Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao treated Tang San’s wounds and discussed the mysterious mental interference affecting him and Yu Xiaogang, while Zhang Tianyu arranged to redirect suspicion by continuing the Black-Clad Mystery Guest ruse. As Suotuo City descended into panic and Tang Hao brought Tang San back under martial law, they spotted a Black-Clad Mystery Guest evading patrols, and Tang Hao moved to confront him.

• Tang Hao treated Tang San’s wounds, said he still had matters involving Tang San’s mother to handle, and promised to investigate the people behind the mental interference.
• Zhang Tianyu and the system decided to use the Black-Clad Mystery Guest setup to draw attention away from him.
• News of escaped soul masters and Evil Spirit Masters spread through Suotuo City, causing panic and disorder.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the hotel free of his compulsive swearing, but worried he would endanger his friends and students by staying with them.
• Tang Hao and Tang San returned to Suotuo City, searched for clues about the Black-Clad Mystery Guests, and found one hiding from patrols in an alley.
• Tang Hao recognized the figure’s black uniform and rushed toward him.

Tang Hao learned that Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Crown Prince’s faction had hired the Black-Clad Mystery Guest Organization to target Shrek, then returned the escaped prisoners and began investigating the organization. With the disturbances over, Zhang Tianyu and the others prepared to face the Imperial Fighting Team, whose powerful roster worried the Shrek group.

• Tang Hao and Tang San captured a Black-Clad Mystery Guest, who revealed that his organization had targeted Shrek on orders from Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Crown Prince’s faction before escaping through a mysterious spatial ability.
• A long-haired man representing the Black-Clad Mystery Guest Organization apologized and promised to avoid future missions against Shrek, while Tang Hao decided not to pursue the organization until Tang San could protect himself.
• Tang Hao told Flender and Yu Xiaogang about the revelations and said he would seek out the Star Luo Crown Prince, leaving Tang San in their care.
• Two days later, Tang Hao returned the escaped prisoners to Spirit Hall, and the city lifted its curfew and martial law, though one gray-haired old man was missing.
• After the Battle Soul Arena reopened, Zhang Tianyu learned that Shrek’s next opponent was the Imperial Fighting Team, and Yu Xiaogang’s roster analysis showed that its members were all above level thirty-five.
• Flender worried that Shrek could not defeat the Imperial Fighting Team, then accidentally admitted that he had agreed to the match because of the money.

Shrek Team chose Zhang Tianyu to fight the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Tianheng planned to concentrate his team's opening attacks on him. The match began with Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng launching a coordinated assault on Zhang Tianyu.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed to put Zhang Tianyu on the Shrek Team lineup after the others explained that his strength inspired them to train harder.
• Yu Tianheng identified Zhang Tianyu as Shrek Team's backbone and persuaded the Imperial Fighting Team to target him at the start of the match.
• Qin Ming ordered the Imperial Fighting Team not to kill or cripple their opponents and told Dugu Yan to remove any poison immediately after the battle.
• Zhang Tianyu received a mission to make a deep impression on Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling during the team Soul Battle.
• At the central arena, Yu Tianheng, Osler, and Yu Feng bypassed their apparent targets and attacked Zhang Tianyu from three directions.

Zhang Tianyu overwhelmed the Imperial Fighting Team with his speed and sword skills, knocking Yu Tianheng down and eliminating Yu Feng and Dugu Yan. After Ye Lingling healed Yu Tianheng and Osler, Zhang Tianyu flew above the remaining opponents, leaving the next attack uncertain.

• Zhang Tianyu dodged Yu Tianheng's dragon claw, struck him with Lightning Triple Whip, and paralyzed him.
• Zhang Tianyu's black sword knocked Yu Feng off the stage by his collar.
• Zhang Tianyu restrained Yu Tianheng with Blue Silver Grass and a Thunder Sword, then carried Dugu Yan off the stage to eliminate her.
• Osler dragged the paralyzed Yu Tianheng back to the Imperial Fighting Team's formation, where Ye Lingling healed them both.
• Zhang Tianyu praised Ye Lingling's healing, then flew above the five remaining Imperial Fighting Team members.

Zhang Tianyu used his speed and a taunting item to defeat Yu Tianheng while protecting Ye Lingling, then invited her to visit Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling agreeing to visit and Zhang Tianyu receiving mission rewards and progress toward activating his second Martial Soul.

• Zhang Tianyu grabbed Ye Lingling and urged the Imperial Fighting Team to surrender, but Yu Tianheng refused to concede.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Zhang Tianyu with Thunder Dragon Claw despite Ye Lingling being in his arms, while the taunting effect impaired Yu Tianheng’s judgment.
• Huangquan struck Yu Tianheng’s claw, injured his hand, and flung him out of the arena.
• Zhang Tianyu set Ye Lingling down and told her to treat Yu Tianheng; she thanked him and agreed to visit Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Tianyu received 100 mission points, and his second Martial Soul activation progress reached 85%.

Shrek Academy defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, and Zhang Tianyu’s Second Martial Soul activation progress reached 85%. After the team collected their Soul Fighting points and prepared to head toward Heaven Dou City, Zhang Tianyu worried that Yu Xiaogang would reunite with Liu Erlong and wondered whether he should kill him; Zhang Tianyu earned a Gold Soul Fighting Badge while Xiao Wu and the others remained Silver-ranked.

• Zhang Tianyu learned that mission rewards had raised his Second Martial Soul activation progress to 85%, while Shrek Academy finished defeating the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Qin Ming explained the team’s defeat, and Yu Tianheng apologized to Ye Lingling for endangering her during the fight.
• Yu Xiaogang granted the students half a month of vacation before their next training stage, and Qin Ming reunited with his former teachers Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Zhang Tianyu asked the system how he could stop Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong from rekindling their relationship, then considered killing Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhang Tianyu collected enough Soul Fighting points for a Gold Soul Fighting Badge, while Xiao Wu and the rest of Shrek Academy received Silver Soul Fighting Badges.

Zhang Tianyu worried about how to handle Yu Xiaogang’s reunion with Liu Erlong and mocked Yu Xiaogang for taking credit for Tang San’s success. After dinner, Ye Lingling unexpectedly appeared and asked to speak with Zhang Tianyu alone.

• Zhang Tianyu considered how Liu Erlong might react to learning Yu Xiaogang was married, while the system urged him not to overcomplicate the problem.
• Zhang Tianyu returned to the hotel, where he joined Qin Ming, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the Shrek group for dinner and learned Qin Ming was level sixty-two.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shrek Academy travel to Heaven Dou City for exchange studies at the Royal Academy, and Flender warmed to the idea.
• Ye Lingling arrived after dinner, pointed out Zhang Tianyu, and asked to speak with him alone, prompting the others to react with suspicion and jealousy.

Ye Lingling asked Zhang Tianyu to help her join Shrek Academy, and he told her their schools planned an exchange program. After she left, Zhang Tianyu discovered that Sword Douluo Chen Xin had arrived nearby and reflected on why he preferred to experience the story without overwhelming power.

• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong warned Zhang Tianyu about Ye Lingling, but he took her outside to learn why she had approached him.
• Ye Lingling asked to join Shrek Academy, and Zhang Tianyu questioned how she had found their hotel and pointed out that transferring from an advanced academy to an intermediate one made little sense.
• Zhang Tianyu told Ye Lingling that Teacher Qin had discussed an exchange program between the academies, scheduled for two months later, and she happily agreed to wait.
• After Ye Lingling left, Zhang Tianyu used the Live Map to notice her guards and spotted a nearby Titled Douluo, whom he identified as Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Zhang Tianyu compared Chen Xin's threat rating with Tang Hao's and discussed with the system why experiencing challenges himself was more satisfying than becoming invincible immediately.

Zhang Tianyu met Sword Douluo Chen Xin, who invited him outside Suotuo City to test his swordsmanship. Zhang Tianyu launched a mission to impress Chen Xin and began attacking him at full strength, leaving Chen Xin surprised by the speed and resilience of his swords.

• Chen Xin watched Zhang Tianyu at the Battle Soul Arena, then waited for him on the hotel roof and invited him to go outside the city.
• Zhang Tianyu joined Chen Xin, revealed his four Soul Rings, and confirmed that his mutated Martial Soul contributed to his rapid cultivation.
• Chen Xin considered Zhang Tianyu a promising disciple and a fitting match for Ning Rongrong, though he expected Zhang Tianyu to ask him for guidance first.
• Outside the city, Chen Xin told Zhang Tianyu to draw his sword and attack with full strength, activating Zhang Tianyu's mission to leave a deep impression on him.
• Zhang Tianyu used his fourth soul skill and sent Huangquan and seven illusory swords at Chen Xin, who knocked them back but was surprised they remained intact.
• Zhang Tianyu empowered the swords with his second soul skill and sent them flying at several times their previous speed, prompting Chen Xin to regard the attack with real seriousness.

Zhang Tianyu’s corrosive sword attacks broke through Sword Douluo’s defenses and even injured him, forcing Sword Douluo to use his second soul skill before they ended the spar. After Zhang Tianyu removed the corrosion from the Seven Kill Sword, Sword Douluo praised his potential but grew frustrated when Zhang Tianyu left without asking to become his disciple.

• Zhang Tianyu’s illusory swords and sword qi struck Sword Douluo’s shield, and Death Corrosion Qi began to crack and destroy it.
• Sword Douluo faced Zhang Tianyu’s barrage of sword qi and black fireballs, which tracked him after he knocked them away and corroded the Seven Kill Sword enough to injure him.
• Sword Douluo used his second soul skill to defend himself, but the corrosion rapidly increased the Soul Power needed to maintain his shield.
• Sword Douluo called a halt, and Zhang Tianyu absorbed the corrosive power from the Seven Kill Sword.
• Sword Douluo praised Zhang Tianyu’s martial soul and potential, then called him back when Zhang Tianyu started to leave without asking to become his master.

Zhang Tianyu completed the Sword Path’s Eminence mission without getting Sword Douluo to admit defeat, then returned to Shrek Academy and prepared for the group’s journey to Heaven Dou City. As Shrek faced its first life-or-death team battle, Zhang Tianyu told the others to fight the Fierce God Battle Team while he took on its captain.

• Zhang Tianyu left Sword Douluo, completed the mission, and gained two Soul Power levels, 50 Reward Points, and 10% Second Martial Soul activation progress.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Zhang Tianyu supported Tang San while Tang San finished his hidden weapons and gave the others Flying God Claws and mechanical weapon sets.
• Zhang Tianyu received a mission to make Liu Erlong give up on Yu Xiaogang, and he prepared a trial item for his plan.
• After the two-month rest period ended, Shrek Academy set out for Heaven Dou City, and Zhang Tianyu prepared for the journey with the Fierce God Battle Team.
• At Silves City’s Great Soul Arena, Zhang Tianyu led Shrek into a life-or-death battle, telling the team to handle the enemy fighters while he faced their captain.

Zhang Tianyu killed the Fierce God Battle Team with Huangquan and the Shrek students struggled to come to terms with their first kills. After Shrek reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy and settled in, Zhilin tested Zhang Tianyu’s strength, provoking Huangquan’s sinister aura.

• Zhang Tianyu decapitated Meng Li, and the Shrek students used their Godly Zhuge Crossbows to kill the other Fierce God Battle Team members.
• Zhang Tianyu explained that killing the team had spared them from torture by their enemies, and Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji helped the students recover from their first kills.
• Shrek traveled to Heaven Dou City, where Xue Beng insulted them as beggars and Dai Mubai beat him and his companions before Teacher Sun welcomed Shrek into the academy.
• Qin Ming brought Shrek to the West District, and the next morning the group met the Education Committee, where Zhilin asked to test Zhang Tianyu’s strength.
• Zhilin’s Soul Power immobilized Zhang Tianyu, but Huangquan released a terrifying aura that made everyone hear chilling wails.

Zhang Tianyu’s Huangquan overwhelmed Zhilin and then Dugu Bo, turning a test of Shrek Academy’s talent into a dangerous display of the sword’s power. The system recalled Huangquan before its freezing aura could harm the Shrek students, while Xue Xing’s challenge to Shrek remained unresolved.

• Zhang Tianyu’s Huangquan countered Zhilin’s pressure with a terrifying vision, leaving Zhilin drenched in sweat and impressing Meng Shenji.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived with Dugu Bo, and Xue Xing demanded that Shrek’s members endure five minutes under Dugu Bo’s pressure to earn academy positions.
• Zhang Tianyu arranged for Xiao Wu to hide behind Ning Rongrong so Dugu Bo would not notice her if Huangquan reacted to his pressure.
• Dugu Bo’s pressure struck Huangquan, which unleashed a freezing aura and a ghostly figure that left Dugu Bo trembling.
• Huangquan failed to recognize Zhang Tianyu as its master, but the system recalled it before the cold could turn the Shrek students into ice sculptures.

Prince Xue Xing’s attempt to drive Shrek Academy away caused its students and teachers, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As the group discussed rebuilding Shrek, Zhang Tianyu revealed that Huangquan had awakened and possessed the Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain.

• Zhang Tianyu feigned defeat and began leaving after Huangquan’s power terrified Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and Dugu Bo, prompting Flender, the Shrek group, and Qin Ming to depart as well.
• Ye Lingling withdrew from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Flender to let her join Shrek, while Dugu Yan blamed Dugu Bo for driving the group away and stormed out.
• Meng Shenji condemned Prince Xue Xing and ordered him and Xue Beng to leave; Prince Xue Xing decided they would tell the emperor that Shrek had caused trouble.
• On the way from the academy, Ye Lingling explained why she wanted to leave, and Dai Mubai proposed expanding Shrek Academy through Battle Soul competitions.
• Zhang Tianyu urged the group to aim for the peak rather than seek revenge, then claimed his awakened Martial Soul had an innate domain called the Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain.
• Zhang Tianyu learned from the system that Huangquan’s consciousness had awakened, that the system had subdued it, and that Dugu Bo’s attack had helped trigger its awakening.

Flender and the Shrek group traveled to Heaven Dou City and applied to Blue Tyrant Academy, where they reunited with Liu Erlong. After Zhang Tianyu secretly altered Yu Xiaogang, Yu approached Liu Erlong instead of fleeing and began confronting her about their relationship.

• Flender decided to rebuild Shrek Academy and led the group to Heaven Dou City, where they chose to apply to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• During Qin Ming’s entrance test, Zhang Tianyu secretly flicked a finger toward Yu Xiaogang, and the teachers’ Soul Rings impressed the Blue Tyrant staff.
• Yin Shu led the group into the forest to meet the academy’s dean, and Yu Xiaogang reacted strangely when he heard Liu Erlong singing.
• Yu Xiaogang chose to approach Liu Erlong, who recognized him and tearfully said she had waited twenty years for him.
• After Flender introduced the Shrek group, Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Erlong whether she had truly been waiting for him for twenty years.

Zhang Tianyu used the HOMO Effect Capsule to make Yu Xiaogang reject Liu Erlong by revealing supposed romantic feelings for Flender. The revelation left Liu Erlong bewildered and everyone at Shrek Academy deeply uncomfortable.

• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that he had arranged for Yu Luomian to interrupt their wedding and had pursued her to separate her from Flender.
• Liu Erlong realized Yu Xiaogang had wanted to keep Flender for himself, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he had monitored Flender and sent Tang San to him as an excuse to return.
• Zhang Tianyu revealed that he had used the HOMO Effect Capsule on Yu Xiaogang to help him draw a line with Liu Erlong without driving her to despair.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that his feelings for him differed from Flender's brotherly affection, and the Shrek Academy boys recoiled from him.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the students worried that Yu Xiaogang might have acted inappropriately during past shared baths and nights together, while Yin Shu stood frozen in confusion.

Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang about his feelings and motives, then withdrew from the academy’s leadership after his revelations left her exhausted. Zhang Tianyu and the others left, and Zhang received the rewards for completing his mission as Liu Erlong gave up on Yu Xiaogang.

• Liu Erlong asked Yu Xiaogang whether his excuses were true, and he admitted that jealousy over their Mutated Martial Souls had shaped his resentment.
• Liu Erlong pressed Yu Xiaogang about his past relationship with Bibi Dong and his feelings for his teacher, while Yu Xiaogang refused to explain further.
• Liu Erlong handed Flender authority over the academy, went into her hut to rest, and left the others worried about her emotional state.
• Flender questioned Tang San about whether he shared Yu Xiaogang’s tastes, and Tang San denied it while the others kept their distance from him.
• Zhang Tianyu received two levels, 100 Reward Points, and 10% progress toward activating his Second Martial Soul after completing the mission.

Zhang Tianyu unlocked his Azure Firmament Sword and its powerful Dragon-Slaying Sword skill as the Shrek group settled into Blue Tyrant Academy. That night, he followed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San into the forest, where Dugu Bo confronted him.

• Zhang Tianyu activated Azure Firmament, learned that its soul skills were fixed, and unlocked Dragon-Slaying Sword, which amplified damage against Beast Spirit and especially Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Masters.
• Yin Shu settled Flender's group into the academy, and Zhang Tianyu reassured Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that he would not turn out like Yu Xiaogang.
• After dinner, Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to take a walk, while Zhang Tianyu later slipped away and tracked them into the academy forest.
• Dugu Bo appeared behind Zhang Tianyu, who turned to confront him and questioned why he had come.

Zhang Tianyu repelled Dugu Bo’s attack with Cangqiong Biluo, then revealed that Huangquan granted him poison immunity and the Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain. Dugu Bo left after questioning him, while the gathered Shrek members were left stunned by Zhang Tianyu’s strength and worried that Dugu Bo might return.

• Zhang Tianyu ignored Dugu Bo while his thoughts were occupied, prompting Dugu Bo to attack him with killing intent.
• Cangqiong Biluo neutralized Dugu Bo’s attack and called down lightning that blasted him into the air.
• Zhang Tianyu showed Dugu Bo Huangquan’s Nine Netherworlds Forest Domain and explained that it also made him immune to Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Liu Erlong, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and others arrived, and Flender ordered those below Soul Emperor to retreat.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Zhang Tianyu had taken a master, then left after Zhang Tianyu said he had not.
• Flender and Liu Erlong discussed Zhang Tianyu’s strength and worried about whether Dugu Bo would return.

Zhang Tianyu prepared for Dugu Bo’s expected visit while Shrek Academy reorganized under Flender and the students accepted Ning Rongrong’s invitation to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At the sect’s entrance, Xiao Wu grew anxious that its Titled Douluo would discover her identity, but Ning Rongrong and Zhang Tianyu urged her to come inside.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San that they had been right to avoid confronting Dugu Bo when they could not rescue Zhang Tianyu, while Zhang Tianyu secretly kept the HOMO Capsule’s effect active.
• Liu Erlong handed the dean position to Flender and renamed the academy Shrek Academy; the students resumed training as Flender considered creating first and second teams.
• Flender told Zhang Tianyu that Dugu Bo was expected to visit that night, and Zhang Tianyu reassured him that he could sense the Titled Douluo and would call for help if needed.
• Ning Rongrong returned after meeting someone from her sect and invited the group to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Zhang Tianyu learned from the system that it had been concealing Xiao Wu’s soul beast aura.
• At the sect entrance, Xiao Wu tried to leave because she feared the sect’s Titled Douluo would expose her, but Ning Rongrong offered to have her treated and Zhang Tianyu joked that he would protect her.