Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing reassured Ning Rongrong that Shrek Academy was the safest place for them to grow stronger and helped her prepare to face Flender’s criticism. That night, Flender punished Oscar for lying about the students completing their laps and questioned Ning Rongrong, who admitted she had not done her assigned task.

• Lin Qing explained to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong why Shrek Academy offered a balance of protection and low attention, and advised Ning Rongrong to be herself.
• Lin Qing encouraged Ning Rongrong by explaining that her Auxiliary Soul Master role gave her a reason to cultivate more slowly than Zhu Zhuqing and that she could reach Soul Elder before fourteen.
• Lin Qing considered waiting until Ah Yin reached Soul Douluo before pursuing the Immortal Herbs guarded by Dugu Bo.
• Flender made Oscar run another twenty laps after Oscar claimed that everyone had finished the task, and he said Oscar was being punished for lying.
• Flender asked Ning Rongrong whether she had completed her assignment, and she bluntly said that she had not.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong for leaving Shrek Academy without permission and demanded that she either leave or prove she could follow its rules. Ning Rongrong defiantly challenged him while Lin Qing repeatedly struggled to suppress his laughter, and Flender continued reprimanding her.

• Flender questioned Ning Rongrong about her trip to Suotuo City, and she accused him of spying on her.
• Flender listed Ning Rongrong's rule-breaking and offered her the choice of leaving Shrek Academy or proving she deserved to stay.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Flender and refused to leave, so he ordered Dai Mubai to fetch her belongings and escort her out.
• Lin Qing repeatedly laughed at the confrontation, briefly claiming his mother was having a second child to explain himself.
• Xiao Wu taught Ning Rongrong an aggressive retort, and Lin Qing started laughing again as Flender resumed scolding her.

Flender tried to teach Ning Rongrong a lesson by comparing her attitude and cultivation with the other Shrek students, but she countered his arguments and relied on Lin Qing’s promise to protect her. She left the confrontation confident that Lin Qing would stand by her, while Flender accepted that his plan had failed.

• Flender told Ning Rongrong that her arrogance and lack of dependable companions would make her useless on a battlefield, and she silently thought of Lin Qing.
• Flender praised Dai Mubai and the younger students’ cultivation, but Ning Rongrong argued that Support-type Soul Masters progressed more slowly and pointed out that Lin Qing and Xiao Wu had become Soul Elders at twelve.
• When Flender cited Oscar’s Innate Full Soul Power, Ning Rongrong mocked Oscar’s progress and blamed Flender for not providing him with resources.
• Ning Rongrong declared that she could become a Soul Elder before turning fourteen and said she only needed Lin Qing to protect her.
• Lin Qing stroked Ning Rongrong’s hair and promised to protect her, and Flender realized his attempt to teach her a lesson had failed.

Flender took the Shrek students to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, where Dai Mubai explained its rules and they registered for matches. Lin Qing registered a Duo Soul Battle combination with Xiao Wu, but the badge misspelled their name as the Qinwu Team, and Xiao Wu persuaded him to accept it.

• Flender led the group to the Great Soul Arena, where they put on masks and chose codenames, including Tang San’s Thousand-Hand Asura and Lin Qing’s Demon Slayer.
• Dai Mubai explained the Great Soul Arena’s badge ranks, match types, rules, and Shrek Academy’s Silver rank graduation requirement.
• The students registered for Soul Battles, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing each asked Lin Qing to form a combination with her.
• Lin Qing agreed to register the Qing-Wu Team with Xiao Wu, and the staff issued them a badge engraved with Qinwu instead.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Qing to leave the misspelled name as it was, and Lin Qing accepted her suggestion.

Lin Qing entered his first one-on-one Dueling Match against Nigel, a veteran Soul Elder with a higher displayed level and a Black-backed Bear Martial Soul. He defeated Nigel with one punch without summoning his Martial Soul, then left the arena to the crowd’s cheers.

• Lin Qing drew the first match, while Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu were paired against each other in the second match.
• Dai Mubai bet Ma Hongjun that Lin Qing would beat Nigel without summoning his Martial Soul, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing expressed confidence in Lin Qing.
• Nigel transformed with his Black-backed Bear Martial Soul and challenged Lin Qing, who refused to summon his own Martial Soul.
• Lin Qing struck Nigel with an Ordinary Punch, sending him off the platform and winning the match.
• The referee declared Demon Slayer the winner, and the spectators cheered as Lin Qing left the platform.

Xiao Wu faced Dai Mubai in a Soul Battle and revealed a thousand-year second Spirit Ring before defeating him with Teleportation and Waist Bow. The chapter ended with the crowd cheering her victory.

• The referee introduced Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu, and both entered the arena to begin the match.
• Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai summoned their Martial Souls, and the audience was stunned by Xiao Wu's thousand-year second Spirit Ring.
• A Soul Sage appeared in the arena, prompting spectators who had planned to report Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring to abandon the idea.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and Teleportation to evade Dai Mubai's attacks, then struck him with Waist Bow and her scorpion braid.
• Xiao Wu repeatedly Teleported and kicked Dai Mubai off the platform, winning the Soul Battle as the crowd cheered.

Lin Qing and Xiao Wu entered their first Duo Soul Battle against the veteran married couple Black-White Fiends. After Xiao Wu revealed her two thousand-year Spirit Rings, the referee started the match, with Lin Qing standing by as her backup.

• After the Solo Soul Battles, Lin Qing registered Duo Soul Battles for himself and Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• The referee introduced Lin Qing and Xiao Wu as the rookie Qinwu Combination, and their opponents as the experienced Black-White Fiends.
• Mad Blade and Jade Flute summoned their Martial Souls and introduced themselves as level-thirty-five and level-thirty-three Battle Soul Elders.
• Xiao Wu summoned her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and revealed two thousand-year Spirit Rings, shocking the audience and her opponents.
• Xiao Wu said she could handle the fight while Lin Qing held back, and the referee began the Soul Battle.

Xiao Wu defeated Mad Blade and Jade Flute on her own, then Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena for their Duo Soul Battle. They faced the Iron Bull Brothers, who had just advanced to Soul Elders.

• Jade Flute slowed Xiao Wu and boosted Mad Blade, but Xiao Wu evaded his attacks and maneuvered toward Jade Flute.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and Teleportation to catch Mad Blade off guard, then threw him off the platform and forced Jade Flute to concede.
• Lin Qing praised Xiao Wu, then asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she wanted to fight in their upcoming match.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted to test herself against Soul Elders, and Lin Qing agreed to fight alongside her.
• The referee introduced the Iron Bull Brothers and the newly registered Netherworld Blade duo, and Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing stepped onto the platform.

Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing faced the Iron brothers in a Duo Soul Battle, with Lin Qing refusing to summon his Martial Soul. Lin Qing effortlessly overpowered Iron One while Zhu Zhuqing struggled against Iron Two and ended the chapter in Lin Qing’s arms.

• The Iron brothers revealed their Level 31 Iron Bull Martial Souls, while Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Level 27 Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and Lin Qing refused to summon his Martial Soul.
• Lin Qing held off Iron One by stopping his charge with one hand and beating him, while Zhu Zhuqing attacked Iron Two.
• Iron Two’s hardened defenses blunted Zhu Zhuqing’s claws, and he used a shockwave to interrupt her speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing traded blows with Iron Two but was forced back by his stronger attacks.
• Lin Qing caught Zhu Zhuqing after Iron Two sent her stumbling, and she blushed as he asked if she was all right.

Lin Qing won a Duo Soul Battle with Zhu Zhuqing before teaming with Ning Rongrong to face the Battle Maniac Team. After Ning Rongrong boosted him with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Lin Qing defeated both opponents without activating his Martial Soul, leaving the Glazed Heavenly Blade Team victorious.

• Lin Qing defeated Iron One and Iron Two with a pair of rising punches and kicked them off the Dueling Platform, earning Zhu Zhuqing another point.
• The referee announced the match between the Glazed Heavenly Blade Team and the Battle Maniac Team, and Lin Qing took Ning Rongrong onto the platform.
• Rampage and War Wolf revealed their rank-thirty-nine Martial Souls, while Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and shocked the spectators.
• Ning Rongrong used her first and second Spirit Skills to enhance Lin Qing's strength and speed, then moved to the edge of the platform.
• Lin Qing smashed through Rampage and War Wolf's attacks, beat them, and kicked them off the platform to win the match.

After Oscar reached level thirty, Flender used his Spirit Skills as an adaptability lesson and announced that the students would travel to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to obtain Spirit Rings. Lin Qing planned to leave for Heaven Dou City after intercepting the External Soul Bone, while the group spent the day preparing for the trip.

• Lin Qing decided he would leave Shrek for Heaven Dou City after the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and would not take Xiao Wu with him.
• Flender noticed Oscar was missing from the morning gathering and sent Tang San to find him.
• Oscar arrived excitedly and told Flender that his Soul Power had reached level thirty.
• Flender assigned the students to eat sausages made with Oscar's first and second Spirit Skills, and Lin Qing ate the first two.
• Flender declared the lesson passed and said Teacher Zhao Wuji would take the students to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

Zhao Wuji led Shrek's students toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Lin Qing used a Ten-Thousand-Year Unicorn Pegasus to spare Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong the long walk. The group stopped in a nearby town for the night, where Ning Rongrong offered to pay for dinner and Lin Qing ordered nearly every dish on the menu.

• Zhao Wuji turned around to reveal his bruised and battered face, silencing the students' laughter with his Soul Sage pressure before ordering Dai Mubai to lead the way.
• Lin Qing summoned a Ten-Thousand-Year Unicorn Pegasus for Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to ride while he ran alongside them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the group in a town for the night after they failed to reach the forest before dark.
• Dai Mubai explained that Dean Flender's rules required teachers and students to cover their own expenses during training expeditions.
• Ning Rongrong offered to pay for dinner, and Lin Qing ordered every dish except the ones he disliked.

At the hotel, Lin Qing confronted Canghui Academy after one of its members attacked his group. He defeated the academy’s Soul King and drove the entire group away.

• Canghui Academy entered the hotel, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked the group, prompting Oscar to predict a fight.
• A Canghui Academy member threw a plate at Lin Qing, who cut it apart and warned him not to provoke him.
• The man attacked Lin Qing with a stool, and Lin Qing severed his right arm with blade light.
• Canghui Academy’s leader used his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and challenged Lin Qing, but Lin Qing sent him flying with a slap.
• Lin Qing threw the remaining Canghui Academy members out, beat the Soul King outside, and drove the group away.

Lin Qing led Shrek’s group into the Star Dou Great Forest and captured an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar’s Spirit Ring. Just as Oscar was about to kill it, an elderly woman and a young girl arrived and ordered him to stop.

• Zhao Wuji woke the group, and after buying provisions they traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Lin Qing arranged their formation.
• Zhao Wuji sensed something approaching, and Lin Qing identified an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent of about sixteen hundred years.
• Lin Qing subdued the serpent by striking it and smashing it against the ground, then handed it to Oscar for his Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu showed distress at the prospect of killing the Soul Beast, and Lin Qing comforted her while Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to finish it.
• An elderly woman with six Spirit Rings and a young girl rushed up just as Oscar was about to stab the serpent and told him to stop.

Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group disputed ownership of a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, who needed it for her granddaughter. Lin Qing revealed his level thirty-four strength and thousand-year second Spirit Ring, leaving Chao Tianxiang shocked.

• Chao Tianxiang claimed that she and her granddaughter had tracked and wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent first, and Zhao Wuji recognized her as Snake Granny, wife of Dragon Duke Meng Shu.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to give the serpent to her level-thirty granddaughter, but he refused.
• Chao Tianxiang's granddaughter angrily demanded the serpent, and Lin Qing insulted her before urging the Shrek students to reveal their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings.
• Lin Qing displayed his black saber, three Spirit Rings, and level thirty-four Soul Power, surprising Zhao Wuji with his breakthrough.
• Chao Tianxiang saw Lin Qing's thousand-year second Spirit Ring and exclaimed in disbelief.

Lin Qing refused to explain his unusual second Spirit Ring, while Chao Tianxiang challenged the Shrek group over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Tang San defeated Meng Yiran in a duel, allowing Oscar to claim the serpent and begin absorbing its Spirit Ring.

• Lin Qing called his Thousand-Year Spirit Ring a family secret, and Chao Tianxiang apologized for prying before asking who needed the serpent's Spirit Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that the two sides settle ownership through a fight between Meng Yiran and a candidate chosen for Oscar.
• Tang San volunteered to fight Meng Yiran, and he defeated her with Blue Silver Entanglement, leaving her with minor internal injuries.
• Zhao Wuji asserted that Tang San's victory gave the serpent to Oscar, and Chao Tianxiang took Meng Yiran away.
• Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its pale violet Spirit Ring while the others kept watch.

Oscar gained a flight-granting third Spirit Skill, and Tang San revealed he had reached level thirty, so Shrek stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest to seek his Spirit Ring. When the Titan Giant Ape’s aura approached their camp, Lin Qing recognized a chance to slip away, while Tang Hao’s earlier return to the cave had ended with him discovering that Cao Cao had taken Ah Yin and his Spirit Bones.

• Oscar reached level thirty-one and revealed that his Flying Mushroom Sausage let its eater fly at a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for one minute.
• Tang San announced that he had reached level thirty, and Zhao Wuji decided the group would remain in the Star Dou Great Forest to find him a Spirit Ring.
• After several days without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Zhao Wuji camped with the students and said they might need to search deeper the next day.
• The Titan Giant Ape’s terrifying aura reached the camp, and Xiao Wu recognized it as Er Ming while Lin Qing considered leaving the group.
• Two days earlier, Tang Hao returned to the cave and found both the Spirit Bones and Ah Yin missing, with a message from Cao Cao saying he would raise her.
• Tang Hao smashed apart the cave in fury, then decided to protect Tang San before setting out to find and kill Cao Cao.

Lin Qing and the Shrek students encountered the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, and it seized Xiao Wu and carried her away. Lin Qing and Tang San pursued it, while Zhao Wuji and the rest of the group followed to rescue them.

• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest and focused its attention on Xiao Wu, while Lin Qing stepped in front of her.
• Zhao Wuji attacked the Titan Giant Ape and ordered the students to flee, but Lin Qing, Tang San, and the others joined the fight.
• The Titan Giant Ape knocked everyone back, grabbed Xiao Wu, and leapt away into the forest.
• Lin Qing and Tang San chased after the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Wuji decided to pursue them with the rest of Shrek Academy.
• Oscar made Mushroom Sausages, and the group ate them before flying after the others.

Tang San encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider while searching for Xiao Wu, and Lin Qing secretly intervened to injure Tang San and capture the spider. Tang Hao pursued the attacker as Lin Qing fled deeper into the forest.

• Tang Hao decided to kill Lin Qing, while Lin Qing followed Tang San under cover of his aura-concealment talent.
• Tang San ran out of Mushroom Sausage, stopped to recover, and found a Man Faced Demon Spider behind a tree.
• Tang San attacked the spider with Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons, then charged at it with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Lin Qing struck Tang San's left arm and the spider's foreleg with Soul Power-coated stones, causing the spider's leg to slice off a small piece of Tang San's flesh.
• Tang Hao roared at the unseen attacker as Lin Qing stored the Man Faced Demon Spider in Infinity Castle and fled deeper into the forest.

Tang Hao attacked Lin Qing in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Qing fought back while staging an apparent death. Tang Hao left after finding only mangled flesh in the crater, while Xiao Wu and the others were left believing Lin Qing had died.

• Tang Hao flew into a rage over Tang San’s injuries and pursued Lin Qing across the forest, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo.
• Lin Qing blocked Tang Hao’s hammer with Water Breathing’s Dead Calm, then used four Spirit Skills to strengthen himself and attack.
• Tang Hao and Lin Qing clashed, and Dai Mubai rejoiced at the thought that Lin Qing would die.
• Tang Hao overwhelmed Lin Qing and smashed him into a crater as Xiao Wu tried to rush to his aid, but the Titan Giant Ape restrained her and sealed her Soul Power.
• Tang Hao found what appeared to be Lin Qing’s mangled remains and left without visiting Tang San.