Vol. 4The Road to Shrek

Wang Zhao strengthened the Freedom Guild and disrupted Tang San’s path as Tang San and his companions entered Shrek Academy. The volume left Shrek facing the Imperial Fighting Team in an arena battle.

  • Wang Zhao defeated Tang Hao, recruited the Four Element Academies, and explained his gray Soul Ring as Ring Fusion after a staged duel with Gu Yuena.
  • Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu became sworn siblings, while Tang Hao completed Rakshasa’s Third Trial and escaped Wang Zhao.
  • Wang Zhao reshaped the Seven Great Sects, destroyed the Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral grounds, and rescued Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Tang San arrived at Shrek with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu, then faced Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel.
  • Wang Zhao brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek, where she rejected Dai Mubai and left with him for Spirit City.
  • Ning Qingyun suspected Tang San had Tang Sect techniques as Tang Hao and Chen Xin confronted Zhao Wuji.
  • Wang Zhao altered Tang San’s path while Shrek’s students trained and Ning Rongrong joined the Imperial Fighting Team.
  • Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team began their arena match as Ning Qingyun took control of Ning Rongrong and Osler threatened Dai Mubai.
Chapters 306–405 Read from ch. 306

Arc 13The Gray Ring and the Sect Contest

Wang Zhao defeated Tang Hao as the Holy Son Li Ming, while Tang Hao completed Rakshasa’s Third Trial and gained a changed Clear Sky Hammer. Wang Zhao secured the Four Element Academies for the Freedom Guild, then staged a public spar with Gu Yuena at the sect competition and explained his gray Soul Ring as the result of Ring Fusion.

  • Xiao Huohuo chose Shrek Academy, and Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu visited Holy Spirit Village, where the three became sworn siblings.
  • Tang Hao completed Rakshasa’s Third Trial after massacring villagers, but Wang Zhao confronted him as the Martial Soul Hall Holy Son and wounded him with his Necromancy Scythe.
  • Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and fought Wang Zhao, who used the Disorderly Splitting Wind Demon Scythe and Wither Art before letting Tang Hao escape under the name Li Ming.
  • The continent learned of Li Ming’s victory over Tang Hao as major powers prepared for the Seven Great Sects re-election, and Wang Zhao returned to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong.
  • Wang Zhao and Bibi Dong’s arrangements brought Godwind Academy under Spirit Hall’s protection, while Wang Zhao recruited Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy into the Freedom Guild and helped Shui Bing’er evolve her Martial Soul.
  • At the Sect Grand Competition in Dragon Rise City, Wang Zhao appeared as Li Ming and challenged Gu Yuena, who concealed her identity beneath his appearance and displayed her Elemental Sacred Dragon.
  • Wang Zhao and Gu Yuena fought with their transformed weapons and elemental powers, then Wang Zhao projected a staged version of the duel that made it seem he had narrowly won.
  • Wang Zhao claimed that an accident had fused his Soul Rings into one gray ring that absorbed new rings, and Gu Rong accepted his explanation while Ning Fengzhi questioned its implications.
Chapters 306–330 Summaries Read

Arc 14The Scourge and Shrek

Wang Zhao helped reshape the Seven Great Sects, destroyed the Clear Sky Sect’s ancestral grounds, and rescued Zhu Zhuqing. Their journey brought them to Suotuo City, where Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy’s doorstep as Tang San confronted Dai Mubai.

  • Wang Zhao defeated Gu Rong and Chen Xin in the sect tournament, while Dugu Bo defeated Yu Yuanzhen and the Elephant Armored Sect beat the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to take third place.
  • Wang Zhao left the group, confronted the Clear Sky Sect over Tang Hao’s actions, and unleashed an undead army that destroyed its ancestral grounds.
  • Wang Zhao rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Soul Master who was pursuing her, gave her an antidote, and learned she was looking for her fiancé, Dai Mubai.
  • Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City, visited Flender’s shop, and learned that the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle had been taken.
  • Wang Zhao admitted to Zhu Zhuqing that he had taken the crystal from Flender, then brought her to the Rose Hotel, where she recognized Dai Mubai.
  • Tang San recalled that absorbing a Ghost Vine Soul Ring Inner Core had given him Stench Parasitism and contaminated his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
  • Dai Mubai challenged Tang San and his companions over the hotel rooms, and Tang San faced him without using his martial soul, relying instead on objects from his Storage Soul Tool.
Chapters 331–355 Summaries Read

Arc 15Zhu Zhuqing Leaves for Spirit City

Wang Zhao brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, where Tang San and the others passed Zhao Wuji’s practical assessment. After Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and left for Spirit City with Wang Zhao, Ning Qingyun revealed her suspicions about Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques, while Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji alongside Chen Xin.

  • Tang San fought Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, but Dai Mubai’s Twin Pupil briefly immobilized him and left him beaten.
  • Wang Zhao arrived at the hotel with Zhu Zhuqing, drove Dai Mubai out, and persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to join Martial Soul Hall and Spirit Academy.
  • Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s entrance test, and Wang Zhao was welcomed by Flender as the Scourge of the Undead.
  • The five applicants faced Zhao Wuji’s practical assessment, using teamwork and Ning Rongrong’s support, while Tang San’s hidden weapons and Ning Qingyun’s sword strikes weakened Zhao Wuji until the incense burned out.
  • Wang Zhao invited Tang San to join Martial Soul Hall and insulted him by suggesting he was Ritian Tian’s bastard son, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai and left for Spirit City with Wang Zhao.
  • Wang Zhao claimed his Space-Time inheritance rewards and received a new trial requiring him to reduce Tang San’s fortune by ten percent.
  • Ning Qingyun told Ning Rongrong that the Tang Sect had stolen the Mysterious Heaven Skill and that she suspected Tang San had powerful backing.
  • Tang Hao and Chen Xin summoned Zhao Wuji in the forest, and Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and Clear Sky Hammer.
Chapters 356–380 Summaries Read

Arc 16Shrek’s Arena Showdown

Wang Zhao altered Tang San’s path while Shrek Academy’s new students trained and Ning Rongrong left the school to join the Imperial Fighting Team. The arc ended with Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team locked in battle, as Ning Qingyun took control of Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai faced a threat from Osler.

  • Tang Hao and Chen Xin beat Zhao Wuji, while Wang Zhao arranged Zhu Zhuqing’s enrollment and prepared his teams for soul battles.
  • Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao confronted Ma Hongjun after he harassed Cuihua, and Huo Yuhao fought him with his Spiritual Eye abilities.
  • Ning Rongrong refused Flender’s running lesson and left Shrek Academy, then Flender named the seven remaining students the Shrek Seven Monsters and took them to the Great Soul Arena.
  • Wang Zhao froze time at the Spirit Hall Branch, swapped Tang San’s Soul Ring Inner Core, and began working to reduce Tang San’s luck as Tang San and Huo Yuhao advanced to level thirty.
  • The Shrek Seven Monsters trained and competed at the arena, where Yu Xiaogang revealed that Ning Rongrong captained the Imperial Fighting Team and arranged their match.
  • The Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek Seven Monsters clashed, with Ning Rongrong using her sword and support abilities while Tang San’s hidden weapons and Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection aided Shrek.
  • Ning Rongrong knocked Ma Hongjun off the stage, and Xiao Huohuo charged at her before Ning Qingyun took control of her body and countered his attack.
  • Xiao Huohuo unleashed Heavenly Flames against Ning Qingyun as Yu Tianheng pressed Dai Mubai and Osler moved behind him, while Shi Mo blocked Tang San’s hidden weapons.
Chapters 381–405 Summaries Read
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