Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu’s Pica Inducer left Yu Xiaogang badly injured after he ate swill, so Zhang suspended its effect before it killed him. Yu Xiaogang returned to training but fell and reopened his wound, leaving him bleeding in front of the academy’s students.

• Rumors spread that Yu Xiaogang had eaten several buckets of swill, and Zhang Tianyu laughed at the news.
• Zhang suspended the Pica Inducer’s effect because Yu Xiaogang was close to dying, though Yu remained sick while his body cleared the accumulated waste.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the group on the thirteenth day, and the students expressed concern before he insisted on resuming their training.
• Yu Xiaogang tripped while stepping back and fell hard, reopening his injury and bleeding through his pants.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ye Lingling, and the others rushed to help Yu Xiaogang while Zhang Tianyu hid his amusement.

After Tang San treated Yu Xiaogang’s reopened wound, he suddenly berated his teacher for using him as a test subject and said he regretted becoming his disciple. Tang San then realized he had been manipulated again, and Yu Xiaogang forgave him while keeping his suspicions about Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu to himself.

• Yu Xiaogang left training with Tang San to tend to his reopened wound, and Tang San stopped the bleeding and applied medicine.
• Tang San suddenly accused Yu Xiaogang of exploiting him with untested theories and called him useless, leaving Yu Xiaogang in tears.
• Yu Xiaogang said their master-disciple relationship should end, but Tang San denied saying the hurtful things and knelt to affirm his devotion to his teacher.
• Tang San suspected someone had manipulated him again, and Yu Xiaogang agreed that the strange outburst was likely not his doing.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized and decided not to tell Tang San that he and Flender had suspected Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu.

After leaving Yu Xiaogang, Tang San forgot his warning and viciously insulted his classmates, including Zhang Tianyu, until Dai Mubai nearly attacked him. The others restrained Dai Mubai, who ultimately held back, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun suspected Tang San’s behavior was unusually erratic.

• Tang San left Yu Xiaogang, forgot the warning to explain his strange behavior, and went to the training ground.
• Tang San called Zhao Wuji and the students trash, then attacked Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun with personal insults.
• Tang San insulted Zhang Tianyu and accused Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing of desiring him, provoking their anger.
• Dai Mubai entered Martial Soul Possession and charged at Tang San after Tang San insulted Zhu Zhuqing, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun held him back.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun urged Dai Mubai to consider that Tang San might be emotionally unstable, and Dai Mubai eventually calmed down and said he would endure it this time.

Tang San turned on his classmates and challenged Dai Mubai to a duel, but twice lost focus at the crucial moment and was punched across the face. Dai Mubai left him badly swollen on the ground, while the cause of Tang San’s lapses remained unexplained.

• Tang San mocked Dai Mubai and accused his classmates of never helping him, prompting Dai Mubai to challenge him to a one-on-one fight.
• Dai Mubai dodged Tang San’s opening Blue Silver Grass attack and rushed in, but Tang San suddenly lost focus and took a punch to the face.
• Tang San got back up and taunted Dai Mubai, who charged again as Tang San prepared to dodge and counter.
• Tang San lost focus a second time, allowing Dai Mubai to land another punch and send him flying with both cheeks swollen.

Tang San provoked Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun until they attacked him, while Zhang Tianyu secretly enjoyed the chaos. Zhang Tianyu arrived, stopped the beating, and explained that Tang San’s insults were likely caused by the same mysterious influence that had affected him before.

• Xiao Wu, Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun tried to stop Dai Mubai from continuing to beat Tang San, but Tang San kept insulting them and the others.
• Tang San enraged Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, who knocked him down and beat him without using Soul Power.
• Zhang Tianyu arrived and ordered the three boys to stop, then asked Oscar and Ye Lingling to heal Tang San.
• Zhang Tianyu claimed that Master had warned him Tang San might insult people under a mysterious influence, and told everyone not to take Tang San’s words personally.

Zhang Tianyu used a system item to make Tang San provoke everyone, then suspended its effect before they could identify a pattern. After the Shrek group settled at the Qualifying Tournament grounds, Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue came to visit Zhang Tianyu.

• Tang San accused Zhang Tianyu of pretending to be generous, but Dai Mubai and the others defended Zhang Tianyu’s gifts and generosity.
• Zhang Tianyu realized Tang San’s strange behavior had lasted longer than expected, and Dai Mubai’s question coincided with Tang San returning to normal.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that he had used the Goldshire Infantry Armor and could suspend its effects, while deciding to wait before using it again on Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang spent the following days nervously checking whether they were normal, and both relaxed after ten days without further incidents.
• The Qualifying Tournament began, and Roxon escorted the Shrek Academy group to their camp at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue visited Zhang Tianyu, with Qian Renxue offering to arrange different accommodations if he needed them.

Ning Fengzhi announced that Shrek Academy would receive a direct advance in the Qualifying Tournament, then Shrek drew Barak Academy as its first opponent. Zhang Tianyu took the stage and stunned the venue by answering Barak Academy’s insults with a blunt curse.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Flender to accept younger Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples into Shrek Academy, and announced Ning Rongrong as the sect’s future successor.
• Qian Renxue realized that Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect complicated her plans to win Zhang Tianyu’s allegiance.
• Ning Fengzhi announced that Shrek Academy would advance directly in the Qualifying Tournament, though the team would still appear for its scheduled matches.
• Shrek Academy drew Barak Academy, and Meng Yiran and Huo Wu teased Zhang Tianyu before the match.
• Barak Academy mocked Shrek Academy’s past hardships, and Zhang Tianyu replied, “F*ck your mother,” leaving the venue stunned.

Zhang Tianyu brutally defeated the Barak Captain and seven teammates after they attacked him during the tournament, and Salas ruled that he had acted in self-defense. The Barak team forfeited, while the onlookers reconsidered Zhang Tianyu’s strength and Salas’s support for Shrek Academy.

• Salas praised Zhang Tianyu after he insulted the Barak Captain, who then challenged him with his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Tianyu used his Flying Swords to leave the Barak Captain badly wounded, and seven Barak members rushed onto the arena to attack him.
• Zhang Tianyu struck down all seven attackers, shocking the crowd and frightening Qian Renxue as she remembered his past feats.
• The Barak teacher accused Zhang Tianyu of injuring the team, but Salas argued that the Barak members had broken the rules and that Zhang Tianyu had acted in self-defense.
• The Barak teacher accepted Salas’s ruling and forfeited the next match, and Zhang Tianyu left the arena as the crowd watched in silence.

After Zhang Tianyu’s overwhelming victory, Flender and Ning Fengzhi suspected that Spirit Hall was interested in him, while Qian Renxue struggled with whether to reveal her identity. Zhang Tianyu received a mission to win Qian Renxue over, and the chapter ended as he faced Huo Wu in the next match and revealed six Soul Rings.

• Zhang Tianyu’s one-move victory over seven opponents delighted Shrek Academy, while Flender wondered why Bishop Salas seemed to protect him.
• Flender told Ning Fengzhi his suspicions, and Ning Fengzhi revealed that a high-status young woman from Spirit Hall had visited the academy looking for Zhang Tianyu.
• Ning Fengzhi predicted that Zhang Tianyu might choose to join Spirit Hall and warned that something could happen on the journey to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue agonized over whether to reveal her identity to Zhang Tianyu, and Zhang Tianyu received a mission to win her over.
• Blazing Fire Academy prepared to concede, but Huo Wu insisted on competing against Zhang Tianyu.
• Zhang Tianyu faced Huo Wu, summoned his Martial Soul, and revealed six Soul Rings, shocking the watching teams.

Shrek won the Qualifying Tournament without a loss after rival academies repeatedly forfeited, and the teams prepared to travel to Spirit City for the finals. Qian Renxue met Zhang Tianyu in secret, where he agreed to cooperate and gave her a protective heirloom that stirred her jealousy and feelings for him.

• Barak Academy became furious after learning Zhang Tianyu was a Soul Emperor who had hidden his Soul Rings, but its members could do nothing to challenge him.
• Huo Wu, Meng Yiran, Feng Xiaotian, and other opponents conceded or forfeited, allowing Shrek to finish the Qualifying Tournament undefeated.
• Emperor Xue Ye announced that Xue Qinghe would accompany the fifteen Heaven Dou teams to Spirit City for the finals, which would begin after three days of preparation.
• Qian Renxue called Zhang Tianyu out beneath the night sky, and he said he was willing to cooperate but worried she could be left vulnerable while he was away in Spirit City.
• Zhang Tianyu gave Qian Renxue the Sword Butterfly, claiming it could protect her and bring him to her in an emergency; she blushed, grew jealous of Xiao Wu, and admitted she was angry with herself.

Zhang Tianyu’s staged anger led Qian Renxue to convince herself that he was interested in her, completing her mission and triggering a new one. The next morning, Zhang Tianyu accepted a special mission to sabotage Tang San and used a mysterious item that would affect people connected to him across the continent.

• Qian Renxue confided in Zhang Tianyu about the burdens of posing as Xue Qinghe, then misunderstood his feigned anger as evidence that he liked her.
• Qian Renxue’s self-deception completed her mission, earning Zhang Tianyu extra rewards and activating a mission to become intimate with her.
• Zhang Tianyu slept soundly, then received a special mission to sabotage Tang San within sixty-six days without killing him or exposing himself.
• Zhang Tianyu accepted the mission despite its intimate-contact condition and told the system he would claim the rewards without becoming intimate with Tang San.
• Zhang Tianyu used a mysterious item on Tang San through the Friend List, sending an invisible ripple that would spread across the continent and affect everyone connected to him.

Zhang Tianyu used the Yin-Yang Converter and Consciousness Confusion to transform Tang San into Tang Xian'er and rewrite the memories of everyone who knew of him. As Shrek prepared for the tournament in Spirit City, Tang Xian'er joined the group, while Zhang Tianyu considered using the converter on Yu Xiaogang next.

• A continent-wide energy wave erased Tang San from the awareness of everyone who knew of him, leaving Zhang Tianyu as the only one who remembered him.
• After the wave finished spreading, Tang San appeared as Tang Xian'er, and everyone—including Tang Hao—remembered her as a girl who had always existed.
• Tang Xian'er worried about Shrek's chances against Spirit Hall's seeded team, and Zhang Tianyu promised to defeat them.
• Dai Mubai recalled his painful past and his brother Dai Weisi, while Zhu Zhuqing watched Zhang Tianyu affectionately and Tang Xian'er and Xiao Wu noticed their closeness.
• Zhang Tianyu mocked the system over Tang Xian'er's transformation and considered using the Yin-Yang Converter on Yu Xiaogang.

Zhang Tianyu spent time alone with Tang Xian'er, reflecting on their childhood and her bond with Xiao Wu. After suspecting Tang Xian'er might be a yandere, he used an item to hear her thoughts, and she asked which of them mattered more to him.

• Zhang Tianyu learned that Tang Xian'er and Xiao Wu had arranged which days they would each spend time alone with him, leaving him overwhelmed by his many romantic obligations.
• Tang Xian'er took Zhang Tianyu away from the tents and reminisced about their days at Nuoding Academy, saying she wished their teacher had never given him the bedding.
• Tang Xian'er said Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu were both her family and that she would protect them with her life.
• Suspecting Tang Xian'er might be a yandere, Zhang Tianyu bought and used a [Heart-Voice Listener] on her.
• Tang Xian'er thought she wished the moment could last forever, then asked Zhang Tianyu whether she or Xiao Wu was more important to him.

Zhang Tianyu accepted Meng Yiran’s invitation to visit her family, while Tang Xian’er’s calm exterior concealed murderous jealousy. He decided to complete an intimate contact with Tang Xian’er and then suspend the item’s effect to restore things to normal.

• Tang Xian’er told Zhang Tianyu that he and Xiao Wu were equally important to her, though her inner voice admitted he mattered more.
• Meng Yiran arrived at camp and asked Zhang Tianyu to speak with her alone; Tang Xian’er inwardly declared that Meng Yiran deserved death.
• Zhang Tianyu agreed to visit Meng Yiran’s family after the tournament, then returned to camp before Tang Xian’er could act on her jealousy.
• Tang Xian’er threatened the women who showed concern for Zhang Tianyu, while he tried to hide how unsettled her inner thoughts made him.
• Zhang Tianyu decided to have intimate contact with Tang Xian’er, suspend the item’s effect, and return things to normal.

Zhang Tianyu ended the transformed Tang Xian'er’s feelings for him by suspending the Yin-Yang Converter, restoring Tang San and altering everyone’s memories. On the journey to Spirit City, Zhang Tianyu used a system item on Tang San, and the chapter ended with Tang San screaming at dawn.

• Zhang Tianyu confessed to Tang Xian'er, who kissed him and said she would accept sharing him with Xiao Wu.
• Zhang Tianyu suspended the Yin-Yang Converter, turning Tang Xian'er back into Tang San and returning him to the boys’ tent as everyone’s memories changed.
• Zhang Tianyu and the others set off for Spirit City, and Zhang Tianyu browsed the system Mall for a way to prank Tang San.
• After the group made camp, Zhang Tianyu used an item on Tang San through the Friend List and went to sleep.
• Tang San screamed the next morning, while Flender and Zhao Wuji woke and Xiao Wu said nothing had happened in her tent.

Tang San woke up transformed into a woman, shocking the Shrek group and leaving him frightened and embarrassed. With Zhang Tianyu’s help, Yu Xiaogang found Tang San spare women’s clothes, and Tang San changed into them.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar were kicked out of the boys’ tent, where a furious woman’s voice revealed that someone was inside.
• Dai Mubai told everyone that Tang San seemed to have turned into a woman, and the girls rushed into the tent to confirm it.
• Tang San explained to Yu Xiaogang that he had woken up transformed and panicked when Ma Hongjun and Oscar were sprawled near him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the girls for spare clothes, and Zhang Tianyu provided a set of women’s clothes for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang waited outside while Tang San changed, and Tang San said he was dressed.

Tang San emerged from the tent transformed into a woman, leaving everyone stunned and unsure how to help him. Zhang Tianyu and Ning Rongrong went to seek help, while Tang San’s thoughts revealed a startling attraction to Zhang Tianyu.

• Tang San came out of the tent with a dramatically changed appearance and figure, and the others stared in shock.
• Tang San felt excited that Zhang Tianyu was looking at him, while Zhang Tianyu realized his Heart-Voice Listener was still active.
• Ning Rongrong suggested asking her father about purification and dispelling Soul Masters, and Zhang Tianyu asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had anyone with restoration abilities.
• Zhang Tianyu asked Tang San’s permission to tell others about his condition, and Tang San agreed while thinking he could become Zhang Tianyu’s wife.
• Zhang Tianyu and Ning Rongrong left to seek help, and Zhang Tianyu hurried to Qian Renxue to explain Tang San’s transformation.

Zhang Tianyu and Qian Renxue tried Holy Restoration on Tang San, but neither Soul Master could reverse his transformation, so the group accepted that he would have to wait for his body to recover. As the group traveled onward, Zhang Tianyu completed a special mission and upgraded a new mission to a special one.

• Qian Renxue summoned Tiers, whose Holy Restoration also failed to change Tang San’s body.
• Tang San thanked everyone, and Yu Xiaogang said they would have to wait for him to recover on his own.
• Flender arranged for Tang San to sleep alone in his own tent because he could not stay with either the boys or the girls.
• Zhang Tianyu reassured the group that Tang San was still their classmate and comrade, while Dai Mubai and Oscar warned Ma Hongjun not to act improperly around him.
• Zhang Tianyu received a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring after completing a special mission, then upgraded his new mission to a Special Mission.

Zhang Tianyu replaced his sixth Soul Ring with a powerful ring from the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King and considered how to fulfill his mission’s condition by making Bibi Dong attack Yu Xiaogang. As the tournament convoy was ambushed in a valley, he used Huangquan’s domain to frighten the attackers and ordered them to leave.

• Zhang Tianyu replaced his Rock-Armored Armadillo Soul Ring with the Crooked-Mouthed Dragon King Soul Ring, gaining Dragon Breath Blade and Tyrant Dragon Flame.
• Zhang Tianyu planned to provoke Bibi Dong into attacking Yu Xiaogang without making her furious enough to kill him.
• Zhang Tianyu learned that Bibi Dong would still send Ju and Gui to intercept Tang San, and he refused to let Tang San die.
• The convoy entered a valley, where falling rocks and over a thousand black-clad attackers trapped the Royal Knights and the fifteen academy teams.
• Zhang Tianyu unleashed Huangquan’s Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain, terrifying the attackers and warning them to leave if they wanted to live.

Zhang Tianyu used his Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain to confront Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had come to test his strength while intercepting Tang San. Zhang Tianyu’s attacks overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Douluo’s defenses, and Chrysanthemum Douluo tried to end the fight and keep Zhang Tianyu from interfering with his mission.

• Zhang Tianyu threatened the black-clad men with his domain, but Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared before he could finish counting.
• Huangquan’s Underworld Heavenly Thunder struck Chrysanthemum Douluo and sent him flying, embarrassing him in front of the assembled academies and knights.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo attacked Zhang Tianyu with Flying Flowers Piercing Rain, but Zhang Tianyu’s fireballs and sword qi burned and sliced the petals apart.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo blocked Zhang Tianyu’s attacks with his Purple Sun Flower, but Huangquan’s corrosive power cracked the barrier.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo called off the fight and told Zhang Tianyu to step aside, revealing that he had come to cause someone else trouble.