Chapter Summaries

After Hu Liena left, Zhang Tianyu spent several peaceful days with Qian Renxue before the system assigned him another mission to trick Tang San. A stray white dog gave Zhang Tianyu an idea, and Hu Liena unexpectedly came to find him.

• Zhang Tianyu told Hu Liena he would not consider joining Spirit Hall until after the Soul Master Tournament, and Hu Liena promised Spirit Hall would not assassinate him.
• Hu Liena left while exchanging a pointed look with Qian Renxue, who planned to see Zhang Tianyu again that night.
• For three days, Qian Renxue met Zhang Tianyu at night, while Hu Liena stayed away from the academy.
• The system assigned Zhang Tianyu a mission to trick Tang San, and he rejected using a HOMO Effect Capsule because it could expose him and put him at risk.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San about Yu Xiaogang’s absence, and Tang San said his teacher was recovering from the journey.
• Ning Rongrong and the others gathered around a stray white dog, inspiring Zhang Tianyu; later, Hu Liena came to the academy to see him.

Zhang Tianyu accompanied Hu Liena around Heaven Dou City to unlock her mission line, then prepared a prank targeting Tang San. The chapter ended with Tang San waking in bed and barking at Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

• Zhang Tianyu accepted the system’s mission to spend at least three hours shopping with Hu Liena, and the two spent the afternoon together as her favorability rose.
• Hu Liena asked to meet Zhang Tianyu again before returning to Spirit City, and he said he would come if he had time.
• Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling questioned Zhang Tianyu about Hu Liena, and he explained that he had saved her in Death Valley and claimed they were only friends.
• Zhang Tianyu used the system’s remote tricking item on Tang San and looked forward to seeing the result the next morning.
• Tang San woke at six, found himself in an unfamiliar situation, and later barked at Oscar and Ma Hongjun when they tried to wake him.

Tang San awoke transformed into a dog in Heaven Dou City, with his Soul Power and abilities sealed, and tried to make his way back to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, his friends saw him behaving like a dog and suspected poison, unaware that the dog was Tang San.

• Tang San woke beside a trash can in a dog's body, tried to wake himself by striking a lamppost, and realized the transformation was real.
• Tang San calmed himself, decided to return to Shrek Academy and seek Zhang Tianyu's help, and found that he could not use his Soul Power, Blue Silver Grass, or Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San left the alley and ran toward the Imperial Palace to orient himself, stopping to rest after roughly twenty minutes.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San grabbed Oscar's sausages and fled the dormitory on all fours.
• Zhang Tianyu and Dai Mubai saw the dog, and Ma Hongjun explained that Tang San had acted strangely since waking; Dai Mubai suggested Tang San might have poisoned himself.

Zhang Tianyu used the Soul Swapping Device to exchange Tang San’s soul with a stray dog’s, leaving Tang San trapped in the dog’s body while the dog’s soul behaved like a dog in Tang San’s body. Tang San fled the academy and was chased and pelted with stones in Seventh District.

• Tang San’s doglike charge through the academy ended when he ran into the women’s restroom, then escaped before Dai Mubai and Zhang Tianyu could catch him.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Zhang Tianyu, and the girls split up to search the academy, unaware that Tang San’s soul was inside a dog outside the school.
• Zhang Tianyu’s Soul Swapping Device was revealed to last 72 hours and to reverse if either soul’s body neared death.
• The stray dog’s soul, in Tang San’s body, hid beneath a bush in the academy courtyard and thought humans would no longer mistreat it.
• Tang San, in the stray dog’s body, was struck by people throwing stones and refuse in Seventh District, then fled as they and a group of children chased him.

Tang San, trapped in a dog’s body, was rescued by a little girl and her mother but could not make them understand that he needed to return to the academy. Meanwhile, Zhang Tianyu and the others searched for him, and the northern forest’s hidden experts confirmed they had not sensed him.

• After children chased and injured him, Tang San collapsed and was found by a little girl and her mother, who took him to a clinic for treatment.
• Once healed, Tang San tried to escape, but the little girl decided to bring him to their hotel and take him back to Biers City; his attempts to explain himself came out as barks.
• Tang San tried to write with his paw, managed only one crooked character, and was carried away by one of the woman’s guards.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Zhang Tianyu, and the others searched the academy for Tang San, while Zhang Tianyu concealed that he knew where Tang San was.
• Flender divided the search parties, sending himself and Zhang Tianyu to the northern forest while the others searched elsewhere.
• The three hidden experts in the northern forest said they had neither seen nor sensed Tang San.

Zhang Tianyu helped search for Tang San while hiding the fact that Tang San was still concealed nearby in a dog’s body. Yu Xiaogang failed to get Spirit Hall’s help, and Tang San was left despairing after Zhang Tianyu flew past without noticing him, though he realized Tianyu was heading to the Imperial Palace for help.

• Zhang Tianyu and three powerful figures searched the forest but failed to find Tang San, who remained hidden in a thicket because the soul-swapping device concealed his aura.
• Zhang Tianyu returned to the others and said Tang San had probably left the academy, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Zhang Tianyu to seek help from Spirit Hall and the imperial family.
• Zhang Tianyu met Qian Renxue at the Imperial Palace, while Yu Xiaogang was repeatedly brushed off at Spirit Hall and left humiliated and angry.
• Two men forcibly bathed Tang San, who was trapped in a dog’s body and blamed Yu Xiaogang for his misfortune.
• Tang San spotted Zhang Tianyu flying past the bathroom window and barked for help, but the men silenced him before Zhang Tianyu noticed.
• Tang San calmed down and concluded that Zhang Tianyu had been flying toward the Imperial Palace to ask the crown prince for help.

Tang San struggled to escape while trapped in a dog's body, and Zhang Tianyu confronted Dog Soul Tang San and the mysterious figure observing him. The mysterious figure admitted he could resurrect Tang San, while Zhang Tianyu challenged him to prove his abilities by reviving a withered blade of grass.

• Tang San finished the dog food and chicken bones, then refused to wear a collar when the little girl took him outside, quietly looking for a chance to escape.
• Zhang Tianyu told Yu Xiaogang that the imperial family was searching for Tang San, while privately mocking Yu Xiaogang's failed appeal to Spirit Hall.
• Dog Soul Tang San crept out of the academy bushes, where Zhang Tianyu confronted him and explained why he had not ended his torment.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that the mysterious figure had been hiding nearby, and the figure admitted that he could resurrect Tang San if Zhang Tianyu killed him.
• Zhang Tianyu struck a blade of grass with sword energy and challenged the figure to revive it, noting that he was speaking through only a tiny clone.

Zhang Tianyu confronted the mysterious man and learned that the System could not identify the energy he used, leaving Zhang Tianyu unsure whether the man might be toying with him. Meanwhile, Dog Soul Tang San escaped from a crowd of students after ripping his clothes and scattering them by defecating as he ran.

• Zhang Tianyu warned the mysterious man that Tang San would remain safe unless Zhang Tianyu was pushed too far, and the mysterious man withdrew.
• The System failed to identify the mysterious man's energy and listed several possible reasons, including that he might be deliberately sparing Zhang Tianyu to keep playing with him.
• Dog Soul Tang San ran away, tore off much of his clothing with his mouth, and was discovered by students.
• The students surrounded Dog Soul Tang San and sent others to report his whereabouts to Zhao Wuji.
• Dog Soul Tang San panicked and dropped feces from his torn pants, making the students scatter and allowing him to escape.

Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San had fled while pooping, then pursued him as the real Tang San escaped from the wealthy mother and daughter who had mistaken him for a dog. Tang San’s expensive outfit and jeweled collar attracted four thieves, who caught him just as he neared the Imperial Palace.

• Students told Zhao Wuji and Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had run away while pooping, and the teachers found evidence confirming their story.
• Zhao Wuji warned the students not to spread the incident, then he and Yu Xiaogang chased after Tang San.
• The real Tang San escaped from the theater courtyard after Wang Dali left him tied loosely to a tree.
• Tang San ran toward the Imperial Palace but had to stop at the district exit to catch his breath.
• A bald thief and his three men stopped Tang San and planned to steal his costly pet suit and jeweled collar.

Tang San, trapped in a dog's body, was captured after Shrek Academy lured him with food, then restrained and locked in a cage. The group failed to cure him and decided to keep him in a storage room while they searched for an explanation.

• A balding soul master knocked Tang San unconscious when he struggled against being returned to his owner.
• News spread through Shrek Academy that Tang San had defecated in public, and Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji searched for him without finding him.
• Zhang Tianyu suggested using fragrant food to lure Tang San out, and Dai Mubai's group caught him.
• The Shrek group tied Tang San up and put him in a cage, then tried several detoxifying and purifying methods without success.
• A Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect soul master suspected Tang San had not been affected by a curse, leaving the group unable to explain his condition.
• Flender decided to lock Tang San in an empty storage room near the academy forest until they found a solution.

After being captured by a butcher, Tang San escaped slaughter when the butcher’s boss decided to auction him as a dog that understood human speech. At the auction house, Tang San slipped away backstage and agreed to help an employee steal from the underground vault in exchange for his collar being removed and a chance to escape.

• Tang San woke in an animal slaughterhouse, where a butcher spared him after discovering he understood human speech.
• The butcher’s boss took Tang San to an auction house, where staff set his starting price at 200 Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang San untied himself backstage and slipped into an empty employee break room, where he found a knife.
• A young auction house employee refused to remove Tang San’s collar, then offered to free him if he helped steal money from the underground vault.
• Tang San agreed to the employee’s plan to steal the money and escape.

Tang San escaped the auction house after helping a stranger steal gold, then made his way back to Shrek Academy in his dog form. The chapter leaves him fleeing the gatekeepers toward the student dormitories, hoping to reach Zhang Tianyu before they throw him out.

• Tang San helped the man steal gold coins and storage Soul Tools from the auction house, and the man cut off his collar and let him go.
• Tang San ran to Shrek Academy, fainted outside the gates, and dreamed that Zhang Tianyu rejected him and attacked him with Flying Swords.
• Tang San woke, slipped through the academy gates, and was beaten by the gatekeepers after they mistook him for a stray dog.
• Tang San fled deeper into the academy as the gatekeepers pursued him, then decided to head for the dormitory area and Zhang Tianyu's dormitory.

Tang San, trapped in a dog’s body, tried to reach the dormitory area but was injured by a gatekeeper’s chopstick hidden weapons. Zhang Tianyu and Oscar realized the dog could understand and write, and identified it as Tang San; they suspected his soul had swapped with a dog’s.

• A gatekeeper pierced Tang San’s hind legs with chopsticks, and Tang San dragged himself toward the dormitory area.
• Zhang Tianyu stopped the gatekeepers from hurting Tang San further and called Oscar to treat him.
• Tang San ate Oscar’s sausages, then scratched characters into the ground to show that he was Tang San.
• Zhang Tianyu and Oscar concluded that Tang San had swapped souls with a dog, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were stunned by the explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and the others hurried over, while Zhao Wuji carried Dog Soul Tang San; Tang San froze when he saw him.

Tang San and the dog remained trapped in each other’s bodies, and Zhang Tianyu found no one who could reverse the Soul Swap. The academy decided to wait and hope Tang San recovered on his own, while Zhang Tianyu reached level 90 and received a Titled Douluo Gift Pack.

• Flender confirmed that Tang San’s soul was in the dog’s body and the dog’s soul was in Tang San’s body.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Feilian, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena for help, but none of them could reverse the Soul Swap.
• Ning Rongrong reported that Ning Fengzhi also had no solution, and the academy agreed to wait two days while searching for another way.
• Tang San despaired at the thought of remaining a dog, while his friends tried to comfort him and kept the dog locked in the storage room.
• Tang Hao, investigating the Black-Clad Mystery Guest Organization in the Star Luo Empire, worried it was a ploy to draw him away from Tang San and headed back toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhang Tianyu received mission rewards, reached level 90, and obtained a Titled Douluo Gift Pack.

Zhang Tianyu opened his Titled Douluo gift pack, gained powerful soul skills and a skull Soul Bone, and unlocked the Jianghu friend-list function. Meanwhile, Tang San’s soul swap appeared to end, and Flender revealed that an anonymous letter claimed the culprit had undone it, leaving the group to check whether Tang San had returned to normal.

• Zhang Tianyu received two offensive skills from his new soul ring and a skull Soul Bone with a powerful survival skill, then removed and re-equipped his mismatched left-leg Soul Bone without injury.
• Zhang Tianyu discovered Jianghu, a function that let him gift characters attribute boosts or remotely harm them without spending extra Reward Points, while tracking their condition and preserving videos.
• Zhang Tianyu and the system discussed Tang San’s predicament and joked about ways the soul swap could go wrong.
• Tang San convulsed, then sprang away from the group, prompting Oscar to suspect that Tang San had returned to his body.
• Zhang Tianyu and the others headed to the storage room with the dog, where they met Flender and Yu Xiaogang, who said an anonymous letter claimed its writer had undone the Soul Swap.

After Tang San returned to human form, Zhang Tianyu learned that someone might be targeting him over his father’s past, while the system gave Zhang a new mission involving Hu Liena. Zhang Tianyu saw Hu Liena off with a meal, leaving her delighted by his attention as she prepared to return to Spirit City.

• Tang San wondered whether his secret tormentors were enemies of his father or Yu Xiaogang, but he knew nothing about his father’s past and Flender’s letter named no one.
• Zhang Tianyu agreed to pause missions targeting Tang San and Yu Xiaogang while they recovered, then received a mission to give Hu Liena a loving hug for a 10% increase in his second Martial Soul’s unlock progress.
• Hu Liena came to say goodbye before returning to Spirit City, and Zhang Tianyu offered to see her off after first seeming eager for her to leave.
• Zhang Tianyu took Hu Liena’s carriage to the Royal Velvet Hotel for a farewell meal, explaining that he had only been teasing her at the academy gate.
• Hu Liena recalled dreaming about Kakashi and felt happy that Zhang Tianyu was the handsome man who had saved her, though she wished he could come to Spirit City with her.

Zhang Tianyu and Hu Liena shared a farewell evening, and their first kiss completed a mission that unlocked his eighth soul skill, Famous Sword Summoning. Hu Liena left for Spirit City after returning to see him off, while Zhang Tianyu realized Qian Renxue’s subordinates had been monitoring them.

• Zhang Tianyu took Hu Liena to the Royal Velvet Hotel, and she chose to spend more time with him before leaving the next morning.
• Hu Liena embraced Zhang Tianyu, and they kissed after he returned her affection, completing his mission and earning its rewards.
• Zhang Tianyu unlocked Famous Sword Summoning and received a registry of famous swords from other dimensions.
• Zhang Tianyu went to see Hu Liena off, learned she had left early, then watched her carriage return so she could embrace him before departing again.
• Zhang Tianyu noticed that Qian Renxue’s subordinates had been following and monitoring him and Hu Liena.

Zhang Tianyu realized that Tailong’s pursuit of Xiao Wu and the Strength Clan plot had never happened, leaving Tang San’s plans to rebuild the Tang Sect in trouble. When Yu Xiaogang’s [HOMO Effect Capsule] expired, he discovered that everyone believed he was gay and in love with Flender, and he fled in shock after Zhao Wuji explained what he had said.

• Zhang Tianyu decided not to intervene in the skipped Strength Clan plot, noting that Tang San had also lost the five million needed to help rebuild the Tang Sect.
• After a month of training, Yu Xiaogang’s [HOMO Effect Capsule] wore off, but [Consciousness Confusion] left him unable to remember the past two months accurately.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhao Wuji to meet with him about the Soul Master Tournament, and Zhao Wuji refused because he believed Yu Xiaogang wanted him romantically.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that he had publicly declared his love for Flender, stunning Yu Xiaogang, who insisted he had never said such things.
• Zhao Wuji recounted Yu Xiaogang’s confession in front of Liu Erlong, Flender, and others, and Yu Xiaogang saw the teachers retreating after overhearing their argument.
• Yu Xiaogang fled the faculty building in a panic.

Yu Xiaogang realized that his students heard him claim he was interested in Flender, though he remembered saying nothing of the sort, and explained that he believed someone had set him up. After he left, Tang San and the others questioned whether such a trick could alter someone’s orientation, and worried that girls could be affected too.

• Yu Xiaogang decided not to explain the misunderstanding to Liu Erlong and waited in the dormitory area to speak with the Shrek students.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether he had claimed to be interested in Flender, and Tang San confirmed that his words had sounded that way to everyone else.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that someone had manipulated what others heard, recalled his earlier uncontrollable cursing, and asked the students to believe him.
• The students reassured Yu Xiaogang, who said he had only discovered the misunderstanding that afternoon and then left without seeking to explain himself to anyone else.
• Zhang Tianyu privately noted that Yu Xiaogang wanted Liu Erlong to keep misunderstanding him, while the system joked with him about being an NTR master.
• Tang San and the others wondered whether someone could change a person’s orientation, and Shrek’s Four Beauties panicked at the possibility that girls could be affected too.

Yu Xiaogang told Flender that a powerful hidden existence was manipulating his consciousness and proposed ending his relationship with Tang San to protect him. Zhang Tianyu’s interference made Yu Xiaogang embrace Flender, destroying Flender’s trust in his warnings and leaving Zhang Tianyu confident his scheme had worked.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that an unknown powerful being had altered his orientation and muddled his awareness, and Flender began to take the danger seriously.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to sever his master-disciple relationship with Tang San so Tang San would not be caught up in the torment.
• Flender promised to protect Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang took the words as proof of affection and threw himself into Flender’s arms.
• Flender shoved Yu Xiaogang away and ordered him out, while Zhang Tianyu watched through the friend list’s Observe function.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that he had used a temporary [HOMO Catalyst] to make Yu Xiaogang embrace Flender and erase Flender’s suspicion of him.