Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key plot points and events

• After enduring imprisonment, Xiao Wu discovers that her new cellmate is Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu explains that she was caught soon after arriving in Suotuo City, when local authorities grew suspicious of her connection to the Star Luo Empire. With Zhu’s arrest, six of the original Shrek Seven Devils are now in prison.
• On Shrek Academy’s enrollment day, Flender admits the exceptionally talented Hei Ranbai without an entrance test. Hei nevertheless accompanies him as they seek help from local families to free the imprisoned students.
• At the academy gate, Li Yusong rejects an over-age applicant despite the boy’s impressive abilities, keeping his registration fee. His display of six Soul Rings leaves Ning Rongrong convinced that Shrek must be a school of hidden masters.
• Ning Rongrong is admitted directly. Her Soul Power is level 29, boosted by a Ten-Thousand-Year Skull Bone, and Dai Mubai—the opponent for the fourth test—is in prison. She finds the campus empty and becomes uneasy, wishing Li Bai were with her.
• Bai Ranmo and Tianyue arrive. After paying the fee, they mock Shrek’s rundown setting and lack of proper facilities, calling it “Shidakē.” Tianyue’s age and their taunts provoke Li Yusong, then Zhao Wuji, who confronts them. Tianyue openly welcomes a fight, confident in their strength and possible protection by a Titled Douluo.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Zhuqing is caught despite having escaped Zhu Zhuyun, illustrating how precarious her situation remains.
• Ning Rongrong arrives more powerful than in the original story and is admitted easily, but the deserted academy quickly makes her doubt her decision. Her longing for Li Bai shows her vulnerability beneath her confidence.
• Hei Ranbai uses his exceptional talent to gain admission, yet presents himself as concerned for the imprisoned Shrek students and helps Flender seek their release.
• Bai Ranmo and Tianyue deliberately antagonize Shrek’s staff. Tianyue’s contempt seems especially personal, tied to her anger at Shrek’s use of Spirit Hall’s name.
• Li Yusong and Zhao Wuji respond defensively to the pair’s insults, turning enrollment day into a likely confrontation.

Significant themes

• A school’s claims versus its reality: Shrek presents itself as an academy for “monsters,” but its shabby facilities and empty campus make Ning Rongrong question whether it is legitimate.
• Power, status, and arbitrary authority: Applicants are judged by strict age and Soul Power rules, while staff wield their strength—and control over fees—with little accountability.
• Reputation and rivalry: The Shrek–Spirit Hall dispute surfaces through Bai Ranmo and Tianyue’s provocation, while the prison crisis undermines Shrek’s ability to operate normally.

Key plot points and events

• At Shrek Academy’s entrance, Tianyue confronts Zhao Wuji over his past killings and threatens to take him to Spirit Hall. Zhao Wuji responds by unleashing his Great Strength Vajra Bear martial soul.
• Tianyue reveals she has reached Soul King rank at eighteen. Her golden-crocodile techniques briefly match Zhao Wuji’s attacks and blast him backward, but Bai Ranmo stops her from facing him directly.
• Bai traps Tianyue and teacher Li Yusong together with Spatial Lock. Tianyue turns on Li, while Zhao Wuji shifts his attention to Bai.
• Bai’s rapid movements and powerful attacks send Zhao Wuji crashing through Shrek’s dormitories. Zhao Wuji rises and uses his tracking skill and Great Strength Vajra Roar, but neither can seriously harm Bai.
• Teachers Lu Qibin and Shao Xin arrive to help. Zhao Wuji insists on fighting Bai himself and activates his Martial Soul Avatar.
• As Tianyue knocks Li down, Bai removes his sunglasses and begins his Domain Expansion, Unlimited Void, setting up the chapter’s cliffhanger.

Character developments

• Tianyue demonstrates remarkable growth: she is now level 59, with five soul rings and a ten-thousand-year soul bone. Her confidence and aggression make her eager to take on Zhao Wuji, even when Bai warns her she cannot win.
• Bai Ranmo shows calm control and overwhelming strength. His cultivation has risen to level 56, and he protects Tianyue while effortlessly resisting Zhao Wuji’s attacks.
• Zhao Wuji is revealed as a violent, notorious figure with a history of killing civilians and Soul Masters. His anger and pride drive him to escalate the fight despite the damage to the academy.
• Li Yusong is caught between the combatants and quickly overwhelmed by Tianyue.

Significant themes

• Power and accountability: Tianyue invokes Spirit Hall’s authority to confront Zhao Wuji for his past crimes, while the story notes how powerful Soul Masters can evade consequences.
• Ambition and limits: Tianyue’s rapid advancement fuels her confidence, but Bai intervenes because she is not yet strong enough to defeat Zhao Wuji.
• Escalation and collateral damage: The duel quickly destroys Shrek’s entrance and dormitories, showing how battles among powerful Soul Masters endanger those around them.

Character interactions

• Tianyue challenges Zhao Wuji; he reacts with fury and fights her directly.
• Bai protects Tianyue by pulling her away from Zhao Wuji, then redirects her toward Li Yusong.
• Bai and Zhao Wuji trade attacks, with Bai taunting him and repeatedly evading or shrugging off his techniques.
• Lu Qibin and Shao Xin join the scene to assist, but Zhao Wuji refuses their help and chooses to continue alone.

Key plot points and events

• After using Unlimited Void, Bai Ranmo leaves Zhao Wuji alive but severely injured. Lu Qibin prepares to fight, but a Spirit Hall Soul Saint arrives with deacons.
• Bai Ranmo orders the Shrek staff arrested, accusing the academy of misusing Spirit Hall’s name and exploiting young talents. Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Lu Qibin are sent to Suotuo City’s Prison; Shao Xin avoids prison but must supply Spirit Hall with Sugar Beans.
• Ning Rongrong is shaken when Bai Ranmo suggests Li Bai might find another woman while she is away. His teasing makes her reconsider returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• In prison, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar learn that their teachers have also been arrested. They are then confronted by Scarface, who is delighted by his new “students” and sees his prison teaching role as a major achievement.
• Flender returns to find Shrek Academy in ruins and learns what happened. Hei Ranbai reassures him that his father, the Tyrant, will arrive within a week. Flender takes heart, and the students are told to find a hotel in the city at their own expense.

Character developments

• Bai Ranmo remains calculating and playful, using both force and emotional manipulation to unsettle others and collect Emotion Points.
• Ning Rongrong begins reconsidering her departure from Shrek after Bai Ranmo sparks jealousy and insecurity, though Hei Ranbai’s presence also renews her interest in the academy.
• Flender is devastated by the arrests and damage but regains hope when he hears the Tyrant may come to their aid.
• Scarface is thrilled by his prison-teacher position and boasts that he has taught—or influenced—two gods.
• The Shrek students and teachers are left powerless, injured, imprisoned, or dependent on outside help.

Significant themes

• Power and institutional abuse: Spirit Hall’s authority is used to punish Shrek, while the academy is accused of exploiting its name and its students.
• Manipulation and emotion: Bai Ranmo turns insecurity—especially Ning Rongrong’s fear of betrayal—into a source of emotional leverage.
• Comic reversal: Scarface treats prison as a dream teaching post, while Shrek’s staff face grim consequences.
• Hope amid collapse: Despite Shrek’s ruin and the arrests, Flender clings to the possibility of rescue through the Tyrant.

Character interactions

• Bai Ranmo injures Zhao Wuji, taunts Ning Rongrong, and directs the Spirit Hall force to arrest Shrek’s staff.
• Lu Qibin tries to resist Bai Ranmo but is taken into custody; later, he reassures the imprisoned students that Flender will free them.
• Scarface’s arrival terrifies Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while he assesses the prisoners as his new pupils.
• Hei Ranbai supports Flender after the arrests, and his promise of the Tyrant’s arrival restores the headmaster’s hope.

Plot points and events

• Toji arrives in Suotuo City, disguises himself as Shanks, and secures the Shrek group’s release from Spirit Hall’s prison. Shao Xin is the exception: he remains behind as a farmhand.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing leave prison together, battered but defiant. The rest of the group are emotionally and physically depleted, especially Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun.
• The group reunites with Flender. Tang San thanks Hei Ranbai for helping free him, while Xiao Wu and Tang San recognize each other despite her injuries.
• Xiao Wu explains that ten fellow prisoners beat her and Zhu Zhuqing. Tang San is furious and promises to plan their revenge, though he restrains himself while Spirit Hall’s people are nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing says she wants to join Shrek Academy to grow stronger. Dai Mubai approaches her, but she rejects him.
• When Dai Mubai blames Tang San for his imprisonment, Hei Ranbai points out that Dai Mubai had harassed Xiao Wu first. Flender then redirects the group’s anger toward Bai Ranmo, Spirit Hall’s Saint Son, whom they blame for the academy’s destruction and the string of disasters affecting them.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San is relieved to be free and shows unconditional care for Xiao Wu, despite her injuries. His anger toward Spirit Hall grows, but he remains cautious.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing endure severe beatings without surrendering their resolve. Zhu Zhuqing’s decision to join Shrek signals her determination to become stronger.
• Dai Mubai is frail and shaken after prison. He tries to blame Tang San, but his earlier mistreatment of Xiao Wu is exposed, and Zhu Zhuqing’s disgust makes their relationship seem further damaged.
• Flender is shocked by the group’s condition and upset about the academy. He tries to contain the arguments, then joins the others in blaming Bai Ranmo.
• Hei Ranbai presents himself as Tang San’s loyal brother and defends him against Dai Mubai, while Toji privately recognizes the performance.
• Toji acts decisively to arrange the release, then leaves for the casino, drawing Hei Ranbai’s scorn.

Significant themes

• Resilience and dignity: Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing remain defiant despite abuse.
• Loyalty and care: Tang San’s response to Xiao Wu contrasts with Dai Mubai’s self-serving blame-shifting.
• Scapegoating and blame: The group turns its frustrations toward Bai Ranmo, while Dai Mubai redirects responsibility away from himself.
• Humiliation and hardship: The prison experience leaves the group profoundly changed, particularly Zhao Wuji and Ma Hongjun.

Plot and events

• Tang San returns to the badly damaged Shrek Academy with Flender and the others, still consumed by hatred toward Bai Ranmo, Spirit Hall, and Dai Mubai for what happened to Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong arrives from Suotuo City, is shocked by the battered state of the students, and immediately doubts whether she wants to remain at the academy. Flender persuades her to stay.
• Tang San recovers his Storage Soul Tool and arranges to share a dormitory with Hei Ranbai. He secretly teaches Hei Ranbai the Mysterious Heaven Skill; the technique is then passed on to all of Hei Ranbai’s Clones.
• Tang San and Hei Ranbai plan to obtain materials for powerful Tang Sect hidden weapons, hoping to use them against Mahoraga, who can adapt to attacks.
• At the training ground, Flender introduces Yu Xiaogang—“the Master of Theory”—as an old friend. Xiaogang proposes that the students build teamwork by running with stones on their backs.
• Ning Rongrong openly ridicules the exercise as ineffective, while Tang San privately agrees with her.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong is appalled by Shrek’s appearance and wary of its students, but her skepticism shifts toward Yu Xiaogang when she recognizes his reputation and sees his training method.
• Tang San remains vengeful and regretful: he believes following Xiaogang’s teaching held back his growth. Despite his exhaustion, he shares his cultivation method with Hei Ranbai and helps plan their attack on Mahoraga.
• Hei Ranbai accepts the Mysterious Heaven Skill and eagerly contributes his savings toward acquiring the materials needed for hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang presents himself as an expert, but his training plan is immediately challenged by Ning Rongrong and silently questioned by Hei Ranbai and Tang San.
• Ma Hongjun recognizes Ning Rongrong as the person who arranged for him to be beaten and watches her with resentment.
• Shrek’s students are divided into hostile groups: Dai Mubai’s seniors oppose Tang San’s newcomers, while Rongrong remains an amused observer.

Significant themes

• Distrust and factional conflict: The students arrive with grudges and competing loyalties, undermining Xiaogang’s stated goal of teamwork.
• Questioning authority: Rongrong and Tang San challenge the assumption that a famous teacher’s methods are sound.
• Shared knowledge and power: Tang San’s technique spreads through Hei Ranbai’s Clones, while the pair combine resources and expertise to prepare for a dangerous opponent.
• Revenge and escalation: Tang San’s desire for vengeance and the plans to defeat Mahoraga show how past injuries are driving increasingly extreme choices.

Plot and key events

• Ning Rongrong questions Gangzi’s teaching, provoking his anger. An unseen shadowy woman, Bai Cangyue, slaps Gangzi and Flender.
• Bai Cangyue berates Toji for choosing Shrek Academy for Megumi, condemning its poor facilities and staff—including Gangzi, whom she blames for Tang San’s damaged martial soul. After a long argument, she destroys the academy and threatens its staff before leaving.
• Toji takes charge of the school and announces a test: students must last three minutes against him using taijutsu, or make him use more soul power.
• Toji displays his nine soul rings, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo. He tests the students one by one:
  • Hei Ranbai fights with his domain and several weapons, lasting three minutes but ending badly injured.
  • Dai Mubai is knocked unconscious by one punch.
  • Tang San and Oscar are told to attack together. When Oscar is swiftly sent flying, Tang San surrenders before Toji can slap him.
• Toji then turns his attention to Ma Hongjun.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Cangyue is fiercely protective of Megumi and scathing about Shrek’s standards. Her argument with Toji escalates into the academy’s destruction.
• Toji is impatient and physically domineering, but accepts responsibility for teaching Megumi. He uses a harsh combat test to establish his authority.
• Hei Ranbai shows considerable skill and resilience, but is overwhelmed by his father’s superior physical strength. He also warns Tang San that Toji does not hold back.
• Flender and Gangzi are humiliated by Bai Cangyue’s attacks and Toji’s treatment, leaving them unable to challenge his takeover.
• Ma Hongjun mistakenly interprets Flender’s silence as evidence of admirable dedication, despite Flender having been beaten.
• Dai Mubai remains weakened by his recent prison ordeal and is unable to respond to Toji’s attack. Tang San, wary after seeing Oscar struck down, chooses surrender over fighting.

Significant themes

• Harsh training and strength: Toji’s brutal test frames combat endurance as the measure of whether Shrek’s students are ready to learn.
• Parental responsibility and protection: Bai Cangyue challenges Toji’s choices as a father, while Toji ultimately takes over the academy’s teaching.
• Institutional failure and authority: Shrek is portrayed as poorly equipped and staffed, and its leadership quickly loses control to more powerful outsiders.
• Comic irony: The students mistake Flender’s battered silence for heroic sacrifice, while the supposed training session begins with the academy being demolished and students being knocked out.

Plot points and events

• Toji’s day of “teaching” leaves the Shrek Seven Devils badly bruised. Flender suspects Toji mainly came to hit people; Tang San and Xiao Wu fare somewhat better, while Ning Rongrong escapes nearly unscathed.
• Li Bai arrives at Shrek Academy, and Rongrong eagerly embraces him. Oscar is crushed by the sight and compares himself unfavorably with Li Bai. Li Bai, now at level 48, agrees to join the group’s trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bai Ranmo and Tianyue leave for Spirit Hall to cultivate, though their departure ends with Bai Ranmo beating Tianyue after Tianyue provokes him.
• The next morning, Toji leads the Shrek group to the forest. They feel confident with a powerful fighter accompanying them.
• At an inn, Ma Hongjun leers at Huo Wu and insults the Blazing Fire Academy group. Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wushuang take offense, and the exchange escalates toward a fight. Feng Xiaotian reveals he is a level-60 Quasi-Soul Emperor; Huo Wu is level 40.
• Toji refuses to intervene, saying Shrek caused the trouble and must handle it themselves. Feng Wanli, a Titled Douluo accompanying Blazing Fire, urges Feng Xiaotian to fight.
• Ma Hongjun tries to use Tang San, Li Bai, and Hei Ranbai’s reputations to intimidate the other side, but all three distance themselves from him. Rongrong also declines to get involved, choosing instead to invite Li Bai to watch fireworks. The chapter ends before the confrontation is resolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Rongrong’s relief at seeing Li Bai highlights her discomfort with Oscar’s advances; her affection for Li Bai is clear.
• Oscar’s jealousy and insecurity deepen when Rongrong embraces Li Bai.
• Tang San’s willingness to leave Ma Hongjun unsupported reflects their estrangement after Ma Hongjun sided with Dai Mubai.
• Ma Hongjun’s arrogance and lecherous behavior trigger the conflict, while his allies prove unwilling to back him once the stakes become serious.
• Toji continues to act less like a conventional teacher or protector and more like someone who enjoys physical confrontation.

Significant themes

• Consequences and accountability: Toji insists Shrek face the trouble its members create.
• Pride and provocation: Insults between the academies rapidly turn into a test of strength and reputation.
• Loyalty and fractured relationships: Shrek’s members do not automatically support one another, especially where Ma Hongjun is concerned.
• Affection and rivalry: Rongrong’s reunion with Li Bai intensifies Oscar’s romantic frustration.

Plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong dislikes Shrek, especially after recognizing Ma Hongjun and recalling earlier conflicts. She and Li Bai leave rather than help when Feng Xiaotian confronts Shrek’s older students.
• With Shrek’s senior students isolated—while Flender is drinking, Toji refuses to intervene, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hei Ranbai stay out of it—Feng Xiaotian challenges Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The four try to avoid the fight by staying inside the inn. Feng Wanli blows them outside without disturbing anyone else, and Feng Xiaotian attacks.
• Feng Xiaotian quickly incapacitates Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing use their Hell White Tiger fusion, but Feng Xiaotian’s fourth soul skill overwhelms it. Flender cannot intervene because Feng Wanli’s soul pressure pins him down.
• Huo Wu tells the defeated Shrek students to leave. Tang San feels no regret at withholding help, recalling Dai Mubai’s role in getting him and Xiao Wu imprisoned.
• A disturbing thought appears to Tang San: he should absorb a Man-Faced Demon Spider for his third soul ring. He also senses—or imagines—a pair of red eyes watching him.
• Outside, Zhu Zhuqing throws Dai Mubai out of her room. The passage ends with Dai Mubai angrily wondering why she rejected him.

Character developments and interactions

• Feng Xiaotian proves far more capable than the Shrek students expect, defeating all four in seconds and publicly humiliating Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai masks his fear with bravado, then tries to get Zhu Zhuqing’s help in battle. His assumptions about her as a subordinate “accessory” to the Dai family expose his possessiveness and entitlement.
• Zhu Zhuqing shows growing independence: she fights alongside Dai Mubai but afterward rejects him and throws him out. Her disappointment in his lack of courage is already apparent.
• Ning Rongrong openly distances herself from Shrek and chooses Li Bai’s company over helping the group.
• Tang San remains detached from Shrek’s older students, justified by past mistreatment, but the red-eyed presence and sudden soul-ring thought introduce an ominous mystery.
• Flender is unable to protect his students, while Feng Wanli’s intervention ensures the fight happens outside. Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian act in concert against Shrek.

Significant themes

• Consequences and fractured loyalty: Shrek’s students receive no help from former allies, partly because of their own past actions.
• Courage and reputation: Dai Mubai invokes Shrek’s fame but tries to avoid a fair fight, undermining the academy’s boast.
• Gender, control, and independence: Dai Mubai’s patriarchal expectations clash with Zhu Zhuqing’s rejection of his authority.
• Power and humiliation: Feng Xiaotian’s decisive victory exposes the gap between Shrek’s confidence and actual strength.
• Ominous supernatural foreshadowing: Tang San’s sensed watcher and unexpected soul-ring impulse suggest a threat or influence not yet explained.

Plot points and events

• Zhu Zhuqing rejects Dai Mubai, not because she has stopped caring for him, but because she needs him to show that he will face their dangerous family rivals with her. She recognizes that her older sister, Zhu Zhuyun, may have deliberately allowed her to escape.
• Dai Mubai is thrown out of Zhu Zhuqing’s room. Ning Rongrong mocks him for abandoning Zhu Zhuqing and living irresponsibly in Suotuo City. When he threatens to rape and kill her, Li Bai attacks, wounds him, and nearly cripples him. Zhu Zhuqing intervenes, and Li Bai stops short of permanently mutilating Dai Mubai, but leaves him injured and scarred.
• Flender worries that the confrontation will drive Ning Rongrong away from Shrek. Gangzi claims he can reunite the team through physical training—running with rocks and competing in Soul Fights—and Flender trusts him without hearing the plan.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Toji’s presence ensures Shrek gets the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar’s third Soul Ring. Snake Granny yields, and Meng Yiran can only conceal her resentment.
• Gangzi asks Tang San to choose his next Soul Ring. Tang San proposes a poison-attribute Man Faced Demon Spider. Despite warnings that another poison Ring could harm the development of his Blue Silver Grass, Tang San refuses to reconsider. His confidence is being shaped by a Sharingan illusion.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhu Zhuqing’s feelings for Dai Mubai are conflicted: she still hopes he will stand with her, but sees his passivity as a reason to seek another future.
• Ning Rongrong openly sides with Zhu Zhuqing and shows little fear of provoking Dai Mubai. Li Bai’s fierce defense of her escalates the dispute into violence, while Zhu Zhuqing’s plea prevents the worst outcome.
• Flender remains unquestioningly devoted to Gangzi, whose proposed “team-building” solution is simplistic but presented as certain.
• Gangzi interprets Tang San’s choice as proof that his teaching is right; Toji and others recognize the risks, but Tang San dismisses their advice.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and responsibility: Zhu Zhuqing expects Dai Mubai to share the danger rather than abandon her.
• Power and intimidation: Li Bai’s intervention, and Toji’s authority over Snake Granny, show how strength determines whose claims are respected.
• Bad leadership and misplaced trust: Flender’s faith in Gangzi contrasts with the questionable value of Gangzi’s plan.
• Manipulation and self-deception: Tang San’s certainty comes partly from illusion, while Gangzi interprets it to confirm his own beliefs.

Plot points and events

• Shrek and Feng Xiaotian’s group encounter one another in the Star Dou Great Forest, but a sudden appearance of the Titan Giant Ape interrupts their tense reunion.
• Feng Xiaotian tries to protect Huo Wu, only for his teacher, Feng Wanli, to remind him that the group has a Titled Douluo. Toji also insists on fighting the ape.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacks Toji and activates its Gravity Domain. It suppresses most of those present, but Toji and Li Bai—who protects Ning Rongrong with his external soul bone—are unaffected.
• Toji overwhelms the ape, first cutting it with the Soul-Eater Blade and then smashing it away with Playful Cloud. Xiao Wu is distressed, while Tang San mistakes her fear for concern about being harmed and grows more hostile toward the ape.
• Jogo and Hanami watch from nearby. Jogo identifies the Titan Giant Ape as the intended target for Hanami’s eighth soul ring. Hanami accepts the plan, believing a hundred-thousand-year ring is within her capabilities, though she worries about Tang San’s safety.
• Jogo attacks the ape with magma, and Hanami’s golden-edged Blue Silver Emperor vines bind it. Tang Hao sees the vines and realizes Ah Yin may be present.

Character developments and interactions

• Toji displays overwhelming confidence and physical strength, treating the Titan Giant Ape as a challenge and prospective source of a soul bone. His power leaves both groups stunned.
• Feng Xiaotian initially makes a dramatic attempt to protect Huo Wu, then remembers Feng Wanli can handle the danger. Feng Wanli responds with exasperation but allows Toji to fight.
• Xiao Wu desperately tries to signal the ape to flee, revealing her distress and connection to it. Tang San misunderstands her reaction and adds another reason to kill the ape.
• Li Bai and Ning Rongrong share an affectionate moment when he shields her from the Gravity Domain.
• Hanami, though wary that Tang San might be hurt, has emotionally centered her life on her son and no longer appears attached to Tang Hao. She accepts killing another soul beast as part of their natural order.
• Tang Hao is shaken by the sight of the Blue Silver Emperor and begins to suspect that Ah Yin is there.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Toji’s strength reverses expectations, making even a legendary forest beast seem helpless.
• Misunderstanding and emotional blindness: Tang San misreads Xiao Wu’s concern, while Tang Hao’s recognition of Ah Yin’s martial soul reopens his personal past.
• Rival claims over the same life: The Titan Giant Ape is simultaneously a loved companion to Xiao Wu, an enemy to Tang San, a target for Toji, and a prospective soul-ring source for Hanami.

Plot points and events

• Jogo traps the Titan Giant Ape in his Coffin of the Iron Mountain domain and overwhelms him with Maximum: Meteor.
• Hanami binds the badly wounded beast with blue silver grass, then kills him with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, drawing vitality from the surrounding forest.
• A hundred-thousand-year soul ring appears, along with a valuable torso bone. Jogo claims the bone for their main body and urges Hanami to absorb the ring.
• Xiao Wu is devastated by Er Ming’s death and vows to take revenge on Hanami and Jogo, as well as on Spirit Hall.
• Tang San senses an unusual, blood-linked resonance between his martial soul and Hanami’s, and wonders if she could be his mother.
• Tang Hao recognizes Hanami as Ah Yin, his supposedly lost wife. He wants to reunite with her but holds back while she absorbs the ring. Fearing that the Sky Azure Bull Python might interrupt her, he rushes to intercept him.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python realizes Er Ming is dead and charges toward the forest’s outskirts to avenge him.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Hao is torn between joy at seeing Ah Yin again and guilt over his relationship with Yuehua. He resolves to make amends, but prioritizes protecting Ah Yin during her dangerous absorption.
• Tang San is shaken by his powerful, unfamiliar connection to Hanami; unlike Xiao Wu, he does not immediately comfort her.
• Xiao Wu shifts from grief to vengeance after losing Er Ming, whom she deeply loved as family.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python goes from relaxed confidence in Er Ming’s strength to fury and grief, abandoning his post to pursue the killers.
• Jogo and Hanami work together efficiently: Jogo weakens Er Ming, and Hanami delivers the killing blow and begins absorbing his soul ring.

Significant themes

• Grief and revenge: Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python respond to Er Ming’s death with sorrow and a desire for retribution.
• Family bonds and recognition: Tang San’s resonance with Hanami and Tang Hao’s recognition of Ah Yin suggest a deep familial connection.
• Guilt and reconciliation: Tang Hao’s fear of disappointing Ah Yin complicates his happiness at finding her.
• Power and sacrifice: Er Ming’s devotion to Xiao Wu contrasts with the brutal struggle for strength and the rewards of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Key events

• Tang Hao blocks the Sky Azure Bull Python from reaching the Lake of Life while Ah Yin absorbs a Soul Ring. They clash domains and attacks, but neither gains a decisive advantage.
• Tang Hao reveals that the Titan Giant Ape is dead. Grieving, the Sky Azure Bull Python abandons the fight and rushes back to the Lake of Life, leaving Tang Hao free to hurry to Ah Yin.
• At the Titan Giant Ape’s corpse, Toji, Jogo, and Feng Wanli dispute who should claim its Hundred Thousand Year Torso Bone. Feng attacks Jogo, and Toji joins him in a temporary alliance against Jogo.
• Mahito appears beside their younger companions and threatens them. He manipulates Gangzi into losing control, then uses hostages—Tang San and Hei Ranbai, as well as Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu—to stop the adults from moving.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Hao shows fierce resolve and guilt over Ah Yin, but recognizes that his missing arm limits his strength. He is relieved when the Sky Azure Bull Python withdraws.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python is driven by grief for his “little brother,” the Titan Giant Ape, but also remembers his duty to guard the Lake of Life.
• Gangzi covets the Soul Bone for his disciple Tang San rather than himself, despite the danger. His bravado collapses when Mahito frightens him.
• Feng Wanli and Toji move from competing over the Soul Bone to cooperating against Jogo, while the standoff among the adults is abruptly broken by Mahito’s hostage-taking.

Significant themes

• Duty versus grief: The Sky Azure Bull Python must choose between guarding the Lake and responding to his brother’s death.
• Power and possession: The Soul Bone sparks a dangerous contest in which strength and opportunism matter more than fairness.
• Vulnerability beneath bravado: Gangzi’s confidence and schemes are undercut by his panicked reaction, while Mahito exploits the group’s concern for their companions.

Plot points and events

• After a tense standoff, Hanami finishes absorbing the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. She and Jogo prepare to leave; Hanami looks back at Tang San with concern but says nothing.
• Mahito mocks Gangzi by using Idle Transfiguration on him. Once the danger has passed, the group discovers Gangzi’s face has been grotesquely altered. He sees his reflection and screams in horror.
• Tang Hao returns from his battle with the Sky Azure Bull Python and, sensing Ah Yin’s presence, rushes after her. Jogo suggests killing him, but Hanami refuses: she wants Tang Hao’s punishment to come from her and Tang San.
• Tang Hao catches up and recognizes Hanami as Ah Yin despite her veil. Hanami rejects him, declares that Ah Yin is dead and that she is now Hanami, then accuses him of causing her death, coveting her Soul Ring, neglecting Tang San, and becoming involved with Tang Yuehua.
• Hanami threatens to kill Tang Hao if they meet again and leaves him bound by Blue Silver Grass. Unable to hurt the vines because they belong to Ah Yin’s martial soul, Tang Hao lets her go.
• In his grief, Tang Hao blames Tang Yuehua for Ah Yin’s rejection and resolves to kill her with his Clear Sky Hammer.

Character developments and interactions

• Hanami/Ah Yin is no longer the loving, forgiving figure Tang Hao expects. She is bitter, resolute, and intent on seeking justice alongside Tang San.
• Tang Hao shifts from elation at seeing Ah Yin alive to shock, guilt, heartbreak, and finally rage. Though he denies deliberately causing her death, he knows he neglected Tang San and was involved with Yuehua.
• Jogo proposes killing Tang Hao, but accepts Hanami’s decision to leave his fate to her and Tang San.
• Gangzi becomes the target of Mahito’s cruel prank and is left humiliated by his transformed appearance. The others react with disgust and alarm.

Significant themes

• Betrayal and accountability: Hanami confronts Tang Hao with the harm she believes he caused, refusing to let old affection erase it.
• Grief and distorted blame: Rather than face his own choices, Tang Hao redirects his anguish toward Tang Yuehua.
• Identity and change: Hanami insists that she is no longer simply the Ah Yin Tang Hao remembers, while the prank on Gangzi makes physical transformation a grotesque source of humiliation.

Plot and events

• The Shrek group leaves Feng Xiaotian’s party, knowing the Titan Giant Ape’s corpse will attract powerful Soul Beasts.
• Grief-stricken Xiao Wu asks Tang San to help her kill the person who absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring. Tang San hesitates: he remembers Hanami and cannot bring himself to agree.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider attacks, but Toji kills it with a single slap and offers it to Tang San as a Soul Ring candidate.
• Gangzi warns Tang San that the spider is too old for a Third Soul Ring, citing his 1,760-year limit. Tang San privately dismisses the theory and believes he can handle the roughly two-thousand-year Ring.
• Ning Rongrong challenges Gangzi’s claim, pointing out that Li Bai has exceeded the supposed limits. She then insults Gangzi’s scholarship and reputation. Flender demands an apology; Rongrong refuses and says she will leave Shrek Academy.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Wu is consumed by grief and anger over Er Ming’s death, seeking Tang San’s promise of revenge.
• Tang San is pulled between loyalty to Xiao Wu and his lingering sympathy for Hanami. He also distrusts Gangzi’s judgment.
• Gangzi reacts angrily to having his theories and authority challenged.
• Ning Rongrong openly rejects Gangzi’s influence and refuses to submit to Shrek’s expectations. She uses Li Bai’s Soul Ring history to undermine Gangzi’s authority.
• Li Bai tries to calm the conflict, gently scolds Rongrong, and threatens to halve her allowance.
• Flender sides with Gangzi and insists Rongrong apologize; Oscar stays quiet under his glare.
• Toji casually protects the group by killing the spider and gives Tang San the opportunity to take its Soul Ring.

Significant themes

• Grief, revenge, and conflicted loyalty: Xiao Wu wants vengeance, while Tang San’s feelings complicate his response.
• Authority versus evidence: Gangzi’s rigid theories are challenged by the group’s real-world experience.
• Belonging and control: Rongrong resists Shrek’s pressure to conform, even at the cost of leaving.
• Mockery and reputation: The confrontation uses blunt humor to expose the gap between Gangzi’s claimed expertise and others’ view of his competence.

Plot points

• Ning Rongrong rejects Oscar and leaves with Li Bai, while the Shrek group stays behind. Hei Ranbai urges Tang San to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.
• Tang San successfully absorbs it, but the process awakens an External Soul Bone: the Eight Spider Lances. He cannot control them and nearly attacks Hei Ranbai.
• A mysterious black-robed figure—Orochimaru—slaps Tang San away, then summons the giant snake Manda to fight Toji. Orochimaru also blasts Flender away when he tries to rescue Tang San.
• As Xiao Wu fears losing Tang San, Hei Ranbai summons Mahoraga. He protects himself by turning into light with a technique called Divine Light, which makes Mahoraga lose track of him but leaves the others in danger.
• Dai Mubai tells the group to flee. Oscar briefly mistakes Gangzi’s rigid stillness for courage, but Mahito has paralyzed him through Idle Transfiguration. Gangzi wets himself, then summons Luo Sanpao in desperation.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong’s blunt rejection devastates Oscar and reinforces her preference for Li Bai.
• Tang San gains the powerful Eight Spider Lances, but their uncontrolled emergence leaves him vulnerable.
• Gangzi is further humiliated: his apparent bravery is actually fear-induced paralysis, though he still tries to respond by summoning his Soul Beast.
• Dai Mubai shows loyalty by warning his companions to escape. Xiao Wu’s attachment to Tang San is evident in her desperate fear for him.
• Hei Ranbai reveals a defensive technique that lets him evade Mahoraga, while Toji and Manda clash and Orochimaru openly attacks the Shrek group.

Significant themes

• Power and risk: Tang San’s new ability offers great potential but is dangerous before he can control it.
• Appearances versus reality: Gangzi seems fearless to Oscar, but is actually terrified and immobilized.
• Loyalty and attachment: Dai Mubai protects his friends, and Xiao Wu’s panic reflects her deep bond with Tang San.
• Humiliation and rejection: Oscar’s heartbreak and Gangzi’s repeated disgrace contrast with the spectacle of escalating supernatural power.

Plot points and events

• Gangzi confronts Mahoraga using Luo Sanpao’s Thunderous Fart technique. Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai join in with fire and a White Tiger attack, accidentally turning the gas into a massive explosion.
• The blast does not defeat Mahoraga, but enrages him. Flender rescues Gangzi, while Mahoraga nearly kills Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then knocks them far away. Zhu Zhuqing is also kicked aside.
• While Orochimaru keeps Mahoraga occupied, he forcibly removes Tang San’s Eight Spider Soul Bone. Tang San repeatedly wakes and blacks out from the pain before Orochimaru escapes with it.
• Toji overwhelms Orochimaru’s summoned snake Manda and pursues him, but both Toji and Orochimaru disappear.
• The Shrek group awkwardly accepts Hei Ranbai’s apology, though they quietly blame him for the chaos. Tang San receives healing herbs and Oscar’s recovery sausage.

Character developments and interactions

• Gangzi’s bizarre attack proves unexpectedly dangerous, but the coordinated assault becomes disastrous. Flender protects him despite the danger.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun risk themselves to support Gangzi; Mahoraga’s retaliation leaves them badly hurt. Dai Mubai also tries to impress Zhu Zhuqing, who is briefly moved by his loyalty.
• Hei Ranbai admits he did not expect his actions to harm his teammates. The Shrek crew defer to him because of his powerful family, while privately holding a grudge.
• Tang San’s concern centers on Hei Ranbai and Xiao Wu. His thoughts reveal that he does not truly care for most of the Shrek group, including Gangzi, and is only maintaining a teacher-student relationship with him for appearances.
• Orochimaru shows little hesitation in taking the soul bone, while Toji’s fight with Manda enables the escape.

Significant themes and tone

• The chapter mixes slapstick comedy—especially the fart-and-fire explosion—with sudden, brutal violence.
• Loyalty and self-preservation sit uneasily alongside one another: some characters risk themselves for allies, while Tang San’s concern is selective.
• The chaotic battle highlights unintended consequences, hidden resentment, and the gap between outward politeness and private distrust.

Plot points and events

• Tang San is enraged after losing his Eight Spider Soul Bone. Tang Hao, unaware of the theft, remains isolated and despondent over Ah Yin’s hatred.
• Ning Rongrong and Li Bai leave the Star Dou Forest. Rejecting the idea of returning to Heaven Dou City, they decide to travel directly to Liyue Harbor, where their elders are due to discuss business.
• At an inn, Ning Rongrong stays in Li Bai’s room under the pretext of cultivating and checking his injuries. Their closeness turns flirtatious, though neither has openly confessed their feelings.
• In Spirit City, Bai Ranmo shows Tianyue the Eight Spider Soul Bone, falsely crediting Itadori for giving it to him. Tianyue remarks that it would suit Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong secretly devours a Soul Douluo and reaches level 98, bringing her closer to advancing her Rakshasa God trial. She then prepares to travel to Liyue for negotiations with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong is increasingly affectionate and bold with Li Bai, seeking physical closeness and showing concern for his safety. Li Bai accepts her advances without embarrassment.
• Bai Ranmo boasts about possessing the stolen Soul Bone and teases Tianyue; she criticizes his vanity but suggests the bone would better suit Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong grows stronger while remaining consumed by revenge and devoted to Xiaogang and Nana. She resents Qian Daoliu for limiting her escort to two Soul Douluo, interpreting it as an insult and further evidence of Spirit Hall’s internal power struggle.
• Tang San and Tang Hao are both suffering setbacks, though Tang Hao does not yet know what has happened to his son.

Significant themes

• Power, theft, and ambition: The stolen Soul Bone becomes a source of pride for Bai Ranmo and a major loss for Tang San, while Bibi Dong pursues greater power through brutal means.
• Affection and intimacy: Ning Rongrong and Li Bai’s relationship advances through gestures rather than an explicit confession.
• Revenge and political distrust: Bibi Dong’s desire for vengeance shapes her plans, while her hostility toward Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall reflects the factional conflict within the organization.
• Approaching upheaval: Several characters are headed toward Liyue, where the narration hints that a major event—and likely emotional turmoil—is coming.

Plot and events

• Liyue Harbor has grown into a powerful commercial city, drawing supplies and trade away from Vast Sea City and Spirit Hall. Its security rests on the Liyue Qixing: Ningguang manages commerce, Keqing is its formidable sword-wielding protector, and Ganyu is an exceptionally powerful Douluo. The mysterious Rex Lapis is rumored to be a Limit Douluo.
• Ningguang welcomes Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leader Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong. Keqing and Chen Xin silently agree to test their swordsmanship against each other.
• Ningguang leads the visitors to the Jade Chamber, a floating structure built around a special soul tool, and takes them there using flying devices resembling wind gliders.
• At the business meeting, Ningguang negotiates aggressively with Ning Fengzhi. She offers him the rare Aromatic Silk Beauty in exchange for most of the sect’s share, payment, and commercial property in Heaven Dou City. She also demands the Heaven Dou Empire’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Ning Fengzhi accepts because the herb is so valuable to his sect.
• The parties finalize a profit split: Liyue gets 70 percent, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect 20 percent, and Spirit Hall just 10 percent. Spirit Hall’s two accompanying Soul Douluos are stunned by Bibi Dong’s apparent concession.
• Meanwhile, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King races toward Liyue, enraged because Octopus injured his wife, the Demon Empress. He intends to avenge her by devouring Octopus.

Character development and interactions

• Ningguang demonstrates confidence, political tact, and ruthless bargaining skill, winning a highly favorable deal for Liyue. She and Ning Fengzhi recognize each other as calculating “old foxes,” and their cordial conversation masks a contest of interests.
• Ning Fengzhi is shrewd but willing to concede substantially to obtain Aromatic Silk Beauty, which is crucial to his sect.
• Bibi Dong remains guarded and privately wonders whether Aromatic Silk Beauty is an immortal herb. Her unusually poor outcome prompts her subordinates to suspect she is betraying Spirit Hall’s interests.
• Keqing and Chen Xin establish mutual respect and interest through their shared swordsmanship.

Significant themes

• Commerce as power: Liyue’s prosperity and influence grow through trade, security, and strategic alliances.
• Negotiation and competing interests: Polite manners conceal hard bargaining, with each faction pursuing its own advantage.
• Rare treasures and leverage: Aromatic Silk Beauty is valuable enough to reshape the balance of the deal.
• Unresolved conflict: The whale king’s pursuit of Octopus foreshadows a violent confrontation.

Plot points and events

• Ning Rongrong and Li Bai explore Liyue Harbor. Rongrong mistakes a Wangsheng Funeral Parlor flyer advertising a Lantern Rite “buy one, get one free” service for a threat from an openly advertised killer organization; Li Bai explains it is a funeral home.
• Rongrong meets Sword Douluo and complains that Shrek Academy has made Yu Xiaogang their teacher and assigned them exhausting stone-carrying exercises. Sword Douluo promises to confront the academy.
• A massive tsunami crashes toward Liyue, smashing ships. An unknown blue-haired, horned archer freezes the wave and warns that a powerful Sea Soul Beast is attacking.
• The attacker is revealed as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, an immense beast near a million years of cultivation. He had been manipulated by blood-red eyes that briefly intensified his hatred of humans; after regaining clarity, he hesitates, but attacks from the Millelith provoke him into raising more waves.
• Sword Douluo attacks with his Seven Kill Sword techniques, supported by Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. He can hold his own only with the enhancement, while the Whale King’s counterattacks threaten even a Titled Douluo.
• Ningguang arrives aboard the Jade Chamber with Bibi Dong. Keqing charges in but is quickly repelled, and the Whale King dismisses her as little more than a speed bump.
• Ningguang prioritizes civilian safety. She explains that Liyue’s Geo Archon might easily suppress the beast, but is in seclusion pursuing a breakthrough.

Character developments and interactions

• Rongrong’s playful excitement and naïveté show in her misunderstanding of the funeral-parlor advertisement; she also remains frustrated with Shrek’s training and seeks comfort from Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo is protective of Rongrong and ready to defend her honor, but the crisis demonstrates the limits of his strength against the Whale King.
• Ning Fengzhi uses his support abilities to protect his family and reinforce Sword Douluo. Li Bai and Rongrong are evacuated to the Jade Chamber.
• Ningguang takes charge calmly, balancing the need to confront the monster with protecting Liyue’s civilians. Keqing acts decisively, though her attack fails.
• The blue-haired archer’s identity remains unclear; she appears as an early defender and warns the others of the threat.

Significant themes

• The danger of manipulation: The Whale King’s rage was amplified by an unseen influence, turning an already hostile being toward Liyue.
• Power and vulnerability: Even elite fighters struggle against a creature of extraordinary strength.
• Duty amid crisis: Liyue’s defenders act to protect civilians despite the overwhelming danger.
• Humor beside catastrophe: Rongrong’s comic misunderstanding contrasts sharply with the sudden, devastating attack.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• As the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King threatens Liyue Harbor, Ningguang explains that Rex Lapis—Morax, the Geo Archon—has reached the demigod realm. She proposes sacrificing the Jade Chamber as an offensive weapon and asks Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong to help power it.
• Before the plan can be carried out, a stone spear strikes the whale king’s already-blind eye. Morax then appears to attack from the clouds, calling down Planet Befall. The overwhelming strike defeats the whale king’s energy blast and begins turning his body to stone.
• The injured whale king sends tsunamis toward the harbor, but Morax protects the city with a Jade Shield. More stone spears pin the whale king to the seabed, leaving him helpless; the site later becomes known as Guyun Stone Forest.
• Bo Saixi, Grand Priest of Sea God Island, arrives and apologizes for failing to contain the whale king. Morax remains unseen and continues suppressing his captive.
• In the Divine Realm, Poseidon learns that the whale king has been subdued. Because he had intended the creature for one of the Sea God’s Nine Trials, the news complicates his plans.

Character developments and interactions

• Ningguang shifts from preparing a desperate last resort to openly celebrating Morax’s intervention.
• Ning Fengzhi is initially incredulous about gods and Morax’s power, but agrees to help, partly to build ties with Liyue.
• Bibi Dong offers assistance while privately considering betrayal, but Morax’s power frightens her and makes her Soul Power tremble.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King goes from confident threats of ascension to disbelief and helpless defeat.
• Bo Saixi approaches with a sincere apology and seeks to meet Morax, but he declines to reveal himself.
• Liyue’s residents move from despair to hope as the Geo Archon’s return is recognized; the storyteller Tian Tie Zui defends the truth of the legend.
• Sword Douluo realizes Morax’s attack exceeds anything he believes even the continent’s strongest defenders could withstand.

Significant themes

• Legend made real: Morax’s appearance turns Liyue’s faith in its Geo Archon into immediate protection.
• Overwhelming power and humility: Morax defeats a near-divine threat with calm restraint, remaining unseen rather than seeking recognition.
• Faith, fear, and political calculation: The same display inspires Liyue’s people, alarms powerful outsiders, and prompts figures like Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong to weigh their interests.