Chapter Summaries

After the system awakened, Su Ling healed and strengthened his body, then met Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing at the academy. He learned that the three girls were eligible goddesses to bind, but their initial affection toward him remained low.

• Su Ling learned that a goddess system had activated and identified Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing as potential targets for binding.
• Su Ling used a hundred-thousand-year healing skill to recover from his injuries, then received a twofold enhancement to his physical attributes.
• Su Ling went to the academy square and encountered Dai Mubai escorting Tang San and the three girls to their assessment.
• Su Ling wished the four newcomers luck, and their first impressions of him improved slightly.
• Su Ling checked the system and saw Ning Rongrong's affection at 3, Xiao Wu's at 2, and Zhu Zhuqing's at 1.

Su Ling eased Zhao Wuji’s test for Tang San and the other applicants, then gained affection-based chest rewards. After provoking Dai Mubai, Su Ling chose to forcibly bind Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the confrontation between the two men looming.

• Tang San asked Dai Mubai about Su Ling, and Dai Mubai said Su Ling would never graduate from the academy.
• Su Ling persuaded Zhao Wuji to limit himself to his first two Soul Skills during the applicants’ test, earning grateful looks from Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The system rewarded Su Ling with upgraded chests for their increased affection, and he opened two Yellow Chests to obtain Gold Soul Coins and Soul Power Recovery Pills.
• Dai Mubai mocked Su Ling for his injury, but Su Ling challenged him to fight after the applicants’ test.
• Dai Mubai grew furious when Su Ling stared at Zhu Zhuqing, his fiancée, while Su Ling decided to choose her for the system’s forced binding.

After Tang San and the others passed Shrek Academy's assessment, Dai Mubai challenged Su Ling for the title of head student. Su Ling defeated him in a physical spar, and Dai Mubai escalated the fight by summoning his White Tiger martial soul as Zhu Zhuqing silently condemned his past.

• Tang San and the others passed Zhao Wuji's assessment after Su Ling persuaded Zhao Wuji not to use high-level soul skills.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Su Ling, and Zhu Zhuqing felt unexpectedly drawn to him.
• Dai Mubai challenged Su Ling's position as head student and agreed that the loser would submit to the winner.
• Su Ling used Dai Mubai's momentum to throw him to the ground, defeating him in their physical spar.
• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger martial soul, while Zhu Zhuqing recalled that he had abandoned her and fled the Star Luo Empire.

Su Ling defeated Dai Mubai in a duel, made him honor his promise, and then helped Tang San and the girls enroll at Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai left for Suotuo City nursing his defeat, while Tang San grew jealous after Xiao Wu praised Su Ling.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned whether Dai Mubai had grown stronger after abandoning her and fleeing the Star Luo Empire.
• Su Ling used his Water Moon Bow and superior physical abilities to defeat Dai Mubai, then had Oscar revive him.
• Su Ling insisted Dai Mubai keep his promise, and Dai Mubai reluctantly bowed and called him "Boss."
• Su Ling led Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to enroll and choose their dorm rooms.
• Dai Mubai left for Suotuo City, while Xiao Wu praised Su Ling to Tang San, stirring Tang San's jealousy.

Su Ling reviewed his clan’s legacy and opened system chests, gaining a manual on immortal herbs and a Five Elements cultivation method. He invited Zhu Zhuqing to dinner in Suotuo City, and after Advice Listening made her agree, Ning Rongrong joined them and suggested bringing Xiao Wu too.

• Su Ling examined his status and learned how his clan’s five-element soul-ring legacy could evolve the Water Moon Bow into the Five Elements War Bow.
• Su Ling opened his chests and received a Record of Immortal Herbs and a Five Elements Inner Breath Cultivation Method.
• Ma Hongjun asked Su Ling for money to visit Suotuo City, and Su Ling gave him ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Ling invited Zhu Zhuqing to dinner, and his Advice Listening skill prompted her to accept.
• Ning Rongrong joined Su Ling and Zhu Zhuqing, then suggested they bring Xiao Wu along.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about agreeing to go out with Su Ling, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she did not know why she had said yes.

Su Ling took the group to dinner, where Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai with two women and learned that her fiancé had been unfaithful. She ended their relationship, confided in Su Ling, and grew more attached to him, earning him new chests.

• Oscar led Su Ling, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to a lavish restaurant, where Ning Rongrong ordered a feast.
• Oscar spotted Dai Mubai leaving a private room drunk and heading upstairs with two women, upsetting Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the restaurant, and Su Ling found her crying near the hotel and comforted her.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Su Ling that Dai Mubai was her fiancé and asked him to keep it secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided she and Dai Mubai were finished, and Su Ling promised to support her as family.
• Zhu Zhuqing's affection for Su Ling increased, earning him two Yellow Chests and one Purple Chest.

Tang San lied to Xiao Wu to cover for Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai paid the restaurant bill, and Dai Mubai declared Zhu Zhuqing his fiancée to warn Su Ling away. Back at the academy, Su Ling opened a Purple Chest and cultivated the Five Elements Breath Cultivation Method, learning it could balance his soul power but not increase it.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Dai Mubai had done nothing improper, repaying the favor after Dai Mubai covered the unpaid Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée and warned Su Ling to stay away from her, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected his explanations and said he disgusted her.
• Su Ling decided to focus on building Zhu Zhuqing's affection and improving his soul power rather than interfering in their dispute.
• Su Ling opened the Purple Chest and obtained the movement technique Carefree Journey.
• Su Ling cultivated the Five Elements Breath Cultivation Method overnight, balancing his elemental soul power and concluding that he still needed the Water Moon Bow to increase it.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Su Ling was put in charge of the students’ endurance run and stopped Ning Rongrong from skipping it. The others joined them, and Flender left all eight students running together as the chapter ended.

• Flender returned to Shrek Academy, praised Su Ling’s recovery, and jokingly claimed he had spent nearly a thousand Gold Soul Coins on his medicine.
• Flender introduced himself to the eight students and assigned Su Ling to lead their twenty-lap endurance run.
• Su Ling noticed Ning Rongrong trying to leave for Suotuo City and blocked her, insisting she return and finish the run.
• Ning Rongrong argued with Su Ling, but he took her back and spanked her when she resisted; she reluctantly agreed to run.
• After the others finished, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu chose to keep running with Su Ling and Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar followed.

Su Ling pushed Ning Rongrong to finish her endurance training and challenged her assumptions about relying on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and her teammates. After she completed the run, he took her to catch and grill fish, and her favorability toward him increased.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar tried to accompany Ning Rongrong, but Su Ling sent them back to rest and continued supervising her alone.
• Ning Rongrong exhausted herself by sprinting, then collapsed and refused to continue running.
• Su Ling explained why a support soul master needed stamina and self-reliance, and criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s weaknesses and lack of promising juniors.
• Ning Rongrong admitted Su Ling had a point, got up, and finished the remaining two laps before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Su Ling took Ning Rongrong to a nearby river, caught three fish with his Water Moon Bow, and grilled them for lunch.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Su Ling and said he was not a bad person; her favorability increased, and Su Ling received a White Chest.

Su Ling led the Shrek students to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena for practical combat, where the group won their opening one-on-one matches. Su Ling was then matched against Pang Yun, a level-thirty-nine fighter with eleven consecutive wins, and Zhu Zhuqing suspected Dai Mubai had arranged the dangerous bout.

• Ning Rongrong apologized to Su Ling and reflected on her responsibility to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's future.
• Flender assigned Su Ling to lead the students to the Great Soul Arena, where Su Ling explained the rules and arranged one-on-one and two-on-two fights.
• The students chose their two-on-two partners, with Su Ling pairing up with Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai teaming up with Oscar.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai each won their opening one-on-one fights.
• Su Ling entered the arena to face Pang Yun, whose eleven-match winning streak and level-thirty-nine soul power made him an unexpectedly formidable opponent.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Dai Mubai's knowing smile and wondered whether he had arranged Su Ling's difficult match.

Su Ling defeated Pang Yun, ending Pang Yun’s eleven-match winning streak, by combining Carefree Journey footwork with a powerful spinning arrow infused with Five-Element Soul Power. The arena was left stunned, while Flender watched with an ugly expression.

• Su Ling entered the arena to face Pang Yun, whose eleven consecutive wins had made him the betting favorite.
• Pang Yun used crimson flames to pressure Su Ling, but Su Ling’s rapid arrows interrupted his charge and his Carefree Journey footwork let him dodge Pang Yun’s fireball barrage.
• Pang Yun unleashed his third soul skill, and Su Ling answered with a spinning arrow infused with Five-Element Soul Power.
• Su Ling’s arrow pierced Pang Yun below the shoulder, and Pang Yun surrendered after Su Ling spared his vital points.
• The arena fell silent at Pang Yun’s defeat, while angry bettors complained and Flender watched with an ugly expression.

Su Ling and Ning Rongrong won their two-on-two Soul Elder match after Ning Rongrong boosted Su Ling and he broke free of a binding attack. Su Ling urged her to train to protect herself, and the victory left their partnership stronger.

• Flender asked Su Ling whether he and Ning Rongrong could win, and Su Ling gave him two thousand Gold Soul Coins to wager on their victory.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar lost to two higher-ranked Soul Elders before Su Ling and Ning Rongrong entered the arena.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Su Ling's strength and agility, while their opponents targeted her and bound Su Ling with a Green Snake.
• Su Ling tore free of the binding and punched the wolf martial soul user off the platform, then told Ning Rongrong to learn to buy time when attacked.
• The Green Snake user surrendered, and Su Ling and Ning Rongrong won their match in under a minute.

Su Ling joined the group’s journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Oscar obtained his third Soul Ring and became a Soul Elder. The group continued searching for Soul Rings for Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Su Ling held out for a suitable earth-attribute ring.

• Su Ling accepted Flender’s share of the gambling winnings and treated the group to a meal.
• Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached rank thirty, so Su Ling joined them, Flender, and Zhao Wuji on the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• During the four-day journey, Su Ling gained affection from Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, and learned that he could combine lower-grade chests into higher-grade ones.
• Su Ling told Flender he would only absorb an earth-attribute Soul Ring, while the group entered the forest to find third Soul Rings for Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar.
• On the group’s third day in the forest, Oscar absorbed a thousand-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring and became a Soul Elder with a high-speed Flying Mushroom Sausage.

The Titan Giant Ape appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest and took Xiao Wu, while Su Ling rescued Zhu Zhuqing from being crushed. After the beast fled, Zhu Zhuqing’s affection for Su Ling increased and unlocked a luck boost.

• The Titan Giant Ape arrived, and Flender ordered everyone to flee while he and Zhao Wuji tried to hold it back.
• The Titan Giant Ape blasted the group, then ignored their attacks and headed for Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu charged toward the beast so it could take her away, while Zhu Zhuqing rushed in to attack it.
• Su Ling pulled Zhu Zhuqing out of danger but was sent flying into a tree; Xiao Wu was taken, and Tang San chased after her.
• Zhu Zhuqing tended to Su Ling, whose affection rewards included a Black Chest and a new luck boost while she was nearby.

After rescuing Zhu Zhuqing, Su Ling tended his wound while Dai Mubai grew jealous of their closeness. Xiao Wu returned safely with her third Soul Ring, and a long conversation with Su Ling raised her affection.

• Zhu Zhuqing insisted on cleaning Su Ling’s wound herself, while Dai Mubai became angry about their closeness and hid in a tree.
• Su Ling opened a Black Chest and obtained three pieces of supreme-grade ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Flender, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned to camp, and Xiao Wu explained that she had escaped the Titan Giant Ape and become a Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu stayed awake talking with Su Ling during his watch, then gained four affection points and gave him a White Chest and a Yellow Chest.

Su Ling absorbed more of the supreme ten-thousand-year whale glue and found a Space Soul Tool while the group searched for Tang San’s third Soul Ring. When a Man Faced Demon Spider appeared and the Peerless Dragon Snake couple claimed it for Meng Yiran, Su Ling warned that it was too old for her to absorb safely.

• Su Ling absorbed most of one portion of whale glue overnight, strengthening his constitution, and found a Space Soul Tool on the trail the next morning.
• Over seven days of searching for Tang San’s Soul Ring, Su Ling absorbed two more portions of whale glue and gained chests as the girls’ affection for him increased.
• The system detected Meng Yiran nearby, and Su Ling warned the group as a Man Faced Demon Spider appeared.
• Flender injured the spider, then yielded it to the arriving Peerless Dragon Snake couple, who intended it for Meng Yiran.
• Su Ling stopped Meng Yiran from killing the spider and warned that it was over two thousand years old, beyond the safe limit for her third Soul Ring.

Su Ling warned Meng Shu that the Man Faced Demon Spider was too old for Meng Yiran, earning the Dragon Snake couple’s favor and Meng Yiran’s growing affection. Meng Shu killed the spider, but Tang San found an external soul bone on its corpse, leaving him with the Eight Spider Lances despite losing the chance to absorb its ring.

• Su Ling warned Meng Shu that the Man Faced Demon Spider was over two thousand years old and unsuitable for Meng Yiran, and Meng Shu killed it in a burst of anger.
• Meng Shu thanked Su Ling, offered him a favor and a Dragon Snake Token, while Meng Yiran’s affection for Su Ling steadily rose.
• Su Ling told Meng Yiran about a distant canyon where Phoenix-tail Crested Serpents had appeared, and the Dragon Snake couple left with her.
• Tang San discovered an external soul bone on the Man Faced Demon Spider and stored it to ask Grandmaster about absorbing it.
• Flender told the group to move camp because the spider’s blood might attract other soul beasts.

After Tang San became a Soul Elder, Su Ling tried to convince Flender and Zhao Wuji that his body could withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. The chapter ended as Zhao Wuji prepared to test Su Ling with his Gravity Squeeze.

• Tang San found and killed a roughly fifteen-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider for his third soul ring.
• Meng Yiran absorbed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul ring, and her increased affection let Su Ling bind her and gain an Enhancement skill.
• Tang San finished absorbing his soul ring, reached rank thirty-one, and thanked the others for guarding him.
• Su Ling asked Flender and Zhao Wuji to find him an earth-attribute soul beast just over ten thousand years old, claiming his body was at Soul Emperor level.
• Flender agreed to let Su Ling seek a stronger soul ring if he could withstand Zhao Wuji's Gravity Squeeze without injury.

After Flender tested Su Ling's physical strength, he agreed to let him attempt a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Su Ling and the others found and killed a Golden-Armored Earth Dragon, but as Su Ling began absorbing its ring, he discovered it had both earth and metal attributes, making the already dangerous absorption even more difficult.

• Su Ling endured Zhao Wuji's Gravity Squeeze and Gravity Enhancement, convincing Flender that his body might withstand a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Flender led the group into ten-thousand-year soul beast territory, where they searched for a suitable earth-attribute beast for several days.
• Su Ling chose a recently evolved Golden-Armored Earth Dragon, and Flender and Zhao Wuji struggled to penetrate its armor.
• Su Ling spotted the beast's vulnerable rear and mouth, then wounded it with two arrows while Ning Rongrong boosted him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji weakened the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon, and Su Ling delivered the final blow before beginning to absorb its black soul ring.
• Su Ling discovered that the Golden-Armored Earth Dragon's soul ring held both earth and metal attributes, increasing the danger of absorption.

Su Ling struggled to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring while using its five elemental energy to transform his Water Moon Bow, but a swarm of Bloodthirsty Demon Ants attacked the group guarding him. As the defenders began to falter, Flender decided to charge the thirty-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Ant King.

• Su Ling endured the Soul Ring's overwhelming energy, converted it with the Five Elements Breath Cultivation Method, and began shaping his Water Moon Bow into a Five Elements War Bow.
• Tang San spotted a Bloodthirsty Demon Ant swarm led by a thirty-thousand-year ant, and Flender assigned the group to defend Su Ling while he and Zhao Wuji intercepted the attackers.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji struggled to hold back the ants, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing fought those that broke through.
• As the swarm overwhelmed the defenders and Tang San ran low on hidden weapons, Flender chose to attack the Bloodthirsty Demon Ant King with Zhao Wuji's support.