Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yu and the other new students fought Zhao Wuji in Shrek Academy’s entrance test, lasting until the incense burned out and earning his approval. That night, Azure Luan Douluo and Ling Yuan noticed Tang San’s unusual Hidden Weapons and sensed a figure carrying the Clear Sky Hammer in the woods.

• Zhao Wuji increased the pressure on the group, and Yuan Yu used his five Spirit Rings and Sun Wheel Blade to help Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong withstand his attacks.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Yuan Yu worked together to disrupt Zhao Wuji’s balance, and Yuan Yu tapped his chest with the back of his blade just before the incense burned out.
• Flender stopped the test, Zhao Wuji praised the students and said he had lost by half a step, and Flender accepted them into Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai led the new students to their rooms, while Tang San thanked Yuan Yu for helping him during the fight.
• That night, Azure Luan Douluo and Ling Yuan discussed Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and saw a tall figure with the aura of a Clear Sky Hammer emerge from the distant woods.

Tang Hao attacked Zhao Wuji for hurting Tang San, but Azure Luan and Ling Yuan intervened, and Yuan Yu refused to abandon his classmate. Tang Hao left after seeing Yuan Yu's five God-given Spirit Rings, while Zhao Wuji was left bruised and took his frustration out on Yuan Yu the next morning.

• Tang Hao struck Zhao Wuji with the Clear Sky Hammer, saying Zhao Wuji had hurt his son, Tang San.
• Azure Luan and Ling Yuan arrived to stop Tang Hao, and Ling Yuan told him that Yuan Yu had protected Tang San during the entrance test.
• Yuan Yu came out and told Tang Hao that Tang San was his classmate and that he would stand by him if they became friends.
• Tang Hao pressured Yuan Yu, who revealed his five God-given Spirit Rings; Tang Hao then put away his hammer and left after beating Zhao Wuji again.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji claimed he had fallen during training, then assigned Yuan Yu extra training after catching him laughing.

Shrek Academy began training its eight students, and Flender ordered Yuan Yu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong to run laps. Ning Rongrong quit and left for Suotuo City, with Yuan Yu and Oscar following as unseen watchers observed them and several people marked her in the crowd.

• Flender welcomed the students, heard their levels, and named Yuan Yu Shrek's eighth monster.
• Oscar demonstrated his sausage Martial Soul, and Tang San, Yuan Yu, and Zhu Zhuqing ate one after Flender explained its battlefield value.
• Flender ordered Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Yuan Yu to run twenty laps, while reminding Ning Rongrong that she was a student before she was a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong stopped at the twelfth lap and left the academy, and Yuan Yu and Oscar followed her into the city.
• Ling Yuan and Azure Luan watched from a distant rooftop as Ning Rongrong entered Suotuo City, where several people marked her.

After Ning Rongrong stormed out of Shrek, Yuan Yu and Oscar followed her into Suotuo City, where Yuan Yu stopped three thugs from targeting her and explained why she needed to rely on teammates rather than her family name. Ning Rongrong returned to the academy and accepted Flender’s order to finish her run.

• Ning Rongrong entered a teahouse in Suotuo City, and Yuan Yu and Oscar followed her there.
• Yuan Yu noticed three suspicious men watching Ning Rongrong and warned her not to reveal her support-type martial soul.
• When the men tried to grab Ning Rongrong, Yuan Yu struck one with a chopstick and revealed his five Spirit Rings, making them pay the teahouse owner for the disruption.
• Yuan Yu told Ning Rongrong that teammates protected her because she was one of them, not because she was a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yuan Yu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek, where Ning Rongrong accepted Flender’s order to continue her run.

Ning Rongrong accepted that she had to learn to work with her Shrek teammates, and Zhao Wuji tested her support in a short training exercise. Flender announced that the group would visit the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Yuan Yu would enter the Soul King Division as the Shrek Eight Monsters prepared for their first matches.

• Flender told Ning Rongrong she could leave Shrek, but she chose to stay after Yuan Yu pointed out that traveling through Suotuo City at night was dangerous.
• Zhao Wuji had Ning Rongrong support Zhu Zhuqing against Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong improved her timing on the second attempt.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun, then joined the others for a lively dinner.
• Flender announced that the students would go to the Soto Great Soul Arena the next night, and Yuan Yu said he would begin with Individual Soul Duels in the Soul King Division.
• Yuan Yu examined the still-dull Rosy Cloud Pattern on his Sun Wheel Blade, which had stirred when Ning Rongrong raised her Martial Soul at the teahouse.

Yuan Yu helped Ma Hongjun contain his rampaging Evil Fire after Cuihua rejected him, and Tang San offered to search for medicinal herbs that might help. With Ma Hongjun agreeing not to take his fire out on others, the group headed toward Suotuo City for their arena match that night.

• Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix flared when he encountered Cuihua, frightening her and prompting Xiao Wu and Tang San to protect her.
• Yuan Yu used water and fire techniques and provoked Ma Hongjun into directing his flames at him, then contained the Evil Fire with Blazing Flame Vortex.
• Ma Hongjun apologized to Cuihua, who told him not to come back, and Yuan Yu warned him not to target girls when his Evil Fire acted up.
• Tang San said they could look for medicinal herbs to help Ma Hongjun, who accepted the offer and promised to seek help if he lost control.
• Yuan Yu noticed the sixth Rosy Cloud Pattern stir after Ma Hongjun's apology, then led the group toward Suotuo City for their arena match.

Yuan Yu and the Shrek students registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where the others won their duels and Yuan Yu was booked to fight a level-fifty-seven Soul Master. The chapter ended as Yuan Yu faced Ironback Bear on the platform, his five God-given Spirit Rings drawing a roar from the crowd.

• Yuan Yu revealed that he was a twelve-year-old Soul King and registered under the title Myriad Phenomena, while the other Shrek students signed up for their own matches.
• Flender negotiated with the arena manager to schedule Yuan Yu’s duel that night.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai each won their Individual Soul Duels, while Yuan Yu studied their strengths and weaknesses.
• Ning Rongrong asked Yuan Yu if he was figuring out how to beat the others, and he explained that he was thinking about how to help them win.
• The arena announced Yuan Yu’s Soul King-level duel against Ironback Bear, a level-fifty-seven Soul Master with an Ironback Bear Martial Soul.
• Yuan Yu drew his blade and revealed his five God-given Spirit Rings as Ironback Bear prepared to fight.

Yuan Yu defeated veteran Soul King Ironback Bear in the Soul King Division, demonstrating his strength with five God-given Spirit Rings. Afterward, the Shrek group accepted a special Team Battle against a stronger team, with Yuan Yu promising to keep their opponents from losing too badly.

• Yuan Yu used several Breathing forms to overcome Ironback Bear's defense and won their Dueling Platform match.
• Ironback Bear conceded, and Yuan Yu reunited with the Shrek group, impressing Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Flender revealed that the Spirit Arena had offered Shrek a special exhibition Team Battle against a team with four Soul Elders, three Soul Grandmasters, and a level forty-one Soul Ancestor captain.
• Yuan Yu asked his teammates if they wanted to fight, and they agreed to take the challenge.
• Yuan Yu said he would make sure the other team did not lose too badly, setting the Shrek Eight Monsters' first Team Battle.

The Shrek Eight Monsters faced the higher-level Ironblood Team in their first special team battle, with Yuan Yu leading the group and Tang San coordinating their tactics. The Shrek team defeated their opponents and won the match.

• Dai Mubai explained the Ironblood Team’s lineup, and Tang San assigned roles while Yuan Yu took the front line.
• The Ironblood Team boosted its strength with a War Drum and charged, but Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Yuan Yu’s Rock Patterns stopped their advance.
• Zhu Zhuqing intercepted Black Snake as he targeted Ning Rongrong, while Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates and Xiao Wu knocked out the opposing Control Soul Master.
• Iron Hand and his teammates focused their attacks on Yuan Yu, who used his breathing techniques to repel them as the Shrek team scattered and counterattacked.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass bound the War Drum Soul Master, Xiao Wu knocked him off the platform, and the drumbeat stopped.
• Yuan Yu blocked Iron Hand’s final punch with Heaven-Surface Shatter, and the announcer declared the Shrek Eight Monsters the winners.

The Shrek Eight Monsters defeated the Ironblood Team, then reviewed their teamwork and grew closer on the way back to the academy. Yuan Yu sensed his Sixth Trial awakening, and the Soto Great Soul Arena invited him to a Soul King Division win-streak challenge in three days.

• The Shrek Eight Monsters defeated the Ironblood Team, with Yuan Yu anchoring their defense and controlling the fight.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji pointed out each member’s flaws, including Yuan Yu’s habit of covering for everyone instead of letting his teammates learn from mistakes.
• On the walk back, Yuan Yu told Tang San that he had refused Tang Hao’s demand to stay away from him, and Tang San offered to show Yuan Yu his Hidden Weapons.
• Yuan Yu noticed the sixth Rosy Cloud Pattern brighten and received the Divine Sense message, “To know a person, watch what they do first.”
• Flender received an invitation for Yuan Yu to enter a Soul King Division win-streak challenge at the Soto Great Soul Arena in three days.

Flender accepted a three-match Soul King Division challenge for Yuan Yu, who refused to throw any match. As Yuan Yu and the others trained to strengthen their teamwork, a man in black ordered that Yuan Yu must lose one match.

• Flender told Yuan Yu that the Great Soul Arena had invited him to fight three consecutive matches and admitted he had already accepted on Yuan Yu's behalf.
• The arena manager explained the challenge rules, and Yuan Yu insisted he would win or lose honestly rather than pretend to lose.
• Ning Rongrong warned that gamblers might try to ensure Yuan Yu lost, so Yuan Yu proposed three days of training while delaying his blade to expose the team's weaknesses.
• Zhao Wuji sparred with the group as Yuan Yu held back, forcing Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai to confront gaps in their teamwork.
• A man in black heard that Yuan Yu would not throw a match and ordered the manager to make him lose one, despite the manager's warning that Spirit Hall backed Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu won his first two Soul King Division matches in the consecutive-win challenge, using carefully chosen blade techniques while holding back his strength. As the Spirit Arena delayed the third match, it arranged for Blood Scythe to fight him.

• Yuan Yu defeated the level fifty-three Mountain-Splitting Rhino with Water and Stone Breathing techniques, prompting him to concede.
• Yuan Yu used Thunder Breathing to stop Gale Leopard's attack and win the second match.
• Tang San noticed Yuan Yu was holding back, while the Spirit Arena manager was displeased that the fights had ended so quickly.
• The Spirit Arena delayed the third match, and Yuan Yu stayed calm as the crowd chanted for his consecutive win.
• A middle-aged man in black ordered the Spirit Arena to send in Blood Scythe for Yuan Yu's third match.

Yuan Yu refused Mr. Xu’s offer to throw his third Spirit Arena match and rejected his threats against Shrek, then faced the dangerous Blood Scythe. The chapter ended as Blood Scythe threatened to cut off Yuan Yu’s hands before their match began.

• Mr. Xu offered Yuan Yu money and arranged victories in exchange for losing his third match, but Yuan Yu refused and warned him not to target anyone from Shrek.
• Yuan Yu learned that his opponent would be Blood Scythe, a level fifty-nine Soul King, and returned to the waiting area with Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San warned Yuan Yu to watch Blood Scythe’s left hand, while Ling Yuan and Azure Luan observed from the shadows and let Yuan Yu test himself.
• Yuan Yu entered the Dueling Platform to face Blood Scythe, who threatened to cut off his hands.

Yuan Yu defeated Blood Scythe after exposing the poison on his weapon and stopping a concealed attack. The Spirit Arena staff faced demands from Tang San and Flender to examine the weapon and explain the match.

• Blood Scythe opened the fight with attacks aimed at crippling Yuan Yu, including a hidden blade from his sleeve, but Yuan Yu blocked and deflected them.
• Yuan Yu saw through Blood Scythe’s scythe illusions and struck him with Thunder Breathing, then used fire to reveal poisonous threads coating the weapon.
• When Blood Scythe pretended to surrender and reached for another hidden blade, Yuan Yu broke his arm and held his blade at Blood Scythe’s throat.
• Tang San took the short blade as evidence, while Ning Rongrong and Flender demanded an examination and an explanation from the Spirit Arena.
• The announcer declared Yuan Yu the winner, and Flender led the group to claim their money and seek an explanation.

Yuan Yu and the others trained to rely on one another before he was allowed to draw his blade, while the Rosy Cloud Pattern gave him another cryptic message. That night, a woman warned Yuan Yu that the Sixth Trial was near, and Ling Yuan ordered him to sleep.

• Flender returned with the Spirit Arena's payment, and he and Zhao Wuji agreed to keep pressing the matter when they had more evidence.
• Zhao Wuji made Yuan Yu wait until he called his name and assigned Oscar to support Ning Rongrong as the group practiced teamwork.
• The team covered Xiao Wu and protected the rear without Yuan Yu, then Yuan Yu stopped Zhao Wuji from striking Dai Mubai after being called.
• Over three more rounds, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and the others improved their coordination, and Tang San reminded Xiao Wu that they had to cover one another first.
• The Rosy Cloud Pattern shone more clearly and a faint Divine Sense told Yuan Yu to judge people by watching what they did.
• A woman in mist told Yuan Yu that the Sixth Trial was almost here, and Ling Yuan told him to go to sleep.

During a woodland deduction exercise, Yuan Yu uncovered the staged clues and noticed Xiao Wu’s reaction to a Spirit Beast Bone Fragment. He then received a three-month trial to uncover the truth behind Suotuo City’s web of deception, while the Great Soul Arena’s VIP Challenge gave him a possible place to begin.

• Flender sent the students to investigate staged clues in a grove, where Tang San and the others deduced that three people had been involved in a chase.
• Yuan Yu revealed that a fourth person had traveled through the trees and that the injured person had been used as bait to distract from someone carrying an object.
• Xiao Wu briefly reacted to the Spirit Beast Bone Fragment, which Yuan Yu noticed but chose not to question.
• Yuan Yu told Tang San not to press him when he did not want to reveal what he had seen, and Tang San agreed.
• Yuan Yu received the Sixth Trial of the Ten Thousand Manifestations Nine Trials, requiring him to discern truth from lies in Suotuo City within three months.
• Flender received a VIP Challenge letter from the Great Soul Arena for the Shrek Eight Monsters, and Yuan Yu decided it could help him investigate the trial.

The Shrek Eight Monsters prepared for the suspicious VIP Challenge against the Silver Blade Team, with Yuan Yu warning that the opponents would target their back line. The duel began under heavy scrutiny, and an unseen attacker appeared behind Ning Rongrong.

• Flender considered the lucrative invitation as Tang San and the others noticed the Silver Blade Team’s records hid their fighting styles.
• Yuan Yu predicted the enemy would target the back line, and Tang San assigned the team’s roles while Ning Rongrong committed to fighting.
• At the Great Soul Arena, the Shrek Eight Monsters noticed suspicious people watching them and suspected the challenge had been arranged against them.
• The Shrek Eight Monsters and Silver Blade Team released their Martial Souls, and Ning Rongrong boosted her teammates with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• A patch of light went dark behind Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing warned her as a silver blade flashed from behind.

Shrek fought the Silver Blade Team after its summoned clone ambushed Ning Rongrong, and the Spirit Arena let the rule-breaking match continue. Shrek won, and Silver Fang revealed that someone had hired his team to attack them, as Yuan Yu spotted the Rosy Cloud Pattern in the VIP seats.

• Zhu Zhuqing shielded Ning Rongrong from the Silver Blade Team's summoned clone, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong supported her instead of retreating.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu restrained the clone as Yuan Yu disarmed it, exposing dark medicinal powder on its blade while the referee hesitated to stop the match.
• Yuan Yu, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun coordinated their attacks against Silver Fang, while Ning Rongrong's timely buffs helped Shrek break the Silver Blade Team's formation.
• Zhu Zhuqing forced the opposing support Soul Master off the platform, and the referee declared Shrek the winners.
• Silver Fang said someone had hired his team to attack Shrek, and Yuan Yu saw the Rosy Cloud Pattern glowing in the VIP seats.

Yuan Yu and the Shrek team confronted the Spirit Arena after Silver Fang attacked Ning Rongrong with a drugged blade. Mr. Xu admitted arranging the match but hinted that someone else was behind the plot, then warned the team that Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Fighting Team would arrive in three days to challenge them.

• Yuan Yu stopped the Spirit Arena from taking Silver Fang away, while Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Ning Rongrong demanded an explanation for the attack on Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San identified drugs on Silver Fang’s blade and Blood Scythe’s Short Blade, and concluded they had been made by the same craftsmen to temporarily hinder Soul Power.
• Yuan Yu confronted Mr. Xu about Blood Scythe, and Ning Rongrong offered to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect test the blades.
• Tang San explained that the drug would have stopped Ning Rongrong from providing support, while Silver Fang said he had been paid to tie down the team’s back line.
• Yuan Yu showed Silver Fang the silver token, prompting Mr. Xu to admit that he had placed a bet and arranged the match, though Yuan Yu sensed someone else was involved.
• The Spirit Arena agreed to compensate the team and apologize to Zhu Zhuqing, and Mr. Xu warned that the Imperial Fighting Team would arrive in three days to challenge them.

After receiving compensation from the Spirit Arena, Shrek Academy learned that the Imperial Fighting Team would arrive in Suotuo City in three days, and began preparing for the match. Yuan Yu also received a Divine Trial to uncover the mastermind behind the turmoil at the arena before the team left.

• Flender distributed Yuan Yu’s prize money after Ning Rongrong watched, and the group returned to the academy’s training ground.
• Flender revealed that Qin Ming, a former Shrek student, would lead the Imperial Fighting Team, and the students examined the team’s roster.
• Ning Rongrong warned the group about Dugu Yan’s poison and Ye Lingling’s healing Martial Soul, while Tang San agreed to devise a strategy.
• Yuan Yu suspected the Spirit Arena events were connected to the Imperial Fighting Team’s arrival and received a Divine Trial to find the true mastermind behind the arena turmoil.
• The group committed to training for the match, while Azure Luan and Ling Yuan decided to report to Bibi Dong that someone had tested Yuan Yu.
• Tang San found Dugu Yan listed as the Imperial Fighting Team’s vice-captain, and Yuan Yu’s Rosy Cloud Pattern glowed.