Chapter Summaries

Chen Xin learned how Shrek Academy trained its students and discovered that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form. After Ning Rongrong revealed that the Academy could help restore the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, Chen Xin left to ask Ning Fengzhi for anything the sect could exchange.

• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin that she and the others regularly fought Tang Hao, and Chen Xin said the experience would benefit them.
• Chen Xin asked whether the Academy knew Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Ning Rongrong explained the Soul Beast Tower and Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Chen Xin prepared to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Rongrong asked him to seek valuable items for Contribution Points.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin that the Academy could turn the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xin promised to help even if the sect had to be emptied, then left to tell Ning Fengzhi.

Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that he would protect her and agreed to intensify his training with Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, was a Title Douluo who had secretly protected him, leaving Tang San questioning what his father had actually protected.

• Xiao Wu worried that a Title Douluo might discover her identity, and Tang San promised that anyone who wanted to hurt her would have to step over his corpse.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San and Xiao Wu that their training would become more intense, with heavier weights, longer runs, and medicinal baths.
• Tang San asked whether their academy had a Title Douluo, and Yu Xiaogang said that one was very close to him.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San’s father, Tang Hao, was Clear Sky Douluo and had secretly protected him.
• Tang San felt moved by the revelation, then wondered why Tang Hao had not protected him on the night he lost his innocence.

Tang San discovered that Xiao Wu had left him a letter saying she had to go away and would return only after becoming stronger. As Tang San grieved, Yu Xiaogang comforted him with the story of his betrayal by Bibi Dong and promised that he would stay by Tang San’s side.

• After an exhausting day of training, Tang San fell asleep while Xiao Wu quietly watched him and wrote a letter.
• The next morning, Tang San found Xiao Wu’s letter beneath his door and read that she had left, asking him not to search for her.
• Tang San broke down in grief, and Yu Xiaogang hurried in to ask what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San how Bibi Dong had once befriended and loved him to obtain his martial soul research before abandoning him.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to focus on becoming stronger and promised that he would not leave him.

Xiao Wu left Suotuo City for the Star Dou Great Forest because she feared Tang Hao might eventually target her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. After reuniting with Da Ming, she learned that Er Ming had disappeared.

• Xiao Wu left Suotuo City alone and traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, resolving to cultivate until she became a Title Douluo.
• Xiao Wu entered the forest and sensed Da Ming's powerful aura as he hurried through the woods.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming, who joyfully welcomed her back.
• Da Ming told Xiao Wu that Er Ming had disappeared and that he had been unable to find him.
• Xiao Wu was shocked to hear that Er Ming was missing.

Xiao Wu and Da Ming realized Er Ming had gone missing after fighting humans, and Xiao Wu blamed herself for asking it to confront someone on her behalf. They resolved to become stronger and seek revenge, though Da Ming doubted the soul beasts in the core region would help them.

• Xiao Wu asked Da Ming about Er Ming, and he said Er Ming had disappeared after going out for a walk a few days earlier.
• Xiao Wu said she had seen Er Ming recently and admitted she had asked it to teach a golden-haired girl a lesson.
• Da Ming recalled sensing a terrifying human power and concluded Er Ming had fought an enemy while he chose not to intervene.
• Xiao Wu blamed herself for Er Ming’s fate and asked Da Ming whether she was a jinx.
• Da Ming rejected Xiao Wu’s self-blame and urged revenge against humans, but said the core-region soul beasts would not help them.
• Xiao Wu and Da Ming promised to become stronger together and avenge their kin.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun investigated the newly appeared Shrek Academy and met Dai Yueyan, whose resemblance and surname made Dai Weisi suspect he was an illegitimate member of the imperial family. Dai Yueyan denied any connection to the current emperor, and Dai Weisi prepared to test him.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun found Shrek Academy where an empty lot had stood the day before, and Dai Weisi decided to visit it.
• Dai Weisi tried to force open the academy gates, but Dai Yueyan appeared before he could strike them.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were startled by Dai Yueyan's resemblance to the Star Luo imperial family.
• Dai Yueyan introduced himself and denied having any relation to the current emperor of the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Weisi disbelieved Dai Yueyan and used Martial Soul Possession to test him.

Dai Yueyan defeated Dai Weisi in front of a crowd and carried the unconscious First Prince into Shrek Academy, demanding that his parents come retrieve him. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy earned the host two rewards.

• Dai Weisi activated his third soul skill, drawing a crowd that speculated about Dai Yueyan’s identity.
• Dai Yueyan revealed five soul rings, including two ten-thousand-year rings, and activated his own White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Yueyan struck Dai Weisi unconscious with one blow and held Zhu Zhuyun at bay when she tried to intervene.
• Dai Yueyan identified himself as a Shrek Academy student, lifted Dai Weisi, and told Zhu Zhuyun to have his parents come pick him up.
• Dai Yueyan carried Dai Weisi into Shrek Academy as its gates closed, while the host received ten Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums and ten Narcissus Jade Muscle Bones.

After Dai Weisi was captured by Shrek Academy, the news spread through Star Luo City and the empire’s officials debated how to respond. The Star Luo Emperor decided to visit the academy himself.

• News spread across Star Luo City that Dai Weisi had been captured by a young man from Shrek Academy.
• At the Spirit Hall branch, officials discussed the young man’s rumored strength and whether Spirit Hall should recruit him, while the old man warned against provoking the Star Luo Empire.
• Ministers at the Star Luo Imperial Palace argued over whether to attack Shrek Academy or protect Dai Weisi’s safety.
• The Star Luo Emperor ended the debate and announced that he would go to Shrek Academy himself.

The emperor of the Star Luo Empire arrived at Shrek Academy after Dai Yueyan seized Dai Weisi, and the ministers speculated about the young man's identity. Dai Yueyan then demanded ransom from the emperor to release his son.

• Zhu Zhuyun waited anxiously as the emperor and her father, Duke of Nether, arrived with guards and ministers.
• The emperor ordered the academy gate opened, but Soul King guards could not move it until a minister called out to the people inside.
• The emperor entered Shrek Academy and noticed that its grounds were far larger than they appeared from outside.
• The ministers recognized Dai Yueyan's resemblance to the royal family and wondered if he was trying to prove himself superior to Dai Weisi.
• Dai Yueyan dropped Dai Weisi before the emperor and demanded ransom if the emperor wanted to take him away.

Dai Yueyan demanded a massive ransom for Dai Weisi and defeated a Soul Saint guard to prove his confidence. Impressed by Dai Yueyan’s talent, the Star Luo Empire Emperor offered to make him his son and give him the empire, while a system reward granted the host Dai Tianling as a special teacher.

• The Star Luo Empire Emperor asked Dai Yueyan who his father was, but Dai Yueyan redirected the conversation to Dai Weisi’s ransom.
• Dai Yueyan demanded one hundred million Gold Soul Coins and five Soul Bones, then offered to fight someone below Soul Douluo rank instead of accepting payment.
• The Star Luo Empire Emperor sent a Seven-Ring Soul Saint guard to fight Dai Yueyan, who used his One-Word Battle Armor to defeat the guard in one move.
• The Star Luo Empire Emperor refused Dai Yueyan’s ransom terms and offered to make him his son and give him the Star Luo Empire.
• The system announced that the Star Luo Empire Emperor’s recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy had increased and rewarded the host with Dai Tianling as a special teacher.

Dai Weisi saw the emperor favor Dai Yueyan and feared losing his claim to the throne, but Dai Yueyan rejected the emperor’s offer to recognize him as a son. Dai Tianling and an even more powerful spear-wielding man backed Dai Yueyan, forcing the emperor to accept their demands and leaving Dai Weisi’s future in doubt.

• Dai Weisi woke and realized the Star Luo Empire emperor was showing interest in Dai Yueyan, threatening his claim to the throne.
• Dai Yueyan told the emperor he was unworthy of being his father and refused to acknowledge him.
• Dai Tianling arrived at Dai Yueyan’s side and released the pressure of a Title Douluo, prompting the emperor to retract his hostility and offer resources and a hereditary king’s title.
• Dai Tianling rejected the throne, demanded doubled compensation without additional taxes, and ordered the empire to publicize Shrek Academy Star Luo Branch’s student recruitment.
• A spear-wielding man emerged with an aura stronger than Dai Tianling’s, and the emperor agreed to their demands as Dai Weisi realized he was finished.

After Dai Tianling entered Shrek Academy, he issued an edict supporting its construction and opening its entrance examination to everyone, making the academy famous across the Star Luo Empire. As people gathered to apply, the system rewarded the host for key figures’ recognition of Shrek Academy.

• Onlookers waited outside Shrek Academy, but guards emerged and drove them away before they could see Dai Tianling.
• A day later, Dai Tianling issued an imperial edict pledging full support for Shrek Academy and allowing people of suitable age, regardless of background or talent, to take its entrance examination.
• People across the Star Luo Empire speculated about Shrek Academy’s background after news spread that Dai Weisi had been beaten and the emperor had supported the academy.
• At the Star Luo City Spirit Hall branch, a middle-aged man, a woman, and an old man discussed the imperial edict and agreed that Spirit Hall should treat Shrek Academy cautiously.
• Ordinary people began arriving at Shrek Academy to ask about its entrance examination.
• The system rewarded the host with Special Teacher Cai Yue'er, ten Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworms, and ten Cinnabar Lotuses after the Star Luo Empire emperor, Dai Weisi, and Zhu Zhuyun recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

On Shrek Academy’s opening enrollment day, nearly a thousand applicants lined up and underwent its assessment. Ninety-one were admitted, including an older man and a young man with very low Soul Power, while the Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy dean left curious about what Shrek could teach them.

• Crowds gathered outside Shrek Academy, where the Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy dean watched to learn how it would recruit students.
• Dai Yueyan told applicants to line up and pay one Copper Soul Coin, which would be refunded to anyone who failed the assessment.
• Applicants entered the academy and were rapidly assessed, with successive groups sent back out as failures.
• Shrek Academy admitted ninety-one of nearly a thousand applicants, including a man in his thirties and a young man whose Soul Power was only rank thirteen.
• The dean wondered what Shrek Academy could make of the unusual successful applicants, then left to report what he had seen.
• The young man, who had Innate Soul Power of 0.5, felt nervous and hopeful after learning he had been admitted.

Emperor Xue Ye heard reports that the Star Luo emperor was backing Shrek Academy and learned from Xue Qinghe that the academy also operated in Tiantou City and had ties to Dugu Bo. Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing realized they had overlooked the academy and decided they needed to investigate it.

• A minister reported that the Star Luo emperor was supporting Shrek Academy after Dai Weisi was beaten, and that the academy had admitted ninety-one students from nearly a thousand applicants.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, recognized the name Shrek and concealed her reaction.
• Xue Beng criticized Shrek Academy for accepting students with poor talent, and Prince Xue Xing warned him to mind his words.
• Emperor Xue Ye asked about Shrek Academy, and Xue Qinghe revealed that it also had an academy in Tiantou City.
• Xue Qinghe said Dugu Bo had received a favor from the Tiantou City academy, prompting Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing to decide to visit and investigate it.

Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng visited Shrek Academy to investigate its connection to Dugu Bo and decide how Xue Beng should behave, wary that Xue Qinghe might already be involved. They unexpectedly encountered Qian Renxue there, leaving both men alarmed as she asked why they had come.

• In the carriage, Xue Beng asked Prince Xue Xing whether he should keep pretending to be a wastrel, and they worried that Xue Qinghe had already approached Shrek Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing warned that acting like a wastrel might offend the academy, while revealing Xue Beng’s true capability could expose him to Xue Qinghe; he decided to assess the academy himself and told Xue Beng to act ordinary and stay quiet.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived at Shrek Academy, entered its grounds, and were impressed by how spacious and imposing it was.
• Qian Renxue appeared at the academy and asked Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng why they had come, startling them both.

Qian Renxue brought Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng through Shrek Academy, revealing its strength and testing Xue Beng's behavior. After Xue Beng insulted Mo Jue while maintaining his wastrel act, Mo Jue attacked him with a soul skill, leaving Qian Renxue and Prince Xue Xing shocked by the academy's confidence.

• Qian Renxue invited Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng to walk through Shrek Academy, then told Prince Xue Xing that its students had defeated Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng grew wary of Shrek Academy's strength, while Qian Renxue watched them closely.
• Mo Jue greeted the visitors, and Xue Beng loudly insulted her and demanded that the academy send someone important to receive them.
• Qian Renxue apologized for Xue Beng and told him to behave, while Xue Beng privately recognized that his outburst had damaged their chances of befriending the academy.
• Mo Jue revealed her five spirit rings and hurled a dark green spear at Xue Beng, inflicting weakness, fear, and pain without physically injuring him.
• Prince Xue Xing caught the staggering Xue Beng, and Qian Renxue reconsidered how powerful and confident Shrek Academy was.

Mo Jue accepted Qian Renxue’s apology on Xue Beng’s behalf, then led her and the two princes to watch the academy’s training. Qian Renxue discovered a Twelve-Winged Angel and another black-winged martial soul, while the academy’s host received Leng Yaozhu as a reward.

• Qian Renxue apologized for Xue Beng, and Mo Jue ended his punishment after warning him to mind his words.
• Qian Renxue praised Mo Jue’s strength and learned that her martial soul was Black Swan, while Prince Xue Xing worried about the academy’s influence.
• Qian Renxue asked to meet the academy’s leader, but Mo Jue said the Branch Dean was away and agreed to show the visitors around.
• Mo Jue led Qian Renxue, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng to a training ground where a young man and a young woman had just finished sparring.
• Qian Renxue saw the young man’s Twelve-Winged Angel and the young woman’s black wings, and the host received Leng Yaozhu, a Rank 99 Limit Douluo, as a reward.

Qian Renxue and Prince Xue Xing visited Shrek Academy, where Mo Jue introduced them to Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui and revealed the academy had several angel martial souls. The visitors left with a deeper impression of the academy, and the system rewarded its host as their acknowledgment increased.

• Mo Jue introduced Qian Renxue, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng to Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui at the training ground.
• Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu left, while Qian Renxue asked Mo Jue about their names and martial souls.
• Mo Jue told Qian Renxue that Yue Zhengyu had the Holy Angel martial soul and Yuanen Yehui had the Fallen Angel and Titan Giant Ape martial souls.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Shrek Academy had ties to Spirit Hall, and Mo Jue denied it before revealing that the branch dean had the Praying Angel martial soul.
• The system rewarded its host with Gao Zhen, one hundred ten-thousand-year Soul Spirits, and ten Millennium Earth Dragon Tendons as Qian Renxue, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Beng’s acknowledgment of Shrek Academy increased.

After discovering the Shrek Academy’s mysterious strength, Qian Renxue and Prince Xue Xing left, each worried about the political consequences. In their carriage, Xue Beng feared Qian Renxue had seen through his disguise, but Prince Xue Xing urged him to endure while he strengthened his protection and sought a way to repair relations with the academy.

• Qian Renxue and Prince Xue Xing considered the academy’s power and the danger it posed, while Prince Xue Xing worried that Qian Renxue had recognized Xue Beng’s feigned wastrel persona.
• Qian Renxue politely ended the visit and promised to bring an apology gift before leaving with Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Inside the carriage, Xue Beng asked whether Qian Renxue had discovered his disguise and wondered if he should leave the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Prince Xue Xing promised to strengthen Xue Beng’s defenses and advised him to endure until a chance to turn things around arose.
• Xue Beng agreed to follow Prince Xue Xing’s advice and wait for another opportunity to rebuild relations with Shrek Academy.

After Xiao Wu left, Tang San trained relentlessly, and Yu Xiaogang took him to the Soto Great Soul Arena to help him regain his confidence. Tang San won his first two-on-two match alongside Oscar and left determined to defeat Tang Wulin if they met again.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to rest, then invited him to fight at the Soto Great Soul Arena that night.
• Yu Xiaogang named Tang San the Thousand-Silk Poison Lord and Oscar the Sausage Specialty Store.
• Tang San and Oscar entered a two-on-two match against two Soul Elders, and Oscar gave Tang San a Pink Excitement Sausage.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Blue Silver Entanglement, and Blue Silver Poison Miasma to weaken and defeat both opponents.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San after the win, and Tang San vowed he would not lose to Tang Wulin again.