Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San returns to Shrek Academy after being held captive by Dugu Bo for days.
• He brings back several rare and powerful herbs from Dugu Bo's medicinal garden, which can significantly enhance the Shrek Seven Devils' abilities.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates his maturity and wisdom by using his medicinal knowledge to negotiate with Dugu Bo and return safely.
• The Shrek Seven Devils show concern and relief upon Tang San's return, highlighting their growing bond as a team.

Significant Themes

• The power of medicinal knowledge and its application in combat and survival.
• The importance of teamwork and camaraderie among the Shrek Seven Devils.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Xiao Wu: Their reunion emphasizes their close relationship, with Xiao Wu expressing her worry and Tang San promising to keep her informed of any future dangers.
• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils: The group's dynamic showcases their growing trust and reliance on each other, as Tang San distributes the herbs to help them all improve their abilities.
• Tang San and Flender, Yu Xiaogang: The dean and teacher express their relief and pride in Tang San's safe return and his acquisition of the powerful herbs.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San distributes immortal herbs to the Shrek Seven Devils based on their Martial Soul types and needs.
• Each herb has specific absorption methods and effects:
  • Aromatic Silk Beauty: Helps Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda potentially gain another layer.
  • Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum: Aids Dai Mubai's White Tiger Martial Soul, which has been damaged.
  • Eight-Petal Orchid: Strengthens Oscar's sausage Martial Soul's foundation.
  • Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone: Benefits Zhu Zhuqing's agility-type Martial Soul.
  • Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower: Purifies Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire and improves his phoenix flames.
  • Lovesick Heartbreak Red: A unique herb that chooses its own master based on the picker's most important person in their heart.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates his knowledge of immortal herbs and their effects on Martial Souls.
• Dai Mubai shows determination to try the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum despite the risk of rejection.
• Oscar displays his eagerness to cultivate, even if it means consuming an entire plant.
• Zhu Zhuqing exhibits caution and thoroughness in her approach to absorbing the herb.
• Ma Hongjun expresses his resolve to control his Evil Fire, showing maturity.
• Xiao Wu reveals her feelings for Tang San when picking the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Significant Themes

• The power and potential of immortal herbs in enhancing Martial Souls.
• The importance of compatibility between a Martial Soul and its external energy.
• The unity of a soul master's will and external energy in Martial Soul mutation.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils: Tang San provides guidance on absorbing the herbs, showing his expertise and care for his companions.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing: They express their concerns for each other's safety during the absorption process.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun: They joke around, displaying their camaraderie.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San: Xiao Wu's feelings for Tang San are subtly hinted at when she picks the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Summary: "Preparing to Consume Dark Web Nodes"

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Tang San's Gift to Yu Xiaogang: Tang San reveals he has set aside a herb from his collection specifically to help his teacher break through the level-30 bottleneck that has plagued him for decades. Yu Xiaogang, deeply moved, initially refuses but ultimately accepts.
• Immortal Herb Absorption Begins: The Shrek Seven Devils retreat to the academy's quiet chambers to consume their respective immortal herbs under Tang San's detailed instructions.
• Security Arrangements: Flender and Zhao Wuji guard the entrance while Tang San sets up a perimeter alarm of Blue Silver Grass linked to his Soul Power.

Individual Absorptions

• Dai Mubai consumes the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, enduring intense pain as his blocked meridians are forcibly opened; his White Tiger Martial Soul grows clearer.
• Ning Rongrong absorbs the Aromatic Silk Beauty; her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda responds, suggesting a possible path beyond seven levels.
• Oscar eats the Eight-Petal Orchid and suffers stomach bloating and meridian pain but perseveres, repeating "years of cultivation" as motivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing quietly endures the tearing pain of the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone in her legs without making a sound.
• Ma Hongjun struggles violently with Evil Fire erupting from his body after consuming the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower; Flender coaches him through suppression.
• Xiao Wu chooses not to consume the Lovesick Heartbreak Red; instead, she keeps it close as a protective charm and only needs to establish a connection with it.
• Secret Activity: The mysterious presence "Ji Yuan" (hidden in Tang San's shoe sole) plants spores and sub-spores within all who consume the herbs, establishing receiving nodes along their meridians and Martial Souls—preparing to harvest from their transformations.
• Cliffhanger: Tang San detects an intruder—a cold spiritual fluctuation brushing along the outer wall. Ji Yuan's consciousness locks onto malice hidden in the forest, and the unknown enemy's spiritual power probes toward Tang San.

2. Character Developments

• Tang San: Demonstrates generosity (giving herbs to all teammates and his teacher), strategic foresight (calculating post-absorption coordination), and vigilance. He also displays a hidden layer: allowing Ji Yuan's spores to enter his friends.
• Yu Xiaogang: Shows deep vulnerability and longing to break level 29. His emotional response to Tang San's gift reveals how much his stagnation has haunted him. He remains the careful, theory-driven instructor.
• Dai Mubai: Endures extreme pain without complaint; his confidence in his strength is validated but tested.
• Oscar: Grows through humor in the face of suffering, showing determination beneath his comedic exterior.
• Ning Rongrong: Reveals personal insecurity about her Martial Soul's transformation, seeking Tang San's affirmation.
• Zhu Zhuqing: Maintains her cold exterior but shows caring through pretense ("I just don't want the team to lose an attack-type soul master").
• Xiao Wu: Expresses possessive affection and lingering fear of abandonment, extracting a promise from Tang San not to disappear.

3. Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and Shared Growth: Tang San distributes his rare resources, embodying the theme that collective strength is built on generosity.
• The Price of Power: Absorption is painful and dangerous; growth requires enduring suffering ("You can't stay stuck at level twenty-nine for your whole life").
• Trust vs. Hidden Agendas: A central tension—Tang San appears selfless while secretly allowing Ji Yuan's spores to colonize his friends' Martial Souls, raising questions about manipulation.
• Mentorship and Legacy: Yu Xiaogang's hope of breaking through symbolizes validation of his theories and personal redemption.
• Looming Threats: The chapter closes with an external enemy, reminding readers that safety is fragile.

4. Character Interactions

• Tang San & Yu Xiaogang: A deeply emotional mentor-student exchange; Yu Xiaogang's Adam's apple bobbing and tightening grip convey his restrained desperation. Tang San's reassurance that "there is no need to refuse" marks a reversal—the student now guides the teacher.
• Flender & Yu Xiaogang: Flender's arm-over-shoulder gesture shows old friendship; he bluntly encourages Xiaogang to accept the gift.
• Yu Xiaogang & the Students: He issues strict warnings about maintaining Soul Power circulation, establishing himself as the authoritative overseer of the process.
• Oscar & Ning Rongrong: Playful banter masks affection; she scolds his dark humor ("Don't say such unlucky things").
• Dai Mubai & Zhu Zhuqing: A tsundere exchange—she feigns indifference, he calls her out on it, she covers with tactical pragmatism.
• Xiao Wu & Tang San: Intimate and tender; her repeated requests for promises ("You won't suddenly disappear again, will you?") hint at deeper emotional wounds and foreshadow future separation.
• Ma Hongjun & Flender: Flender's shouted coaching through the stone door demonstrates protective mentorship amid crisis.

Summary

1. Key Plot Points & Events

• Tang San senses a mental-type Soul Master probing Shrek Academy from outside.
• Against Yu Xiaogang’s wishes, he decides to lure the threat away from the meditation chamber, where Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and others are in critical cultivation states.
• After arming himself with hidden weapons and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, Tang San leaves the academy, reassuring Xiao Wu through her door that he will return.
• In the woods, the attacker reveals himself: Shi Nian, Canghui Academy’s team leader, a 72nd-level Soul Saint with the Remnant Dream martial soul.
• Shi Nian plans to kill Tang San before the tournament to remove Shrek’s core control-type Soul Master.
• Shi Nian traps Tang San in an illusion, forcing him to witness visions of Xiao Wu, Flender, Dai Mubai, and Yu Xiaogang dying or blaming him.
• Tang San almost breaks free logically, but hesitates when striking an illusory Xiao Wu, injuring his own meridians.
• As Shi Nian pushes his mental power into Tang San’s consciousness, Ji Yuan’s hidden Ambrosial Arbor markings inside Tang San’s shoe sole activate — the mental attack is delivered straight into a trap.

2. Character Developments

• Tang San: Shows strategic self-sacrifice, protecting others by drawing danger away; simultaneously reckless, repeatedly gambling his life against stronger enemies.
• Yu Xiaogang: Deeply protective and anxious; calls out Tang San’s habit of taking deadly risks and returning by luck.
• Xiao Wu: Emotionally dependent on Tang San’s safety; insists she will search for him if he does not come back.
• Shi Nian: Ruthless, cunning, and patient; weaponizes emotional memories rather than relying purely on raw power.

3. Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and responsibility: Tang San willingly becomes bait to shield his comrades.
• Illusion vs. reality: Mental attacks exploit love and fear; truth is recognized by what does not fit a person’s true nature — e.g., “Teacher would never say that.”
• Youth vs. experience: Tang San’s boldness clashes with Yu Xiaogang’s caution.
• Hidden countermeasures: The enemy’s strongest attack is turned into a vulnerability by Ji Yuan’s pre-set trap.

4. Character Interactions

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang argue over whether he should go out; Flender backs Tang San but remains on guard.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu have a brief door conversation; he lies about the threat to protect her, but she senses something is wrong.
• Tang San and Shi Nian confront each other verbally before fighting; Shi Nian taunts him while Tang San tries to outthink the illusion.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender are left guarding the academy while Tang San intentionally leads the assassin away.

章节概括

1. 核心情节

• 唐三被魂圣时年困入“残梦”幻境，领域内血雾弥漫。幻境用他内心的愧疚制造死者与故人：小舞、戴沐白、朱竹清、马红俊、奥斯卡等相继出现，指责他害死了他们。
• 唐三一开始差点挥锤砸向“小舞”，但强行收力，认定一切都是假的，试图用玄天功、紫极魔瞳和暗器破局。
• 时年藏在暗处持续施压，用言语攻心，嘲讽唐三的暗器“打不中人就是废铁”，并不断切换幻境场景——从史莱克学院的废墟，到唐门鬼见愁，再到玉小刚焚毁暗器图纸。
• 唐三多次识破“这是假的”，但每次试图救人/救物时都会落入时年的陷阱，精神与魂力持续消耗。
• 唐三一度打算拖延，等时年魂力耗尽。时年识破后，集中全部精神力量准备彻底碾碎唐三的意识。
• 关键时刻，藏在唐三鞋底的“鸡圆/祭远”？应为“鸡圆”？文中有“Ji Yuan coiled beneath the sole of his shoe”——用根须护住唐三意识核心，并埋下“意识孢子”。时年强行建立精神联系后，孢子顺着联系反噬时年，使残梦幻境停滞，唐三获得反击机会。

2. 人物发展

• 唐三：在精神攻击下显出极强的意志力，多次崩溃边缘仍能强迫自己清醒；他对唐门、亲人的执念既是弱点也是支撑，最终靠隐忍和底牌翻盘。
• 时年：作为魂圣，阴险、傲慢，擅长利用人心理弱点，但低估了唐三和其底牌；强行用精神链接反而被反噬。
• 鸡圆（Ji Yuan）：看似弱小，实则在暗中保护唐三核心意识，并主动设计反击，是本章关键转折。

3. 核心主题

• 幻境与真实：以残梦窥探人心，越是相信眼前之景越容易沉沦。
• 内疚与执念：唐三对亲友、唐门的责任感被敌方利用，成为攻击他的武器。
• 以己之矛攻己之盾：精神联系是控制的关键，也同样是反噬的通道。
• 骄傲与脆弱：唐三对两世记忆的自信，反而让时年更容易预测他的选择。

4. 角色互动

• 唐三 vs 时年：全程精神与言语交锋。时年不断挑衅，唐三反击但被层层压制，最后靠鸡圆破局。
• 唐三 vs 幻境人物：小舞、戴沐白、玉小刚等“幻影”不断逼迫他选择“救谁”，制造两难困境，打击他的自信。
• 鸡圆 vs 时年：暗中布下孢子，趁时年全力进攻时发动反噬，完成关键助攻。

Summary: Chapter "Capturing Fluctuations, Reverse Infiltration"

Key Plot Points / Events

• Tang San detects the true source of Shi Nian’s illusion by spotting mental fluctuations through the Purple Demon Eye. He throws Bone-Piercing Nails at the real Shi Nian, grazing his sleeve.
• Shi Nian tries to crush Tang San’s consciousness with Soul Saint-level mental power, but a hidden Consciousness Spore — controlled by Ji Yuan — absorbs the power and grows fungal threads inside Shi Nian’s sea of consciousness.
• Shi Nian notices a loss of mental power and searches for an intruder, but the threads evade detection and expand, eventually devouring his consciousness from within.
• The Remnant Dream illusion destabilizes, allowing Tang San to glimpse reality: Shi Nian kneeling, blood streaming from his nose and mouth.
• Tang San attacks with hidden weapons and poison — Iron Gallbladders, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, and Yama’s Invitation — wounding Shi Nian despite his Soul Power barrier.
• Shi Nian’s body and soul skills fail as the fungal threads wrap around his mental core; the Remnant Dream completely collapses.
• Shi Nian realizes something is eating his mind and demands to know what Tang San hid inside him, but Ji Yuan tightens the root network, silencing him and devouring decades of mental essence.

Character Developments

• Tang San: Tactical, observant, and increasingly ruthless. He refuses to trust his senses after the illusion, verifies Shi Nian’s true body with Blue Silver Grass, and seizes every opening.
• Shi Nian: Arrogant and overconfident in his mental superiority. His attempt to invade Tang San’s mind backfires, and he descends into confusion, desperation, and eventual collapse.
• Ji Yuan: The hidden infiltrator. Acting through the Consciousness Spore, he remains patient and predatory, ultimately neutralizing Shi Nian before he can expose the secret.

Significant Themes

• Reverse infiltration: Shi Nian invades Tang San’s mind with illusion, but Tang San — through Ji Yuan — turns the invasion back on him.
• Complexity as vulnerability: The more elaborate Shi Nian’s illusion becomes, the more mental power he must spend, creating openings for exploitation.
• Deception and hidden resources: Poison, hidden weapons, and parasitic spores undermine raw strength and seniority.
• Hubris vs. cunning: A Soul Saint’s arrogance is undone by a Soul Elder’s adaptability and unseen allies.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Shi Nian trade verbal blows: Shi Nian taunts his “luck,” while Tang San mocks his failure to understand his own condition.
• Shi Nian tries to psychologically dominate through Remnant Dream’s illusions, but Tang San calmly counters each move.
• Ji Yuan acts indirectly through the Consciousness Spore, coordinating his parasitic assault with Tang San’s attacks and silencing Shi Nian at the final moment.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points

• Tang San defeats Shi Nian, a Soul Saint from Canghui Academy, who attacked him using the Remnant Dream soul skill (an illusion domain)
• Shi Nian attempts to use Remnant Dream's spiritual connection to trap Tang San, but the parasitic entity Ji Yuan (residing within Tang San) reverses the connection—using it to drain Shi Nian's consciousness, spiritual essence, memories, and soul power from within
• Ji Yuan filters Shi Nian's spiritual essence, discarding "impure" elements (his bloodlust, sadism, control desires) while extracting the spiritual insights from Remnant Dream cultivation and compressing the soul's spiritual attribute into the Ambrosial Arbor Core
• Shi Nian tries to sever his own seventh soul ring to break the connection, but Ji Yuan pierces his spiritual core with dozens of fungal threads, sealing the link and devouring everything
• Shi Nian attempts to warn Tang San using a communication Soul Tool, but Ji Yuan's threads physically block his arm and vocal cords; his final words "You... have..." go unfinished
• Shi Nian dies, his sea of consciousness completely hollowed out—his body shrivels and a Soul Bone surfaces at his waist
• Tang San misattributes the damage to the Eight Spider Lances' devouring properties, unaware of Ji Yuan's existence; the chapter ends with him staring at the corpse, suspicious of what lurks within him
• Ji Yuan notes Shrek Academy's group is still absorbing immortal herbs—the timing of this nourishment is opportune

Character Developments

• Tang San: Maintains tactical caution even after victory, refusing to lower his guard around the corpse. He uses Purple Demon Eye to examine the body and begins forming an incorrect deduction about the Eight Spider Lances, leaving him unaware of the true threat within himself
• Shi Nian: A Soul Saint with decades of accumulated power and experience, reduced to a hollow husk—unable to speak, move, or preserve a single coherent thought. His attempt to warn Tang San about the parasite fails completely
• Ji Yuan: Demonstrated as ruthlessly efficient—it filters what it consumes, preserves useful knowledge (Remnant Dream's operational method, spiritual power tempering insights), and actively prevents information about itself from leaking. It grows stronger while remaining hidden from the host

Significant Themes

• Reverse parasitism: The predator becomes prey; Shi Nian's attack weapon backfires catastrophically when his own spiritual connection is used against him
• The hidden monster: Tang San carries something he doesn't understand—the concept that the greatest threat may be the one you don't know exists inside you
• Information suppression: Ji Yuan actively silences anyone who discovers its existence, erasing even the possibility of Tang San learning the truth
• Unyielding caution: Tang San's paranoia is vindicated—even in victory, something far worse was happening unseen

Character Interactions

• Tang San & Shi Nian: A one-sided interrogation where Tang San attempts to extract information about Canghui Academy's plans while Shi Nian slowly loses the ability to speak. Tang San's repeated engagement masks that he's fighting an opponent already defeated by an invisible third party
• Shi Nian's final irony: He perceives the truth about Tang San (that he harbors a parasitic monster) with horrifying clarity, but every attempt to communicate it is physically and mentally blocked—even his bitten tongue is just another failed means of conveying the message
• Tang San's internal uncertainty: His brief interaction with Shi Nian's final words plants doubt about the Eight Spider Lances, though his deductive reasoning leads him just feet away from the truth before Ji Yuan's disguise misdirects him

Chapter Summary: Draining the Fool Dry, Then Dying Silently

Key Plot Points

• Tang San examines Shi Nian's corpse and discovers a Head Soul Bone with spiritual/illusion attributes, extremely rare and valuable
• He investigates the cause of death—his hidden weapons didn't hit vital points, and he suspects foul play, but the Eight Spider Lances' devouring ability provides a plausible explanation
• Shi Nian's sea of consciousness was completely drained and every meridian ruptured, consistent with a backlash through the Remnant Dream spiritual connection
• Tang San places the Soul Bone in a jade box and decides to give it to Ning Rongrong to gain favor with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect
• He searches the corpse, takes gold, tools, and an identity token, then dissolves the body with corpse-dissolving powder and erases all traces of the scene
• Tang San returns to the academy, physically and spiritually exhausted, and discovers Dai Mubai's absorption process is causing golden soul power to burst from his room (the door is cracking under pressure)
• Hidden from Tang San: Ji Yuan, living in his shoe sole, reveals he silently devoured Shi Nian's spiritual origin and consciousness through the roots, deliberately leaving the Soul Bone as a "trophy" to deflect suspicion—a scheme that shifts all credit and blame onto Tang San

Character Developments

• Tang San: Demonstrates caution (testing the corpse with steel needles), strategic resourcefulness (using the Soul Bone for political gain), and cold pragmatism (destroying evidence without hesitation). He also shows lingering trauma/insecurity from the Remnant Dream illusion, which included a vision of Xiao Wu dying.
• Ji Yuan: Revealed as a manipulative, patient schemer. He cleans up all spiritual traces in the soil, leaves the Soul Bone deliberately, and has ensured that future investigations will follow Tang San's trail instead of his own. He is actively consolidating the devoured power (Shi Nian's spiritual origin) into the Ambrosial Arbor Core.

Significant Themes

• Deception and Concealment: The gap between perceived reality (Tang San defeated Shi Nian via the Eight Spider Lances) and hidden truth (Ji Yuan drained him) highlights how strategy and secrecy outweigh brute force
• Overconfidence Leads to Downfall: Shi Nian's arrogance as a Soul Saint—underestimating a Soul Elder's hidden weapons and pushing beyond his limits—causes his death
• Resource Exchange and Political Maneuvering: Tang San immediately converts the battle's spoils into a political asset for Shrek Academy, showing how conflict feeds into broader factional interests
• Survival by Any Means: Tang San's willingness to dissolve a human corpse without hesitation underscores the ruthless nature of this world's cultivation path
• The Cost of Power: Even in victory, Tang San is left mentally exhausted and haunted by the illusion's trauma, while Ji Yuan quietly reaps the real benefits

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Shi Nian (post-mortem): Tang San treats the corpse with clinical detachment, speaking to his fallen enemy only to rationalize the death—his final verdict is that Shi Nian died because he "trusted too much in Soul Saint cultivation"
• Tang San and Ji Yuan: No direct communication, but a silent mutual exploitation—Ji Yuan shields Tang San from suspicion while Tang San unknowingly carries the blame and the trophy; Ji Yuan's internal monologue reveals he set this up deliberately
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang: A brief, interrupted interaction at the academy wall—Xiaogang's concern is cut short by the commotion from Dai Mubai's room
• Tang San's internal reflection: He mentally constructs a narrative for Teacher (Dugu Bo) about the Soul Bone, planning to justify his decision to give it away

Overall: A chapter of aftermath and concealment, where Tang San converts a near-fatal ambush into a political victory while Ji Yuan's hidden agenda grows ever more intricate. The next scene—Dai Mubai's room—sets up the ongoing immortal herb absorption storyline.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San returns injured after confronting and killing Shi Nian, a level-72 Soul Saint from Canghui Academy who attacked him with the Remnant Dream illusion technique.
• He tells Yu Xiaogang that Shi Nian’s spiritual attack was disrupted by his Eight Spider Lances, which devoured the invading spiritual power and caused a fatal backlash. Tang San then finished Shi Nian with hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang examines the Eight Spider Lances and confirms that they continue to evolve after absorbing different energies, suggesting they may have developed a new ability connected to spiritual power.
• Tang San reveals that Shi Nian left behind a powerful illusion-type Head Soul Bone. Rather than absorb it himself, Tang San plans to give it to Ning Rongrong, whose Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda requires immense spiritual power for advanced multi-target support.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender organize the protection of the team members while they absorb the Immortal Herbs. Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and the others are all undergoing dangerous transformations.
• Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul begins a dramatic beneficial mutation: her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolves from seven levels to an eighth and then a ninth level.
• At the same time, Dai Mubai’s White Tiger power and Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire begin transforming, with Hongjun’s flames developing toward true Phoenix Flame.
• Yu Xiaogang recognizes the simultaneous changes as evidence that the Immortal Herbs can fundamentally alter supposedly defective Martial Souls.
• Unnoticed by the others, Ji Yuan activates six parasitic Dark Web Nodes and begins interfering with the transformation. Just as Ning Rongrong’s ninth-level tower is about to stabilize, her Soul Power suddenly drops, causing Tang San to realize something is wrong.

Character Developments

• Tang San: Demonstrates increasing courage, tactical skill, and self-sacrifice by facing a Soul Saint alone to protect his companions. His confidence rises after surviving the encounter and obtaining the Head Soul Bone, though his recklessness worries Yu Xiaogang. His connection to the evolving Eight Spider Lances becomes increasingly important.
• Yu Xiaogang: Acts as both mentor and researcher. He is alarmed by Tang San’s recklessness but carefully analyzes the Eight Spider Lances and records the Immortal Herbs’ effects, realizing their implications for Martial Soul theory.
• Ning Rongrong: Reaches a major breakthrough as her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda begins evolving into a nine-level tower, potentially overcoming the limitations of her original Martial Soul. Her transformation is suddenly endangered by Ji Yuan’s interference.
• Dai Mubai: Experiences an unstable but powerful transformation in his White Tiger Martial Soul, with golden Soul Power and a physical White Tiger manifestation appearing.
• Ma Hongjun: His chaotic Evil Fire begins changing into Phoenix Flame, suggesting the Immortal Herb is correcting or elevating his Martial Soul.
• Ji Yuan: Secretly advances his parasitic plan while remaining concealed from Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. He manipulates the team’s newly forming Martial Soul origins at the critical moment.
• Flender: Takes responsibility for protecting Ma Hongjun and coordinating the team’s safety, trusting Yu Xiaogang’s judgment about Tang San’s report.

Significant Themes

• Growth through crisis: Tang San’s near-death battle leads to both physical injury and major gains, reinforcing the idea that danger can accelerate evolution.
• Trust and responsibility: Tang San risks himself because he believes he is responsible for protecting the team and managing the Immortal Herb absorption.
• Scientific exploration of cultivation: Yu Xiaogang treats the transformations as evidence that Martial Soul defects may be altered rather than permanent, challenging established beliefs in the Soul Master world.
• The danger of power: Every breakthrough carries serious risks. The Immortal Herbs produce extraordinary mutations, but unstable Soul Power and overburdened meridians threaten the cultivators’ lives.
• Hidden manipulation: The team celebrates apparent progress while Ji Yuan secretly undermines it, creating dramatic tension between visible triumph and concealed danger.
• Selflessness versus personal gain: Tang San rejects the opportunity to use the Head Soul Bone himself, choosing instead to give it to Rongrong because it will benefit the team more.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang argue over Tang San’s reckless decision to confront Shi Nian, with Yu Xiaogang emphasizing the danger and Tang San defending his choice to protect the others.
• Their teacher-student relationship is shown through both emotional concern and technical cooperation as Yu Xiaogang examines the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San and Flender coordinate the defense of the meditation rooms, prioritizing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s unstable transformations.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender work together as leaders, dividing responsibilities and trusting one another’s judgment.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang share excitement over Ning Rongrong’s ninth-level tower and the broader implications of the beneficial Martial Soul mutations.
• The chapter ends with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang unaware that Ji Yuan has begun sabotaging Ning Rongrong’s breakthrough, causing Rongrong’s Soul Power to collapse just as her evolution nears completion.

Chapter Summary: “Distributing the Immortal Herbs, Second Harvest”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda successfully evolves from seven levels to nine after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• The transformation consumes nearly all of her soul power and severely drains her blood and vitality. Although she is not in mortal danger, she loses the ability to use even her first soul skill and collapses.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang help stabilize her meridians and confirm that the ninth-level foundation is permanent.
• Dai Mubai’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum begins repairing the damage previously inflicted on his White Tiger Martial Soul by the Eight Spider Lances.
• When Dai Mubai attempts to push the transformation further, Tang San suppresses the process after realizing that his damaged Martial Soul cannot safely withstand a complete mutation. Dai Mubai’s origin is restored, but he does not gain a higher-level evolution.
• Dai Mubai is frustrated that Ning Rongrong achieved a full transformation while he only recovered from injury. Yu Xiaogang explains that the difference lies in the prior damage to Dai Mubai’s Martial Soul, which required most of the herb’s power simply to rebuild his foundation.
• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar also begin experiencing dangerous reactions as their Martial Souls absorb their respective immortal herbs.
• Tang San gradually realizes that all six people’s soul powers and auras are declining simultaneously and in the same pattern.
• The chapter ends abruptly when the soul fluctuations in all six rooms stop at once and every strand of Blue Silver Grass surrounding the buildings turns dark red.

Character Developments

• Ning Rongrong: Demonstrates exceptional determination by refusing to stop despite the danger to her foundation. Her Martial Soul permanently evolves into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, marking a major breakthrough for both herself and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San: Acts as the primary stabilizer and caretaker, using Blue Silver Grass, his Mysterious Heaven Skill, and careful observation to manage the others’ transformations. He becomes increasingly suspicious that something abnormal is happening.
• Yu Xiaogang: Provides theoretical guidance, recognizes the risks of the transformations, and distinguishes between Ning Rongrong’s successful evolution and Dai Mubai’s necessary recovery.
• Dai Mubai: Shows pride and desperation, unwilling to accept a partial result after enduring past damage. He ultimately has to accept that restoring his White Tiger Origin is already a significant achievement.
• Ji Yuan: Secretly siphons the newly generated bloodline and Martial Soul origin energy through the parasitic nodes and Dark Web. The others remain unaware that much of the herbs’ power is being diverted.
• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar: Begin undergoing their own unstable transformations, though the exact results are not yet revealed.

Significant Themes

• Transformation versus survival: Martial Soul evolution offers enormous potential but threatens the cultivator’s body, meridians, and foundation.
• Determination and sacrifice: Ning Rongrong chooses to risk her future for the chance to break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s long-standing limitation.
• Unequal consequences: The same kind of opportunity affects each person differently depending on the condition of their Martial Soul and origin.
• Hidden exploitation: The apparent successes and failures are being manipulated by Ji Yuan, who secretly harvests the energy generated by the immortal herbs.
• Limits of ambition: Dai Mubai’s attempt to force further evolution shows that pursuing power beyond one’s current foundation can destroy the gains already achieved.
• Growing danger beneath apparent progress: The characters believe they are managing individual reactions, but the simultaneous decline of all six subjects suggests a larger, coordinated crisis.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Ning Rongrong cooperate closely, with Tang San stabilizing her while she insists on completing the transformation.
• Yu Xiaogang initially urges caution but ultimately supports Ning Rongrong’s decision and directs Tang San to help her finish.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai clash over the danger of forcing the White Tiger’s evolution, but Dai Mubai eventually relies on Tang San’s assistance.
• Yu Xiaogang explains to Dai Mubai why his result differs from Ning Rongrong’s, helping him understand that restoration of his Martial Soul is not a failure.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang respond to Ma Hongjun’s crisis, while Tang San attempts to manage the simultaneous emergencies involving all six companions.
• The chapter closes with the entire group connected indirectly through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Ji Yuan’s hidden Dark Web, uniting their individual transformations into one ominous event.

Key plot points and events

• The six recipients of Immortal Herbs awaken profoundly weakened, despite gaining Soul Power and undergoing major Martial Soul changes. Flender and Zhao Wuji fear the treatments have damaged them, but Yu Xiaogang explains that their bodies’ accumulated reserves were consumed as their meridians expanded and their Martial Souls evolved.
• Their gains are substantial: Oscar gains five levels and a stronger fourth Soul Ring; Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire is purified; Zhu Zhuqing gains seven levels; Dai Mubai gains four levels and recovers his lost White Tiger Origin; and Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolves into a Nine Treasure Pagoda.
• Yu Xiaogang theorizes that the six herbs’ powers resonated through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, producing a shared-origin reaction that temporarily drained their foundations. He has them meditate around the grass, whose aura helps stabilize their meridians and restore their strength.
• Ji Yuan secretly masks the Dark Web’s extraction of energy, then supplies the group with a small amount of filtered energy to aid their recovery. The chapter ends as Tang San opens a jade box: Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Pagoda reacts to the Soul Bone inside.

Character developments and interactions

• Yu Xiaogang uses his records and knowledge of Martial Soul mutation to reassure the others and explain their condition, though he admits his predictions were incomplete.
• Tang San checks on his friends and supports their recovery. Ning Rongrong thanks him and says the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will remember his help.
• Dai Mubai acknowledges Tang San’s past injury to him through the Eight Spider Lances, but also credits Tang San with restoring his White Tiger Origin. He proposes setting aside their conflict for now and repaying the debt at the tournament.
• Ma Hongjun is relieved that his Evil Fire will no longer harm him, while Oscar jokes about the benefits of gaining levels despite his weakness.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji worry over their students’ frail condition, even as the students celebrate their advances.

Significant themes

• Transformation has a cost: Dramatic advancement consumes the body’s reserves and demands a period of recovery.
• Trust and indebtedness: Tang San’s companions recognize both his past harm and his help, revealing that loyalty can coexist with unresolved conflict.
• Hidden forces beneath apparent explanations: Yu Xiaogang’s theory provides a plausible account of the group’s condition, while Ji Yuan’s concealed intervention remains unknown to the others.

Key plot points and events

• Tang San offers Ning Rongrong the Head Soul Bone he took from Shi Nian, a Soul Saint who attacked him with the illusion skill Remnant Dream. Tang San explains that the bone’s mental and illusion-related abilities would help Rongrong manage the growing demands of her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Heart Separation Control.
• Rongrong initially refuses, knowing the Soul Bone’s immense value and what Tang San risked to obtain it. Dai Mubai and Oscar urge her to accept it for the team’s sake. She finally does, promising to tell her father about the Pagoda’s transformation after the tournament. Grandmaster advises her to wait until she has recovered before absorbing it.
• The group discovers that their recent Martial Soul changes have left them temporarily dependent on Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to circulate Soul Power. Oscar’s cultivation falters when he moves too far away; Yu Xiaogang concludes the effect is a short-term Shared-Origin Resonance and recommends that the team cultivate near Tang San until their bodies adapt.
• Tang San spreads his Blue Silver Grass so the others can continue cultivating, despite his own need to recover. Their Soul Power begins to improve, and they joke that he has become their “cultivation treasure ground.” Xiao Wu moves closer to him as well.
• Yu Xiaogang privately reflects that, despite his students’ progress, he remains stuck at level twenty-nine. Tang San gives him a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and a revised Mysterious Heaven Skill route, hoping the herb will strengthen his body and help him overcome the flaw in Luo Sanpao.
• Unbeknownst to them, Ji Yuan secretly contaminates the ganoderma with Remnant Dream toxin and the Man Faced Demon Spider’s violent power. Yu Xiaogang takes it to a secluded chamber, preparing to absorb it.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San shows generosity by giving Rongrong his valuable Soul Bone and commitment by supporting his teammates’ recovery. He is also deeply affected by memories of them dying in Shi Nian’s illusion, making their presence especially meaningful to him.
• Ning Rongrong shifts from reluctance to accepting the Soul Bone as a responsibility to the team, not merely a personal gift. She acknowledges Tang San’s sacrifice and promises to repay his trust.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar support Rongrong’s decision and emphasize that the Soul Bone should be used where it can help the team most.
• Yu Xiaogang remains a thoughtful teacher, diagnosing the resonance and cautioning the students not to overexert themselves. His students’ success also sharpens his private frustration at being unable to advance himself.
• Xiao Wu expresses her devotion to Tang San and draws closer to him. Flender insists Tang San rest, even as Tang San tries to keep helping the others.
• Ji Yuan continues manipulating events covertly, exploiting the team’s dependence on Tang San and preparing to sabotage Yu Xiaogang’s breakthrough.

Significant themes

• Selflessness and shared responsibility: Tang San gives up a rare treasure for the team, while the others accept it as a means of strengthening everyone.
• Interdependence and hidden control: The team’s cultivation improves near Tang San, but their dependence is also secretly engineered by Ji Yuan.
• Growth alongside personal limitations: The students advance, while Yu Xiaogang remains trapped by his own Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Trust and vulnerability: The companions trust Tang San and Grandmaster, unaware that Ji Yuan is manipulating their recovery and has tampered with the herb intended to help their teacher.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

Tang San hesitates to let Yu Xiaogang cultivate with the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma because Yu Xiaogang is still recovering and the modified Mysterious Heaven Skill has never been tested on Luo Sanpao. However, Yu Xiaogang refuses to wait, determined to break through the Rank 29 bottleneck before the tournament and finally prove his Martial Soul theories.
After arguing with Tang San and Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang enters the meditation room alone. Tang San gives him a carefully limited cultivation route, instructing him to complete only three circulations, slow down near his heart meridians, and immediately stop if he feels pain. He also provides heart-protecting medicine and guards the room using Blue Silver Grass.
Yu Xiaogang consumes the ganoderma in stages. The medicine begins repairing and strengthening his blocked meridians, while Luo Sanpao starts to mutate, developing purple scales. The first circulation loosens his bottleneck, and the second confirms that his theory about Luo Sanpao’s potential was correct. Believing he is close to breaking through, Yu Xiaogang continues into a third circulation despite the danger.
At this point, hidden spiritual poison and the berserk power of the Man Faced Demon Spider—previously concealed within the ganoderma—are activated. Yu Xiaogang experiences a horrifying illusion in which members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong ridicule and abandon him. Although he recognizes the illusion, his Soul Power has already become unstable and tears through his fragile heart meridians.
Tang San senses the chaotic fluctuations and orders him to stop, but Yu Xiaogang does not respond. When Yu Xiaogang finally forcibly withdraws his Soul Power, the energy rebounds into Luo Sanpao’s Martial Soul, destroying the newly formed mutation. He suffers catastrophic injuries, bleeding from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Tang San breaks down the door and finds him barely alive. Yu Xiaogang weakly concludes that “the technique... is wrong,” leaving the exact cause of the failure unresolved.

Character Developments

• Yu Xiaogang: His desperation to escape the humiliation of being permanently trapped at Rank 29 becomes clear. His pride, lifelong research, and desire to prove Luo Sanpao is not useless drive him to ignore safety precautions. His successful initial mutation reinforces his confidence, but this confidence causes him to continue cultivating past the safe limit.
• Tang San: He acts as a cautious and protective disciple, carefully designing the cultivation route and offering to help directly. Though he respects Yu Xiaogang’s expertise, he remains deeply worried and ultimately takes immediate action when the technique goes wrong.
• Dai Mubai: He briefly supports Tang San’s request that Yu Xiaogang wait, showing concern for the master’s safety, but accepts that interrupting the group’s cultivation could also be dangerous.
• Luo Sanpao: The Martial Soul initially responds positively to the ganoderma and begins a promising mutation, symbolized by the appearance of purple scales. The backlash ultimately destroys this progress and leaves it in chaotic condition.
• Tang San’s companions: Their ongoing cultivation and consolidation of their newly changed Martial Souls create the time pressure that motivates Yu Xiaogang to act immediately.

Significant Themes

• Desperation versus caution: Yu Xiaogang’s need to prove himself overwhelms his better judgment.
• The burden of humiliation: Years of ridicule and rejection have left Yu Xiaogang emotionally vulnerable, making the hallucinations especially powerful.
• Theory versus practical proof: Yu Xiaogang has spent decades developing Martial Soul theories but longs to validate them through his own cultivation.
• Hidden danger beneath apparent opportunity: The ganoderma appears beneficial, but concealed poison and foreign energy turn a promising breakthrough into a near-fatal disaster.
• The cost of obsession: Yu Xiaogang’s desire to break through causes him to ignore Tang San’s instructions and push beyond the safe limit.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang argue repeatedly over whether the cultivation should be delayed and whether Tang San should assist inside the room. Their exchange shows their mutual trust but also Yu Xiaogang’s insistence on maintaining independence.
• Dai Mubai briefly intervenes, suggesting that Yu Xiaogang wait until the group finishes meditating, but Yu Xiaogang rejects the idea because interrupting their cultivation could harm them.
• During cultivation, Yu Xiaogang relies on Luo Sanpao for feedback and interprets its lack of rejection as evidence that the process is safe.
• Tang San remains connected to the room through Blue Silver Grass, detects the backlash, calls out repeatedly, and finally breaks down the door to rescue his teacher.
• The hallucinated clan members, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong embody Yu Xiaogang’s deepest fears of mockery, rejection, and abandonment, intensifying the internal conflict that contributes to the technique’s failure.

Chapter Summary: “Poison Outbreak, Qi Deviation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Yu Xiaogang collapses after taking the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and begins vomiting blood containing purple-black fragments.
• Tang San initially tries to seal his meridians, but discovers that Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power channels are in complete disorder. Flender’s attempt to transfer Soul Power makes the condition worse and injures Flender.
• Using Purple Demon Eye, Tang San identifies two dangerous forces inside Yu Xiaogang:
  • A mental toxin causing chaotic illusions in the sea of consciousness.
  • A destructive aura resembling that of a Man Faced Demon Spider, which is tearing apart his meridians.
• Tang San realizes the problem may not have come from the ganoderma itself. Instead, the herb may have resonated with the Man Faced Demon Spider’s devouring power left behind by the Eight Spider Lances, while Tang San’s modified Mysterious Heaven Skill triggered the reaction.
• Yu Xiaogang’s mutated Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao, is severely damaged and appears to be dispersing. Tang San insists that it may still be recoverable, though Yu Xiaogang doubts him.
• Oscar’s Recovery Sausage fails to enter Yu Xiaogang’s damaged meridians. Flender suggests using other immortal herbs, but Tang San refuses, fearing they would destroy the meridians completely.
• Yu Xiaogang’s heart stops. Tang San attempts acupuncture, CPR-like chest strikes, and Blue Silver Grass treatment, but his weakened vision and spiritual power make the effort increasingly difficult.
• Tang San forces Blue Silver Grass, Mysterious Heaven Skill, and the medicinal powers of his ice-and-fire herbs into Yu Xiaogang, injuring himself in the process.
• At the critical moment, Ji Yuan secretly uses the Ambrosial Arbor Root to send a thread of life force through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. Yu Xiaogang’s stopped heart gives a faint beat, restoring hope.

Character Developments

• Tang San becomes overwhelmed by guilt after realizing that his modified cultivation method may have caused Yu Xiaogang’s condition. He nevertheless refuses to give up and risks his own life to save his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang is shown as physically helpless but mentally aware enough to recognize the danger and warn Tang San to stop cultivating. His fear centers on losing Luo Sanpao and his hard-earned cultivation.
• Flender reacts emotionally and desperately, repeatedly trying to save Yu Xiaogang despite the danger of worsening the poison. His actions reveal the depth of his loyalty and friendship.
• Xiao Wu supports Tang San emotionally, reminding him that he acted with the intention of helping Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Wuji acts as a practical safeguard, restraining Tang San when his rescue attempt begins to endanger his own life.
• Oscar contributes his Recovery Sausage, though it proves ineffective under the circumstances.
• Ji Yuan remains hidden but actively manipulates the situation, preserving Yu Xiaogang’s life while allowing the meridian damage to continue.

Significant Themes

• The danger of incomplete knowledge: Tang San’s reliance on theories and observations from his former life leads him to alter Mysterious Heaven Skill without fully understanding Luo Sanpao’s unique meridians.
• Responsibility and guilt: Tang San immediately blames himself for the disaster, contrasting his confidence as a cultivator with the consequences of acting beyond what he truly understood.
• Desperation versus caution: Flender and Tang San prioritize saving Yu Xiaogang immediately, while Tang San also recognizes that reckless treatment could destroy him permanently.
• Teacher-student loyalty: Tang San’s willingness to sacrifice himself reflects Yu Xiaogang’s importance as his teacher and mentor.
• Hidden manipulation: The crisis is not merely an accident; Ji Yuan subtly controls the extent of Yu Xiaogang’s deterioration and recovery for larger strategic reasons.
• Limits of cultivation power: Even advanced abilities, healing items, and immortal herbs are ineffective when the underlying meridian structure is misunderstood or corrupted.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Flender clash over how to treat Yu Xiaogang: Tang San urges restraint, while Flender demands immediate action.
• Tang San reassures Yu Xiaogang that Luo Sanpao may recover, though Yu Xiaogang suspects he is only being comforted.
• Xiao Wu consoles Tang San when he begins blaming himself.
• Zhao Wuji physically stops Tang San from sacrificing himself through excessive use of Blue Silver Grass and medicinal power.
• The group works together during the emergency—Oscar provides healing equipment, Zhao Wuji prepares it, Flender attempts resuscitation, and Tang San directs the treatment.
• Ji Yuan’s unseen intervention ultimately changes the outcome, allowing Yu Xiaogang’s heart to beat again without revealing his involvement.

Chapter Summary: “Lifeline for Severed Meridians”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San discovers that his Blue Silver Grass is producing a mysterious green life force independent of both the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the Ice and Fire medicinal power.
• This vitality temporarily stabilizes Yu Xiaogang’s damaged heart meridians, restoring his heartbeat and keeping him alive.
• The life force disappears after Ji Yuan withdraws the Ambrosial Arbor’s vitality, and Tang San is unable to summon it again despite exhausting his Blue Silver Grass, Soul Power, Mysterious Heaven Skill, and Eight Spider Lances.
• Examination reveals that Yu Xiaogang’s condition is catastrophic: roughly seventy percent of his main meridians are severed, his dantian can no longer retain Soul Power, and Luo Sanpao’s Martial Soul foundation is badly damaged. His cultivation falls to single-digit levels.
• The spiritual poison in Yu Xiaogang’s consciousness and the Man Faced Demon Spider’s destructive power are no longer worsening, but the existing damage cannot be naturally repaired.
• Tang San proposes searching for rare herbs, medicinal plants, or powerful life-attribute soul-beast materials to reconstruct the meridians. He vows to obtain them by trade—or force if necessary.
• Yu Xiaogang briefly regains consciousness and worries about his failed cultivation route and the possibility that the same problem may affect the other Shrek students who consumed immortal herbs.
• Tang San destroys the blood-soaked cultivation formula to prevent anyone from following the dangerous route again, promising to investigate the mistake himself.
• Outside, the Shrek students pledge to search their families’ and sects’ resources for healing materials.
• Despite Yu Xiaogang’s injury, Tang San and Flender decide that Shrek must still participate in the upcoming tournament. The championship and the factions they encounter may provide opportunities to obtain the needed remedies.
• The chapter ends with the arrival of the tournament summons, ordering the Shrek Team to report early to Heaven Dou City.

2. Character Developments

• Tang San: Demonstrates extraordinary medical knowledge, determination, and emotional restraint while saving Yu Xiaogang. His failure to control the life force frustrates him, but it strengthens his resolve to repair his teacher’s meridians. He becomes willing to risk morally dangerous methods to secure the necessary treasures.
• Yu Xiaogang: Awakens briefly, accepts the severity of his injuries, and immediately worries about his students rather than himself. His concern over the cultivation formula shows his continued responsibility as their teacher.
• Flender: Initially lashes out at Tang San out of fear and desperation, then recognizes Tang San’s exhaustion and apologizes. His grief becomes a source of renewed determination to honor Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.
• Xiao Wu: Defends Tang San when Flender blames him, emphasizing the sacrifices Tang San has already made.
• The Shrek students: Their reactions show deep loyalty to Yu Xiaogang. Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun each offer practical support through family connections, resources, or direct assistance.
• Ji Yuan/Ambrosial Arbor: Its hidden intervention explains the temporary appearance of the life force, but its withdrawal also reveals that Tang San cannot yet rely on or control this power.

3. Significant Themes

• Life sustained versus true healing: Saving Yu Xiaogang’s heartbeat is only a temporary victory; preservation cannot undo the deeper destruction of his meridians.
• The cost of cultivation: The failed cultivation route and damaged Martial Soul demonstrate the dangers of combining incompatible powers and methods.
• Loyalty and responsibility: Tang San’s devotion to his teacher and the students’ willingness to mobilize their families show the strength of the Shrek group’s bonds.
• Hope amid devastation: Although Yu Xiaogang’s condition appears nearly hopeless, Tang San refuses to accept permanent disability and searches for new solutions.
• Duty over personal grief: The decision to continue toward the tournament reflects the group’s determination to turn Yu Xiaogang’s teachings into action.
• Growing danger in Tang San: His statement that he will force others to surrender healing treasures hints at how far his protectiveness may drive him.

4. Character Interactions

• Tang San directs Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Xiao Wu during the emergency, establishing him as the central figure managing Yu Xiaogang’s treatment.
• Flender and Tang San argue over the mysterious life force and the possibility of healing the severed meridians; their conflict stems from fear but ends in mutual understanding.
• Xiao Wu openly protects Tang San from Flender’s accusation, reinforcing their close relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San share a poignant exchange in which Yu Xiaogang asks whether he failed, while Tang San reassures him that survival and recovery remain possible.
• Yu Xiaogang questions Tang San about his Soul Power and cultivation formula, but Tang San prioritizes his teacher’s survival over satisfying his curiosity.
• The Shrek students gather around Tang San and offer their own resources, transforming the crisis into a collective mission.
• Flender gives Tang San Yu Xiaogang’s training notes and roster, including the command to lead the Shrek Seven Monsters to the championship, linking Yu Xiaogang’s recovery to the team’s upcoming tournament journey.

Chapter Summary: False Vitality Sustaining Life

Key Plot Points and Events

• Shrek Academy receives an urgent summons to report early to the Heaven Dou City tournament.
• Flender initially hesitates because Yu Xiaogang is critically ill and the students are still recovering from the effects of the immortal herbs. Tang San insists they must attend because the tournament’s rewards—and the connections gathered there—may provide medicine capable of repairing Xiaogang’s destroyed meridians.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong all volunteer to go despite the danger. They believe abandoning the tournament would betray Xiaogang’s sacrifices and their own training.
• Yu Xiaogang’s condition unexpectedly stabilizes. A mysterious life force begins protecting his damaged heart meridian, giving him a stronger pulse and preserving his life, though it does not heal him.
• Xiaogang briefly regains consciousness and urges Tang San not to focus solely on winning. He tells him to seek medicinal treasures through the academies, sects, imperial family, and every available connection. He also warns Tang San to continue observing the six students affected by the immortal herbs and not let them cultivate recklessly.
• Tang San decides to bring Xiaogang to Heaven Dou City rather than leave him at the academy, fearing retaliation from Canghui Academy and investigation by Spirit Hall after Shi Nian’s death.
• The group prepares for departure. Ning Rongrong contacts the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dai Mubai sends word to the Star Luo Imperial Family, and the others gather supplies, medicines, Soul Tools, bedding, horses, and Grandmaster’s notes.
• Tang San spends the night maintaining Xiaogang’s vitality with Blue Silver Grass, exhausting much of his Soul Power. He believes strengthening his Blue Silver Grass will allow him to keep Xiaogang alive longer.
• Unknown to the others, Ji Yuan is secretly responsible for the life force. He feeds Xiaogang residual power from the Ambrosial Arbor Core while using Tang San’s efforts to nourish the six nodes within Tang San’s body. Ji Yuan deliberately keeps Xiaogang alive because Xiaogang’s theories help conceal his existence and Tang San can lead him toward more potential “blood bags.”
• As the group leaves, a strange cracking sound comes from beneath the bed, but Tang San finds nothing. Xiaogang’s pulse falters, while dark-red roots quietly burrow into the soil beneath the carriage tracks, signaling Ji Yuan’s continued hidden influence.

Character Developments

• Tang San: Becomes more determined and protective, taking responsibility for both Xiaogang’s survival and the team’s journey. He shows strategic awareness by recognizing the dangers posed by Spirit Hall and information leaks. However, he mistakenly believes he has discovered a method to save Xiaogang, unaware that Ji Yuan is manipulating the situation.
• Yu Xiaogang: Despite his fragile condition, remains focused on his students and their future. He urges them to continue the tournament and warns Tang San to investigate the immortal herbs’ effects carefully.
• Flender: Initially cautious and fearful of sending the students into danger, but ultimately trusts Tang San’s reasoning and organizes the expedition.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong: Demonstrate loyalty to Xiaogang and unity as a team by volunteering for the dangerous journey and contributing their individual resources.
• Ji Yuan: Reveals a more deliberate and predatory strategy. He sustains Xiaogang not out of compassion but because the situation benefits his hidden cultivation and future plans.

Significant Themes

• Duty versus safety: The team chooses to risk the tournament because saving Xiaogang and honoring his sacrifices matters more than avoiding danger.
• Hope built on deception: Xiaogang’s stabilization appears miraculous, but the apparent hope is actually engineered by Ji Yuan for selfish purposes.
• Loyalty and collective responsibility: Every student accepts a role in protecting Xiaogang and supporting the journey.
• Knowledge and survival: Xiaogang’s theories, Tang San’s medical and cultivation knowledge, and the resources of major sects are presented as essential tools for survival.
• Hidden manipulation: The chapter contrasts the characters’ sincere motives with Ji Yuan’s secret exploitation of their actions.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Flender debate whether the team should attend the tournament, with Tang San ultimately persuading him through the possibility of obtaining medicinal herbs.
• The students openly support Tang San and each other, especially Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San shares a final brief exchange with the semi-conscious Xiaogang, promising to protect the students and find medicine.
• Flender and Ning Rongrong discuss the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ability to search for rare healing treasures, while Dai Mubai offers assistance from the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Beneath these interactions, Ji Yuan silently manipulates Tang San’s vitality and Xiaogang’s survival, turning the group’s devotion into an advantage for himself.

Chapter Summary: “Deepening Shared-Origin Dependence”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After leaving the courtyard’s Blue Silver Grass coverage, Oscar suffers severe abdominal pain and begins losing Soul Power. His fourth Soul Ring destabilizes until Tang San reconnects him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing test the boundary and experience similar effects: their Martial Souls weaken or collapse, and their Soul Power becomes chaotic when separated from Tang San’s aura.
• Ning Rongrong confirms that all six companions are affected. When she retracts her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and attempts to circulate Soul Power independently, her meridians flare with pain and the Pagoda nearly dims completely.
• Tang San concludes that the Immortal Herbs’ alteration of their Martial Souls has created a “Shared-Origin Resonance.” Their newly reshaped meridians now depend on the aura of his Blue Silver Grass for stability.
• The group agrees that everyone must remain within the Blue Silver Grass’s range during meals, rest, cultivation, travel, and the upcoming tournament. Tang San plans to spread his Martial Soul across the entire arena if necessary.
• A hidden force makes the situation more dangerous: Ji Yuan’s parasitic Spore Nodes are embedded in the six companions’ bones. Through the Blue Silver Grass network, Rebirth Origin continually stabilizes them while secretly strengthening the Dark Web’s control.
• Yu Xiaogang senses something is wrong but remains unconscious. Ji Yuan suppresses his awareness to prevent him from discovering the parasitic connection and persuading Tang San to sever it.
• As the group leaves in two carriages, Tang San extends Blue Silver Grass underground to keep everyone connected. When Oscar briefly moves beyond its range, the pain immediately returns.
• The chapter ends when an unfamiliar Soul Power fluctuation rises beneath the carriage from the road ahead, suggesting an approaching threat or ambush.

Character Developments

• Tang San assumes responsibility for maintaining everyone’s stability and refuses to show uncertainty, promising that he will support the group and stand at the front during danger.
• Oscar becomes increasingly anxious about the dependence on Tang San, especially the possibility that Tang San may exhaust himself supporting six people.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing respond with determination, promising to protect the group and prevent enemies from separating them from the Blue Silver Grass.
• Ning Rongrong remains cooperative and resolute despite the physical pain, accepting the need to depend on Tang San’s power.
• Ma Hongjun provides brief comic relief but is also visibly frightened by the loss of his fire and Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang instinctively recognizes that the source of the group’s dependence must be investigated, but his weakened state prevents him from acting.
• Ji Yuan advances his hidden plan, using the apparent healing connection to deepen the parasitic bond between the group and the Dark Web.

Significant Themes

• Dependence versus autonomy: The group’s strength and survival now rely on Tang San, raising questions about whether their connection is beneficial support or dangerous enslavement.
• Hidden corruption beneath apparent healing: The Blue Silver Grass genuinely stabilizes the companions, but the same network also enables Ji Yuan’s parasitic control.
• Responsibility and leadership: Tang San accepts the burden of protecting everyone, even though the situation may exceed what he can safely manage.
• Trust and concealed danger: The companions trust Tang San, while he remains unaware of the full extent of Ji Yuan’s manipulation. Yu Xiaogang’s attempted warning emphasizes the danger of incomplete knowledge.
• Unity under threat: Staying physically and spiritually connected becomes essential for the group’s survival, especially with the tournament and an unknown enemy approaching.

Character Interactions

• Tang San repeatedly uses Blue Silver Grass to stabilize Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• The group discusses the practical consequences of their condition, including combat, travel, sleeping, and even bathing within Tang San’s range.
• Flender questions whether Tang San can support the entire team during the tournament, while the others vow to remain close and defend the connection.
• Oscar voices concern for Tang San’s stamina, prompting Tang San’s firm reassurance: “I won’t.”
• Yu Xiaogang’s unspoken warning contrasts with Ji Yuan’s covert interference, creating a conflict between genuine protection and hidden control.
• The chapter closes with the entire group forced into close formation as an unknown Soul Power approaches beneath the road.

Summary: “Setting Out for the Heaven Dou Tournament”

Key Plot Points and Events

• As the Shrek convoy travels toward Heaven Dou City, Tang San detects two pursuers approaching from behind. They are likely connected to Spirit Hall and are tracking the group without initially revealing their Martial Souls.
• One pursuer fires an arrow to force the convoy to stop, but Tang San destroys it with Blue Silver Grass. Rather than waste time fighting, he orders the group to continue while Zhao Wuji guards the rear.
• Ning Rongrong senses that the attackers are only a Soul Ancestor and a Soul Elder. Tang San decides not to confront them immediately, recognizing that the convoy must protect the seriously ill Yu Xiaogang and conserve its strength.
• Tang San extends his Blue Silver Grass through the surrounding soil, creating a network of roots and nodes. Ji Yuan secretly uses these connections and a spore attached to the broken arrow to track the pursuers and discover that they possess Spirit Temple badges.
• The group discusses Yu Xiaogang’s condition. Tang San reveals that Xiaogang may survive only three more days unless they obtain medicinal herbs or Tang San’s abilities improve. Since Heaven Dou City is roughly two and a half days away, Tang San must preserve his strength.
• Yu Xiaogang’s condition briefly worsens during the journey, forcing Tang San to channel his Mysterious Heaven Skill through Blue Silver Grass to stabilize his heart and meridians. Ji Yuan discreetly contributes additional vitality.
• The group plans to travel directly to Heaven Dou City, avoid unnecessary stops, and remain together because Spirit Hall may be watching them. Tang San studies information about the city’s academies, clans, and political forces.
• Tang San intends to conceal the Clear Sky Hammer and rely primarily on Blue Silver Grass during the tournament, since his other abilities have already been partially exposed.
• Upon reaching the city, the convoy learns that several major academies have already arrived, including Canghui Academy, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Elephant Armored Academy. The names of Blazing Fire Academy and Kamikaze Academy are also mentioned.
• Spirit Hall-related pursuers stop outside the city, but a much more powerful presence observes the convoy from the city wall. The watcher identifies the aura of the Clear Sky Hammer within the group.
• As Tang San realizes they are being monitored and warns everyone not to separate, Ji Yuan’s underground roots begin spreading through Heaven Dou City, preparing to expand its influence.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates caution, strategic thinking, and immense devotion to Yu Xiaogang. He refuses to be provoked into fighting the pursuers and prioritizes reaching Heaven Dou City safely.
• Tang San’s physical and spiritual exhaustion becomes increasingly clear. Despite his injury and declining strength, he continues carrying responsibility for Xiaogang’s survival and the group’s security.
• Yu Xiaogang remains critically ill, making the journey a race against time and increasing the emotional pressure on Tang San and Flender.
• Flender becomes increasingly worried about both Xiaogang’s condition and Tang San’s self-destructive determination. He recognizes that Tang San is taking on burdens similar to Xiaogang’s, but with even greater intensity.
• Dai Mubai remains protective and eager to confront enemies directly, but follows Tang San’s orders when told not to pursue the attackers.
• Zhao Wuji takes responsibility for guarding the rear of the convoy.
• Ning Rongrong contributes detection and support through her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while also helping maintain discipline among the group.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar provide brief comic relief through their argument, though Ma Hongjun falls silent when reminded that Tang San is still protecting Xiaogang.
• Ji Yuan operates according to a separate agenda. While assisting Tang San, it uses the journey to spread roots, gather spiritual energy, and prepare to establish a presence throughout Heaven Dou City.

Significant Themes

• Duty and sacrifice: Tang San places Yu Xiaogang’s survival above his own safety and reserves of strength.
• The burden of responsibility: Tang San’s willingness to carry everything himself worries Flender and reveals how deeply he has adopted Xiaogang’s ideals.
• Caution versus confrontation: The group avoids unnecessary battles, recognizing that survival and secrecy are more important than defeating weak pursuers.
• Hidden enemies and political danger: The journey to the tournament is also an entry into a larger conflict involving Spirit Hall, the imperial forces, rival academies, and the mysterious observer in Heaven Dou City.
• Time and mortality: Xiaogang’s three-day limit creates urgency and makes every delay potentially fatal.
• Dual purposes: Tang San sees the journey as a mission to save his teacher, while Ji Yuan views it as an opportunity to spread its roots and increase its power.
• Secrecy and concealed strength: Tang San plans to hide the Clear Sky Hammer and reveal as little of his true power as possible during the tournament.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Dai Mubai clash over whether to pursue the attackers, with Tang San insisting that protecting Xiaogang and preserving time take priority.
• Tang San and Flender discuss Xiaogang’s survival limit, exposing Flender’s fear and Tang San’s unwavering confidence in his ability to keep his teacher alive.
• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar interact in the rear carriage, balancing tension with humor while still recognizing Tang San’s serious responsibilities.
• Flender questions Tang San’s plan to conceal his abilities, while Tang San explains that Blue Silver Grass should be sufficient against most tournament opponents.
• At the city gate, Tang San becomes cautious after learning which academies have arrived and sensing an unknown observer. His warning that the group must not separate establishes the danger awaiting them inside Heaven Dou City.

Chapter Summary: “Storms Rise in the Preliminaries”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Near Heaven Dou City, an unidentified expert recognizes Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer aura. Flender warns Tang San not to investigate, suggesting the stranger may be connected to Tang San’s father.
• The Shrek team arrives at the Great Soul Arena to register for the tournament. Flender distributes their sponsor-covered, “shit-green” uniforms, embarrassing the students and provoking laughter from other academies.
• Shrek clashes verbally with a teacher from Canghui Academy. Dai Mubai nearly starts a fight, but Tang San restrains him to avoid disqualification. Tang San insults the teacher and promises to defeat Canghui in the arena.
• The Canghui teacher attempts a spiritual attack against Tang San but senses the lingering aura of Shi Nian within Tang San and retreats uneasily.
• While moving through the crowded registration area, Tang San unknowingly allows Ji Yuan and the Ambrosial Arbor Core to spread spores onto nearby competitors. Ji Yuan identifies the well-nourished members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 as suitable targets for energy absorption.
• During registration, Tang San reveals that he has reached level 41, while the other Shrek members also display significant advancement thanks to the Immortal Herbs. Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda particularly shocks the registration officials.
• Flender draws Shrek’s first opponent: Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2, a prestigious and well-supported team. Their captain boasts that he will defeat Shrek within a minute.
• The Shrek team accepts the challenge. Tang San confidently declares that even a minute is too long, and the opening match begins as the chapter ends.
• Just before the start, the Heaven Dou captain attempts to shoulder-check Tang San. Tang San remains steady while Blue Silver Grass and Ji Yuan’s hidden spores prepare a counterattack.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates increasing confidence and composure. He protects Dai Mubai from making a reckless move, verbally confronts Canghui Academy, and openly challenges Heaven Dou Team 2.
• Tang San’s mysterious connection to powerful figures becomes more apparent through the Clear Sky Hammer recognition and the Canghui teacher’s reaction to Shi Nian’s aura.
• Flender remains financially pragmatic and shamelessly commercial, defending the sponsorship uniforms as necessary to support the academy and Yu Xiaogang’s treatment.
• Dai Mubai reacts aggressively to insults against Shrek but ultimately follows Tang San’s restraint.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar provide comic relief through their embarrassment over the uniforms and their joking attempt to wager them.
• Ning Rongrong’s improved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda confirms her extraordinary advancement and highlights the benefits of the Immortal Herbs.
• The members of Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team 2 are introduced as proud, confident, and dismissive of Shrek, though their confidence may make them underestimate their opponents.
• Ji Yuan, acting through Tang San’s spores, begins secretly gathering information and selecting potential targets for devouring.

Significant Themes

• Humiliation versus dignity: Shrek’s ridiculous uniforms make them the subject of mockery, but the team refuses to let appearances determine its worth.
• Confidence backed by strength: Tang San’s bold words are supported by his rapid cultivation progress and hidden abilities.
• Restraint and strategic judgment: Tang San repeatedly prevents conflicts that could lead to disqualification, choosing to settle disputes in the arena.
• Hidden power and identity: Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and the remnants of Shi Nian’s aura reveal that his past and abilities are attracting dangerous attention.
• Appearances versus reality: Prestigious teams and impressive uniforms do not necessarily reflect true combat strength, while the obscure Shrek Academy may be far more powerful than it appears.
• Exploitation and survival: Ji Yuan’s covert absorption of energy introduces a darker, predatory element beneath the tournament’s public spectacle.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Flender: Flender advises caution regarding the Clear Sky Hammer observer, while Tang San argues that the stranger was only confirming his identity.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai: Tang San physically restrains Dai Mubai and prevents him from fighting Canghui Academy before the tournament.
• Tang San and the Canghui teacher: Their exchange escalates from insults to threats. Tang San’s spiritual defenses unsettle the teacher, forcing him to back down.
• Flender and the Shrek students: Flender insists they wear the sponsored uniforms despite their embarrassment, emphasizing the academy’s financial difficulties.
• Shrek and Canghui Academy: The two teams establish an antagonistic rivalry, with Tang San promising to defeat them in competition.
• Shrek and Heaven Dou Team 2: Their first-match encounter begins with mutual contempt. Heaven Dou’s captain boasts about a one-minute victory, while Tang San confidently dismisses the challenge.
• Tang San and Ji Yuan: Although Tang San is unaware of Ji Yuan’s actions, the entity uses his movements to spread spores and prepare an attack on the opposing team.

Chapter Summary: “Crushing the Opening Match”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tiandou Team Two begins aggressively, attempting to overwhelm Shrek Academy and target its support members, Oscar and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San quickly organizes Shrek’s response:
  • Ma Hongjun uses flames to repel the opposing agility attackers.
  • Zhu Zhuqing engages the enemy’s right flank.
  • Dai Mubai blocks the two assault-type Soul Masters.
  • Ning Rongrong strengthens Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tiandou’s captain launches a golden-feather attack at the support members, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass shields them.
• Tang San reveals his shocking fourth Soul Ring: a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. The revelation silences the arena and draws intense attention from Emperor Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Spirit Temple Bishop Salas.
• Tiandou Team Two abandons its formation and rushes Tang San before he can use his fourth Soul Skill, but Tang San activates Blue Silver Prison, trapping all seven opponents.
• Shrek systematically defeats the trapped team:
  • Dai Mubai blasts opponents from the arena.
  • Zhu Zhuqing breaks through another member’s defenses.
  • Xiao Wu throws two opponents out using her agility and Waist Bow.
• Tang San’s prison is enhanced by hidden devouring nodes created through Ji Yuan’s power. The vines drain approximately thirty percent of the opponents’ Soul Power, damage their meridians, and redirect their energy to Tang San and the Ambrosial Arbor.
• The blond captain is defeated by Dai Mubai after his Soul Power collapses. The remaining members are also expelled from the arena.
• Shrek wins in only forty-seven breaths, far below the one-minute limit arrogantly predicted by Tiandou’s captain.
• The crowd, initially skeptical of Shrek’s green uniforms, erupts into enthusiastic chants for the team.
• After the match, Spirit Temple personnel block Shrek’s exit under Bishop Salas’s orders, creating an immediate new threat.

Character Developments

• Tang San demonstrates extraordinary control, tactical awareness, and the terrifying strength of his Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring. His Blue Silver Prison is shown to have become far stronger, partly due to his increased cultivation and the Immortal Herb.
• Dai Mubai acts independently and confidently, showing strong combat instincts. His final attack also gives him the opportunity to mock Tiandou’s captain for his failed one-minute boast.
• Ma Hongjun effectively controls the flank with his flames and continues providing comic relief through his advertising jokes.
• Zhu Zhuqing displays increased speed and precision, defeating an opponent through concentrated attacks.
• Xiao Wu demonstrates her agility and strength by using the enemy’s own openings to throw members out of the arena.
• Ning Rongrong provides timely support and shows growing confidence in Shrek’s overwhelming advantage.
• Oscar remains prepared to assist but barely has time to distribute his Recovery Sausages, emphasizing how quickly Shrek dominates the match.
• Ji Yuan, though hidden, plays a crucial role by draining and refining the opposing team’s Soul Power through the Ambrosial Arbor.
• Salas becomes suspicious of Tang San and orders an investigation into his background, indicating that Tang San has attracted dangerous political and institutional attention.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and revelation: Tang San’s black fourth Soul Ring transforms public perception of Shrek and exposes him as far more extraordinary than expected.
• Teamwork and coordination: Shrek wins through complementary roles rather than relying only on Tang San’s strength.
• Preparation versus arrogance: Tiandou Team Two assumes Shrek is weak and attempts to win quickly, but its reckless attack allows Tang San to trap the entire team.
• Public reputation: Shrek’s humiliating victory converts ridicule into admiration, marking the team’s arrival on the tournament stage.
• Power attracting danger: Tang San’s spectacular performance gains fame but also draws scrutiny from powerful figures such as Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas.
• Predation and cultivation: The Soul Power drained from the defeated team is converted into nourishment for Ji Yuan’s Ambrosial Arbor, revealing the darker, hidden mechanics behind Tang San’s strength.

Important Character Interactions

• Tang San gives brief, precise orders to Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing, demonstrating his role as Shrek’s battlefield commander.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar protect and support one another while Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass shields them from the enemy’s ranged attacks.
• Dai Mubai directly taunts the defeated captain, reinforcing Shrek’s dominance.
• Ma Hongjun joins in humiliating the opposing team and jokes with Flender about increasing the value of Shrek’s advertising space.
• Ning Rongrong asks Tang San about the strength of his fourth Soul Skill, allowing him to explain the effects of the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and Immortal Herb.
• Xiao Wu expresses concern for Tang San after his dramatic display, while Tang San remains focused on the larger dangers emerging around the team.
• In the VIP section, Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi show interest in Tang San, while Salas reacts with suspicion and hostility.
• The chapter ends with Spirit Temple stewards stopping Shrek on Salas’s orders, setting up a confrontation after the match.