Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu, Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Zhao Wuji’s assessment, and Lin Xiao’s Gugas quickly built them a new dormitory. Tang San recovered from his injuries in the boys’ dorm while Dai Mubai and Oscar spotted Ning Rongrong and began plotting how Oscar could approach her.

• Xiao Wu won the assessment against Zhao Wuji, who confirmed that she and her companions had passed.
• Li Yusong led Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the dilapidated dorms, where Lin Xiao’s Gugas built an elaborate house.
• Dai Mubai woke Oscar to make a healing sausage for the injured Tang San, who was resting in the boys’ dorm.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai saw the newly built house and noticed Ning Rongrong outside with Lin Xiao.
• Oscar fell for Ning Rongrong at first sight, and Dai Mubai began advising him on how to pursue her.

Lin Xiao and the others settled into their villa, where Zhu Zhuqing joined them and Oscar’s attempt to show her around ended in rejection. Dai Mubai realized Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée and collapsed over the prospect that she had seen him with other women, while Tang San noticed his reaction.

• Li Yusong introduced Oscar as a Food-type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power, but Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu dismissed his talent compared with Lin Xiao’s support items.
• Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing entered the villa, where Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Wu’s offer to stay with them.
• Oscar came to meet the new students and offer a tour, but Zhu Zhuqing declined and shut the door in his face.
• Dai Mubai learned that the girl who rejected Oscar was Zhu Zhuqing, recognized her as his fiancée, and panicked over his past behavior in Suotuo City.
• Tang San observed Dai Mubai’s reaction to Zhu Zhuqing’s name, while the girls stayed inside and enjoyed shaved ice prepared by the Gugas.

Lin Xiao and the others held a rooftop barbecue before sleeping through Shrek Academy’s assembly, prompting Ning Rongrong to confront Flender over his reprimand. Flender announced that the students would go to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City that night for practical combat training.

• Ning Rongrong celebrated reuniting with Zhu Zhuqing by asking Lin Xiao to host a rooftop barbecue, while Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun watched from below and envied the food.
• Lin Xiao and the others woke late the next morning, and Flender arrived to scold them for missing the assembly bell.
• Ning Rongrong berated Flender and threatened him with the backing of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Grandpa, Bone Grandpa, and Lin Xiao.
• Lin Xiao calmed Ning Rongrong and asked Flender why he had gathered them, giving Flender a chance to announce that they would train at the Great Soul Arena that evening.
• Flender repeated the announcement to Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then dismissed them.

Flender recognized Tang San as Xiaogang’s disciple and learned that Xiaogang was coming to Shrek. At Lin Xiao’s villa, Zhu Zhuqing received Pills from Ning Rongrong, and Lin Xiao chose Motherland Guga, Di Guga, and Yan Shuang Guga as the three fighters.

• Flender identified the belt Tang San wore as Xiaogang’s and told Tang San to rest while he recovered.
• Tang San gave Flender Xiaogang’s letter, and Flender learned that Xiaogang was coming to Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing a bottle of Pills, and Zhu Zhuqing began cultivating with one.
• Xiao Wu convinced Ning Rongrong to keep enjoying herself rather than worry about cultivating.
• Lin Xiao asked the Gugas to volunteer as fighters, then selected Motherland Guga, Di Guga, and Yan Shuang Guga.

Lin Xiao and the others traveled to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City with the Gugas’ help, leaving Flender astonished at how fast they were. They arrived ahead of him, where Xiao Wu and Motherland Guga argued over her rough flight.

• Motherland Guga, Di Guga, and Yan Shuang Guga’s groups fought until the three victors joined Lin Xiao and the others at the training field.
• Flender set off for the Great Soul Arena, while Motherland Guga flew Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing and Di Guga carried Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong at high speed.
• Yan Shuang Guga bet Oscar one copper coin that she would arrive one step behind the others, then vanished before he could react.
• Motherland Guga and Di Guga accidentally sent Flender spinning and crashing into a tree as they sped past him.
• Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, and Di Guga arrived at the arena, followed by Motherland Guga with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, who both felt sick from the flight.
• Flender arrived covered in leaves, and Ning Rongrong realized that the “speed bump” they had hit on the way had been him.

Flender brought the students to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena to register and begin their Soul Battles, where Yan Shuang Guga startled him by already having a badge and Lin Xiao paid the staff to register the group. After the matches, Zhu Zhuqing barely won her solo fight and accepted Lin Xiao's help, leaving Dai Mubai trailing behind them as Ma Hongjun and Oscar speculated about their past.

• Flender explained that the students needed to earn Silver Soul Battle Badges, but Yan Shuang Guga revealed she already had an Iron Soul Battle Badge.
• The students registered their aliases and Soul information, and Lin Xiao paid the staff with a Gold Card to register the Gugas as Soul Masters.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong argued over teaming up with the Gugas, and Motherland Guga paired with Zhu Zhuqing for a two-person match.
• Xiao Wu and the Gugas dominated their solo matches, while Zhu Zhuqing narrowly defeated a Level 29 opponent.
• Lin Xiao gave Zhu Zhuqing water and praised her, then invited her to watch Ning Rongrong and Di Guga's match as Dai Mubai followed behind.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar whispered that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have an unusual past and wondered if Dai Mubai had been cheated on.

Ning Rongrong and Di Guga defeated two Soul Ancestors in Arena One after Di Guga enlarged himself and unleashed a powerful lightning attack. Back with the others, Lin Xiao recovered the Soul Power Di Guga had drained, and Xiao Wu described how Yan Shuang Guga had frustrated her opponents into surrendering.

• Ning Rongrong cheered Di Guga on as he blinded the arena crowd, grew to enormous size, and blocked the Soul Ancestors' attacks with a barrier.
• Lin Xiao lost a third of his Soul Power to Di Guga's transformation, leaned on Zhu Zhuqing, and gave her Soul-Replenishing Pills after recovering with some himself.
• Di Guga struck both Soul Ancestors with his Lightning Fist and sent them flying out of the Great Soul Arena, winning the match with Ning Rongrong.
• Di Guga returned to his small form, dove into Lin Xiao's arms, and heard Lin Xiao warn him against using enlargement in low-level matches.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Xiao that she had won alongside Yan Shuang Guga, but her partner had dodged and nullified the opponents' attacks until they surrendered.

Dai Mubai tried to congratulate the group, but Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing rebuffed him, and he left after Lin Xiao shielded Rongrong. In the spirit battle, Motherland Guga joined Zhu Zhuqing and used her speed to defeat one opponent and help knock the other out of the ring.

• Dai Mubai congratulated the group, but Ning Rongrong mocked him and Zhu Zhuqing called him childish before walking away.
• Dai Mubai angrily confronted Ning Rongrong, but Lin Xiao stepped between them and the others' intimidating presence made Dai Mubai leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited onstage for Motherland Guga as the opposing spirit masters urged her to forfeit.
• Motherland Guga arrived dramatically, and the dual spirit battle began with Zhu Zhuqing dodging the opponents while they tried to pursue her.
• Motherland Guga used Supersonic Flight Mode to catch Catwoman and strike her with heat vision, sending her crashing into a wall.
• Motherland Guga punched Leopard Boy unconscious, and Zhu Zhuqing's attack knocked him off the stage.

After Zhu Zhuqing and Motherland Guga won their Soul Fight, Dai Mubai’s lecherous reputation and Ma Hongjun’s teasing worsened Zhuqing’s disgust toward him. Late that night, Lin Xiao found Zhuqing sipping alcohol-flavored juice and asked if Dai Mubai was the reason she wanted a drink.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Motherland Guga won their two-person Soul Fight, while Motherland Guga mocked Xiao Wu for being a bystander.
• Flender gave Ma Hongjun some of the winnings, and Ma Hongjun invited Oscar and Dai Mubai to go have fun.
• Dai Mubai tried to explain himself to Zhu Zhuqing, but Motherland Guga intervened, and Lin Xiao carried everyone back to Shrek Academy in a sphere of light.
• Dai Mubai blamed Ma Hongjun for Zhuqing’s disgust, kicked him, and beat him while Ma Hongjun gathered his scattered gold coins.
• Lin Xiao found Zhu Zhuqing drinking with bartender Guga late at night and learned she was sipping alcohol-flavored juice because of Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuqing confided in Lin Xiao about the Star Luo imperial family's deadly rules, and he invited her to seek protection with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The next day, Oscar broke through to level 30, prompting Flender to organize a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a Spirit Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Xiao that she had joined forces with Dai Mubai to survive, but had lost hope after finding him a debauched playboy with weak cultivation.
• Lin Xiao offered to take Zhu Zhuqing back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reassuring her that the Star Luo imperial family would not risk provoking the Heaven Dou Empire to pursue her.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to share Lin Xiao's Non-Alcoholic Cinderella, while the Gugas watched and claimed that they had tied a red thread between the two.
• At the training field, Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing ignored him and kept looking toward Lin Xiao, but Flender interrupted him before he could speak to her.
• Oscar arrived and announced that he had broken through to level 30, so Flender canceled training and ordered everyone to prepare for a trip to hunt Oscar's third Spirit Ring.
• Tang San congratulated Oscar and promised to help him choose the best Spirit Ring.

Lin Xiao's group traveled ahead to the Star Dou Great Forest using their flying iron suits while Zhao Wuji's group ran behind them. The two groups arrived at the supply town at different times, and Zhao Wuji planned to enter the forest at dawn.

• Tang San thanked Oscar for helping him, then rejected Oscar's flirtatious offer to warm his bed.
• Lin Xiao assembled Combat Guga and Logistics Guga as an emergency squad before the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiao, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong flew ahead in their iron suits while Tang San and the others ran after them.
• Xiao Wu raced Ning Rongrong while carrying Zhu Zhuqing, then handed Zhu Zhuqing to Lin Xiao when the speed became too much for her.
• After about four hours, Lin Xiao's group reached the supply town, ate and rested at an inn, and released the Gugas.
• Zhao Wuji and the exhausted students arrived after sunset, and Zhao Wuji told them to rest before entering the forest at dawn.

Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing watched Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong tease each other before finding Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun fighting Ye Zhiqiu of Canghui Academy downstairs. After Ye Zhiqiu easily defeated them, Zhao Wuji arrived and ordered them upstairs.

• Lin Xiao recalled how Xiao Wu had once tricked Ning Rongrong into eating fertilizer, prompting Rongrong to bite Xiao Wu's ear as Zhu Zhuqing laughed.
• Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing went downstairs after the room shook and found Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun facing Ye Zhiqiu and his injured Canghui Academy students.
• Dai Mubai insulted Ye Zhiqiu and led an attack with Tang San and Ma Hongjun, but Ye Zhiqiu broke through their assault and defeated all three.
• Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing refused Oscar's plea to help, saying Dai Mubai and the others had started the fight and should handle it themselves.
• Ye Zhiqiu praised Lin Xiao and Zhu Zhuqing as normal, while Zhao Wuji arrived and ordered Dai Mubai and the others upstairs.

After the Shrek students clashed with Canghui Academy, Zhao Wuji drove Ye Zhiqiu and his students away. The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning, where Beast Tamer Guga subdued a Blazing Flame Tiger and let Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu ride it as they continued onward.

• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Spirit Rings, frightening Ye Zhiqiu into retreating with the Canghui Academy students.
• Lin Xiao told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that Dai Mubai and the others had started the previous night's fight, and the girls criticized their behavior.
• Zhao Wuji assigned the group positions and led them into the Star Dou Great Forest, with Lin Xiao and his Martial Soul bringing up the rear.
• A roughly seven-thousand-year-old Blazing Flame Tiger pounced at Ning Rongrong and Lin Xiao, but Lin Xiao's Water Release knocked it down.
• Beast Tamer Guga tamed the Blazing Flame Tiger with her roar and whip, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu rode it as the group continued deeper into the forest.

The Shrek group captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Oscar needed for his next Spirit Ring, but Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed it as their prey. When they proposed a duel to decide who would keep it, Meng Yiran chose Lin Xiao, who revealed he was a Soul Ancestor.

• Ninja Guga helped Zhu Zhuqing spot a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Tang San identified as suitable for Oscar.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji subdued the serpent, and Oscar prepared to kill it for its Spirit Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived, said they had wounded and tracked the serpent, and asked the group to give it up.
• Zhao Wuji refused because Oscar needed the Spirit Ring, so Chao Tianxiang proposed a soul duel to decide who would claim it.
• Meng Yiran chose Lin Xiao to fight, and Lin Xiao revealed his four Spirit Rings as a Soul Ancestor.

Chao Tianxiang tried to recruit Lin Xiao by offering Meng Yiran in marriage, but Ning Rongrong claimed Lin Xiao as her fiancé and drove them away. After Meng Yiran rejected Tang San, Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Spirit Ring and gained a flying soul skill.

• Chao Tianxiang offered Lin Xiao a place in the Dragon Snake Family and Meng Yiran's hand in marriage, but Ning Rongrong objected and kissed Lin Xiao to assert that he was her fiancé.
• Chao Tianxiang withdrew her offer after Lin Xiao said he could not accept because he belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San volunteered to claim the Spirit Ring, but Meng Yiran insulted him, refused to fight, and left with Chao Tianxiang.
• Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to kill the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar absorbed its Spirit Ring without difficulty.
• Oscar revealed that his third soul skill created a Mushroom Sausage that let its eater fly at the serpent's speed for one minute.

Tang San reached level 30 and promised to help Dai Mubai reconcile with Zhu Zhuqing by asking his teacher to intervene. The next morning, as the group set out to find Tang San a Spirit Ring, a tremendous crash shook the forest and alarmed Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San broke through to level 30, so the group continued searching for his Spirit Ring instead of returning to Shrek.
• Lin Xiao had Ninja Guga build an earthen house, while Tang San and Oscar discussed how Blue Silver Grass could not make a lasting shelter.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée and regretted abandoning her; Tang San promised his teacher would arrange a chance for them to talk.
• Ning Rongrong woke beside Lin Xiao, realized she had drooled on his chest, and fled in embarrassment.
• Zhao Wuji led the group back into the forest, but a distant crash shook the ground and made him sense a great danger.

Lin Xiao and his companions escaped the Titan Giant Ape, while Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming in the forest. Zhu Zhuqing was escorted toward safety, and Tang San's group fled on, unaware that a Man Faced Demon Spider was nearby.

• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Zhao Wuji and Tang San's group, while Lin Xiao and the others escaped in armor and Xiao Wu was carried off.
• After the others left, Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong revealed their escape was planned and decided to rescue Zhao Wuji and await Xiao Wu and the Ninja Gugas.
• Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming, scolded him for scratching her armor, and agreed to visit Da Ming before returning to Lin Xiao.
• Six Ninja Gugas escorted Zhu Zhuqing toward the supply town as she worried about Lin Xiao's safety.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai to keep fleeing and treat Zhu Zhuqing's supposed sacrifice as a reason to press on.
• Tang San's group stopped at the sound of a spider screech.

Tang San and his companions fought a Man Faced Demon Spider, but it vanished before he could claim its Spirit Ring. Lin Xiao and Ning Rongrong found Zhao Wuji, and the group reunited with Xiao Wu and left Star Dou Forest; Zhu Zhuqing waited anxiously at an inn with six Ninja Gugas.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar fought a Man Faced Demon Spider, but it vanished in smoke and leaves before Tang San could kill it.
• Lin Xiao woke Zhao Wuji with an awl, then told him that Xiao Wu had escaped and would meet them soon.
• Lin Xiao silently acknowledged four Ninja Gugas who reported that their mission was complete.
• Xiao Wu returned, and Zhao Wuji led her, Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, and the others out of Star Dou Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited at an inn in the supply town while six Ninja Gugas ate roasted suckling pigs.

Lin Xiao and the others returned after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, while Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai. The next morning, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong beat Yu Xiaogang and kicked him flying after he tried to lecture them.

• Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Lin Xiao, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhao Wuji back, then explained that she had been left behind during the Titan Giant Ape attack.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San returned, but Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai's apology and went upstairs with Ning Rongrong and Lin Xiao.
• The next morning, Lin Xiao's group returned to their villa and found Yu Xiaogang waiting outside, demanding to know why they had not brought the others back.
• Ning Rongrong insulted Yu Xiaogang after he claimed authority as their future teacher, and Xiao Wu kicked him to the ground.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong beat Yu Xiaogang, then launched him into the distance with a coordinated double kick.

Lin Xiao recovered the Eight Spider Spears from the Man Faced Demon Spider and began absorbing the Spirit Bone. At Shrek Academy, the battered Yu Xiaogang insisted he could win over the students with his theories, then reunited with Tang San while the others mocked his appearance.

• Lin Xiao had the Gugas burn away the Man Faced Demon Spider's shell and revealed its Eight Spider Spears, then began absorbing the Spirit Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang crashed through the roof into Flender's office, and Flender recognized him despite his badly bruised face.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he could not teach the students after they beat him, but insisted he would win them over with his Soul Master theories.
• Zhao Wuji returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, where Yu Xiaogang waited to greet them.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai laughed at Yu Xiaogang's appearance, while Tang San asked what had happened and followed him to his house.