Chapter Summaries

Tang San brought Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lin Like to the next entrance test, where Grandmaster evaluated their martial souls. Lin Like revealed an unusual crossbow martial soul that Grandmaster suspected was a soul tool, and she passed as Ma Hongjun prepared for the next test.

• Tang San introduced himself to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lin Like, then led them to the next round of testing.
• Grandmaster finished evaluating an applicant, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar watched and joked about the newcomers.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul, and Ning Rongrong revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Lin Like released a mechanical-looking crossbow martial soul, which made Tang San and Grandmaster suspect it was a soul tool.
• Grandmaster passed Lin Like to the next round, and Ma Hongjun rolled up his sleeves to take the stage.

Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the three girls began the fourth trial after Tang San gave them time to discuss their abilities. Tang San’s team defeated Ning Rongrong, Lin Like, and Zhu Zhuqing, but he declared that they had passed.

• Ma Hongjun mocked Ning Rongrong, provoking her into accepting Tang San’s proposal to fight the fourth trial together.
• Ning Rongrong, Lin Like, and Zhu Zhuqing described their martial souls and soul skills while Tang San secretly planned counters.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed and Lin Like fired crossbow bolts to attack, but Ma Hongjun blocked the bolts and Tang San restrained Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Entanglement.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Dewdrops created mist, and Ma Hongjun charged Ning Rongrong and Lin Like as Lin Like deployed her Shield Generator.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Lin Like and fired her crossbow, but Tang San stopped the fight and announced that all three girls had passed.

Tang San passed Ning Rongrong, Lin Like, and Zhu Zhuqing in the entrance test, then discovered that Lin Like’s shield fragments were a newer kind of soul tool and suspected she came from beyond Douluo. After promising to treat her as a friend, he left Grandmaster’s room late at night and noticed something beneath the starry sky.

• Tang San released Ning Rongrong and Lin Like, announced that they and Zhu Zhuqing had passed, and Ma Hongjun explained their Lost Mist combination skill.
• Tang San revealed that he had retrieved fragments of Lin Like’s shield badge, while Ning Rongrong tried to keep attention focused on her own behavior and away from her friend’s identity.
• Flender showed Ning Rongrong a letter from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reprimanded her, and the enrollment ended with the students settling into their dormitories.
• Tang San and Grandmaster examined the shield fragments, concluded that Lin Like might not be from Douluo, and agreed to treat her as an ordinary classmate and companion.
• Tang San left Grandmaster’s room instead of returning to the noisy dormitory, walked beneath the stars, and noticed something.

Lin Like searched for the fragments of her destroyed soul tool, then retrieved them from Tang San and discussed their backgrounds and craftsmanship with him. They bonded over forging and mechanisms before Tang San invited her to continue talking in his workshop.

• Lin Like searched the grass for the missing fragments of her soul tool and panicked when Tang San approached.
• Tang San returned the fragments he had collected, and Lin Like claimed the device was a protective charm from her father.
• Tang San speculated that Lin Like came from a place with advanced soul tool technology, while Lin Like reflected on her father's reasons for sending her to the Douluo Continent.
• Lin Like and Tang San compared their fathers, martial souls, and metalworking experience, then discovered their technical ideas were similar.
• After Lin Like sneezed in the cold, Tang San invited her to continue their conversation in his nearby workshop, and she agreed.

Tang San and Lin Like spent the night building a powerful crossbow called Shatter the Mortal World while keeping their identities and loyalties unspoken. The next day, Flender sent the Shrek students and teachers to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings.

• Tang San and Lin Like combined their skills to build a repeating crossbow that fired bolts and Soul Power Cannon blasts, then named it Shatter the Mortal World.
• Lin Like worried about the weapon and her ties to the Douluo Continent, while Tang San accepted her uncertainty without pressing her about her identity.
• Tang San stored the crossbow in his Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, and the pair reached the morning gathering after staying up all night.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun teased Tang San about spending the night with Lin Like, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Like about what had happened.
• Flender ended the teasing and announced that the seven students would travel together to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for soul rings.
• The Shrek students and teachers set out after lunch, while the Grandmaster stayed behind to prepare future lessons.

The Shrek group reached a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Rongrong’s effort and Tang San’s reflections on what made a soul master noble changed how the others saw her. After Tang San’s words drew applause and wary attention from nearby soul masters, the group spent a peaceful night, and Ning Rongrong resolved to become stronger.

• With Oscar’s sausages and Ning Rongrong’s support, the Shrek group traveled half the route and arrived at a small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest before nightfall.
• Tang San steadied the exhausted Ning Rongrong and Lin Like, and Dai Mubai praised Ning Rongrong’s contribution as a teammate.
• At dinner, Ning Rongrong asked why the Shrek students treated servers politely, and Tang San explained that soul masters needed to improve their wisdom and character, not just their cultivation.
• Nearby soul masters applauded Tang San, while Ye Zhiqiu of Blue Sunshine Academy warned his students not to provoke him after sensing his strength and noticing powerful people at another table.
• Ning Rongrong volunteered to pay the bill and resolved to become a powerful soul master and raise her martial soul to the Eight Treasure level.

Ning Fengzhi reflected on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s alliance with the Sun Moon Organization and his reasons for sending Ning Rongrong and Like to Shrek Academy. After Xu Sheng arrived with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, he decided to visit Shrek and check on Like and Grandmaster.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong, Like, and their companions had enrolled at Shrek Academy, and he trusted Grandmaster to watch over them.
• Ning Fengzhi considered the sect’s need for soul tools and explained why he had cooperated with the powerful Sun Moon Organization rather than the declining Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Sheng arrived, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo questioned Ning Fengzhi about sending the girls to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Grandmaster’s knowledge and explained that Grandmaster refused to attach himself to a faction.
• Xu Sheng asked to visit Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi agreed as long as he watched from a distance; Xu Sheng invited Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo to accompany him.

Tang San and his companions defeated a Meat Mountain Black Pig, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun cooked its meat, helping several companions advance in cultivation. While the group searched for suitable soul beasts, a campfire conversation about martial souls and soul skills left Ning Rongrong reflecting on trust between teammates.

• Zhu Zhuqing severed the Meat Mountain Black Pig's tail, and Oscar killed it after the group weakened it; he then absorbed its soul ring and reached level thirty-four.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun cooked the pig's meat, and Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Like benefited from the food's soul power; Lin Like reached level thirty.
• Dai Mubai persuaded Tang San to rest while he kept watch, and the group resumed its search for soul rings the next day.
• Ma Hongjun explained the drawbacks of his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, and Oscar revealed his embarrassing soul incantation to ease Ma Hongjun's embarrassment.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Oscar could use his soul skill without its incantation, and Tang San and Dai Mubai steered the discussion toward trust between support soul masters and their companions.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing shared details about their martial souls, turning the camp conversation into a martial soul tell-all.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed her third eye and her Hell Spirit Cat’s Qi Reading ability, which Tang San connected to the Evil-Eyed Saint King’s bloodline. After Tang San helped her awaken a stronger power in her Heavenly Eye, he reflected on strange memories from possible past lives and resolved to remain himself.

• Ning Rongrong asked about the secrets in the group’s Martial Souls, and Tang San and Dai Mubai described their suspected bloodlines.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed the eye beneath her bangs, and Tang San identified it as a sign of the Evil-Eyed Saint King’s bloodline.
• Dai Mubai explained his and Zhu Zhuqing’s family backgrounds and their families’ imperial succession bond.
• Zhu Zhuqing described everyone’s auras with her Qi Reading ability, while tactfully concealing the true forms of Oscar’s and Like’s auras.
• Tang San guided Zhu Zhuqing to use her Heavenly Eye, and she felt its power grow before he named the technique the Netherworld Qi-Reading Art.
• Tang San considered whether his strange memories came from past lives and resolved to resist them if they ever tried to take control.

Tang San and his companions found two rare Soul Beasts fighting in the Star Dou Great Forest and seized the chance to help Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun obtain Soul Rings. They killed both beasts, and two purple Soul Rings appeared as the group prepared for the next step.

• The group became sworn siblings, with Dai Mubai taking the role of eldest brother and Lin Like joining despite her doubts about her identity.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Netherworld Qi-Reading Art to help the group search for Soul Beasts, leading them to a six-thousand-year-old Stormwind Berserker Tiger and a three-thousand-year-old Heaven-Burning Hippogriff fighting near a nest.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Lin Like helped bring down the Stormwind Berserker Tiger, then Dai Mubai fought it alone and killed it.
• Tang San's companions distracted and weakened the Heaven-Burning Hippogriff, allowing Ma Hongjun to strike it down and kill it.
• A purple Soul Ring rose from each dead Soul Beast.

After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun began absorbing their soul rings, Tang San explored the Heaven-Burning Hippogriff’s cave and found a hidden passage before being attacked by a Jade Phosphorous Scorpion. Back with the others, Lin Like revealed her true martial soul, while Tang San suspected her story concealed a connection between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Sun Moon Continent; Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun then finished absorbing their rings.

• Oscar gave everyone sausages, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun began absorbing their soul rings while the others guarded them.
• Tang San explored the Heaven-Burning Hippogriff’s cave, buried human remains, burned the soul beasts’ corpses, and discovered an underground opening.
• A Jade Phosphorous Scorpion attacked Tang San with venom, but he extinguished the poisonous flames and returned to the group rather than pursue it.
• Lin Like revealed that her martial soul was the Thousand Mechanism Core and explained her Fortification and Power Enhancement skills, while Ning Rongrong supported her secluded-sect story.
• Tang San suspected Lin Like’s story hid a connection between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Sun Moon Continent, but chose not to investigate or tell Grandmaster.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun finished absorbing their soul rings, and Ma Hongjun prepared to show off his new soul skill.

Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai demonstrated their newly developed Soul Skills before the group prepared to search underground for Soul Beasts suited to Tang San and Lin Like. The group followed Tang San into a vast, glowing cavern, where a sudden sense of danger stopped them.

• Ma Hongjun revealed that Phoenix Radiance Skyward let him fly and strengthen his flames, while Dai Mubai demonstrated how White Tiger Rampaging Gale controlled enemies and unleashed wind blades.
• Tang San praised Dai Mubai's Soul Skill development, and Ma Hongjun resolved to keep training after Dai Mubai's display overshadowed him.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to use her Netherworld Qi-Reading Art to find suitable Soul Beasts, but Tang San chose to wait for one he was fated to meet, and Lin Like suggested exploring the underground passage for Soul Beasts associated with rare ores.
• Dai Mubai led the group into the passage, where Tang San chose a tunnel by tracking the Jade Phosphorous Scorpion's path, and everyone followed without splitting up or lighting a fire.
• Tang San and the others entered a vast cavern illuminated by glowing quartz and fungi, then sensed danger.

Tang San and the Shrek party were trapped underground by a Black-Armored Scorpion colony led by two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. After their defenses collapsed and Tang San’s desperate attack failed to secure an escape, the group faced the scorpions with their strength nearly exhausted.

• Tang San recognized the spreading venom and ordered the Shrek party to drink Purification Dewdrop and retreat, but Black-Armored Vanguards sealed their escape route.
• The party encountered a Black-Armored Emperor Scorpion and a Crystal Queen, both hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, and fought off the surrounding scorpions until the Black Tri-Stars joined the attack.
• The Black Tri-Stars broke through the party’s defenses, poisoning Zhao Wuji and scattering the fighters while Tang San protected Lin Like and Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Boundless Sword and Lin Like blasted open the entrance, but the Crystal Queen sealed it with crystal clusters and the Black-Armored Emperor Scorpion confronted Tang San.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar stood with Tang San as the exhausted Shrek party prepared to die, then a dull pounding sound drew everyone’s attention.

Tang San treated the Black-Tortoise Emperor's mutated son and offered the emperor knowledge about cultivating scorpion-type soul beasts. In return, the emperor agreed to help Tang San and Lin Like find suitable soul rings and sent them to the clan's food storage area.

• The Black-Tortoise Emperor's son revealed his jade-phosphorus mutation, and Tang San recognized that his venom was causing the green bumps and other problems.
• Tang San agreed to purge the poison in exchange for safe passage, and the Black-Tortoise Emperor required the humans to identify themselves and swear on their martial souls.
• Tang San surgically removed and cleaned the little Black-Tortoise Scorpion's venom gland, restoring ordinary venom and removing the green bumps.
• Tang San shared a modified Scorpion Gu Cultivation method with the Black-Tortoise Emperor and the Crystal Queen, then declined their offer to sacrifice Black-Armored Vanguards for soul rings.
• The Black-Tortoise Emperor sent the Black Tri-Stars to guide Tang San and Lin Like to the clan's food storage area to search for suitable soul beasts.

Tang San and Lin Like discussed how she could develop her Thousand-Mechanism Gear martial soul before following the Black Tri-Stars to their underground food store. There, they discovered a mutated Metal Slime that could provide Lin Like with a suitable soul ring, and Tang San collected its remains after she killed it.

• Tang San advised Lin Like that her Thousand-Mechanism Gear could develop by duplicating or combining soul tools, and promised her a better medicine formula.
• Tang San and Lin Like reached the Black-Tortoise Scorpions' underground food store and admired its mineral supplies.
• The Black Tri-Stars warned them of danger, and Lin Like shot a silver mass falling from above.
• Tang San restrained the mass with Blue Silver Sky Lock and learned it had been stealing the Black-Tortoise Scorpions' food.
• Tang San identified the creature as a mutated Metal Slime, and Lin Like destroyed it with her Soul Guidance Ray.
• Tang San gathered the Metal Slime's remains and stored them in his belt.

Tang San befriended the intelligent Black-Tortoise Scorpions, absorbed a Gem Crystal Insect as his fourth Soul Ring, and helped them recover their ruined ore. The Shrek group returned to the academy, where Flender was horrified by what he saw.

• Tang San purified the Gem Crystal Insect, preserved its spiritual origin, and absorbed its newly ten-thousand-year Soul Ring while Lin Like absorbed her own Soul Ring.
• Tang San asked Lin Like to return and summon Ma Hongjun, then explained the group's ordeal to the Black-Tortoise Emperor.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun forged the drained waste ore into ornaments, delighting the Black-Tortoise Scorpions and earning the Shrek party permission to leave.
• Dai Mubai, Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Tang San discussed whether humans and soul beasts could ever coexist peacefully as they traveled back.
• Several days later, the group returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender cried out over the sight before him.

Shrek Academy had been renovated, and Grandmaster revealed that Xu Sheng and Sword Douluo had funded it in exchange for the students competing in the Soul Master Elite Tournament. Xu Sheng then focused on Tang San, considering whether he could recruit the talented young inventor for the Sun Moon Continent.

• The Shrek students returned to find their academy transformed, with dedicated cultivation facilities and plans for further training.
• Flender confronted Grandmaster over the renovations, and Grandmaster explained that he had paid for them and called in favors.
• Xu Sheng and Sword Douluo arrived, and Ning Rongrong joyfully greeted Sword Douluo while Lin Like quietly spoke with Xu Sheng.
• Grandmaster explained that Xu Sheng and Sword Douluo had agreed to fund Shrek and provide assignments in exchange for the students competing in the Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Sword Douluo questioned whether the students had enough talent to justify the investment, while Xu Sheng introduced himself to Tang San and considered recruiting him for the Sun Moon Continent.

Tang San deflected Xu Sheng and Sword Douluo’s probing by challenging them with his self-created soul skills, and his companions joined the fight. The Titled Douluos departed after recognizing the youngsters’ strength, while Grandmaster announced special training in three days.

• Sword Douluo and Xu Sheng questioned Tang San about his abilities and pressed him to demonstrate a self-created soul skill.
• Tang San surprised the two Titled Douluos with Blue Silver Boundless Sword, and they countered while limiting their power.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Lin Like joined the battle, but Xu Sheng and Sword Douluo knocked several of them back.
• Tang San unleashed Blue Silver Hell Blade and Blue Silver Zen Heart Sword, forcing the Titled Douluos to raise their power to rank fifty to stop him.
• Sword Douluo and Xu Sheng praised the younger generation, then left with Ning Rongrong, while Lin Like checked on Tang San.
• Grandmaster encouraged the group and announced special training would begin in three days.

Grandmaster, Tang San, and Lin Like developed the Shrek No. 1 Power Furnace, an energy device intended to work independently of a soul master's power. The chapter ended with the Shrek students finishing brutal physical training and gathering for Grandmaster's practical combat lesson.

• Grandmaster examined Lin Like's Thousand-Mechanism Fusion and Tang San's Blue Silver Crystal Transformation, then proposed designing a device that could operate without human, animal, or soul-master power.
• Grandmaster, Tang San, and Lin Like worked with the others for three days and built the Shrek No. 1 Power Furnace, which Flender marked with Shrek Academy's emblem before it was sent secretly to Spirit Hall for research.
• Flender and the other teachers drove carriages at the students during physical training, forcing them to dodge without using martial souls or soul power.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar blocked Zhao Wuji's carriage while Zhu Zhuqing seized its bells, and Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Lin Like took the bell from Grandmaster's carriage.
• Grandmaster announced an afternoon practical combat lesson and said he would demonstrate a profound secret of the soul master world.

Yu Xiaogang taught the Shrek students that escape and tactical control were the ultimate secrets of the Soul Master World by outmaneuvering them in a training battle. The exhausted students went on to compete in soul fighting matches and continued their specialized team training.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji challenged the seven Shrek students to capture Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang evaded Zhu Zhuqing and knocked Oscar unconscious.
• Yu Xiaogang escaped Tang San’s Blue Silver Cage by destroying its foundations, then explained how to use escape tactics and manage soul power.
• The students attended soul fighting matches after their exhausting training, with Tang San and Ma Hongjun winning their one-on-one matches.
• Tang San’s partners won their two-person team matches, prompting Yu Xiaogang to restrict Tang San’s self-created soul skills.
• The Shrek students fought in varied team battles and received individualized training as they grew more familiar with one another.