Chapter Summaries

Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong about Shrek Academy’s growing reach and extraordinary power. He revealed that Shrek had multiple Title Douluo, advanced training and weapons, and had detained Tang Hao, leaving both men stunned.

• Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Gu Rong to take him to Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that Rongrong was doing well at Shrek Academy and discussed the academy’s expansion into three locations.
• Chen Xin said an old man at Shrek Academy in Tiantou City had been far stronger than him, and that Suotuo City’s academy also had a Title Douluo.
• Chen Xin described how Rongrong’s weapon let her fight like a three-ring soul master and explained that Shrek’s Virtual Space offered realistic combat training without lasting injuries.
• Chen Xin revealed that Shrek Academy had detained the missing Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, leaving Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong stunned.

After learning that Rongrong could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda at Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi searched the sect treasury for goods to trade for Contribution Points. The search left him empty-handed, so he ordered the sect to gather treasures to give Shrek Academy freely in hopes of winning its friendship.

• Ning Fengzhi accepted Chen Xin's account of Shrek Academy's strength and learned that the academy was unlikely to sell Soul Tools or be won over with the sect's wealth.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that a student at Rongrong's academy had the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, but Ning Fengzhi denied having an illegitimate son.
• Chen Xin revealed that an Immortal Herb at Shrek Academy could evolve Rongrong's Martial Soul, and Ning Fengzhi decided to empty the treasury to help her obtain it.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong searched the treasury but found no valuable goods the academy would want, and Ning Fengzhi ruled out offering the Heart Separation Control method.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to seek out treasures of every kind and decided to give them to Shrek Academy for free to gain its friendship.

Ning Rongrong and her classmates began learning to pilot mechas under Wu Zhangkong, who claimed that one day of study was enough to teach them. After a chaotic first lesson, the students learned to stand and walk slowly, and Wu Zhangkong set them a more difficult outdoor task for the next day.

• Ning Rongrong worried that Grandpa Sword had not returned with news about Contribution Points and her chance to obtain an Immortal Herb.
• Wu Zhangkong brought the class to a field of White-Grade Mecha and explained that he would teach them to operate the manually controlled machines.
• Ning Rongrong and most of the students toppled their mechas during their first attempts, while Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin remained standing.
• Wu Zhangkong guided the students as they practiced recovering and balancing, and Ning Rongrong eventually stood her mecha up and learned to walk slowly over a day of training.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the students to pilot their mechas around the field the next morning without damaging any buildings.
• The system rewarded increased recognition of Shrek Academy from Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Luo Ziyan with teaching teams, Mang Tian, and Mu Xi.

Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang saw Shrek’s students learning to pilot White-Grade Mecha, and Tang Wulin quickly proved the most capable. Their shock and growing recognition of Shrek as a Monster Academy triggered rewards for the host.

• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai came out for morning training and froze at the sight of twenty White-Grade Mecha standing across the street.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang Wulin, and the other students climbed into the mecha, and Tang Wulin quickly piloted his with smooth, steady movements.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang what the mecha were, and Yu Xiaogang guessed they were Soul Tools while warning Tang San not to rely on external objects.
• Tang San secretly decided he wanted both his Tang Sect hidden weapons and a mecha, while Yu Xiaogang privately wished he could obtain one too.
• The system rewarded the host with Mu Chen, Long Yeyue, Mu Ye, and Yan Feng after Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun grew more convinced that Shrek was a Monster Academy.

At Monster Academy, the students discussed the impressive Soul Tool mechas from the Shrek Academy across the street. Yu Xiaogang suggested Tang San visit the academy to learn their manufacturing techniques, and Tang San decided to go after breakfast while secretly planning to take the technology for himself.

• Ma Hongjun told Flender that the students had seen Shrek Academy’s ten-meter Soul Tool mechas and asked if they could get one.
• Zhao Wuji claimed a thousand-year soul skill could defeat a white Soul Tool, then threatened Ma Hongjun and Oscar with extra training after they mocked his judgment.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Soul Tool manufacturing techniques had been lost and suggested he could learn them by offering to make Soul Tools for the academy for free.
• Tang San resolved to use the visit to learn the manufacturing methods and combine them with Tang Sect hidden weapons, then told Yu Xiaogang he would go after breakfast.

Tang San went to Shrek Academy to learn how Tang Wulin made Soul Tools, but Tang Wulin refused to help him. Xie Xie challenged Tang San to prove his forging skill, and Tang San chose pig iron for the contest.

• Tang San left Monster Academy for Shrek Academy while Yu Xiaogang and Flender waited at the gate and Flender promised him resources if he learned the techniques.
• Tang San encountered Tang Wulin and asked him to introduce him to someone who could teach him to make Soul Tools, offering Soul Tools in return.
• Tang Wulin refused because he could tell Tang San's intentions were not right.
• Xie Xie challenged Tang San to forge metal like Tang Wulin's, promising an introduction if he succeeded.
• Xie Xie offered metals for Tang San to inspect but said he had to bring his own, so Tang San chose pig iron and prepared to forge.

Tang San accepted a forging challenge against Tang Wulin after Elder Cai arranged the terms. He gained a lighter hammer and stood ready to begin, knowing he would have to follow Cai Yue'er’s orders for a month if he lost.

• Tang San asked Tang Wulin to lend him a lighter hammer, and Xie Xie mocked him for not bringing his own.
• Tang San provoked Tang Wulin, but Xie Xie refused to lend him a hammer until Elder Cai ordered Tang Wulin to provide one.
• Elder Cai offered to recommend Tang San to the dean if he won and said he would have to follow her arrangements for a month if he lost.
• Tang San accepted the wager, took the lighter hammer from Tang Wulin, and declared that they could begin.

Tang San lost a forging contest to Tang Wulin and was taken to Shrek Academy’s Confinement Room. There, he unexpectedly found his father, Tang Hao, imprisoned in the shadows.

• Tang San forged pig iron into Iron Mother with twenty-four strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then watched Tang Wulin forge heavy silver into a radiant metal with cloud patterns and a dragon’s roar.
• Xie Xie declared Tang San had lost, and Tang San admitted defeat.
• Cai Yue'er carried Tang San into Shrek Academy and locked him in the Confinement Room.
• Tang San heard someone breathing in the shadows and recognized the ragged, gaunt figure as his father, Tang Hao.
• Tang San called out to Tang Hao, who weakly answered, “Little San...”

Chen Xinjie traveled to Sea God Island on the dean’s orders to discuss opening a Shrek Academy branch. After defeating several sea soul beasts along the way, he reached the island and was met by its guards, just as someone intervened and said there was no need to report his arrival.

• Sailors on a merchant ship spotted Chen Xinjie flying over the sea and hoped he might kill dangerous soul beasts.
• Chen Xinjie crushed a Tyrant Whale and several Iron-Armored Demon Fish with his control over the seawater, causing nearby sea beasts to flee.
• Chen Xinjie reached Sea God Island and identified it by its golden light and crystalline building.
• Sea God Island guards surrounded Chen Xinjie and asked why he had trespassed.
• Chen Xinjie introduced himself as a Shrek Academy representative and said he had come to discuss establishing a branch academy.
• The guard leader said they needed to report the matter, but an unseen speaker interrupted and said there was no need.

Chen Xinjie arrived at Sea God Island to negotiate the establishment of an academy, but Sea Star Douluo challenged him. After Chen Xinjie defeated Sea Star Douluo in one move, the Seven Sacred Pillars said they needed the High Priest and Sea God's approval before negotiations could continue.

• Sea Star Douluo warned Chen Xinjie to abandon his plan, then challenged him when Chen Xinjie insisted on proceeding.
• The other six members of the Seven Sacred Pillars arrived, and Sea Star Douluo released his Martial Soul and attacked Chen Xinjie with poisonous mist.
• Chen Xinjie revealed nine red soul rings and used Vast Sea Overturn to dispel the poison and defeat Sea Star Douluo with one strike.
• Chen Xinjie asked to resume negotiations, while the Seven Sacred Pillars said they needed to consult the High Priest and obtain Lord Sea God's consent.
• The system awarded the host the Vast Sea Universe Crystal, Sea God Helmet, and Sea God Soul Cannon Fleet after Sea Horse Douluo, Sea Spear Douluo, and Sea Star Douluo recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

Chen Xinjie secured Bo Saixi’s permission to establish Shrek Academy on Sea God Island, and his robots quickly built it. He opened enrollment to anyone who passed the assessment, regardless of background or Soul Power Level.

• Chen Xinjie asked the Seven Sacred Pillars to accept his proposal, and Sea Horse Douluo said only Bo Saixi could decide.
• Bo Saixi met Chen Xinjie and asked whether his academy would harm Sea God Island or whether he sought the Sea God’s godhood; Chen Xinjie denied both intentions and promised aid if the island faced destruction.
• Bo Saixi permitted Chen Xinjie to establish an academy and ordered Sea Horse Douluo to show him a suitable site.
• Sea Horse Douluo led Chen Xinjie to a clearing, where Chen Xinjie deployed robots that built an academy in less than half an hour.
• Chen Xinjie announced that Shrek Academy had begun enrollment and welcomed anyone who passed its assessment, regardless of background or Soul Power Level.

Chen Xinjie opened Shrek Academy on Sea God Island and accepted twenty-one students, including Jixiang, who had zero Innate Soul Power. Sea Horse Douluo helped spread the news and received seven Black Steamed Buns as thanks, while Jixiang wondered whether the academy would change his future.

• Sea Horse Douluo agreed that islanders could join Shrek Academy without losing their chance to remain on Sea God Island, then reluctantly helped spread the enrollment news.
• A nervous couple asked Chen Xinjie to enroll their son Jixiang despite his zero Innate Soul Power, and Chen Xinjie accepted his registration.
• Chen Xinjie assessed sixty-three applicants and accepted twenty-one, prompting their families to celebrate and the rejected applicants to complain.
• Chen Xinjie silenced the complaints with a trace of pressure, and Sea Horse Douluo sent the rejected applicants away.
• Chen Xinjie gave Sea Horse Douluo seven Black Steamed Buns, which Sea Horse Douluo recognized as containing powerful Bloodline Power and gratefully accepted.
• Jixiang stood with the new students and wondered whether joining the academy would change his fate.

Bo Saixi wondered whether Chen Xinjie carried the Sea God’s bloodline and sought guidance from Lord Sea God. After hearing what Chen Xinjie had done at his academy, she allowed it to operate undisturbed, while Sea Maiden Douluo prepared to visit.

• Bo Saixi considered Chen Xinjie’s aura and command over the sea evidence that he might be a descendant of the Sea God, then attempted to contact Lord Sea God for guidance.
• The Seven Sacred Pillars arrived, and Sea Horse Douluo reported that Chen Xinjie had built an academy, accepted twenty-one students, and given him seven black steamed buns.
• Bo Saixi examined the buns and determined that they contained dense Bloodline Power and were likely made from Deep Sea Soul Beasts.
• Bo Saixi told the Seven Sacred Pillars to leave the academy alone unless Chen Xinjie harmed Lord Sea God.
• Sea Maiden Douluo asked to visit the academy, and Bo Saixi gave her permission.

Yu Xiaogang and the others worried about Tang San after he went to Shrek Academy, then learned that an old woman had dragged him inside. Unable to challenge the academy’s powerful defenders, Yu Xiaogang vowed to save Tang San, and Flender brought up Liu Erlong.

• Yu Xiaogang considered that Shrek Academy might recruit Tang San and hoped Tang San could bring back valuable resources, including pills.
• Oscar warned that Shrek Academy had little need for Tang San’s forging and might hold a grudge, prompting Yu Xiaogang to rush outside.
• A street vendor told Yu Xiaogang that an old woman had dragged Tang San into Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed to destroy Shrek Academy if Tang San was harmed, but Flender pointed out that they could not overcome a Titled Douluo.
• Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang of Liu Erlong and revealed that she had seen him during a recent trip to Heaven Dou City.

Tang San learned that Tang Hao had been imprisoned after breaking into the academy to avenge him, and that the academy used Tang Hao as a sparring target in a special space. Tang Hao promised to teach Tang San combat skills there, and the two entered the space together, where Tang Hao appeared restored to peak condition.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he had been captured after trying to punish the academy for rejecting and humiliating Tang San.
• Tang Hao explained that the academy periodically forced his consciousness into a space where its students fought him with his strength suppressed.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he would teach him practical combat skills and ways to survive while they were both confined.
• Tang San's consciousness was pulled from the Confinement Room into a realistic forest and grassland.
• Tang San found Tang Hao beside him, and Tang Hao explained that the space restored their condition so they could remain at their best while being beaten.

Tang Hao and Tang San confronted Tang Wulin and tried to teach Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer through a fight, but Tang Wulin defeated them both. Tang San woke back in the Confinement Room unable to remember the lesson, and Tang Hao fainted in despair.

• Tang Hao and Tang San recognized Tang Wulin and vowed to settle their old grievances with him.
• Tang Hao revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and told Tang San to watch and learn as they fought Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin matched Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with his Heavy Silver Hammers and showed greater strength and skill.
• Tang San joined the fight, but Tang Wulin held off both father and son before blasting them to the ground.
• Tang San awoke in the Confinement Room with Tang Hao and realized he had forgotten everything from the fight, causing Tang Hao to faint.

Wu Zhangkong taught the students how to use spiritual power, including Spirit Shock, Spirit Defense, and Spirit Detection Sharing. Dai Yun'er felt her unique Spirit Shock ability had become less special, but Tang Wulin encouraged her to develop new techniques with her Spirit Eye Martial Soul; the lesson ended with individual practice followed by a move to actual combat.

• Wu Zhangkong introduced Spirit Shock and Spirit Defense, demonstrating how spiritual power could attack or protect the mind.
• At Wu Zhangkong's request, Dai Yun'er used Spirit Shock on him, and he blocked it; Xie Xie and the others recognized its potential in battle.
• Dai Yun'er felt disheartened that others could learn Spirit Shock, and Wu Zhangkong noted that her low-age Ice Silkworm soul ring was not a suitable choice.
• Tang Wulin reminded Dai Yun'er that her Spirit Eye Martial Soul could enhance spiritual techniques and encouraged her to develop new applications.
• Wu Zhangkong demonstrated Spirit Detection Sharing, guided the students as they practiced, and then announced actual combat.

Tang San and Tang Hao were forced into another Shrek Academy training session, where a bracelet let Tang San reflect Spirit Shock while their Martial Souls were sealed. Xie Xie recognized Tang San’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as an inferior version, leaving Tang San wondering whether the Tang Sect from his previous life had pursued him.

• Tang San and Tang Hao were summoned again, bound to a tree, and ordered by Wu Zhangkong to wear silver-white bracelets and train without using their Martial Souls.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie tested Spirit Shock on Tang San, and his bracelet reflected Xie Xie’s attack back at him.
• The tree released Tang San and Tang Hao, and Wu Zhangkong began a dynamic test that required them to run while their powers remained sealed.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade the attacks, while Tang Hao could only run without his abilities.
• Xie Xie told Tang San that his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was an inferior version, prompting Tang San to wonder whether the Tang Sect from his previous life had followed him.

Tang San mistook Xie Xie for a pursuer from his past life and tried to bargain for the complete Tang Sect cultivation method, but Xie Xie mocked and defeated him with Spirit Shocks. Tang San passed out while vowing revenge, and the system rewarded Xie Xie with Special Teacher Ha Luosa.

• Xie Xie questioned whether Tang San had permission to learn the Tang Sect techniques, triggering Tang San’s memories of being condemned by the Tang Sect.
• Tang San fled through the forest, but Xie Xie easily kept pace and taunted him about learning an inferior version of the techniques.
• Tang San asked whether Xie Xie was a transmigrator and whose reincarnation he was, but Xie Xie said he was simply himself.
• Tang San offered to help Xie Xie train if Xie Xie taught him the complete cultivation method, but Xie Xie revealed that he had no intention of agreeing.
• Xie Xie struck Tang San with successive Spirit Shocks, and Tang San collapsed unconscious while swearing revenge on Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Shrek Academy.
• The system announced that Tang San’s recognition of Shrek Academy as Monster Academy had increased and awarded Special Teacher Ha Luosa, with the evil version removed.

Pufferfish Douluo reported to Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue wanted Spirit Hall to approach Shrek Academy, whose rare angel martial souls and growing influence had caught her attention. Qian Daoliu decided to visit Tiantou City alone to win over the academy and support his granddaughter.

• Pufferfish Douluo returned to the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu that Shrek Academy had members with Praying Angel, Holy Angel, and Fallen Angel Martial Souls.
• Pufferfish Douluo explained that Qian Renxue saw Shrek as a powerful potential ally and identified its Tiantou City branch as Spirit Hall's best opportunity to approach it.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to go to Tiantou City himself and ordered Pufferfish Douluo to return to his covert post and protect Qian Renxue.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned whether Qian Daoliu's visit might endanger Qian Renxue's plans, but Qian Daoliu said he would go alone and make the visit in his capacity as a Spirit Hall member.
• Qian Daoliu resolved to turn Shrek Academy into a source of support for Qian Renxue and her future divine trials.