Chapter Summaries

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun woke with their clothes in scraps and no memory of what had happened, while Ma Hongjun discovered he had reached rank thirty. After the three returned to Shrek Academy, Tang San decided to kill Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the students at the opposing academy to protect his reputation and take revenge.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai woke to find their clothes in scraps, and Ma Hongjun also woke and celebrated breaking through to rank thirty.
• Ma Hongjun realized the three of them had been left unclothed and began recalling what happened after he took a pill and his evil fire surged.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San ordered Ma Hongjun to shut up, then the three knocked out passersby, changed into their clothes, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San went to his room and vowed to kill Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai so his reputation would not be ruined.
• Tang San blamed the opposing academy for what happened and vowed to make everyone there pay.

Wu Zhangkong explained how the Spirit Ascension Platform could strengthen Soul Spirits and raise soul ring ages, even for students who had no Soul Spirits. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing looked forward to improving their existing rings as the class prepared to enter the platform.

• Wu Zhangkong told the class that they would visit the Spirit Ascension Platform and explained its levels, Soul Spirits, and combat-training purpose.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the trip would help students who were not yet ready to obtain Soul Spirits, and Wu Zhangkong said it would still benefit them.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that Soul Spirits could gain spiritual power by killing virtual soul beasts, allowing their ages and the ages of their soul rings to increase.
• Ning Rongrong asked what happened to the spiritual power gained by students without Soul Spirits, and Wu Zhangkong revealed that the dean had modified the platform so they could still raise their soul ring ages.
• Ning Rongrong hoped to raise her two soul rings to a thousand years, while Zhu Zhuqing longed to strengthen her own hundred-year rings.
• The system rewarded Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Luo Ziyan for increased recognition of Shrek Academy.

Ning Rongrong and the other students gathered at the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Wu Zhangkong divided the four-ring students from those entering the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform. He gave everyone a Golden Pearl that strengthened their spiritual power, and the chapter ended with the students preparing to form teams and enter the platform.

• Ning Rongrong realized that Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er could not enter the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform because they had four rings.
• Wu Zhangkong sent the four Four-Ring Soul Ancestors to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and told the remaining sixteen students to form teams of four.
• Wu Zhangkong gave each student a Golden Pearl, explaining that it contained a Sea Princess's spiritual origin and could nourish the spirit and extend a mortal's lifespan.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed her Golden Pearl and found that its spiritual nourishment improved her understanding of Heart Separation Control by at least one level.
• Wu Zhangkong told the students to form their teams and prepare to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform in fifteen minutes.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined Tang Wulin and Xie Xie for the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Tang Wulin took command and urged the team to prioritize safety over greed. The four prepared to begin their attempt to increase their Soul Ring ages.

• Ning Rongrong pulled Zhu Zhuqing over and asked Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to form a team with them, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• The four entered Virtual Pods and appeared together in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang Wulin to lead the team, and he accepted command.
• Tang Wulin explained that they should increase their Soul Ring ages without overburdening their bodies or risking their future cultivation.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to proceed cautiously, and Tang Wulin told the team to begin.

Tang Wulin led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xie Xie through the Spirit Ascension Platform, where they defeated soul beasts and absorbed spirit power that strengthened their Soul Rings. After the group killed a powerful Lizard Horned Beast, Tang Wulin found a Soul Bone, and Ning Rongrong realized that soul beasts in the platform could drop them.

• Tang Wulin swiftly killed four Tusk Pigs, and Ning Rongrong guided her share of their spirit power into her First Soul Ring.
• The group continued defeating soul beasts, raising Ning Rongrong’s First Soul Ring to six hundred years.
• Tang Wulin found a three-thousand-year Lizard Horned Beast, and Ning Rongrong buffed him as the group fought it.
• Tang Wulin used Golden Dragon Body to hold the beast off while Xie Xie and Zhu Zhuqing attacked its eyes, allowing Tang Wulin to kill it.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing could not absorb the beast’s remaining spirit power, so Tang Wulin and Xie Xie absorbed it.
• Tang Wulin picked up a Soul Bone left behind by the Lizard Horned Beast, and Ning Rongrong exclaimed that soul beasts in the platform could drop Soul Bones.

Tang Wulin and his companions found a Soul Bone but agreed to exchange it for Contribution Points rather than keep it, with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing declining their shares. As they prepared to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform, Wu Zhangkong announced a challenge, and the group faced Tang Hao, whose strength had been suppressed to three Soul Rings.

• Xie Xie explained that soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform could drop Soul Bones, and Tang Wulin decided not to keep the Lizard Horned Beast's Soul Bone.
• Tang Wulin offered to split the Soul Bone's Contribution Points among the four, but Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing refused their shares.
• Tang Wulin told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing they could seek his help in the future, and they accepted.
• Tang Wulin said the group should withdraw because their Soul Rings had increased enough and their bodies might not withstand more.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that defeating an opponent would earn the class ten thousand Contribution Points and the winning team an additional ten thousand.
• Tang Hao appeared before the group, furious after being transported from the Confinement Room, with his strength suppressed to three Soul Rings.

Tang Hao mistook the Spirit Ascension Platform for a chance to take revenge on Shrek Academy’s students and fought them with his Clear Sky Hammer. The chapter ended with Tang Wulin and fifteen other students surrounding him as he prepared to face them all.

• Tang Hao recognized the Star Dou Great Forest and assumed Lin Feng had sent Shrek Academy students to use him as sparring practice.
• Tang Hao defeated Zhang Yangzi’s attacks with his Clear Sky Hammer, then tried to smash Zhang Yangzi’s leg.
• Tang Wulin rescued Zhang Yangzi with Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao felt a strange bloodline resonance with him.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Tang Wulin with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as the students gathered around Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao counted sixteen students facing him and raised his Clear Sky Hammer, revealing three soul rings and an unusually powerful aura.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie led their teammates in wearing down Tang Hao, who used Ring Detonation to overpower them. When Tang Hao suddenly turned his final attack on Xie Xie, both fighters vanished as the exchange revealed they had been illusions.

• Tang Wulin coordinated the team’s attacks, using Blue Silver Grass to restrain Tang Hao while Xie Xie wounded him with the Light Dragon Blade.
• Tang Hao struck back at Tang Wulin, but Tang Wulin blocked the Clear Sky Hammer with his Golden Dragon Claw as Xie Xie and the others kept harrying him.
• Tang Hao detonated his soul rings to boost his power, but Tang Wulin and Xie Xie kept their distance and forced him to waste energy.
• Tang Hao detonated his third soul ring and suddenly swung at Xie Xie as Tang Wulin charged; the hammer passed through Tang Wulin, and both Tang Wulin and Xie Xie vanished into points of light.

Tang Hao suffered the pain of being used as a sparring opponent in the Spirit Ascension Platform, while Wu Zhangkong rewarded the students for their assessment. Ning Rongrong discovered that a Silk Tulip could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and she was left eager to earn enough contribution points to obtain it.

• Tang Hao realized Lin Feng's academy had used him as an unwilling sparring opponent, then lost consciousness again in the Confinement Room.
• The students exited the Virtual Pods, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how powerful Tang Hao had been.
• Wu Zhangkong awarded Tang Wulin's team twenty thousand contribution points, the other participants ten thousand each, and Wu Siduo, Dai Yun'er, Ye Zhi, and Luo Guixing twenty thousand each.
• Wu Zhangkong distributed bracelets that displayed the students' information, contribution balances, and exchangeable items.
• Ning Rongrong found that a Silk Tulip costing one million contribution points could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and let her cultivate to nine rings.
• Ning Rongrong recognized that the Silk Tulip could solve the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's long-standing cultivation limit and wondered how to earn enough contribution points.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy injured, and Flender urged them to become stronger rather than seek revenge. Three days later, Yu Xiaogang arrived in Suo Tuo City and mistook the better-looking academy across from Shrek for the one Flender had renovated.

• Ma Hongjun told Flender that the academy across the way had attacked them with a strange weapon, while Tang San and Dai Mubai stayed silent.
• Flender refused to intervene and told the three students that their weakness had caused their defeat; Tang San resolved to grow stronger and secretly vowed revenge.
• Xiao Wu worried over Tang San's injuries and unusual expression, while Oscar's sausages helped Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun recover.
• Flender told the students that Grandmaster would arrive in three days to teach them, and Tang San was eager to ask Yu Xiaogang about Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass and spirit rings.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Suo Tuo City, saw two Shrek Academies, and entered the better-looking one, assuming Flender had renovated it.

Yu Xiaogang mistook the imposing Shrek Academy for Flender’s school and was turned away by its powerful guardian, Zhuo Shi. After Zhuo Shi revealed himself as a Titled Douluo, Yu Xiaogang’s fear grew, while the host received Long Chen as a special student.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to enter Shrek Academy, but its identity-scanning gate rejected him and a defensive railing struck him down when he tried to climb over.
• Yu Xiaogang called for Flender, and Zhuo Shi came out to question him.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the Grandmaster and claimed Flender had invited him to teach, but Zhuo Shi said there was no Dean Flender at Shrek Academy.
• Zhuo Shi explained that teachers needed sufficient strength and asked Yu Xiaogang to prove his power.
• Zhuo Shi released nine spirit rings, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang trembled under his pressure and the suppression of his dragon-type bloodline.
• The host received Long Chen, a five-ring Soul King, as a special student after Yu Xiaogang’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Yu Xiaogang left Shrek Academy shaken by the sight of a Title Douluo with three 100,000-year Soul Rings, and he suspected Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall were behind it. He arrived at Flender’s academy to see Tang San, who challenged the accuracy of Yu Xiaogang’s theory about the age limit for a First Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang left Shrek Academy and suspected Bibi Dong had established it to humiliate him, but resolved to train Tang San into a powerhouse.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Flender’s shabby academy, and Flender welcomed him while concealing that Tang San had been injured.
• Yu Xiaogang waited in a room, criticized the academy’s poor condition, and looked over its basic Soul Master theory books.
• Tang San met Yu Xiaogang with his confidence diminished and asked whether a human’s First Soul Ring was truly limited to 423 years.

Yu Xiaogang talked Tang San out of doubting his theory about the maximum age of a first soul ring by claiming Shrek Academy’s students had sacrificed their potential or lifespan for their strength. Tang San accepted the explanation and renewed some of his trust in Yu Xiaogang, who planned to teach him again once he recovered.

• Yu Xiaogang panicked when Tang San asked about the thousand-year first and second soul rings of the students from Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he had ever found errors in his theory, and Tang San said he had not.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed the students’ unusually powerful spirit rings had cost them their future potential or lifespan, and predicted their bodies would collapse in their thirties or forties.
• Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang’s explanation, apologized for doubting him, and regained some trust in his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to rest until he recovered, then promised to teach him personally.

After classes, Wu Zhangkong announced that Shrek Academy’s new cafeteria would provide free meals, delighting the students. Tang Wulin eagerly led the group to the dining hall, while Ning Rongrong looked forward to seeing what it served.

• Ning Rongrong reflected on Wu Zhangkong’s lessons about soul beasts and wondered how she could earn contribution points for an Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Wu Zhangkong told the class that the school cafeteria had opened and that food and lodging were free for students.
• Tang Wulin eagerly volunteered to lead everyone to the dining hall, with Xie Xie hurrying after him.
• Ning Rongrong invited Wu Siduo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Sister Yun'er to go with her, and they followed the group to the dining hall.

Ning Rongrong and the others visited Shrek Academy’s luxurious dining hall, where a chef explained the powerful effects of its food and Tang Wulin’s unusual ability to absorb it. As Ning Rongrong felt her strength rise after eating, her recognition of the academy increased, earning the host rewards.

• Ning Rongrong followed the others into the dining hall and was astonished by its luxury and the abundance of food.
• Tang Wulin piled his plate with food and devoured Ruby Shrimp, while the chef warned that ordinary Soul Masters needed about a year to digest one.
• The chef explained that Tang Wulin could absorb the shrimp’s Bloodline Power in moments and grew stronger the more he ate.
• Ning Rongrong sampled the food and felt her blood vitality, Soul Power circulation, and overall condition improve.
• Ning Rongrong’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy earned the host ten portions of cafeteria ingredients, while Zhu Zhuqing and Luo Ziyan’s recognition earned additional rewards.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang found the students eating a meager breakfast, and Flender told them to earn money at the Great Soul Arena if they wanted better food. After breakfast, Yu Xiaogang learned Flender had funds he was withholding and arranged for Tang San to receive enough cultivation resources discreetly.

• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Xiao Wu joined Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar for Shrek Academy's meager breakfast.
• Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun complained about the food, while Flender blamed the academy's poverty partly on treating Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire.
• Flender told the students to earn Gold Soul Coins at the Soto Great Soul Arena if they wanted to improve their meals.
• After the others left, Yu Xiaogang confronted Flender about the academy's funds and learned he had held money back.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang San was His Excellency Haotian's son and required sufficient cultivation resources, while keeping the Great Soul Arena arrangement as a public explanation.

Wu Zhangkong brought the students into the Virtual Space for a lesson on applying Soul Skills, explaining that the same skill could produce different results when used differently. Ning Rongrong considered whether her sect’s Heart Separation Control counted as an application, while Zhu Zhuqing wondered if such techniques resembled Self-Created Soul Skills; Wu Zhangkong began a demonstration with his Sky Frost Sword.

• Ning Rongrong enjoyed breakfast at Shrek Academy and resolved to work hard so she would not lose access to its resources.
• Wu Zhangkong told the students that the day's lesson would cover Soul Skill applications, prompting Ning Rongrong to consider Heart Separation Control and Zhu Zhuqing to think of Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Wu Zhangkong led the students into the Virtual Space and asked them what Soul Skills were.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that using the same Soul Skill in different ways could produce completely different results.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned seven Soul Rings and manifested his Sky Frost Sword to demonstrate.

Wu Zhangkong demonstrated how Frost Trace could be adapted for delicate, defensive, or destructive uses, then Tang Wulin showed several applications of his Entanglement skill. The demonstrations impressed the students, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Luo Ziyan’s growing recognition of Shrek Academy earned the host new teachers and a student.

• Wu Zhangkong used Frost Trace to catch a leaf unharmed, form a barrier, and create a destructive tornado, teaching the students that one soul skill could be released in different forms.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that changing a skill’s release method could give it entirely different effects, and Wu Zhangkong called on Tang Wulin to demonstrate Entanglement.
• Tang Wulin strangled a tree with Blue Silver Grass, then trapped Xie Xie in a cage woven from the vines, prompting Xie Xie to complain.
• Tang Wulin gathered his Blue Silver Grass into a whip and snapped a tree in half, leaving the students eager to develop their own soul skills.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy earned the host Feng Wuyu and Shen Yi as special teachers, while Luo Ziyan’s recognition earned Yang Nianxia as a special student.

After recovering from their injuries, Tang San and the others began Yu Xiaogang’s grueling physical and combat training, followed by medicinal baths. Yu Xiaogang gave Tang San the best bath and promised to help him choose a third-ring soul beast, but Tang San’s question about pills that could improve Soul Power and Innate Soul Power left Yu Xiaogang stunned.

• Yu Xiaogang started the students on daily weighted running, mountain climbing, and randomized combat training after their injuries healed.
• The exhausted students learned that Yu Xiaogang would arrange medicinal baths to help them recover.
• Yu Xiaogang prepared Tang San a superior medicinal bath and told him to work hard, promising to recommend a suitable third soul ring.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether pills could increase Soul Power and Innate Soul Power, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with shock.

Yu Xiaogang dismissed Tang San’s claims about pills that could raise Soul Power, while privately longing for such a cure to his rank-twenty-nine limit. After Tang San left, Yu Xiaogang and Flender arranged to reuse his medicinal bathwater for the other students, while Xiao Wu received a small amount of fresh herbs.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that miraculous pills were implausible and urged him not to be distracted from his potential.
• Tang San accepted his teacher’s explanation and left after his medicinal bath.
• Yu Xiaogang failed to lift the tub, so Flender and Zhao Wuji carried it into the courtyard.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender to divide the used medicinal bathwater among the other four students, and Flender praised the resource conservation.
• Zhao Wuji questioned why Tang San received special treatment, and Flender quietly explained the reason, which stunned Zhao Wuji.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji heated and delivered portions of the reused water to Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, while Xiao Wu received a small amount of fresh herbs.