Chapter Summaries

Youquan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao questioned their impressions of Shrek Academy after the shopkeeper treated them unfairly, but decided to visit anyway. The next morning, they traveled with Tang San and Xiaowu and found Shrek Academy at a shabby village entrance.

• Youquan reasoned that the shopkeeper might be a Shrek Academy teacher or administrator because he had intimidated them and treated Tang San differently.
• Ning Rongrong decided not to let the shopkeeper spoil their visit and resumed her shopping with Youquan and Xiaoxiao.
• The next morning, Youquan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao met Tang San and Xiaowu, and the group set off south from Suotuo City.
• When they could not find the academy, Youquan spotted a nearby village and suggested they ask for directions.
• The group discovered that the shabby entrance and tattered sign marked Shrek Academy, leaving Ning Rongrong and Xiaowu doubtful about the school.

Youquan and the others investigated Shrek Academy’s claims and watched its staff reject a boy while keeping his family’s registration fee. Youquan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao grew disillusioned with the academy as Dai Mubai challenged the boy’s father to recover the money.

• Youquan questioned a boy’s father and learned Shrek Academy’s claims about Spirit Hall and an Imperial Viscount came from the academy’s own teachers.
• Youquan and Ning Rongrong concluded that Shrek’s claims were recruitment bait and watched the registration desk reject a thirteen-year-old boy.
• The old man refused to refund the boy’s family’s ten Gold Soul Coins and summoned Dai Mubai to deal with the father.
• Dai Mubai displayed his Spirit Rings and challenged the father to beat him to get the registration fee back.
• Youquan condemned Shrek’s conduct, Ning Rongrong agreed, and Xiaoxiao became more certain she needed a different path.
• Tang San told Xiaowu that Shrek had its own merits and that the boy’s family had learned a lesson after trying to exploit the age rule.

Youquan, Ning Rongrong, Xiaoxiao, Tang San, and Xiaowu registered at Shrek Academy and revealed their martial souls and Spirit Rings. Youquan concealed her true strength as the group prepared to enter the academy.

• Youquan, Xiaoxiao, and Ning Rongrong decided to register after debating Shrek Academy’s harsh admission rules.
• Tang San and Xiaowu paid the fee, passed the age test, and revealed their level 29 martial souls, impressing the old man.
• Dai Mubai agreed to escort Tang San and Xiaowu inside, then reacted unpleasantly when he saw the others.
• Xiaoxiao and Ning Rongrong passed the age check and displayed their martial souls, while Youquan used Spirit Hall records to prove her age.
• Youquan revealed her fire martial soul and claimed to be a level 39 Control-type Battle Soul Elder, concealing one Spirit Ring and disguising the others.

Youquan and the other applicants arrived at Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai warned them against Oscar’s sausages because of his awkward martial-soul incantation. Youquan tried one and praised its taste and restorative power, persuading Xiaoxiao and Ning Rongrong to try one too.

• The elderly examiner and Dai Mubai were astonished when Youquan revealed she was a twelve-year-old level 39 Soul Elder, and Dai Mubai led the applicants into the academy.
• Dai Mubai brought the group to the central clearing and warned them not to eat Oscar’s sausages when Oscar arrived selling them.
• Oscar summoned a sausage with an embarrassing incantation, prompting Tang San to become angry until Oscar explained how Food System Soul Masters’ incantations worked.
• Youquan paid Oscar, tasted a grilled sausage, and praised its flavor and Soul Power-restoring effect.
• Youquan explained that accepting a teammate’s support mattered more than the sausage’s incantation, and Xiaoxiao and Ning Rongrong accepted sausages from her.

Xiaoxiao, Ning Rongrong, and Youquan demonstrated their strength during Shrek Academy’s entrance examination and were sent with the others to the fourth test. Dai Mubai explained the academy’s strict admission standards and revealed that only three students currently attended.

• Oscar revealed that he was a level 29 Food-type Spirit Master, and Youquan paid him for sausages and asked him to save some for later.
• Dai Mubai told the testing teacher that the applicants’ Soul Power exceeded level 25, and Tang San, Xiaowu, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao demonstrated their cultivation with a crystal ball.
• A tall girl in black took the crystal ball from Ning Rongrong and displayed level 27 Soul Power, while Youquan showed three purple Spirit Rings and was allowed to proceed.
• Dai Mubai led the group toward the fourth test and explained that Shrek tested applicants’ age, Soul Power and Martial Souls, potential, and combat experience.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiaoxiao questioned Shrek’s standards, and Dai Mubai revealed that the academy had admitted only forty-two students in twenty years and currently had just three.

Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s strict admissions and graduation rules, but Youquan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao challenged its lack of support for students. Zhao Wuji arrived and announced that the six applicants would face his fourth test together.

• Dai Mubai said Shrek Academy had only three students and required students to reach level forty before age twenty to graduate.
• Youquan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiaoxiao questioned the academy’s low graduation rate, its failure to protect students, and its lack of funding.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, and Dai Mubai introduced him as Shrek Academy’s level seventy-six vice dean.
• Youquan asked why teachers let students hunt Soul Beasts alone, and Zhao Wuji said students who died lacked ability.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the six applicants had to withstand his attacks together for the time it took one incense stick to burn.

Youquan and the other five students began their trial against Zhao Wuji, the Immovable King of Wisdom. Youquan opened with a fiery assault, and Zhao Wuji countered with a ground-shattering attack that threatened Ning Rongrong in midair.

• Dai Mubai warned the group that Zhao Wuji was a powerful Soul Saint with formidable attack and defense, and Ning Rongrong recalled his clash with Spirit Hall.
• Tang San, Xiaowu, Ning Rongrong, Xiaoxiao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Youquan introduced their Martial Souls and abilities before Tang San organized their formation.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Youquan, Xiaowu, and Xiaoxiao with her strength boost, while Youquan used Earth Gang Flame to erupt pillars of fire around Zhao Wuji.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing's speed, and Zhu Zhuqing darted between the flames to attack Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji slammed his fists into the ground, prompting Tang San to pull Ning Rongrong into the air and Xiaoxiao to block the attack with Quake of the Cauldron.
• Zhao Wuji fired a compressed-air fist at Ning Rongrong as she hung in midair.

Youquan, Tang San, Xiaowu, Xiaoxiao, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing teamed up against Zhao Wuji in their first battle. They injured him before he completed his Martial Soul Possession, but he rose with all seven Spirit Rings revealed and prepared to get serious.

• Youquan rescued Tang San and Ning Rongrong from Zhao Wuji's air punch, then warned Tang San not to underestimate his opponent.
• Tang San and Xiaowu coordinated an attack, while his Blue Silver Grass and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon restrained Zhao Wuji and Ning Rongrong boosted their strength.
• Youquan rushed in as Zhao Wuji began swelling for Martial Soul Possession, and Xiaoxiao's Fusion Skill interrupted his transformation.
• Youquan struck Zhao Wuji with Hidden Strength and Heavenly Flames, then swung the Profound Heavy Ruler at his knee and detonated the power inside him.
• Xiaowu flung Zhao Wuji headfirst into the ground, and Zhu Zhuqing clawed him while he was weakened.
• Zhao Wuji stood up, completed Martial Soul Possession, and revealed his seven Spirit Rings as he vowed to get serious.

Tang San, Youquan, Xiaowu, and Zhu Zhuqing fought Zhao Wuji, who overwhelmed them with his strength and left Xiaowu unconscious. The test paused, but Tang San blamed Youquan for not saving Xiaowu, and Youquan became wary of his hostility.

• Zhao Wuji completed his Martial Soul Possession, broke Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, and shrugged off the group's attacks until Youquan and Tang San helped Xiaowu knock him off balance with Waist Bow.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed his first Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body, sending Zhu Zhuqing flying and injuring Xiaowu while Tang San caught her.
• Youquan gave the others Medicinal Pills, but Tang San and Xiaowu refused them while Zhu Zhuqing swallowed two and began recovering.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Tang San and Xiaowu with Great Strength Vajra Palm, but Xiaowu used her bewilderment-type Soul Skill and fainted from Soul Power backlash.
• Zhao Wuji said Xiaowu would recover after resting, while Tang San resented Youquan for not saving her and Youquan sensed his hostility and grew wary.

Youquan continued the assessment against Zhao Wuji after Tang San proposed restarting the match, using her Heavenly Flames and speed to keep Zhao Wuji at bay. With little incense left, Youquan asked Xiaoxiao to hold him off while she prepared to fuse two flames.

• Tang San offered to face Zhao Wuji alone and asked him to restart the assessment, but Youquan told him to move aside and continued the match with Ning Rongrong and Xiaoxiao.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Youquan with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Youquan used the Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations and Mountain Opening Seal to make Zhao Wuji retreat.
• Youquan evaded Zhao Wuji’s attacks with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and endured his Gravity Enhancement and Targeting and Tracking skills as the incense burned down.
• Xiaoxiao used Quake of the Cauldron to interfere with Zhao Wuji, and Youquan asked her to buy a minute.
• Youquan summoned a ball of bone-white flame and a ball of invisible flame, then slammed them together.

Youquan passed Zhao Wuji’s assessment by striking him with Buddha’s Wrathful Lotus just as the incense burned out, though she exhausted her Soul Power and remained far weaker than a Soul Saint. After the group officially joined Shrek Academy, Tang San grew wary and resentful of Youquan, and began forming a sinister plan against her.

• Xiaoxiao used her Three-Life Soul Suppressing Cauldron to delay Zhao Wuji, but his attacks overwhelmed her and Ning Rongrong gave her Youquan’s medicinal pills.
• Youquan evaded Zhao Wuji’s attacks until he trapped her with Gravity Crush, then used a vanished image to approach him from behind and unleash Buddha’s Wrathful Lotus.
• The incense went out as the flames dispersed, and Zhao Wuji confirmed that all six candidates had passed while hiding that he had used his Sixth Soul Skill to withstand Youquan’s attack.
• Youquan asked Oscar for roasted sausages and gave recovery pills to Xiaoxiao and Zhu Zhuqing before the girls headed to their dormitory.
• Tang San passed Youquan without greeting her, and Youquan sensed his faint killing intent.
• Tang San concluded that Youquan might become his enemy and began forming a sinister plan against her.

After sensing a powerful stranger watching her, Youquan followed his aura and discovered him confronting Zhao Wuji. The stranger revealed himself as a Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo, and Youquan realized he was Tang San’s father, prompting her to consider leaving with Xiaoxiao.

• Youquan prepared a medicinal bath for Xiaoxiao, then returned to her dormitory to rest.
• Youquan sensed a deadly presence watching her, waited until it left, and followed its aura into a nearby forest.
• Youquan watched Zhao Wuji confront a black-cloaked man who summoned a hammer and revealed nine Spirit Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring.
• Flender appeared and addressed the black-cloaked man as His Excellency Haotian, while Zhao Wuji learned the stranger wanted to punish him for beating the children.
• Youquan recognized the man as Tang San’s father and decided she should take Xiaoxiao away from the dangerous place.

Youquan survived Tang Hao’s return to the scene and hid her encounter from the others, while Xiaoxiao’s disillusionment with Shrek Academy grew after meeting Ma Hongjun. The chapter left Xiaoxiao resolved to leave the academy and live for herself.

• After Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji and gave Flender and Zhao Wuji instructions about Tang San, Youquan hid when Tang Hao returned to search the area and waited until dawn before going back to the dormitory.
• At breakfast, Tang San noticed Youquan among the girls and looked at her with hostility, while Xiaoxiao suspected he might be targeting her.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ma Hongjun, whose leering behavior toward the girls drew their displeasure, and Xiaoxiao compared his conduct with Ma Xiaotao’s suffering from the Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Reflecting on Shrek’s history and Ma Hongjun, Xiaoxiao resolved to leave Shrek Academy and become the protagonist of her own life.
• Youquan shared meat pies with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiaoxiao after they found the cafeteria breakfast unappetizing.

Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s rules and finances before Flender gathered the students and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a stamina lesson. Youquan followed them to watch, then questioned Flender’s decision to make them run laps without teaching them how to evade attacks.

• Dai Mubai explained the academy’s rules and tuition, while Youquan and Ning Rongrong discussed Spirit Hall subsidies and the teachers’ refusal to accept noble titles.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong grilled sausages, and she shared them with Xiaoxiao and Youquan.
• Flender introduced himself as the dean, instructed the new students to pay their tuition, and took Oscar and Ning Rongrong aside for their first class.
• Youquan and Tang San followed Flender as he explained that Support System Soul Masters needed to protect themselves and support their teammates in battle.
• Flender ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village before lunch, and Youquan questioned why he was not teaching them how to dodge attacks.

Youquan questioned Flender’s training approach and used Ning Rongrong’s frustration with Shrek Academy to persuade her that its methods could not truly protect Support System Spirit Masters. The chapter ended with Youquan asking whether Ning Rongrong would follow her to Spirit Hall Academy.

• Flender dismissed Youquan’s objection to the students’ endurance training, while Youquan grew more determined to take Xiaoxiao away from Shrek Academy.
• Tang San heard Youquan mention Movement Skills and worried she might seek his Tang Sect technique, though Youquan had no need for it.
• While Ning Rongrong and Oscar ran, Youquan caught Ning Rongrong revealing her mischievous nature and sent Oscar ahead so they could talk privately.
• Youquan challenged the idea that running could protect Ning Rongrong from Battle Soul Masters, and Ning Rongrong admitted that physical training would not make her safe.
• Ning Rongrong confessed that she feared Support System Spirit Masters would remain vulnerable and be forced into political marriages, and Youquan said she wanted to leave Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong said she would go wherever Youquan went, and Youquan asked whether she would follow her to Spirit Hall Academy.

Youquan taught Ning Rongrong to use Explosive Step to help her finish Flender’s running assignment, while Ning Rongrong struggled with the prospect of Youquan leaving for Spirit Hall Academy. After completing the ten laps, Ning Rongrong fell asleep in Youquan’s arms, and Youquan carried her back to prepare a medicinal bath.

• Ning Rongrong told Youquan she could not decide whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Spirit Hall Academy, and Youquan reassured her that their bond would remain.
• Youquan accompanied Ning Rongrong on Flender’s running assignment and taught her to circulate Soul Power through her legs to perform Explosive Step.
• Ning Rongrong launched herself more than a hundred meters with her first Explosive Step, and Youquan gave her Qi Recovery Pills so she could practice during her run.
• Ning Rongrong improved until she could use Explosive Step six times in succession, then completed Flender’s ten laps and collapsed into Youquan’s arms.
• Youquan carried Ning Rongrong back to the dormitory, asked her to keep Youquan’s departure for Spirit Hall Academy secret, and prepared a medicinal bath while Ning Rongrong slept.

After recovering from the day’s run, Ning Rongrong faced Flender’s accusation that she had lied about finishing her laps. Youquan challenged Flender to settle the dispute with a race, which began with Ning Rongrong and Oscar sent to fetch items from the cafeteria and dormitory.

• Ning Rongrong woke refreshed after Youquan and Xiaoxiao brought her dinner, then joined the others on the field.
• Flender ordered Oscar to run twenty more laps because he had claimed Ning Rongrong finished the assigned run when she had not.
• Youquan defended Ning Rongrong’s account, and Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s accusation; Youquan proposed a competition and demanded that Flender apologize if he lost.
• Youquan arranged for Ning Rongrong and Oscar to race for a cup and a pillow, with Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai choosing the items.
• Tang San started the competition as Youquan and Xiaoxiao encouraged Ning Rongrong.

At the Soto Great Spirit Arena, Ning Rongrong confronted Flender over his refusal to honor their wager, then told Youquan she was considering leaving Shrek Academy. Youquan said she planned to attend Spirit Hall Academy, and Xiaoxiao asked to go with her.

• Flender brought the students to the Soto Great Spirit Arena for their first class and told them to earn Silver Soul Battle Badges before graduation.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Flender that she had won their earlier race using Youquan’s Explosive Step, but Flender denied agreeing to apologize.
• Youquan defused the confrontation by inviting Ning Rongrong and Xiaoxiao into the arena, while Flender silently plotted against her.
• Ning Rongrong told Youquan she wanted to leave Shrek Academy and asked for three days to decide whether to return to her sect or go with Youquan.
• Youquan said she planned to attend Spirit Hall Academy, and Xiaoxiao asked to join her.

Xiaoxiao decided to leave Shrek Academy and join Youquan’s team at Spirit Hall Academy, then registered for Soul Fighting with Ning Rongrong. The chapter ended as Xiaoxiao faced a muscular opponent in her first one-on-one match.

• Xiaoxiao asked Youquan to take her to Spirit Hall Academy, and Youquan welcomed her onto the team she had formed with her childhood companions.
• Youquan promised to wait three days for Ning Rongrong, then registered Xiaoxiao for a one-on-one match and both girls for a two-on-two match under the name Glazed Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• Dai Mubai questioned Ning Rongrong’s presence in the one-on-one waiting room, and Youquan shielded her when he released his Soul Power.
• Xiaoxiao entered the arena as contestant Three Lives Soul Suppressor and faced Qingbao, a burly strength-type Battle Soul Master.

Xiaoxiao defeated Qingbao in a solo Soul Battle before teaming with Ning Rongrong for a two-on-two match that ended in their first loss. Youquan watched Tang San defeat Zhu Zhuqing and grew curious about his hidden abilities, while Xiaoxiao quietly concealed her role in the team’s defeat.

• Xiaoxiao used her First Soul Skill and a golden cauldron to defeat Qingbao before he could release his martial soul.
• Youquan warned Xiaoxiao and Ning Rongrong that their next opponents might take them seriously, then went to watch Tang San’s match.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and unusual movement to defeat Zhu Zhuqing, while Youquan noticed his purple eyes and suspected he had more hidden abilities.
• Ning Rongrong told Youquan that she and Xiaoxiao had lost their first two-on-two match, and Xiaoxiao secretly signaled that she had hidden her achievement.