Chapter Summaries

Cheng Xiao claimed the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow had disappeared as he absorbed it, then revealed he was a Level 46 Soul Ancestor with two disguised ten-thousand-year soul rings. His sudden advancement left Tang San desperate to catch up and Yu Xiaogang torn between regret over Cheng Xiao and loyalty to Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang explained the effects of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow after Tang San asked about it.
• Cheng Xiao said an Ice Silkworm had consumed most of the marrow, and the remaining piece vanished while he absorbed the silkworm's soul ring.
• Cheng Xiao announced he was Level 46 and displayed four soul rings, using his skull skill to disguise his third ring as ten-thousand-year.
• Dai Mubai regretted his past choices, while Tang San felt threatened by Cheng Xiao's growth and considered taking the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma he had promised Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined Cheng Xiao's future and regretted not taking him as a disciple, then reminded himself that Tang San's Twin Martial Souls could still make him a Titled Douluo.

Cheng Xiao’s four soul rings shocked the Shrek students, especially Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, whose reactions led them to reconsider their goals and loyalties. Yu Xiaogang tried to keep the others from relying on heavenly treasures by proposing a group sparring session against Cheng Xiao.

• Zhu Zhuqing saw Cheng Xiao’s Soul Ancestor strength as proof that she might become strong enough to face Zhu Zhuyun, and she resolved to pursue that goal.
• Ning Rongrong remembered her father’s advice to recruit exceptional geniuses, recognized Cheng Xiao as a thirteen-year-old Twin Martial Soul Soul Ancestor, and stayed silent because revealing his secrets could endanger the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong reminded herself that she was first the Sect Master’s daughter, and her growing sense of belonging to Shrek faded.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar envied Cheng Xiao’s Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, prompting Yu Xiaogang to worry that the students would neglect cultivation in pursuit of treasures.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Cheng Xiao needed practice after absorbing two soul rings in two months, then told all seven students to spar with him together.

Yu Xiaogang arranged a seven-on-one spar so the Shrek students could test their teamwork and Cheng Xiao could temper his new soul skills, while hoping Cheng Xiao’s defeat would discourage shortcuts to gaining Soul Power. Cheng Xiao agreed but saw Yu Xiaogang treating him as a sparring tool, and Tang San began organizing the team as the match’s preparation time started.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized that Cheng Xiao’s level forty-six Soul Power put him far ahead of Tang San and the other students.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the seven students to spar against Cheng Xiao and gave Tang San one incense stick’s time to devise tactics without knowing Cheng Xiao’s two ten-thousand-year soul skills.
• Cheng Xiao realized Yu Xiaogang had placed him apart from the Shrek Seven Devils and agreed to the match despite disliking the way Yu Xiaogang treated him.
• Tang San and the others began planning while Cheng Xiao waited at the edge of the square.
• Tang San asked the group to set aside their grudges, and Dai Mubai agreed after deciding Tang San was not allied with Cheng Xiao.

Tang San organized the Shrek students to prepare for a seven-on-one spar against Cheng Xiao, while Dai Mubai misread Tang San’s hostility as shared romantic misery. The match began with Cheng Xiao’s first soul skill, but Tang San’s team used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages to escape its grasp by flying into the air.

• Dai Mubai stopped Ma Hongjun from revealing their past hostility toward Cheng Xiao, then argued with Xiao Wu and grew angry when Zhu Zhuqing refused to cooperate with him.
• Tang San outlined Cheng Xiao’s known abilities and weaknesses, impressing Dai Mubai with how thoroughly he had studied their opponent.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived after the planning period and ordered Cheng Xiao to begin the seven-on-one spar against the assembled team.
• Cheng Xiao released his four soul rings and used Touch of Soul Binding as Tang San shouted for everyone to eat Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages.
• Tang San and the others flew upward, and the shadow tentacles failed to reach them before sinking back into a small black dot.

Cheng Xiao used Tian Meng's simulated beast pressure to knock the Shrek Seven Devils from the sky and tried to attack them while they were helpless. Tang San brought out his Clear Sky Hammer to protect them, but Xiao Wu recovered first and used Charm on Cheng Xiao.

• Tang San had the Shrek Seven Devils use Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausages to stay airborne and avoid Cheng Xiao's close-range skills.
• Cheng Xiao released Tian Meng's simulated aura and the Fragrant Silk Orchid Domain, overwhelming the group and sending them falling.
• Tang San saw through the simulation with Purple Demon Eye, then used Blue Silver Binding and Parasite to slow the others' fall.
• Cheng Xiao cut Tang San's vines with his Dreadclaw Bear bone claw, prompting Tang San to release the others and summon his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu recovered from the pressure, teleported in front of Cheng Xiao, and used her second soul skill, Charm.

Xiao Wu used her Charm skill to distract Cheng Xiao, but the Tian Meng Skull cleared his mind. He countered her Waist Bow and pinned her, leaving Tang San without a clear opening to attack.

• Xiao Wu's Charm filled Cheng Xiao's mind with seductive illusions, but a cold snort from his Spiritual Sea warned him to shut his eyes.
• Cheng Xiao used the Tian Meng Skull to break free of the Charm and regain his focus.
• Xiao Wu caught Cheng Xiao off guard with Waist Bow and hurled him toward Tang San.
• Cheng Xiao grabbed Xiao Wu's ankles, broke through her hold, and used Tai Chi to redirect her momentum.
• Cheng Xiao tackled Xiao Wu and restrained her arms and legs, while Tang San arrived but could not find an opening to strike.

Cheng Xiao used Xiao Wu as a shield to provoke Tang San, then turned her into a crystal statue to evade Tang San’s Dragon Beard Needles. Tang San rescued the statue and, furious at Cheng Xiao’s threat to Xiao Wu, vowed to kill him.

• Tang San tried to bind Cheng Xiao with Blue Silver Grass, but Cheng Xiao rolled with Xiao Wu and tangled them together.
• Cheng Xiao held Xiao Wu before him, choked her unconscious, and Tang San prepared to attack with Dragon Beard Needles.
• Cheng Xiao crystallized Xiao Wu and kicked her statue into the air as Tang San’s Dragon Beard Needles closed in.
• Cheng Xiao used Hand of the Dominator to pull Tang San toward him and Tai Chi · Soft Force to scatter the Dragon Beard Needles.
• Tang San redirected the needles away from Xiao Wu’s statue, caught her, and declared that Cheng Xiao was courting death.

Cheng Xiao humiliated Tang San after Xiao Wu left the field, while Shrek's remaining fighters rallied under Ning Rongrong's enhancements. Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San then launched a coordinated assault that left Cheng Xiao surrounded by attacks.

• Cheng Xiao kicked Tang San in the face, knocking him out of his rage after Xiao Wu had left the field.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San and Dai Mubai, while Oscar gave her a Great Recovery Sausage to restore her strength.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, and Ning Rongrong's support boosted his power toward that of a Soul Ancestor.
• Ma Hongjun fired Phoenix Fire Line as Dai Mubai launched White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, sealing off Cheng Xiao's escape routes.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Cheng Xiao from the left while Tang San hurled all his hidden weapons at him from the right, surrounding him with attacks.

Cheng Xiao fought off the Shrek team’s coordinated attacks, using his soul skills to evade Tang San’s hidden weapons and eliminate Zhu Zhuqing. He activated his fourth soul skill, Time-Space Reversal, trapping Tang San and Dai Mubai in a black domain while the others escaped.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s attack failed to pierce Cheng Xiao’s Shadow Concealment Prison, which shattered under the team’s combined assault and engulfed her in shadow ink.
• Cheng Xiao used Shadow Exchange to escape Tang San’s hidden-weapon barrage, then struck Zhu Zhuqing with a mental impact and laid her down unconscious.
• Cheng Xiao targeted Ning Rongrong, but Tang San and the others protected her and Oscar, replenished their strength with Oscar’s sausages, and sent the three support fighters into the air.
• Cheng Xiao’s Mental Storm missed the airborne fighters after Tang San warned them to scatter.
• Cheng Xiao activated Time-Space Reversal, catching Tang San and Dai Mubai in its black curtain while the three airborne fighters escaped.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai regained their senses inside a boundless black domain, unsure where they were.

Cheng Xiao weakened Tang San and Dai Mubai in a dark space, then used Soul Stripping and hypnosis to torment Tang San with accusations that he was a Tang Sect traitor. Tang San's soul returned to his body after breaking apart, but his mental state collapsed as he repeatedly denied being a traitor.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai discovered they had become children and lost strength before Cheng Xiao's shadow army attacked them.
• Dai Mubai was wounded and passed out, while Tang San fought on until the shadow army withdrew and Cheng Xiao appeared.
• Tang San used Batwing Reincarnation to attack Cheng Xiao, but she evaded the hidden weapons with Hypnosis and Simulation.
• Cheng Xiao used Soul Stripping to separate Tang San's soul and repeatedly hypnotized him with accusations about the Tang Sect and the missing Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
• Cheng Xiao made Tang San believe he was reliving his death at the cliff among Tang Sect disciples, and his soul exploded before returning to his body.
• Tang San spat blood and curled up, trembling as he repeatedly insisted that he was not a traitor.

Cheng Xiao tested Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s hypnosis on Tang San, leaving him mentally collapsed and unconscious while learning the skill’s limits for his Spirit Soul plans. After the black barrier vanished, Cheng Xiao attacked Oscar and Ning Rongrong, and Yu Xiaogang’s group was left helpless as Ning Rongrong faced his bone claw.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Tang San’s strong Spiritual Power and deep obsession had resisted the hypnosis, though the attack might have left psychological trauma.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said hypnosis could work easily on soul beasts below ten thousand years, but stronger and more intelligent beasts would resist it.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm estimated Tang San would need about seven days to recover, then used hypnosis to put him to sleep.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others waited outside the black barrier, unable to see or reach Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• When the barrier vanished, Cheng Xiao kicked Oscar into a tree and knocked him unconscious, then dragged Ning Rongrong down and aimed his bone claw at her throat.

Yu Xiaogang ended the spar after Cheng Xiao defeated the Shrek students, leaving Tang San gravely injured and Ning Rongrong shaken by her first brush with danger. Three days later, Tang San had still not awakened when Haotian appeared at Yu Xiaogang’s window.

• Yu Xiaogang stopped the fight as Cheng Xiao’s bone claw hovered at Ning Rongrong’s throat, and the defeated students were carried away to recover.
• Ning Rongrong’s legs gave out after the spar; Cheng Xiao left with Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong eventually struggled toward the restroom.
• Yu Xiaogang cared for the unconscious Tang San for three days, but Tang San did not awaken.
• Haotian arrived at Yu Xiaogang’s room, and Yu Xiaogang apologized for failing to take care of Xiao San.

Tang Hao investigated Tang San's unconsciousness and learned that Cheng Xiao had injured him during team training. Tang San woke with fractured memories and fainted again after realizing he had not created Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, leaving Tang Hao determined to punish Cheng Xiao and considering targeting Dugu Bo.

• Tang Hao examined Tang San, found his physical injuries minor, and asked Yu Xiaogang what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Cheng Xiao had returned with greatly increased Soul Power and injured Tang San during a sparring session; Tang Hao recognized Cheng Xiao and demanded to know more.
• Tang San woke as Tang Hao left, mistook a glimpse of him for a vision, and suffered pain when he tried to use his Purple Demon Eye.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San about Cheng Xiao's fourth soul skill, but Tang San could not piece together his memories and realized he had not created Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
• Tang San spat blood and fainted again, while Tang Hao resolved to secretly punish Cheng Xiao and considered going after Dugu Bo.

Xiao Wu and the others visited Tang San after he recovered, and his instinctive fear of Cheng Xiao hinted at lingering effects from the Shadow Space. Tang San had restored Cheng Xiao’s album and exchanged it for the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, leaving Cheng Xiao to inspect the book.

• Xiao Wu complained to Cheng Xiao about the strain his Shadow Space had caused her, while Dai Mubai recovered and forgot what had happened there.
• Oscar, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun went together to visit Tang San; Dai Mubai agreed to go to Suotuo City with Ma Hongjun afterward.
• Tang San panicked when he saw Cheng Xiao, then apologized and welcomed the group as they visited him.
• After the others prepared to leave, Tang San asked Cheng Xiao whether their bargain still stood and presented the restored album.
• Cheng Xiao showed Tang San the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, and Tang San handed him the completed book to check.

Cheng Xiao traded Tang San a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma for his Immortal Herb Album, while Tang San wavered over whether to keep the herb for himself or give it to Yu Xiaogang. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang catching Tang San about to consume it, as Cheng Xiao left behind a clue to their secret.

• Cheng Xiao inspected Tang San's Immortal Herb Album, accepted it, and handed Tang San the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Tang San asked Cheng Xiao to keep the exchange secret, then struggled with the temptation to use the herb to increase his Soul Power instead of giving it to Yu Xiaogang.
• After recalling Xiao Wu's distress, Tang San decided to consume the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, but Yu Xiaogang entered and caught him in the act.
• Cheng Xiao deliberately bumped into Yu Xiaogang and let him find the Immortal Herb Album, then left without explaining what it was.

Yu Xiaogang discovered Tang San was about to consume the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, but Tang San lied that Cheng Xiao had injured his Martial Soul and forced him into the trade. Yu Xiaogang let Tang San keep the herb, then turned his despair and hatred toward Cheng Xiao into a plan to use Tang San for revenge.

• Yu Xiaogang rushed to his room and caught Tang San preparing to swallow the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Tang San claimed Cheng Xiao had damaged his Martial Soul and coerced him into trading, using his feelings for Xiao Wu as the supposed motive.
• Yu Xiaogang believed Tang San and told him to eat the herb, hiding his grief over losing his chance to break through.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed Cheng Xiao and decided to make Tang San surpass him as an instrument of revenge.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed notes on a method of devouring Soul Power and considered adapting it to Tang San's Blood Drain skill.

Ma Hongjun discovered that Cheng Xiao had been appointed Spirit Hall's Saint Son and told Dai Mubai, spreading the news through Shrek Academy. Zhu Zhuqing confronted Cheng Xiao about his identity, and he realized it had finally been exposed.

• Ma Hongjun read a red Spirit Hall announcement naming Cheng Xiao as Saint Son and rushed to tell Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai learned from Ma Hongjun that Cheng Xiao was Spirit Hall's Saint Son.
• Cheng Xiao studied the Immortal Herb Album and considered how to distribute the herbs among his acquaintances.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to Cheng Xiao's room and asked whether he was Spirit Hall's Saint Son.
• Cheng Xiao learned that Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai had spread the news throughout Shrek Academy and recognized that his identity was exposed.

Cheng Xiao prepared to leave Shrek after revealing that he was Spirit Hall's Saint Son, while Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave with him. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing kissing him and Cheng Xiao reacting to the lingering effects of Xiao Wu's Charm skill.

• Cheng Xiao decided to leave Shrek, having obtained the Immortal Herb Album and given up on learning Xiao Wu's Soul Core method.
• Zhu Zhuqing inferred that Cheng Xiao planned to leave and recalled her dissatisfaction with Shrek's training and Yu Xiaogang's pressure to reconcile with Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Cheng Xiao to take her with him and said she wanted to follow him.
• Zhu Zhuqing wrapped her arms around Cheng Xiao and kissed him, while Cheng Xiao's mind went blank and his body heated up.

Cheng Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing were caught kissing by Dai Mubai, whom Cheng Xiao defeated when he attacked. Cheng Xiao then went to the square, where Yu Xiaogang questioned whether Bibi Dong had sent him.

• Cheng Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing kissed in his dormitory until Dai Mubai caught them at the door.
• Dai Mubai attacked Cheng Xiao, who knocked him through the railing with a single palm strike.
• Dai Mubai told Cheng Xiao that the Dean and Grandmaster wanted to see him at the square, then Zhu Zhuqing left without acknowledging him.
• Cheng Xiao arrived at the square, where Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong watched him with wary reactions.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Cheng Xiao whether Bibi Dong had sent him to Shrek.

Cheng Xiao decided to withdraw from Shrek, criticizing its inefficient training and lack of resources. Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong for the conflict and vowed to prove his theories by leading his students against Spirit Hall.

• Yu Xiaogang mistook Cheng Xiao's arrival for one of Bibi Dong's schemes and imagined she meant to humiliate him.
• Cheng Xiao told Flender he was leaving Shrek because its teaching and training methods did not suit him.
• Cheng Xiao criticized Shrek's reliance on running and its lack of a mimetic environment, prompting the students to question the academy's quality.
• Ma Hongjun angrily defended Shrek, while Cheng Xiao dismissed the academy as unable to help him improve.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Shrek could help commoner students develop without expensive resources and accused Bibi Dong of plotting against him.