Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yu tested his blade against Liu Erlong and earned a cut on her scales within twenty moves, but their training was interrupted by an emergency at Blue Tyrant Academy’s Herb Garden. Tang San headed to investigate as the Rosy Cloud Pattern in Yuan Yu’s sheathed blade turned cold.

• Liu Erlong challenged Yuan Yu to land one cut on her Dragon Scales within twenty moves, while Flender and the others watched.
• Yuan Yu used his breathing techniques to evade Liu Erlong’s attacks, and Liu Erlong pointed out gaps in his transitions between patterns.
• Yuan Yu struck Liu Erlong’s forearm on the final move and left a thin mark on one scale, passing her test.
• Liu Erlong scheduled more training for Yuan Yu the next night, and Flender was left paying for his damaged clothes.
• A teacher reported that the Herb Garden’s plants were turning black and withering, so Tang San went to investigate while Yuan Yu gripped his blade and felt its Rosy Cloud Pattern grow cold.

Yuan Yu and Tang San saved Blue Tyrant Academy's Herb Garden by separating tangled Red-Beard Vine and Cold-Leaf Grass roots, completing Yuan Yu's trial and raising his Soul Power to level fifty-nine. At dawn, Liu Erlong told Flender to put up the academy's new sign.

• Tang San identified the clash between Red-Beard Vine and Cold-Leaf Grass, then marked their tangled roots for careful separation.
• Yuan Yu used the Sun Wheel Blade's patterns while Tang San guided him, and they separated the herbs without damaging their roots.
• Yuan Yu completed the Sixth of the Ten Thousand Manifestations Nine Trials, advanced the Rosy Cloud Pattern Inheritance, reached level fifty-nine, and unlocked his sixth Spirit Ring eligibility.
• Teacher Zhou discovered that the herb merchant had mislabeled and improperly packed the herbs, and Liu Erlong ordered Flender to seek compensation.
• The teachers finished transplanting the herbs, and Liu Erlong told Flender to put up the academy's new sign.

Blue Tyrant Academy became Shrek Academy under Flender’s leadership, while Liu Erlong and Flender assured the old students their classes, places, and resources would remain. Tai Long challenged the Shrek students to prove they could represent the academy, and Tang San accepted his challenge.

• Liu Erlong announced Blue Tyrant Academy’s renaming and appointed Flender as Dean, with herself and Zhao Wuji as vice deans.
• Flender and Liu Erlong explained that existing students would keep their places and subsidies, and that new assessments would determine the tournament reserve team.
• Qin Ming took charge of the advanced class’s daily training, and Liu Erlong unveiled the Shrek Academy signboard.
• Tai Long challenged the Shrek group to prove their strength, considered Dai Mubai and Yuan Yu, then chose Tang San as his opponent.
• Tang San accepted Tai Long’s challenge, and the two prepared to fight before the gathered students and teachers.

Tang San defeated Tai Long in a sparring match, earning the returning students’ acceptance of Shrek’s takeover and tournament participation. After Tai Long realized Yuan Yu had teased him about his feelings for Xiao Wu, Tai Long’s father confronted Tang San and released the aura of a level fifty-eight Soul King.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass, his movement skills, and Tai Long’s momentum to defeat him and immobilize him with Spider Web Binding.
• Liu Erlong declared Tang San the winner, and Tai Long accepted the loss and told the returning students to support Shrek’s takeover and tournament entry.
• Tang San withdrew the web’s poison and helped Tai Long up, while Xiao Wu checked on Tang San and led him toward class.
• Yuan Yu hinted that Tai Long had realized too late that he liked Xiao Wu, and Tai Long blushed before ordering the students to do extra training.
• After Flender rearranged the advanced class’s lessons, Tai Long’s father arrived, demanded to know who had injured his son, and released his level fifty-eight Soul King aura when Tang San stepped forward.

Tai Nuo challenged Tang San to avenge Tai Long, but Tang San defeated him with his Blue Silver Grass, poison, and Eight Spider Lances. As Tai Nuo admitted defeat, his father arrived at the academy.

• Tai Nuo brought medicine for Tai Long and challenged Tang San, who accepted despite Xiao Wu's concern.
• Yuan Yu mocked Tai Nuo about whether his father would come next, prompting Tai Nuo to promise to end the matter if he lost.
• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass and poison to weaken Tai Nuo, then used his Eight Spider Lances to throw him to the ground and win.
• Tai Nuo admitted defeat and acknowledged that Tai Long had been right to lose to Tang San, while Liu Erlong warned elders not to settle scores at the academy.
• Tai Nuo's white-haired father arrived at the academy, and Yuan Yu remarked that he had really come.

Tang San endured Tai Tan’s soul power coercion until revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, which led Tai Tan to recognize him as Tang Hao’s son and pledge the Strength Clan’s support. The academy then learned that Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo would visit the next afternoon, prompting Yuan Yu to worry that Xiao Wu could not stay in the front courtyard.

• Tai Tan challenged Tang San to endure one stick of incense of soul power coercion, and Tang San accepted with the academy’s teachers watching over him.
• Tang San withstood the escalating pressure with his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Eight Spider Lances, then revealed the Clear Sky Hammer when he was close to collapse.
• Tai Tan recognized the hammer, knelt before Tang San, and asked whether his father was Tang Hao.
• Tang San asked Tai Tan to set aside the Young Master title, and Tai Tan agreed to call him Young Master Tang while opening the Strength Clan’s doors to him.
• A doorman announced that Sect Master Ning would visit the next afternoon with Sword Douluo, and Yuan Yu realized Xiao Wu could not remain in the front courtyard.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin visited the academy, where Ning Rongrong revealed that her Martial Soul had become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. They left with Yuan Yu scheduled to test his blade against Chen Xin and Tang San invited to discuss Hidden Weapons, while Tang San waited for news that Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong were safe.

• Liu Erlong took Xiao Wu and several female students to the south of the city, and Xiao Wu asked Tang San to send someone to meet her afterward.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin arrived at the academy, and Ning Rongrong showed them her nine-tiered pagoda and demonstrated its improved enhancements.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Tang San for the herb and told Ning Rongrong to keep its source secret.
• Chen Xin sensed Yuan Yu's Sun Wheel Blade, praised it, and arranged to test Yuan Yu's blade at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang San to visit and discuss a business deal involving his Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San waited until a student reported that Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong were safe, while Yuan Yu offered him wine from his gourd.

Yuan Yu passed Chen Xin’s sword test by cutting his sleeve with his scabbard, and the Seven Kill Sword’s pressure brought his Soul Power close to level sixty. Ning Fengzhi then turned to discuss Tang San’s business, with a list marked five hundred sets.

• Ning Rongrong reunited with Gu Rong, who admired her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and bickered with Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin tested Yuan Yu by making him cross the courtyard under the force of the Seven Kill Sword, while Gu Rong stood ready to catch him.
• Yuan Yu used his Rock, Water, Wind, Thunder, and Rosy Cloud Patterns to advance through the sword force and reach Chen Xin.
• Yuan Yu’s scabbard slit Chen Xin’s sleeve, so Chen Xin declared that Yuan Yu had passed the test.
• Tang San checked Yuan Yu’s injuries and found that the sword’s pressure had worn down Yuan Yu’s level-fifty-nine barrier.
• Ning Fengzhi began discussing Tang San’s business and showed a list marked five hundred sets.

Tang San negotiated a large hidden-weapons order with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Strength Clan, securing funding and a workshop at Shrek Academy. As the group prepared for a training battle to help Yuan Yu reach level sixty, an invitation from Xue Qinghe arrived.

• Tang San demonstrated his hidden weapons to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then refused to sell the core blueprints and agreed to restrict how the weapons could be used.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered five hundred sets for five million Gold Soul Coins, while Tang San and Tai Tan arranged production, material supplies, delivery schedules, and contract safeguards.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and proposed using part of the profits to support the academy, and Liu Erlong assigned him old warehouses for an assembly room.
• Liu Erlong scheduled a battle for the next morning between the eight students and herself and Zhao Wuji to help Yuan Yu reach level sixty.
• A golden invitation from the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace arrived, signed by Xue Qinghe.

During a training match, Yuan Yu broke through to level sixty, received his sixth God-given Spirit Ring, and helped his team ring the Bronze Bell. Afterward, he recognized Qian Renxue’s secret mark on an invitation to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s residence, where Ning Fengzhi would also be present.

• Flender began a training match in which Tang San, Yuan Yu, and their teammates had to ring a Bronze Bell while facing Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji.
• Yuan Yu used Mist Breathing and his Rosy Cloud Patterns to help create an opening, but Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji attacked him together as Zhu Zhuqing approached the bell.
• The combined pressure of Liu Erlong’s strike and Zhao Wuji’s Gravity broke through Yuan Yu’s barrier, raising his Soul Power to level sixty and summoning his sixth God-given Spirit Ring.
• Yuan Yu accepted the Mist Spirit Ring, reached level sixty-two, and used Mist Breathing, Fifth Form: Sea of Misty Clouds, to vanish and tap the Bronze Bell with his blade sheath.
• After Flender declared the team victorious, he gave Tang San and Yuan Yu an invitation from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to visit the next day with Ning Fengzhi.
• Yuan Yu recognized Qian Renxue’s six-winged secret mark on the invitation’s wax seal and realized she had decided to reveal herself.

Tang San learned that his father, Tang Hao, had fought Spirit Hall’s Previous Pope while protecting an unknown woman, but gained no firm answers about the past. After Ning Fengzhi and Tang San left the Crown Prince’s study, Xue Qinghe revealed a hidden passage and invited Yuan Yu to show what he had learned.

• Ning Fengzhi brought Tang San and Yuan Yu to the Crown Prince’s Residence, where Xue Qinghe greeted them and exchanged familiar remarks with Yuan Yu.
• Xue Qinghe discussed the fallout at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Tang San’s Hidden Weapons order for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe told Tang San that Tang Hao had fought Spirit Hall’s Previous Pope while protecting a woman, but neither he nor Yuan Yu knew her identity.
• Tang San struggled with what he had learned, and Yuan Yu eased his distress by offering him a pastry.
• Xue Qinghe asked Yuan Yu to remain behind to complete his Soul Emperor registration, and Ning Fengzhi and Tang San departed.
• Xue Qinghe opened a concealed stairway and told Yuan Yu he would test what Yuan Yu had learned during the past six months.

Yuan Yu reunited with Qian Renxue in her secret chamber, where they discussed his time at Shrek, her plans in Heaven Dou, and his refusal to let either side harm innocents. Their reunion led to a trial as the Sun Wheel Blade’s seventh pattern reacted to Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

• Qian Renxue checked Yuan Yu’s injuries and mended clothes, took his Wine Gourd, and questioned him about leaving Spirit City and staying at Shrek.
• Yuan Yu guessed why Qian Renxue had met Tang San, and he said he would oppose anyone who pursued their goals by harming innocent people.
• Qian Renxue told Yuan Yu that someone in Spirit City was waiting for him to come home, and Yuan Yu asked how Teacher Bibi Dong was.
• Qian Renxue led Yuan Yu into a training ground, where his Sun Wheel Blade’s seventh pattern reacted to her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• The blade announced the Angel Light Trial, requiring Yuan Yu to endure thirty percent of Qian Renxue’s Holy Light for one incense stick without any of its six patterns going out, and Qian Renxue told him to draw his blade.

Yuan Yu completed the first Angel Light Trial by enduring Qian Renxue’s Holy Light and cutting off a Golden Feather, awakening his Sun Pattern and rising to level sixty-three. Qian Renxue gave him public information about the tournament, leaving him to prepare with Shrek for the competition in three months.

• Qian Renxue tested Yuan Yu with waves of Angel Holy Light, and he used his six patterns to withstand her attacks.
• Yuan Yu refracted the Holy Light through water vapor and cut a Golden Feather from Qian Renxue’s wing.
• Yuan Yu completed the first Angel Light Trial, initially awakened his Sun Pattern, and increased his Soul Power to level sixty-three.
• Snake Lance Douluo noted that Yuan Yu’s final strike had used Qian Renxue’s Holy Light, and Yuan Yu explained that Sword Douluo Chen Xin had taught him to fight without holding back.
• Qian Renxue gave Yuan Yu a dossier on the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, which would begin in three months.

After three months of intensive training, Yuan Yu broke through to level sixty-four while ringing all three bells in a spar against Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming. Flender then officially formed Shrek Academy's Soul Master Tournament team.

• Shrek's students completed three months of training, and several reached new levels or the threshold for their next Spirit Rings.
• Yuan Yu faced Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming at once and rang the first bronze bell with his scabbard.
• Yuan Yu used Mist Scattering: Flying Spray to break through the teachers' coordinated defense and rang the second bell.
• Yuan Yu broke through to level sixty-four during the fight and rang the third bell, completing the challenge before time ran out.
• Flender announced that Shrek Academy's Soul Master Tournament team had officially formed.

Qin Ming and Flender finalized the Shrek Team roster and roles, then tested the substitutes against the original Shrek Seven Monsters. With tournament registration approaching, the team prepared to travel to Sunset Forest so four members could obtain their fourth spirit rings.

• Qin Ming defended Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu's substitute positions with their training records and gave other students a chance to challenge for spots.
• Tang San assigned Yuan Yu a flexible role in his tactical plan, while Flender named Dai Mubai captain, Tang San the battlefield tactician, and Yuan Yu the roving attacker.
• Tai Long, Huang Yuan, Jing Ling, and Jiang Zhu held off the original Shrek Seven Monsters for five minutes before Qin Ming stopped their seven-on-seven selection match.
• Yuan Yu praised the substitutes' teamwork and gave them feedback, and the twelve members officially formed the Shrek Team.
• Flender and Liu Erlong argued over the championship prize money before Tang San listed Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing as needing spirit rings.
• The Shrek Team set out for Sunset Forest to hunt spirit rings before tournament registration.

The Shrek group searched Sunset Forest for Spirit Rings and fought off a pack of Ring-Tailed Blade Beasts without losing formation. The chapter ended when Tang San identified an eight-thousand-year Vajra Tiger King, and Dai Mubai claimed it as his target.

• Yuan Yu set Spirit Beast criteria for Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Tang San, while Tang San said he wanted to try absorbing a ten-thousand-year Earth Cavern Demon Spider.
• Yuan Yu used Rock Pattern to stop a charging Ironclad Rhinoceros, and the beast eventually turned away.
• The Shrek group fought a pack of Ring-Tailed Blade Beasts, with Yuan Yu’s Sea of Misty Clouds disrupting their attacks and the group keeping its formation.
• Qin Ming noted that the group’s attack was fast but its finishing and coordination needed improvement, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun agreed to adjust.
• Tang San found claw marks and pale golden fur, identified an at-least-eight-thousand-year Vajra Tiger King, and Dai Mubai claimed it.

Dai Mubai defeated an eight-thousand-year-old Vajra Tiger King and absorbed it as his fourth Spirit Ring, gaining White Tiger Meteor Shower. As the group prepared to leave, Tang San and Yuan Yu detected an Earth Cavern Demon Spider moving underground nearby.

• Dai Mubai fought the Vajra Tiger King with support from Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong while Yuan Yu held off six Golden-Patterned Tigers.
• Dai Mubai defeated the Vajra Tiger King and absorbed its eight-thousand-year Spirit Ring with help from Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Dai Mubai revealed his fourth Soul Skill, White Tiger Meteor Shower, and learned that his Soul Power had reached level forty-two.
• Tang San found spider silk in the soil and identified an Earth Cavern Demon Spider as Yuan Yu sensed something circling underground.

The Shrek group fought an Earth Cavern Demon Spider, and Tang San chose to absorb its ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring as his fourth. After surviving the soul shock and gaining the Blue Silver Prison skill, the group detected a pack of Pink Ladies approaching through the forest.

• Yuan Yu located the burrowing Earth Cavern Demon Spider, and the group worked together to expose its weakness beneath its abdomen.
• Tang San killed the Earth Cavern Demon Spider and began absorbing its black Spirit Ring while the others guarded him.
• Tang San resisted the spider's lingering consciousness and stabilized the ten-thousand-year ring after two hours.
• Tang San reached rank forty-one and demonstrated his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Prison.
• Tang San sensed a pack of Pink Ladies approaching in pink mist and told everyone to eat an Antidote Sausage.

The group fought through a swarm of Pink Ladies to capture their leader, allowing Oscar to absorb a Spirit Ring and gain a new boosting sausage. Yuan Yu reached level sixty-five during the battle, and Zhu Zhuqing discovered a Ghost Tiger trail as the group found her next Spirit Ring target.

• Oscar and the others battled the Pink Ladies while Yuan Yu used Mist Pattern Perception to locate the Pink Matriarch.
• Yuan Yu used all six patterns to divide the battlefield and hold off the swarm as the team broke through to the leader.
• Tang San trapped the Pink Matriarch, Xiao Wu kicked her toward Oscar, and Oscar killed her with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and Short Sword.
• Yuan Yu reached level sixty-five as his six patterns strengthened, and the leaderless Pink Ladies retreated.
• Oscar absorbed the Pink Matriarch's Spirit Ring and gained the Fourth Spirit Skill Excitement Pink Sausage, which raised all attributes by ten percent for five minutes.
• Zhu Zhuqing found deep, quiet pawprints leading into the forest and identified them as belonging to a Ghost Tiger.

Shrek's group secured Zhu Zhuqing's fourth Spirit Ring and prepared for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. At registration, Yuan Yu revealed his six God-given Spirit Rings and rank sixty-five, drawing the attention of rival academies before Shrek was matched against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Tang San's Blue Silver Cage to trap and defeat the Ghost Tiger, then absorbed its six-thousand-year Spirit Ring and gained Nether Shadow Clone.
• Tang San organized Shrek's new Spirit Skills into a team strategy, and Yuan Yu was told to break enemy formations when he entered the field.
• Yuan Yu revealed his six God-given Spirit Rings at tournament registration, silencing skeptical teams and earning confirmation of his rank sixty-five Soul Power.
• Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Bing'er noticed Yuan Yu's elemental abilities, while the examiner approved Shrek Academy's registration.
• Shrek drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team for its first preliminary match, and Yuan Yu and Tang San agreed to time their opponents' promised one-minute defeat.