Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing asked Wu Siduo to help her improve her strength, and Dai Yun'er joined them because they shared the Hell Spirit Cat martial soul. In the Virtual Pods, Wu Siduo demonstrated how to use Hell Stab for both attacks and retreats, before the three received an invitation to battle from Xu Zheng Yang Squad.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Wu Siduo to help her train, and Wu Siduo agreed.
• Dai Yun'er joined Zhu Zhuqing and Wu Siduo, and the three decided to practice together in the Virtual Pods.
• Ning Rongrong saw them leave and considered asking Ye Zhi to help her develop the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul.
• Wu Siduo showed Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er how Hell Stab could help her change direction and escape as well as attack.
• A virtual frame appeared and invited Zhu Zhuqing, Wu Siduo, and Dai Yun'er to battle Xu Zheng Yang Squad.

Zhu Zhuqing learned that Shrek Academy in Suotuo City was a branch with only her class, then accepted a challenge against Xu Xiaoyan's squad. The match was set for two against three, and Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er prepared to fight Xu Xiaoyan, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran.

• Dai Yun'er told Zhu Zhuqing that Suotuo City’s Shrek Academy was a branch with only one class of twenty students.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the challenge from Xu Zheng Yang Squad, and Wu Siduo tapped the accept button.
• The students arrived in a virtual arena, where Xu Xiaoyan introduced Yang Nianxia and Zheng Yiran and changed the setting to night.
• Wu Siduo proposed that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er fight all three opponents, explaining that she and Dai Yun'er were four-ring Soul Ancestors.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er stepped forward to face Xu Xiaoyan, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran as Wu Siduo watched from the arena's edge.

Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Yun'er were eliminated by Zheng Yiran and Xu Xiaoyan, leaving Wu Siduo's side to regroup against the opposing trio. The virtual arena restored their Soul Power and stamina, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to grow stronger before the match resumed.

• Wu Siduo started the match, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Xu Xiaoyan but was blocked by Zheng Yiran and driven back by her poisonous mist.
• Dai Yun'er attacked Yang Nianxia, but his Dark Gold Body Protection stopped her claws while he held her off.
• Zheng Yiran bound Zhu Zhuqing with Venomous Snake Bind and eliminated her.
• Xu Xiaoyan confused Dai Yun'er with Starlight Feedback, allowing Zheng Yiran to eliminate her as well.
• Wu Siduo and Zheng Yiran agreed to restore both teams' Soul Power and stamina in the virtual arena, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to become stronger.
• Both teams returned to the arena to continue the match.

Xu Xiaoyan, Zheng Yiran, and Yang Nianxia lost their arena battle against Wu Siduo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Yun'er, whose teamwork and strength overwhelmed them. Afterward, Xu Xiaoyan learned that her class would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day and wondered how strong its students were.

• Dai Yun'er disrupted Xu Xiaoyan's control skill while Zhu Zhuqing attacked her, but Yang Nianxia and Zheng Yiran helped turn the fight against Wu Siduo and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Wu Siduo transformed into the Hell White Tiger and struck Yang Nianxia and Zheng Yiran, while Xu Xiaoyan trapped her with Star Wheel Chain.
• Dai Yun'er held off Yang Nianxia and Zheng Yiran, giving Zhu Zhuqing a chance to reach and defeat Xu Xiaoyan; the Hell White Tiger then helped eliminate the remaining opponents.
• Xu Xiaoyan praised Wu Siduo, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Yun'er before her team logged off, and the system rewarded the host with Special Student Ye Xinglan.
• Outside the Virtual Pods, Zheng Yiran and Yang Nianxia vowed to fight hard against Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day, while Xu Xiaoyan wondered whether its students were at least Soul Emperors or Soul Sages.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming arranged an exchange match between his students and Shen Yi’s Shrek Academy students to gauge their strength. Yu Feng and Osler faced Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia in the opening two-on-two match as the referee prepared to start.

• Yu Tianheng warned Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, and the others not to underestimate Shrek Academy despite its students’ young age.
• Qin Ming welcomed Shen Yi and agreed to her proposed format of three two-on-two matches followed by a defending-the-ring match.
• Yu Tianheng chose Yu Feng and Osler for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s first match, while Shen Yi selected Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia.
• Xu Xiaoyan acted meek and asked Yu Feng and Osler to go easy on her, and the referee announced the opening match.

Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia defeated Yu Feng and Osler, impressing the spectators with their abilities. Poison Douluo Dugu Bo arrived to watch, and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan prepared to face Long Chen and Yiran next.

• Yu Feng and Osler attacked Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia, but Yang Nianxia's defense and Xu Xiaoyan's ice attacks kept them at bay.
• Yang Nianxia struck Yu Feng down, while Xu Xiaoyan blocked Osler's escape and forced him to surrender.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the arena and watched Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia with interest.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that their team would win, and Qin Ming announced their upcoming match.
• Shen Yi told Long Chen and Yiran to take their places for the next match.

Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan faced Long Chen and Zheng Yiran, but their opponents' superior Martial Souls and Soul Power overwhelmed them before the fight began. Qin Ming conceded, and the host received rewards after Dugu Bo and Yu Tianheng recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

• Shi Mo and Shi Mo discussed the team's chances, while Ye Lingling told them to wait and watch the match.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan released their Martial Souls, each displaying two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.
• Zheng Yiran revealed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, suppressing Dugu Yan and drawing Dugu Bo's astonished attention.
• Long Chen revealed four purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring, and his Martial Soul suppressed Yu Tianheng's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.
• Qin Ming conceded the match after the opposing team lost their will to fight, and the host received the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and Sima Xian as rewards.

After the battle, Dugu Bo confronted Zheng Yiran, desperate to learn why her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul did not poison her. When he threatened her with his Titled Douluo aura, Shen Yi intervened and revealed that her Two-Word Battle Armor made her aura surpass his, leaving the spectators stunned.

• Dugu Bo hurried to Zheng Yiran and insisted that her Martial Soul was the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, then asked why she showed no signs of poisoning.
• Zheng Yiran said her Martial Soul had never poisoned her and that she knew no method to prevent it.
• Worried about the poison afflicting his granddaughter, Dugu Bo lost control and released his aura and nine Soul Rings, frightening the students and preventing Qin Ming from approaching.
• Shen Yi stepped between Dugu Bo and Zheng Yiran, then revealed her seven Soul Rings when she refused to let him pressure her student.
• Shen Yi summoned her Two-Word Battle Armor, and its enhancement drove back Dugu Bo's pressure as her aura surpassed his.
• Shen Yi calmly asked Dugu Bo whether he could calm down.

Dugu Bo apologized to Shen Yi and asked to visit Shrek Academy in exchange for help with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison. After the defeat, Yu Tianheng and the other Heaven Dou Royal Academy students resolved to train harder, while the system granted the host rewards for Dugu Bo's and Yu Tianheng's increased recognition of Shrek Academy.

• Dugu Bo withdrew his aura, apologized to Shen Yi, and asked to visit Shrek Academy for an exchange and help with his poison.
• Shen Yi welcomed Dugu Bo to Shrek Academy and led her students out of the arena.
• Dugu Bo reassured Dugu Yan that he would resolve his problem, and she realized his poison might also threaten her life.
• Qin Ming apologized to his students for arranging the match, but Yu Tianheng and the others insisted on becoming stronger and requested extra training.
• Qin Ming doubled the students' training load, and the system awarded the host Ya Li and ten Thousand-Year Purple Cloud Wood.

At Shrek Academy’s Heaven Dou City branch, Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li removed the toxins that had plagued Dugu Bo for decades and agreed to save his granddaughter in exchange for a treasured spring in Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang at the dilapidated Shrek Academy in Suotuo City both sensed that something important was missing.

• Dugu Bo entered Shrek Academy’s Heaven Dou City branch and asked Shen Yi whether the academy could cure the toxins from his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul.
• Branch Dean Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li examined Dugu Bo and dissolved the toxins in his body in less than ten breaths.
• Dugu Bo asked Ya Li to save his granddaughter Dugu Yan and offered the treasured spring and its rare medicinal herbs in Sunset Forest to the academy.
• Ya Li accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to save Dugu Yan.
• In Suotuo City, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang each felt that something important was missing.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun were told to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins each in tuition before Flender took them to hunt Soul Beasts. After the students settled their fees, Flender ordered them to prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, with Yu Xiaogang directing them.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun for breakfast at Shrek Academy.
• Flender announced that each student owed one hundred Gold Soul Coins in tuition, and Ma Hongjun protested that he could not afford the fee.
• Flender insisted the students pay, arguing that they had received Academy resources and could have earned coins at the Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar paid their fees, and they lent Ma Hongjun enough to cover his shortfall; Tang San and Xiao Wu paid as well.
• Flender told the students to gather in half an hour for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Yu Xiaogang would lead their Soul Beast hunts.

The Shrek Academy group stopped at a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun baited a red-haired stranger after seeing his Gold Soul Coins. The stranger struck Ma Hongjun’s hand, dismissed Shrek Academy, and faced Ma Hongjun as he transformed to attack.

• Flender arranged rooms for the group and told them they would have to pay for their own meals.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sat waiting for someone, and Oscar told Tang San that Shrek Academy students believed causing trouble was part of cultivation.
• A red-haired stranger arrived, ordered food, and set a pouch of Gold Soul Coins on his table.
• Ma Hongjun tried to take the stranger’s money, but the stranger struck his hand with chopsticks and told him to get lost.
• Dai Mubai joined Ma Hongjun and released the pressure of a three-ring Soul Elder, but the stranger mocked Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun declared himself Yuanen Yehui of Shrek Academy and transformed into the Evil Fire Phoenix to attack the stranger.

Yuanen Yehui confronted Tang San's group at the hotel and effortlessly defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Oscar surrendered and Tang San held back. The encounter increased the group's recognition of Shrek Academy as a monster academy, earning the host several new teachers and students.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked Yuanen Yehui, but she revealed four thousand-year soul rings and transformed with her Vajra Titan skill.
• Yuanen Yehui flung Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun outside the hotel, leaving both injured and unable to get up.
• Oscar surrendered, while Tang San chose not to fight and Xiao Wu reacted with alarm to Yuanen Yehui's transformation, whispering the name Er Ming.
• Yuanen Yehui returned to her tea and remarked that those who did not dare cause trouble were mediocre.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar increased their recognition of Shrek Academy, and the host received Feng Wuyu, Tang Yinmeng, Dai Yueyan, Kuang Zhantian, and Xu Lizhi as rewards.

Ye Xinglan forced Zhao Wuji and Flender to make the students apologize for attacking Yuanen Yehui, then demanded that Flender change his academy’s overlapping name. Flender agreed, leaving Tang San disillusioned as the group prepared to enter the forest the next morning.

• Zhao Wuji came downstairs and found Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun beaten, while Ye Xinglan arrived and sat with Yuanen Yehui.
• Ye Xinglan demanded apologies, and Zhao Wuji made Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu apologize.
• Ye Xinglan told Zhao Wuji that his academy’s name overlapped with hers and demanded that it be changed.
• Flender tried to pressure Ye Xinglan with his Soul Sage aura, but her sword intent made him retreat.
• Flender agreed to change the academy’s name and ordered everyone to rest before entering the forest the next morning.
• Tang San watched Flender leave and silently found the saying about daring to cause trouble bitterly ironic.

After Yuanen Yehui beat them, Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to endure his humiliation and grow stronger before seeking justice, then promised to find him a suitable Third Soul Ring. The next morning, Flender led the group out to hunt soul beasts, while Tang San focused on gaining strength and revenge.

• Tang San found Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun injured and heard them complain about Yuanen Yehui’s strength.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that retreating from stronger opponents was wise and that power would let him decide what was right and wrong.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to choose a suitable Third Soul Ring for Tang San, who resolved to make the people from Shrek Academy pay once he grew stronger.
• Dai Mubai agreed to take Ma Hongjun and Oscar to eat after the people downstairs left, but did not invite Tang San.
• The next morning, Flender ordered everyone to get ready, and the group set out to hunt soul beasts.

The group entered the forest to find Tang San a third soul ring, and Yu Xiaogang guided him away from a Man Faced Demon Spider toward a Miasma Poison Mushroom Vine. As Tang San began absorbing the vine’s soul ring, the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu, and Tang San’s shock caused him to spit blood.

• Flender renamed the academy Monster Academy after Ma Hongjun asked what it would be called.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected several soul beasts and stopped Zhao Wuji from attacking a wounded Man Faced Demon Spider that he considered too old for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang chose a roughly sixteen-hundred-year Miasma Poison Mushroom Vine, and Tang San and the others killed it using their abilities.
• Tang San began absorbing the Miasma Poison Mushroom Vine’s purple soul ring while Flender and Zhao Wuji watched for danger.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared, grabbed Xiao Wu, and carried her away.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to keep absorbing the soul ring, but Tang San spat blood and cried out for Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu returned to Tang San after Er Ming carried her away, then told Er Ming about a human with a Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul. Er Ming sought out Yuanen Yehui in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he sensed a feeling of blood kinship with her.

• Er Ming took Xiao Wu to safety, and she reproached him for drawing attention while Tang San absorbed his soul ring.
• Xiao Wu asked after Da Ming, then told Er Ming about a human with a Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and warned him not to start a fight.
• Xiao Wu mentioned Ye Xinglan's golden hair and suggested Er Ming teach her a lesson before hurrying back to Tang San.
• Er Ming walked through the Star Dou Great Forest's outer periphery and found Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan in a clearing.
• Er Ming recognized Yuanen Yehui as the human with the Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and sensed blood kinship with her.

Er Ming confronted Yuanen Yehui over her inherited Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and challenged Ye Xinglan, but their attacks and those of Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang could not harm it. As Er Ming moved to strike Ye Xinglan, a mysterious man appeared and swept the Titan Giant Ape off its feet with a torrent of water.

• Er Ming questioned Yuanen Yehui about her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul and ordered her to come with him, then threatened to teach Ye Xinglan a lesson.
• Ye Xinglan attacked Er Ming with her first three soul skills, but none of them injured it.
• Yuanen Yehui struck Er Ming's leg, and Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang joined the fight, but their attacks also had no effect.
• Er Ming released its overwhelming aura, forcing Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Meng Yiran, and Chao Tianxiang back.
• Er Ming raised its palm to strike Ye Xinglan, but a mysterious man appeared and knocked Er Ming down with a torrent of water.

Chen Xinjie overwhelmed Er Ming after the Titan Giant Ape attacked Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui, leaving Er Ming badly injured and unable to resist. The encounter increased several characters’ recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy and granted the host new rewards.

• Chen Xinjie appeared and knocked Er Ming down, shocking Chao Tianxiang, Meng Shu, and Meng Yiran with his overwhelming strength.
• Er Ming tried to flee, but Chen Xinjie revealed nine Hundred-Thousand-Year soul rings and pursued him with a water dragon attack.
• Er Ming charged Chen Xinjie in a desperate final attack, but Chen Xinjie stopped him and prevented him from self-destructing.
• Er Ming, Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran increased their recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy, earning the host two Limit Douluo teachers, ten self-selected Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast body-part soul bones, and Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.

Chen Xinjie captured Er Ming after the Titan Giant Ape attacked Ye Xinglan and the others, then brought him to Lin Feng’s academy and locked him in a confinement room. Lin Feng assigned Chen Xinjie to establish a new academy branch on Sea God Island.

• Chen Xinjie spared Dragon Duke Meng Shu, Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran, and allowed Meng Yiran to enroll if she passed the academy assessment.
• Chen Xinjie carried Er Ming to the academy and confined him, while Er Ming wondered why soul beasts had to go to prison.
• Chen Xinjie reported Er Ming’s capture to Lin Feng, who decided to keep him as a future training target.
• Lin Feng told Chen Xinjie to open a new academy branch on Sea God Island, and Chen Xinjie agreed.