Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing fled through the Star Dou Great Forest but was overcome by a Soul Master who tried to assault her. Wang Zhao intervened, killed the attacker, and left Zhu Zhuqing safe but terrified.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her Second Soul Skill to cut through purple vines while fleeing the tall, thin male Soul Master.
• The man pursued her with his Third Soul Skill, and the vines and pink poisonous gas overwhelmed her.
• Injured and affected by the gas, Zhu Zhuqing tried to kill herself rather than submit to the man.
• Wang Zhao arrived and used Soul Pressure to immobilize both of them, then pulled Zhu Zhuqing away from her own claws.
• The male Soul Master tried to flee, but Wang Zhao stopped him and crushed him into a cloud of blood.
• Wang Zhao released Zhu Zhuqing, told her she was safe, and watched as she collapsed in terror.

Wang Zhao rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Soul Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest and revealed that he was the Martial Soul Hall Holy Son. When a lingering soul skill drove Zhu Zhuqing toward losing control, Wang Zhao restrained her and began casting a spell.

• Wang Zhao rescued Zhu Zhuqing from her pursuers and watched as she struggled to recover her strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Wang Zhao, then recognized his Holy Son Token and thanked him for saving her.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s body grew feverish as the effects of a male Soul Master’s Third Soul Skill took hold.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned Wang Zhao not to take advantage of her, but her reason soon gave way and she lunged at him.
• Wang Zhao pressed a hand to Zhu Zhuqing’s head, calmed her, and began chanting a spell.

Wang Zhao helped Zhu Zhuqing recover after she had mistaken his actions, then learned she was heading to Suotuo City to find her fiancé, Dai Mubai. Meanwhile, Tang Hao read a newspaper report about the “Scourge of the Undead” and reacted furiously.

• Wang Zhao gave Zhu Zhuqing an antidote and told her to rest before offering to take her to Suotuo City.
• Zhu Zhuqing apologized for misunderstanding Wang Zhao and introduced herself, then agreed to travel with him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Wang Zhao she had fled Star Luo City and planned to find her fiancé, Dai Mubai.
• Wang Zhao asked Zhu Zhuqing about his gray Soul Ring, but their conversation left his story untold.
• Tang Hao bought newspapers in a remote town and became enraged when he saw the words “Scourge of the Undead.”

Tang Hao read about Li Ming’s attack on the Clear Sky Sect and resolved to become a god, while Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City on their way to Shrek Academy. The three recalled the bet Huo Yuhao had won, which had left Tang San calling himself “Little Sanzi” for a month.

• Tang Hao paid for the damage he caused in a tavern, read a newspaper report about Li Ming, and decided he had to become a god.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City after graduating from Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu complained about traveling to Shrek Academy and reminded Huo Yuhao to call Tang San “Little Sanzi.”
• The three recalled their graduation bet, in which Huo Yuhao defeated Tang San in hand-to-hand combat after Xiao Wu withdrew.
• Xiao Wu had made Tang San agree to call himself “Little Sanzi” before her and Huo Yuhao for one month.

Huo Yuhao, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached Flender’s shop after a failed attempt by Tang San to get Xiao Wu to ride on his back. Tang San entered hoping to obtain the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle, but found it was gone, while Huo Yuhao noticed unusual energy from the Soul Tools on display.

• Xiao Wu asked Huo Yuhao to carry her, but he persuaded her to ask Tang San instead.
• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San’s offer and walked ahead, leaving Tang San to follow her.
• Tang San led Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao to Flender’s shop, planning to obtain the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Flender and sensed unusual energy coming from the Soul Tools hanging on the walls.
• Tang San searched the shop for the Plate Crystal and discovered that it was missing.

Tang San asked Flender about a distinctive crystal, hoping to find the Plate Crystal needed for Dragon Whisker Needles, while Huo Yuhao bought a pile of defective Soul Tools. Flender revealed that two people had taken the crystal shortly before they arrived, and the chapter ended with Wang Zhao and Zhu Zhuqing dining in Suotuo City beside the crystal.

• Flender demanded first five hundred and then one thousand Gold Soul Coins for Huo Yuhao's defective Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao agreed to pay.
• When Flender revealed his Soul Saint power, Huo Yuhao and Tang San both said they would register at Shrek Academy, and Flender recognized Tang San and mentioned his senior brother.
• Flender let Huo Yuhao keep the Soul Tools and accepted the Gold Soul Coins Huo Yuhao left beside him.
• Tang San described the dark-yellow-impurity crystal to Flender, who said two people had taken one from his shop an hour earlier.
• In Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing asked Wang Zhao why he hid his appearance, while the crystal lay beside him.

Wang Zhao took the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle from Flender’s shop and later suggested that he and Zhu Zhuqing spend the night in Suotuo City before visiting Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu heard Flender’s account and headed to the Rose Hotel, leaving their plans for Shrek unresolved.

• Wang Zhao recounted how he had beaten Flender and taken the Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle, which he had called a zero-cost purchase.
• After finishing their meal, Wang Zhao suggested that he and Zhu Zhuqing stay in a hotel and visit Shrek Academy the next day, and Zhuqing agreed.
• Flender told Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu that a mysterious expert had taken the crystal, while concealing how badly Wang Zhao had beaten him.
• Tang San regarded the loss of the Dragon Whisker Needle as the work of a dangerous variable and silently cursed his bad fortune.
• Xiao Wu urged Huo Yuhao to abandon Shrek Academy, but Huo Yuhao and Tang San persuaded her to visit before deciding.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu left Flender’s shop and headed for the Rose Hotel.

Tang San brought Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu to the Rose Hotel, where Dai Mubai appeared and startled him with a black eyepatch covering one eye. Outside, Wang Zhao brought Zhu Zhuqing to the hotel, where she recognized her fiancé Dai Mubai.

• Tang San arranged for two rooms at the Rose Hotel, and Huo Yuhao offered to share one with him so Xiao Wu could have the other.
• Wang Zhao brought Zhu Zhuqing to the hotel, where she recognized the blond man arguing with the attendant as Dai Mubai, her nominal fiancé.
• Tang San turned to confront the man demanding a room and was shocked to see that Dai Mubai wore an eyepatch over his left eye.

Tang San and Huo Yuhao encountered Dai Mubai, whose eyepatch and behavior unsettled them. Tang San recalled how his Blue Silver Grass became even stinkier after he absorbed a Ghost Vine Soul Ring Inner Core, leaving him with the Stench Parasitism skill.

• Tang San and Huo Yuhao fell silent as they examined the changed Dai Mubai, who wore an eyepatch over his left eye.
• Dai Mubai looked over Xiao Wu and provoked her, prompting her to call him a pervert and Tang San to grow hostile.
• Tang San recalled taking Yu Xiaogang to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to buy and absorb a Ghost Vine Soul Ring Inner Core.
• Tang San gained the Second Soul Skill Stench Parasitism, and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Tang San’s First Soul Ring had contaminated his Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left the Spirit Hall Branch without grounds to complain, while strange lights distorted above them and an eerie laugh sounded.

Tang San confronted Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel after Dai demanded that they settle the dispute through a fight. Dai revealed his White Tiger Possession, while Tang San prepared to fight with concealed tools instead of his martial soul, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai to leave, and Dai challenged him and his companions to fight.
• Manager Wang discovered that the hotel still had rooms available, but Dai refused to let the dispute end peacefully and demanded that Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Huo Yuhao leave or fight him.
• Tang San stepped forward to face Dai alone while Huo Yuhao watched with Zhu Zhuqing from nearby.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San exchanged blows before Dai activated White Tiger Possession and revealed three Soul Rings.
• Tang San declined to unleash his martial soul and instead took out metal objects from his Storage Soul Tool, claiming he could use external tools against Dai.

Tang San fought Dai Mubai with hidden weapons and foul Blue Silver Grass, but Dai Mubai’s escalating fury and third soul skill pushed the battle toward Tang San’s defeat. As Dai Mubai advanced, his gaze suddenly overwhelmed Tang San’s mind and left him unable to move.

• Tang San wounded Dai Mubai with a Willow Leaf Flying Dagger, then used foul Blue Silver Grass to block Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Violent Lightwave.
• Dai Mubai mocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San used Stench Parasitism to cover him in foul-smelling growth and gas.
• Tang San exploited Dai Mubai’s distraction to land more hidden-weapon strikes, and Dai Mubai answered by activating White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Mubai continued advancing despite Tang San’s attacks, and his single eye stunned Tang San’s mind, leaving him unable to move.

Dai Mubai revealed that his remaining Twin Pupil let him use Mental Oppression, but Tang San resisted the spiritual attack before Dai Mubai defeated him in the hall. Dai Mubai acknowledged Tang San's performance as the battle ended.

• Huo Yuhao sensed spiritual power in Dai Mubai's Twin Pupil and wondered whether it was connected to his lost eye.
• Dai Mubai's Twin Pupil briefly immobilized Tang San, but Tang San recovered and escaped with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• The account revealed that Dai Mubai had developed Mental Oppression after losing an eye, though his missing Twin Pupil limited its power.
• Dai Mubai endured Tang San's hidden weapons, caught up with him, and punched him into a pillar.
• Dai Mubai saw Tang San coughing blood with limp hands and approved of his performance.

At the Rose Hotel, Wang Zhao arrived with Zhu Zhuqing, who insisted they share one room, and Dai Mubai reacted with shock and anger. Wang Zhao sent Dai Mubai flying out of the hotel, leaving Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao, and Tang San to wonder who he was and what his connection to Zhu Zhuqing might be.

• Dai Mubai decided to leave the hotel after refusing Manager Wang's offer of a room.
• Wang Zhao emerged from a distorted patch of light and asked Manager Wang to reserve a room, while Zhu Zhuqing linked arms with him and insisted on one room.
• Dai Mubai rushed over to question Zhu Zhuqing, but Wang Zhao ignored him, took the room key, and paid Manager Wang with bags of Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and confronted Wang Zhao, who sent him crashing out of the hotel with an inexplicable force.
• Xiao Wu sensed danger from Wang Zhao, Huo Yuhao wondered if Zhu Zhuqing was his Great-Great-Grandmother, and Tang San regarded the pair as a new variable.

Wang Zhao offered Zhu Zhuqing a place in Spirit Hall after Dai Mubai’s defeat exposed how little she could rely on him. Zhu Zhuqing initially refused because of her relatives in the Zhu Family, but changed her mind after Wang Zhao revealed something that made her question widen her eyes.

• Zhu Zhuqing cried in the Rose Hotel room and admitted that Dai Mubai’s fall made her fear a miserable fate, since their engagement was her reliance in resisting it.
• Wang Zhao argued that Zhu Zhuqing could become strong on her own and offered her a place in Spirit Hall and Spirit Academy.
• Tang San suspected Zhu Zhuqing and her mysterious companion had bought his Plate Crystal Golden Dragon Whisker Needle, then watched Dai Mubai leave the hotel in humiliation.
• Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao mocked Dai Mubai and left the Rose Hotel with Tang San to find another place to stay.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused Wang Zhao’s offer because she still had relatives in the Zhu Family, but after he told her something, she agreed to join Spirit Hall.

Wang Zhao brought Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy to observe its entrance test, where Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao also arrived. He sensed Ning Rongrong nearby, and she asked Ning Qingyun to assess the mysterious man.

• Wang Zhao told Zhu Zhuqing to register for Shrek Academy’s entrance test before he took her to Spirit City.
• Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao arrived at the shabby academy and joined the enrollment line.
• Li Yusong tested applicants and resented Wang Zhao for the academy’s troubles.
• Wang Zhao arrived with Zhu Zhuqing and noticed Ning Rongrong approaching alone.
• Ning Rongrong sensed danger from Wang Zhao and called on Ning Qingyun to examine him.

Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao, and Tang San passed Shrek Academy’s admission test with level twenty-nine Soul Power, while Zhu Zhuqing also passed at level twenty-eight. Ning Rongrong’s test produced an overwhelming burst of light and the sound of something breaking, leaving the result uncertain.

• Ning Qingyun joined the queue behind Zhu Zhuqing after Wang Zhao suddenly vanished.
• Xiao Wu passed the test with level twenty-nine Soul Power and two yellow Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao also displayed level twenty-nine, concealing that he had reached level thirty and revealing his Spiritual Eye martial soul.
• Tang San passed with level twenty-nine and revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and its white and yellow Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested at level twenty-eight and went to stand aside before Li Yusong could ask about her martial soul.
• Ning Rongrong placed her hand on the crystal ball, which emitted dazzling light as something seemed to shatter.

Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s preliminary test as a three-ring Soul Grandmaster, shocking the applicants and especially Tang San. As Li Yusong prepared to lead the successful candidates onward, Li Ming arrived by stepping through the air and addressed Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s little princess.

• Ning Qingyun sensed a familiar power fluctuation from Tang San and Huo Yuhao, then yielded control of the body to Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong shattered the Soul Power testing crystal ball, revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda, and displayed three Soul Rings: one yellow and two purple.
• Tang San reeled at Ning Rongrong’s strength, while she silently joined Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai abandoned his attempt to approach Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Yusong prepared to take the five successful applicants to the final assessment.
• Li Ming descended through the air, greeted Ning Rongrong, and identified himself as someone who had spoken with Sect Master Ning.

Wang Zhao confronted Huo Yuhao at Shrek Academy, where his power triggered Huo Yuhao’s spiritual backlash and drew out the school’s teachers. Flender recognized Wang Zhao as Li Ming, the Scourge of the Undead, and the students reacted with fear, especially Tang San after he realized Xiao Wu might be exposed.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Wang Zhao’s aura and asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to investigate whether he carried remnants of Old Yi’s divine consciousness.
• Wang Zhao severed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Detection with gray flames, causing Huo Yuhao to suffer a backlash and faint.
• Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers rushed to the gates, where Flender recognized Wang Zhao as Li Ming and welcomed him as the Scourge of the Undead.
• Wang Zhao accepted Flender’s apology for their encounter at the shop, while the teachers bowed and addressed him with respect.
• Tang San wondered whether Li Ming could see Xiao Wu’s true form, and Xiao Wu hid behind Huo Yuhao as Dai Mubai kept his gaze lowered.

Wang Zhao visited Shrek Academy and announced that he had come to watch its admissions assessment. After learning the five applicants had qualified for the practical test, he chose Zhao Wuji to assess them, leaving Flender to show him around first.

• Dai Mubai suspected Zhu Zhuqing had become involved with Wang Zhao and grew jealous, but he held back.
• Wang Zhao told Xiao Wu through a voice transmission that he knew she was a Soul Beast and would leave her alone for now; Huo Yuhao and Tang San moved to shield her.
• Wang Zhao questioned Ning Rongrong about leaving home and her relationship with the Dragon King Hall Master, and she maintained her composure.
• Flender explained that Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the other applicants had qualified for the final practical assessment.
• Wang Zhao selected Zhao Wuji to conduct the assessment, and Flender offered to show Wang Zhao around Shrek Academy while Zhao Wuji prepared.

Dai Mubai led the five applicants who passed the assessment through Shrek Academy and introduced them to Oscar, whose sausage-selling Soul Skill made Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao, and Tang San decide against buying. Wang Zhao later showed interest in Oscar’s food-type martial soul and asked him for a fresh sausage.

• Dai Mubai guided the five successful applicants through Shrek Academy while repeatedly trying to approach Zhu Zhuqing, who kept avoiding him.
• Oscar appeared with his Sausage Specialty Store cart and advertised his sausages to Xiao Wu, Huo Yuhao, and Tang San.
• Tang San tried to stop Xiao Wu from buying a sausage but backed down, and Dai Mubai told them to ask Oscar to make one fresh.
• Oscar summoned a sausage with his Soul Skill incantation, prompting Xiao Wu and the others to abandon the purchase before Dai Mubai led them deeper into the academy.
• Wang Zhao arrived with Flender, heard about Oscar’s food-type martial soul, and asked Oscar for a fresh sausage.