Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi maneuvered Yang Xiong into accompanying Ning Rongrong to study at an academy in Suotuo City, despite Yang Xiong’s attempts to remain at Purple Star Academy. He then revealed that the sect had secretly protected Yang Xiong, leaving him to wonder how much of his conduct had been observed.

• A messenger summoned Yang Xiong to Ning Fengzhi’s home, where Ning Fengzhi said Ning Rongrong had left the sect after he provoked her.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yang Xiong to travel and train with Ning Rongrong, and Yang Xiong tried to refuse by saying he planned to attend Purple Star Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi said he would recall Yang Xiong’s older brother to the sect and revealed that he had told Ning Rongrong Yang Xiong planned to study in Suotuo City.
• Yang Xiong reluctantly agreed to accompany Ning Rongrong and encourage her to study diligently.
• Ning Fengzhi told Yang Xiong that the sect had shielded him from other factions and secretly watched over him during his training in Sunset Forest.

Ning Fengzhi persuaded Yang Xiong to attend school in Suotuo City with Ning Rong Rong, promising the sect’s protection and support while setting expectations for him. Yang Xiong accepted the arrangement but remained wary of Ning Fengzhi and the secrets he was keeping as he prepared to leave the next morning.

• Ning Fengzhi explained the dangers facing talented Soul Masters and said Yang Xiong and Rong Rong would study in Suotuo City, where Yang Xiong agreed to go if no one interfered with his cultivation or investigated his secrets.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yang Xiong to stay close to Rong Rong and revealed that Bone Douluo had been watching him and might accept him as a disciple after graduation.
• Ning Fengzhi assured Yang Xiong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect and support him, would not covet his personal opportunities, and would arrange things for his family.
• Yang Xiong returned home wary of Ning Fengzhi’s persuasion and concealed secrets, but recognized that attending Shrek could let him judge how the sect would respond to future conflicts.
• Yang Xiong told Yang Lin and Sun Yu about the arrangements, and they accepted his schooling plan.

Yang Xiong accompanied Ning Rongrong to Suotuo City, where they stayed at the Rose Hotel while waiting for school to begin. There, they encountered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai, leaving Yang Xiong to assess the powerful figures gathered around him.

• Yang Xiong met Ning Rongrong while she shopped on the way to Suotuo City, then traveled with her by carriage after insisting they get moving.
• After about ten days, Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong reached Suotuo City and booked two rooms at the Rose Hotel.
• While waiting for school to begin, Ning Rongrong shopped and Yang Xiong focused on cultivation, advancing toward Rank 27.
• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong returned to the hotel and found Tang San and Dai Mubai fighting; Yang Xiong also spotted Xiao Wu and recognized her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The fight ended peacefully, and Dai Mubai left with two girls while Tang San and Xiao Wu stayed; Ning Rongrong urged Yang Xiong to challenge Dai Mubai, but Yang Xiong pointed out that Dai Mubai was a Soul Elder.

Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy and watched its strict admissions process, which revealed both its impressive staff and its rundown surroundings. Tang San and Xiao Wu advanced to the final assessment, while Yang Xiong spotted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong confronted him about staring at her.

• Yang Xiong suggested that Ning Rongrong attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead, but she insisted on visiting Shrek Academy to prove herself to her father.
• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong saw the long enrollment line and the shabby academy, while Yang Xiong compared Shrek’s advertising to fake universities from his previous life.
• Dai Mubai offered a rejected applicant a chance to reclaim his fee by fighting him, and the admissions elder displayed his strength as a Soul Emperor.
• More than half the applicants left after hearing Shrek’s strict requirements, while those who stayed included many qualified candidates.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the first assessment, and Yang Xiong noticed Zhu Zhuqing before Ning Rongrong accused him of staring at her.

Yang Xiong, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s assessments and joined Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Fourth Trial site. Zhao Wuji took over their assessment, leaving the five newcomers to face his test.

• Yang Xiong passed the first assessment after explaining that his Martial Soul was his own body, and Ning Rongrong passed after the old man tested her Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai let Tang San and Xiao Wu skip the second and third trials after they tested at Level 29, while Yang Xiong, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing also advanced directly with Soul Power levels of 26, 28, and 27.
• Yang Xiong bought and ate one of Oscar’s Soul Power-restoring sausages despite the girls’ disgust.
• Dai Mubai explained Shrek Academy’s strict enrollment and graduation requirements as he led the group to the Fourth Trial site.
• Zhao Wuji announced that he would personally assess the five newcomers, and Dai Mubai reacted with alarm.

Zhao Wuji took over the new students’ final test and challenged them to survive one incense stick against him. After learning about his strength, the five students formed a strategy, and the test began with Yang Xiong protecting Ning Rongrong from Zhao Wuji’s attacks.

• Zhao Wuji overruled Dai Mubai and announced that the five students had to last one incense stick against him.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhao Wuji was a Level 76 Soul Saint known as the Immovable King, and Ning Rongrong recounted his escape from Spirit Hall’s sixteen Bishops.
• The five students introduced their abilities and planned a formation, with Yang Xiong guarding Ning Rongrong while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Zhao Wuji.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as Zhao Wuji began the test by attacking her with bursts of force from the ground.
• Yang Xiong pushed Ning Rongrong out of danger and blocked or evaded the attacks while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing moved against Zhao Wuji.

Yang Xiong and the others fought Zhao Wuji in the Shrek entrance assessment, and Zhao Wuji eventually accepted Yang Xiong while Tang San demanded a solo rematch. Tang San and Zhao Wuji both ended the rematch badly hurt, and Zhao Wuji was surprised that Yang Xiong had survived his heavy blows without injury.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yang Xiong attacked Zhao Wuji, who revealed his Vajra Bear form and knocked several of them away.
• Yang Xiong used his Rasengan and teleportation to wound Zhao Wuji slightly, but Zhao Wuji struck him hard enough to send him flying and draw blood.
• Zhao Wuji used Immovable King Body to repel the attackers, and Xiao Wu suffered a backlash after using Charm against him.
• After the assessment ended, Zhao Wuji praised Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong, but Tang San requested a new solo challenge and fought Zhao Wuji with Hidden Weapons and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San was knocked unconscious and Zhao Wuji was left badly hurt; afterward, Zhao Wuji questioned how Yang Xiong had withstood his heavy attacks without being injured.

Yang Xiong settled into Shrek Academy’s dormitory and reflected on the limits of his strength after fighting Zhao Wuji. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi defended his decision to send Ning Rongrong to study at Shrek and explained why Yang Xiong was accompanying her.

• Yang Xiong shared a dormitory with Oscar and Tang San, introduced himself to Oscar, and considered how Zhao Wuji’s strength had overwhelmed him.
• Tang San woke in the evening, then left the dormitory early the next morning to visit Xiao Wu while Yang Xiong went to exercise.
• Yang Xiong trained with the weights he had commissioned from Deep Sea Sinking Silver and contemplated developing more combat techniques.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo confronted Ning Fengzhi for sending Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy without telling them.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Rongrong needed to mature and that Yang Xiong could protect her, then said he intended to ask Bone Douluo to train Yang Xiong.

Flender welcomed the new students and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a running punishment, while Yang Xiong paid to build private rooms at Shrek Academy. After arranging the construction, Yang Xiong sought out Zhao Wuji for combat training.

• Flender considered the risks of training Ning Rongrong and Yang Xiong after reading Ning Fengzhi's letter.
• Yang Xiong finished running and found Xiao Wu had defeated Ma Hongjun.
• Flender introduced himself to the students, collected tuition, and ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps.
• Yang Xiong offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the academy and arranged for rooms to be built for everyone.
• Yang Xiong paid Teacher Li and then went to Zhao Wuji to seek combat training.

Yang Xiong sought combat training from Zhao Wuji, endured a brutal fight, and used a medicinal bath to recover. That night, Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over breaking academy rules, and she ran away in tears after he praised the other students and criticized her.

• Yang Xiong asked Zhao Wuji for combat training, and Zhao Wuji overwhelmed him in a fight at the Back Mountain Training Ground.
• Yang Xiong swallowed healing herbs, asked Zhao Wuji to train him regularly, and recovered in a Medicinal Bath before returning to the dormitory.
• Flender confronted Oscar and Ning Rongrong about their assigned twenty laps, and Ning Rongrong admitted she had stopped and gone to Suotuo City.
• Flender told Ning Rongrong she could leave or prove her determination, then compared her unfavorably with Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Yang Xiong.
• Ning Rongrong ran back to the dormitory in tears, and Yang Xiong offered to go check on her.

Yang Xiong comforted Ning Rongrong after Flender’s harsh treatment and explained that the run was meant to discipline Shrek Academy’s students, possibly with Ning Fengzhi’s approval. He left her questioning her father’s motives and the responsibilities behind leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Yang Xiong found Ning Rongrong crying alone in the dormitory and asked whether Flender had been wrong to scold her.
• Yang Xiong explained that Flender had used Ning Rongrong’s failure to finish the run to warn the academy’s talented students against arrogance and misbehavior.
• Ning Rongrong wanted to confront Flender, but Yang Xiong suggested that Ning Fengzhi might have approved the lesson and sent her to Shrek Academy to be educated.
• Yang Xiong challenged Ning Rongrong’s assumptions about why her father led the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and why Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo supported him.
• Yang Xiong told Ning Rongrong that leading the sect and surviving in the Soul Master world were harder than she imagined.

Yang Xiong warned Ning Rongrong that she would need to understand the Soul Master world and earn the support of powerful allies if she hoped to lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong decided to stay at Shrek Academy and prove herself, and she and Yang Xiong returned to the training ground on better terms.

• Yang Xiong explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect faced pressure from Spirit Hall and that Ning Rongrong would need to learn how to lead and win support from powerful Soul Masters.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Yang Xiong explained Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's backgrounds and the customs of the Soul Master world.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Yang Xiong's motives, and he told her he wanted to become strong enough to control his own fate.
• Ning Rongrong considered apologizing to Flender, but Yang Xiong assured her she could leave Shrek Academy if she wished.
• Ning Rongrong chose to endure the hardship and prove herself to her father, then she and Yang Xiong returned to the training ground.
• Flender said nothing further when Ning Rongrong lowered her head, and Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong grew closer after their conversation.

At the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong entered a doubles match as the Seven Treasure Combination against the experienced Bear-Panther Combination. Yang Xiong fought without Ning Rongrong’s support and rushed to protect her when the opponents targeted her, leaving the match still looking perilous.

• Flender explained that the students needed Soul Duel experience and Silver Soul Duel Medals to graduate, and Ning Rongrong asked Yang Xiong to team up with her.
• Yang Xiong won an individual match easily, then registered for a doubles match with Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Combination.
• The Seven Treasure Combination faced Li Meng and Wang Bao of the Bear-Panther Combination, whose Level 28 fighters had a strong record and had previously beaten Dai Mubai and Oscar.
• Yang Xiong told Ning Rongrong not to support him while he tested their opponents, and Ning Rongrong stayed back as the match began.
• Li Meng charged Yang Xiong while Wang Bao went after Ning Rongrong; Yang Xiong intercepted Wang Bao and urged Ning Rongrong to run.
• Yang Xiong attacked Wang Bao while keeping watch over Ning Rongrong, but Dai Mubai judged that the Bear-Panther Combination’s coordination had put them in trouble.

Yang Xiong protected Ning Rongrong from Li Meng and Wang Bao, then defeated both opponents with his speed, strength, and Tai Chi Push Hands. He knocked Li Meng off the arena after Wang Bao was seriously injured, leaving Yang Xiong victorious.

• Yang Xiong wounded Wang Bao and shielded Ning Rongrong when Li Meng and Wang Bao targeted her with their Soul Skills.
• Yang Xiong blocked both attacks, then used his speed to pressure Wang Bao while Ning Rongrong evaded Li Meng.
• Wang Bao used Panther Shadow Clone Strike, but Yang Xiong seized both panther figures, injured Wang Bao, and smashed him onto the arena stage.
• Li Meng activated Demon Bear Power and attacked Yang Xiong, who redirected the blow with Tai Chi Push Hands and countered with a strike to the chest.
• Yang Xiong overwhelmed Li Meng and knocked him off the arena stage.

Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong defeated the Bear-Panther Combination, and Tang San and Flender noticed how controlled and formidable Yang Xiong’s fighting was. Yang Xiong then teamed up with Oscar to win another doubles match, and Oscar’s approaching breakthrough prompted Yang Xiong to look forward to facing Soul Elder opponents.

• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong defeated the Bear-Panther Combination, and Yang Xiong told Ning Rongrong that the battle was meant to test his strength and help her learn from experience.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai discussed Yang Xiong’s performance, while Flender recognized that Yang Xiong was unusually capable and composed.
• Yang Xiong and Ning Rongrong watched the other Shrek students compete, with Tang San and Xiao Wu fighting as the Three-Five Combination.
• Oscar asked Yang Xiong to team up so he could earn a Silver Soul Duel Medal, and Yang Xiong agreed to enter a doubles match with him.
• Yang Xiong and Oscar easily defeated their opponents, and Oscar said he was close to Level 30, prompting Yang Xiong to suggest they could then fight Soul Elder-level matches.

After the arena matches, Yang Xiong joked with the group on their way back to Shrek Academy, then supported Oscar when he revealed he had reached Level 30. The chapter ends with Yang Xiong defending Oscar’s sausage soul skills and their embarrassing incantations as valuable tools in battle.

• Ma Hongjun left to vent his Evil Fire, while Dai Mubai denied joining him and Tang San explained to Xiao Wu what a brothel was.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu teased Yang Xiong about skipping class and suspected he had secretly visited brothels, but he insisted he had focused on cultivation.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, and the next morning Oscar arrived late after breaking through to Level 30.
• Flender celebrated Oscar’s breakthrough and made the class eat his sausages; Yang Xiong willingly tried both of Oscar’s soul skills.
• Yang Xiong defended the sausages as useful in dangerous battles, persuading Oscar that he understood and supported him.

Yang Xiong explained how Oscar’s storable sausages could transform their value as support, and the Shrek Eight tried them and recognized their usefulness. As the group prepared to help Oscar obtain his Third Soul Ring, Yang Xiong and Tang San discussed Soul Ring age limits and the risks of exceeding them.

• Yang Xiong described how Oscar’s sausages could serve as portable support and become especially valuable if Oscar could extend their storage time and produce them in large quantities.
• Ning Rongrong and the others ate Oscar’s sausages, discovered their effects, and came to appreciate his supportive abilities.
• Flender canceled the evening class and assigned Teacher Zhao to lead the group in helping Oscar obtain his Third Soul Ring, intervening only if they encountered a thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Oscar asked Yang Xiong what kind of Soul Beast he should seek, and Yang Xiong recommended a rare creature with a strong bloodline and powerful utility, preferably dragon-type or phoenix-type.
• Tang San cited his teacher’s 1,760-year limit for a Third Soul Ring, while Yang Xiong explained that physical conditioning could allow some Soul Masters to exceed established limits, though he advised Oscar not to take the risk.
• Tang San realized Yang Xiong’s first two Soul Rings had exceeded their age limits and fell silent as he considered his own physical training and abilities.

Yang Xiong warned Oscar that Shrek’s motto could lead students into deadly trouble, and the group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a soul ring. After resting in Soul Hunting Town, they entered the forest under Zhao Wuji’s strict instructions, with Yang Xiong eager to see its powerful soul beasts.

• Tang San struggled to reconcile Yang Xiong’s successful soul-ring absorption with Yu Xiaogang’s theory, while Yang Xiong trained with Zhao Wuji and Oscar cultivated.
• Zhao Wuji led the students on a five-hundred-kilometer journey to Soul Hunting Town, where they fought with Blue Sunshine Academy and Tang San used his Hidden Weapons.
• Yang Xiong told Oscar not to seek trouble or fear it, warning that the soul master world was dangerous and Shrek might not protect them after graduation.
• The group rested overnight, then Oscar supplied Sausages and Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to remain close and avoid attacking soul beasts without permission.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest, while Yang Xiong stayed beside Ning Rongrong and took in the unfamiliar terrain.

Oscar obtained his third soul ring and gained the ability to fly briefly, but the group’s departure was interrupted by the Titan Giant Ape. After it seized Xiao Wu and carried her deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, Yang Xiong pursued it alone.

• The group surrounded a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar absorbed its soul ring after Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran left without a fight.
• Oscar revealed that his Flying Mushroom Sausage soul skill let a Soul Master fly for one minute.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared, overwhelmed Zhao Wuji and the others, and seized Xiao Wu as she moved toward it.
• Tang San attacked the Titan Giant Ape with Hidden Weapons, but they could not pierce its skin, while Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar failed to stop it.
• The Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu deeper into the forest, and Yang Xiong set off after them while the others recovered.

Yang Xiong reunited with his former teacher Lin Gong, who revealed that he was a Soul Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Ninth Elder secretly protecting him. They followed the Titan Giant Ape’s trail, and the chapter ended when they found a badly injured Man Faced Demon Spider that Yang Xiong wanted for its venom.

• Yang Xiong used Ning Fengzhi’s token to summon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member secretly following him.
• Lin Gong emerged and revealed his strength as a Soul Douluo and his position as the sect’s Ninth Elder.
• Yang Xiong asked Lin Gong about the Titled Douluo who had defeated Zhao Wuji, and Lin Gong confirmed one had appeared nearby.
• Yang Xiong asked Lin Gong to pursue the Titan Giant Ape, explaining that he wanted venomous Soul Beasts for Body Forging rather than to rescue anyone.
• Lin Gong helped Yang Xiong catch two thousand-year Soul Beasts and then spotted a badly injured Man Faced Demon Spider over two thousand years old.
• Yang Xiong eagerly asked Lin Gong to capture the Man Faced Demon Spider for its venom.