Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai and condemned him for abandoning his ambitions, then left him bruised and furious. Lü Lingqi challenged Dai Mubai to a Soul Fighting Arena match in Suotuo City, and he agreed after learning she was twelve.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s soul skills overwhelmed Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Protective Barrier and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai were shocked by Zhu Zhuqing’s thousand-year second soul ring, rank thirty-five cultivation, and martial spirit that suppressed Dai Mubai’s White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing scorned Dai Mubai for chasing pleasure instead of fighting for their future, then left after deliberately holding back enough to avoid seriously injuring him.
• Dai Mubai brushed himself off and prepared to return to Shrek Academy, but Lü Lingqi offered to have dinner with him if he won a match against her.
• Dai Mubai agreed to fight Lü Lingqi at the Soul Fighting Arena in Suotuo City and became confident when she said she was twelve.

At Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, Lü Lingqi faced Dai Mubai in a one-on-one match and revealed that she was a rank-forty-five Soul Ancestor with an extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. After her first strike overwhelmed Dai Mubai's defenses, he prepared to use a self-created skill, while Qian Chongling observed his unusual Soul Power circulation.

• Lü Lingqi registered for an Iron Soul Badge, and Manager Ao arranged for her to fight Dai Mubai.
• The announcer introduced the contestants, and Lü Lingqi disclosed her rank-forty-five cultivation and four Soul Rings: three purple and one black.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and attacked Lü Lingqi, but her Fang Tian Hua Ji shattered his White Tiger Protection Barrier and forced him to use White Tiger Fierce Light Wave to escape the strike.
• Lü Lingqi advanced on Dai Mubai, who canceled his third Soul Skill and announced his self-created Soul Skill, White Tiger Limit Break.
• Lü Lingqi stopped to watch Dai Mubai, while Qian Chongling noticed that Dai Mubai was circulating his Soul Power in reverse and saw his first and third Soul Rings dim.

Lü Lingqi defeated Dai Mubai in the Soul Fighting Arena and revealed why she envied his ability to give up. After she reunited with Qian Chongling in Suotuo City, Tang San discovered how to make Dragon Whisker Needles from his crystal.

• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Limit Break, but Lü Lingqi destroyed it with one halberd strike and broke his shoulder and lower legs.
• Lü Lingqi identified Dai Mubai as the Second Prince of the Star Luo Empire and won their match.
• Lü Lingqi explained to Kurumi Tokisaki that she could not abandon her identity as a military general, and the four girls reunited with Qian Chongling.
• Tang San explained plate crystal and Dragon Whisker Needles to Xiao Wu, then demonstrated the hidden weapon.
• Tang San justified the weapon as a means to punish evildoers, though his first target had been Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji made Xiao Wu cough up blood.

Qian Chongling accepted a debt-collection assignment at the Suotuo City Martial Soul Bank and went to Shrek Academy, where he watched applicants lose their registration fees under Li Yusong’s strict entrance rules. He recognized Tang San, Xiao Wu, Kitten, and Ning Rongrong in the line and decided he would make Shrek Academy pay for its conduct.

• Qian Chongling displayed his nine soul rings to secure an audience with Suotuo City bank manager Zhao Jun and accepted the assignment to collect a debt from Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Jun gave Qian Chongling a black coat and an iron token, and Qian Chongling left for Shrek Academy outside Suotuo City.
• Qian Chongling arrived at the academy and spotted Tang San, Xiao Wu, Kitten, and Ning Rongrong among the applicants waiting to register.
• Li Yusong took a family’s ten gold soul coins, rejected their son for failing the age requirement, and explained that Shrek accepted only students over thirteen with at least level twenty-one soul power.
• Qian Chongling watched the rejection without intervening and resolved to put Shrek Academy through the wringer.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s preliminary screening, while Qian Chongling was rejected for being too old. When Li Yusong refused to refund his application fee, Qian Chongling demanded a thousand Gold Soul Coins and provoked Li into revealing his martial soul and soul rings.

• Zhu Zhuqing displayed one yellow and two purple soul rings, impressing Li Yusong and earning admission without further tests.
• Ning Rongrong confirmed her family knew she was applying, and Li Yusong admitted her to the academy.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the preliminary screening and waited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Li Yusong judged Qian Chongling to be eighteen and rejected him for exceeding the age limit.
• Qian Chongling demanded his application fee back, then claimed Li owed him a thousand Gold Soul Coins after taking the fee box.
• Li Yusong summoned his Dragon Pattern Staff and six soul rings, threatening Qian Chongling.

Qian Chongling defeated Li Yusong, exposed Shrek Academy’s scam, and let the cheated applicants reclaim their Gold Soul Coins. When Zhao Wuji arrived and attacked, Qian Chongling protected a young girl and slapped him flying with a token, leaving Zhao Wuji frozen as he prepared to strike again.

• Qian Chongling caught Li Yusong’s Dragon Pattern Staff and punched him into Shrek Academy’s signboard, knocking him unconscious.
• Qian Chongling told the onlookers to reclaim their Gold Soul Coins from Shrek Academy’s wooden box, and they formed a line to collect their money.
• Ma Hongjun hurried off to fetch the Vice Dean while Qian Chongling waited for the debtor he had come to find.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Furious-Eyed Jingang skill, and attacked Qian Chongling and the young girl beside him.
• Qian Chongling pulled the girl behind him and slapped Zhao Wuji with a token, sending him bouncing across the ground; Zhao Wuji stood up and froze before attacking again.

Qian Chongling confronted Zhao Wuji over Shrek Academy’s overdue loan and used his Titled Douluo status to demand extra compensation. After Zhao Wuji paid, a brief red gleam flashed in both men’s eyes, leaving the encounter’s outcome uncertain.

• Zhao Wuji recognized Qian Chongling as a Martial Soul Bank Debt Collector and learned Shrek Academy’s payment was seven days overdue.
• Zhao Wuji paid the overdue installment of twelve thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Qian Chongling demanded emotional distress compensation.
• Qian Chongling revealed nine Soul Rings, and Zhao Wuji agreed to pay extra rather than challenge a Titled Douluo.
• Qian Chongling demanded compensation for the ten Gold Soul Coins Shrek Academy had taken, and Zhao Wuji offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Chongling accepted Zhao Wuji’s storage card as a red gleam flashed in both men’s eyes.

Ma Hongjun led Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu through Shrek Academy after they skipped the second and third trials. After Zhu Zhuqing praised Oscar’s sausages, Ma Hongjun guided the group toward the fourth trial while boasting about the academy’s history.

• Ma Hongjun brought Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu into Shrek Academy and said their soul levels let them skip the second and third trials.
• Oscar offered sausages, and Tang San bought four for the group.
• Ma Hongjun warned Tang San about Oscar’s sausages, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong ate theirs without concern about Oscar’s soul incantation.
• Zhu Zhuqing praised the sausages but suggested adding something cool to reduce their greasiness, prompting Oscar to leave and research the idea.
• Ma Hongjun led the group toward the fourth trial and boasted about Shrek Academy’s graduates, though his claims were unfounded.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong exposed Ma Hongjun’s claim that Shrek Academy had produced a powerful Spirit Hall elder as a rumor, then the four applicants faced Zhao Wuji’s fourth trial. They coordinated an opening attack against him, but the chapter ended as Zhu Zhuqing’s strongest strike hit his back.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong challenged Ma Hongjun to name Shrek Academy’s supposed Spirit Hall graduate, and Ma Hongjun admitted that the dean had told them to spread the claim.
• Zhao Wuji replaced the canceled trial against the injured Dai Mubai with a test requiring the four applicants to last one incense stick against him.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing explained Zhao Wuji’s history, including how Spirit Hall had sent him to mine after he injured debt collectors.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong shared their abilities and devised a plan while Qian Chongling watched from the shadows.
• The four launched their attack as Zhao Wuji lit the incense; Ning Rongrong enhanced her companions, Tang San’s vines trapped Zhao Wuji’s legs, and Zhu Zhuqing struck his back with Spiral Spear Kill.

Zhao Wuji beat Tang San and Xiao Wu after Qian Chongling’s planted suggestion pushed him to vent his anger, then Tang Hao confronted him over his son’s injuries. The chapter left Zhao Wuji taunting Tang Hao to strike him while reminding him that he still owed Spirit Hall money.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu surprised Zhao Wuji with Tang San’s concealed Blue Silver Grass and their attacks, but Zhao Wuji awakened his Martial Soul and incapacitated both of them.
• Tang San challenged Zhao Wuji to a serious fight, and Qian Chongling’s planted suggestion drove Zhao Wuji to unleash his anger and repeatedly slam Tang San into the ground.
• Flender arrived with Ma Hongjun, ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu treated, and Zhao Wuji later celebrated his release by eating rabbit head and drinking liquor.
• Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji outside Shrek Academy and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and nine Soul Rings, while Flender appeared and greeted him as Haotian.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Tang Hao as Tang San’s father, mocked him for coming after his son was beaten, and dared him to strike despite his debt to Spirit Hall.

Zhao Wuji used his debt to Spirit Hall to convince Tang Hao that killing him would expose Tang Hao and endanger Tang San’s peaceful growth, so Tang Hao beat him instead. After Tang Hao left, Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluos decided against confronting him, then healed Zhao Wuji before giving him another beating.

• Zhao Wuji warned Tang Hao that his murder would prompt Spirit Hall to investigate and expose Tang Hao’s whereabouts, forcing Tang San to flee with him.
• Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji, gave Flender instructions, and left.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong learned that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Ning Fengzhi persuaded Chen Xin and Gu Rong not to capture Xiao Wu or challenge Tang Hao, citing the danger of fighting Tang Hao at Level 94.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Zhao Wuji, then Chen Xin and Gu Rong prepared to beat him for bullying Ning Rongrong.

Tang Xuanwei prepared to enroll at Blue Tyrant Academy and reflected on how she had transmigrated into the Douluo Continent, become Tang Xiao’s daughter, and gained a system tied to Tang San’s rise to godhood. She confirmed that Tang San was progressing smoothly and that no other transmigrators had disturbed the immortal herbs, then awaited the chance to meet her cousin.

• Tang Yuehua asked Tang Xuanwei about enrolling at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Tang Xuanwei said she planned to go in a few days.
• Tang Xuanwei revealed that she had a blue silver grass Martial Soul and a Clear Sky Hammer, and recalled how her system and check-in missions helped her reach level thirty-one and join Tang Yuehua’s household.
• Tang Xuanwei explained that she wanted to enroll at Blue Tyrant Academy to complete a check-in mission and meet Tang San, whom she regarded as her Third Brother.
• Tang Xuanwei asked her system whether Tang San’s progress was smooth, and it confirmed that he had entered Shrek Academy without unexpected trouble.
• Tang Xuanwei asked whether other transmigrators had arrived and whether the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well remained untouched, and the system confirmed both were as she hoped.
• Tang Xuanwei celebrated her confidence in herself and Tang San by declaring that they would rule the world and lamenting how lonely it was to be invincible.

Qian Chongling arranged to stay at Zhao Bin’s hotel while waiting for the Shrek Academy group to arrive in Star Dou Town. He planned to watch Tang San encounter the Man Faced Demon Spider and decide whether to let him obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

• Zhao Bin and the other hotel owners celebrated after Qian Chongling approved their applications to franchise with the Martial Soul Grand Hotel.
• Qian Chongling told the owners he would stay until their licenses arrived and asked them to report a group of seven young people accompanied by a middle-aged Soul Saint.
• After Qian Chongling went upstairs, the hotel owners discussed his status as a Title Douluo and resumed drinking.
• Qian Chongling recalled that Oscar would soon need a soul ring and that Tang San might obtain the Eight Spider Lances from a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Qian Chongling decided to wait in Star Dou Town and approved every hotel’s franchise application so the Shrek Academy group could not stay somewhere he did not control.

Seven days after their injuries, Tang San and Xiao Wu had recovered and joined the other Shrek Academy students for breakfast. Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai, then discussed killing and hardship with Ning Rongrong, leaving Dai Mubai wary of his powerful cousin.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu recovered from their injuries and ate breakfast in Shrek Academy’s poor cafeteria.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun discussed visiting the Rouge Pavilion until Zhu Zhuqing criticized Dai Mubai and reminded him she could have killed him in their earlier fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing released her killing intent, frightening Dai Mubai and the others, then sat with Ning Rongrong near Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong complained about the food, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that people sometimes ate tree bark and wild grass to survive.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing what killing felt like, and Zhu Zhuqing recalled the sensations she experienced after Ye Mengwei made her kill a prisoner.
• Ma Hongjun asked Dai Mubai whether Zhu Zhuqing was his relative, and Dai Mubai said she was his cousin and admitted he had underestimated her.

Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong stamina training, but Ning Rongrong explained that her weighted wristbands already provided it. Oscar then announced that he had reached rank thirty, so Flender canceled the lessons and planned a group trip to the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.

• Flender told Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village for stamina training.
• Ning Rongrong questioned the training method and explained that her fifty-kilogram wristbands kept her training constantly.
• Dai Mubai explained how gravity fields worked, and Ning Rongrong revealed that her family owned two.
• Oscar announced that he had broken through to rank thirty.
• Flender canceled the day's lessons and said the group would go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Third Soul Ring and practice combat.

Flender and the Shrek Seven Devils arrived in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest and stopped at a tavern. Dai Mubai provoked students from Blue Sunshine Academy, and the two groups began fighting despite the proprietor’s request to take it outside.

• Flender, Tang San, and the others reached the tavern and arranged rooms and food.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Soul Master subsidies only went up to the Soul Elder rank.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun insulted the Blue Sunshine Academy students, and Dai Mubai launched a plate of food onto one student’s head.
• The tavern owner asked the groups to fight outside, but Dai Mubai attacked a student and started a brawl.
• The Shrek Four Heroes overwhelmed the Blue Sunshine Academy students, sending several flying backward.

Qian Chongling revealed himself as a Titled Douluo after the Shrek group wrecked his restaurant and refused to pay, then demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins. The chapter ended with him rejecting Ning Rongrong’s offer and threatening Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu unless they paid the remaining nine million or ate the wreckage.

• The Shrek Four Heroes fought Blue Sunshine Academy’s students, and Flender knocked out Ye Zhiqiu when he intervened.
• Qian Chongling demanded compensation for the restaurant, but Dai Mubai attacked him and had his wrist broken.
• Flender tried to intimidate Qian Chongling, who revealed nine Soul Rings and forced Flender to the floor with his pressure.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai to pay one million Gold Soul Coins, but Qian Chongling raised the bill to ten million and demanded nine million more.
• Ning Rongrong offered furnishings and another million Gold Soul Coins, then threatened Qian Chongling with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Super Douluos when he refused.
• Qian Chongling demanded the remaining nine million from Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, threatening to skin them if they did not pay.

After Shrek Academy damaged Qian Chongling’s restaurant, he forced its students to work there and demanded nine million gold soul coins from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chen Xin and Gu Rong to rescue Ning Rongrong, but Qian Chongling’s demand turned their confrontation into a dispute over compensation.

• Zhu Zhuqing proposed that Ning Rongrong write an IOU for the compensation, so Qian Chongling summoned her black-clad Soul Saint guard and ordered him to fetch nine million gold soul coins from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Chongling made the Shrek Academy students serve customers and ordered Flender to bring in business, while Tang Hao secretly planned to seek help from Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Tang Hao reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and left a letter warning that Ning Rongrong was trapped in Star Dou Town and in danger.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong traveled to the restaurant and found Ning Rongrong and the others working as servers; Ning Rongrong and the students quit in defiance of Qian Chongling.
• Qian Chongling demanded nine million gold soul coins from Ning Fengzhi, who learned from Ning Rongrong that Shrek Academy had damaged the restaurant and that Qian Chongling had demanded compensation.

Qian Chongling fought Sword Douluo Chen Xin with a willow branch, easily shattered his sword skills, and used the duel to expose flaws in Chen Xin’s swordsmanship. After Ning Fengzhi began enhancing Chen Xin, he and Gu Rong coordinated an attack on Qian Chongling, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Qian Chongling added another million Gold Soul Coins to the debt, and Chen Xin accepted his challenge to fight outside the restaurant.
• Chen Xin attacked with his Seven Kill Sword, but Qian Chongling shattered his First and Fourth Soul Skill with a branch and advised him to steady his mind.
• Chen Xin unleashed Seven Kill True Body and his Eighth Soul Skill, but Qian Chongling broke the resulting attacks and struck him in the chest.
• Ning Fengzhi enhanced Chen Xin, who charged Qian Chongling again, but Qian Chongling stopped the Seven Kill Sword with his willow branch.
• Ning Fengzhi spotted an opening and began buffing Gu Rong as Gu Rong unleashed his Bone Dragon True Body.

Qian Chongling defeated Bone Douluo Gu Rong and overwhelmed Sword Douluo Chen Xin, whose breakthrough to level 97 did not save him from being knocked unconscious. He then demanded compensation from Ning Fengzhi, raising the amount to one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.

• Gu Rong attacked Qian Chongling in Bone Dragon form, but Qian Chongling caught his head and slammed him into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
• Qian Chongling battered Chen Xin with a Willow Branch and criticized his swordsmanship while forcing him to defend.
• Qian Chongling used his sword intent to help Chen Xin break through to level 97.
• Chen Xin resumed the fight confidently, but Qian Chongling struck him unconscious with the Willow Branch.
• Ning Fengzhi offered ten million Gold Soul Coins in compensation, and Qian Chongling raised the demand to one hundred million.