Recaps

Reborn as a child, Tang San set out for Nuoding Academy with Old Jack and Ye Lin, an orphan with a Body Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power. Old Jack began hearing Tang San's insulting thoughts and ended their journey by refusing him food.

• Tang San woke in Holy Soul Village with memories of his life as a God King and resolved to change the past.
• Old Jack introduced Ye Lin, who had refused Su Yuntao's invitation to join Spirit Hall, and took both boys toward Nuoding Academy.
• Ye Lin judged Tang San to be surly and unlike the gentle boy described in the book, while Tang San dismissed him as unimportant.
• Old Jack heard Tang San's unspoken complaints about walking and his insults, then realized he could hear the boy's thoughts.
• When hungry Tang San asked Old Jack for flatbread, Old Jack told him to eat shit.

Tang San and Ye Lin arrived at Nuoding Academy with Old Jack, where Tang San silently let the gatekeeper knock Old Jack down. Yu Xiaogang took the boys inside and began hearing Tang San’s hostile thoughts, leaving him to realize Tang San had been reborn.

• Old Jack slapped Tang San after Tang San insulted him, and Tang San secretly vowed to get revenge.
• At Nuoding Academy’s gate, the gatekeeper mocked the boys’ certificates and shoved Old Jack down while Tang San did nothing and Ye Lin helped him up.
• Yu Xiaogang intervened, took the certificates, and led Tang San and Ye Lin into the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang heard Tang San’s thoughts mocking his theories and realized the voice came from Tang San despite his closed mouth.
• Tang San’s thoughts revealed that he remembered a past life and blamed Yu Xiaogang for holding back his rise to godhood.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Tang San as his disciple after hearing his thoughts and chose Ye Lin instead, persuading him with the promise of free meals and help obtaining a Spirit Ring. Tang San privately anticipated that Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin would encounter a dangerous Mandala Snake, prompting Yu Xiaogang to plan to ask Sigma for help.

• Yu Xiaogang learned from Tang San’s thoughts that Tang San had killed Bibi Dong in his previous life and decided not to accept him as a disciple.
• Tang San challenged Yu Xiaogang’s qualifications, but Yu Xiaogang called his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul worthless and rejected him.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Ye Lin to become his disciple and promised to help him obtain a Spirit Ring.
• Ye Lin accepted Yu Xiaogang’s offer after hearing he could eat three free meals a day at the academy.
• Tang San anticipated that a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake would attack Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin during their Spirit Ring hunt, so Yu Xiaogang considered asking Sigma to accompany them.

Tang San, Ye Lin, and Xiao Wu joined the academy’s work-study dorm, where Tang San became dorm head after defeating Wang Sheng. Xiao Wu heard Tang San’s thoughts about making her sacrifice herself, then deliberately sat close to Ye Lin to provoke him, leaving Ye Lin afraid Tang San would hold a grudge.

• Yu Xiaogang registered Tang San and Ye Lin at the academy and sent them to the work-study dorms.
• Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and became the dorm head.
• Xiao Wu arrived and heard Tang San think of her as his wife and plan to make her sacrifice herself and revive her.
• Tang San defeated Xiao Wu in a spar, and Ye Lin helped her up.
• Xiao Wu sat close to Ye Lin and took his hand to provoke Tang San, while Ye Lin feared Tang San would seek revenge.

Tang San watched Xiao Wu grow close to Ye Lin after Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin the bedding, then arranged for both boys to hunt for their first Spirit Rings the next day. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu clinging tightly to Ye Lin in her sleep while Tang San struggled to keep his composure.

• Mo Hen gave Yu Xiaogang's bedding to Ye Lin, and Xiao Wu insisted on sharing it with him, making Tang San jealous.
• At the cafeteria, Yu Xiaogang invited Ye Lin to eat with him and gave him a booklet of cultivation methods.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ye Lin he would hunt for his first Spirit Ring the next day with Sigma protecting him, and Ye Lin agreed to bring Tang San along too.
• Tang San agreed to join the hunt, pleased that he might still obtain the four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake Spirit Ring.
• That night, Xiao Wu cuddled against Ye Lin in their shared bedding, while Tang San tried to ignore them and Ye Lin woke when she clamped her legs around his.

Yu Xiaogang overheard Tang San cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and secretly copied it, then used Tang San’s thoughts to learn about his past and steal the design for the Godly Zhuge Crossbow. At Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang recommended paths for Ye Lin and Tang San, but Tang San rejected his control-type advice.

• Yu Xiaogang overheard Tang San reciting the Mysterious Heaven Skill and wrote down the technique.
• Yu Xiaogang met Sigma, then took Ye Lin and Tang San toward Soul Hunting Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, which Tang San recognized from his previous life.
• Yu Xiaogang copied Tang San’s thoughts about the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and other techniques.
• At Soul Hunting Forest, Yu Xiaogang advised Ye Lin to pursue a Strength-type path and Tang San to specialize in control, but Tang San refused.

Tang San chose a vitality-focused support path and rejected a Ten-Year Blue Silver Grass Spirit Ring while Yu Xiaogang searched for a ring for Ye Lin. After Sigma killed a Mandala Snake, he found a compatible Mighty Ape for Ye Lin, who began absorbing its Spirit Ring as Tang San planned to pursue greater power later.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he wanted to focus on healing and enhancements, and Yu Xiaogang learned from his thoughts about a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone hidden behind a waterfall near Holy Soul Village.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested a Ten-Year Blue Silver Grass Spirit Ring for Tang San, but Tang San rejected it and demanded a ring at least four hundred years old.
• Sigma drove off a pack of Netherworld Wolves, then killed a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake as the group camped in Soul Hunting Forest.
• The next morning, Yu Xiaogang selected a four-hundred-year Mighty Ape for Ye Lin, and Sigma killed it.
• Ye Lin began absorbing the Mighty Ape's Spirit Ring while Tang San resolved to seek a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring later.

Ye Lin absorbed a four-hundred-year Spirit Ring and gained a powerful enhancement skill, while Tang San chose a Ten-Year Blue Silver Grass and received a healing skill. After they registered as Soul Masters, Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin a new cultivation method and discovered that the Mysterious Heaven Skill loosened his level-twenty-nine bottleneck.

• Ye Lin awakened after absorbing his Spirit Ring and told Yu Xiaogang that Great Strength permanently increased his attack by twenty percent and raised his attack and defense by fifty percent when activated.
• Tang San rejected the idea of finding a century-old soul beast and returned to absorb Ten-Year Blue Silver Grass, gaining Blue Silver Healing.
• Ye Lin and Tang San registered at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, received badges and Gold Soul Coins, and reached level eleven.
• Ye Lin apologized to Tang San for becoming Yu Xiaogang's disciple and explained that Xiao Wu insisted on sharing his blanket; Tang San dismissed his concern and warned him to keep his distance from her.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin a new cultivation booklet, then practiced the Mysterious Heaven Skill and felt his level-twenty-nine bottleneck loosen.

Ye Lin received a series of manuals from Yu Xiaogang that matched Tang San’s secret techniques, while Xiao Wu grew closer to him and Tang San grew increasingly suspicious. Six years later, the three reached Suotuo City and the Rose Hotel, where Dai Mubai appeared and heard Tang San’s hostile thoughts.

• Xiao Wu hugged Ye Lin and shared his bed, while Ye Lin discovered that his cultivation method resembled Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin manuals for Purple Demon Eyes, Mysterious Jade Hands, Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San grew troubled by Ye Lin’s familiar Soul Power and Xiao Wu’s closeness to him.
• Six years later, Yu Xiaogang recommended Shrek Academy, and Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, and Tang San traveled together to Suotuo City.
• At the Rose Hotel, the group found only one room, and Ye Lin objected to sharing it with Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai arrived claiming the room, and Tang San’s thoughts about him rang out in Dai Mubai’s mind.

Tang San challenged Dai Mubai to a fight over the room, but his support-type abilities failed to bring Dai Mubai down. His slide tackle rebounded, leaving him kneeling before Dai Mubai as the lobby watched.

• Dai Mubai heard Tang San’s inner voice reveal knowledge of his past and a previous life in which Tang San had beaten him.
• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San to a bare-handed fight, offering to give up the room if Tang San won.
• Tang San accepted the challenge despite having only a support-type configuration and weak Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San tried to bind Dai Mubai’s wrists with vines and knock him down with a slide tackle.
• Dai Mubai stood firm, and Tang San’s leg struck him like an iron pillar, making Tang San lose his balance and kneel on the floor.

Dai Mubai defeated Tang San and mocked him, then challenged Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin to attack him together. Xiao Wu and Ye Lin struck back, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Tang San lost to Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu accused Dai Mubai of cheating before he offered them another chance to win the room.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ye Lin prepared to fight Dai Mubai together, but Dai Mubai blasted Tang San into a wall with White Tiger Light Wave.
• The blast tore a hole through Tang San's pants, and Dai Mubai laughed at him while Tang San healed himself with Blue Silver Healing.
• Xiao Wu attacked Dai Mubai with Waist Bow and launched him into the air.
• Dai Mubai regained his balance as Ye Lin's fist struck toward his face.

Ye Lin matched Dai Mubai’s strength in a pair of clashes, and Dai Mubai conceded the room and invited him to Shrek Academy. After hearing Tang San’s thoughts, Xiao Wu rejected staying with him and went upstairs with Ye Lin, leaving Tang San plotting revenge.

• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and exchanged a second, harder punch with Ye Lin, who held his ground despite being injured.
• Dai Mubai admitted defeat, gave up the room, introduced himself, and said Ye Lin could invoke the Evil-Eyed White Tiger at Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu criticized Dai Mubai, while Tang San complained about the blow to his groin and secretly planned to become powerful enough to take revenge.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San to find his own lodging, citing her six years of sharing a room with Ye Lin and the need for boundaries between men and women.
• Xiao Wu linked arms with Ye Lin and took the hotel key upstairs, while Tang San watched them go and privately resented Ye Lin.

Tang San visited Flender’s shop in Suotuo City to buy a Slab Crystal for a hidden weapon, but Flender overheard his thoughts and raised the price. Tang San left with the crystal, a large debt, and Flender’s hostility, then headed to a rundown inn.

• Tang San entered Flender’s shop looking for a Slab Crystal to make Dragon Whisker Needles.
• Flender heard Tang San’s unspoken thoughts about Liu Erlong and realized Tang San seemed to know events from another life.
• Tang San tried to bargain for the crystal, but Flender demanded eight hundred Gold Soul Coins after learning what Tang San wanted and how much money he had.
• Tang San agreed to pay two hundred Gold Soul Coins upfront and sign an IOU for the rest with interest.
• Tang San left the shop with the Slab Crystal and went toward a dilapidated inn, while Flender resolved to teach him a lesson if he came to Shrek Academy.

Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached Shrek Academy, passed its first eligibility check, and joined the line for the second test. Ning Rongrong overheard Tang San’s thoughts about her and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving her furious and bewildered by his apparent memories of a previous life.

• Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy and were surprised by its shabby entrance and grounds.
• Li Yusong checked their Martial Souls, Spirit Rings, and ages, found that all three qualified, and sent them to the second round with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai led the trio to the second-test shelter, where Tang San recognized Ning Rongrong as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s young lady.
• Tang San thought disparagingly about Ning Rongrong, and she overheard him and began searching for the person insulting her.
• Ning Rongrong overheard Tang San’s thoughts about exploiting her sect and his memories of resurrection in a previous life, and she grew furious and confused.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing heard Tang San's lustful inner thoughts, while Dai Mubai grew jealous and suspicious. The five qualified applicants followed Dai Mubai to the fourth test, where they met Zhao Wuji, and Tang San's voice exposed more insults about Shrek Academy.

• Ning Rongrong recognized Tang San as the source of the voice that had insulted her and resolved to make him suffer if he entered Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard Tang San's thoughts about conquering her, and Dai Mubai also heard them and became furious over his fiancée.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San, Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that their soul power let them skip the third test and proceed to the fourth.
• Dai Mubai said Shrek had only three students and praised its teachers, while Ye Lin agreed that its small classes produced strong students.
• The group reached the training ground and met Zhao Wuji, as Tang San's inner voice called the academy and its people worthless.

The Shrek students judged the academy’s men as improper, while Zhu Zhuqing grew furious over Dai Mubai’s mistresses. The fourth-rank evaluations began, and Zhao Wuji assigned Tang San to fight Dai Mubai while the other four faced him.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted warily to the stories about Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar, while Ye Lin stayed quiet.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji to begin the evaluation, and Zhao Wuji assigned Dai Mubai to test him for the duration of an incense stick.
• Zhao Wuji told Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to face him together for their evaluation.
• Dai Mubai blasted Tang San in the crotch, leaving him curled on the ground in torn pants.

Ye Lin and the others attacked Zhao Wuji in an effort to hold out, and Ye Lin surprised him with a fivefold-strength punch. Zhao Wuji then unleashed his full power, and Zhu Zhuqing was injured after her attack failed; Ye Lin caught her as she fell.

• Dai Mubai continued beating Tang San while Ye Lin outlined a plan for the others to keep attacking Zhao Wuji until the incense burned down.
• Ye Lin, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong released their Martial Souls and dodged Zhao Wuji’s shockwave, with Ye Lin carrying Ning Rongrong over it.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s strength and speed, and Ye Lin combined his Soul Skills to punch Zhao Wuji hard enough to make him stumble.
• Zhao Wuji took the group seriously and fully activated his Mighty Vajra Bear Martial Soul and seven Spirit Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Hundred Claws failed to pierce Zhao Wuji’s defense, and its recoil dislocated her arms and sent her falling.
• Ye Lin used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to reach Zhu Zhuqing and catch her.

Ye Lin rescued Zhu Zhuqing, then joined Xiao Wu in attacking Zhao Wuji and warned her against using a mental skill that could harm her. After they briefly forced Zhao Wuji back, Ye Lin prepared to face him head-on with Ning Rongrong’s enhanced support and a Healing Pill.

• Ye Lin caught Zhu Zhuqing, reset her dislocated shoulders, and asked Ning Rongrong to help her while he returned to the courtyard.
• Dai Mubai contrasted Ye Lin’s considerate rescue with Tang San’s lecherous thoughts and decided Ye Lin was worth befriending.
• Ye Lin warned Xiao Wu that using Charm against Zhao Wuji’s stronger Spiritual Power could injure her, so she withdrew the skill and attacked his knee instead.
• Ye Lin increased the strength of his punch while Xiao Wu struck Zhao Wuji’s knee, forcing him half a step backward.
• Ye Lin asked Ning Rongrong to direct her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda boost only to him and swallowed a Healing Pill before continuing the fight.

Ye Lin unleashed his full strength against Zhao Wuji and passed Shrek Academy’s fourth test, then recovered with Oscar’s tofu Spirit Skill. Dai Mubai assigned the new students their rooms, giving Ye Lin a room of his own while Tang San was sent to share with Oscar.

• Ye Lin converted all his Soul Power into strength and struck Zhao Wuji with a boosted punch that forced him backward.
• Zhao Wuji declared that Ye Lin had passed the fourth test and called Oscar to heal him.
• Oscar gave Ye Lin Recovery Tofu, prompting Tang San to wonder why Oscar’s Spirit Skill differed from the one he remembered from his previous life.
• Ye Lin realized he had entered the comic version of Douluo Continent, where Oscar’s first Spirit Skill was Recovery Tofu.
• Dai Mubai assigned the students’ rooms, placing Tang San with Oscar and giving Ye Lin a room of his own.

Tang San’s thoughts about Oscar’s future with Ning Rongrong enraged Oscar, who decided to treat Tang San as a tool in return. Meanwhile, Ye Lin resumed cultivating until Yu Xiaogang arrived and hinted that he had brought something important to tell him.

• Tang San unpacked in the dormitory while privately criticizing Oscar and recalling their previous life together.
• Oscar heard Tang San’s thoughts, learned that Tang San considered him useful, and resolved to treat Tang San as a tool too.
• Ye Lin assessed his recovery and cultivation, noting that he had reached level twenty-nine and was close to level thirty.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Ye Lin, praised his decisive punch against Zhao Wuji, and said he had come to tell him what he had been doing.
• Yu Xiaogang checked that no one was outside, then took a box from his Storage Soul Tool Bracelet.

Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin a complete right leg Spirit Bone, which Ye Lin absorbed overnight, strengthening his body and raising him to level thirty. Ye Lin discovered the bone granted healing and flight—abilities matching Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Spirit Bone—and silently feared Tang Hao would come for it.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin a complete right leg Spirit Bone and urged him to absorb it while he stood guard.
• Ye Lin absorbed the bone overnight, and Xiao Wu came to the door before Yu Xiaogang sent her away.
• Ye Lin awakened with a stronger body and reached level thirty, then told Yu Xiaogang the Spirit Bone granted healing and flight.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the bone was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and warned Ye Lin to keep it secret and avoid using its abilities.
• Ye Lin recognized the abilities as matching Ah Yin’s Spirit Bone and privately worried that Tang Hao would discover he had it.

Ye Lin reached level thirty and joined Xiao Wu and the others for breakfast, where Ma Hongjun heard Tang San’s thoughts and realized he might have been reborn. At the training ground, Tang San was shocked to find Yu Xiaogang already at Shrek Academy.

• Ye Lin told Xiao Wu that his Soul Power had reached level thirty, and she took him to breakfast with Tang San.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ma Hongjun to the other students, and Ma Hongjun heard a voice in his mind criticizing him and warning him to stay away from Xiao Wu.
• Ma Hongjun recognized the voice as Tang San’s thoughts and concluded that Tang San had schemes involving Xiao Wu and Ye Lin.
• Dai Mubai led the students to class, where Tang San saw Yu Xiaogang among the teachers and was surprised that he had arrived earlier than expected.

Tang San discovered that Yu Xiaogang had joined Shrek Academy much earlier than he remembered, while his thoughts revealed the academy’s future to those around him. Flender assigned Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong twenty laps around the village, and Ning Rongrong resolved to finish after hearing Tang San’s insults.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the teacher directing Shrek Academy’s courses, leaving Tang San shocked by his early arrival.
• Tang San wondered why Yu Xiaogang was at Shrek already, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang heard his thoughts.
• Flender ordered Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village, with no lunch until they finished.
• Tang San remembered Ning Rongrong’s past reaction to the punishment and insulted her and Oscar in his thoughts.
• Ning Rongrong heard Tang San’s thoughts, grew angry, and pushed herself to finish the laps while rejecting the idea that she would fall for Oscar.

Tang San struggled through the village run while Oscar used his mind-reading to mock and provoke him. Ning Rongrong boosted her speed with her spirit skill and surged ahead, leaving Tang San wondering whether he could finish the ten laps.

• Tang San remembered Ning Rongrong's past laziness and Oscar's supposed devotion to her, while Oscar heard his thoughts and angrily rejected the claims.
• Oscar refused Tang San's request for Recovery Tofu and teased him by offering hot water, then accused him of making a dirty joke.
• Tang San swallowed his anger and vowed to remember Oscar's behavior, while Oscar delighted in being able to provoke him without consequences.
• Ning Rongrong silently disparaged both boys, used her Second Spirit Skill to boost her speed, and raced far ahead.
• Oscar sped up to chase Ning Rongrong as Tang San fell behind, struggled with the run, and wondered if he could finish ten laps.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar completed their twenty laps while Tang San struggled to finish his run, prompting Flender to add ten more laps for him the next day. Flender then took the students to the Suotuo Soul Arena for their first combat lesson, where Tang San recalled a match from his previous life.

• Flender grew frustrated that Ning Rongrong kept running instead of quitting as Tang San had predicted.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar returned to the Training Ground after completing twenty laps, and Xiao Wu and Ye Lin praised their effort.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai to call Tang San back and assigned him ten additional laps for the next day.
• Tang San arrived exhausted, and Ye Lin helped him with water before telling him about the extra laps.
• Flender led the students to the Suotuo Soul Arena for their first combat lesson, and Tang San recalled fighting Zhu Zhuqing in his previous life.