Arc 2Shadows at Shrek

Lin Yuan killed Meng Baichuan, stole Immortal Herbs, and gained new powers while the transmigrators converged around the Blue Silver Emperor’s remains and Shrek Academy. At Shrek’s opening, he hid his identity and watched Yu Tianlong, Chang Gong Miao, and the others face Zhao Wuji as conflict over Xiao Wu erupted nearby.

  • Lin Yuan killed Meng Baichuan with Creation Heaven-Reaching Dew, then collected his belongings before Meng Yiran gave him the ten-thousand-year whale rubber and killed herself.
  • Eleven months later, Lin Yuan stole several Immortal Herbs from Dugu Bo’s garden while Spirit Hall’s Xuan Jian killed Dugu Jue and took the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone and Seed of Life.
  • Lin Yuan reached rank forty and watched Han Li save Zhu Zhuqing from Zhu Zhuyun, then defeated and killed Han Li, absorbed his Golden Lightning Bamboo Soul Ring, and gained new skills and a domain.
  • Lin Yuan arrived at Shrek Academy under the name Ling Yuan, exposed Ning Rongrong to her guards, and joined the entrance examination while Yu Tianlong displayed his Dark Sacred Dragon and four Soul Rings.
  • Lin Yuan tricked Li Yusong with a pouch of Soul Beast dung, ambushed Dai Mubai and stole his coins, then lied to Ning Rongrong that his name was Mubai.
  • Lin Yuan secretly observed Yu Tianlong, Chang Gong Miao, Tang Weiwei, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing fight Zhao Wuji, while Tang Weiwei carried the injured Zhu Qing away.
  • Yu Luomian arrived as Tang Lie confronted Tang Hao and demanded that Tang Hao hand over Xiao Wu, whom Tang Lie identified as a Transformed Soul Beast.
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Ch. 27Meng Yiran's Misplaced Devotion

Meng Baichuan pursued Lin Yuan through the bamboo forest, relying on an External Soul Bone and his martial soul fusion to overpower him. Lin Yuan revealed that Meng Baichuan’s armor was not fully fused, then used lightning-charged bamboo and a mirage to evade his attack as Meng Baichuan remained intent on stealing his techniques.

  • Meng Yiran realized that Meng Baichuan had risked his life for Lin Yuan’s techniques and felt betrayed by the brother she had devoted herself to.
  • Lin Yuan led Meng Baichuan to a cliff in the bamboo forest, then suddenly doubled his speed and struck him with merged blue flames and purple lightning.
  • Meng Baichuan survived Lin Yuan’s attack with golden dragon armor from an External Soul Bone, which he said Meng Yiran had given him.
  • Meng Baichuan offered to spare Lin Yuan and give him Meng Yiran in marriage if Lin Yuan taught him his techniques, but Lin Yuan refused and challenged him.
  • Meng Baichuan charged Lin Yuan, who summoned lightning-charged Lone Bamboos that hurt him but could not pierce his armor.
  • Meng Baichuan’s tail passed through a mirage of Lin Yuan, and he realized Lin Yuan had trapped him in mist while he continued coveting Lin Yuan’s techniques.

Ch. 28Green Liquid Slays the Enemy

Lin Yuan defeated Meng Baichuan by secretly firing Creation Heaven-Reaching Dew into his mouth during their battle. Meng Baichuan died, leaving behind his golden External Soul Bone.

  • Lin Yuan unleashed Golden Shadow Formula, but Meng Baichuan dodged most of the attack and charged him in his dragon form.
  • Meng Baichuan blocked Lin Yuan's escape routes and opened his jaws to bite him as he jumped into the air.
  • Lin Yuan used a finger to fire Creation Heaven-Reaching Dew into Meng Baichuan's mouth while holding a Hundred-Year Lone Bamboo left leg bone.
  • Meng Baichuan recognized the liquid as lethal to animals and began to die as his body swelled.
  • Meng Baichuan recalled his past lives and his plan to kill Meng Yiran and seize the Immortal Herbs before exploding into bloody mist, leaving his golden Soul Bone behind.

Ch. 29Meng Yiran's death

Lin Yuan killed Meng Baichuan, but Meng Yiran took her own life after learning her brother was dead. He concealed the evidence and returned toward Suotuo City, where Dragon Duke and Snake Granny later began searching for the killer.

  • Lin Yuan collected Meng Baichuan’s armor-shaped soul bone and Soul Tool, then approached the mortally wounded Meng Yiran.
  • Meng Yiran confirmed that Meng Baichuan was dead, gave Lin Yuan the ten-thousand-year whale rubber, and killed herself with a throwing knife.
  • Lin Yuan destroyed Meng Yiran’s body, took her Storage Soul Tool, and removed evidence that could identify him.
  • Lin Yuan discarded the siblings’ belongings and his disguise in an underground river, washed, and headed toward Suotuo City as an ordinary traveler.
  • Dragon Duke and Snake Granny later escorted a battered Flender and Shrek Academy’s teachers through Suotuo City while searching for the killer.

Ch. 30Four Transmigrators (Part One)

After Meng Yiran and Meng Baichuan’s deaths brought scrutiny and disgrace to Shrek Academy, Lin Yuan laid low while preparing for a coming clash among transmigrators. As Tang San’s arrival approached, new transmigrators emerged, including Han Li, who transformed into human form, and Yu Tianlong, who announced he planned to attend school.

  • Investigators ruled out Shrek’s students and dean as suspects, but the academy was blamed for the deaths and past student casualties, leaving enrollment empty and prompting stricter safety measures.
  • Lin Yuan refined ten-thousand-year whale rubber, fused with the Imperial Scale Armor, and decided to avoid using it while he improved his strength.
  • Eleven months later, transmigrators began moving toward Shrek and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and Ah Yin’s Seed of Life near Holy Soul Village.
  • Han Li emerged from a lightning-covered forbidden zone in the Star Dou Great Forest after transforming from a ten-thousand-year Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Soul Beast, retaining his cultivation and awakening the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords Martial Soul.
  • At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, Yu Tianlong told his grandfather Yu Yuanzhen that he intended to go to school, while thinking about fellow transmigrator Long Aotian’s powerful position and engagement to Ning Rongrong.

Ch. 31Four Transmigrators (Part Two)

Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian allied with Dugu Jue to secure immortal herbs and other advantages, then set out to retrieve the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. Their three groups converged near Holy Soul Village, where an unseen black-robed figure watched them pass.

  • Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian joined forces with Dugu Jue after learning that Dugu Bo had become a level 97 Peak Douluo and negotiating for immortal herbs and other terms.
  • Yu Tianlong consumed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and reached level 45 Soul Power, while Long Aotian consumed the eight-petal immortal orchid and reached level 42.
  • Yu Tianlong persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to let him go to school, with Yu Luomian accompanying him.
  • Yu Tianlong and Yu Yuanzhen secretly left the sect for Holy Soul Village to retrieve the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
  • Gu Rong arrived with Long Aotian, and Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Jue, as all three groups converged near Holy Soul Village while a black-robed figure watched from a hidden bamboo grove.

Ch. 32Three men, each with his own schemes

Lin Yuan hid in the mountains hoping to catch a Transmigrator seeking the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, while Dugu Jue, Long Aotian, and Yu Tianlong negotiated over the relic. Dugu Bo intervened to protect his grandson, and the men reached a deal before departing, leaving Lin Yuan free to consider his next move.

  • Lin Yuan waited in a concealed bamboo grove, expecting Transmigrators to search for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
  • Dugu Jue, Long Aotian, and Yu Tianlong arrived and argued over who would claim the Soul Bone, with Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian demanding immortal herbs.
  • Dugu Bo appeared with nine Soul Rings and warned the others not to bully Dugu Jue.
  • Dugu Jue offered each rival one immortal herb, and Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian agreed to wait up to a year for delivery.
  • Dugu Bo and Dugu Jue flew deeper into the mountains as Lin Yuan watched from hiding.

Ch. 33Enjoying the Same Treatment as Old Devil Han

Lin Yuan reached Dugu Bo’s hidden medicinal garden by vaulting over its poison formation and accidentally encountered Dugu Yan bathing. Dugu Yan demanded that he turn around and threatened to call for help, leaving Lin Yuan facing a potentially dangerous misunderstanding.

  • Yu Tianlong explained to Yu Yuanzhen that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone would bring trouble, and Long Aotian declined Gu Rong’s plan to raid Dugu Bo’s garden because Dugu Jue had hidden the immortal herbs.
  • Long Aotian worried about Ning Rongrong’s growing desire to break off their engagement and hurried back to keep watch over her.
  • After the other groups flew away from Holy Soul Village, Lin Yuan traveled to Sunset Forest and reached the edge of Dugu Bo’s poison formation before nightfall.
  • Lin Yuan used his Blue Silver Pole Vault skill to leap over the poison mist and land inside the garden’s courtyard.
  • Lin Yuan saw Dugu Yan bathing, apologized for intruding, and realized her soul power marked her as at least a Soul Emperor.
  • Dugu Yan covered herself, demanded to know how Lin Yuan had entered, and threatened to call her grandfather and younger brother for help.

Ch. 34The Naive Dugu Yan

Lin Yuan tricked Dugu Yan into giving him an Immortal Herb, then stole several plants from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes before escaping Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo and Dugu Jue found Yue Guan and Gui Mei at the waterfall, where a confrontation began over the treasures inside.

  • Dugu Yan offered Lin Yuan the Black Jade Divine Bamboo shoot in exchange for his leaving, and Lin Yuan accepted it before slipping away.
  • Lin Yuan told Dugu Yan he was twelve, then searched the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and took the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, the Infernal Delicate Apricot, and what he guessed was the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
  • Lin Yuan escaped Sunset Forest that night after leaving the other Immortal Herb seeds behind.
  • Dugu Jue and Dugu Bo found the waterfall containing the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone and the Seed of Life, but Yue Guan and Gui Mei had arrived first.
  • Dugu Bo demanded that Yue Guan and Gui Mei hand over what they had found, threatening them if they refused.

Ch. 35The Pope's disciple

Dugu Jue challenged Xuan Jian, the Pope’s twelve-year-old disciple, to a wagered duel over the Soul Bone. As Dugu Jue prepared to enter the cave, he weighed his confidence against the danger of making an enemy of Spirit Hall.

  • Dugu Jue asked Yue Guan to let him fight the person inside, with the winner claiming everything there.
  • Yue Guan and Gui Mei revealed that Xuan Jian was a powerful twin-sword genius who had reached rank forty-two at age twelve.
  • Gui Mei warned Dugu Bo that Xuan Jian was dangerous, but Dugu Bo trusted his grandson and accepted the duel.
  • Dugu Bo privately asked Dugu Jue if he was confident, and Dugu Jue assured him that his venomous Poison Flood Dragon could defeat Xuan Jian in the cave.
  • Dugu Jue considered how Xuan Jian’s arrival could threaten his plans to win Qian Renxue’s affection, but decided he could not afford to kill a Spirit Hall disciple.

Ch. 36Dugu Jue's Death

Dugu Jue entered the cave beneath the waterfall to stop a young man from taking the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life, but Xuan Jian killed him with the Black-White Xuanzhan swords. Xuan Jian claimed Dugu Jue's Lovesick Heartbreak Red and resolved to take every Immortal Herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.

  • Dugu Jue activated Jiaolong's Fury and entered the cave after Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Pass let him through.
  • Dugu Jue found a young man putting the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone into his Soul Tool and reaching for the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life.
  • The young man, Xuan Jian, transformed into a streak of blood-red light and cut Dugu Jue apart with the Black-White Xuanzhan swords.
  • Xuan Jian explained that he killed Transmigrators who threatened Bibi Dong, then beheaded Dugu Jue and searched his Soul Tool.
  • Xuan Jian found the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, offered it his blood, and watched it fall from the Wujue Stone.

Ch. 37Ning Rongrong Runs Away from Her Engagement

Xuan Jian escaped Dugu Bo’s fury by threatening his family, leaving Dugu Bo to recover his grandson’s remains and the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had fled the day before her engagement to Long Aotian and ordered a search.

  • Dugu Bo attacked the cave after sensing Dugu Jue’s death, but Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei trapped him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Xuan Jian warned Dugu Bo that his granddaughter, son, and daughter-in-law would be in danger if he continued fighting, then fled.
  • Dugu Bo stopped struggling, vowed revenge on Spirit Hall, and gathered Dugu Jue’s remains and the Blue Silver Emperor Seed of Life.
  • A Soul Emperor guard told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong had swapped clothes with her maid and sneaked out of the sect.
  • Ning Fengzhi ordered his people to find Ning Rongrong and summoned Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to discuss her disappearance.
  • Sword Douluo condemned Ning Rongrong for abandoning her engagement, while Gu Rong urged them to search for her and blamed Long Aotian for taking her away.

Ch. 38Qian Renxue Learns of Dugu Jue's Death

After Ning Rongrong fled her engagement, Long Aotian accepted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s explanation and returned to cultivation. Qian Renxue learned that Xuan Jian had killed Dugu Jue and resolved to focus on Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian as potential rivals for Xuan Jian, leaving Lin Yuan unaware of these developments.

  • Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo argued over Ning Rongrong’s disappearance before Ning Fengzhi planned to explain her absence as a breakthrough in cultivation.
  • The sect failed to find Ning Rongrong, so Long Aotian stood alone at the engagement banquet and accepted Ning Fengzhi’s promise to hold the wedding when he became a Soul Emperor.
  • Qian Renxue learned that Ning Rongrong had fled and that Xuan Jian had killed Dugu Jue.
  • Qian Renxue rejected the suggestion to tell Long Aotian about Ning Rongrong, expecting the secret to eventually drive him against Ning Fengzhi.
  • Qian Renxue dismissed Dugu Jue as a lost recruit and ordered She Long to keep watching Yu Tianlong and Long Aotian while seeking other promising talents.
  • Qian Renxue focused on finding someone who could defeat Xuan Jian to prove herself to Bibi Dong, while Lin Yuan remained unaware of the news.

Ch. 39A Clichéd Chance Encounter

After reaching rank forty by refining the Black Jade Divine Bamboo, Lin Yuan hid near his cave and witnessed Zhu Zhuyun’s group overwhelm Zhu Zhuqing. As Lin Yuan prepared to withdraw, someone challenged Zhu Zhuyun for bullying her sister.

  • Lin Yuan found a secluded cave near Star Dou Great Forest, ate the Black Jade Divine Bamboo shoot, and refined its power until he reached rank forty.
  • Lin Yuan heard Zhu Zhuyun pursuing her younger sister and recognized the encounter, but chose to stay hidden rather than intervene.
  • Zhu Zhuyun’s group attacked Zhu Zhuqing with close-range fighters, archers, and a support Soul Master, leaving Zhu Zhuqing badly wounded and unconscious.
  • Lin Yuan judged that Zhu Zhuyun had intended to drive Zhu Zhuqing away rather than kill her and prepared to retreat into the cave.
  • An unknown person confronted Zhu Zhuyun, saying that her group was going too far by bullying Zhu Zhuqing.

Ch. 40Han Li stalked the cicada, Lin Yuan waited behind

Han Li intervened when Zhu Zhuyun attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Yuan realized the newcomer was a transmigrator wielding the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords. Han Li killed Zhu Zhuyun’s attendants and defeated Uncle Biao, while Lin Yuan concluded that Han Li had awakened the swords as his martial soul rather than inheriting Old Devil Han’s cultivation techniques.

  • Han Li emerged from hiding and killed Zhu Zhuyun’s violin support-type Soul Master, startling Lin Yuan with his undetectable presence.
  • Han Li declared that he would protect Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun warned him that her sister was engaged to the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire.
  • When Zhu Zhuyun’s attendants attacked, Han Li cut them down with sword energy, prompting her to call for Uncle Biao.
  • Uncle Biao attacked Han Li with his Mighty Demon Bear martial soul, but Han Li’s lightning shield shattered the attack and his follow-up techniques overwhelmed him.
  • Han Li killed Uncle Biao with a giant sword strike, and Lin Yuan deduced that Han Li had awakened the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords as his martial soul rather than receiving Old Devil Han’s techniques.

Ch. 41Strength without combat experience

Lin Yuan watched Han Li drive Zhu Zhuyun away, then revealed himself and fought him. After Han Li’s earlier attacks had drained his Soul Power, Lin Yuan overpowered him and left him badly injured.

  • Han Li spared Zhu Zhuyun and threatened her into leaving after killing her Soul Emperor guard.
  • Han Li sensed someone watching and cut apart the bamboo grove and cave with a sword aura, forcing Lin Yuan to reveal himself.
  • Lin Yuan explained that Han Li had wasted Soul Power on his earlier attacks and showed his Soul Rings.
  • Lin Yuan strengthened himself with his cultivation techniques and Yellow Scale Armor, then struck Han Li from behind.
  • Han Li’s shield shattered, his swords flew from his hand, and he slammed into a boulder, vomiting blood.

Ch. 42The Fourth Soul Ring

Lin Yuan killed Han Li and discovered that his true form was a ten-thousand-year Golden Lightning Bamboo, which could provide his fourth Soul Ring. After treating the badly injured Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Yuan left to absorb the ring, and Zhu Zhuqing woke in the cave realizing someone had seen her naked.

  • Lin Yuan defeated and killed Han Li, who revealed that Lin Yuan was not from the Star Luo Imperial Family before dying.
  • Han Li transformed into a ten-thousand-year Golden Lightning Bamboo and left behind a pale-gold Head Soul Bone, which Lin Yuan stored.
  • Lin Yuan stopped Zhu Zhuqing's bleeding, carried her to the collapsed cave, treated her wounds, and left her broth before taking Han Li's bamboo body away to absorb its Soul Ring.
  • Zhu Zhuqing woke during the latter half of the night, drank the cooled broth, and discovered that her wounds had been treated and her clothes removed.
  • Zhu Zhuqing checked that her trousers remained intact and realized someone had seen her entire body while she was unconscious.

Ch. 43Lin Yuan and His Cheats

Zhu Zhuqing recovered enough to investigate the aftermath of her rescue, while Lin Yuan absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo Soul Ring and gained a transformed Martial Soul, new abilities, and the Azure Origin Domain. With Shrek's term about to begin, Lin Yuan decided to use his concealment skills to investigate the arriving Transmigrators.

  • Zhu Zhuqing changed clothes, healed her injuries, and left the cave to find the pursuers’ corpses being eaten by Ten-Year Soul Beasts.
  • Zhu Zhuqing recognized a tattered robe worn by a Zhu Family Soul Emperor-level steward and realized her unknown rescuer had already left.
  • Lin Yuan discovered that absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo Soul Ring had evolved his Lone Bamboo Martial Soul into Golden Lightning Bamboo and enhanced his first three Soul Skills.
  • Lin Yuan broke through to rank forty-five, gained the Azure Origin Possession Soul Skill, and acquired the Azure Origin Domain with its Breath Concealment ability.
  • With Shrek's term only days away, Lin Yuan planned to disguise himself as a lower-ranked Soul Master and investigate the Transmigrators arriving in Suotuo City.

Ch. 44Seeing Xiao Wu again

Lin Yuan discovered that the Golden Lightning Bamboo Head Soul Bone could grow stronger by devouring another head soul bone, then absorbed it and gained the Evil-Exorcising Divine Light skill. He reached Suotuo City on the day Shrek Academy opened and unexpectedly reunited with Xiao Wu.

  • Lin Yuan confirmed that the Golden Lightning Bamboo Head Soul Bone devoured the Sacred Soul Grass Head Soul Bone and grew stronger.
  • Lin Yuan absorbed the Golden Lightning Bamboo Wisdom Skull, which raised his spiritual power to the Soul Sage level and granted him Evil-Exorcising Divine Light.
  • Lin Yuan hurried to Suotuo City, arriving on the morning Shrek Academy opened, and noticed the city was unusually crowded.
  • Xiao Wu recognized Lin Yuan after five years and went over to greet him, while Tang San followed her.

Ch. 45Tang San's Lack of Confidence

Lin Yuan met Xiao Wu and Tang San in Suotuo City but concealed his identity from them. After learning that Ning Rongrong had gone missing, he headed for Shrek Academy and was approached by a disguised beggar.

  • Xiao Wu recognized Lin Yuan and excitedly asked where he had been, while Tang San grew wary of him.
  • Lin Yuan pretended to be Ling Yuan, and Tang San accepted that Xiao Wu had mistaken him for someone else.
  • Lin Yuan heard that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had offered a large reward after Ning Rongrong disappeared, and a crowd rushed off after someone spotted her.
  • Lin Yuan finished his meal and set out for Shrek Academy, but a powerful, wealthy-looking beggar called him over in an alley.

Ch. 46Selling Out Ning Rongrong

Lin Yuan exposed Ning Rongrong’s beggar disguise at the South City Gate, collected a reward, and left her in the hands of a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Master. He continued to Shrek Academy, where he joined the entrance examination line as most applicants gave up.

  • Ning Rongrong offered Lin Yuan half the stolen Gold Soul Coins to distract the guards and help her escape.
  • Lin Yuan revealed Ning Rongrong to the guards, and a middle-aged Soul Emperor captured her and rewarded him with a gold card.
  • Ning Rongrong threatened the Soul Master into letting her bathe before going to Shrek Academy, while privately vowing to settle her score with Lin Yuan.
  • Lin Yuan walked toward Shrek Academy, passed Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing without speaking to them, and observed families heading to register.
  • Lin Yuan joined the entrance examination line at Shrek Academy as most applicants left after seeing others fail and Dai Mubai refused to return their fees.

Ch. 47Shrek Begins the School Year

At Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment, Yu Tianlong revealed himself as a twelve-year-old level-forty-five Soul Ancestor with an extraordinary Dark Sacred Dragon martial soul. His strength shocked the applicants, especially Tang San, while Lin Yuan recognized clues to Yu Tianlong’s background.

  • Lin Yuan observed the applicants, including a handsome boy who openly stared at Zhu Zhuqing and a pair of apparent Transmigrators watching Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San.
  • The pair failed to notice the handsome boy until Li Yusong tested his age and asked him to release his martial soul.
  • Yu Tianlong summoned a black dragon and displayed four soul rings—one yellow and three purple—shocking Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and the other applicants.
  • Tang San recalled the soul-ring limits taught by Yu Xiaogang and felt bitter that Yu Tianlong had reached Soul Ancestor at twelve.
  • Yu Tianlong announced that his martial soul was the Dark Sacred Dragon and his soul power was level forty-five, delighting Li Yusong.
  • Several more applicants passed the first assessment with soul power around levels twenty-one or twenty-two, though their martial souls seemed unlikely to carry them through later rounds.

Ch. 48Chang Gong Miao and Tang Weiwei

Chang Gong Miao and Tang Weiwei revealed their Martial Souls as fellow Transmigrators, while Lin Yuan deliberately failed Shrek Academy’s entrance requirements and tricked Li Yusong into accepting a pouch of Soul Beast dung as his registration fee. Li Yusong sent Dai Mubai after Lin Yuan to recover the fee and additional damages before moving the remaining applicants on to the second examination stage.

  • Chang Gong Miao and Tang Weiwei revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Ranks, then exchanged surprised glances after realizing that each was a Transmigrator.
  • Lin Yuan claimed he had rank-nineteen Soul Power and a Vajra Bamboo Martial Soul, and Li Yusong refused to let him register before he met Shrek’s requirements.
  • Li Yusong demanded a registration fee from Lin Yuan anyway, and Lin Yuan handed him a pouch containing Soul Beast dung before running off.
  • Li Yusong recognized the prank and ordered Dai Mubai to chase Lin Yuan and recover the fee and compensation.
  • Li Yusong urged the applicants who had passed the first entrance examination to proceed to the second stage.

Ch. 49Little Fairy

The Shrek applicants argued over the girls they wanted, and Chang Gong Miao and Yu Tianlong agreed to kill Tang Weiwei. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan knocked Dai Mubai unconscious and encountered Ning Rongrong and her Soul Emperor guard, but ignored Ning Rongrong as he walked past.

  • Li Yusong sent Chang Gong Miao and the others to the fourth trial, while Yu Tianlong and Chang Gong Miao argued over Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Tang Weiwei warned Chang Gong Miao and Yu Tianlong to stay away from Tang San, and then joined Tang San and Xiao Wu.
  • Yu Tianlong proposed killing Tang Weiwei, and Chang Gong Miao agreed; both men secretly planned to betray each other later.
  • Dai Mubai chased Lin Yuan but lost him, and Lin Yuan later ambushed him with a club, looted his coins, and kicked him into a field ridge.
  • Ning Rongrong and her Soul Emperor guard approached Lin Yuan, but he ignored Ning Rongrong, frustrating her plan to impress him and reveal who she was.

Ch. 50Meeting Ning Rongrong Again

Lin Yuan mocked Ning Rongrong, took the soul coins she threw at him, and gave her a false name before escaping toward Suotuo City. Ning Rongrong then met the real Dai Mubai and learned that Lin Yuan had tricked her again.

  • Ning Rongrong confronted Lin Yuan for ignoring her, but he showed little interest in her appearance and teased her about her chest.
  • Ning Rongrong threw a bag of gold soul coins at Lin Yuan, who pocketed it and said his name was Mubai before running off.
  • Ning Rongrong wanted to chase Lin Yuan, but her female Soul Emperor guard urged her to go register at Shrek Academy.
  • Dai Mubai emerged from a muddy field and asked whether Ning Rongrong and her guard had attacked him; he then introduced himself as a Shrek student.
  • Ning Rongrong realized Lin Yuan had lied about being called Mubai, and the guard told Dai Mubai that the man he sought had already run out of sight.

Ch. 51Tang Lie and Tang Hao Meet Ahead of Time

Lin Yuan watched the events at Shrek Academy and witnessed Tang Lie confront Tang Hao over Xiao Wu. Tang Lie demanded that Tang Hao surrender Xiao Wu, while Lin Yuan remained hidden nearby.

  • Dai Mubai told Ning Rongrong and her guard that Lin Yuan had pranked Shrek and ambushed him, then asked them to keep his defeat secret.
  • Lin Yuan concealed his aura and used the Golden Lightning Domain to observe Yu Tianlong, Chang Gong Miao, Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, Tang San, and Tang Weiwei fighting Zhao Wuji.
  • Yu Tianlong and Chang Gong Miao stood out in the fight, while Tang Weiwei supported her allies and carried the injured Zhu Qing away.
  • Tang San was badly shaken by his poor performance against Zhao Wuji.
  • Yu Luomian arrived as Tang Lie confronted Tang Hao and demanded that Tang Hao hand over Xiao Wu, whom Tang Lie identified as a Transformed Soul Beast.
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