Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu’s [HOMO Catalyst] made Yu Xiaogang and Flender misunderstand each other, destroying their trust. As Yu Xiaogang considered leaving and ending his relationship with Tang San, he began tracing his misfortune back to the day he met Tang San, Zhang Tianyu, and Xiao Wu.

• Zhang Tianyu decided not to use [HOMO Catalyst] on Flender, and the catalyst’s effect on Yu Xiaogang soon ended, leaving him unaware of what had happened.
• The next morning, Yu Xiaogang tried to tell Flender about his strange experiences, but Flender mistook him for making another advance and urged him to give up.
• Yu Xiaogang misread Flender’s words as advice to stop resisting the unknown force behind his misfortunes, and he angrily left Flender’s office.
• Yu Xiaogang waited outside the training ground, intending to sever his master-disciple relationship with Tang San, but began wondering whether leaving would make his troubles worse.
• Yu Xiaogang traced the start of his strange misfortunes to the day he met Tang San, Zhang Tianyu, and Xiao Wu, and started considering whether one of them was responsible.

Yu Xiaogang reasoned that Xiao Wu might be behind the misfortunes that had plagued him, but he lacked evidence and decided to watch her secretly. Zhang Tianyu knew Yu Xiaogang was growing suspicious and planned to deal with him later, then spent a quiet evening with Xiao Wu while thinking about Liu Erlong.

• Yu Xiaogang reviewed the timing of his misfortunes and concluded that Xiao Wu seemed more suspicious than Tang San or Zhang Tianyu because her origins were unknown and she had a mental-type Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to observe Xiao Wu rather than confront her, since he had no proof and feared angering Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu and the system discussed Yu Xiaogang's suspicions, and Zhang Tianyu resolved to let him be for now while keeping his own schemes secret.
• Zhang Tianyu reflected that he could join the others in most of their Soul Ring hunts, since they were nearing Level 40 after consuming Immortal Herbs and spiritual medicine.
• Xiao Wu asked Zhang Tianyu whether he was disappointed that she was behind the others in cultivation, and he reassured her before she rested her head on his shoulder.
• As Zhang Tianyu sat with Xiao Wu in the evening breeze, he thought about having an all-night heart-to-heart with Liu Erlong.

Zhang Tianyu helped Shrek Academy’s students obtain fourth Soul Rings and secretly boosted Xiao Wu’s cultivation so she could reach Level 40 before the tournament. While escorting her to search for a Soul Ring, he brought her to the ruins of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where she hoped he would leave her alone.

• Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reached Level 40, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming accompanied the students to obtain fourth Soul Rings.
• Zhang Tianyu helped the four students secure Soul Rings, while Tang San’s Earth Cave Demon Spider ring was only over four thousand years old because he lacked the Eight Spider Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang continued secretly watching Zhang Tianyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, with Xiao Wu as his main suspect.
• Zhang Tianyu sent Xiao Wu a Soul Power Boost Voucher and a Clear Heart Pill, and she reached Level 40 two months later, followed by Ma Hongjun.
• Zhang Tianyu took Xiao Wu away from the group to search for her Soul Ring, and Flender remarked that even he might be a burden alongside Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu brought Xiao Wu to the ruins of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and went to gather supplies, while Xiao Wu worried about him leaving her there.

Xiao Wu awakened her Fourth Soul Ring while Zhang Tianyu was away, and the two returned to Shrek Academy as preparations for the Soul Master Tournament ended. At the tournament’s opening ceremony, Zhang Tianyu used an overwhelming display of power to force Canghui Academy’s students to their knees.

• Xiao Wu secretly awakened her Fourth Soul Ring, then told Zhang Tianyu she had found and absorbed a suitable wounded Soul Beast while searching for him.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu met Flender and the others, helped Ma Hongjun obtain his Fourth Soul Ring, and returned to the academy, where the tournament team completed its preparations.
• Zhang Tianyu asked the System about future missions and chose to pursue becoming the overlord of the continent.
• A month later, Shrek Academy arrived at the tournament opening ceremony in its ridiculed school uniforms, with Zhang Tianyu giving Jiang Zhu one of his spare masks.
• Tailong confronted a student from Canghui Academy after the student mocked Shrek, but Zhang Tianyu stopped him and unleashed a cold force that drove Canghui Academy’s students to their knees.

Zhang Tianyu led Shrek Academy through the opening ceremony and into the tournament, where the team crushed Heaven Dou Second Team in its first match. After the victory, Ning Fengzhi met the group outside the Great Soul Arena and reunited with Ning Rongrong.

• Zhang Tianyu warned the Canghui Academy students, and Shi Nian arrived, recognized that he could not see through Zhang Tianyu, and led his group away.
• Flender explained Shi Nian's illusion-based Martial Soul to Shrek Academy, while Zhang Tianyu insisted he would handle him if necessary.
• Shrek Academy entered the opening ceremony last and endured jeers before Bishop Salas announced that finalists could join the Spirit Temple.
• Zhang Tianyu chose Shrek's starting lineup for its match against Heaven Dou Second Team, and Tang San and the others defeated all seven opponents in seconds.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Shrek Academy outside the Great Soul Arena, and Ning Rongrong ran to embrace her father.

Ning Fengzhi introduced Tang San to Qian Renxue, who told him about Spirit Hall’s connection to Tang Hao’s disappearance, while Zhang Tianyu activated a mission to trick Tang San. Zhang Tianyu’s glue prank tore Tang San’s pants and underwear, leaving him scrambling to hide the damage as he prepared to follow Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue to lunch.

• Ning Fengzhi praised the Shrek Academy group, sent Ning Rongrong back to the academy, and kept Tang San behind to meet Qian Renxue.
• Zhang Tianyu received a mission to trick Tang San and chose a prank while watching Qian Renxue explain Spirit Hall’s role in Tang Hao’s past.
• Tang San grew angry at Spirit Hall after hearing Qian Renxue’s account, then tried to leave the teahouse before lunch.
• Zhang Tianyu’s upgraded super glue tore Tang San’s pants and underwear when he stood up, so Tang San quickly sat down to hide the damage.
• Tang San stayed for lunch, waited until Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue walked away, then tied a coat around his waist to cover his torn clothes.

Tang San accidentally exposed himself when his pants and the jacket around his waist tore, then found a worn piece of women's underwear among the clothes he pulled from his storage belt. After Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi agreed to hear him out, they left with him to discuss his inexplicable run of strange incidents over lunch.

• Tang San's pants and waist-wrapping jacket tore as he tried to leave, exposing his backside to Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San pulled out a pink nightgown and a worn piece of underwear, and Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi suspected he had a strange hobby.
• Tang San insisted he had never put the women's clothing in his storage belt and suspected another inexplicable incident was behind it.
• Tang San told Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi about his strange misfortunes, including swapping souls with a dog, and said no one knew who was causing them.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi waited outside while Tang San changed, then invited him to lunch so he could explain his situation in detail.

Zhang Tianyu used a new prank item on Tang San, making him fart uncontrollably in the carriage with Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi while concealing his awareness of it. Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi opened the windows for fresh air as Tang San continued to act oblivious.

• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi rode with Tang San in a carriage after leaving the teahouse.
• Zhang Tianyu used the Gathering of Heroes Crisp on Tang San, activating Consciousness Confusion so Tang San would not notice his farts or their smell.
• Tang San repeatedly farted in the carriage while chatting with Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi, who identified him as the source but tried to spare him embarrassment.
• Qian Renxue asked about the odor, and Ning Fengzhi suggested they had passed a sewer while Tang San insisted he could not smell anything.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi opened the carriage windows for fresh air as Tang San continued farting behind them.

Tang San struggled to control repeated waves of gas in Qian Renxue’s carriage, unaware that Zhang Tianyu had altered the effects of his [Consciousness Confusion]. Qian Renxue grew increasingly irritated while Ning Fengzhi planned to leave, and the chapter ended as more powerful waves overwhelmed Tang San’s careful strategy.

• Tang San noticed the smell in the carriage and asked Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi about it, while they wondered whether his earlier behavior had been deliberate.
• Tang San’s body produced rapidly accumulating waves of gas, which he struggled to suppress.
• Tang San carefully released the gas through a tiny opening, briefly easing his discomfort and clearing the smell from the carriage.
• Another wave made a faint sound, infuriating Qian Renxue and prompting Ning Fengzhi to decide he would get off at the next intersection.
• Tang San mistook Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi’s silence for a lack of awareness and tried to keep controlling the gas.
• Several enormous waves struck in succession, leaving Tang San unable to manage them with his careful release strategy.

Tang San’s attempt to cover a fart in Qian Renxue’s carriage only drew attention to it, and the resulting stench drove him to leave. Unable to find a toilet, he sprinted through the commercial streets while farting until he finally reached a restroom.

• Tang San slapped the carriage seat to mask his fart, but Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi watched and heard the whole thing.
• Tang San claimed he had urgent business, got out of the carriage, and hurried away as Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi reacted to the lingering stench.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi discussed Tang San’s strange behavior and his childhood friendship with Zhang Tianyu.
• Tang San searched the crowded commercial streets for a toilet, farting rhythmically as he ran past startled pedestrians.
• Tang San finally found a restroom, rushed inside, and began venting with abandon.

Tang San was trapped in a Heaven Dou City restroom by relentless, explosive gas that onlookers mistook for dangerous soul skills or Soul Tools. As Spirit Hall and Empire Defense forces surrounded the restroom, he wondered how he could leave without suffering even worse embarrassment.

• Tang San kept passing loud gas in the restroom for over half an hour, while terrified bystanders fled and alerted the guards.
• The guards suspected someone was testing a soul skill or Soul Tool and summoned Spirit Hall and the Imperial Defense Department.
• Tang San realized the authorities had surrounded the restroom and tried several antidotes, but none stopped the gas.
• The Spirit Hall Patrol captain and Empire Defense captain ordered Tang San to come out, then raised their weapons when another blast sounded.
• Tang San remained inside, agonizing over whether to leave and how to explain that he was only passing gas.

Tang San escaped a public restroom after the Patrol Team and Defense Army mistook his fart-powered Soul Tool testing for a threat, then caused a citywide lockdown. Zhang Tianyu received a new mission to trick Yu Xiaogang, while Shrek Academy began suspecting Tang San was the masked escapee just as he returned exhausted.

• Tang San avoided being exposed by putting on a mask and fleeing through a rear window with the Flying God Claw.
• Tang San's fart propelled him higher into the air, leaving onlookers and the two captains to realize the booming sound had been a fart.
• Zhang Tianyu received rewards for the completed Tang San mission and a new mission to trick Yu Xiaogang, then chose a tricking item.
• Ma Hongjun told Shrek Academy that the city was under martial law after a restroom incident involving a metal-claw Soul Tool.
• The Shrek students suspected the escapee had used Tang San's Flying God Claw, but Zhang Tianyu dismissed the possibility; Tang San then returned drenched in sweat.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after being pursued by the Patrol Team and Empire Defense Force, then rushed to the bathroom because he could not stop farting. Flender and the others protected him from the authorities, but they discovered the thunderous blasts in the dormitory bathroom were his farts.

• Tang San hurried to the bathroom, prompting his friends to suspect he was the person testing abilities in public bathrooms.
• Students warned Shrek Academy that patrol and defense forces were pursuing a dangerous criminal who had entered the grounds.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others recognized Tang San in the pursuers' portraits but denied knowing him and persuaded the officials to leave.
• Flender and the others followed Ma Hongjun to the boys' dormitory bathroom, where Tang San's explosive farts rattled the building.
• Tang San explained that he had been set up and was suffering uncontrollable gas, leaving everyone stunned by the blasts.

Tang San endured uncontrollable farting until nearly one in the morning, while Yu Xiaogang mysteriously missed Shrek Academy’s preparations for the second Preliminary Tournament match. Shrek chose Zhang Tianyu to face the powerful Elephant Armored Academy, and the chapter left the team ready to compete.

• Tang San told the others to leave him alone, and Flender said Yu Xiaogang had gone back to his quarters to rest because he was tired.
• Tang San’s farting continued until nearly one in the morning, and he recovered enough to begin cultivating the next day.
• Shrek Academy returned for the second Preliminary Tournament match in uniforms advertising Exotic Fragrant Flower Dew and defeated their opponents, gaining fans.
• Flender discovered Yu Xiaogang was missing again, then told the team their next opponents were Elephant Armored Academy, whose seven competitors were powerful descendants of the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Zhang Tianyu said he could bully Soul Kings without pressure and chose to replace Dai Mubai in Shrek Academy’s lineup against Elephant Armored Academy.

Shrek faced the Elephant Armored Academy in the first match of the second qualifier, where Zhang Tianyu revealed six Soul Rings and shocked the entire venue. He launched his Flying Swords at the Elephant Armored team, and Huyan Li activated his defense as one blade passed close to his neck.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin watched as Shrek entered the arena against the Elephant Armored Academy, whose leader Huyan Zhen resented Shrek for fielding a lineup without all its main forces.
• Huyan Li introduced himself as a forty-third-rank defensive Soul Ancestor, and Zhang Tianyu said he was not the captain and that the captain was resting.
• At the start of the match, Zhang Tianyu revealed six Soul Rings, astonishing the spectators, officials, and both teams.
• The Elephant Armored team activated their Martial Souls and insisted Zhang Tianyu fight at full strength, so he summoned his Illusory Flying Swords.
• Huyan Li activated Copper Wall and Iron Bastion as a Flying Sword skimmed past his neck, filling him with a bone-chilling fear.

Zhang Tianyu revealed his Soul Emperor level by defeating Huyan Li, then returned to Shrek Academy with his teammates. There, they found Yu Xiaogang asleep and seemingly impossible to wake, leaving Flender and the others baffled.

• Zhang Tianyu defeated Huyan Li with a shallow cut to his neck, and Huyan Li conceded after Zhang showed mercy.
• Salas, Huyan Zhen, and Xue Ye reacted to Zhang Tianyu's strength, while the Shrek Team celebrated his revelation as a thirteen-year-old Soul Emperor.
• Zhang Tianyu promised to treat his teammates, and the Shrek group returned to the academy to look for Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender and the others found Yu Xiaogang sprawled on his bed and snoring, and Flender suspected he had gone out at night to resume his old habits.
• Tang San examined Yu Xiaogang and found no health problems, but Yu Xiaogang continued sleeping despite Flender's attempts to wake him.

Flender found Yu Xiaogang sleeping through Shrek Academy’s second Preliminary Tournament match and was furious that he had left the team unprepared for the Elephant Armored Sect. After Yu Xiaogang briefly woke, he continued sleeping, and Tang San later discovered that he could respond to simple questions but only wanted to lie down.

• Flender slapped Yu Xiaogang awake and scolded him for missing the tournament match and failing to warn anyone that he would be absent.
• Dai Mubai and Zhang Tianyu restrained Flender while the students escorted him outside, leaving Tang San to watch Yu Xiaogang.
• At the faculty dormitories, Flender and the others speculated that Yu Xiaogang might be exhausted and decided to let him sleep.
• Tang San questioned the unresponsive Yu Xiaogang, who eventually opened his eyes but gave no spoken answers.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to answer by nodding or shaking his head, learning that he felt comfortable, had no headache or dizziness, wanted to lie down, and still recognized Tang San.

Tang San discovered that Yu Xiaogang had no apparent illness and was simply too lazy to get out of bed, speak, or even eat. When Tang San and the Shrek Academy group brought him food at dusk, Yu Xiaogang finally asked for help getting up to pee.

• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang and learned that he felt comfortable but was extremely lazy and had only become that way today.
• Tang San reported his findings to Flender, who visited Yu Xiaogang with Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming and decided to observe him before seeking medical help.
• Tang San and the others agreed to check on Yu Xiaogang again at dusk and bring him food.
• Tang San arrived with a meal and found Yu Xiaogang awake but barely responsive.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that he needed to pee and asked for help, shocking everyone.

Flender arrived to find Yu Xiaogang asleep in urine-soaked bedding, and the group agreed his condition was abnormal despite Tang San's examinations and antidotes. Zhang Tianyu suggested that if Yu Xiaogang was truly just extremely lazy, they would have to address the laziness at its root.

• Ma Hongjun went to fetch Flender after Yu Xiaogang wet the bed in front of the group.
• Tang San said he had already examined Yu Xiaogang and given him the necessary antidotes, so he would wait for Flender before deciding what to do.
• Xiao Wu suggested the girls leave the room, and Zhang Tianyu agreed they should wait outside.
• Flender arrived, confirmed Yu Xiaogang had wet the bed, and recognized that something was wrong.
• Zhang Tianyu proposed tackling Yu Xiaogang's laziness at its root if laziness was truly the cause.

Zhang Tianyu’s Sloth item left Yu Xiaogang unable to care for himself, so Flender and the others could only wait and see whether he recovered. Tang San hired a caregiver for his teacher, and the nursing center agreed to arrange care at the level for a paralyzed patient.

• Tang San checked Yu Xiaogang’s pulse and confirmed that his body was physically normal, while Flender and the others wondered what caused his extreme laziness.
• Zhang Tianyu recognized that his Seven Deadly Sins item was making Yu Xiaogang’s condition worsen and would last seven days.
• Flender left Tang San to care for Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San decided to buy diapers and hire someone rather than change his teacher himself.
• Tang San bought adult diapers and found a nursing center after failing to get a caregiver referral from a shopkeeper.
• Tang San explained Yu Xiaogang’s condition to the receptionist, who offered to arrange a caregiver under the standards for a paralyzed patient.