Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tang Hao protected Xiao Wu from Tang Lie and Yu Luomian, while Yu Luomian warned him about other young Twin Martial Soul prodigies. Ning Rongrong found Shrek stifling and secretly resolved to escape, as Lin Yuan watched and reached a decision of his own.

• Tang Hao threatened Tang Lie with his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, then warned Yu Luomian not to covet Xiao Wu.
• Yu Luomian told Tang Hao about the talents of Long Aotian, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Jue, leaving Tang Hao concerned about his son Tang San.
• After Yu Tianlong and the others endured their punishment, Tang Weiwei handed the injured Zhu Qing to Xiao Wu and went to comfort Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Yu Tianlong's teasing, grew more bored with Shrek, and secretly resolved to escape rather than be forced to marry Long Aotian.
• Zhao Wuji admitted Ning Rongrong to Shrek without a test, while Lin Yuan observed the group and made a decision.

Lin Yuan observed Shrek Academy and learned about the students’ backgrounds and room assignments. In the girls’ dorm, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing shared their stories, and Zhu Qing began explaining how her sister had hunted her down.

• Lin Yuan judged Yu Tianlong, Chang Gong Miao, and Tang Weiwei while secretly observing Shrek Academy through its overgrown grounds.
• Shrek assigned Yu Tianlong to room with Oscar, Chang Gong Miao with Tang San, Tang Weiwei with Xiao Wu, and Zhu Qing with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and level thirty-nine Soul Power to Zhu Qing, while hiding her sect’s cultivation secrets.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Qing she had fled an arranged marriage and described how Lin Yuan had foiled her escape plan in Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing laughed about Lin Yuan’s exploits until Zhu Qing’s mood changed when Ning Rongrong mentioned Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Qing said her sister had hunted her down, and Ning Rongrong eagerly asked whether someone had saved her.

Lin Yuan watched the aftermath of the newcomers’ arrival at Shrek Academy and concluded that others were also targeting the Transmigrators. He headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to focus on cultivation and plan how to use the Heavenly Vial to grow immortal herbs and strengthen his Martial Soul.

• Zhu Qing and Ning Rongrong discussed Zhu Qing’s unknown rescuer, and Zhu Qing teased Ning Rongrong about her feelings for the boy who had sold her.
• Lin Yuan observed Tang Lie leave after warning Flender, while Yu Yuanzhen stayed at Shrek Academy and Tang Hao departed after warning Flender and Zhao Wuji to protect Tang San.
• Lin Yuan decided that Yu Luomian’s protection and other people’s interest in the Transmigrators made it unwise to act against them for now.
• Lin Yuan rented a room in Suotuo City, collected green liquid with the Heavenly Vial overnight, bought supplies, and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Yuan planned to cultivate the fifth level of his techniques and use the Heavenly Vial to grow immortal herbs before pursuing stronger Golden Lightning Bamboo and Soul Bones.

Lin Yuan settled near the Star Dou Great Forest to wait for the Shrek group and a possible chance to claim an External Soul Bone. Meanwhile, rumors of a Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast drove the major sects to prepare their own moves toward Shrek Academy.

• Lin Yuan concealed a cave near the forest entrance, planted the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and began cultivating while collecting Green Liquid.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo that Ning Rongrong had joined Shrek Academy and discussed recruiting its talented students.
• Ning Fengzhi showed the two Douluo an anonymous letter about a Hundred Thousand Year Transformed Soul Beast, and Sword Douluo left to investigate and capture it for Long Aotian if the rumor was true.
• Yu Luomian's letter to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was intercepted before it reached Yu Yuanzhen.
• Tang Lie told the Clear Sky Sect about the transformed soul beast without mentioning Tang Hao, prompting Tang Xiao to send two Titled Douluo and three rank-eighty-nine Soul Douluo elders to Shrek Academy.

Xuan Jian forced Yu Luomian to join Spirit Hall’s plan to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s ruling family, while a battle near Suotuo City drove Sword Douluo back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At Shrek Academy, Oscar reached level thirty and the students left for the Star Dou Great Forest a day early, while Dai Mubai’s behavior toward Zhu Qing ended in a beating from Yu Tianlong.

• Yu Luomian planned to exploit a conflict among Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects, but Xuan Jian arrived with five Titled Douluo and gave him the choice of serving Spirit Hall or dying.
• Yu Luomian agreed to help Spirit Hall eliminate Yu Yuanzhen’s line, provided he could kill Yu Tianlong himself and bring him back to the sect.
• After a great battle erupted outside Suotuo City, Sword Douluo abandoned his visit to Shrek Academy and returned to discuss the conflict with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Oscar’s attention, and Oscar completed Flender’s ten-lap course before reaching level thirty; the Shrek group then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest a day early.
• Ma Hongjun exposed Dai Mubai’s unpaid debt, and when Dai Mubai tried to attack Zhu Qing, Yu Tianlong beat him before Ning Rongrong mocked him.

Tang Weiwei became isolated at Shrek after her efforts to defend Dai Mubai and dictate everyone’s romances alienated the others, while Tang Hao discovered the Seed of Life and Ah Yin’s Soul Bone were missing and attacked Spirit Hall branch halls. Spirit Hall reported a crushing defeat of the Clear Sky Sect elders, and Bibi Dong learned that Xuan Jian had gone off to prepare a gift for her.

• Tang Weiwei’s matchmaking and defense of Dai Mubai angered the Shrek group, and Oscar told her to stop using him as a shield; she was left isolated and cried.
• Tang Weiwei joined the Shrek group’s journey to the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhao Wuji, while Yu Luomian secretly followed on Yu Tianlong’s orders.
• Tang Hao found Ah Yin’s Soul Bone and the Seed of Life missing and vented his fury by slaughtering people in nearby Spirit Branch Halls.
• A cardinal reported to Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s elders had killed two Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect, forced two Soul Douluo to self-destruct, and left a fifth elder badly injured.
• The cardinal presented three recovered Soul Bones to Bibi Dong, who ordered them placed in the treasury and said she would reward the participating elders.
• Bibi Dong learned that Xuan Jian had parted from Yue Guan and the others to prepare a grand gift, and she coldly let him proceed.

Bibi Dong accepted Xuan Jian’s gains for Spirit Hall while supporting Hu Liena’s rise, and the Clear Sky Sect reeled from the deaths of four elders. Tang Lie blamed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and suspected the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, turning Tang Xiao’s anger toward possible traitors.

• Bibi Dong privately regretted Xuan Jian’s brutal methods but tolerated them to keep Qian Daoliu from reclaiming authority.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Hu Liena reached rank sixty-five at seventeen.
• Bibi Dong promised to appoint Hu Liena Holy Maiden and first successor if she reached Soul Sage and won the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Xiao raged over the deaths of four Clear Sky Sect elders, while Tang Lie recounted how Spirit Hall ambushed them and spared him.
• Tang Lie blamed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for leaking information and accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of possibly conspiring against them.
• Tang Xiao redirected his fury toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect as Tang Lie described Yu Luomian’s young relative and Ning Fengzhi’s daughter as suspects.

Lin Yuan cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest and used his Golden Lightning Domain to inspect a nearby town, where he discovered a transmigrator and six powerful companions. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s public accusations and rewards intensified the hunt for Tang Hao, and Lin Yuan ended the chapter wondering about the group’s plan to steal Tang San’s External Soul Bone.

• Tang Xiao swore vengeance against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Hall condemned Tang Hao, offered Soul Bone rewards for information or his capture, and announced that four Clear Sky Sect elders had died while one escaped.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his rapid cultivation after consuming an Immortal Herb and set a goal to reach level fifty and open all Eight Extraordinary Meridians within a year.
• Lin Yuan detected seven powerful strangers in a nearby town and used the plants there to see them.
• Lin Yuan recognized the youth as the transmigrator who had bought Whale Rubber from him and realized the youth had come to steal Tang San’s External Soul Bone.

Lin Yuan watched Xuan Jian and the Counterfeit Six Sword Slaves before the Shrek group and Canghui Academy arrived at the hotel. When Oscar boasted that those who dared not cause trouble were mediocre, Xuan Jian struck him down with one slap, leaving him motionless.

• Lin Yuan observed the Counterfeit Six Sword Slaves and realized they used a Head Soul Bone skill to coordinate as one.
• Xuan Jian dismissed the hotel owner after compensating him for the window the sword slaves had broken.
• Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group arrived, while Yu Luomian secretly watched from nearby, making Lin Yuan suspect something was wrong.
• Ma Hongjun ogled a Canghui Academy girl, and Dai Mubai insulted the academy, provoking its members.
• Oscar defended Shrek's philosophy that those who dared not cause trouble were mediocre, and Xuan Jian slapped him into a corner, where he stopped moving.

Xuan Jian brutally defeated Oscar, Dai Mubai, Tang Weiwei, and Ma Hongjun after Dai Mubai attacked him, leaving Shrek Academy’s group shaken. Zhu Qing refused Ning Rongrong’s offer to leave Shrek, fearing her sister would hunt her down and put Ning Rongrong in danger.

• Dai Mubai attacked Xuan Jian after seeing him strike Oscar, but Xuan Jian kicked him in the groin and crippled him.
• Tang Weiwei cursed Xuan Jian, who slapped her aside, then turned his attention to Ma Hongjun.
• Yu Tianlong and Chang Gong Miao refused to help Ma Hongjun, while Ning Rongrong warned Tang San not to intervene; Xuan Jian then crippled Ma Hongjun.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the Shrek students to take the injured upstairs and carried Oscar away himself.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Qing to leave Shrek with her, but Zhu Qing refused because her sister would pursue her and Ning Rongrong could be endangered.