Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After the Titan Giant Ape leaves, Bai Jin reveals that he was injured and has nearly exhausted his Soul Power, though he brushes off everyone’s concern.
• He spots Ghost Face Society Soul Masters trying to escape and sends the Shrek group after them. The students work together, using better tactics than before, and capture them all.
• Their leader says the Blue Silver Emperor’s blood will draw a “real master” to Tang San, then begins to mention “Slaughter City.” A mark on his chest triggers a deadly force that silences him. Bai Jin identifies this as deliberate and finds a carved bone fragment bearing a city-gate design.
• Tang San asks whether the Blue Silver Emperor’s blood concerns him. Bai Jin confirms it does, but says Tang San is too weak to learn the full truth yet. Tang accepts this and resolves to grow stronger.
• After Zhao Wuji checks the group and the area, Bai Jin insists they head back for dinner, easing the group’s tension.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San applies his Blue Silver Grass more strategically and, prompted by Bai Jin, begins to see strength—not secrecy alone—as the route to protecting himself.
• Xiao Wu, still shaken by the Titan Giant Ape’s departure, is pushed by Bai Jin to rejoin the fight. She fights fiercely, then quietly seeks Tang San’s comfort; he takes her hand.
• Ning Rongrong maintains her boosts under pressure. Bai Jin praises her effort but points out that her hands shook, turning the moment into another demand for practice.
• The Shrek students show improved teamwork: Dai Mubai funnels enemies toward Tang San’s traps, Zhu Zhuqing strikes opportunistically, Ma Hongjun uses fire to block escape routes, Oscar supports the group, and Ning Rongrong coordinates boosts.
• Bai Jin continues to mix blunt coaching and humor with protectiveness. Xiao Wu notices he deliberately restrained himself against the Titan Giant Ape, complicating her feelings toward him. Zhao Wuji remains cautious, checking injuries and securing the area before they leave.

Significant themes

• Growth through hardship: Facing overwhelming danger teaches the students how much they still need to learn.
• Strength and vulnerability: Bai Jin treats fear as understandable but insists that it must not become paralysis.
• Hidden truths and danger: The Blue Silver Emperor’s blood, Slaughter City, and the silenced witness point to a larger threat surrounding Tang San.
• Care expressed through action: Bai Jin’s restraint, practical guidance, and comic insistence on dinner help the group recover, while Tang San and Xiao Wu offer each other quiet comfort.

Key plot points and events

• The Shrek group returns to Suotuo City after Oscar gains a Soul Ring. Bai Jin, badly injured but cheerful, jokes with Oscar about treating everyone to a meal.
• Spirit Hall’s team learns Bai Jin faced a Titan Giant Ape. Ma Hongjun boasts that Bai Jin drove it back, and the news spreads through Spirit Hall’s confidential network.
• Major powers react to the report: Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo consider Bai Jin’s strength extraordinary; Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo discuss his influence on Ning Rongrong; Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, summons him to Heaven Dou City.
• During dinner, Bai Jin admits his injuries hurt, but praises the Shrek students for their performance. He singles out Tang San’s improved use of Blue Silver Grass, then assigns everyone extra training.
• Interrogation of two captured Ghost Face Society members reveals they have a base in Heaven Dou City. Their targets include not only Tang San but also the Crown Prince. Bai Jin’s team begins preparing to dismantle the Society’s operations in Suotuo City while he heads toward Heaven Dou.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Jin remains irreverent and playful despite his injuries, but his praise of the students shows his growing role as mentor. His strength has become widely recognized, and even the threat of his return intimidates the captured Evil Soul Masters.
• The Shrek students gain a clearer sense of how far they have to go after witnessing Bai Jin’s level of power. They accept his praise and training assignment without complaint.
• Ning Rongrong asks whether Bai Jin’s injuries hurt, revealing concern for him; his blunt answer and encouragement help frame hardship as part of a Soul Master’s path.
• Qian Renxue shows personal concern for Bai Jin, urging him not to overexert himself while also calling him to Heaven Dou City. Her faint pride in his achievement is noticed by Snake Lance Douluo.
• Luo Wenshan and Wen Qimo show how closely Bai Jin’s team follows his example: they use his reputation to pressure the prisoners and move to act decisively against the Society.

Significant themes

• Strength and responsibility: Bai Jin’s power makes him a potential force for great good or danger, depending on the side he chooses.
• Growth through hardship: Injury and danger are presented as part of progress, while the Shrek students’ encounter with a stronger opponent reveals the distance they still must travel.
• Influence and loyalty: Bai Jin’s reputation affects powerful figures and even shapes the conduct of his subordinates.
• Threats converging: The Ghost Face Society’s plans connect Shrek’s conflict to the political struggle surrounding the Crown Prince, setting up a wider confrontation in Heaven Dou City.

Summary

• Shrek prepares to leave: After Ning Fengzhi offers help with lodging in Heaven Dou City, Flender agrees to let the students go, though he is reluctant to part with them. The group jokes with him, easing the sadness of leaving their shabby school.
• Bai Jin’s final lesson: Before departure, Bai Jin puts the students through a punishing training session focused on their weaknesses. He teaches Dai Mubai to use his strength actively, Zhu Zhuqing to avoid predictable movements, and Ma Hongjun to control his flames. Oscar is drilled on staying useful under pressure; Tang San is urged not to overthink in a crisis; Xiao Wu is told to protect herself if she wants to protect Tang San. Ning Rongrong practices switching her enhancements quickly and accurately, recognizing that a support fighter’s timing can save lives.
• The journey becomes training: On the road, Bai Jin continues assigning exercises suited to each student. Ma Hongjun and Oscar handle practical camp duties, while Xiao Wu grows quieter as she thinks about the Star Dou Great Forest. Tang San notices and quietly sits with her rather than pressing her to explain.
• The team handles an ambush: When mercenaries block the road and threaten the group, Bai Jin leaves the response to Tang San. Tang San’s control, Xiao Wu’s attacks, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s positioning quickly defeat them. Bai Jin uses the encounter to emphasize the efficiency of teamwork.
• Heaven Dou City approaches: Tang San continues reflecting on the Star Dou Great Forest and Bai Jin’s power. Bai Jin advises him that some answers must be discovered through action, then hints that the Crown Prince may meet the group when they arrive.

Character development and interactions

The students are beginning to move beyond individual strengths and function as a coordinated team. Bai Jin acts as a demanding mentor, identifying each person’s flaws while rarely offering praise. Ning Rongrong shows growing discipline; Tang San listens to Bai Jin’s advice and becomes more decisive; Xiao Wu’s concern for Tang San is clear, but she is challenged to value her own safety as well. Flender’s affection for the students emerges through his grumbling about their departure, while Zhao Wuji recognizes how much the group has grown.

Significant themes

The chapter emphasizes discipline, responsibility, and growth through hardship. It also highlights the difference between individual talent and effective teamwork, and suggests that some truths can only be reached through experience rather than thought alone.

Key plot points and events

• Shrek arrives in Heaven Dou City, impressed by the capital’s scale and order. Ning Rongrong reflects on how much she has changed since arriving with Shrek rather than her family.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe appears to welcome Bai Jin. Their easy familiarity surprises Tang San, who suspects their relationship is closer than ordinary political courtesy.
• Bai Jin spots a disguised Ghost Face Soul Emperor in the crowd and intercepts him before he can escape. The attacker reveals that the gates of Slaughter City are open to Bai Jin and claims that the Blue Silver Emperor’s blood will return to where it belongs.
• Bai Jin quickly defeats him, extracts the ghost-face markings from his Soul Power, and gives the resulting black sphere to Xue Qinghe to investigate. He tells Tang San and the others to report trouble to the authorities—then declares that he is the authorities.
• The incident unsettles the Shrek group and confirms that Heaven Dou City is already tied to a larger conspiracy involving the Ghost Face Society, Slaughter City, and Tang San’s heritage.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San notices Bai Jin and Xue Qinghe’s unusual familiarity but chooses not to press for answers. The attack makes him recognize that he and those around him are caught in a larger “net,” yet he remains composed, trusting Bai Jin’s resolve.
• Ning Rongrong quietly recognizes how much she has grown through her time with Shrek.
• Bai Jin stays irreverent and playful, but his swift, decisive response shows how seriously he takes threats against his students. He shields Tang San from the attacker’s provocation and turns the encounter into a lesson.
• Xue Qinghe is amused by Bai Jin’s casual manner and cooperates with the investigation, showing trust in him.
• The Shrek students move from awe at the capital to shock at the attack and at the vast gap between Bai Jin’s strength and their own.

Significant themes

• Protection and responsibility: Bai Jin positions himself between his students and danger, even as the threat becomes personal.
• Facing danger through action: Tang San takes to heart Bai Jin’s belief that answers are won by fighting, not merely by worrying.
• Hidden conspiracies and fate: The attack suggests that Tang San’s bloodline and the group’s arrival in Heaven Dou City are part of a plot already in motion.
• Growth and belonging: Ning Rongrong’s reflection underscores how Shrek has changed her sense of identity and support.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Jin and the Shrek group meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe at his mansion after an attempted assassination the previous night.
• Xue Qinghe reveals three suspicious locations in Heaven Dou City. People have disappeared near them, and witnesses have reported a white ghost mask.
• Bai Jin concludes the attackers are searching for someone—or testing whether someone can serve as a “key”—rather than simply trying to kill. Tang San notices traces of drained Blue Silver Grass, suggesting the plot may involve him.
• Evidence from the assassin carries an aura associated with Slaughter City. Bai Jin warns that the investigation must remain quiet so the hidden group does not retreat.
• Bai Jin refuses to act immediately, insisting the Shrek students need rest and that the enemy has not yet completed its preparations. He plans to take the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy the next day, train them, then investigate the old district that night.
• Xue Qinghe offers to seal off the area, but Bai Jin tells him to maintain his public role as Crown Prince and avoid alerting the conspirators. After the group leaves, Xue Qinghe notices Bai Jin had identified a hidden canal on the map and wonders how much he knows.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Jin uses humor, food, and apparent laziness to mask sharp observation and strategic thinking. He recognizes the Slaughter City connection, reads the map’s hidden significance, and cautions the others against acting rashly.
• Tang San contributes useful evidence by identifying the lifeless Blue Silver Grass dust. He suspects the attackers may still be targeting him, but accepts Bai Jin’s warning not to leap to conclusions.
• Xue Qinghe is courteous and composed, but his brief tightening grip and final private question suggest Bai Jin’s insight unsettles him. The two trade jokes while cautiously testing each other.
• Flender worries that the children’s talent makes them targets and asks whether they can be kept out of danger. Bai Jin answers that they must face the threat, but promises to teach them how to escape as well as fight.
• Xiao Wu instinctively moves closer to Tang San when the danger is discussed. Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar provide moments of humor and express concern about the group’s prospects.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Bai Jin’s carefree manner conceals perceptiveness; Xue Qinghe’s warm public image may also hide private calculations.
• Caution and secrecy: A premature crackdown could drive the conspirators underground, so patience and subtlety are more useful than force.
• Protection and growing danger: The Shrek students cannot simply avoid the threat; they must learn to survive it.
• Power and hidden networks: The missing people, ghost-mask sightings, and concealed canal suggest a broader, carefully organized conspiracy within the city.

Chapter Summary: “Mr. Bai’s Schedule”

Key plot points and events

• Bai Jin wakes the Shrek students with a gong and posts a demanding training schedule. The rules include everyone trying to take the lollipop from his mouth, limits on Tang San’s and Xiao Wu’s opening moves, extra laps when Ning Rongrong’s boost lapses, and tasks for Oscar and Ma Hongjun. Xue Qinghe is also required to train with the group.
• Bai Jin explains that Tang San relies too quickly on Hidden Weapons. He urges Tang to learn to fight directly and adapt rather than wait for the perfect chance to use a concealed advantage.
• During practice, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu attack Bai Jin from different directions, but his ability, Limitless, keeps them just out of reach. He sends them back to their starting positions with a small flick.
• Ning Rongrong applies her boosts more thoughtfully, switching them according to her teammates’ movements instead of distributing them indiscriminately. Bai Jin approves of her growing battlefield awareness.
• Tang San attacks with Blue Silver Grass and a straightforward punch, without Hidden Weapons or poison. Though Bai Jin stops the punch, it comes closer than anyone else’s and helps Tang discover a new sense of timing.
• Xue Qinghe arrives, initially claiming he is only there to observe, but Bai Jin insists he follow the schedule. Xue trains with an unsharpened sword, showing controlled, calculated technique while carefully concealing his full abilities.
• After a long day of training, Lin Yu reports that a man has been found dead in the old district. The victim has no visible wounds, his Soul Power has been drained, and a White Ghost Mask is on the wall. Bai Jin cancels afternoon class—but announces an “exam” that night.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San accepts Bai Jin’s criticism rather than arguing. His unadorned attack demonstrates a willingness to step beyond his familiar tactics.
• Ning Rongrong begins behaving more like a tactical support fighter, observing the battle and timing her boosts. Bai Jin’s blunt instruction pushes her to earn her confidence through skill.
• Xue Qinghe maintains his courteous, composed public manner, but his swordwork reveals discipline and careful restraint. Bai Jin recognizes that he is holding back and does not force him to reveal more.
• Bai Jin acts as a provocative but perceptive instructor: he uses teasing rules and difficult exercises to expose weaknesses, then offers precise encouragement. His relaxed demeanor vanishes when he hears about the death.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun bicker over the sausage-running exercise until Bai Jin threatens them both with vegetables.

Significant themes

• Adaptability over habit: Tang San is challenged to avoid relying on Hidden Weapons as his first response.
• Teamwork and battlefield awareness: Ning Rongrong learns that effective support depends on reading teammates and timing assistance.
• Restraint and concealed strength: Xue Qinghe’s carefully controlled performance suggests that appearances—and what a person chooses to reveal—may not tell the whole story.
• Training as a test: Bai Jin’s schedule is both physical practice and a way to assess character, judgment, and potential.
• A darker threat emerges: The drained victim and White Ghost Mask shift the story from routine training toward a new mystery.

Plot points and events

• Qin Ming welcomes the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a lavish institution with far better facilities and cultivation resources than Shrek.
• As Qin Ming describes specialized training areas, Flender recognizes how much the academy could benefit his students, despite his usual focus on cost.
• Fourth Prince Xue Beng blocks the group’s path and insults them as unworthy outsiders. Bai Jin challenges him and uses his presence alone to make Xue Beng hesitate.
• Prince Xue Xing arrives with Poison Douluo Dugu Bo and questions whether the Shrek group belongs at the academy. Dugu Bo releases poisonous Soul Power, but Bai Jin’s ability to create an impassable distance shields the group.
• Dugu Bo recognizes Bai Jin as a powerful Spirit Hall figure, then exchanges observations with Tang San before Prince Xue Xing reiterates that the academy does not welcome rule-breakers. The confrontation remains unresolved.

Character developments

• Flender is impressed by the academy’s resources and begins weighing their value for his students, revealing the sacrifices behind his frugality.
• Bai Jin uses humor to keep the group’s spirits up, but proves quietly protective and formidable when Xue Beng and Dugu Bo threaten them.
• Tang San remains alert to hidden motives: he suspects Xue Beng’s drunken wastrel act may conceal intelligence. He also stands his ground before Dugu Bo and earns the Poison Douluo’s notice.
• Qin Ming takes pride in his alma mater and stands up for his Shrek colleagues, though his authority is challenged.
• Xue Beng presents himself as a disorderly bully, but Tang San suspects the behavior may be a deliberate disguise.

Character interactions

• Flender and Zhao Wuji tease each other over Flender’s habit of assessing the academy’s wealth; Bai Jin joins in.
• Qin Ming respectfully introduces the group and defends their credentials to Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.
• Xue Beng provokes the Shrek students, while Bai Jin directly confronts him.
• Dugu Bo’s threat draws the students together defensively; Bai Jin shields them, and Tang San responds to Dugu Bo with calm respect.
• Prince Xue Xing’s distrust creates tension with Qin Ming and the group.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and inequality: The academy’s superior resources highlight how much environment and support can shape a Soul Master’s growth.
• Appearances and hidden motives: Tang San questions whether Xue Beng’s dissolute behavior is genuine.
• Power and protection: Bai Jin’s strength is shown not through aggression, but through his ability to prevent harm to the younger students.
• Loyalty and belonging: Qin Ming’s defense of his former classmates contrasts with the royal officials’ suspicion of outsiders.

Key plot points and events

• Prince Xue Xing rejects Shrek Academy’s admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, invoking its rules and reminding teacher Qin Ming that he serves the imperial institution.
• Flender refuses to swallow the insult or let his students feel lesser. He leads Shrek away, choosing their dignity over the academy’s resources.
• As they leave, Dugu Bo tells Bai Jin that the poison incidents in the old city are not his work. Someone is using poison to select survivors, then draining the dead of their Soul Power. He advises investigating apothecaries as well as the Ghost Mask.
• Dugu Bo notices Tang San’s unusual hands and expresses interest in discussing poison with him. Bai Jin intervenes protectively, while Xiao Wu is relieved.
• At the gates, Qin Ming apologizes. Flender reassures him that the rejection is not his fault. Oscar then spots a hiring notice for Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, giving Flender a possible new route for the group.
• Bai Jin detects a faint strand of black Soul Power near the old city and declares that the group will find a way to support themselves first, then attack the Ghost Den that night.

Character developments and interactions

• Flender demonstrates pride and care for his students by refusing to trade their self-respect for Royal Academy benefits. His concern for their livelihood quickly resurfaces when he sees the job notice.
• Qin Ming is torn between loyalty to Shrek and his position at the Royal Academy. He feels guilty about the rejection, but Flender absolves him.
• Tang San recognizes that Shrek teaches more than combat: it gives its students the confidence to stand upright under pressure. He also connects Dugu Bo’s warning to clues he has already found.
• Bai Jin mocks authority and banters with Dugu Bo, but respects Flender’s decision not to escalate matters. He also remains protective of Tang San.
• Dugu Bo shifts from antagonist to a cautious source of information, sharing clues because he disapproves of others abusing poison.
• The students—especially Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun—help break the tension with humor after the confrontation.

Significant themes

• Dignity over advantage: Flender rejects valuable resources rather than accept humiliation on behalf of his students.
• Institutional power and loyalty: Qin Ming’s position shows how authority can constrain even sincere personal loyalties.
• Mentorship and belonging: Shrek’s value lies not only in training, but in the backbone and solidarity it instills.
• Uncovering corruption: The poison scheme appears connected to a broader network, with apothecaries and the Ghost Den now in focus.

Plot and events

• After being expelled from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shrek’s group arrives at Blue Tyrant Academy, whose rough, practical atmosphere contrasts with the royal academy’s polished grounds.
• Headmistress Liu Erlong welcomes them after reading Qin Ming’s letter. Flender is chiefly interested in the promised compensation, while Bai Jin jokes that he has come for the free meals.
• Blue Tyrant provides Shrek with lodging and a training ground. Bai Jin immediately puts the students through drills, explaining that they may face a real Evil Soul Master hideout that night. He assigns each student a role and stresses flexibility, coordination, and survival over winning a sparring match.
• The group’s disciplined practice impresses Blue Tyrant’s onlookers. Bai Jin tests their weaknesses with small interventions, forcing them to adapt.
• At dusk, Lin Yu reports that goods—including missing children—are being moved through Warehouse Three in the old district at midnight. White Ghost Mask has also been spotted. The students’ mood turns serious, and Bai Jin leads them out, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Jin is playful and irreverent, but his training reveals a serious, tactical side. He gives each student specific responsibilities and corrects their habits in real time.
• Liu Erlong comes across as direct, practical, and confident. She shows interest in Bai Jin’s ability and humor, while her meeting with Flender and Yu Xiaogang is visibly charged with unspoken history.
• Flender quickly shifts from worry about the group’s prospects to enthusiasm over Blue Tyrant’s pay, prompting teasing from Ning Rongrong and Zhao Wuji.
• The students demonstrate growing teamwork: Tang San coordinates control and rescue, Xiao Wu works in tandem with him, Zhu Zhuqing practices restraint, Ning Rongrong uses her boosts strategically, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar receive clear support roles.
• The missing children’s discovery sharply affects Xiao Wu and Tang San, underscoring the stakes of the coming mission.

Significant themes

• Adaptability under pressure: Bai Jin teaches that plans must change with circumstances.
• Teamwork and trust: Each student’s role depends on coordinating with the others rather than fighting independently.
• Action over appearances: Blue Tyrant’s battered, practical character contrasts with the royal academy’s elegance.
• The cost of inaction: The report of endangered children turns training into an urgent mission.

Plot points and events

• Bai Jin and the Shrek team raid a warehouse in Heaven Dou City’s Old City District after Tang San discovers traces of Evil Soul Master activity.
• Inside, they find children bound to a blood array and Soul Masters drained of their power. The array is controlled by a Blood Spider Soul Emperor and several followers.
• The team coordinates to protect the captives while disrupting the array. Tang San chooses to save the children and disable the array rather than seize an opening to attack the Soul Emperor.
• When the Soul Emperor sends poison toward the children, Bai Jin uses his black Soul Ring to repel it and devastate the warehouse. He then defeats the Soul Emperor with a single punch.
• Tang San finds a black token marked “Slaughter” and a bloodstained page warning that “beneath the Imperial City, seven days from now, the door opens.” Two enemies escape; Bai Jin lets them go so they can spread word of his arrival.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San applies Bai Jin’s lesson to prioritize people over tactical advantage. He protects the children, breaks the array, and adapts to close combat when necessary.
• The Shrek team shows stronger teamwork than in the Soul Fighting Arena: Dai Mubai controls the front line, Xiao Wu protects the captives and supports Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing cuts off the rear, and Ma Hongjun carefully limits his fire.
• Ning Rongrong recognizes the responsibility of battlefield support and times her boosts precisely. Oscar, seeing her concentration, stops joking and helps more thoughtfully.
• Bai Jin remains confident and formidable, but directs the group’s efforts toward rescuing the captives. His decision to let two enemies escape is deliberate, intended to carry a warning.
• The group’s exchanges—Ma Hongjun asking for Bai Jin’s rain-deflecting technique, Bai Jin teasing him about setting things on fire, and Oscar joking during the fight—provide brief levity amid the danger.

Significant themes

• Protecting others over pursuing victory: Tang San’s choices and the team’s tactics put the children’s safety first.
• Growth through collaboration: The team fights as a coordinated unit, with each member’s role supporting the others.
• A widening threat: The “Slaughter” token and the warning about a door opening beneath the Imperial City suggest a larger conspiracy and an approaching crisis linked to the capital.

Key plot points and events

• After a dangerous mission in the Old City District, Bai Jin and the Shrek group report to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. The children have been rescued, the formation dismantled, and an Evil Soul Master defeated.
• Bai Jin gives Xue Qinghe a fragment of a plaque marked “Slaughter.” Tang San explains that it seems to have been infused with murderous intent and used as the formation’s core.
• Tang San has broken through to Soul Power level 33. Bai Jin says the others who survived will also find their power more responsive, though some may need more hardship to learn.
• Spirit Hall deacon Lu Heng reports two new leads: suspicious sealed wagons moved behind the Auction House, and the Western City Apothecary’s unusual purchases of painkillers, sedatives, and blood-drawing herbs.
• A torn page suggests a door beneath the Imperial City will open in seven days. Xue Qinghe cannot openly deploy imperial guards without drawing attention and exposing their investigation.
• Bai Jin assigns the next steps: Lu Heng watches the Auction House, Tang San accompanies Bai Jin to investigate the apothecary, and Xue Qinghe maintains his public role as a harmless, benevolent Crown Prince. The group will train by day and pursue leads by night.

Character developments

• Tang San reaches level 33 after learning to prioritize endangered people over victory. He recognizes that his breakthrough came from changing how he fought, not merely from winning.
• Xue Qinghe shows his awareness of the political danger surrounding him. Though he wants to act, he accepts that moving openly could alert their enemies.
• Bai Jin remains irreverent and forceful, but his decisions are deliberate: he protects Xue Qinghe from political exposure and pushes the group to keep improving.
• The Shrek group responds to Tang San’s progress with admiration and renewed resolve. Ning Rongrong senses that her own bottleneck is close to breaking.

Character interactions

• Bai Jin checks Tang San’s wrist and announces his breakthrough; Xiao Wu celebrates, while the others react with admiration or competitive resolve.
• Bai Jin and Xue Qinghe trade dry jokes about the Prince’s public image and Bai Jin’s “expensive,” unreasonable methods. Their banter masks mutual trust and an understanding of their different roles.
• The group’s joking about training eases the tension, but Bai Jin’s warning that those unable to run after a fight may not survive the next one restores the seriousness of the coming mission.

Significant themes

• Responsibility over victory: Tang San’s growth comes from protecting people first.
• Restraint and political calculation: Xue Qinghe must remain publicly passive so the investigation can continue without alerting hidden enemies.
• Preparation and survival: Training continues even after a battle, because the threat is escalating.
• An approaching crisis: The seven-day deadline turns the victory in the Old City District into only the beginning of a larger danger.

Plot points

• Bai Jin’s group visits the Western City Apothecary, where Tang San identifies a mixture of herbs used not to heal, but to test people’s endurance and reactions.
• The shopkeeper tries to escape and uses poison, but Bai Jin traps him with an unseen force. Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, arrives and neutralizes the poison.
• Under pressure from Bai Jin and Dugu Bo, the shopkeeper reveals that collectors operating behind the Auction House supplied the formula. Zhu Zhuqing finds a hidden ledger in the rear courtyard.
• The ledger records people’s doses and reactions, identifying some as suitable for transfer to the Old Sacrificial Treasury. Notes about surviving “Killing Intent” suggest the tests were selecting people to serve as vessels.
• Dugu Bo explains that the Treasury is an ancient burial site sealed because of its intense killing intent. The clues now connect it to the group’s investigation, so Bai Jin leads everyone toward the Auction House.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San demonstrates sharp knowledge of medicine and poison, recognizing the herbs and understanding the purpose of the tests. Dugu Bo is impressed by his composure and expertise, and begins to take a keen interest in him.
• Bai Jin remains casual and irreverent even around Dugu Bo, but becomes more serious when he sees the evidence of people being treated as vessels. He asks Dugu Bo to investigate the false poison trade using his name.
• Dugu Bo is intimidating and forceful, yet willing to cooperate when the matter concerns poison and his reputation. He and Bai Jin trade barbs, while he watches Tang San with growing curiosity.
• Xiao Wu reacts with anger and distress to the ledger’s evidence of human experimentation. Zhu Zhuqing acts decisively, blocking the shopkeeper’s escape and retrieving the ledger.

Significant themes

• The chapter highlights the exploitation and dehumanization of people through experiments that treat them as materials or vessels.
• It explores the dangerous potential of knowledge, as Tang San’s understanding of medicine and poison draws the attention of a powerful figure.
• The investigation shifts from a suspicious apothecary to a larger conspiracy tied to the Old Sacrificial Treasury, its killing intent, and the Auction House.

Plot points and events

• As Shrek’s trainees exercise at Blue Tyrant Academy, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrive to visit Ning Rongrong and attend Emperor Xue Ye’s banquet that evening.
• Ning Rongrong proudly reports reaching level 28 and describes helping rescue people and defeat an Evil Soul Master’s formation. Her father recognizes how much she has matured.
• Bai Jin reveals that the banquet may be a distraction from a plot involving the Old Sacrificial Treasury beneath the Imperial City. The gate is expected to open in seven days; captives are being moved and drained of Soul Power to use the area’s old killing aura.
• The group decides to divide their attention: Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin will attend the banquet and watch for danger in the palace, while Bai Jin leads the younger Shrek members to investigate the Old Canal.
• The trainees agree to go, including Rongrong. As dusk falls, the canal’s water briefly stops flowing, and something stirs in the darkness.

Character developments and interactions

• Ning Rongrong shows growing confidence and commitment to Shrek. Her father’s praise moves her, and she begins to see strength as responsibility and protection—not merely status or power.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin are impressed by Rongrong’s progress and readily offer their support. Their calm authority reassures the younger group.
• Bai Jin jokes freely with Chen Xin, revealing an easy familiarity with powerful figures, but shifts quickly to serious planning when he presents the ledger and warns of the threat.
• Tang San watches Chen Xin closely and recognizes Bai Jin’s extraordinary standing. He and Xiao Wu share a quiet understanding as they prepare for the investigation.
• The Shrek trainees respond as a team: Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Rongrong commit to the mission, while Bai Jin’s reassurance steadies them.

Significant themes

• Growth and earned trust: Rongrong is beginning to become someone her family and teammates can rely on.
• Strength as protection: True power is portrayed as the willingness and ability to shield others.
• Unity and responsibility: The characters choose to face danger together despite their different roles.
• Distraction and hidden threats: The grand public banquet may conceal a more dangerous scheme unfolding beneath the city.

Plot and key events

• Bai Jin leads the students into the Old Canal beneath an abandoned bridge, assigning them roles: Dai Mubai leads, Tang San and Xiao Wu stay together, Zhu Zhuqing scouts, and Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun guard the entrance.
• Tang San discovers submerged Soul Power threads connected to dark red runes. The runes are drawing the canal’s Killing Intent toward the Old Sacrificial Treasury.
• Three masked Evil Soul Masters ambush the group. The students fight together: Dai Mubai holds the front, Tang San traces and disables the array, Xiao Wu protects a captive child, and Zhu Zhuqing strikes from the shadows. Bai Jin mostly observes, intervening only to stop attacks that threaten the group.
• Tang San controls his anger after Xiao Wu is cut while rescuing the child, focusing instead on capturing the attacker and supporting her return.
• At the entrance, Ning Rongrong uses carefully targeted boosts, Oscar supplies recovery sausages, and Ma Hongjun burns away hidden Blood-Colored Spider Silk. Ma Hongjun reaches level twenty-nine, while Zhu Zhuqing breaks through to level twenty-eight.
• The group finds children bound before the treasury’s stone door. Bai Jin explains that the enemy is using the city’s ancient Killing Intent to mark a route to Slaughter City—not to open a gate inside the Imperial City.
• A broken black tablet rises behind the door, revealing a ghostly face. Bai Jin orders the students to retreat, judging the danger beyond the limits of their training. As the lamps go out, he warns that the tablet will open again in seven days.

Character development and interactions

• Dai Mubai shows greater discipline, using his strength to protect the team and create openings rather than charging recklessly.
• Tang San applies Bai Jin’s lesson to read the battlefield and prioritize the mission over vengeance.
• Xiao Wu acts decisively to save the child, reassuring Tang San after being wounded.
• Zhu Zhuqing proves effective as a quiet scout and attacker, while her breakthrough comes without visible celebration.
• Ning Rongrong demonstrates more thoughtful, precise support; Oscar recognizes her progress, though she snaps back at his teasing.
• Ma Hongjun shows improved control over his fire and gains a level during the fight.
• Bai Jin balances allowing the students to learn with stepping in when the threat becomes genuinely dangerous, reinforcing the boundary between training and recklessness.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and role-based cooperation: each student’s abilities support the others.
• Growth through discipline: the students improve by acting deliberately rather than relying on raw power.
• Protection and restraint: the child’s rescue and Tang San’s self-control emphasize safeguarding others over retaliation.
• The limits of training: Bai Jin’s withdrawal order underscores that courage must be balanced with judgment.
• A looming supernatural threat: the Killing Intent, captive children, and awakening tablet point toward a larger danger connected to Slaughter City.

Key events

• After the Shrek students’ dangerous training at the Old Canal, Bai Jin makes them assess their mistakes: Dai Mubai rushed blindly, Zhu Zhuqing relied too much on sight, Ning Rongrong hesitated over whom to support, and Tang San was too slow to break the enemy formation.
• Bai Jin puts them through punishing team exercises. Tang San is barred from using Hidden Weapons and must rely on Blue Silver Grass, movement, and close combat. After losing the first round by instinctively reaching for a weapon, he adapts in the second and creates an opening for Xiao Wu—earning Bai Jin’s approval.
• The bamboo-switch drills expose weaknesses across the team while pushing them harder. Oscar reaches level 32, and Dai Mubai breaks through to level 38.
• Xue Qinghe joins the training with a wooden sword. Though he conceals his true abilities, Bai Jin recognizes that he is holding back. Their exchange turns personal when Bai Jin observes that being accustomed to a false, constrained life is no reason to accept it.
• A confidential letter from Qian Daoliu summons Bai Jin back to Spirit City to train the Golden Generation and discipline a “disobedient young master.” Bai Jin delays leaving, insisting there is still time. Training resumes after only a brief rest.

Character development and interactions

• Tang San begins to understand that he has leaned too heavily on Hidden Weapons. He learns to use his abilities in coordination with his teammates, and Bai Jin’s words lead him to see strength as more than Soul Power: it also means standing firm for others despite danger.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar make tangible progress, breaking through their respective Soul Power bottlenecks through intense training. Oscar also shares his success with the group through a joking sausage discount.
• Xue Qinghe briefly drops his guarded composure. Bai Jin sees through his careful performance and hints at the emotional cost of living behind an assumed identity; the comment affects him more than the sparring does.
• Bai Jin remains blunt and playful, but his instruction is deliberately precise: he uses criticism and pressure to make each student recognize weaknesses and become more dependable as a team.

Significant themes

• Growth through discomfort: Defeat, fatigue, and hard criticism expose weaknesses and create opportunities to improve.
• Teamwork and awareness: Success depends on reading the field, supporting the right ally, and combining abilities—not simply relying on individual strength.
• Strength beyond power: True strength includes adaptability, discipline, and the willingness to protect others.
• Identity and confinement: Xue Qinghe’s exchange with Bai Jin raises the cost of hiding one’s real self behind an imposed role.

Plot points and events

• On the seventh day, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and the Spirit Hall Branch staged a street operation against child traffickers, while Bai Jin’s group entered the Old Canal to stop a hidden ritual.
• More than a dozen masked Evil Soul Masters, led by a Soul Emperor, confronted them. Bai Jin halted the leader’s attack, then used his gravity- and repulsion-based abilities to scatter the attackers.
• A murderous aura poured through the opening formation, threatening to overwhelm the group. Bai Jin activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Six Eyes True Body, followed by Unlimited Void, freezing the canal and incapacitating the enemies.
• Bai Jin then used Hollow Technique: Purple to erase the remnant token, the stone gate, the formation, and the emerging Slaughter coordinate. The group rescued unconscious children and dealt with the remaining enemies.
• A captured fugitive warned that the true gate was in Slaughter City and could not be kept shut. Bai Jin vowed to destroy that gate as well.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Jin demonstrates overwhelming power and composure, keeping the others back so they can learn while he faces the greatest danger. After the battle, he advances to Level 74, treating the breakthrough casually.
• Tang San is awed by Bai Jin’s absolute control but follows his lead, helping survivors rather than fixating on the spectacle.
• The Shrek Seven Devils show the benefits of their training: they coordinate to protect one another, rescue children, support the injured, and prevent enemies from escaping.
• Xue Qinghe maintains his benevolent public image but is visibly shocked by Bai Jin’s strength and rapid breakthrough.
• Ning Rongrong provides support despite her fear and adds a brief comic exchange with Bai Jin. Lu Heng arrives with Spirit Hall forces and brings in the captive whose warning points toward the next threat.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Bai Jin’s strength is used to shield others and end the ritual, while his companions contribute through teamwork and rescue.
• Control versus chaos: Bai Jin’s techniques impose stillness on a scene dominated by murderous energy and panic.
• Escalating danger: Destroying the immediate gate does not end the threat; Slaughter City becomes the looming next destination.

Plot points and events

• After dismantling a Slaughter guiding array in the Old Canal, Bai Jin arrives at the auction house’s backstreet, which Spirit Hall has sealed off. Xue Qinghe has temporarily secured the auction house’s accounts using the Crown Prince’s authority.
• The investigators discover Blood-Pattern Incense mixed with Corrupt Blood Vine powder. It was used to screen people, with those who remained clearheaded sent onward—evidence that the auction house was trafficking people.
• Zhu Zhuqing finds a hidden account book. Ning Rongrong realizes it contains separate records for the auction house and buyers, with some figures likely representing people rather than money.
• An accomplice emerges from hiding and attacks. His apparent strike at Ning Rongrong is a feint: he aims a poisoned needle at Tang San, betting that Tang San will dodge and leave the support Soul Master exposed. Bai Jin stops the needle, and the group quickly restrains the attacker.
• The accounts reveal a lead to an abandoned quarry near Sunset Forest, along with references to Corrosive Bone Orchid and an iron-hook mark. Bai Jin and the others decide to pursue the people responsible immediately.

Character developments and interactions

• Bai Jin remains irreverent and seemingly lazy, but acts decisively. He also turns the ambush into a practical lesson for Tang San: combat threats target judgment and team bonds, not just reflexes.
• Tang San identifies the incense and analyzes the attack, but recognizes that his planned response would have been too slow. The trap makes him reconsider how an enemy can exploit concern for teammates.
• Ning Rongrong shows her training in accounts and handwriting, while the near-attack underscores her vulnerability—and the importance of her role as the team’s support Soul Master.
• Xue Qinghe balances his public duties as Crown Prince with the urgency of stopping the trafficking. His silent understanding with Bai Jin shows their shared willingness to act when official procedure would cause harmful delay.
• The Shrek group responds as a coordinated team: Dai Mubai shields Ning Rongrong, while Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu help capture the attacker.

Significant themes

• Human trafficking and exploitation: The auction house’s business has expanded from selling goods to selling people.
• Teamwork and vulnerability: Protecting an ally can be used against a fighter, and a support Soul Master’s safety affects the whole team.
• Practical justice versus procedure: The characters choose to follow the evidence and act quickly rather than wait for court formalities.
• Moral resolve beneath humor: Bai Jin’s casual manner contrasts with the gravity of the crime and his determination to stop it.

Plot points and events

• A jade-green invitation arrives at Blue Tyrant Academy from Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo. He summons Bai Jin and Tang San to the Misty Rain Teahouse to discuss poisonous ingredients being sold under his name.
• At the meeting, Dugu Bo’s tea and incense conceal different poisons, apparently as a test. Tang San identifies both the tea’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent-Tail Poison and the incense’s more dangerous effect on Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo sends a poisonous smoke attack toward Tang San, but Bai Jin stops it effortlessly with an invisible barrier.
• Dugu Bo explains that someone is gathering ingredients from an old quarry in Sunset Forest. Tang San recognizes the combination as a formula designed to torment the mind and magnify Killing Intent, rather than simply kill.
• Dugu Bo wants to see whether Tang San can endure the mixture. Despite the danger, the group learns that people have recently been entering and leaving the quarry, and Bai Jin decides they will investigate with a larger group.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San demonstrates exceptional knowledge, careful observation, and composure under pressure. He recognizes Dugu Bo’s tests but remains willing to face the danger.
• Bai Jin treats Dugu Bo’s threats and status with irreverent humor. His ability to neutralize the smoke—and to drink tea without letting it touch him—reveals formidable, unusual power.
• Dugu Bo begins with suspicion and hostility, but Tang San’s insight earns his interest. He ends the meeting intrigued by both Tang San and Bai Jin.
• Xiao Wu instinctively steps in front of Tang San when Dugu Bo proposes testing him, showing her protectiveness. Tang San calms her with a hand on her shoulder.
• Bai Jin and Dugu Bo trade barbs: Bai Jin criticizes the way Dugu Bo asks for help, while Dugu Bo’s terse warnings contrast with Bai Jin’s casual refusal to follow his advice.

Significant themes

• Knowledge versus raw power: Tang San’s understanding of poisons lets him perceive dangers that are not immediately obvious.
• Trust and protection: Xiao Wu’s defense of Tang San and Tang San’s steadying response highlight their closeness.
• Power without pretension: Bai Jin’s calm, casual manner contrasts with the fearsome reputation of his abilities.
• Testing and judgment: Dugu Bo uses danger to assess Tang San, while the encounter hints that the suspicious quarry operation has a larger purpose.

Key plot points and events

• Bai Jin subjects the Shrek Seven Devils to a night-long team exercise: before dawn, they must take a candy wrapper from behind him. He prohibits reckless attacks, hidden weapons, and leaving the support members unprotected; anyone he names must run ten laps.
• The team’s early attempts fail. Bai Jin punishes Ma Hongjun for nearly scorching Oscar, and later sends Oscar running after he lets Bai Jin steal a sausage.
• The Seven Devils gradually coordinate better, learning to combine their abilities rather than attack independently. In the final round, Ma Hongjun controls his fire, Tang San guides the formation, Ning Rongrong gives a precisely timed boost, and Zhu Zhuqing reaches the wrapper. Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power surges, bringing him to Level 30.
• Bai Jin warns them that passing the exercise is only half the training: real enemies will not spare their lives. Lu Heng then arrives with a route map to the Old Quarry, which overlaps a Soul Hunting trail near Sunset Forest. Bai Jin tells Ma Hongjun he is going to obtain a soul ring and join a “business trip.”

Character developments

• Tang San improves his ability to read Bai Jin’s movements and coordinate the group.
• Ning Rongrong learns to use her support abilities selectively and precisely instead of boosting automatically.
• Dai Mubai begins to rely less on brute force, while Zhu Zhuqing learns to wait for a genuine opening.
• Xiao Wu recognizes that she can serve as a rescuer and backup pivot, not just an attacker.
• Oscar starts moving while supporting the team instead of standing still.
• Ma Hongjun learns to control and focus his flames rather than panic and scatter them. His breakthrough to Level 30 marks a major milestone.
• Bai Jin remains playful and teasing, but his training is designed to prepare the group for the lethal stakes of real combat.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and discipline: Individual strength matters less than timing, protection, and coordinated action.
• Growth through failure: Repeated setbacks teach the team how to adapt.
• Responsibility in battle: Support roles require judgment, and every member must stay alert and contribute.
• The difference between training and real danger: Success in a safe exercise cannot fully prepare them for enemies who intend to kill.

Character interactions

• Bai Jin’s teasing punishments keep the exercise lighthearted even as he pushes the group hard; Ma Hongjun and Oscar are frequent targets.
• The team’s trust grows as they learn to cover one another and act in formation.
• Liu Erlong watches with amused approval, while Xue Qinghe observes Bai Jin with a complicated expression.
• Tang San’s rare laugh at the end signals a moment of camaraderie after the exhausting night.

Key plot points and events

• The Shrek group enters the rain-soaked Sunset Forest to hunt a third Soul Ring for Ma Hongjun. Tang San notices signs that someone has been collecting herbs nearby; Bai Jin senses a faint trace of Soul Power, suggesting Dugu Bo is in the area.
• The group finds a roughly 1,700-year-old Flamehorn Lizard. Tang San identifies the dangers and proposes a plan, which the others carry out with practiced teamwork. Ma Hongjun’s concentrated Phoenix Fire Line defeats the beast without endangering his friends.
• Ma Hongjun successfully absorbs the Soul Ring, reaches level 31, and gains his third skill, Phoenix Wings Soaring. His first attempt at flight ends in a muddy fall, but his fire is stronger and more controlled, and the ring eases some of his Evil Fire’s instability.
• Following their map, the group reaches the Old Quarry. They find signs of repeated human visits and a partly removed stone engraving. Its missing portion matches the Slaughter Stele Rubbing Lu Heng brought them.
• Xiao Wu feels uneasy at the site. Bai Jin senses Dugu Bo withdrawing, then leads the group back toward the city, expecting someone may try to stop them on the way.

Character developments and interactions

• Ma Hongjun gains a major step in his growth: his new ring improves his control and gives him the ability to fly, though he must learn to use it. His quiet recognition of his progress contrasts with his usual joking.
• Tang San naturally takes the tactical lead in the fight, offering analysis without overriding Dai Mubai. The group’s smooth response shows their trust and coordination.
• Ning Rongrong stays composed under pressure and supports the front line with strength and speed boosts. Oscar prepares recovery support, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing guard Ma Hongjun during his absorption.
• Bai Jin remains observant and teasing, but also protects Ma Hongjun from the rain during the dangerous absorption. He notices Xiao Wu’s discomfort without drawing attention to it.
• Dai Mubai anchors the battle, while Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu exploit openings to protect the more vulnerable members and set up Ma Hongjun’s attack.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and trust: Shrek’s banter gives way to coordinated action when danger arises.
• Growth through discipline: Ma Hongjun’s stronger, more controlled flames reflect progress beyond raw power.
• Unease and hidden danger: The unnatural silence at the quarry, the altered engraving, Xiao Wu’s reaction, and Dugu Bo’s presence suggest larger threats beneath the Soul Ring hunt.
• Caution amid discovery: Finding the rubbing’s match does not resolve the mystery; Bai Jin anticipates that the group’s return may bring a confrontation.