Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu awakened in Nuoding City with a system that tasked him with tricking Yu Xiaogang in exchange for stronger soul power. He used the system’s Slippery Sole Oil to make Yu Xiaogang fall into dog shit, and the repeated falls continued as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Tianyu learned that he had transmigrated to Douluo Continent as a six-year-old with a Wooden Sword Martial Soul and Level 2 Soul Power.
• The system assigned Zhang Tianyu a mission to trick Yu Xiaogang and promised Innate Full Soul Power plus an extra level as a reward.
• Zhang Tianyu activated the Live Map, located Yu Xiaogang, and chose the system’s Slippery Sole Oil for his first trick.
• Yu Xiaogang slipped and fell into a dog’s pile of shit, then slipped and fell into it again when he tried to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang stood up angrily and attempted to stride away, but he slipped once more.

Zhang Tianyu used a Pepper Bomb to disrupt Tang San’s confrontation with the academy gatekeeper, who kicked Tang San and was then fired by Yu Xiaogang. After Tang San enrolled, Zhang Tianyu collected his reward and entered Nuoding Academy as another Work-Study Student.

• Zhang Tianyu activated the Meeting Gift mission and persuaded the system to give him free trial uses of Pepper Bomb and Fatigue Worm.
• The gatekeeper mocked Old Jack and Tang San, and Tang San tried to throw him with Pushing Window Gazing at Moon.
• Zhang Tianyu’s Pepper Bomb made Tang San sneeze and tear up, allowing the gatekeeper to kick him away.
• Yu Xiaogang dismissed the gatekeeper, apologized to Tang San and Old Jack, and accepted Tang San after seeing his genuine Spirit Hall Proof.
• Zhang Tianyu received Max-Level Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as his reward and presented his Spirit Hall Proof to Yu Xiaogang, who let him enter the academy.

Zhang Tianyu enrolled at Nuoding Academy alongside Tang San and received a system mission to make Tang San lose to Wang Sheng without being exposed. He used Super Glue to sabotage Tang San during their dormitory fight, leaving Tang San injured and at risk of defeat.

• Yu Xiaogang explained Twin Martial Souls to Tang San, who formally accepted him as his master, and the three completed enrollment.
• Zhang Tianyu confronted teachers who had mocked Yu Xiaogang, then joined Tang San at the Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng challenged the two new Work-Study Students.
• The system assigned Zhang Tianyu a mission to make Tang San lose to Wang Sheng and gave him a trial pack of Super Glue.
• Tang San attacked Wang Sheng with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Zhang Tianyu's glue stuck Tang San's shoe to the ground and caused him to fall.
• Wang Sheng used his Martial Soul's power to overpower Tang San, who fell, sprained his ankle, and tore off his shoe's sole as the dormitory students laughed.

Tang San withdrew from his spar with Wang Sheng after twisting his ankle, while Zhang Tianyu gained a new soul skill and challenged Xiao Wu for the Seventh Dormitory’s leadership. Zhang Tianyu defeated Xiao Wu with swift movement and a lightning attack, leaving her vowing to beat him next time.

• Tang San admitted he had twisted his ankle, and Wang Sheng stopped the other Work-Study Students from mocking him before sending Li Xiao to offer help.
• Zhang Tianyu’s completed mission raised his Soul Power to level 13 and awarded him the soul skill Thunder Sword.
• Xiao Wu arrived at the Seventh Dormitory, accepted Wang Sheng’s challenge, and defeated him to become the new boss.
• Zhang Tianyu challenged Xiao Wu, evaded her kick, and struck her with Thunder Sword, paralyzing her and winning the spar.
• Xiao Wu conceded that Zhang Tianyu had won and asked whether his lightning attack was a Soul Ring Soul Skill.

After Zhang Tianyu became the Work-Study Students’ boss, he took Xiao Wu to buy bedding, and the two decided to share it. Back at the dormitory, he met Tang San again and discovered that his Wooden Sword Martial Soul was named Huangquan, though most of its information remained sealed.

• Teacher Mo left bedding for Tang San, but Zhang Tianyu became the Work-Study Students’ boss while Tang San was away.
• Zhang Tianyu bought a pink-and-white bedding set with Xiao Wu, and they agreed to use it together.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu returned to the dormitory, where Tang San greeted them and Xiao Wu asked Zhang Tianyu to push their beds together.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned his Wooden Sword and learned from the system that its name was Huangquan, while its origin, traits, and power remained hidden.

Zhang Tianyu discovered that summoning Huangquan changed his appearance and released a terrifying aura. After Xiao Chenyu insulted the Work-Study Students, Zhang challenged him to a duel and won without a fight when Xiao Chenyu surrendered in fear, leaving Zhang as the academy boss and freeing the students from their work.

• Zhang Tianyu summoned Huangquan and saw that it had become a black, mist-shrouded sword that made his appearance look sinister; Xiao Wu found his transformed appearance frightening at first but then thought it was handsome.
• At the cafeteria, Xiao Chenyu insulted Zhang Tianyu and the Work-Study Students, so Zhang cursed him and challenged him to a duel, receiving a mission to defeat him.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Chenyu agreed that the winner would become the academy boss, while the loser would accept the other's humiliating terms.
• Xiao Chenyu possessed his Martial Soul and charged, but Huangquan's aura transformed his surroundings into a terrifying burial ground and made him kneel and surrender.
• Xiao Chenyu paid for the Work-Study Students' lavish meal and agreed that his group would handle their work from then on.

Zhang Tianyu used the system Mall’s Snake Musk on Yu Xiaogang to make snake soul beasts attack him and Tang San in the Soul Hunting Forest. After a night in the forest, Yu Xiaogang woke to a horrifying sight beside Luoshanpao.

• Zhang Tianyu discovered he could try unused tricking items for free and tested Snake Musk on Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San told Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu that he and Yu Xiaogang would travel to the Soul Hunting Forest, then left for the trip.
• Tang San spent the journey obsessing over Xiao Wu and wondered whether she was his mother reincarnated.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San entered the Soul Hunting Forest, where snake soul beasts repeatedly attacked them despite behaving unnaturally.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San camped beneath a tree, and Tang San suspected someone had lured the snakes to them before falling asleep.
• Yu Xiaogang woke to Luoshanpao’s growls and a scraping sound, then froze at the sight before him.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were attacked by snakes in the Soul Hunting Forest, where a four-hundred-year Mandra Snake bit Yu Xiaogang. Meanwhile, Zhang Tianyu completed a quest and gained a powerful Soul Ring before the exhausted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to the academy.

• Yu Xiaogang used Luoshanpao to drive off a mass of snakes, and he and Tang San fled, suspecting one of Yu Xiaogang's enemies had set them up.
• Tang San detected a venomous Mandra Snake, and Yu Xiaogang realized it was a four-hundred-year beast as it attacked them.
• The Mandra Snake knocked Luoshanpao aside and bit Yu Xiaogang's left arm after he shoved Tang San out of its path.
• Zhang Tianyu sparred with Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy, then completed the An Old Friend Returns quest and received a 26,320-year Soul Ring with the Scorching Sun Verdict skill.
• Three days later, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang returned to the academy looking battered, and Tang San winced when Zhang Tianyu patted his injured shoulder.

Zhang Tianyu learned that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had suffered a disastrous trip to the Soul Hunting Forest, then used their account to provoke Tang Hao into blaming Yu Xiaogang. Tang Hao attacked Yu Xiaogang and left him unconscious, worsening his injuries.

• The system rewarded Zhang Tianyu for the forest mishaps, and he discovered that rain could wash away Snake Musk.
• Zhang Tianyu found Tang San injured at the training field and received a mission to worsen Yu Xiaogang's injuries without being exposed.
• Zhang Tianyu used the Live Map to locate Tang Hao nearby, then prompted Tang San to describe the snake attacks and Yu Xiaogang's role in the trip.
• Tang Hao overheard that Yu Xiaogang's enemies had endangered Tang San and that Yu Xiaogang had needed Tang San's help, then left in anger.
• Tang Hao confronted Yu Xiaogang, crushed him with his Titled Douluo aura, and left him unconscious with his wounds reopened.

Zhang Tianyu earned a soul bone and grew closer to Xiao Wu while Tang San wrestled with unexplained jealousy. The three went to register at Spirit Hall, where Zhang Tianyu revealed that his old Soul Power Level 2 record was outdated and prepared to demonstrate his strength.

• Zhang Tianyu received the Cloud Wild Crane Left Leg Bone, gaining Cloud Treading and Cloud Ladder Leap.
• Tang San felt jealous as Xiao Wu called him A San and left the dormitory with Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu talked about striving for greatness, pledged to reach the summit together, and agreed to spar.
• The next morning, Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San went to Spirit Hall, where Xiao Wu refused Master Ma Xiunuo's invitation to join.
• Zhang Tianyu told Tang San and Master Ma Xiunuo that he was no longer at Soul Power Level 2, then placed his hand on the crystal ball as the system prepared fake data.

At Spirit Hall, Zhang Tianyu revealed his disguised level-thirteen Soul Power, mutated sword Martial Soul, and hundred-year Soul Ring, then refused Ma Xiunuo’s invitation to join. After explaining his supposed family sword technique to Tang San and Xiao Wu, he accepted Tang San’s sparring challenge, with a system mission requiring him to win.

• Ma Xiunuo tested Zhang Tianyu and discovered his level-thirteen Soul Power and hundred-year Soul Ring, while Zhang Tianyu claimed his Martial Soul and strength had changed through a family sword technique.
• Zhang Tianyu refused Ma Xiunuo’s invitation to join Spirit Hall and asked where to collect the money instead.
• On the way back, Zhang Tianyu told Tang San and Xiao Wu that his sword technique could grant Soul Rings when he broke through its bottlenecks.
• Tang San challenged Zhang Tianyu to a spar, and Zhang Tianyu accepted after receiving a system mission to defeat him.
• Tang San summoned Blue Silver Grass, shocking the onlookers.

Zhang Tianyu defeated Tang San in a spar by revealing his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track-like footwork and using Huangquan’s Netherfire, which burned Tang San’s soul. After Tang San admitted defeat and recovered, Zhang Tianyu checked his fifteen Reward Points back in the dormitory.

• Zhang Tianyu dodged Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with Sword Shadow Step, kicked him down, and claimed he had independently comprehended the technique.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned Huangquan and used Scorching Sun Verdict to launch tracking Netherfire spheres that burned through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San was struck by Netherfire, endured intense soul-deep pain, and admitted defeat when Zhang Tianyu asked if he would yield.
• Zhang Tianyu explained Netherfire’s effects and absorbed the flames from Tang San, ending his pain; Tang San proposed sparring again after they reached level 20.
• Xiao Wu’s affection for Zhang Tianyu increased after the battle, and Zhang Tianyu later looked at his fifteen Reward Points in the dormitory.

Zhang Tianyu browsed the Mall, spent the year at the academy growing closer to Xiao Wu, and traveled with her and Tang San to Holy Soul Village for the holiday. He gained a permanent title from the system and arrived at Tang San’s home, where Old Jack answered Tang San’s call for his father.

• Zhang Tianyu discovered two locked Mall tabs, browsed Tricking Items, and considered the Lightning Five-Fold Whip.
• The system explained that it had paused Yu Xiaogang tasks so he could recover, and Zhang Tianyu planned to keep tormenting him and Tang San over the next five years.
• After a year at the academy, Zhang Tianyu had reached Level 19 and saved 352 Reward Points; he and Xiao Wu agreed to visit his hometown during the holiday.
• On the carriage ride, Zhang Tianyu teased Xiao Wu about marrying and having children, then earned the permanent [Sober World] title after declaring that a woman’s soul mattered most.
• At Holy Soul Village, Tang San rushed into his home calling for his father, but Old Jack came out and greeted him.

Zhang Tianyu persuaded Xiao Wu to become his family and gained a powerful flying-sword soul skill, while Tang San watched their relationship grow closer. Five years later, Zhang Tianyu had reached level 36 and accumulated 1,999 Reward Points.

• Zhang Tianyu comforted Tang San after Tang Hao left, and Tang San admitted he still had no clues about who had attacked him and Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Xiao Wu to become his family and promised to protect her, revealing his Ten-Thousand-Year first Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu accepted Zhang Tianyu as her brother, completing his mission and rewarding him with a level of Soul Power, 10 Reward Points, and the Limitless Flying Sword Soul Skill.
• Tang San noticed the new closeness between Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu as the three returned to Nuoding Academy after visiting Zhang Tianyu's village.
• Five years passed, and Zhang Tianyu reached level 36, gained the Life-Chasing Sword Qi Soul Skill, and amassed 1,999 Reward Points.

Zhang Tianyu confronted Dai Mubai over the Rose Hotel’s last room and defeated him in a duel, earning most of the promised Gold Soul Coins. Afterward, the group continued toward the academy, with Dai Mubai’s remaining payment still to come.

• Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached the Rose Hotel, where the receptionist said only one suite remained and Tang San agreed to find another place to stay.
• Dai Mubai arrived with two twin sisters and claimed the room, but Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu refused to give it up.
• Dai Mubai challenged them to fight, and Zhang Tianyu wagered fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins against Dai Mubai’s promise of a hundred thousand.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed his three Soul Rings and accepted a mission to defeat Dai Mubai, with failure closing Zhu Zhuqing’s quest line.
• Dai Mubai activated his third soul skill, but Zhang Tianyu used his second soul skill to disarm him and win the duel.
• Dai Mubai admitted defeat and gave Zhang Tianyu a silver card containing roughly eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins, promising to deliver the rest later.

After Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu enjoyed their stay at the Rose Hotel, they traveled with Tang San to Shrek Academy, where Huangquan briefly released a terrifying aura during registration. The trio joined the enrollment line as the academy’s teachers went to investigate the disturbance.

• Zhang Tianyu left the hotel with Xiao Wu after collecting eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San departed to settle in.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu relaxed in a rose-filled private room before the three met at the southern gate and headed for Shrek Academy the next morning.
• At the academy, Zhang Tianyu spotted Ning Rongrong in the enrollment line while Li Yusong rejected applicants who failed the admission rules and revealed his six Soul Rings.
• When Li Yusong’s aura intimidated the line, Huangquan emerged briefly from Zhang Tianyu and released a chilling pressure before Zhang Tianyu forced it back down.
• Li Yusong and Dai Mubai explained the strange disturbance to Shao Xin and Lu Qibin, who left to investigate its source.

Zhang Tianyu and his companions passed Shrek Academy’s first admission test, and Zhang Tianyu astonished the crowd by revealing that he was a level 38 Soul Elder. Dai Mubai led them onward to the next test, where Oscar demonstrated his sausage Martial Soul and Zhu Zhuqing joined the group.

• Ning Rongrong passed the first test and was led inside by Dai Mubai.
• Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San registered together, and Li Yusong tested their ages and Martial Souls.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed Huangquan and three Soul Rings, then told Li Yusong that his Soul Power was level 38.
• Li Yusong enthusiastically admitted the three, and Dai Mubai led them toward the second test while watching for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai brought Zhu Zhuqing to the group, and Oscar demonstrated how his food-type Martial Soul produced a sausage.

Zhang Tianyu and his companions passed the early Shrek Academy tests and faced Zhao Wuji’s final trial. Zhang Tianyu began the fight with Huangquan, revealing the source of the sinister aura that had startled the candidates earlier.

• Dai Mubai escorted Zhang Tianyu and his companions past the second and third tests after their Soul Power readings exceeded level twenty-five, while Zhang Tianyu’s crystal burst because his Soul Power was above level thirty.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that his Soul Power was level thirty-eight and attributed his rapid progress to his Mutated Martial Soul and insights gained from sparring with Dai Mubai.
• The group met Zhao Wuji, and Zhang Tianyu refused direct admission so he could take the final test and complete his mission.
• Zhao Wuji set a trial in which the five candidates had to withstand his attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and they agreed on a basic team strategy.
• As the trial began, Zhang Tianyu summoned Huangquan, prompting Zhao Wuji and the others to recognize him as the source of the frightening aura they had sensed earlier.

Zhang Tianyu used his sword, soul attacks, and flight to turn the entrance spar against Zhao Wuji, who ended the fight before either of them was seriously hurt. Zhao Wuji welcomed Zhang Tianyu and the others into the academy, and Zhang Tianyu received a quest reward that raised his soul power to Level 40.

• Zhang Tianyu rescued Ning Rongrong from Zhao Wuji’s attack and launched black fireballs at him while Ning Rongrong buffed the others.
• Zhao Wuji identified the black flames as attacks that harmed the soul, then used his gravity and tracking skills to target Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu evaded Zhao Wuji, rescued Zhu Zhuqing while carrying Xiao Wu, and returned to challenge Zhao Wuji from the air.
• Zhang Tianyu filled the sky with black fireballs and sword qi, while Blue Silver Grass restrained Zhao Wuji; Zhao Wuji called off the spar and welcomed the group to enroll.
• Zhang Tianyu completed the [Cossack Bloodline] quest and received two soul power levels and 10 points, bringing him to Level 40 with 2014 points.

After Zhang Tianyu helped the others enroll at Shrek Academy, he went sightseeing with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, then joined them on a trip to Suotuo City. He accepted a system mission to prank Dai Mubai, Oscar, or Ma Hongjun without being exposed, but had not yet acted when the chapter ended with the trio shopping.

• Zhao Wuji praised Zhang Tianyu's strength after he left, while Zhang Tianyu downplayed his powerful soul skill to the others.
• Dai Mubai helped everyone complete enrollment and arrange their dormitories, with Zhang Tianyu and Zhu Zhuqing given separate rooms.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong invited Zhang Tianyu to tour the academy; the system assigned him a mission to prank Dai Mubai, Oscar, or Ma Hongjun without killing anyone or revealing himself.
• The trio toured the academy and nearby village but did not encounter Ma Hongjun, then agreed to visit Suotuo City.
• Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong walked to Suotuo City and spent the evening shopping.