Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun discovered a new Shrek Academy opening across the street from their own and confronted its student, Wu Siduo. Dai Mubai revealed his rank and prepared to fight her.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun saw craftsmen finish a storefront across from Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai removed the red cloth from the sign and found that the new academy was also called Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun decided the new academy was stealing their business and approached its entrance.
• Wu Siduo came out, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun harassed her and demanded an explanation for the academy's name.
• Wu Siduo challenged their intentions, and Dai Mubai summoned three soul rings and announced that he was a rank thirty-seven Soul Elder.

Wu Siduo revealed her Nether Civet martial soul and overwhelmed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun in a fight. Dai Mubai was left wounded, and Wu Siduo ordered them to leave.

• Dai Mubai transformed into the Evil Eye White Tiger and taunted Wu Siduo, who answered by revealing her Nether Civet possession.
• Dai Mubai recognized the Nether Civet as the Zhu Family’s inherited martial soul and recalled abandoning his fiancée, Zhu Zhuqing, when he fled the Star Luo Empire.
• Wu Siduo revealed four purple soul rings, then used her Nether Civet skills to batter Dai Mubai and slash his chest.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Wu Siduo with his Evil Fire Phoenix, but her Nether Shadow Clone overwhelmed him as well.
• Wu Siduo stood nearly unruffled after defeating both men and told them to get lost.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy after Wu Siduo badly beat them, and Dai Mubai planned to let enrollment day decide the contest between the rival academies. The system rewarded the host with Yuanen Yehui and Le Zhengyu as special students after Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun recognized Shrek Academy as a monster academy.

• Wu Siduo ignored Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's threats and shut the door, leaving them to limp back to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun not to ask Teacher Zhao to retaliate, deciding instead to challenge the rival academy during enrollment the next day.
• Dai Mubai treated his wounds with Ma Hongjun, then headed to Rose Hotel to keep his appointment with the twins.
• The system rewarded the host with special students Yuanen Yehui and Le Zhengyu after detecting increased recognition of Shrek Academy from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.

On Shrek Academy’s recruitment day, a newly opened academy across the street used the same name and charged only one copper soul coin, drawing parents away from the shabby original. As Li Yusong struggled to respond, Xiao Wu and Tang San arrived, unsure which academy Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had meant.

• Parents arrived at Shrek Academy and found a polished rival academy across the street bearing the same name.
• Li Yusong charged ten gold soul coins to register while parents questioned whether his dilapidated academy was genuine.
• Oscar joined Li Yusong to watch the rival academy, while Dai Mubai was absent after being injured and spending the night with twins.
• Wu Zhangkong and Le Zhengyu offered registration for one copper soul coin and promised tuition waivers, food, lodging, and training to students who contributed to the academy.
• Parents began favoring the new academy, and Li Yusong realized its low fee threatened Shrek Academy’s recruitment.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San arrived from Notting City and asked which Shrek Academy Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang had sent them to.

Tang San and Xiao Wu watched rival academies argue over their fees and credibility as Li Yusong defended Shrek Academy and Le Zhengyu challenged its record. Le Zhengyu claimed his academy trained every student into a monster, leaving the crowd to weigh the two schools’ promises.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu suspected that Le Zhengyu’s academy, which charged one copper soul coin, was less trustworthy than Shrek Academy.
• Li Yusong accused Le Zhengyu and Wu Zhangkong of using Shrek Academy’s name to swindle applicants and warned that the low fee concealed extra charges.
• Le Zhengyu asked whether Shrek Academy had produced a Titled Douluo or Soul Sage and challenged whether its so-called monster students had been trained or were already geniuses.
• Li Yusong revealed his six soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, and argued that Shrek Academy’s powerful teachers trained exceptional students.
• Le Zhengyu declared that his academy trained every student into a monster, whether they entered with little or great talent.

Yue Zhengyu argued that the academy could cultivate ordinary students, while Wu Zhangkong demonstrated his Seven-Ring Soul Sage strength to counter Li Yusong. The parents rushed to register at the academy across the street, and Tang San decided to enroll with Xiao Wu.

• Yue Zhengyu persuaded the parents that ordinary students could become outstanding at his academy.
• Wu Zhangkong stepped forward and said he disagreed with Shrek Academy accepting only monsters.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed seven soul rings, including three black rings, leaving Li Yusong stunned and intimidated.
• The parents rushed across the street to register their children after Yue Zhengyu announced the fee and assessment.
• Li Yusong sent Oscar to fetch Zhao Wuji, while Tang San told Xiao Wu they would register too.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu joined the applicants at Wu Zhangkong and Le Zhengyu's academy, where Le Zhengyu tested their soul power. Tang San and Xiao Wu both reached rank twenty-nine, and Tang San left expecting to enroll and receive the academy’s best resources.

• Ning Rongrong chose to join the academy with the larger crowd, while Zhu Zhuqing followed the line hoping to grow stronger and escape her fate.
• Le Zhengyu led applicants through the gates and began recording their soul power levels with a crystal ball.
• Tang San compared the applicants’ mostly low ranks with his own rank twenty-nine and felt confident that he could prove his worth.
• Tang San tested at rank twenty-nine, drawing astonished reactions from the courtyard.
• Xiao Wu also tested at rank twenty-nine, while Li Yusong watched the rival academy’s empty entrance and worried about losing promising students.
• Tang San expected to enter the academy and receive its best cultivation resources.

Tang San and the other applicants faced Shrek Academy’s second assessment, a test of perseverance, before entering a virtual forest for the third. Tang San was eliminated after killing another applicant to claim the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s herbs.

• Le Zhengyu gave the applicants black watches and tested their willpower beneath a portrait of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Le Zhengyu eliminated those marked red for giving up, while Tang San and Xiao Wu received green marks and Ning Rongrong received yellow.
• Le Zhengyu led the remaining applicants to Virtual Pods and sent them into a realistic virtual forest for the third assessment.
• Tang San followed a weaker soul master to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where they found rare medicinal herbs.
• Tang San killed the other applicant with a Sleeve Arrow and tried to claim the herbs, but the virtual scene vanished and Le Zhengyu announced his elimination.

Tang San was exposed for killing a dummy during the third assessment and expelled from the new Shrek Academy. He waited for Xiao Wu, who passed but chose to leave with him, and considered joining the older Shrek Academy instead.

• Yue Zhengyu showed Tang San footage of him killing a level-fifteen Soul Master dummy and eliminated him from the assessment.
• Tang San tried to persuade Yue Zhengyu to reconsider, but Yue Zhengyu refused and told him to leave the academy.
• Tang San demanded to take Xiao Wu with him, but Yue Zhengyu said the choice was hers and that no one could disturb her assessment.
• Tang San waited outside, deciding the older Shrek Academy might be the one Yu Xiaogang had meant for him to join.
• Xiao Wu passed the assessment, but chose to leave with Tang San rather than enter the academy.

After leaving Wu Zhangkong’s academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu headed across the street to enroll at the real Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji confronted Wu Zhangkong over the rival academy’s name and the students it had taken. Tang San recognized Zhao Wuji as a Soul Sage and became even more convinced Shrek was the academy he wanted, while Zhao Wuji prepared to attack.

• Tang San decided to take Xiao Wu across the street to the academy that accepted only monsters, believing its standards suited them.
• Zhao Wuji emerged from Shrek Academy after hearing that Wu Zhangkong’s academy had taken students and used Shrek’s name.
• Li Yusong told Zhao Wuji what had happened, and Zhao Wuji accused Wu Zhangkong of stealing the academy’s name, students, and registration fees.
• Zhao Wuji released his Vajra Bear martial soul and seven soul rings, while Tang San admired Shrek’s strength and resolved that it was where he belonged.
• Zhao Wuji demanded an explanation from Wu Zhangkong and threatened to beat him until he talked.

Wu Zhangkong defeated Zhao Wuji in a street battle between two seven-ring Soul Sages, overwhelming him with the Sky Frost Sword and icy soul skills. Tang San and Xiao Wu watched from across the street, and the fight ended with Zhao Wuji frozen in a crater.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San who would win, and Tang San said the fight was hard to predict before hoping Wu Zhangkong's academy prevailed.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Wu Zhangkong with Vajra Palm, but Wu Zhangkong's Frost Trace cut the golden palm apart and wounded Zhao Wuji through his defense.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to try to close the distance, but Wu Zhangkong parried his strike and drove him back with Sky Frost Slash.
• Zhao Wuji's Gravity Squeeze pulled Wu Zhangkong close, but Wu Zhangkong used the force to stab Zhao Wuji with the Sky Frost Sword and freeze his chest.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned a giant sword with Frost Ice Whisper and struck Zhao Wuji into a crater, defeating him as the crowd and Tang San watched in shock.

Wu Zhangkong defeated Zhao Wuji and took his money pouch, while Tang San and Xiao Wu chose to enroll at Shrek Academy despite the defeat. A gray-robed man watched Wu Zhangkong from the crowd before disappearing.

• Li Yusong and Oscar watched Wu Zhangkong leave Zhao Wuji beaten and unable to rise.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu decided to join Shrek Academy, and Wu Zhangkong took Zhao Wuji's money pouch as an apology.
• Zhao Wuji ate Oscar's recovery sausage and sent Oscar to find a healing soul master.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu registered at Shrek Academy after the academy across the street rejected Tang San's Blue Silver Grass martial soul.
• A gray-robed man watched Wu Zhangkong from the crowd, then disappeared.

Yue Zhengyu announced that twelve applicants had passed the third assessment, while Tang San had been eliminated and Xiao Wu had withdrawn. Wu Siduo gave the successful candidates one-hundred-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool bracelets and led the girls to their dormitory as Yue Zhengyu took the boys.

• Yue Zhengyu announced that everyone who remained had passed the third assessment, and Ning Rongrong learned that Tang San had been eliminated while Xiao Wu had withdrawn.
• Ning Rongrong counted twelve successful candidates out of sixty-three applicants and considered how demanding the academy's assessments were.
• Wu Siduo arrived and distributed silver bracelets, explaining that each was a Storage Soul Tool with one hundred cubic meters of space.
• Wu Siduo led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other girls toward their dormitory, while Yue Zhengyu led the boys in the opposite direction.
• The system rewarded the Host with special students Ye Zhi and Dai Ling'er after Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

Tang Hao broke into Shrek Academy to avenge Tang San’s elimination, but Lin Feng effortlessly subdued him and had him imprisoned. The academy’s system then rewarded Lin Feng with Chen Xinjie as a special student.

• Tang Hao entered Shrek Academy at night, determined to punish the academy for eliminating Tang San.
• Tang Hao confronted Lin Feng and attacked him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Lin Feng pinned Tang Hao underground with an invisible force, then sealed his soul power with Soul Sealing Shackles.
• Lin Feng ordered two staff members to drag Tang Hao to the confinement room.
• The system rewarded Lin Feng with special student Chen Xinjie after Tang Hao’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Wu Siduo led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other new students through the academy, explaining that its soul tools came from Dean Lin Feng and promising that they could become extraordinary there. After showing them their luxurious single-room dormitories, Ning Rongrong discovered a black steamed bun among the items in her soul tool.

• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Siduo about the academy’s unfamiliar soul tools, and Wu Siduo said Dean Lin Feng had obtained them elsewhere.
• Wu Siduo assured the girls that passing the three tests qualified them to stay, regardless of their soul power levels.
• Wu Siduo gave each girl a key to a new single room in the dormitory and told them to gather in the teaching building at eight the next morning.
• Ning Rongrong inspected her spacious room and considered asking Dean Lin Feng whether the academy’s soul tools were for sale.
• Ning Rongrong opened her soul tool and found a bag, school uniforms, and a black steamed bun.

Ning Rongrong discovered that her enrollment gift included a thousand Gold Soul Coins and a potent Deep Sea Soul Beast steamed bun, while Tang San brooded over his humiliation and vowed to grow stronger before seeking revenge. The academy system then rewarded the host with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie as special students.

• Ning Rongrong read the enrollment gift note, found the thousand Gold Soul Coins, and learned to eat the black steamed bun in small portions.
• Ning Rongrong ate a tiny piece of the bun and circulated her soul power to handle its powerful surge of qi and blood.
• Tang San reflected on being rejected by the other academy and coveted the treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Tang San suppressed his anger toward Wu Zhangkong and resolved to wait until he was stronger before taking revenge on Le Zhengyu.
• The system rewarded the host with Tang Wulin after Tang San's recognition increased and with Xie Xie after Xiao Wu's recognition increased.

Ning Rongrong began her first day at Shrek Academy, where she met her classmates and learned that Wu Siduo was already an academy student. The introductions left her stunned when Ye Zhi revealed she had a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Ning Rongrong woke feeling stronger after the previous night's surge of vital energy, dressed in her school uniform, and went to class.
• Ning Rongrong sat beside Wu Siduo, who explained that the academy had students already enrolled internally; Zhu Zhuqing and other new students were also in the classroom.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced himself as the class's homeroom teacher and began having students introduce themselves.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself as a rank twenty-six auxiliary system tool soul master with a Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Zhu Zhuqing followed as a rank twenty-seven agility attack system soul master.
• Ye Zhi introduced herself as a rank forty-five auxiliary system tool soul master with a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, leaving Ning Rongrong frozen in shock.

During class introductions, Ye Zhi’s Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and high rank stunned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while Wu Siduo revealed two powerful martial souls. The revelations deepened the girls’ respect for Shrek Academy and left Zhu Zhuqing wondering about Wu Siduo’s connection to the Star Luo Empire.

• Ning Rongrong heard Ye Zhi introduce herself as a rank forty-five Soul Ancestor with a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and wondered if she was related to Ning Fengzhi.
• Zhu Zhuqing compared Ye Zhi’s rank with her own and resolved to become strong enough to control her fate.
• Tang Wulin introduced himself as a rank twenty-eight Bluesilver Grass Battle Soul Master, prompting Ning Rongrong to suspect he was connected to Tang San.
• Wu Siduo revealed that she was a rank forty-four Battle Soul Master with the twin martial souls Evil Eye White Tiger and Nether Civet, shocking Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy triggered rewards for the host.

Wu Zhangkong introduced his students to Soul Tools by demonstrating a Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon at Shrek Academy's training grounds. Ning Rongrong fired it and discovered that it gave a support-class Soul Master considerable offensive power, after which Wu Zhangkong handed out cannons for the others to try.

• Wu Zhangkong led the students to the training grounds and explained that they would study Soul Tools.
• Wu Zhangkong showed the class a Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon and instructed Ning Rongrong to use it against a target.
• Ning Rongrong fired the cannon, missed the target, and felt its shot carried power comparable to an attack from a two-ring Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong recognized that the cannon could let support-class Soul Masters fight, while Zhu Zhuqing and the others were surprised by its power.
• Wu Zhangkong explained how Soul Tools changed combat and produced nineteen more cannons for the students.

Wu Zhangkong introduced the students to Soul Guidance Cannons and explained how soul guidance devices could be used by soul masters and ordinary people. The students grew more convinced that Shrek Academy could change their lives, and the host received rewards as their recognition of the academy increased.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the other students tested Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannons on targets under Wu Zhangkong's instructions.
• Wu Zhangkong set a ten-shot accuracy test and promised each student a cannon after they hit the target at least seven times.
• Wu Zhangkong described other types of soul guidance devices and explained that their levels had no upper limit.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that ordinary people could use some soul tools to gain combat power comparable to an average soul master.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Luo Ziyan grew more convinced of Shrek Academy's value, prompting the host to receive a Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, ten Millennium Purple Ganoderma, and ten Ruby Shrimp.