Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Xiao Wu began their first day at Shrek Academy, where the shabby facilities and Flender’s low rank made Tang San question the school’s reliability. Flender sent the students to rest before night training, leaving Tang San to hope the academy’s methods would prove worthwhile.

• Tang San met Oscar, who explained that Dai Mubai, the injured fatty, and Zhao Wuji could not attend training.
• Tang San surveyed Shrek Academy’s poor grounds and privately vowed to make the academy that rejected him regret it.
• Oscar introduced Flender as the rank seventy-eight Soul Sage and dean of Shrek Academy.
• Flender welcomed Tang San and Xiao Wu, told them to rest until night training, and ordered Oscar to run twenty laps before dark.
• Tang San followed Oscar to get food while Xiao Wu quietly remarked that the academy did not seem very good.

Tang San delivered Yu Xiaogang’s letter to Flender and learned that Flender accepted him as Yu Xiaogang’s disciple. After reassuring Tang San about Shrek Academy’s advantages over the academy across the street, Flender privately hoped Yu Xiaogang would come and help train the students.

• Tang San remembered Yu Xiaogang’s letter and went with Xiao Wu to deliver it to Flender.
• Flender learned that Tang San was Yu Xiaogang’s disciple and urged him to train hard and meet his teacher’s expectations.
• Tang San asked what Flender thought of the academy across the street, and Flender admitted he knew about its rivalry and Zhao Wuji’s defeat but said it was not time to act.
• Flender privately worried that he could not defeat the rival academy and considered whether the Golden Iron Triangle might reunite.
• Flender argued that Shrek Academy’s five students received more focused resources than the rival academy’s many students, and Tang San agreed.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu left, Flender lamented that Yu Xiaogang had not yet come to share his theoretical knowledge.

At Shrek Academy, Wu Zhangkong revealed pills that could raise soul power and even improve innate soul power, then rewarded Tang Wulin for finishing the training first. He promised the others the same reward if they completed the objective before dark, and the students rushed back to train.

• Tang Wulin told Wu Zhangkong that he had finished the training first.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that a Soul Ascension Pill could raise soul power by one rank and a Mystic Water Pill could improve cultivation potential and innate soul power.
• Wu Zhangkong gave Tang Wulin the two pills as his reward, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to ask how the students could earn them.
• Wu Zhangkong said anyone who completed the training objective before dark would receive both pills and showed that he had enough for everyone.
• The students, including Ning Rongrong, returned to training with renewed urgency.
• The system awarded the host soul spirits and a Soul Ascension Pill after Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Luo Ziyan grew more favorable toward Shrek Academy.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Mystic Water Pill and Soul Ascension Pill, raising her soul power to rank twenty-nine. Meanwhile, Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to the Suo Tuo Grand Spirit Arena, where they registered for matches and crossed paths with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Mystic Water Pill, expelled impurities, and found that her meridians had widened and her soul power circulated faster.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ascension Pill and raised her soul power to rank twenty-nine, resolving to seize the chance Shrek Academy had given her.
• Wu Zhangkong brought Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to the Suo Tuo Grand Spirit Arena to study its fighting methods and ordered them to pursue a winning streak or face extra training.
• Wu Zhangkong registered Tang Wulin and Xie Xie for individual and two-on-two matches after learning that each person could compete only once per day in each category.
• Flender brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar to the arena and explained its independent status and rules before Tang San and Xiao Wu registered.
• Tang San noticed Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in the waiting room and thought they did not look very old.

Tang San recognized Xie Xie's evasive footwork as the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step and wondered whether Xie Xie was a fellow transmigrator or had come to capture him. After Xie Xie won his match, Tang San was called to prepare alongside Tang Wulin.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu recognized Xie Xie and another competitor as students from Shrek Academy, and Tang San hoped for a chance to defeat them.
• Xie Xie entered a one-on-one match against Yu Yuan, a three-ring Soul Elder with the Iron Arm Ape martial soul.
• Xie Xie dodged Yu Yuan's attacks using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Step, which Tang San recognized as a secret Tang Sect technique.
• Xie Xie used his Light Dragon Dagger and a splitting soul skill to wound Yu Yuan and win the match.
• Tang San wondered if Xie Xie was a Tang Sect member or a transmigrator, then heard an announcement calling Tang San and Tang Wulin to prepare.

Tang Wulin defeated Tang San in the Great Soul Arena, overwhelming him with his two thousand-year Soul Rings and powerful Blue Silver Grass. Tang San was knocked unconscious, while the match earned Wulin rewards tied to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Flender recognizing Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

• Tang San and Tang Wulin entered the arena and were introduced as two-ring Blue Silver Grass control-type Soul Masters.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Grass and two yellow Soul Rings, while Tang Wulin revealed thicker, golden-marked vines and two purple Soul Rings.
• Tang Wulin's Entangle shattered Tang San's vines, and Tang San questioned Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's Soul Ring theory before preparing his hidden weapons.
• Tang San fired a poisoned Sleeve Arrow, but Tang Wulin's vine blocked it and then bound Tang San despite his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang Wulin pulled Tang San close and punched him in the chest, leaving him badly injured and unconscious.
• Tang Wulin received a Golden Dragon Spear, a 100,000-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Spirit Bone, and Red Dragon Douluo Zhuoshi as recognition rewards.

Tang Wulin defeated Tang San in the Soul Fighting Tournament, leaving him unconscious and Shrek Academy reeling from the loss. Flender withdrew with Xiao Wu and Oscar, while vowing that Shrek would reclaim its lost dignity someday.

• Xiao Wu rushed onto the arena and found Tang San unconscious with a bloody wound after Tang Wulin defeated him.
• Tang Wulin defended his forceful punch and accused Tang San of using a poisoned Sleeve Arrow that was not a martial soul.
• Xie Xie mocked Xiao Wu, while Oscar realized Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun were all injured and Shrek had few fighters left.
• Flender arrived, decided not to challenge the opposing side, and told Xiao Wu to take Tang San away for treatment.
• Flender reflected on Tang Wulin's strength and thousand-year soul rings, then left with Xiao Wu and Oscar, determined that Shrek would reclaim its dignity.

Wu Zhangkong introduced the students to second professions, including Soul Engineers, blacksmiths, Chefs, and several Mecha-related trades. He demonstrated the power of Battle Armor by revealing that he was a Two-Word Battle Armor Master, leaving the class awed by his increased aura.

• Ning Rongrong and the other students arrived in high spirits after their Soul Power and cultivation improved from the pills they had taken.
• Wu Zhangkong began a lesson on second professions and explained that Shrek Academy required the students to learn one.
• Wu Zhangkong described Soul Engineers as Soul Tool makers and blacksmiths as metal refiners whose work was important for Battle Armor.
• Luo Ziyan asked how Chefs could help Soul Masters, and Wu Zhangkong explained that they prepared Soul Beast ingredients such as the Black Steamed Buns.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Battle Armor, so Wu Zhangkong revealed his Two-Word Battle Armor and showed the class its power.

Wu Zhangkong explained how Battle Armor fused with a Soul Master’s Martial Soul and could raise combat strength by as much as twenty levels, astonishing the class. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to pursue Battle Armor, while the system rewarded the Host with armor, manufacturing technology, and materials.

• Wu Zhangkong demonstrated his Battle Armor and explained that a complete set could make a Soul Master roughly twenty levels stronger.
• Wu Zhangkong described how One-Word and Two-Word Battle Armor let Soul Kings challenge Soul Sages and Soul Emperors challenge Soul Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong asked about Wu Zhangkong’s Two-Word Battle Armor, and he said his Seven-Ring strength could rival a Title Douluo’s.
• Ning Rongrong realized Battle Armor was more valuable than money, while Zhu Zhuqing decided to become a blacksmith and Battle Armor Master.
• The system rewarded the Host with ten sets of Four-Word Battle Armor, Battle Armor manufacturing technology, and materials for three sets of Two-Word Battle Armor.

Wu Zhangkong explained the academy’s Contribution Point system and announced that the students would form four-person squads for a practical combat assessment. Ning Rongrong assembled a team with Wu Siduo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Yun’er, then followed Wu Zhangkong toward the assessment.

• Wu Zhangkong explained how students could earn and spend Contribution Points and announced upcoming class officer selections.
• Wu Zhangkong told the twenty students to form five four-person squads for the Practical Combat Assessment.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Siduo to join her squad, and Wu Siduo agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to join the squad, and Wu Siduo accepted her.
• Dai Yun’er joined the group, leaving Ning Rongrong as the only squad member without a Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• After the quarter hour ended, Wu Zhangkong led the formed squads to the Practical Combat Assessment.

Ning Rongrong and her teammates entered the virtual forest battle and quickly eliminated two opposing squads. They set out to face Tang Wulin’s team next, confident in their strength.

• Wu Siduo, Ning Rongrong, Dai Yun'er, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the virtual world and agreed to fight directly.
• Wu Siduo swiftly eliminated Luo Ziyan’s squad after the teams met in the forest.
• Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er attacked Zhang Yangzi’s squad while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong took down its remaining members.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated how easily the squad had won and looked ahead to fighting Tang Wulin’s team.

Ning Rongrong’s team fought Tang Wulin’s group in the virtual assessment, but the stronger opponents’ soul rings and Ye Zhi’s superior support turned the battle against them. Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were eliminated, leaving the fight still underway as Ning Rongrong watched and regretted being a burden.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Wu Siduo, Dai Yun'er, and Zhu Zhuqing, while Ye Zhi gave Tang Wulin’s group stronger amplifications.
• Wu Siduo, Dai Yun'er, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their soul ring configurations, and Ning Rongrong was shocked by Dai Yun'er’s ten-thousand-year ring and Tang Wulin’s three purple rings.
• Xie Xie outmatched Zhu Zhuqing despite Ning Rongrong’s boost and eliminated her with a pair of simultaneous attacks.
• Xie Xie charged Ning Rongrong and eliminated her with his Light Dragon Dagger.
• Ning Rongrong exited the Virtual Pod, watched the ongoing battle on the screen, and regretted that her weakness had held her team back.

Tang Wulin’s team fought Wu Siduo and Dai Yun’er, revealing unexpected martial soul abilities on both sides. The battle left Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stunned when Wu Siduo transformed into a Nether White Tiger through a self martial soul fusion skill, while the host received two student rewards.

• Dai Yun’er used her Spirit Eye to interfere with Xie Xie, and Luo Guixing rescued him from Wu Siduo’s attack.
• Tang Wulin revealed a golden Dragon Claw, leading Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to suspect he had a second martial soul.
• Dai Yun’er switched between her Nether Civet and Spirit Eye abilities, weakening the group and knocking Xie Xie unconscious.
• Luo Guixing took on Dai Yun’er while Tang Wulin confronted Wu Siduo.
• Wu Siduo fused with her own martial soul and transformed into a Nether White Tiger, shocking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The host received Xu Xiaoyan as a three-ring special student and Xu Yucheng as a four-ring special student.

Tang Wulin and his teammates fought Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er in the simulated battle, with Ye Zhi's amplification helping Tang Wulin overcome Wu Siduo's Nether White Tiger. Tang Wulin and Luo Guixing eliminated the opposing team, leaving their side victorious.

• Tang Wulin blocked the Nether White Tiger's attacks while Ye Zhi boosted his abilities and protected herself behind him.
• Xie Xie remained unconscious after Dai Yun'er's soul impact and was eliminated, making the match three against two.
• Luo Guixing struggled to restrain Dai Yun'er as she evaded his spatial control and attacked him with her Spirit Eye.
• Wu Siduo unleashed the Nether White Tiger's explosive attack, but the form collapsed from its heavy power consumption, allowing Tang Wulin to eliminate her.
• Tang Wulin charged toward Luo Guixing and Dai Yun'er, and Luo Guixing imprisoned Dai Yun'er with Two Worlds Division so Tang Wulin could eliminate her.

After Tang Wulin's team won the practical combat assessment, Wu Zhangkong appointed Tang Wulin class monitor and Luo Guixing and Ye Zhi deputy class monitors. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Tang Wulin about his hidden abilities, and he explained that his dragon claw came from bloodline power and his third ring came from his Soul Spirit, leaving them confused.

• Wu Siduo, Dai Yun'er, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing left the Virtual Pods, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing apologized to Wu Siduo for their weakness.
• Wu Zhangkong announced Tang Wulin's team had won and appointed Tang Wulin class monitor, with Luo Guixing and Ye Zhi as deputy class monitors.
• Ning Rongrong wondered how Tang Wulin had concealed his third purple ring and golden dragon claw, then approached him with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Wulin told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that his dragon claw came from bloodline power rather than a Martial Soul.
• Tang Wulin explained that he had been level twenty-nine, had reached level thirty after taking pills, and received his third Soul Ring from his Soul Spirit.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were stunned, and Ning Rongrong asked what a Soul Spirit was.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie explained Soul Spirits to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, revealing that they could provide soul rings and were common among the other students. The two newcomers learned they would enter the Spirit Ascension Platform the next day, while the host received rewards for their growing recognition of Shrek Academy.

• Tang Wulin released a small golden snake Soul Spirit, and Xie Xie explained that Soul Spirits were energy bodies that could provide soul rings.
• Dai Yun'er and Wu Siduo revealed that they also had Soul Spirits, shocking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing with how much they did not know about Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin told Ning Rongrong that Soul Spirit-granted soul skills worked like those obtained from soul beasts, and confirmed that a thousand-year Soul Spirit could provide three soul rings.
• Xie Xie told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that they would enter the Spirit Ascension Platform the next day, but kept its details secret.
• The system rewarded the host with one hundred thousand-year Soul Spirits and ten designated-attribute thousand-year soul bones as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Tang San woke after losing to Tang Wulin and resolved to use academy training and stronger hidden weapons to avenge himself. He joined Xiao Wu at the field, where the other injured students had gathered.

• Tang San woke with Xiao Wu beside him and recalled how Tang Wulin had defeated him.
• Tang San considered making stronger hidden weapons, including the King of Hell's Invitation, to use against Tang Wulin.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Flender believed academy training would help him improve, and that Tang Wulin's first spirit ring likely came from a harmful secret method.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu went to the field, where they met the bandaged Dai Mubai, injured Ma Hongjun, and uninjured Oscar.
• Tang San privately judged the gathered students and questioned whether they were really monsters.

Flender ordered the Shrek students to eat Oscar’s recovery sausages and begin weighted running as harsh training, while Tang San welcomed the news that Grandmaster would come to help. During the run, Tang San overheard students at the rival Shrek Academy praising Soul Guidance Devices and pills that had boosted their soul power, and he decided he had to get them.

• Flender announced harsh training, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun demanded to become stronger after their defeats.
• Flender ordered everyone except Oscar to eat one of each of Oscar’s sausages, explaining that they restored stamina, healed injuries, and replenished spirit power.
• Tang San encouraged Xiao Wu to eat a sausage, and both of them felt its restorative effects.
• Flender assigned weighted running, ordering Oscar to run twenty laps and everyone else thirty laps around the village.
• While running past the rival Shrek Academy, Tang San overheard students say Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills had raised one student’s soul power from rank fourteen to rank seventeen and improved his innate soul power.
• Tang San memorized the students and decided he had to get the pills.

After finishing their run, Tang San recruited Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to rob students from the academy across the way for pills said to increase innate soul power and soul power rank. The three set out to scout the students, leaving Oscar behind.

• Tang San hid his plan from Xiao Wu, then waited until she left after their thirty laps.
• Tang San approached the exhausted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and told them about pills he had heard could increase soul power.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun agreed to join Tang San in robbing the students for the pills.
• Tang San proposed scouting first, disguising themselves, and ambushing the students if they found them away from their academy.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun left with Tang San, while Oscar stayed behind to rest before hunting for a spirit ring the next day.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun tried to ambush Shrek Academy students but were defeated by their Soul Cannons and left unconscious. In the dean's office, the academy gained three special students as rewards for the trio's increased recognition of it as Monster Academy.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun waited outside the academy, then followed four students after they left.
• The four students led the trio into a dead-end alley, where Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked.
• Zhang Yangzi and the others used Soul Cannons to knock Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tang San down.
• Wang Jinxi fed Ma Hongjun a pill before the four students left, and Ma Hongjun woke with his evil fire surging.
• The dean's system rewarded the academy with Yang Nianxia, Wei Xiaofeng, and Zheng Yiran after the trio's recognition increased.