Recaps

Lu Shiyuan fought Zhao Wuji, using his soul skills and bones to withstand Zhao Wuji’s gravity and counterattack. The duel remained underway as Zhao Wuji was caught in another spatial rift.

• Zhao Wuji accepted Lu Shiyuan’s challenge and lit the incense to begin the duel.
• Lu Shiyuan used Stellar Orbit Bastion to block Zhao Wuji’s attack, then struck him with Time Blade Pierce, cutting him and slowing his movements.
• Zhao Wuji used Immovable Bright King Body to shake off Lu Shiyuan’s effects and renewed his Gravity Enhancement.
• Lu Shiyuan escaped the gravitational area with Time Flow Acceleration and trapped Zhao Wuji in a Void Rift that drained his soul power.
• Zhao Wuji broke free, charged toward Lu Shiyuan, and fell into a second spatial rift.

Lu Shiyuan fought Zhao Wuji in a spar, using traps and a charged Star-Shattering Fist before Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar and Gravity Compression forced him into a direct contest of strength. The chapter ended with their fists colliding as the onlookers worried over Lu Shiyuan’s chances.

• Zhao Wuji grew furious as Lu Shiyuan evaded him with teleportation and traps, and Lu Shiyuan defended his tactics as necessary against a stronger opponent.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, while Lu Shiyuan charged his Star-Shattering Fist and teleported in to strike Zhao Wuji in the abdomen.
• Zhao Wuji endured the blow and trapped Lu Shiyuan with Gravity Compression, pulling him toward a head-on clash.
• Lu Shiyuan gathered his strength and chose to meet Zhao Wuji’s power directly, earning Zhao Wuji’s admiration.
• Lu Shiyuan and Zhao Wuji’s fists collided as Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing watched anxiously.

Lu Shiyuan held his own against Zhao Wuji with Ning Rongrong’s support but suffered minor internal injuries and admitted defeat. As Zhao Wuji ended the test, Tang San asked to fight him next.

• Lu Shiyuan’s strength surged when Ning Rongrong enhanced him, allowing him to drive Zhao Wuji back just as the incense burned out.
• Zhao Wuji praised Lu Shiyuan’s physique and inferred that he had a Soul Bone, while Lu Shiyuan coughed blood after his injuries resurfaced.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing helped Lu Shiyuan, who told them he would recover and acknowledged that he had lost.
• Zhao Wuji praised Lu Shiyuan’s humility, ended the test, and prepared to leave.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji to fight him, and Lu Shiyuan wondered what had prompted him to do so.

Zhao Wuji overwhelmed Tang San in a one-sided fight, while Lu Shiyuan and Ning Rongrong grew closer after fighting together. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji leaving the training grounds after Tang San’s sneak attack was exposed and his Martial Soul Avatar’s weakness set in.

• Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar to thrash the level 29 Tang San while Lu Shiyuan reviewed his earlier battle.
• Lu Shiyuan thanked Ning Rongrong for supporting him, and she persuaded him to call her Rongrong and let her call him Shiyuan.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Lu Shiyuan had cultivated so quickly, and he attributed his progress to fortunate childhood encounters.
• Lu Shiyuan considered whether to use an immortal herb to build a relationship with Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but decided to observe her first.
• Zhao Wuji forced Tang San to open his hand, revealed and confiscated his Dragon Whisker Needles, then threw him to the ground.
• Zhao Wuji told Dai Mubai to take the students to the dormitory and left as his Martial Soul Avatar ended and his weakness overwhelmed him.

Lu Shiyuan and the others arrived at the academy, where Oscar gave them a tour after Dai Mubai took the unconscious Tang San to find a doctor. The group found the grounds shabby, and Ning Rongrong’s closeness to Lu Shiyuan left Oscar disheartened.

• Dai Mubai summoned Oscar and had Tang San swallow one of Oscar’s sausages before taking him to a doctor.
• Oscar agreed to show the new students around after noticing Ning Rongrong, but Xiao Wu mistook him for an older man.
• Lu Shiyuan told Oscar that the group lived in a nearby estate and would not usually stay on campus.
• Oscar showed the group the academy’s neglected classrooms, cafeteria, and weed-covered Playground.
• Ning Rongrong kept close to Lu Shiyuan, who asked whether she wanted to stay with them, crushing Oscar’s hopes.

Ning Rongrong joined Lu Shiyuan’s household after Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing asked him to take her in. Meanwhile, Tang San woke injured at Shrek Academy, blamed Zhao Wuji for his defeat, and mistook Dai Mubai’s dutiful visit for friendship.

• Ning Rongrong asked Lu Shiyuan if she could live with him and offered to pay rent, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing urged him to agree.
• Lu Shiyuan agreed to let Ning Rongrong stay at his manor, partly because she had helped him during his spar with Zhao Wuji.
• Tang San woke with a bandaged hand and leg, cursed Zhao Wuji, and resented losing in front of Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai brought Tang San dinner and said Flender had asked him to show Tang San around the academy the next day.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that his healing treatment had cost five Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San paid him back.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San to rest because classes began in three days, and Tang San promised he would attend.

After recovering from his sparring match with Zhao Wuji, Lu Shiyuan confirmed he had obtained his fifth soul ring and prepared to absorb it. Meanwhile, three Titled Douluos confronted Zhao Wuji for injuring him, then left Zhao Wuji healed and one level stronger.

• Yun Qingluo healed Lu Shiyuan, who confirmed he had obtained his fifth soul ring and began preparing to absorb it with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu standing guard.
• Zhao Wuji recovered from the sparring match as best he could and worried about his injuries and the strength of Lu Shiyuan’s backers.
• Xiao Feiyu, Ye Youying, and Yun Qingluo confronted Zhao Wuji and released their Titled Douluo martial souls, forcing him to prostrate himself under their pressure.
• The three women withdrew their martial souls, and Zhao Wuji discovered that his hidden injuries had healed and his soul power had risen to level seventy-seven.

Lu Shiyuan returned to Shrek Academy after absorbing a seventy-thousand-year fifth soul ring, which gave him the control skill Time-Void Binding. He reached level 52 but was disappointed that the soul ring had only increased his level by two.

• Xiao Feiyu and the other women left after asking Zhao Wuji to guide Xiao Yuan and tell Flender he would be away for seven days.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed the three women's power and Lu Shiyuan's arrival at Shrek Academy.
• Lu Shiyuan's friends attended uneventful classes and training while he was away, and Ning Rongrong showed strong physical fitness.
• Lu Shiyuan finished absorbing his fifth soul ring and explained that Time-Void Binding froze time within fifty meters for three seconds, allowing allies to move while immobilizing enemies and interrupting their soul skills.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Fei Yu why absorbing the seventy-thousand-year soul ring had raised his level by only two.

Lu Shiyuan returned from hunting a soul ring at level 52, and Xiao Feiyu explained that his unusually dense soul power slowed his cultivation but strengthened his foundation. Flender led the academy students on a run to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, where Lu Shiyuan recognized the activity and considered his own plan.

• Xiao Feiyu told Lu Shiyuan that his soul power was denser than an ordinary soul master's and required more power to advance, while he reflected on the benefits of his sturdy foundation and powerful soul skills.
• After seven days without food, Lu Shiyuan returned and devoured a large basin of Yun Qingluo's cooking, then Ning Rongrong learned he had reached level 52.
• Ning Rongrong relayed Flender's message about the academy's group activity, and Flender led the students toward the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City the following evening.
• Lu Shiyuan told Flender he had absorbed a thirty-thousand-year soul ring and reached level 52, while Tang San and Dai Mubai despaired over the growing gap between them.
• Lu Shiyuan slowed down to check on Ning Rongrong, who kept pace with the group, while Xiao Wu discreetly asked whether she needed help.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Lu Shiyuan recognized Flender's planned activity and wondered whether he could avoid participating in soul fighting.

At the teahouse, Flender explained that the students needed to earn Silver Soul Fighter badges through the Great Soul Arena, and Dai Mubai described the arena’s rules and challenges. Lu Shiyuan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing revealed they already held Purple-Gold Rank badges, leaving Flender astonished as the group prepared to compete.

• Flender set the students’ Soul Arena assignment, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun explained their difficult records and the arena’s battle formats.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan that Xiao Wu had beaten Ma Hongjun after he made lewd remarks, and Lu Shiyuan privately vowed to teach him a lesson later.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to partner with him for 2v2 battles, but she mocked him and suggested he team up with Ma Hongjun as the Grass Chicken Combination.
• Lu Shiyuan asked whether earning Silver Soul Fighter badges would satisfy Flender’s assignment, then he, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing placed their Purple-Gold Rank badges on the table.
• Flender examined the badges and learned that Lu Shiyuan had earned his through eighty consecutive wins, while Xiao Wu had fought more than seventy times.

Lu Shiyuan and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their impressive Great Soul Arena records, prompting the students to form new 2V2 teams. The chapter ended as Tang San and Ma Hongjun began their first match as the Grass Chicken Combination.

• Lu Shiyuan explained that he had earned eighty consecutive wins, including victories over Soul Kings, and Dai Mubai was stunned to learn Zhu Zhuqing had also reached Purple-Gold Rank.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing to team up with her, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to form the Seven Treasure Spirit Shadow Combination.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu opted out of competing, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun formed the Grass Chicken Combination and Dai Mubai was left without a partner.
• Lu Shiyuan and Xiao Wu watched from the stands as Tang San and Ma Hongjun entered the arena for their first match.

Lu Shiyuan watched Tang San and Ma Hongjun lose control of their teamwork when Ma Hongjun’s flames burned through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, though they still won their Soul Fighting match. Zhu Zhuqing quickly won her match with Ning Rongrong’s support, and Lu Shiyuan left the Great Soul Arena with the girls to take a stroll.

• Lu Shiyuan warned Xiao Wu that Tang San and Ma Hongjun might make fools of themselves despite their level advantage.
• Tang San restrained the twin opponents with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line scorched the grass and let them escape.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun fought separately and won, drawing boos from spectators who demanded refunds.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated both opponents in less than five seconds after Ning Rongrong boosted her speed.
• Lu Shiyuan told Flender he was leaving the Great Soul Arena, and Ning Rongrong suggested that he take the girls for a stroll.

Lu Shiyuan accompanied Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu on a shopping trip, where he helped the girls choose clothes and shoes. The chapter ended with him checking a pair of high heels for Xiao Wu and her asking him to put them on her.

• Lu Shiyuan agreed to go shopping with Ning Rongrong, and she teased him about having three beautiful girls at his side.
• Ning Rongrong coaxed Lu Shiyuan into staying, and he complimented her before she led him to a clothing shop.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lu Shiyuan whether a black dress suited her, and he chose a better-made dress for her instead.
• Xiao Wu asked Lu Shiyuan to pick a dress for her, and he chose a rosy pink one.
• Lu Shiyuan checked a pair of silver-gray high heels beside Xiao Wu's feet, and she asked him to help her put them on.

Lu Shiyuan helped Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong choose new clothes and shoes, then met Flender and the other Shrek boys outside the shop. Flender told them to assemble at eight the next morning, and Lu Shiyuan promised they would be on time.

• Lu Shiyuan changed Xiao Wu into heels and admired Zhu Zhuqing in a dress before she bought it and changed back.
• Lu Shiyuan gave Ning Rongrong a pale yellow dress, and the four friends left the shop with their purchases stored in his Soul Tool.
• Lu Shiyuan met Flender, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai, who had returned from their one-on-one matches with visible injuries.
• Flender told Lu Shiyuan and the others to assemble at eight the next morning, and Lu Shiyuan agreed.

Lu Shiyuan dealt with Xiao Feiyu, Yun Qingluo, and Ye Youying returning home drunk, only to discover that Ye Youying had been pretending in hopes of getting close to him. After Xiao Feiyu and Yun Qingluo warned Ye Youying that intimacy could draw dangerous beings’ attention and doom them all, Lu Shiyuan returned to his room and found Zhu Zhuqing waiting beneath his covers.

• Lu Shiyuan found Xiao Feiyu, Yun Qingluo, and Ye Youying drunk when they returned home late at night.
• Ye Youying revealed she had faked being drunk so she could get Lu Shiyuan alone and kissed his cheek.
• Xiao Feiyu and Yun Qingluo exposed Ye Youying’s act and warned her that going too far with Lu Shiyuan could alert dangerous beings and lead to their deaths.
• Lu Shiyuan fled to his room, where he found Zhu Zhuqing hiding beneath his covers in black gauze.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan she missed him and asked him to show her some love, causing his reason to snap.

Lu Shiyuan beat Dai Mubai after he humiliated Zhu Zhuqing, then reassured her that the incident would not endanger her. When Oscar broke through to rank thirty, Flender planned a trip to the Star Dou Forest, and Lu Shiyuan decided to accompany Xiao Wu so she could visit Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Lu Shiyuan terrified Dai Mubai with a beating, and Dai Mubai cowered without daring to speak.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan that the Zhu Family would not punish her over the incident and promised to stand by him.
• Tang San and Flender arrived at the playground, and Oscar announced that he had reached rank thirty.
• Flender canceled the day's training and arranged for Zhao Wuji to lead the students to the Star Dou Forest the next day.
• Lu Shiyuan asked Xiao Wu whether she wanted to visit Da Ming and Er Ming, and she said she missed them.

Lu Shiyuan prepared to travel to the Star Dou Forest with the Shrek students while Xiao Feiyu and Qingluo stayed behind to handle other matters. As the group set out, Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had broken through to level forty.

• Lu Shiyuan arranged for Ye Youying to accompany him to the Star Dou Forest while Xiao Feiyu and Qingluo remained behind.
• Xiao Wu went looking for Lu Shiyuan that evening but found his room empty, while he stayed with the sore Zhu Zhuqing and helped her fall asleep.
• Zhao Wuji led the eight Shrek Academy students toward the Star Dou Forest the next morning as Dai Mubai brooded over his treatment of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Shiyuan worried that the Clear Sky Sect could become a future threat and wondered when it would reveal itself.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan that she had broken through to level forty.

Lu Shiyuan and the Shrek students set out for the Star Dou Forest, while Xiao Feiyu and Qingluo stayed behind to handle other matters. During the journey, Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan she had broken through to level forty, leaving her ready to seek her next soul ring.

• Lu Shiyuan carried the injured Zhu Zhuqing home, then learned that Xiao Feiyu and Qingluo would stay behind while Ye Youying accompanied him to the Star Dou Forest.
• Xiao Wu went looking for Lu Shiyuan but found his room empty, while Zhu Zhuqing rested beside him for the night.
• The eight Shrek students assembled the next morning, and Zhao Wuji led them toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Dai Mubai brooded over Zhu Zhuqing and his past choices as Lu Shiyuan considered the Clear Sky Sect and its strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lu Shiyuan that she had broken through to level forty.

Lu Shiyuan learned that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Soul Ancestor and planned to help her find a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest. After the group stopped for the night in a nearby town, an insult from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun sparked a confrontation with students from Canghui Academy.

• Lu Shiyuan told Zhao Wuji that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level forty and intended to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, leaving Dai Mubai dejected when he overheard.
• Zhao Wuji brought the group to a town near the Star Dou Forest and told them to rest there before entering the forest the next day.
• Lu Shiyuan arranged rooms for the group, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing privately wished to share a room with him.
• At dinner, Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, and Ma Hongjun made lewd remarks about one of its female students.
• A Canghui Academy student approached Ma Hongjun in anger, Dai Mubai stood to confront him, and the student demanded that Dai Mubai apologize.

Dai Mubai and Canghui Academy's students fought outside the inn after a vulgar insult sparked a confrontation, and Canghui Academy's Soul King teacher defeated Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun. After the Canghui group left, Ma Hongjun blamed Lu Shiyuan and the girls for not helping, drawing their anger.

• Dai Mubai refused to apologize and led the Canghui Academy students outside to fight.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar joined Dai Mubai, while Lu Shiyuan stayed out of the fight and prevented Zhao Wuji from intervening.
• Dai Mubai and his companions defeated Canghui Academy's students, but the Soul King teacher then beat them and taught them a lesson.
• Canghui Academy's group returned to the inn, ate, and left without apologizing.
• Ma Hongjun demanded to know why Lu Shiyuan and the three girls had not helped them, and the girls grew angry.

Lu Shiyuan confronted Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai for bullying the weak and warned them not to take their frustrations out on him or his companions. After exposing the power behind Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, he left Ma Hongjun facing a promised beating after their return from the Star Dou Forest.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing condemned Ma Hongjun for lashing out at them after backing down from Canghui Academy.
• Lu Shiyuan challenged Ma Hongjun to a duel without using soul skills, and Ma Hongjun shrank back in fear.
• Lu Shiyuan confronted Dai Mubai about relying on his royal status and threatened to help Dai Weisi win the succession struggle if Dai Mubai provoked him again.
• Lu Shiyuan revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had a Titled Douluo as her teacher and reminded Dai Mubai that Ning Rongrong and the others also had powerful backing.
• Lu Shiyuan told Ma Hongjun he would fight him without soul skills after returning from the Star Dou Forest, while Tang San and Dai Mubai failed to offer him support.
• Ning Rongrong continued to fume over Ma Hongjun's behavior after Lu Shiyuan and the girls returned to their room.

Lu Shiyuan explained to Zhao Wuji why he had refused to defend Ma Hongjun, warning that the boy’s misconduct could endanger Shrek Academy. Zhao Wuji agreed to address the problem after they returned, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong wondered whether they could leave the academy with Lu Shiyuan.

• Xiao Wu comforted Ning Rongrong and said Lu Shiyuan would deal with Ma Hongjun after they returned to Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu said she would follow Lu Shiyuan wherever he went, while Ning Rongrong became hopeful that they might leave.
• Lu Shiyuan told Zhao Wuji that Ma Hongjun’s lewd remarks were dangerous misconduct, not an innocent mistake, and that he would not help the academy cover for him.
• Zhao Wuji accepted Lu Shiyuan’s reasoning and promised to discuss Ma Hongjun’s behavior with the dean and discipline him if it continued.
• Zhao Wuji learned that the Titled Douluo following the expedition was Lu Shiyuan’s friend and Zhu Zhuqing’s teacher, and felt reassured about entering the Star Dou Forest.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the girls’ room after secretly spending the night with Lu Shiyuan, and Xiao Wu discovered the marks that revealed their relationship. Xiao Wu felt hurt that Zhu Zhuqing had beaten her to getting close to Lu Shiyuan, so he went after her while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to leave with Teacher Zhao.

• Zhu Zhuqing slipped back into her room before Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong woke up.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about her figure, then noticed marks on her body and realized she had been with Lu Shiyuan.
• Ning Rongrong told Lu Shiyuan what Xiao Wu had discovered, and he waited outside with breakfast for the girls.
• Xiao Wu accepted soy milk from Lu Shiyuan but left without eating, while Zhu Zhuqing explained that Xiao Wu was upset because Zhu Zhuqing had beaten her to him.
• Lu Shiyuan told Zhu Zhuqing to leave with Teacher Zhao and went to catch up with Xiao Wu.

After learning that Zhu Zhuqing had been intimate with Lu Shiyuan first, Xiao Wu reconciled with him and asked to be with him when they returned. The group entered Star Dou Forest, where Lu Shiyuan planned to find a way to slip away with Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu stopped when Lu Shiyuan caught up with her, and he apologized for not telling her about Zhu Zhuqing sooner.
• Lu Shiyuan reassured Xiao Wu that she was important to him, and they promised not to leave or hide things from each other.
• Xiao Wu asked to give herself to Lu Shiyuan when they returned, and he promised no one else would get ahead of her.
• Lu Shiyuan carried Xiao Wu on his back as he teleported them to rejoin Zhao Wuji and the others, and Ning Rongrong offered Xiao Wu a steamed bun.
• The group entered Star Dou Forest at ten in the morning, and Lu Shiyuan told Xiao Wu they would later find a way to split off from the others.

Lu Shiyuan and the three girls split from Zhao Wuji’s group to search for Zhu Zhuqing’s fourth Soul Ring, with Ye Youying joining them. After choosing a high-speed Bloodblade Mantis as their target, they shared a meal while searching, and Ye Youying spotted something that made her say they were in luck.

• Zhao Wuji divided the students into two search parties, and Lu Shiyuan’s group set out with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Feiyu.
• Lu Shiyuan called Ye Youying out of hiding, and she asked Zhu Zhuqing what kind of fourth Soul Skill she wanted.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted a skill that increased her attack frequency, so Lu Shiyuan suggested hunting a Bloodblade Mantis for its high attack speed.
• Ye Youying agreed to look for a Bloodblade Mantis while warning that high-aged ones were rare in the Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Shiyuan killed an Iron-Armored Bull, cooked lunch for the girls, and stored the leftover beef in his Soul Tool.
• After the group finished eating, Ye Youying stared into the distance and said they were in luck.