Chapter Summaries

Flender brought the Shrek students to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena for practical combat training, but Ning Rongrong and Tang San initially objected to being made to fight for an audience. Flender explained that victories and Soul Fighter badges were required for graduation, and the students headed into the arena while Dai Mubai remained behind with Oscar and Ma Hongjun.

• Dai Mubai warned Oscar and Ma Hongjun that Zhu Zhuqing was his, and the group entered Suotuo City with Flender.
• Flender led the students toward the Great Soul Arena and announced that their class would be held there.
• Ning Rongrong protested that the arena was dangerous, while Tang San questioned why Soul Masters should perform for spectators.
• Flender explained that arena fights would build combat experience and teamwork, and that earning a Silver Soul Badge was a Shrek graduation requirement.
• Dai Mubai explained the points system, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong walked ahead, followed by Tang San and Xiao Wu, leaving Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun behind.

Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong registered at the Great Soul Arena and prepared for their first matches. Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's team was registered as Zodiac Guardians, and they discovered they were scheduled to fight the Iron Blood Team.

• Flender guided Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong through registration at the Great Soul Arena and explained why fighters wore masks.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong entered the two-on-two Competition Zone, where a staff member registered their team as Zodiac Guardians before they had chosen a name.
• Zhu Zhuqing paid the registration fee and collected their Iron Soul Badges, while Ning Rongrong grew fond of the team name and blushed at the thought of Zhu Zhuqing protecting her.
• Zhu Zhuqing checked the match schedule and saw that Zodiac Guardians would face the Iron Blood Team at 7:30.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the arena's large screens were Soul Tools and lent Zhu Zhuqing a smaller one, which Zhu Zhuqing learned to operate with her soul power.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong faced the undefeated Iron Blood Team in their first two-on-two match at the Great Soul Arena. The Iron Blood brothers pressed their attack and urged the girls to surrender, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to defend them with her bow.

• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing a still-image Soul Tool, and the two set off for their match.
• The masked announcer introduced the Zodiac Guardian Team and the Iron Blood Team to the jeering, cheering crowd.
• Iron Dragon and Iron Tiger revealed identical Iron Hammer Martial Souls and charged at Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Ning Rongrong startled.
• Zhu Zhuqing drew her Golden Longbow and summoned two lightning-wreathed arrows, forcing the brothers to change their formation.
• Iron Tiger advanced behind his whirling hammer as Iron Dragon prepared his second Soul Skill and called on Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to surrender.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong won their 2v2 match against the Ironblood Brothers, and Zhu Zhuqing earned a destiny point. Later, Zhu Zhuqing was matched against Oscar in a 1v1 match, while Oscar hesitated to enter the arena.

• Ning Rongrong used a horn to unleash Tiger's Roar in the Mountain Forest, and Zhu Zhuqing's team defeated the Ironblood Brothers.
• Zhu Zhuqing received one destiny point, while she and Ning Rongrong collected their match rewards.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she feared losing the protection and status of her family, and Zhu Zhuqing tried to make her consider becoming stronger.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San arrived after their solo matches, and Xiao Wu went to register with Tang San for a 2v2 match.
• Zhu Zhuqing signed up for another 1v1 match and discovered she had been matched against Oscar.
• Oscar heard Zhu Zhuqing's name announced and trembled at the entrance, afraid to face her.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Oscar after he asked her for help courting Ning Rongrong, then rejected his requests to team up and court her. After returning to the dormitory, she trained her spiritual power through the night until a startled cry outside drew her out at dawn.

• The announcer goaded Oscar onto the Soul Fighting Platform, where he asked Zhu Zhuqing to put in a good word with Ning Rongrong, form a team with him, and then court him.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused Oscar's requests and knocked him off the platform with her whip, earning ten points and ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Dai Mubai told the group that Flender and Ma Hongjun had gone to an establishment, and Oscar hurried after Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong as they returned to the dormitories.
• Dai Mubai trailed behind the group, while someone watched Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu enter their dormitory and sat beneath a tree.
• Zhu Zhuqing spent the night cultivating spiritual power and practicing the Three Apertures Control Heart, then rushed outside after hearing a startled cry at dawn.

Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong after she confronted him for peeping at the girls’ dormitory, and Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong turned against him. Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived to stop the fight, leaving Flender to face the dispute as Zhu Zhuqing considered leaving Shrek Academy.

• Ning Rongrong accused Dai Mubai of peeping at the girls’ dormitory and bothering Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai struck her with a wave of Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed out, rescued Ning Rongrong, and attacked Dai Mubai with bolts of lightning while Xiao Wu and Tang San joined them.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San she might leave Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong suggested they go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San charged at Dai Mubai, who transformed with White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged back at him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived and stopped the fight, while Ning Rongrong complained about Dai Mubai and he refused to apologize.

After Dai Mubai’s actions drove the girls to demand they leave Shrek Academy, Tang San also chose to withdraw. Tang San brought two academy recommendations, and the group chose Blue Tyrant Academy, though Ning Rongrong’s question about its connection to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan alarmed Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong announced they wanted to leave Shrek Academy, and Tang San joined them after Zhao Wuji threatened to stop them by force.
• Dai Mubai apologized, dispersed his soul power, and walked out through Shrek Academy’s gates.
• Xiao Wu asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she would protect her if she became an animal hunted across the continent, then decided to leave with her.
• Tang San returned with recommendations for Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy, and Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing chose Blue Tyrant Academy over the school with Soul Douluo experts.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Blue Tyrant Academy had been founded by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Xiao Wu panicked.

Flender gathered Shrek’s teachers and students for one last lesson: escorting Tang San and Oscar to obtain their third soul rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. The group reached a nearby town and rested before entering the forest, while Zhu Zhuqing’s spiritual training began to show progress.

• Flender announced that all the academy’s teachers would accompany the students to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San, Oscar, and Xiao Wu agreed to go.
• Eleven members of Shrek Academy set out, traveling more than four hundred kilometers over a day and a half.
• Flender stopped the group in a town near the forest so they could rest and prepare for the dangerous journey ahead.
• Ning Rongrong bought a large supply of equipment, which Zhu Zhuqing stored in her soul tool bracelet, and Tang San promised to protect Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing practiced alone in her hotel room, and the outlines of two figures began to grow clearer in her spiritual power space.

Zhu Zhuqing mastered the basics of the Three Apertures Control Heart and received the White Tiger Nine Turns technique, but struggled to fuse spiritual power and physical strength into heart force. Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong visited and discovered Zhu Zhuqing’s body had become slimmer and more defined, while the men downstairs waited to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly trained in her spiritual power space and mastered the basics of the Three Apertures Control Heart.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed White Tiger Nine Turns and learned that its first stage required her to form heart force by fusing spiritual power and physical strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to cultivate heart force but could not make her spiritual power and physical strength merge.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong visited Zhu Zhuqing and noticed that she had become slimmer; they found her inspecting her changed figure in the bathroom.
• Flender urged Tang San to fetch the girls, but Tang San refused, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun eagerly whispered together.

Tang San gave Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong powerful Godly Zhuge Crossbows before the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. The group reached the forest’s outskirts, preparing to search for a Soul Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Ma Hongjun after overhearing him say he wanted to tame her, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong helped drive him out of the hotel.
• Tang San gave Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and demonstrated its power by shattering the stone ground.
• Tang San taught the three girls how to use the crossbows, and they each quickly learned to handle them.
• Flender led the group south toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized the region as the direction from which she and her third older sister had fled the Star Luo Empire.
• The group reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where they saw its towering ancient trees.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest in a defensive formation to seek Ma Hongjun's third soul ring. When a stray Corpse-Eating Beetle exposed them to two fighting swarms, the teachers killed both groups of soul beasts.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji warned the group to stay within the teachers' protective formation, then arranged everyone for the journey into the forest.
• Zhao Wuji led the group through the woods while Zhu Zhuqing watched for danger and stayed alert for Er Ming's possible arrival.
• The group spotted Seven-Star Sunflower Insects fighting Corpse-Eating Beetles and tried to leave the area without being noticed.
• A Corpse-Eating Beetle landed beside Li Yusong, who killed it, but its faint screech alerted the other beetles.
• Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Zhao Xin attacked and killed both groups of soul beasts.

Zhu Zhuqing and the teachers defeated two dangerous thousand-year Soul Beasts, then the group rested while she discovered she had fused a small amount of Heart Force. When a gigantic Seven-Colored Butterfly appeared, Zhao Xin empowered everyone with golden crystal balls, and Flender led the group in a desperate escape.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Thousand-Year Centipede Giant Insect with a black-flame arrow and three lightning arrows while Lu Qibin and the teachers defeated the Thousand-Year Bloodthirsty Demon Spider.
• Oscar and Tang San declined to absorb either Soul Beast, so Zhao Wuji led the group away from the carcasses to a safer place to rest.
• Xiao Wu trembled and looked pale after the battle, while Zhu Zhuqing realized she had fused a tiny thread of Heart Force into her left palm.
• Zhao Wuji shouted for everyone to form up and used his Martial Soul Avatar to create golden crystal balls, which Flender told the group to swallow.
• After the crystal balls boosted their speed, Flender carried the exhausted Zhao Xin as everyone fled from an enormous Seven-Colored Butterfly.

After escaping a terrifying Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly, the Shrek group encountered two wounded Wind-tail Crested Serpents and prepared to capture one for Oscar’s soul ring. As Zhao Wuji restrained one serpent, an unknown attacker struck the ground with a powerful blast.

• The group escaped the Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly, and Zhao Wuji explained how he had sensed its danger and why Zhao Xin had weakened after using his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Li Yusong advised the group to avoid going deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, but Zhao Wuji and Flender sensed approaching soul beasts and Soul Masters.
• Tang San identified two thousand-year Wind-tail Crested Serpents and suggested one could provide Oscar with a speed-boosting soul skill, while Zhu Zhuqing noticed the serpents were injured and being pursued.
• Zhu Zhuqing shot the eight-meter serpent with lightning, and Zhao Wuji used his third soul skill to bind the ten-meter serpent and force it to the ground.
• Zhao Wuji dodged as a sudden blast tore up the ground beside the group and left a large crater.

The teachers fought the Wind Sword Sect while Oscar and one of the sect’s youths began absorbing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul rings. Tang San suspected the youth’s absorption would fail because his serpent exceeded the usual age limit, though Zhu Zhuqing explained that a strong body and spirit could allow some variation.

• The white-haired old man and two Seven-Ring Soul Sages from the Wind Sword Sect hunted the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpents and prepared to help their youths absorb soul rings.
• Li Yusong and Lu Qibin attacked the vicious-looking Seven-Ring Soul Sage, while Zhao Wuji confronted the old man and the bespectacled soul sage helped one youth begin absorption.
• Flender brought a captured serpent to Oscar, who stabbed it with his Short Blade, while Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong recovered nearby.
• Zhao Wuji and the old man fought evenly, as Li Yusong and Lu Qibin battled the injured Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Tang San warned Ning Rongrong that the Wind Sword Sect youth’s soul ring came from a serpent older than Grandmaster’s recommended limit, and Zhu Zhuqing said strong physical and spiritual abilities could permit some variation.

Oscar succeeded in absorbing a purple Soul Ring as the fight between the Shrek Academy teachers and the Wind Sword Sect escalated. Before Zhao Wuji and the white-haired old man could clash with their strongest attacks, the Titan Giant Ape appeared, drove off some of the Wind Sword Sect fighters, and reached toward the group.

• Feng Yun failed to absorb the Soul Ring, while Oscar completed his absorption as the teachers continued fighting the Wind Sword Sect.
• The white-haired old man unleashed his self-created skill, Blood Battle on All Sides, and Zhao Wuji prepared to take the strike head-on.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Tang San recognized it as the king of the forest.
• Xiao Wu moved in front of Zhu Zhuqing and the others, while Flender and the bespectacled Soul Saint pleaded with the Titan Giant Ape to let them leave.
• The Titan Giant Ape ordered everyone to leave, prompting the bespectacled Soul Saint to flee with several companions.
• The Titan Giant Ape stepped forward and reached toward the group despite Zhao Wuji questioning it.

Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the Shrek students fought the Titan Giant Ape, but it seized Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong and disappeared into the forest. As Tang San mourned their apparent loss, a blood-soaked figure appeared beside a tree and collapsed into his arms.

• Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Li Yusong charged the Titan Giant Ape while Ning Rongrong boosted their strength and speed, but the beast knocked them away.
• Lu Qibin tried to help Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu escape, but the Titan Giant Ape struck him unconscious.
• The Titan Giant Ape blasted the group with waves of black energy, then seized Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong despite Tang San's attempts to stop it.
• Tang San's hidden weapons failed to pierce the Titan Giant Ape, which released a foul-smelling cloud and vanished with the three girls.
• Zhao Wuji knelt and wept as Tang San blamed himself and grieved over the girls' disappearance.
• A blood-soaked figure appeared by a tree, and Tang San rushed forward with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and caught her in his arms.

After Ning Rongrong begged for help, Tang San prepared to search for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, while deep in the forest Xiao Wu and Er Ming treated Zhu Zhuqing with water of life. Zhu Zhuqing woke with her Heart Force greatly strengthened, and Xiao Wu promised to fetch her more water so she could cultivate.

• Ning Rongrong pleaded with Tang San and the teachers to save Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San asked Oscar and Zhao Xin for help reaching them.
• Er Ming carried Xiao Wu and the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing through the Star Dou Great Forest, then obtained a crystal gourd of water of life to treat Zhu Zhuqing.
• As Er Ming poured water of life onto Zhu Zhuqing, her injuries persisted while her body grew stronger and the Heart Force in her left palm expanded.
• Xiao Wu finished condensing her third soul ring, and Er Ming accidentally spilled the remaining water of life onto her while treating Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and calmly touched Er Ming, completing a random mission and receiving 10 destiny points.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu the water helped her secret technique, so Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to fetch more water of life for her.

Flender and the Shrek group faced Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny while Tang San endured the dangerous absorption of a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring. Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu returned safely, and Ning Rongrong discovered that Xiao Wu’s Water of Life was restoring her strength and unlocking sealed meridians.

• Flender tried to deter Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny by claiming the group had encountered a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape, but they became enraged when they realized he was mocking them.
• Zhao Wuji and the other Shrek teachers arrived with Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Ning Rongrong, and the distant roar of the Titan Giant Ape prompted Meng Shu and Snake Granny to leave.
• Zhao Wuji examined Tang San and warned that interrupting his soul ring absorption would be dangerous as blood seeped through Tang San’s skin.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu returned, and Ning Rongrong tearfully embraced them before Xiao Wu treated her wounds with Water of Life.
• Ning Rongrong’s exhaustion and depleted soul power rapidly recovered, and she felt that sealed meridians in her body had opened.

After Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu returned safely from their encounter with the Titan Giant Ape, the group recovered Tang San and left the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong discovering that the mysterious substance Xiao Wu used had healed her scars and improved her skin.

• Xiao Wu made Ning Rongrong promise to keep the Lake of Life secret, then she and Zhu Zhuqing rejoined the others and explained their survival by claiming the Titan Giant Ape had diarrhea.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Flender that Grandmaster had taught her about Soul Beasts, while Flender avoided Xiao Wu's question about Shrek Academy's classes.
• Tang San woke after absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, and Zhu Zhuqing reassured him that she and Xiao Wu were alive.
• The group left the Star Dou Great Forest, returned to the small town, and booked rooms for the night.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that the substance Xiao Wu had used had erased her scars and improved her skin, then pulled Xiao Wu into the bathroom.

Flender and Zhao Wuji reflected on Shrek’s inability to help its gifted students and on Dai Mubai’s dangerous royal struggle, while Flender decided to keep his suspicions about Zhu Zhuqing to himself. Zhu Zhuqing discovered that absorbing moonlight with heart force formed a glowing crescent on her forehead, then summoned a miniature tiger to guard her door before falling asleep.

• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong had little left to learn from Shrek, and Flender mourned their impending departure.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Dai Mubai planned to cultivate in seclusion until rank forty and had arranged for Zhao Xin to protect Zhu Zhuqing, while Flender worried about Dai Mubai’s royal family struggle.
• Flender recalled that Zhu Zhuqing’s bow-type martial soul differed from her family’s Hell Spirit Cat and decided to keep his suspicions secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed moonlight with heart force, causing a pale crescent mark to appear between her brows whenever she activated her power.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Spirit-Summoned Azure Sky Tiger, made it shrink to palm size, and sent it to guard the door with a pig trotter.
• Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep after thinking about her Third Sister and dreaming of her future and her older sister on Blue Star.