Recaps

At the Great Soul Arena, Ye Lin faced Zhu Zhuqing while Tang San silently claimed that Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was his own technique. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun laughing at Tang San's thoughts as they watched Ye Lin dodge Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks.

• Tang San's thoughts about binding Zhu Zhuqing angered her, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Flender, while Ye Lin noticed the group’s tense mood without knowing why.
• Flender handed out iron masks and told the group to register under aliases; Ye Lin registered as Resounding Name.
• Ye Lin and Zhu Zhuqing were called to compete, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked as soon as the referee began the match.
• Ye Lin used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade Zhu Zhuqing’s strikes, impressing Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San privately insisted that Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track was a Tang Sect secret art and accused Grandmaster of stealing it from him.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun laughed at Tang San’s thoughts, believing he had stolen Grandmaster’s footwork in his previous life.

Ye Lin defeated Zhu Zhuqing in a spar, earning her respect and a promise to fight again. As the group left the arena, Tang San’s thoughts made Zhu Zhuqing reconsider her engagement to Dai Mubai, and she began to see him as a stranger.

• Ye Lin dodged Zhu Zhuqing’s attacks, and she saw his shallow wound heal unusually quickly.
• Ye Lin used a sudden shoulder strike to knock Zhu Zhuqing off balance, and she conceded before asking to spar with him again.
• The group watched Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu finish their matches, then left the arena with Dai Mubai leading them.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to join him, but Dai Mubai refused and told him to go alone.
• Tang San thought derisively about Dai Mubai and Oscar, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing heard his thoughts.
• Zhu Zhuqing reconsidered her future with Dai Mubai and regarded him with calm detachment when he looked over at her.

Zhu Zhuqing visited Ye Lin to ask about his advice on her fighting style, and he explained that she should embrace the path of an assassin. Tang San saw her leave Ye Lin’s room and imagined the worst, prompting Dai Mubai to drag him outside for a late-night spar.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Ye Lin and asked him to explain what he meant by their different paths.
• Ye Lin told Zhu Zhuqing that her strengths suited an assassin who waited for an opening and struck decisively, and she thanked him.
• Tang San saw Zhu Zhuqing leave Ye Lin’s dorm room and assumed she had been unfaithful to Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai heard Tang San’s thoughts, confronted him outside, and dragged him toward the courtyard to spar.

Tang San and Dai Mubai fought during the night, while Oscar and Ye Lin reached level thirty and the group prepared to travel to the Star Dou Forest for new soul rings. Tang San planned to secretly claim the Eight Spider Lances, but Yu Xiaogang learned of his plan and intended to secure the external soul bone for Ye Lin; the chapter left Tang San surprised that all six teachers were joining the expedition.

• Dai Mubai attacked Tang San in the dormitory courtyard, and Tang San restrained him with Blue Silver Grass while Zhu Zhuqing watched from her window.
• Oscar announced that he had reached level thirty, and Yu Xiaogang revealed that Ye Lin had reached the same threshold the night before.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that the group would travel to the Star Dou Forest to obtain Third Soul Rings for Oscar and Ye Lin.
• Tang San remembered the Man Faced Demon Spider and planned to leave the group to claim its Eight Spider Lances, while Yu Xiaogang decided to secure the soul bone for Ye Lin and prepared for the Peerless Dragon and Snake.
• The students and all six teachers assembled at the academy gates and set out, leaving Tang San baffled that the whole teaching staff was coming along.

Shrek’s group found an eighteen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar killed it to obtain his third Spirit Ring just as Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived. Zhao Wuji challenged Chao Tianxiang’s demand for an explanation, leaving the two groups facing off over the dead serpent.

• Yu Xiaogang stopped the group beneath an ancient tree to rest, while Tang San anticipated the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and Meng Yiran’s arrival.
• Lu Qibin trapped the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with his chess pieces, and Yu Xiaogang ordered Oscar to kill it for his third Spirit Ring.
• Oscar hesitated when Chao Tianxiang called out, but Yu Xiaogang kicked him forward and his knife killed the serpent.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran emerged, and Meng Yiran protested that Oscar had killed the serpent they had tracked.
• Chao Tianxiang demanded an explanation, and Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Spirit Rings and refused to apologize.

Chao Tianxiang backed down after Zhao Wuji and the other Shrek Academy teachers revealed their strength. Yu Xiaogang offered to compensate her by helping Meng Yiran find a suitable Spirit Ring, and Chao Tianxiang accepted after learning his connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

• Zhao Wuji, Flender, Shao Xin, Li Yusong, and Lu Qibin revealed their Spirit Rings, frightening Chao Tianxiang into calling the conflict a misunderstanding.
• Chao Tianxiang started to leave with Meng Yiran, but Yu Xiaogang stopped them and offered to help find Meng Yiran a suitable Spirit Ring as compensation.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as Grandmaster and revealed that he was the second son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's sect master.
• Chao Tianxiang accepted Yu Xiaogang's offer, and Meng Yiran thanked him.

Yu Xiaogang left with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran while Flender and the others stayed behind as Oscar absorbed his third Spirit Ring. Ye Lin revealed that Yu Xiaogang had instructed him to seek a Strength-type soul beast with a Spirit Ring of at least five thousand years, leaving the group shocked by how dangerous the target seemed.

• Yu Xiaogang went with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran to search for a Spirit Ring for Meng Yiran, while Tang San privately dismissed him and doubted he would return safely.
• Flender heard Tang San's thoughts and privately mocked his assumptions about Yu Xiaogang's strength and connections.
• Flender asked Ye Lin what kind of Spirit Ring Yu Xiaogang had recommended, and Tang San guessed it would be a 1,760-year Strength-type ring.
• Ye Lin confirmed that Yu Xiaogang wanted a Strength-type soul beast but said its Spirit Ring needed to be at least five thousand years old, alarming Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others.
• Ye Lin explained that physical strength and Martial Soul quality determined whether someone could absorb a Spirit Ring below ten thousand years, and that Spiritual Power mattered for Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Ye Lin privately reflected that Yu Xiaogang had originally planned for him to pursue a ring just under ten thousand years old because his hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone had greatly strengthened his body and recovery.

Oscar gained a flight-granting third spirit skill, while Tang San secretly planned to exploit Xiao Wu’s coming reunion with Er Ming to pursue an opportunity. The group saw through his intentions, and Er Ming arrived at their camp and looked directly at Xiao Wu.

• Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Spirit Ring and gained a skill that let someone fly at its speed for one minute.
• Flender led the group deeper into Star Dou Forest to search for a suitable strength-type spirit beast for Ye Lin, but they found none over the next two days.
• At the camp, Tang San privately planned to use Er Ming’s arrival to slip away, while Xiao Wu and the others recognized his schemes.
• Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, and Flender each condemned Tang San in their thoughts and resolved not to let him leave unnoticed.
• Er Ming the Titan Giant Ape approached the camp, towering above the trees, and fixed his gaze on Xiao Wu.

The Titan Giant Ape came to take Xiao Wu, while Ye Lin and the others fled and Tang San tried to stop it. As the ape threatened Tang San, Tang Hao arrived and struck it with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming not to hurt her friends and to scare Tang San, while Ye Lin carried Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong away from the ape’s reach.
• Tang San attacked the Titan Giant Ape with throwing knives and shouted for it to stay away from Xiao Wu, while Oscar prepared flying mushrooms for the group.
• The Titan Giant Ape roared, knocked the others back, took Xiao Wu into its hand, and raised its foot over Tang San to frighten him.
• Tang Hao burst into the forest, struck the Titan Giant Ape with his Clear Sky Hammer, and stood between it and Tang San with nine Spirit Rings revealed.

Tang Hao rescued the group from the Titan Giant Ape and learned through Tang San’s thoughts that his son had been reborn and planned to use Xiao Wu’s sacrifice. After the ape left with Xiao Wu, Tang San prepared to act heartbroken while seeking the Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang Hao heard Tang San’s thoughts and discovered that Tang San had been reborn, planned to grow stronger, and intended for Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself.
• The Titan Giant Ape withdrew after Tang Hao confronted it, and Tang Hao left after Flender thanked him.
• Ye Lin realized Xiao Wu was missing, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing comforted him while hiding what they knew.
• Tang San decided to act devastated over Xiao Wu’s disappearance and seek the Eight Spider Lances while convincing Xiao Wu of his devotion.

After Xiao Wu vanished, Tang San pretended to grieve while secretly using a Flying Mushroom to pursue his Eight Spider Lances. Flender caught him and brought him back to camp, where Shao Xin restrained him, leaving Tang San furious at being kept from his lucky break.

• Tang San acted distraught over Xiao Wu's disappearance while Ye Lin stared into the forest and Dai Mubai tried to reassure him.
• Tang San secretly ate a Flying Mushroom he found by a tree root and used its wings to fly away, claiming he had to save Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji grew angry when Tang San left, and Flender took off after him, telling the others to wait at camp.
• Tang San searched the forest using memories from his previous life, hoping to find his Eight Spider Lances, but Flender caught him by the collar.
• Flender brought Tang San back and forbade him from leaving before the group found a suitable Spirit Ring for Ye Lin.
• At Flender's signal, Shao Xin used black and white chess pieces to bind Tang San, who fumed that he had lost his chance to obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao saved Meng Yiran from the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Yu Xiaogang stopped her from absorbing its Spirit Ring because it was too powerful for her. As the group left to search for another beast, Luo Sanpao wanted to eat the spider.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider fired a poisonous web at Meng Yiran, and Meng Shu stepped in front of her.
• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao's Holy Flame of Light to burn the web and kill the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Meng Shu thanked Yu Xiaogang, and Meng Yiran killed the spider and began drawing in its purple Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Meng Yiran and warned that the spider was at least twenty-two hundred years old, making its Spirit Ring too dangerous for her to absorb.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu thanked Yu Xiaogang, and the group set off to search for another Spirit Beast.
• Luo Sanpao indicated that it wanted to eat the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Yu Xiaogang apologized for the delay.

Luo Sanpao found and swallowed a Spirit Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider while Tang San spent the night bound and exhausted. The group encountered a six-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear, and Ye Lin began finishing it off to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

• After the others left, Luo Sanpao extracted a purple spider-shaped Spirit Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider’s corpse, burned the remains, and hurried after Yu Xiaogang’s group with the bone in his mouth.
• Tang San shouted through the night while pinned by Lu Qibin’s chess pieces, then fell silent and was released at dawn.
• Flender led the group through the forest until they found a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear that Ye Lin said was suitable for his third Spirit Ring.
• Lu Qibin restrained the bear with two chess pieces, and Zhao Wuji struck its head, knocking it down but leaving it alive.
• Ye Lin punched the wounded bear’s head as it glared at him with renewed fury.

Ye Lin absorbed the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear's Spirit Ring and used the Purple Demon Eyes to break apart its powerful grudge, strengthening his Spiritual Power. Xiao Wu returned to the group with a new Spirit Ring and found Ye Lin still absorbing his.

• Ye Lin absorbed the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear's purple Spirit Ring and endured its unusually fierce soul shock.
• Ye Lin used the Purple Demon Eyes to scatter and erase the bear's grudge, making his Spiritual Power more solid.
• Xiao Wu finished absorbing a Spirit Ring while Er Ming complained about the Titled Douluo who had struck him.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to take her back to the others, and he carried her to a spot near their camp.
• Xiao Wu told Flender and the others that the Titan Giant Ape had left her after hearing a loud bellow, and she had absorbed a nearby thousand-year soul beast's Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Wu saw Ye Lin absorbing the Terrorclaw Bear's Spirit Ring and asked why he had chosen a six-thousand-year beast instead of one around five thousand years.

As Ye Lin absorbed the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s Spirit Ring, Tang San’s attempt to embrace Xiao Wu went wrong and earned him ridicule. Ye Lin completed the absorption and revealed an External Soul Bone in the form of five Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear claws.

• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu that Ye Lin had chosen a six-thousand-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear Spirit Ring and appeared to be absorbing it safely.
• Tang San rushed to embrace Xiao Wu, but she dodged and he accidentally hugged Ma Hongjun instead, prompting Oscar and Dai Mubai to laugh at him.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San not to hug her and said she appreciated that he would have saved her; Tang San called them friends and returned to watching Ye Lin.
• Tang San privately resented Ye Lin and worried that the bear’s grudge might help Ye Lin obtain a Spirit Bone.
• After another hour, Ye Lin’s Spirit Ring stabilized and five dark-golden claws emerged from his right hand.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar recognized the claws as an External Soul Bone resembling the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear’s, and Ma Hongjun marveled that Ye Lin had grown them on his hand.

Ye Lin returned with a third Spirit Ring, the Dark Gold Claw External Soul Bone, and a powerful enhancement skill, while Xiao Wu reunited with him. Tang San seethed at Ye Lin’s luck, and Tang Hao watched from the shadows, concluding that Tang San looked like a clown.

• Ye Lin revealed his Dark Gold Claw External Soul Bone, and the others congratulated him while Tang San silently resented his good fortune.
• Ye Lin embraced Xiao Wu, who apologized for making him worry, while Tang San’s earlier failed attempt to hug her drew laughter.
• Tang Hao watched the reunion and wondered whether it fit Tang San’s plan, then privately judged Tang San to look like a clown.
• Ye Lin told Flender that his third Spirit Skill, Goliath Giant, increased his defense, attack, strength, and Life Recovery speed by forty percent passively and one hundred and fifty percent when activated.
• Tang San inwardly raged that all three of Ye Lin’s Spirit Skills were enhancements, while the others laughed at his frustration.

Ye Lin and the others returned from the Star Dou Forest to meet Yu Xiaogang, who had been waiting for them in town. Yu Xiaogang learned that Ye Lin had absorbed an External Soul Bone as well as a powerful third Spirit Ring, and eagerly asked to see it.

• Flender led the group out of the Star Dou Forest, and Ye Lin asked about Yu Xiaogang, who had been away for two days.
• The group reached town and found Yu Xiaogang waiting outside the hotel.
• Ye Lin told Yu Xiaogang that he had obtained a 6,300-year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear Spirit Ring, and Flender revealed that Ye Lin had also gained a Spirit Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang hurried Ye Lin into a room and scolded him for absorbing the Spirit Bone without consulting him.
• Ye Lin revealed that the Spirit Bone was an External Soul Bone, and Yu Xiaogang excitedly asked him to show it.
• Ye Lin formed five dark-golden claws from his right hand.

Yu Xiaogang explained how Ye Lin could pass off his Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear External Soul Bone as his Martial Soul, then brought him back to Shrek Academy and gave him another Spirit Bone. Ye Lin recognized the gift as a purple spider-shaped bone and realized it was meant for Tang San.

• Yu Xiaogang tested Ye Lin's claws on a silver block, praised their sharpness, and told him to present the Dark Gold Dreadclaw as his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would handle Spirit Hall and promised Ye Lin a gift before the group left for dinner.
• After an early departure, Flender led the group back to Shrek Academy and gave everyone two days off before classes began.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Ye Lin to his room and handed him a square box containing a purple, eight-legged spider-shaped Spirit Bone.
• Ye Lin recognized the Spirit Bone as one intended for Tang San.

Ye Lin absorbed the Eight Spider Lances, the External Soul Bone Yu Xiaogang had obtained, and learned it could absorb Soul Power and life force, devour toxins, and release poison. After resting, Ye Lin trained at the courtyard and failed again to create a Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Ye Lin the Eight Spider Lances and explained that he had found the Spirit Bone with the Peerless Dragon and Snake family.
• Ye Lin absorbed the Eight Spider Lances, which grew eight purple spider legs from his back.
• Ye Lin tested the spider legs on a metal block and discovered their cutting power, poison, and absorption abilities.
• Yu Xiaogang praised how Ye Lin’s Spirit Bone abilities could complement his other combat skills, then sent him to rest.
• Ye Lin woke the next day, reflected on possessing the Spirit Bones he once expected Tang San to have, and went to train.
• Ye Lin tried to condense mist into a Self-Created Soul Skill, but the mist dispersed.

Ye Lin explained how Zhu Zhuqing could begin developing a Self-Created Soul Skill, and she sensed a faint connection to the shadows. Their conversation turned flirtatious before Zhu Zhuqing punched him and went back to training.

• Zhu Zhuqing found Ye Lin training alone and asked about the mist rising around him as he tried to develop a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ye Lin encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to build a skill around the Hell Spirit Cat’s agility and ability to hide in shadows.
• Zhu Zhuqing channeled her Soul Power toward the shadows and sensed a faint response near her feet.
• Zhu Zhuqing caught Ye Lin looking at her figure and told him he did not need to sneak glances.
• Ye Lin asked if he could touch her, so Zhu Zhuqing blushed, punched him in the chest, and returned to training.

Zhu Zhuqing improved her control of Soul Power while training with Ye Lin, and Yu Xiaogang began special training for the students who had not received his guidance. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing learning to focus her attacks, while Tang San’s thoughts angered Ning Rongrong.

• Zhu Zhuqing trained with Ye Lin for two days and began to understand how Soul Power control could lead to a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ye Lin told Zhu Zhuqing that Xiao Wu had created Eight-Stage Fall and Rice Rabbit Shockwave, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to resolve to ask Xiao Wu for advice.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lin to train with the teachers, then kept Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing for instruction.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ning Rongrong and Tang San to practice Heart Separation Control, while Tang San’s thoughts about Ning Rongrong provoked her to vow to surpass the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart.
• Yu Xiaogang told Zhu Zhuqing to prioritize attack over speed and taught her to focus her Netherworld Hundred Claws strikes on a single target point.

Ye Lin trained to coordinate his Eight Spider Lances while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing advanced their own control exercises. After three months, Tang San reached level twenty-eight and planned to catch up by taking an immortal herb and having Xiao Wu sacrifice herself.

• Flender taught Ye Lin the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart formula and supervised his practice controlling the Eight Spider Lances in pairs.
• Ye Lin trained for three months and learned to control five tasks at once, writing five characters simultaneously with his hand and four pairs of spider legs.
• Ning Rongrong learned to divide her attention five ways after a month of practice.
• Zhu Zhuqing practiced Netherworld Hundred Claws until her claw marks overlapped within a fist-sized area.
• Tang San secretly focused on cultivating Soul Power and reached level twenty-eight after three months.
• Tang San decided he could make up his remaining levels by taking an immortal herb and having Xiao Wu sacrifice herself for him.

Yu Xiaogang sent the eight Soul Masters along Devil Road with baskets of Shi to teach them teamwork. Tang San secretly thought of his companions as tools, and after they heard his thoughts, Oscar made him carry his Shi as well.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered the group to carry their assigned loads through Devil Road to Suotuo City without using Soul Power.
• Ye Lin shouldered a fifty-kilogram basket, and the group set out along the rough mountain path.
• Ma Hongjun suggested secretly using Soul Power, but Tang San proposed sharing the loads and offered to help Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai teased Tang San for trying to impress Xiao Wu, while Tang San privately thought of the group as tools and called Xiao Wu his wife.
• The others heard Tang San's thoughts and turned against him, and Oscar transferred his Shi into Tang San's basket.

Ye Lin led the group through a grueling mountain march and shifted stones from struggling teammates into his own basket. Ning Rongrong collapsed after pushing herself onward, and Ye Lin caught her before she fell.

• Oscar left ten extra pounds of stones in Tang San's basket, and Tang San reluctantly agreed to carry them while privately cursing Oscar.
• Ye Lin encouraged the group to keep a steady pace and moved stones from Ning Rongrong's basket into his own so she could recover.
• After the group passed the halfway point, Dai Mubai took Ma Hongjun's stones, and Ye Lin took stones from Zhu Zhuqing's basket; Xiao Wu said she could continue carrying her own load.
• After another twenty kilometers, Ning Rongrong's vision blurred and her knees gave way, but Ye Lin caught her by the arm.

Ye Lin struggled through the mountain endurance test while carrying exhausted teammates and their stones, refusing to leave Tang San behind. With two kilometers remaining, Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing woke and resumed walking, while Tang San awoke in pain after being dragged along the gravel path.

• Ye Lin carried the unconscious Ning Rongrong in his basket until she woke and was able to walk, then later caught Zhu Zhuqing as she faltered and watched Oscar and Tang San collapse.
• Ye Lin redistributed the fallen teammates’ stones among Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong, then carried Oscar on his back, held Zhu Zhuqing in his arms, and tied Tang San to a rope at his waist.
• Dai Mubai urged Ye Lin to leave Tang San behind, but Ye Lin said they were a team and continued toward the finish under a load close to four hundred pounds.
• With two kilometers left, Oscar woke, got down from Ye Lin’s back, and rejoined the group; Zhu Zhuqing soon woke and also resumed walking.
• Tang San woke from the pain of being dragged nearly twenty kilometers, his clothes torn and his bare buttocks scraped raw and bloody.