Chapter Summaries

Zhang Tianyu protected Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong from Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya by humiliating the three men and escaping before the Patrol Team arrested them. Back at the academy, the group unexpectedly encountered Ma Hongjun, whose anger at being disturbed ended the chapter with Xiao Wu deciding to hurry back.

• Zhang Tianyu took Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong shopping, then ran into Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya outside a restaurant.
• After Bu Le harassed the girls, Zhang Tianyu sliced off the three men's clothes with sword qi and flew away with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong.
• The Patrol Team arrested Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya for appearing naked in public while Zhang Tianyu and the girls returned to the academy by carriage.
• Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong overheard Ma Hongjun and Xiao Cuihua inside a residence and accidentally drew Ma Hongjun outside.
• Zhang Tianyu stopped Xiao Wu from confronting Ma Hongjun, and she agreed to hurry back.

Unable to sleep, Zhang Tianyu spent the night on a rooftop and drew Zhu Zhuqing’s attention, while she privately envied Xiao Wu for being close to him. The next morning, Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong encountered Ma Hongjun arguing with Cuihua about their breakup.

• Zhang Tianyu left the dormitory, climbed onto a roof, and discussed with the system how Dai Mubai should fight Dai Weisi rather than give up.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Zhang Tianyu on a nearby roof, then returned to her dormitory thinking about his looks, strength, and devotion to Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing wished she were Xiao Wu and planned to sit on the roof again the next night, while Zhang Tianyu also decided to return.
• The next morning, Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong headed to the cafeteria and heard Ma Hongjun arguing with Cuihua.
• Cuihua begged Ma Hongjun to stop pursuing her, but he demanded they have sex once more before ending their relationship.

Zhang Tianyu defeated Ma Hongjun after the fatty harassed Cuihua and insulted Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, then absorbed part of Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Spiritual Essence. Dai Mubai arrived afterward and learned why Ma Hongjun had been beaten.

• Ma Hongjun flirted with Cuihua and then propositioned Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, so Zhang Tianyu stepped in and challenged him.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned Huangquan and used his second soul skill to smash Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fireline and chase him until he fell face-first.
• The system declared Ma Hongjun defeated and transferred part of his Phoenix Spiritual Essence to Zhang Tianyu, while Cuihua tried to stop the fight.
• Ma Hongjun vowed to surpass Zhang Tianyu someday, but Zhang Tianyu dismissed his boast and said he would wait for him.
• Dai Mubai arrived, heard Ma Hongjun’s account, and scolded him for ignoring his warning not to provoke the new students.
• Dai Mubai teased Ma Hongjun about Cuihua rejecting him, then invited everyone to eat together.

At breakfast, Zhang Tianyu exposed Dai Mubai’s other romantic entanglements to Zhu Zhuqing, then learned that the system had assigned him missions to win over Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. At the training ground, Flender inspected Zhang Tianyu’s martial soul and sensed that his Soul Rings carried an aura like Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

• Ma Hongjun argued with Dai Mubai about his womanizing, and Zhang Tianyu confirmed Dai Mubai had been seen with twins, causing Zhu Zhuqing to leave.
• The system announced that Zhu Zhuqing’s favorability toward Dai Mubai had fallen and Zhang Tianyu’s had risen, then assigned Zhang Tianyu missions to win over Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• At the training ground, Zhu Zhuqing avoided Dai Mubai, while Ma Hongjun, Zhang Tianyu, and Xiao Wu stood between them.
• Zhang Tianyu questioned why the system had chosen him despite its dislike of scumbags, and the system replied that it took a scumbag to defeat a scumbag but Zhang Tianyu was not born one.
• Flender welcomed the students and asked the one who had defeated Zhao Wuji to step forward; Zhang Tianyu revealed Huangquan and his three Soul Rings.
• Flender sensed that the aura of Zhang Tianyu’s yellow and purple Soul Rings resembled that of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Zhang Tianyu explained Huangquan’s unusual Soul Rings to the new students, then took Xiao Wu to explore Suotuo City and the Great Soul Arena before they spent the afternoon resting together at the Rose Hotel. Xiao Wu fell asleep in his arms, leaving Zhang Tianyu disappointed that their intimate moment went no further.

• Zhang Tianyu explained that Huangquan automatically produced Soul Rings when he broke through, astonishing Flender and the other students.
• Flender sent Oscar and Ning Rongrong with him and told Dai Mubai to explain the academy rules to the five new students before their first class that night.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu visited the Great Soul Arena, then decided to spend the afternoon away from the academy.
• After the Rose Hotel had no vacant overnight rooms, Manager Wang arranged an hourly room for them.
• Xiao Wu thanked Zhang Tianyu, embraced him on the bed, and fell asleep in his arms.

Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu left the hotel after an awkward afternoon together, then ran into Ning Rongrong, who had skipped Flender’s running assignment. They returned to the academy together, where Flender sent Oscar to run another twenty laps and questioned Ning Rongrong.

• Zhang Tianyu woke beside Xiao Wu, and they checked out of the hotel while Xiao Wu acted flustered and avoided his gaze.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu encountered Ning Rongrong at a restaurant, where she claimed she had completed Flender’s task before going for a walk.
• Xiao Wu questioned Ning Rongrong about her assignment, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu each tried to avoid exposing their own secrets.
• Ning Rongrong joined Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu in a hired carriage back to the academy, where they met Oscar and the other students.
• Flender asked whether everyone had finished the twenty laps, and Oscar falsely claimed they had before Flender ordered him to run another twenty.
• Flender asked Ning Rongrong whether she had completed the assignment he gave her.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong about abandoning her mission and exposed how little she knew about the other Shrek students. He then led the group to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, where Zhang Tianyu entered his match against Wang Xuanlin with a dramatic display of flight.

• Flender revealed that Ning Rongrong had gone to Suotuo City instead of completing her mission, and Ning Rongrong arrogantly dismissed his warnings before he rebuked her and listed the students’ talents, including Oscar’s Innate Full Soul Power.
• A mission instructed Zhang Tianyu to make Tang San lose that night’s soul battle, with failure threatening him with an embarrassing punishment.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Flender and Dai Mubai warned Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu that their team-battle opponents would be matched to the highest-ranked member, but Zhang Tianyu said he could defeat two opponents below level forty.
• Flender explained the importance of combat experience and cautioned Zhang Tianyu about overconfidence, while Zhang Tianyu argued that overwhelming power could overcome experience.
• Zhang Tianyu was called to Arena No. 7 to fight Wang Xuanlin, a Hellfire Hound Soul Elder with three consecutive victories.
• Zhang Tianyu floated onto the arena without summoning his Martial Soul, stunning Wang Xuanlin, the host, and the audience.

Zhang Tianyu defeated Wang Xuanlin with a single strike, earning fame and drawing the attention of spectators and gamblers at the Great Soul Arena. He returned to Shrek Academy’s stands, where Flender celebrated the fortune he had won by betting on him.

• Zhang Tianyu extinguished much of Wang Xuanlin’s hellfire with a burst of cold and let Huangquan block Wang Xuanlin’s Hellfire Tongue.
• Wang Xuanlin used Hell Roar to stun Zhang Tianyu and followed with Hellfire Tongue, but the attacks failed to harm him.
• Zhang Tianyu sent Huangquan forward, shattered Wang Xuanlin’s burning dog head, and knocked him unconscious with one strike.
• The host declared Zhang Tianyu the winner, and spectators and gamblers began planning to watch or bet on his next match.
• Zhang Tianyu returned to the stands, where Flender revealed that his 20,000 Gold Soul Coin bet had paid out 200,000.

Flender watched Shrek’s soul battles and hoped the students’ strength would bring him betting profits. Tang San lost to Zhu Zhuqing after a sudden sneeze and a bout of tears disrupted his techniques, while Zhang Tianyu concealed his amusement and left Tang San believing he had sincerely shown concern.

• Flender imagined the odds on Zhang Tianyu’s future battles and hurried with Dai Mubai to watch Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu fight.
• Ma Hongjun won his match, and Xiao Wu defeated Qing Bao in one exchange before telling Zhang Tianyu she wanted to test herself against a Soul Elder.
• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing began their match, and Zhu Zhuqing charged through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to attack him.
• Tang San suddenly sneezed uncontrollably, lost his vision, and was knocked off the arena by Zhu Zhuqing, who won the match.
• Tang San stopped sneezing and returned to the stands, where Zhang Tianyu asked if he was alright and Tang San took his concern to heart.

Zhang Tianyu defended Tang San’s fair loss to Zhu Zhuqing, then teamed with Xiao Wu against the Aurora Brothers in a two-on-two match. After disarming Sun Shan with Huangquan, Zhang Tianyu invited the brothers to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and faced their barrage of auroras.

• Zhang Tianyu explained that Tang San had been sneezing and wiping his eyes before Zhu Zhuqing attacked, and Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing agreed the battle had been fair.
• Zhang Tianyu and Xiao Wu went to Arena No. 7 to face the level-thirty-one twin brothers Sun Tian and Sun Shan, while Flender worried that they had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xiao Wu dodged Sun Tian’s Heavenly Eye Beam, and Zhang Tianyu swiftly held Huangquan to Sun Shan’s neck, leaving the arena stunned.
• Zhang Tianyu recalled Huangquan and challenged the Aurora Brothers to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Aurora Heavenly Eye.
• The Aurora Brothers summoned a giant eye that fired a barrage of auroras at Zhang Tianyu, who sent Huangquan toward one of the blasts.

Zhang Tianyu used Huangquan to turn the Aurora Brothers’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill against itself, winning the team’s debut match without using a soul skill. After the team returned to the academy, the others discussed the fight and Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, while Dai Mubai faced Zhu Zhuqing’s contempt.

• Zhang Tianyu reflected the Aurora Brothers’ auroras with Huangquan, and the strengthened reflected beams canceled the rest of their attack.
• Zhang Tianyu sent the redirected auroras toward the fused giant eye, prompting the Aurora Brothers to surrender before their Martial Souls were damaged.
• The host announced the War Spirit Heavenly Dance team’s victory, and the crowd cheered for Zhang Tianyu as the team left the arena.
• Zhang Tianyu explained that he had used his Wooden Sword like a mirror, though the others doubted that reflection alone explained the result.
• Flender took Ma Hongjun away to deal with his Evil Fire, while Dai Mubai and the others discussed the brothel and Xiao Wu defended Zhang Tianyu from accusations of being filthy.
• Zhu Zhuqing looked at Dai Mubai with contempt, leaving him furious and stunned.

After Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, Zhang Tianyu protected her and persuaded Dai to apologize, then rebuked Ning Rongrong for demanding that he kill a classmate. His warning that she should leave the academy if she kept acting superior left her panicked.

• Dai Mubai stopped himself from attacking Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Rongrong mocked him for failing to handle a girl and challenged his claim that women were resources.
• Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong and unleashed his Soul Power, but Zhang Tianyu caught her with his Flying Sword and stepped between them.
• Zhang Tianyu told Dai Mubai to let the dispute go, and Dai apologized for his drunken remark while warning Ning Rongrong not to provoke people who were already angry.
• Ning Rongrong demanded that Zhang Tianyu kill Dai Mubai in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's money and support.
• Zhang Tianyu rejected her demand, criticized her attitude, and warned that she should leave if she continued acting superior, making Ning Rongrong panic.

Zhang Tianyu explained to Ning Rongrong why her reckless, spoiled behavior could put her in danger and gave her the choice to change or return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Rongrong was left shaken and considering his words, while Zhang Tianyu promised to support her if she stayed and tried to change.

• On the way back to the academy, Zhang Tianyu explained to Xiao Wu and Tang San that he had used Collapse Therapy to shatter Ning Rongrong's pride so she could rebuild herself.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhang Tianyu to speak with her alone, then asked if he hated her; he said he did not and explained that her upbringing had spoiled her.
• Zhang Tianyu told Ning Rongrong she did not understand restraint and warned that provoking dangerous people could get her killed before her family could retaliate.
• He explained that leaving for the safety of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be better than staying unchanged, but promised to support her if she stayed and committed to changing.
• The system noted that Zhang Tianyu had framed staying and changing as the brave choice and returning home as giving up.

Ning Rongrong decided to stay at the academy and work on changing herself after Zhang Tianyu reassured her, while he later spotted Zhu Zhuqing approaching his dormitory at night. The chapter ended with Zhang Tianyu asking Zhu Zhuqing what she needed.

• Ning Rongrong told Zhang Tianyu she wanted to stay and change herself, and he offered to help her.
• Zhang Tianyu walked Ning Rongrong back to her dormitory, where Xiao Wu asked what they had discussed.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu she wanted to stay and asked her to supervise her.
• Zhang Tianyu relaxed on the roof and bantered with the system while watching Zhu Zhuqing, but she disappeared from view.
• Zhang Tianyu used the Live Map and saw Zhu Zhuqing heading to his dormitory, where he asked her if she needed something.

Zhang Tianyu invited Zhu Zhuqing out after she shared her despair over being bound to Dai Mubai, and she accepted, enjoying the freedom of flying above the city with him. A new mission then sent them to sightsee in Suotuo City as Zhang Tianyu argued with his system about its failure penalties.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhang Tianyu how to make a man less promiscuous and explained that she wished she had never been tied to Dai Mubai.
• Zhang Tianyu invited Zhu Zhuqing to clear her head with him, and she agreed to go out together.
• Zhang Tianyu summoned Huangquan and took Zhu Zhuqing flying, completing the mission and earning five Reward Points.
• The system activated a mission for Zhang Tianyu to sightsee in Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing and increase her favorability, with a hair-growth penalty for failure.
• Zhang Tianyu tried to persuade the system to use different failure penalties, then expounded on his Thick-skinned Tactics.

Zhang Tianyu persuaded the system to add unusual twin-related rewards to its future mission pool, then took Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City's West City Night Market. As they browsed, he encouraged her to enjoy the evening and set aside cultivation until tomorrow.

• Zhang Tianyu convinced the system to add rewards involving five times Dai Mubai's number of twins and ten times Ma Hongjun's X ability to its future mission pool.
• Zhang Tianyu learned the twins might be male, then cheered up when the system said they would all be loyal Soul Masters with Twin Martial Souls.
• Zhang Tianyu flew Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City, where she worried he might have brought her there to take advantage of her.
• Zhang Tianyu suggested that they visit West City Night Market, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go with him.
• Zhang Tianyu encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to enjoy the lively night market and resume cultivating the next day, and they browsed through more than half of it.

Zhang Tianyu killed Lao E with a surprise attack and escaped Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing on Huangquan. During the flight, Zhu Zhuqing defended his tactics, and Zhang Tianyu reflected on the danger of following rules in a world ruled by strength.

• Zhu Zhuqing enjoyed the night market with Zhang Tianyu before Lao E confronted them in an alley.
• Zhang Tianyu tricked Lao E into looking behind him, then killed him with Huangquan before he could react.
• Zhang Tianyu discovered that killing Lao E so quickly had prevented the system from assigning him a mission or reward.
• Zhang Tianyu carried Zhu Zhuqing away from Suotuo City on Huangquan, holding her waist as they flew toward the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhang Tianyu that Lao E had been the one to disregard fairness, and Zhang Tianyu argued that rules often led people to their deaths.

Zhang Tianyu grew closer to Zhu Zhuqing, while Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai reconciled at breakfast. At training, Oscar announced he had reached level thirty, and Flender assigned the students to eat Oscar’s sausages before Zhang Tianyu received a mission to mess with Tang San and Dai Mubai.

• Zhu Zhuqing thought about her engagement to Dai Mubai and resolved to grow stronger by taking Zhang Tianyu as her goal.
• Zhang Tianyu, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Zhuqing for breakfast, where Ning Rongrong apologized to Dai Mubai and they made peace.
• Dai Mubai noticed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing paying attention to Zhang Tianyu and grew jealous, then announced he planned to visit the twins that night.
• Zhang Tianyu noticed Tang San had missed breakfast, and Tang San explained he had been absorbed in cultivation.
• Oscar arrived at training and revealed that he had broken through to level thirty, prompting Flender to assign everyone to eat one of his Big Sausages and one Small Sausage.
• Zhang Tianyu received a half-hour mission to mess with Tang San and Dai Mubai without being exposed, with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reward points as the prize.

Zhang Tianyu used Diarrhea Worms to sabotage Tang San and Dai Mubai after they ate Oscar’s sausages during Flender’s training lesson. The two suffered a public bout of diarrhea and fled the field, leaving their reputations in tatters while Flender blamed bad food.

• Zhang Tianyu secretly launched Diarrhea Worms onto the sausages Tang San and Dai Mubai would eat.
• Zhang Tianyu encouraged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to eat Oscar’s sausages, and all three eventually did so.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai developed severe stomach cramps, but Flender told them to wait until he finished speaking.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai ran toward the toilets but became Jet Warriors before reaching them, humiliating themselves in front of the group.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar questioned what had happened, while Flender dismissed Oscar’s sausages as the cause and suggested the two had eaten something bad.

After Dai Mubai and Tang San suffered a humiliating bout of diarrhea, they tried to work out what had caused it while Zhang Tianyu celebrated gaining a powerful new Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong inviting Zhang Tianyu and Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City, while Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai.

• Flender dismissed the students and announced that Zhao Wuji would lead them to Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to hunt a Soul Ring for Oscar.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai returned to the dormitory, then washed in the river and struggled with their embarrassment as Tang San wondered whether they had been poisoned.
• Zhang Tianyu completed a mission and received a fifty-eight-thousand-year Soul Ring with the soul skill In the Name of the Sword.
• Zhang Tianyu visited Tang San and Dai Mubai at the river, where Tang San reasoned that their symptoms might have been caused by poison but could not explain how it had been administered.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong invited Zhang Tianyu and Zhu Zhuqing to visit Suotuo City, while Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai.