Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan killed Han Li and discovered he was a transformed Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo, making him a candidate for Lin Yuan’s fourth Soul Ring. After tending to the badly wounded Zhu Qing, Lin Yuan left to absorb the ring, and Zhu Qing woke in the cave to realize someone had seen her naked.

• Lin Yuan defeated Han Li, dismissed his plea for mercy, and killed him.
• Han Li transformed into a Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo, which also produced a ten-thousand-year Head Soul Bone; Lin Yuan decided to use the bamboo for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Lin Yuan stored the Soul Bone, treated Zhu Qing’s wounds, left her food in the cave, and departed with the bamboo to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Zhu Qing woke after midnight, drank the cooled soup, and discovered her wounds had been treated and her clothes removed, leaving her horrified that someone had seen her naked.

Lin Yuan absorbed the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo soul ring, transforming his Martial Soul and gaining powerful new abilities. With Shrek’s classes about to begin, he decided to use his new domain to investigate the transmigrators gathering for its admissions.

• Zhu Qing escaped the cave and found the corpses of the people who had pursued her, including a Zhu family Soul Emperor steward, but her rescuer was gone.
• Lin Yuan discovered that his Lone Bamboo Martial Soul had evolved into Golden Lightning Bamboo after absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Thunder Bamboo soul ring.
• Lin Yuan’s first three soul skills improved, and the Black Jade Divine Bamboo’s effects helped his Soul Power break through to level forty-five and granted him Azure Origin Possession.
• Lin Yuan gained the Azure Origin Domain and its Breath Concealment ability, which could hide or disguise his aura and Soul Power.
• With Shrek’s admissions only days away, Lin Yuan decided to disguise himself and investigate which transmigrators had gathered 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 and helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s attendant catch her, then continued toward Shrek Academy. Ning Rongrong persuaded the attendant to let her pursue enrollment there, while Lin Yuan joined the entrance line and saw Dai Mubai drive away applicants seeking refunds.

• Lin Yuan led Ning Rongrong toward the South City Gate, then revealed her identity to the guards instead of helping her escape.
• A middle-aged Soul Emperor recaptured Ning Rongrong and rewarded Lin Yuan with a gold card; Ning Rongrong threatened her attendant to avoid being taken back to the sect.
• Ning Rongrong persuaded the attendant to let her bathe and seek permission to study at Shrek Academy, intending to evade her arranged marriage to Long Aotian.
• Lin Yuan traveled toward Shrek Academy, passed Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Qing without speaking to them, and joined the admission line.
• Dai Mubai drove away applicants demanding their fees back, still dressed plainly despite having become a Soul Elder.

At Shrek Academy’s entrance exam, Yu Tianlong revealed an astonishing four-ring configuration and level-forty-five cultivation, shocking the applicants and intensifying Tang San’s rivalry with him. Several other applicants passed the first test, but their chances of advancing remained uncertain.

• Dai Mubai’s demonstration reduced the crowd of applicants to about a dozen, while Yu Tianlong openly admired Zhu Qing and assessed the others.
• Lin Yuan noticed two likely Transmigrators in line: a Dai Mubai lookalike with roughly level-thirty-four or thirty-five Soul Power and a young woman focused on Tang San.
• Li Yusong tested Yu Tianlong, whose Dark Sacred Dragon Martial Soul appeared with four Soul Rings, including one yellow and three purple.
• Yu Tianlong introduced himself as a level-forty-five Power Attack System Battle Soul Ancestor, stunning the applicants and exciting Li Yusong.
• Several other applicants passed the first stage with Soul Power around levels twenty-one or twenty-two.

Lin Yuan pretended to fail Shrek Academy’s entrance requirements, then tricked Li Yusong into accepting a pouch of Soul Beast dung as his registration fee. The chapter left Dai Mubai pursuing Lin Yuan to recover the money and take his belongings, while the other applicants moved on to the second test.

• Zhu Qing revealed her Nether Civet Martial Soul and level-twenty-seven Soul Power, while Tang Weiwei and Chang Gong Miao disclosed their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels as fellow Transmigrators.
• Lin Yuan claimed his Soul Power was only level nineteen and that his Martial Soul was Vajra Bamboo, so Li Yusong rejected his application.
• Li Yusong demanded a registration fee anyway, and Lin Yuan handed him a pouch before fleeing.
• Li Yusong discovered the pouch contained Soul Beast dung and ordered Dai Mubai to chase Lin Yuan and recover the fee plus damages.
• Dai Mubai pursued Lin Yuan, intent on taking his belongings to escape his debts, while Li Yusong sent the successful applicants to the second entrance test.

At Shrek Academy, Chang Gong Miao and Yu Tianlong agreed to kill Tang Weiwei after she threatened them, while Lin Yuan knocked out and robbed Dai Mubai. Lin Yuan then ignored Ning Rongrong, leaving her furious as she recognized him.

• Li Yusong sent Chang Gong Miao and the others toward the fourth test, while Yu Tianlong warned Chang Gong Miao not to pursue Zhu Qing and Chang Gong Miao threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Tang Weiwei warned Chang Gong Miao and Yu Tianlong to stay away from Tang San; after she joined Tang San and Xiao Wu, the two men agreed to find a chance to kill her.
• Yu Tianlong and Chang Gong Miao privately considered betraying each other while heading toward the fourth testing area.
• Lin Yuan knocked Dai Mubai unconscious, found only a dozen or so Gold Soul Coins, and kicked him into a ridge between the fields.
• Ning Rongrong approached with a Soul Emperor guard, but Lin Yuan ignored her, angering her after she recognized him as the man who had sold her out.

Lin Yuan mocked Ning Rongrong, took the Gold 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 on the road to Shrek Academy and learned that Lin Yuan had tricked her again.

• Ning Rongrong confronted Lin Yuan for selling her out, but he dismissed her beauty and mocked her small chest.
• Ning Rongrong threw Lin Yuan a bag of Gold Soul Coins, which he pocketed before leaving for Suotuo City.
• When Ning Rongrong demanded his name, Lin Yuan called himself Mubai and invited her to seek revenge.
• A muddy Dai Mubai emerged from a field and introduced himself to Ning Rongrong and her female Soul Emperor guard.
• Ning Rongrong realized Lin Yuan had given her Dai Mubai's name, and the guard confirmed that the impostor had already gone.

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.