Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing reached rank thirty and joined Ning Rongrong, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Wu Siduo, and Dai Yun'er to enter Shrek Academy’s Soul Beast Tower so she could obtain her Third Soul Ring. After learning the tower could create soul beasts suited to a requested soul-skill type, the group entered Virtual Pods and arrived in a starry arena.

• Zhu Zhuqing broke through to rank thirty and told Ning Rongrong she needed to obtain her Third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Zhangkong about entering the Soul Beast Tower, and he explained its challenge rules and seven-person team limit.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recruited Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, then met Wu Siduo and Dai Yun'er to make a six-person team.
• The group went to the Soul Beast Tower, where Zhao Song explained that it could create soul beasts matching the type of soul skill they wanted.
• Zhu Zhuqing requested an attack-type soul beast, and the six entered Virtual Pods before appearing in a circular arena beneath a starry sky.

Tang Wulin and the others cleared three stages of the Soul Beast Tower, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Shadow Cat soul ring to gain her third soul skill. The group prepared to continue, while the host received rewards for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

• Tang Wulin defeated twenty Iron-Armored Dragon Lizards, and Dai Yun'er and Xie Xie explained how the tower’s artificial soul beasts and soul rings worked.
• Xie Xie restored the group’s condition between floors, and the team defeated ten Silver Moon Wolves with Ning Rongrong’s buffs.
• Tang Wulin assigned the group to fight five Shadow Cats, and Wu Siduo helped Zhu Zhuqing defeat the last one.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Shadow Cat soul ring, gained the third soul skill Shadow Raid, and received a tiny Shadow Cat Soul Spirit.
• The host received ten Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits and ten Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dews as rewards for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy.

After returning to Shrek Academy with damaged meridians, Tang San worried that Tang Wulin would gain on him while he recovered. Yu Xiaogang promised to find help and decided to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for cultivation resources, while Xiao Wu continued to blame herself for Tang San’s injury.

• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang how long Tang San’s meridians would take to heal, and Yu Xiaogang accepted responsibility in case Haotian Douluo asked about the accident.
• Xiao Wu apologized to Tang San for what happened, and Tang San comforted her and said he was glad she had returned safely.
• Tang San examined his injuries and realized normal recovery would take at least a month, so he began using the Mysterious Heaven Skill to heal his meridians.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he would seek help and discussed the poison-based area skill and Tang San’s growing resistance to poison.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to obtain cultivation resources for Tang San, and Tang San resumed circulating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Wu Zhangkong taught the class about Martial Soul Fusion Skills and gave the students Spirit Resonance Water to test their compatibility. Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo discovered that their martial souls resonated with one another, leaving them wondering what their three-person fusion skill could become.

• Wu Zhangkong explained how Martial Soul Fusion Skills worked and introduced the rare possibility of fusions involving more than two Soul Masters.
• Wu Zhangkong distributed Spirit Resonance Water, which let the students sense their martial souls' compatibility with others.
• Ning Rongrong found no compatible martial souls, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie also sensed no fusion potential between them.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed resonance between her Hell Spirit Cat and Dai Yun'er's Spirit Eye and Wu Siduo's Evil Eye White Tiger.
• Dai Yun'er and Wu Siduo confirmed they felt the resonance too, and Zhu Zhuqing wondered what their three-person fusion skill would be like.

Wu Zhangkong tested Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo’s three-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill against a powerful combat-puppet fusion. Their Three-Eyed Underworld Tiger lost to a golden dragon, and Wu Zhangkong announced a second test before they could recover.

• Wu Zhangkong brought the class to the virtual training hall to test the trio’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill against three combat puppets with ninety-nine percent compatibility.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo joined hands and fused into the massive Three-Eyed Underworld Tiger.
• The combat puppets fused into a golden dragon with sixteen soul rings, and the two creatures clashed.
• The Three-Eyed Underworld Tiger injured the golden dragon but was ultimately defeated by its stronger Soul Power.
• The trio separated, exhausted, and Wu Zhangkong announced that the second round of testing would begin.

Wu Zhangkong gave Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid, raising their martial soul compatibility and improving their fused tiger's battle against a golden dragon. Ning Rongrong planned to evolve her martial soul, while Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin to check on her; Shrek Academy also received rewards as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing grew more impressed with it.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid could increase martial soul compatibility by about twenty, and Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo drank the potion before trying their fusion again.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo fought the golden dragon as the Three-Eyed Underworld Tiger and performed far better than before, though they still lost.
• Wu Zhangkong told the class the potion mainly helped those who could already perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then hinted that others might gain one in the future.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Yun'er, and Wu Siduo that she planned to save contribution points for the Aromatic Silk Beauty and evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin to visit Ning Rongrong after learning she had not joined the Shrek Academy he expected, and Chen Xin agreed.
• The system rewarded Shrek Academy with one hundred Black-Grade Mechas and one hundred sets of Three-Word Battle Armor materials as Ning Rongrong's and Zhu Zhuqing's recognition increased.

Yu Xiaogang delayed visiting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and watched a soul fight in Tiantou City, where he saw the gifted Long Chen defeat a burly Soul King. Recognizing Long Chen’s Radiant Sacred Dragon, Yu Xiaogang decided to recruit him and approached him after the match.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Tiantou City but put off returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, hoping to prove himself through Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang went to the Soul Fighting Arena to pass the time and watched Long Chen face a burly man with an Iron-Armored Rhino martial soul.
• Long Chen used Dragon’s Roar and Dragon Claw to defeat his opponent, revealing a five-ring configuration of four purple rings and one black ring.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Long Chen’s martial soul as the Radiant Sacred Dragon and decided he could help him while benefiting from his talent.
• Yu Xiaogang waited for Long Chen at the arena exit, introduced himself as Grandmaster, and claimed to be a martial soul theory researcher and proposer of the Ten Great Martial Soul Competitiveness.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Long Chen as his disciple, but Long Chen refused and left with his powerful Title Douluo teacher. Yu Xiaogang learned Long Chen had awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon naturally, then reassured himself by believing Long Chen would have a short lifespan.

• Yu Xiaogang approached Long Chen after his spirit arena match and offered to take him as a disciple, boasting about his theoretical knowledge and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Long Chen mocked Yu Xiaogang's rank twenty-nine Soul Power and refused, saying he already had a teacher.
• Long Chen's aged teacher arrived and revealed an aura stronger than that of an ordinary Title Douluo, prompting Yu Xiaogang to bow and apologize.
• Yu Xiaogang followed them and asked whether Long Chen's martial soul had originally been Luo Sanpao, but the old man said Long Chen had awakened the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang grew jealous of Long Chen's natural talent, then comforted himself by imagining Long Chen had little time to live and decided Tang San had greater potential.

Ning Rongrong learned more about her friends’ backgrounds and Shrek Academy’s teachers while eating in the cafeteria. After Zhuo Shi came to collect Tang Wulin for extra training, Ning Rongrong and the others followed them to watch.

• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing, Wu Siduo, and Dai Yun'er where they were from, and the three gave brief answers about their families.
• Ning Rongrong said she came from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Dai Yun'er explained that Teacher Wu Zhangkong was only their class teacher and that the branch had several Title Douluo.
• Dai Yun'er told Ning Rongrong that Dean Lin Feng had researched the Soul-Bonding Spirit Liquid and was beyond the scope of humans, but did not explain further.
• Zhuo Shi arrived at the cafeteria and waited for Tang Wulin to finish eating so he could give him extra lessons.
• Ning Rongrong suggested watching Tang Wulin train, and Dai Yun'er, Zhu Zhuqing, and Wu Siduo followed them to an open space.

Zhuo Shi tested Tang Wulin’s mastery of Golden Dragon Style One, then told Ning Rongrong and the others about an upcoming academy competition with extraordinary rewards. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were stunned by the promise of a full set of top-tier Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for each member of the first-place team.

• Dai Yun’er and Wu Siduo explained to Ning Rongrong that Zhuo Shi’s Red Dragon Nine Styles were self-created techniques that could be taught to others, though they suited dragon-type Martial Souls.
• Tang Wulin unleashed Golden Dragon Style One, blasting a huge crater into the ground and leaving Ning Rongrong shocked by how much his strength had grown.
• Zhuo Shi praised Tang Wulin’s mastery and said he could teach him the second style next.
• Zhuo Shi told Ning Rongrong and the others that the academy competition would take place in four months and that its winners could attract a teacher’s attention.
• Zhuo Shi revealed that the first-place team would receive a complete set of top-tier Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for every member, stunning Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy granted the Host the Heart of the Ice God and Vajra Jade.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin encountered Dugu Bo outside a Tiantou City branch of Shrek Academy, then noticed Ye Xinglan’s sword talent and tried to recruit her as his disciple. A young man and an old man interrupted him, objecting to another attempt to poach a Shrek Academy member.

• Chen Xin spotted Dugu Bo leaving Shrek Academy and questioned him about why he had visited the school.
• Dugu Bo refused to explain and left, while Chen Xin noticed that his poisonous aura seemed diminished.
• Chen Xin sensed Ye Xinglan’s sword intent as she passed with Yuanen Yehui and decided to recruit her into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin stopped Ye Xinglan and offered to take her as his disciple, promising to devote resources to her cultivation.
• A young man and an old man approached and complained that people kept trying to poach members of Shrek Academy.

Chen Xin tried to recruit Ye Xinglan into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but En Ci challenged his ability to teach Shrek students and offered him a chance to prove himself in a duel. Chen Xin accepted and revealed his Seven Kill Sword and rank ninety-six Title Douluo strength as the fight began.

• Chen Xin urged Ye Xinglan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but she refused.
• En Ci told Chen Xin that the sect’s resources and his teaching ability were insufficient for a Shrek student.
• Chen Xin promised he could train Ye Xinglan to reach Soul Ancestor before twenty, and Long Chen laughed at the claim.
• En Ci challenged Chen Xin to defeat him for a chance to teach Ye Xinglan, and Chen Xin accepted.
• En Ci led Chen Xin into a metal-walled training room, where Chen Xin summoned his Seven Kill Sword and released his nine soul rings.

Chen Xin challenged En Ci and saw him effortlessly withstand both his sixth and ninth Soul Skills, then reveal the overwhelming power of his white armor. Chen Xin acknowledged his own shortcomings, and the system rewarded the host with Cao Dezhi after Chen Xin’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

• Chen Xin attacked En Ci with his sixth Soul Skill, but En Ci blocked the strike with his bare palm without injury.
• Chen Xin unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, and En Ci stopped it with both hands while remaining unharmed.
• En Ci pointed at Chen Xin and overwhelmed him with pressure, then told him he still needed more practice.
• Chen Xin apologized to En Ci and asked to see his greater power, so En Ci revealed his white armor and formidable aura.
• En Ci dismissed his armor, and Chen Xin admitted he had learned much.
• The system announced that Chen Xin’s recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy had increased and rewarded the host with Cao Dezhi, a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo.

After losing to En Ci, Chen Xin reconsidered Ning Rongrong’s academy and wondered whether he could teach swordsmanship at the Shrek Academy in Tiantou City. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned of Shrek’s extraordinary students and planned to approach the academy through her public identity as Xue Qinghe.

• Chen Xin decided to visit Ning Rongrong in Suotuo City and considered offering to teach swordsmanship at the Shrek Academy in Tiantou City.
• Chen Xin resolved to tell Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong about the academy’s formidable power to prevent future conflict.
• A Heaven Dou Royal Academy teacher told Xue Qinghe that Shrek Academy had defeated Yu Tianheng and the other top students, and that one of its students was a five-ring Soul King with four thousand-year rings and one ten-thousand-year ring.
• Qian Renxue declined Pufferfish Douluo’s offer to investigate Shrek Academy, warning that its strength could make such an approach dangerous.
• Qian Renxue decided to contact Shrek Academy using her public identity and see whether it could be won over.

At Monster Academy, Tang San recovered from his soul-ring injuries and decided to compete at the Soto Great Soul Arena with Xiao Wu to earn resources. Yu Xiaogang returned with a sack of cultivation supplies meant for Tang San, while Chen Xin arrived in Suotuo City and crossed paths with the others.

• Flender told Shao Xin that the academy had changed its name to Monster Academy and sent him to help Tang San recover.
• Shao Xin gave Tang San sugar beans, and Tang San recovered enough to plan a trip to the Soto Great Soul Arena with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived with a sack of resources from Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang San helped him carry it inside.
• Ma Hongjun asked about the supplies, but Yu Xiaogang said they were all for Tang San, leaving Ma Hongjun embarrassed.
• Flender saw the sack and was pleased that the resources would reduce his expenses, as Chen Xin arrived in Suotuo City.

Chen Xin arrived in Suotuo City seeking Shrek Academy, while Tang San and the others mistakenly expected him to cause trouble. He respectfully announced his visit at the academy across the street, and the dean’s system awarded new rewards as several onlookers’ recognition of the school increased.

• Flender identified Chen Xin as the level-ninety-six Sword Douluo and guardian of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tang San guessed he had come for Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Xiaogang respectfully approached Chen Xin at the shabby Shrek Academy, but Chen Xin ignored him and recognized the academy across the street as the one he sought.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tang San anticipated that Chen Xin would confront the other academy, but Chen Xin respectfully introduced himself and requested a visit.
• Tang San, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang were stunned by Chen Xin’s deferential manner toward the academy.
• The dean’s system rewarded increased recognition from Tang San, Xiao Wu, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun with Zang Xin, Su Mu, Lin San, Hua Lantang, ten Millennium Soul Bones, and ten Millennium Earth Dragon Fruits.

Tang San watched Chen Xin wait respectfully outside Shrek Academy, while Xiao Wu feared the Sword Douluo had recognized her identity. After Zhuo Shi summoned Ning Rongrong to the gate, she ran out and greeted Chen Xin as her Grandpa Sword.

• Tang San envied the resources and powerful protectors of the other Shrek Academy, while Xiao Wu clutched his clothes in fear of Chen Xin.
• Zhuo Shi came to the gate and told Chen Xin he could enter only after Ning Rongrong confirmed his identity.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai were astonished that a Title Douluo accepted being stopped at the gate without protest.
• Tang San returned to cultivate with Xiao Wu, and Flender sent Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai back inside as well.
• Chen Xin learned that the Shrek academies in Tiantou City and here were branches of the same academy, then waited while Zhuo Shi called Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong ran out to the gate and greeted Chen Xin as her Grandpa Sword.

Chen Xin visited Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy and learned that her Soul Power had risen to level twenty-eight. Ning Rongrong then demonstrated that her Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon gave her combat power close to a three-ring Soul Elder, leaving Chen Xin shocked.

• Zhuo Shi let Chen Xin into the academy after Ning Rongrong confirmed his identity.
• Chen Xin told Ning Rongrong that Ning Fengzhi had sent him to check on her, and she reassured him that she was happy at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that her Soul Power had risen from level twenty-six to level twenty-eight, impressing Chen Xin.
• Ning Rongrong brought out a Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon and warned Chen Xin that she had combat power close to a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Ning Rongrong fired the cannon at Chen Xin, and he blocked its blast with the Seven Kill Sword, shocked by its power.

Ning Rongrong showed Chen Xin Shrek Academy’s Soul Tools and medicinal pills, leaving the Sword Douluo astonished by the academy’s resources. She then brought him to a Virtual Pod and had him enter the virtual world.

• Ning Rongrong demonstrated a Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon, impressing Chen Xin with its combat power.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Soul Ascension Pills and Mystic Water Pills had raised her Soul Power Level and that students received them and Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin that students received Gold Soul Coins and that admission required passing an assessment, though not all students were geniuses.
• Ning Rongrong got permission from Wu Zhangkong and led Chen Xin to the Virtual Pods.
• Chen Xin lay down in a Virtual Pod after Ning Rongrong explained that it would let him enter a virtual world.

Chen Xin entered the virtual Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Rongrong and tested its combat features. He encountered Tang Hao, who begged for help escaping Shrek Academy, but Chen Xin refused and left him behind; the academy gained recognition from both men and received two special teachers.

• Ning Rongrong explained the virtual space to Chen Xin and showed him how to summon a ten-thousand-year Red-Armored Triceratops, which he defeated with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xin challenged a Title Douluo and met Tang Hao, who recognized him and tearfully begged him to help escape after being imprisoned and forced to fight nonstop.
• Tang Hao said he had been imprisoned after seeking justice for his son and being defeated; Chen Xin refused to help, judging Tang Hao responsible for his predicament.
• Tang Hao threatened to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect if he escaped, while Chen Xin left him in the virtual space.
• Tang Hao and Chen Xin increased their recognition of Shrek Academy, earning the academy Yun Ming and Long Tianwu as special teachers.