan. After Tang Hao left, Flender realized Xia Yan might have come to Shrek to hide from him.

• Oscar cleaned Tang San, found him a dorm room, and gave him new bedding.
• Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji and beat him severely without using soul skills.
• Tang Hao ordered Zhao Wuji and Flender to protect Tang San, encourage his relationship with Xiao Wu, and kill Xia Yan if he opposed Tang San or got close to Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao left, and Flender helped Zhao Wuji up after the beating.
• Flender concluded that Xia Yan had likely come to Shrek to hide from Tang Hao, while Zhao Wuji asked what they should do about him.

Xia Yan returned to Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and reunited with Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the other students. Flender planned to warn Xia Yan about Tang Hao, while the students gathered for their first evening class and Oscar and Ning Rongrong were assigned a punishing run.

• After waking in Shrek Academy, Tang San learned from Oscar that Oscar had washed him and changed his clothes after Zhao Wuji knocked him unconscious.
• Xia Yan returned to Shrek with Zhu Zhuqing and asked Oscar about the large patch of withered Blue Silver Grass left at the fourth trial.
• Xiao Wu joyfully reunited with Xia Yan, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong reacted to his return and his closeness with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Yan told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that he had wandered the mainland before coming to Shrek, then joined the other students at the gathering.
• Flender announced the first class would begin that evening and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty three-kilometer laps before lunch; Ning Rongrong left focused on Xia Yan, and Oscar followed.

Ning Rongrong discovered that Xia Yan had hunted Wolf Bandits mainly to earn money, then eagerly asked him to recount his adventures. The chapter left him beginning to describe a dangerous encounter on the Wild Desolate Plateau.

• Flender recognized Tang San's Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges and read Yu Xiaogang's letter identifying Tang San as his disciple.
• Ning Rongrong visited Xia Yan and confirmed that he had hunted Wolf Bandits across the continent.
• Xia Yan explained that he hunted Wolf Bandits for money and needed resources for cultivation, while Ning Rongrong offered him one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and three more cards.
• Xia Yan refused Ning Rongrong's money and described his journey from the Silvi Great Grassland through the Wild Desolate Plateau and other territories to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong asked about the dangers Xia Yan had faced, and he began recounting how he hunted a group of fifteen Wolf Bandits on the Wild Desolate Plateau.

Xia Yan recounted escaping a crowd of Wolf Bandits and spent the day answering Ning Rongrong’s questions about his adventures. That night, Flender harshly reprimanded Ning Rongrong, then sent Xia Yan to comfort her while the others prepared to leave for the Great Soul Arena.

• Xia Yan told Ning Rongrong how he hid from the Wolf Bandits in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and escaped with sulfur explosives.
• Ning Rongrong spent nearly the whole day with Xia Yan, eagerly asking about his travels and experiences.
• Ning Rongrong argued with Flender, who compared her talent unfavorably with the other students and told her to leave if she disliked the academy.
• Ning Rongrong ran off crying, while the students admired Flender’s firm reprimand.
• Flender asked Xia Yan to bring Oscar back, comfort Ning Rongrong, and catch up with the group before they left for the Great Soul Arena.

Xia Yan comforted Ning Rongrong after Flender scolded her, helping her understand why her father may have sent her to Shrek Academy. After Ning Rongrong agreed to wait for him, Xia Yan left for the Suotuo Great Soul Arena to demonstrate his abilities to the new students.

• Xia Yan found Ning Rongrong crying and soothed her when she complained that Flender had bullied her.
• Xia Yan suggested that Ning Fengzhi had sent Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy to teach her independence and help her learn to work with other Soul Masters.
• Ning Rongrong calmed down, thanked Xia Yan, and agreed to wait for him while he went to the Great Soul Arena.
• Xia Yan traveled to Suotuo City and arrived at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, where Shrek students needed to earn a Silver Soul Badge to graduate.

Tang San fought his first one-on-one match at the Great Soul Arena against Qing Bao, a powerful Iron Horn Ox Beast Soul Master. Tang San’s poisoned Blue Silver Grass enraged Qing Bao, who charged at him with both Soul Skills as Tang San launched another binding attack.

• Xiao Wu defeated a Leopard Martial Soul Soul Master, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing also won their matches.
• Tang San entered the arena to face Qing Bao, whose two-match winning streak had made him a crowd favorite.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Bind to ensnare Qing Bao, who broke free after completing his Martial Soul Possession.
• Qing Bao discovered his body was covered in foul white liquid from Tang San’s venom and charged at him using Iron Horn Bull Armor and Earth Power.
• Tang San answered with Blue Silver Bind and Venom Secretion, sending purple-and-white, foaming vines toward Qing Bao.

Tang San defeated Shi Li with his Blue Silver Grass, but its foul, milky coating made the spectators laugh and left him furious and unpopular in the lounge. After the Shrek students finished their matches, Oscar led them to a higher-tier arena to watch Xia Yan fight.

• Tang San overwhelmed Shi Li with slick, foul-smelling Blue Silver Grass, and Shi Li forfeited rather than get covered in it.
• The audience laughed at Tang San’s victory, and the arena official announced a ten-minute delay for cleanup.
• Tang San returned to the lounge, where the Soul Masters recoiled from his stench and hoped not to face him.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar defeated two wolf-souled brothers in their two-on-two match, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the others also won their matches.
• Oscar told the group that the dean had sent them to watch Xia Yan demonstrate his strength, and they headed to a higher-tier arena to see his match.

Xia Yan won his thirty-second consecutive match at the Soto Great Soul Arena by defeating Gan Yue with a single Light Slash. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing asked how he had become so strong, and Xia Yan began explaining that physical training let him absorb higher-year Soul Rings.

• The arena announcer introduced Xia Yan and Gan Yue, a level-thirty-nine Soul Master with a Fire Wolf Martial Soul, as the evening's main match.
• Gan Yue summoned two Fire Wolf clones and attacked Xia Yan, who used Light Power to destroy the wolves and knock Gan Yue unconscious with one blow.
• The crowd celebrated Xia Yan's victory while Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar reacted with shock, envy, and awe.
• On the way back, Zhu Zhuqing asked Xia Yan how he had become so strong, and he said that hard physical training enabled him to absorb higher-year Soul Rings.
• Tang San was startled by Xia Yan's explanation, while Zhu Zhuqing listened closely.

Xia Yan told Zhu Zhuqing that Soul Ring absorption limits could be exceeded and explained how to train and eat to grow stronger. Tang San refused to believe him, while Dai Mubai and Oscar denied Ma Hongjun’s claims that they visited a certain place; later, three figures met outside the village and set off together.

• Xia Yan advised Zhu Zhuqing to eat nourishing foods, train safely, and use Shao Xin’s Sugar Beans to build up Soul Power.
• Xia Yan revealed his two-thousand-five-hundred-year Third Soul Ring and said training after exhausting Soul Power could improve growth and strengthen meridians.
• Tang San dismissed Xia Yan’s explanation and decided he was hiding another way of becoming stronger rather than admitting Yu Xiaogang could be wrong.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai and Oscar out, but both denied ever visiting the place he meant, leaving him baffled.
• After they returned to Shrek late at night, Ma Hongjun went off alone while Dai Mubai and Oscar went to their dormitory.
• Three dark figures met outside the village under the moonlight, froze in surprise, and then set off together.

Xia Yan reunited with Ning Rongrong, while Tang San’s nighttime trip to Suotuo City led to an awkward misunderstanding with Ma Hongjun and the others. After Oscar became a fourteen-year-old food-type Soul Elder, Flender told Xia Yan he would leave the academy after accompanying them to the Star Dou Great Forest once more.

• Xia Yan found Ning Rongrong awake and she ran into his arms, saying she had missed him.
• Tang San followed Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the others to Suotuo City to buy materials, but a commotion at the bathhouse left Ma Hongjun embarrassed and Tang San awkward the next morning.
• Xia Yan answered Zhu Zhuqing’s questions about Soul Ring limits while Ning Rongrong stayed close to him, and Oscar announced that he had reached level thirty.
• Flender praised Oscar’s breakthrough and said they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, while Oscar’s excitement faded when he saw Ning Rongrong beside Xia Yan.
• Flender told Xia Yan he was the finest student he had taught and asked him to leave after one last trip to the Star Dou Great Forest; Xia Yan agreed.

Zhao Wuji led the Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest, stopping overnight in a town near the forest. At dinner, Dai Mubai provoked students from Canghui Academy, and they approached the Shrek table as tensions rose.

• Tang San and the others saw that Zhao Wuji was badly bruised, and the group set off for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• With Ning Rongrong and Oscar supporting their travel, the students reached a town about seventy miles from the forest by nightfall.
• Zhao Wuji arranged for the group to stay at a hotel and told them to pay their own lodging and meal expenses.
• Ma Hongjun ordered dinner for the group, while the students sat mostly in silence.
• Dai Mubai leered at a girl from Canghui Academy and insulted the academy, prompting its members to walk over toward the Shrek table.

After Dai Mubai and Tang San fought the Canghui Academy students, Zhao Wuji stopped the fight and the group continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest. Xia Yan and Zhu Zhuqing stocked up on supplies, and the chapter ended with the group spotting a snake in the forest.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar followed Xia Yan's advice not to pick fights, while Dai Mubai and Tang San fought the Canghui Academy students without help.
• Zhao Wuji drove off the Canghui students, scolded Dai Mubai, and made him pay for the damage.
• Xia Yan and Zhu Zhuqing toured the town together, bought supplies, and returned to find Ning Rongrong waiting to question them.
• The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest under Zhao Wuji's instructions and traveled deeper into the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing climbed into the canopy during a rest and reported that a snake was approaching.