Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong persuaded Dai Mubai to enter a two-on-two Soul Battle with her, and they registered as the White Tiger Pagoda Combination. Dai Mubai placed bets on Tang San and Xiao Wu while Zhu Zhuqing grew increasingly jealous, leaving Dai Mubai worried about her reaction.

• Ning Rongrong asked Dai Mubai to team up with her, and after Oscar and Ma Hongjun teased him, she dragged him to the registration desk.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong registered as the White Tiger Pagoda Combination, and the clerk mistook them for a couple.
• Dai Mubai bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each on Thousand Hands Asura, Soft Boned Enchanting Rabbit, and the Three-Five Combination.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong joined the others in the lounge, where Ning Rongrong recounted the clerk's mistake and Zhu Zhuqing watched with growing jealousy.

Shrek’s Soul Masters completed their one-on-one matches and began the two-on-two bouts at the Soto Great Soul Arena. As Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong faced the Rocksplitter Brothers on the main platform, Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether she should make the first move and approach him.

• Xiao Wu won her one-on-one match, Tang San defeated Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun beat his Agility Attack opponent.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu fought the Ironblood Combination, and Xiao Wu tried to kill one brother with a Silent Sleeve Arrow before Tang San stopped her.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong entered the main platform as the White Tiger Pagoda Combination, drawing a roaring crowd.
• Xiao Wu resented the attention Dai Mubai received, while Zhu Zhuqing considered approaching him and joining forces against Dai Weisi and her elder sister.
• The Rocksplitter Brothers, Sun Lie and Sun Yan, entered as the White Tiger Pagoda Combination’s opponents, and both sides prepared to summon their Martial Souls.

Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong faced the Rocksplitter Brothers in a doubles Soul Battle, with Dai Mubai protecting the inexperienced Ning Rongrong while she boosted his strength and speed. After breaking through the brothers’ coordinated attacks, Dai Mubai struck Sun Lie with his fourth soul skill, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong entered the Soul Battle against Sun Yan and Sun Lie, who attacked with a shield-and-axe combination.
• Dai Mubai blocked Sun Yan’s charge, rescued Ning Rongrong from Sun Lie’s falling axe, and asked her to activate her boosts.
• Ning Rongrong used her first two Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda abilities to increase Dai Mubai’s strength and speed by thirty percent each.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Darkgold Transformation to break through the brothers’ shield-and-axe assault, then struggled as their teamwork prolonged the fight.
• Dai Mubai carried Ning Rongrong out of the encirclement, distracted Sun Yan with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and attacked Sun Lie with White Tiger Vajra Break, knocking the axe from his hands and striking his chest.

Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong won their two-on-two Soul Battle, and Dai Mubai collected his winnings before the Shrek group returned to the academy. Zhu Zhuqing remained troubled by Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong’s closeness, and she called out to him at the dormitory building.

• Dai Mubai defeated Sun Yan after Sun Lie was knocked off the platform, securing the White Tiger Pagoda Combination’s victory with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly jumped onto Dai Mubai’s back, drawing jeers from the crowd and a cold look from Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai collected 144,000 Gold Soul Coins from his three winning bets at the Great Soul Arena.
• Ma Hongjun left the group to visit the Rose Hotel, while Dai Mubai explained that he needed to control his Evil Fire.
• The Shrek group returned to the academy, where Zhu Zhuqing called out to Dai Mubai as he headed for his room.

Dai Mubai explained to Zhu Zhuqing why he had left Star Luo, and she forgave him and agreed to face their future together. As they walked hand in hand, Dai Mubai suggested her sister might have been trying to protect her from the imperial struggle.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai why he had left Star Luo, and he said Dai Weisi’s constant suppression had forced him to seek a quiet place to cultivate.
• Dai Mubai apologized for leaving Zhu Zhuqing behind and offered to dissolve their engagement if she could not forgive him.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Dai Mubai, forgave him, and asked them to face whatever came together.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing held hands as they walked around the training field, and he told her not to hate her sister so much.
• Dai Mubai said Zhu Zhuqing’s sister might have acted to help her escape the life-or-death struggle between their families.

Dai Mubai reassured Zhu Zhuqing about her sister and explained that his interest in Ning Rongrong could serve their political ambitions, while promising Zhuqing would remain most important to him. After seeing them together, Ning Rongrong confronted Zhu Zhuqing, who explained her betrothal to Dai Mubai and asked whether Rongrong could accept sharing him.

• Dai Mubai suggested that Zhu Zhuyun had let Zhu Zhuqing escape because she had no choice, and Zhuqing felt relieved by the possibility.
• Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai about Ning Rongrong's feelings, and he said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support could strengthen his position against Dai Weisi while promising Zhuqing would always matter most.
• Dai Mubai walked Zhuqing to the girls' dormitory, where Ning Rongrong saw them holding hands and felt hurt.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Zhuqing, asking why she had taken Dai Mubai despite knowing Rongrong liked him.
• Zhuqing explained that she and Dai Mubai had been betrothed because their families' Martial Souls could produce the Hell White Tiger, then asked whether Ning Rongrong could accept sharing him.

Ning Rongrong struggled with her feelings for Dai Mubai but chose to join the others for early-morning training. Ma Hongjun broke through to level thirty, and Flender began class by asking who had never eaten Oscar’s sausages, prompting Tang San and Xiao Wu to realize they had already eaten them.

• Ning Rongrong admitted she did not know what to do about her feelings for Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing left the choice to her.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at the training ground early the next morning and ran with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun missed the run, then arrived to announce that he had broken through level thirty.
• Flender congratulated Ma Hongjun and began the morning lesson in Zhao Wuji’s absence.
• Flender asked who had never eaten Oscar’s sausages, and Dai Mubai reminded Tang San and Xiao Wu that Oscar had fed them sausages during their entrance examination.
• Xiao Wu gagged in disgust, while Tang San turned pale and struggled not to vomit.

Oscar’s Swift Flight Sausage convinced the students to overcome their reluctance to eat his food, and Flender announced their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Ma Hongjun obtain a Soul Ring. Before the group left, Dai Mubai took Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong into the woods and revealed a Pistol.

• Flender made Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing eat Oscar’s sausages as adaptive training.
• Dai Mubai demonstrated Oscar’s Swift Flight Sausage, and Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu each tried one.
• Flender announced that Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai would lead the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to help Ma Hongjun obtain his third Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai resolved to prevent Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.
• Dai Mubai invited Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to the woods and showed them a Pistol he had made.

Dai Mubai gave Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong Pistols and taught them how to use them before the three headed toward Suotuo City to reserve a carriage. The next morning, Zhao Wuji gathered the students for their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest and put Dai Mubai in charge.

• Dai Mubai demonstrated a Pistol’s power and gave one each to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong for protection.
• Dai Mubai guided Zhu Zhuqing through firing the Pistol, then taught Ning Rongrong to shoot as well.
• Dai Mubai gave both girls extra magazines, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong thanked him for the weapons.
• Dai Mubai led Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong out of the forest toward Suotuo City to reserve a carriage.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji assembled the students with bruises from a supposed sparring match and ordered Dai Mubai to lead the team on their departure.

The Shrek group traveled by carriage toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ma Hongjun planned to obtain his third Soul Ring. Dai Mubai and Tang San clashed over how far Ma Hongjun should exceed the standard Soul Ring age limit, and the group stopped at a town hotel for the night before entering the forest.

• The Shrek group rode from Suotuo City toward the Star Dou Great Forest in a luxurious carriage.
• Dai Mubai advised Ma Hongjun to seek a fire-attributed Soul Beast with Phoenix Bloodline and said a Soul Ring of around two thousand years should suit him.
• Tang San disputed Dai Mubai's advice, citing Yu Xiaogang's limit of one thousand seven hundred and sixty years for a third Soul Ring, while Dai Mubai argued that exceptional physiques could exceed the standard.
• Ma Hongjun declared that he trusted Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji ended the argument by telling everyone to follow their own beliefs.
• The carriage reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji booked a hotel and the group prepared to enter the forest the next morning.

Dai Mubai and the Shrek Academy students clashed with Canghui Academy after its arrogant students provoked them in a restaurant. The fight escalated as Canghui’s students attacked, and the chapter ended with the remaining students summoning their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.

• Dai Mubai treated the Shrek group to a meal while Oscar sent food to Teacher Zhao’s room.
• Ye Zhiqiu and Canghui Academy’s students entered, bullied a server, and acted arrogantly toward the restaurant staff.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, and Ye Zhiqiu sent a student to provoke him by knocking a tray toward him and kicking his chair.
• Dai Mubai blocked the kick and struck the student into Canghui Academy’s table.
• Three Canghui students charged Shrek’s table, but Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun quickly knocked them down.
• The remaining Canghui students summoned their Martial Souls and revealed their white-and-yellow Soul Ring configurations.

Dai Mubai confronted Canghui Academy’s director Ye Zhiqiu after the dispute at the hotel and overwhelmed the Soul King with his strength. The fight left Ye Zhiqiu’s Black Tortoise shield facing Dai Mubai’s devastating fourth Soul Skill.

• Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu revealed their hundred-year Soul Rings, and Ye Zhiqiu released his Black Tortoise Martial Soul after learning they were from Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai stepped forward, revealed his four Soul Rings, and led Ye Zhiqiu outside to fight.
• Dai Mubai’s first Soul Skill let him stagger Ye Zhiqiu, and his third Soul Skill helped him break free of the Black Water Ice Seal and overpower Ye Zhiqiu’s attacks.
• Ye Zhiqiu used his fourth Soul Skill to shield himself, then trapped Dai Mubai in his Black Water Ice Prison with his fifth Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai shattered the ice prison with his fourth Soul Skill and drove his platinum-colored fist into Ye Zhiqiu’s Black Tortoise shield.

Dai Mubai led the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they returned a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran. That night, Xiao Wu objected to hunting soul beasts, and the chapter ended with her blocking Tang San and Ma Hongjun from catching rabbits for food.

• Dai Mubai defeated Ye Zhiqiu with a single punch, and the Canghui Academy students retreated in fear.
• The Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San subdued the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent being pursued by Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.
• Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji returned the serpent to Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• At camp, Xiao Wu asked whether Soul Masters had to hunt soul beasts, and Tang San promised he would hunt only evil soul beasts.
• Dai Mubai sent Tang San and Ma Hongjun to catch rabbits, but Xiao Wu stood in their way and protested that rabbits were too cute to eat.

Tang San broke through to level thirty as the Shrek group searched the forest for Soul Beasts, but their expedition was interrupted when the Titan Giant Ape appeared and attacked them. The ape overwhelmed Zhao Wuji and trapped the group in its Gravity Domain, while Dai Mubai shielded Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San argued with Xiao Wu about eating rabbits, and she angrily returned to her tent.
• Tang San reached level thirty, and Zhao Wuji led the group deeper into the forest to find Soul Beasts for Tang San and Ma Hongjun.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, fixed its gaze on Xiao Wu, and charged at the Shrek group.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but the creature knocked him away with one strike.
• The Titan Giant Ape unleashed a Soul Power shockwave and a Gravity Domain that threw the group down and pinned Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Dai Mubai resisted the gravity with his Soul Skills and covered Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong with his body.

After the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, Dai Mubai pursued it to reach the Man Faced Demon Spider before Tang San could claim its Eight Spider Lances. He killed the spider just as Tang San arrived, leaving Tang San disappointed and the Soul Ring unclaimed.

• The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu and drove back the others with a roar, while Dai Mubai shielded Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from the shockwave.
• Dai Mubai announced he would pursue the Titan Giant Ape, but secretly sought the Man Faced Demon Spider; Tang San followed after him to search for Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai found the Man Faced Demon Spider and shattered its front legs with White Tiger Vajra Break.
• Dai Mubai killed the spider with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave despite Tang San shouting for him to wait.
• Tang San arrived, saw the dead spider, and showed disappointment as Dai Mubai feigned surprise at his arrival.

Dai Mubai secretly took the Eight Spider Lances from the first Man Faced Demon Spider, then helped Tang San kill a younger one so Tang San could absorb its Soul Ring. Dai Mubai headed into the forest hoping to capture Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain forced him to retreat.

• Dai Mubai removed the Eight Spider Lances from the dead Man Faced Demon Spider and destroyed its corpse before catching up with Tang San.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San found a roughly 1,600-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San chose to absorb its Soul Ring before continuing to rescue Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai subdued the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San killed it and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai went farther into the forest intending to capture Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain stopped him.
• Dai Mubai retreated from Tang Hao’s killing intent and decided that staying alive mattered more than pursuing Xiao Wu.

Dai Mubai returned with Xiao Wu, who claimed she had escaped the Titan Giant Ape and gained a third Soul Ring. After Tang San awakened with his new Soul Skill, Dai Mubai urged him to avenge Xiao Wu, leaving her distressed that he might attack Er Ming.

• Dai Mubai met Xiao Wu on the way back and told her Tang San was absorbing a Soul Ring, making her visibly upset.
• Xiao Wu repeated her story to Zhao Wuji and claimed she had reached level thirty and absorbed a suitable thousand-year Soul Beast's Soul Ring.
• Tang San awakened after absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and reunited joyfully with Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai encouraged Tang San to kill the Titan Giant Ape for abducting Xiao Wu, and Tang San vowed to avenge her.
• Zhao Wuji asked about Tang San's gains, and Tang San revealed his Web Restraint Soul Skill and level thirty-one Soul Power before the group prepared to continue onward.

Dai Mubai took Ma Hongjun into the Star Dou Great Forest, where they found and defeated a Blazing Sun Golden-Winged Bird so Ma Hongjun could gain his third Soul Ring. After Ma Hongjun tested his new flight skill, they reunited with the others and prepared to return to Suotuo City.

• Dai Mubai convinced Zhao Wuji to take the injured students back to town while he and Ma Hongjun continued searching for a Soul Beast.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun found a roughly two-thousand-year-old Blazing Sun Golden-Winged Bird, and Dai Mubai pinned it down so Ma Hongjun could kill it.
• Ma Hongjun absorbed the bird's Soul Ring and gained the third Soul Skill, Phoenix Wing Sky Soar, which let him fly and strengthened and extended his flame attacks.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned to the hotel, where Zhao Wuji and the others celebrated Ma Hongjun's new Soul Ring and planned to leave for Suotuo City the next morning.
• Dai Mubai reflected that Tang Hao had thwarted his attempt to capture Xiao Wu, though he had obtained the Eight Spider Lances, and resolved to wait for another chance.

After Zhao Wuji reported the Star Dou Great Forest incident, Yu Xiaogang blamed him for letting Tang San pursue the Titan Giant Ape, and the two clashed. The next morning, Flender appointed Yu Xiaogang to lead the students’ cultivation, but Dai Mubai challenged the decision and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications.

• Zhao Wuji told Flender that the Titan Giant Ape and a bull-like roar had appeared near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Yu Xiaogang identified the roar as likely belonging to the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded details about Tang San’s Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and berated Zhao Wuji for not stopping Tang San from pursuing the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji sarcastically challenged Yu Xiaogang to lead future Soul Ring hunts, then left the office after Yu Xiaogang insisted Tang San was his last hope.
• Flender announced that Yu Xiaogang would become the seven students’ lead teacher, but Dai Mubai argued that Zhao Wuji had guided them well and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s strength.
• Flender cited Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies theory and Tang San as proof of his qualifications, while Dai Mubai replied that the other students were no less outstanding than Tang San.

Dai Mubai challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim to be a Martial Soul theory expert, accusing him of taking credit for common knowledge and causing him to collapse. Tang San challenged Dai Mubai to defend his teacher’s honor, and their duel began with Dai Mubai overwhelming him.

• Dai Mubai argued that Tang San’s talents and techniques did not prove Yu Xiaogang could teach the Shrek students, and he challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim to have invented the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai accused Yu Xiaogang of passing off common Martial Soul knowledge as his own work, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed as Flender caught him.
• Tang San challenged Dai Mubai to clear Yu Xiaogang’s name, and Dai Mubai accepted on the condition that Tang San persuade his teacher not to interfere with their cultivation if he lost.
• Flender approved the duel, and Dai Mubai attacked with his first and third soul skills as soon as the match began.
• Dai Mubai tore through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and struck his Mysterious Jade Hand, breaking its bones and sending Tang San flying.