Recaps

Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan fought fiercely until Ning Wen intervened and stopped them. Ning Rongrong suggested they visit Suotuo City, and although Ning Wen initially refused to go to Shrek Academy, the Voice Pack’s incessant messages made him agree.

• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to grab Dugu Yan and slam her into the ground, but Dugu Yan’s dragon-scale barrier held.
• Dugu Yan released Jade Phosphor Poison Gas, while Xiao Wu used Void to resist the poison and dodged Dugu Yan’s attacks as they continued fighting.
• Ning Wen appeared in his Asura Armor and dispelled the poison gas, ending the battle; Xiao Wu lowered her head guiltily, and Dugu Yan remained dissatisfied.
• Ning Rongrong invited Ning Wen, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan to visit the monster school in Suotuo City, but Ning Wen refused when he recognized it as Shrek Academy.
• The Voice Pack repeatedly urged Ning Wen to meet the little kitty, and he eventually agreed to go to Suotuo City; Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan agreed to join him.

Ning Wen brought Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to visit Ah Yin, whose recovery was nearing completion. Before the group left for Suotuo City, Ning Wen warned Ah Yin that they might encounter her son, Tang San.

• Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong and the others would go to Shrek, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong would protect them from the shadows and Dugu Bo would stay at the sect.
• Dugu Yan parted the poison mist around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, allowing the group to enter the valley.
• Ning Wen visited Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor he had transplanted there five years earlier, and saw how much she had grown.
• Ah Yin manifested her human form and told Ning Wen she expected to regain it fully in about half a year.
• Ning Wen told Ah Yin that the group was leaving for Suotuo City and might meet Tang San there.

Ning Wen brought Ah Yin with him to investigate whether Tang San’s body had been taken over, then watched Shrek Academy collect registration fees and reject applicants. When Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Dugu Yan proposed challenging the academy, Ning Wen decided Shrek was not worth his effort.

• Ah Yin agreed to accompany Ning Wen so she could see whether someone else had occupied her child’s body, and Ning Wen stored her in his Living Storage Soul Tool.
• Ning Wen arrived outside Shrek Academy with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu, while applicants complained about the rundown academy and its misleading promise of a viscount’s title.
• The registration elder rejected a boy for being over the age limit and refused to refund his family’s fee; Dai Mubai intimidated the father and son into leaving.
• After Dai Mubai’s display caused many applicants to abandon the line, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu suggested challenging Shrek Academy.
• Ning Wen declined to act, thinking Shrek’s current students were no match for him or Dugu Yan, while the mysterious voice portrayed his reluctance as calculated confidence.

Ning Wen arrived at Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and encountered Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing each passed the entrance test. Zhu Zhuqing’s arrival left Dai Mubai shaken, and she remained caught in the desperate circumstances that had brought her to Shrek.

• Ning Wen recognized Zhu Zhuqing in the admission line, and the Voice Pack called her Little Kitty while she wondered where the voice came from.
• Tang San arrived alone with level twenty-nine Soul Power and Blue Silver Grass, and Li Yusong accepted him as a Little Monster.
• Ning Rongrong judged Tang San’s talent against her own level forty-two cultivation, while Ning Wen wondered why Ah Yin had not reacted to him.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her level twenty-seven Soul Power and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, causing Dai Mubai to stiffen.
• Ning Wen condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuqing reflected that her engagement and life in the Star Luo Empire had left her with nowhere else to go.

Ning Rongrong stunned the Shrek Academy applicants by revealing that she was a twelve-year-old auxiliary Soul Ancestor with a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring. Hidden in the shadows, Chen Xin worried that her display would draw attention to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s methods, though the sect had prepared to reveal its advantage.

• Ning Rongrong reached level forty-two when she touched the Soul Power Crystal, shocking Li Yusong and the other applicants.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Li Yusong realized it appeared to be an evolved version of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong displayed her Soul Rings: one yellow, two purple, and one black, leaving Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Li Yusong stunned.
• Ning Rongrong told Li Yusong that her family knew she had come to study at Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xin worried that Ning Rongrong’s display would make other factions suspect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had a way to raise Soul Ring absorption limits.
• Chen Xin reflected that Ning Fengzhi had prepared to reveal the method, with the sect holding large Whale Rubber reserves and three Titled Douluo protecting the group.

Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu displayed astonishing Soul King strength and Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Rings during Shrek Academy's entrance test, leaving Tang San shaken by how far they had surpassed him. The applicants and examiners then turned their attention to Ning Wen, whose abilities remained unknown.

• Dugu Yan tested at level fifty-six, revealed her Jade Phosphor Dragon Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year fourth ring, and was accepted despite being over the age limit.
• Tang San grew confused as Dugu Yan's strength contradicted what Yu Xiaogang had taught him, while Zhu Zhuqing envied her power.
• Xiao Wu tested at level fifty-two and revealed her Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul and a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang San struggled with the realization that Xiao Wu had advanced far beyond him, then blamed himself and insisted Yu Xiaogang could not be wrong.
• The applicants and examiners looked toward Ning Wen, anticipating that he might be even more powerful than the others.

Ning Wen took the Shrek Academy test and revealed that he was an eleven-year-old level sixty-four Soul Emperor, stunning everyone present. Zhu Zhuqing grew more interested in him and less focused on Dai Mubai as Dai led the group toward the fourth test.

• The Voice Pack claimed Zhu Zhuqing had fallen for Ning Wen, leaving her confused about the voice and their supposed bond.
• Ning Wen stepped up for his test while his arrogant inner voice called Zhu Zhuqing to watch him and dismissed Dai Mubai.
• Ning Wen's Soul Power made the testing crystal blaze as his level climbed to sixty-four, shocking Li Yusong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San.
• Li Yusong checked Ning Wen's hand and confirmed he was only eleven years old, then accepted his talent as proof that he could skip the second and third tests.
• Ning Wen refused to demonstrate his Martial Soul, and Li Yusong sent Dai Mubai to lead the qualified group to the fourth test.
• Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing watching Ning Wen instead of him and continued ahead with resentment.

Dai Mubai brought the six candidates to Zhao Wuji for Shrek Academy's final test, and Zhao Wuji was stunned by their exceptional strength, especially Ning Wen's. Zhao Wuji challenged them to fight him, while Tang San's attempt to organize the group was ignored and Zhao Wuji revealed his past battle against Spirit Hall.

• Dai Mubai led the six candidates to the testing grounds and introduced them to Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji learned that the group included two Soul Kings, a support-type Soul Ancestor, and eleven-year-old level sixty-four Soul Emperor Ning Wen, and reacted with shock.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the final test was for the candidates to fight him, then introduced himself as a level seventy-six Soul Saint.
• Tang San urged the group to work together against Zhao Wuji, but everyone except Zhu Zhuqing ignored him.
• Zhao Wuji called himself Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji and recounted surviving an attack by sixteen Spirit Hall bishops when he was a Soul Emperor.

Ning Wen faced Zhao Wuji alone and used his Asura Armor to blast the Soul Saint through a hut, shocking Tang San and Dai Mubai. Zhao Wuji recovered and counterattacked with his Soul Skills, but Ning Wen met him with the Asura Purgatory Blade, and their attacks clashed.

• Ning Wen refused help and challenged Zhao Wuji to face him alone, while Tang San doubted he could overcome the level gap.
• Zhao Wuji charged Ning Wen with his seven Soul Rings released, and Ning Wen combined with the Asura Armor and fired the Shura Hundred Break Strike.
• Ning Wen's attack blasted Zhao Wuji through an old wooden house and left him bloodied among the ruins, shocking Tang San and Dai Mubai.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Immovable Bright King Body, Gravity Enhancement, and Gravity Compression before charging Ning Wen with his Vigorous Vajra Palm.
• Ning Wen formed the Asura Purgatory Blade and swung a purple crescent strike at Zhao Wuji, whose counterattack met it in a violent clash.

Ning Wen overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with the Asura Purgatory Blade Slash, defeating him despite Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar and powerful Soul Skills. After Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and declared the test passed, Ning Wen left with Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, questioning what Shrek could teach them.

• Ning Wen unleashed the Asura Purgatory Blade Slash, and Zhao Wuji used his Martial Soul Avatar and Mighty Vajra Roar to defend himself.
• Ning Wen’s slash overwhelmed Zhao Wuji, dispelled his Martial Soul Avatar, and left him badly injured as the others watched in shock.
• Zhao Wuji admitted defeat and told Ning Wen that he had passed the test.
• Ning Wen dismissed the Asura Armor and walked away with Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Wen asked Zhao Wuji what Shrek could teach them.

Zhu Zhuqing accepted Ning Wen’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Dai Mubai to face the consequences of losing her and their potential Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Ning Wen’s group departed, while Zhao Wuji left Oscar to deal with the damaged grounds and Dai Mubai.

• Ning Wen invited Zhu Zhuqing to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she agreed after deciding she could no longer rely on Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai objected to Ning Wen recruiting Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong pointed out their families’ marriage arrangement and potential Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The system condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing to avoid the Star Luo imperial family’s struggle, deepening her disappointment in him.
• Ning Wen, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek, while Dai Mubai remained behind in humiliation and panic.
• Zhao Wuji took a Recovery Sausage from Oscar, then walked away and left Oscar to manage the wreckage and Dai Mubai.

Ning Wen gave Zhu Zhuqing a Black Jade Divine Bamboo to welcome her into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while their misunderstood thoughts left her believing she had hurt him in a previous life. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing wondering whether Ning Wen’s private contempt came from her past attachment to Dai Mubai.

• Ning Wen presented Zhu Zhuqing with a Black Jade Divine Bamboo, an Immortal Herb suited to her Nether Civet Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong teased Ning Wen about favoring Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuqing overheard his inner thoughts and felt wounded by his calling her an ugly duckling.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Wen why he was helping her, and he said her talent would benefit the sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing concluded that Ning Wen had sought to repay a debt from their previous lives rather than rekindle their bond.
• Zhu Zhuqing suspected that her past attachment to Dai Mubai had hurt Ning Wen and caused his private disdain for her.

The Voice Pack revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had resented sharing Ning Wen with a harem in a supposed past life, though she had also depended on him and struggled to leave him. Its claims left Zhu Zhuqing ashamed and furious, while Ning Wen doubted the story and imagined what it described.

• The Voice Pack claimed Zhu Zhuqing had resented Ning Wen's harem, and Ning Wen and Ning Rongrong judged him shameless for wanting multiple wives.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized she could never accept sharing a husband, while Dugu Yan saw Ning Wen's desire for a harem as a chance to stay with him.
• The Voice Pack said Zhu Zhuqing had eventually eagerly joined Ning Wen and the other women, making Zhu Zhuqing blush and Ning Wen imagine the scene.
• The Voice Pack claimed Ning Wen had repeatedly coaxed and indulged Zhu Zhuqing because she was the most difficult to please.
• The Voice Pack said Zhu Zhuqing had depended on Ning Wen most despite resisting the harem, leaving her overwhelmed and Ning Wen unimpressed by the revelation.

Ning Wen gave Zhu Zhuqing the Black Jade Divine Bamboo to refine, despite the Voice Pack’s contradictory claims about their past-life relationship. Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing it with improved physical abilities and enough Soul Power to reach the rank-thirty threshold, though she still lacked a Soul Ring.

• The Voice Pack claimed it had sacrificed greatly for Zhu Zhuqing in a past life, including bringing Zhu Zhuyun into its harem, then vacillated over whether to sever their ties.
• Ning Wen ignored the Voice Pack and explained how Zhu Zhuqing could refine the Black Jade Divine Bamboo with her Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing sat cross-legged and guided the bamboo’s medicinal energy through her body, strengthening her meridians and physique.
• After about fifteen minutes, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the bamboo and opened her eyes with improved explosive power and endurance.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Zhu Zhuqing felt, and Zhu Zhuqing said her Soul Power had risen from rank twenty-seven to the rank-thirty threshold.

Ning Wen explained that Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul had not evolved and promised to help her obtain a Soul Ring in the Great Star Dou Forest. Meanwhile, Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji and Flender encountered a mysterious white-robed old man on their way back.

• Ning Rongrong asked whether Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul had evolved, and Ning Wen explained that the other girls’ evolutions had depended on exceptionally compatible Immortal Herbs.
• Ning Wen said he would take Zhu Zhuqing to the Great Star Dou Forest the next day to help her obtain a Soul Ring, exciting Xiao Wu.
• Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji outside Shrek Academy and revealed himself as a Titled Douluo wielding the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji while Flender watched, then disappeared into the night, leaving Zhao Wuji injured and resentful.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender started back to Shrek Academy, but an old man in white blocked their path.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin struck Zhao Wuji once for hurting Ning Rongrong, leaving him badly injured. The next day, Ning Wen’s group reached a town near the Great Star Dou Forest, where Zhao Wuji intervened in a fight and taught Tang San Shrek’s motto about daring to cause trouble.

• Chen Xin appeared to avenge Ning Rongrong and warned Zhao Wuji that he would strike only once.
• Chen Xin’s sword energy hit Zhao Wuji, sending him flying and leaving him unable to move, before Chen Xin departed.
• Zhao Wuji complained to Flender about being attacked by both Tang Hao and Chen Xin, while Flender asked what he had done to attract Titled Douluos.
• Several days later, Ning Wen and the others arrived at a town near the Great Star Dou Forest and saw Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun fighting a Soul King.
• Zhao Wuji smashed the Soul King’s turtle shell, sent him into a courtyard wall, and told Tang San that daring to cause trouble was a Shrek school motto.

Ning Wen and the others confronted Shrek Academy’s students over their habit of provoking people and relying on teachers to clean up afterward. The argument exposed cracks in Zhao Wuji and Oscar’s confidence in Shrek’s teaching, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun remained defensive.

• Ning Wen’s group reacted with disbelief to the Voice Pack’s account of Shrek’s dangerous solo assessment and the Federation’s blacklist of Shrek students.
• Zhao Wuji greeted Ning Rongrong cautiously after recognizing the group and remembering Chen Xin’s sword strike.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Wen challenged Dai Mubai and Tang San over Shrek’s doctrine of causing trouble, asking what opportunity had justified attacking Canghui Academy.
• Ning Wen accused Ma Hongjun of harassing girls, and Dai Mubai tried to blame him while Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Mubai with disgust.
• Zhao Wuji and Oscar began questioning Shrek’s teaching, but Ma Hongjun defended its students as talented and domineering.
• Ning Wen warned that Shrek’s students would not dare provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or Spirit Hall, which could wipe them out.

Ning Wen agreed to travel with Zhao Wuji's group into the Great Star Dou Forest, intending to claim the Man Faced Demon Spider's External Soul Bone before Tang San could. When they encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Zhu Zhuqing, an elderly woman and a young woman arrived just as Zhu Zhuqing was about to kill it.

• Zhao Wuji suggested that his group and Ning Wen's party travel together to hunt Soul Rings, and Ning Wen agreed.
• The group entered the Great Star Dou Forest the next morning, with Tang San scouting ahead.
• A Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent lunged at Ning Rongrong, but Ning Wen caught it with his bare hand.
• Ning Rongrong identified the serpent as a suitable Soul Ring for Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Wen gave Zhu Zhuqing a dagger to kill it.
• An elderly woman and a young woman appeared and ordered Zhu Zhuqing to stop.

Chao Tianxiang demanded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Meng Yiran, but Ning Wen’s group refused and proposed settling the dispute through a contest. The standoff paused when Chao Tianxiang learned Ning Rongrong belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chao Tianxiang identified herself and asked Zhao Wuji to return the serpent, claiming she and Meng Yiran had been hunting it first.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Wen refused, and Chao Tianxiang pointed out the wounds her Serpent Cane had left on the serpent.
• Ning Wen revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had also reached level thirty, surprising Chao Tianxiang with the young girl’s cultivation.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that Meng Yiran and one of the others compete for the Soul Ring, then told Meng Yiran to choose the weakest opponent.
• Meng Yiran chose Ning Rongrong, but Zhao Wuji objected because she was an Auxiliary Soul Master and revealed that she belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chao Tianxiang’s anger gave way to shock and wariness when she heard Ning Rongrong’s sect.

Ning Wen defeated Meng Yiran in their arranged contest, winning the Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for the group. Dragon Duke Meng Shu arrived furious after finding his granddaughter unconscious and charged at them, while Zhao Wuji tried to stop him and explain.

• Chao Tianxiang let Meng Yiran choose another opponent, and Meng Yiran selected Ning Wen.
• Ning Wen evaded Meng Yiran's attacks and blocked her Tongue Blade with a Soul Power barrier.
• Ning Wen appeared behind Meng Yiran and knocked her unconscious, then returned her to Chao Tianxiang.
• Chao Tianxiang honored the wager and gave the group the Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Meng Shu arrived, saw Meng Yiran unconscious, and charged at Ning Wen as Zhao Wuji hurried to intervene.

Meng Shu confronted Ning Wen over Meng Yiran’s defeat, but Ning Wen defended the match and resisted Meng Shu’s attack. The chapter ended with Meng Shu shocked that Ning Wen had withstood his soul skill without moving.

• Meng Shu attacked Zhao Wuji with Dragon Roar Shakes the Earth, while Chao Tianxiang tried to explain that Meng Yiran had chosen the match and Ning Wen had held back.
• Ning Wen revealed his six soul rings and faced Meng Shu’s anger as the two Soul Douluo and Soul Emperor auras collided.
• Ning Wen argued that Meng Yiran had proposed and chosen the match, and that he had held back without using his martial soul.
• Meng Shu claimed he would also hold back, then struck Ning Wen with Dragon-Snake Tail Sweep.
• Ning Wen used Indestructible Blood Body to withstand the attack without moving, leaving Meng Shu shocked.

Ning Wen fought Meng Shu and overwhelmed the Soul Douluo with his Asura Purgatory Halberd and powerful soul skills. The chapter ended with Ning Wen’s God-Demon Annihilation Slash destroying Meng Shu’s Black Dragon Prison Lock.

• Ning Wen activated Bloodbath Asura and Asura Transformation, summoned the Asura Purgatory Halberd, and struck Meng Shu hard enough to force him backward.
• Meng Shu used Frenzied Dragon Devours the Heavens, but Ning Wen shattered the dragon phantom with a single slash.
• Meng Shu activated Dragon Staff True Body and clashed with Ning Wen, then unleashed Black Dragon Prison Lock to trap him.
• Ning Wen used God-Demon Annihilation Slash to break Meng Shu’s black dragon chains and destroy his eighth soul skill.

Ning Wen defeated Meng Shu in their battle and secured the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul ring for Zhu Zhuqing. After Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran, Chao Tianxiang began considering Ning Wen as a possible grandson-in-law.

• Ning Wen shattered Meng Shu’s Dragon Staff True Body and gravely wounded him, proving his strength as a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
• Meng Shu declined to use his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Chao Tianxiang and left with her and the unconscious Meng Yiran.
• Ning Wen told Zhu Zhuqing to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul ring.
• After waking at an inn, Meng Yiran complained about losing the soul ring and vowed to ask her grandfather to teach Ning Wen a lesson.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Meng Yiran what she thought of Ning Wen and suggested she wanted him as her grandson-in-law, leaving Meng Yiran flustered and thinking about him.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her third soul ring, gained four soul-power levels, and revealed her Netherworld Clone skill. The group camped in the Great Star Dou Forest, where Ning Wen brought out the Gourmet Tablecloth to provide food.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after absorbing her soul ring and discovered that her soul power had risen from level 30 to level 34, astonishing Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Tang San.
• Ning Wen understood that Zhu Zhuqing’s gains also reflected the Black Jade Divine Bamboo’s stored medicinal power, while Zhu Zhuqing felt shy as she considered his generosity and dismissed his narcissistic thoughts.
• Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated her third soul skill, Netherworld Clone, which created three misleading afterimages and enhanced her movement and surprise attacks.
• After resting, Ning Wen’s group continued through the forest, but Oscar failed to find a suitable third soul ring before nightfall.
• The group made camp in a clearing, and Ning Wen took out the Gourmet Tablecloth after Ning Rongrong eagerly asked him to produce food.

Ning Wen used the Gourmet Tablecloth to conjure a feast in the Great Star Dou Forest, while his inner monologue boasted of knowing the creator of powerful Doraemon gadgets. The others marveled at the gadgets and joined the meal, though Dai Mubai and Tang San stayed apart.

• Ning Wen explained that the Gourmet Tablecloth could produce food but could not create dishes with special effects.
• Ning Wen privately questioned the narrator's claim about befriending God Nobita and helping him revive Shizuka.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan reacted with shock to the imagined What-If Phone Booth and Wish-Granting Notebook.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to choose a dish, and the tablecloth produced grilled fish for her.
• Ning Wen ordered a feast, and Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar joined the meal while Dai Mubai and Tang San stayed away.