Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Far North, Xiao Wu followed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s advice to enroll at Exotic Beast Academy. Her level-thirty-three Soul Power and three Soul Rings astonished the staff, and Dean Tiger ordered her enrollment immediately.

• Xiao Wu left the Far North after two more days of rest and adaptation.
• Xiao Wu and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose Exotic Beast Academy as her destination.
• Xiao Wu presented her identification papers and tested at level thirty-three Soul Power.
• Teacher Li hurried Xiao Wu to Dean Tiger after seeing her age and test result.
• Xiao Wu revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and yellow, yellow, and purple Soul Rings, and Dean Tiger ordered her enrollment.

Lan Fozi told Ursula she had decided to visit the human world, despite Ursula's warnings about the danger. After learning that Lan Fozi's parents had entered a decades-long deep whale slumber, Ursula saw an opportunity to act while concealing her reaction.

• Lan Fozi arrived at Fishbone Cave and told Ursula she wanted to see the human world.
• Ursula warned Lan Fozi that humans would hunt, capture, and exploit a powerful sea Soul Beast like her.
• Lan Fozi said she was desperate to escape the monotonous Deep Sea Demonic Whale Territory and had no friends there.
• Lan Fozi revealed that her parents had entered a deep whale slumber that could last decades or even a hundred years.
• Ursula recognized the slumber as a heaven-sent opportunity but hid her interest behind an appearance of conflict.

Ursula explained how she could help Lan Fozi enter the human world in a disguised human form, then revealed the costly ingredients she required. Lan Fozi was eager to begin until Ursula asked for primordial essence blood from her father, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Ursula warned Lan Fozi that her size and soul beast aura would make entering the human world dangerous, but Lan Fozi trusted her to find a way.
• Ursula offered an ancient potion that would temporarily give Lan Fozi a human appearance and conceal her Deep Sea Demonic Whale aura.
• Ursula said she would teach Lan Fozi to disguise her power as a human soul master with a plausible martial soul and soul rings.
• Ursula demanded at least ten heart of the ocean crystals, ten whale emperor scales, and primordial essence blood from Lan Fozi's father, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Lan Fozi readily accepted the first two costs but stiffened when Ursula asked for her father's primordial essence blood.

Ursula persuaded Lan Fozi to supply Primordial Essence Blood and a wisp of Bloodline Power for a camouflage potion meant to let her enter the human world. Lan Fozi left to gather the materials, unaware that Ursula intended to steal the Royal Clan Imprint in her bloodline and use the king’s blood to strengthen herself.

• Ursula told Lan Fozi that the potion required Father King's Primordial Essence Blood to conceal her identity from human senses and detection methods.
• Ursula explained that the potion also required Lan Fozi to offer a wisp of her Bloodline Power so it could disguise her Soul Imprint from within.
• Ursula assured Lan Fozi that the borrowed power would recover through cultivation, and Lan Fozi agreed to provide it and obtain her father's blood.
• Lan Fozi left Fishbone Cave to prepare the materials, while Ursula secretly coveted the king's blood and the Royal Clan Imprint in Lan Fozi's bloodline.

Tang San and Cinderella reflected on Shrek Academy’s shabby facilities and haphazard teaching, while Tang San resolved to find his own ways to grow stronger. The students gathered for an unusual session, and Flender left Zhao Wuji to explain what they would do.

• Tang San and Cinderella washed at the farmhouse well and silently considered their disappointment with Shrek Academy.
• Tang San reviewed the academy’s teachers and students and decided to focus on useful lessons while continuing his own cultivation and hidden-weapon work.
• Tang San and Cinderella joined the other students on the training ground, where Flender announced there would be no theory lessons or combat training that day.
• Flender asked Zhao Wuji to explain the day’s activity.

Zhao Wuji and Flender sent the Shrek students to train at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, where each had to earn a Silver Soul Battle Badge before graduating. Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing to partner with him, but she rejected him and walked over to Cinderella instead, leaving him furious and humiliated.

• Zhao Wuji announced that the students would begin training at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, and Flender made earning a Silver Soul Battle Badge a graduation requirement.
• Flender gave the students fifteen minutes to choose partners for two-on-two matches before they left for Suotuo City.
• Tang San immediately paired with Cinderella, while Ma Hongjun proposed teaming up with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and asked her to team up so they could develop their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai for neglecting his training and chasing women, refused to partner with him, and walked over to Cinderella.
• Dai Mubai clenched his fists as the others watched him stand humiliated.

Zhu Zhuqing asked Cinderella to team up with her for two-on-two matches, and Cinderella agreed to form the Spirit Dance Team. Tang San then offered to team up with Zhu Zhuqing as well so she and Cinderella could take turns competing, leaving Dai Mubai furious as Zhu Zhuqing accepted.

• Dai Mubai teamed up with Ma Hongjun after Zhu Zhuqing rejected him, while Oscar worried he had no partner.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Cinderella to team up with her, and Cinderella agreed to form the Spirit Dance Team.
• Dai Mubai offered to form teams with both Oscar and Ma Hongjun, implying he had other partners despite Zhu Zhuqing's rejection.
• Tang San offered to team up with Zhu Zhuqing so she could alternate between competing with him and Cinderella.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Tang San's offer and asked him and Cinderella to choose their team name, while Dai Mubai reacted with disbelief.

Flender organized six Shrek Academy students into individual and paired matches at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, where they began registration. Meanwhile, Ursula showed Lan Fozi a potion that could temporarily make them human and explained how a necklace could restore Lan Fozi’s whale form and summon help.

• Flender warned the students to represent Shrek Academy well and to hold back if they faced one another in the arena.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji led the six students to the Suotuo Great Soul Arena and registered them for individual matches and the six teams.
• Ursula showed Lan Fozi the Pact of Human Form potion and explained that it temporarily changed their bloodline so the laws recognized them as human.
• Ursula gave Lan Fozi a Deep Sea Tear Necklace containing restoration potion that could return her to her whale form, teleport her toward safe waters, and send a soul call to her relatives.

Ursula used a Humanoid Pact Potion to transform Lan Fozi into a human girl and taught her to simulate a Martial Soul and Soul Rings. After Lan Fozi summoned five rings, Ursula warned that her apparent strength would attract dangerous attention in the human world.

• Ursula explained that Lan Fozi could transform back as a last resort to let her father locate her, then gave her the Humanoid Pact Potion.
• The potion transformed Lan Fozi from a Deep Sea Demonic Whale into a human girl, and Ursula placed the Deep Sea Tear necklace around her neck.
• Lan Fozi followed Ursula's instructions and summoned her Deep Sea Demonic Whale Martial Soul with five Soul Rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, and black.
• Ursula warned Lan Fozi that appearing to be a twelve-year-old Soul King would draw the attention of powerful human factions and put her disguise at risk.

Ursula taught Lan Fozi to conceal her true strength and prepare for life among humans. Near the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek Academy’s students encountered a group from Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai insulted their school after noticing a striking red-haired girl.

• Ursula told Lan Fozi to hide her fourth and fifth Soul Rings and present herself as a level thirty-one Soul Elder.
• Ursula began comprehensive training to teach Lan Fozi the rules and customs of the human world.
• At a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest, Shrek Academy’s students ate before entering the forest to find Soul Rings for Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing.
• A Canghui Academy group arrived, led by an elderly Soul Master and accompanied by seven students, including a red-haired girl who caught Ma Hongjun’s attention.
• Dai Mubai called Canghui Academy a second-rate school, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted with silent disgust.

Melida confronted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun after they insulted Canghui Academy and made lewd remarks about its women. She and Cinderella silently recognized each other but kept their connection hidden, and the chapter ended with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun repeating their insults to Melida.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked Canghui Academy's students and leered at the red-haired Melida, angering Zhu Zhuqing and Cinderella.
• Canghui Academy's teacher Shi Nian and the other students noticed the insults, and one male student stepped forward to demand an apology.
• Melida recognized Cinderella, but the two concealed their connection and acted like strangers.
• Melida ordered the male student to step back and confronted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun herself.
• Dai Mubai repeated his insult, and Ma Hongjun made another lewd offer to Melida while Tang San watched in silence.

Melida attacked Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai after they insulted her, overwhelming Dai Mubai with close-combat techniques before he could release his Martial Soul. Ma Hongjun began gathering Soul Power to unleash his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul as the fight continued.

• Melida slapped Ma Hongjun hard enough to knock him off his chair and bloody his mouth.
• Dai Mubai rose to defend Ma Hongjun, but Melida dodged his block and drove him back with a powerful kick.
• Melida kept Dai Mubai off balance with a rapid series of strikes, preventing him from releasing his Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai tried to blast Melida away with Soul Power, but she evaded him and forced him to roll aside to escape a dangerous blow.
• Ma Hongjun got up, saw Dai Mubai being beaten, and prepared to release his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

Shi Nian stopped Melida from continuing her attack on Shrek Academy's students, but Zhao Wuji arrived and confronted him over intimidating them. The two Soul Sages traded insults in the hotel lobby, leaving the confrontation between their academies unresolved.

• Shi Nian suppressed Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai with his Soul Sage pressure and ordered Melida to return to Canghui Academy.
• Melida withdrew after humiliating Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who seethed with resentment.
• Zhao Wuji came downstairs, broke through some of Shi Nian's pressure, and defended his students.
• Zhao Wuji and Shi Nian exchanged insults, with Zhao accusing Canghui Academy of using underhanded illusions in the Soul Master Tournament.

Zhao Wuji broke Shi Nian’s illusion attack and forced Canghui Academy to leave rather than risk a fight near the Star Dou Great Forest. Afterward, Zhao Wuji restrained his anger to protect Shrek’s students and turned his displeased attention to their performance.

• Shi Nian unleashed his mental illusions against Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji shattered them with his overwhelming presence.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Shi Nian to fight, but Shi Nian weighed the risks and led Canghui Academy out of the hotel.
• Melida exchanged a brief glance with Cinderella before following her academy away.
• Zhao Wuji held back from fighting because Shrek’s students could be endangered amid the crowds near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji turned to his students, focusing first on Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun as they recovered with Oscar’s sausages.

Zhao Wuji angrily confronted Tang San, Cinderella, and Zhu Zhuqing for not helping Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun when Melida beat them. The three remained silent because each privately resented the pair, leaving Zhao Wuji convinced they lacked team spirit.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun ate Oscar's Recovery Sausages while Zhao Wuji seethed over their humiliating defeat by Melida.
• Zhao Wuji blamed Tang San, Cinderella, and Zhu Zhuqing for watching without intervening and decided they needed a lesson about teamwork.
• Zhao Wuji pointed at the trio and demanded to know why they had not acted.
• Tang San, Cinderella, and Zhu Zhuqing stayed silent, each hiding their personal reasons for letting Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun be beaten.
• Zhao Wuji took their silence as proof of indifference toward their companions and pressed them with angry accusations.

Zhao Wuji punished Tang San, Cinderella, and Zhu Zhuqing with the pressure of a Soul Sage for refusing to stand up for their classmates. Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Star Luo Zhu Clan badge, prompting Zhao Wuji to ease the pressure on her and focus his anger on Tang San and Cinderella.

• Zhao Wuji condemned the students for abandoning their teammates and unleashed controlled Soul Sage pressure on Tang San, Cinderella, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing resisted the pressure and pinned her direct-lineage badge from the Star Luo Zhu Clan to her chest.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the threat posed by Zhu Zhuqing's powerful clan and quietly reduced the pressure on her.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained defiant, and Zhao Wuji redirected his anger and pressure toward Tang San and Cinderella to make an example of them.

Zhao Wuji targeted Tang San and Cinderella with crushing pressure because they had not intervened in the fight, while Tang San grew furious at his treatment of his sister. After Tang San insulted Zhao Wuji, the enraged teacher demanded that they kneel.

• Zhao Wuji explained that he believed Tang San and Cinderella were gifted but unsupported students, then demanded to know why they had not acted.
• Zhao Wuji intensified his pressure, making Cinderella struggle to stand and Tang San clench his fists in anger.
• Tang San saw Cinderella suffering and resolved that Zhao Wuji would pay for tormenting her.
• Tang San stepped in front of Cinderella and called Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun trash, then asked Zhao Wuji if he was senile.
• Zhao Wuji flew into a rage and unleashed his pressure, roaring for Tang San and Cinderella to kneel.

Tang San used a Dragon Beard Needle to break Zhao Wuji’s Soul Sage pressure and inflict severe pain on him. With Cinderella and Zhu Zhuqing freed, the others watched Tang San with shock and fear.

• Tang San endured Zhao Wuji’s pressure while deciding to stop him from hurting his sister.
• Tang San secretly prepared a Dragon Beard Needle and launched it at Zhao Wuji.
• The needle pierced Zhao Wuji’s Soul Power defense and curled inside his chest, causing him unbearable pain.
• Zhao Wuji collapsed and lost control of his pressure, freeing Cinderella and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar watched Tang San warily after seeing what he had done.

Tang San stopped Zhao Wuji’s torment after Cinderella urged him to spare the teacher, then removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji’s chest. Zhao Wuji was left shaken and wary of Tang San, while Dai Mubai and the others helped him away.

• Dai Mubai rushed to Zhao Wuji as Tang San stood over him, waiting while the Dragon Beard Needles caused him agony.
• Cinderella urged Tang San to stop, reminding him that Zhao Wuji was their teacher and that they needed to remain at Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and begged Tang San to remove the needles, and Tang San pulled them from his chest with the Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Zhao Wuji’s pain subsided, and he lowered his head instead of answering Tang San’s question about the pressure he had endured.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar helped the exhausted Zhao Wuji away to rest.

After Tang San protected Cinderella from Zhao Wuji, the siblings returned to their room, where Tang San warned Zhao Wuji not to target them again. Later that night, a mysterious Title Douluo appeared at Zhao Wuji’s window and overwhelmed him with pressure, leaving Zhao Wuji suspecting the visitor was connected to Tang San.

• Cinderella and Tang San left the others and returned to their room, where Tang San apologized for failing to reach her sooner.
• Cinderella identified Tang San’s weapon as a Dragon Beard Needle and cautioned him that its power drew attention; Tang San vowed to protect her.
• Zhao Wuji lay awake, frightened by Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, and decided to investigate Tang San and Cinderella’s backgrounds the next morning.
• A terrifying pressure struck Zhao Wuji at night, disrupting his Soul Power and forcing him to summon his Mighty Vajra Bear Martial Soul.
• A black-clad visitor appeared at Zhao Wuji’s window and crushed him with the pressure of a Title Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji wondered whether Tang San’s strange Hidden Weapons meant that the visitor was backing him.