Chapter Summaries

Shi Quan guided his parents through the Soul Hunting Forest to find Spirit Rings, helping Li Meili obtain a Soul Devouring Vine ring before they found a suitable Mystic Earth Crocodile Turtle for Shi Jian. After Shi Jian began absorbing it, Shi Quan confronted seven Spirit Masters who had been stalking the turtle, and revealed his powerful Spirit Rings as they attacked.

• Shi Quan led Shi Jian and Li Meili into the forest and explained Spirit Beasts while searching for suitable targets.
• Li Meili absorbed a six-hundred-year Soul Devouring Vine Spirit Ring, raising her Soul Power to level sixteen.
• The group encountered a nearly six-hundred-year Mystic Earth Crocodile Turtle, but Shi Quan chose to avoid the five people pursuing it.
• After finding the same injured turtle days later, Shi Quan and his parents killed it, and Shi Jian began absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Shi Quan discovered that seven Spirit Masters were tracking the turtle and confronted them when they approached.
• The seven attacked Shi Quan, who revealed one yellow and two purple Spirit Rings and shocked them.

Shi Quan killed seven Spirit Masters who attacked his family, then settled his parents in Heavenfall City before traveling to Suotuo City under a new identity. He planned to join Shrek Academy and steal Tang San's Eight Spider Lances, and began searching for Flender's shop ahead of Tang San and Xiao Wu's arrival.

• Shi Quan trapped and killed the seven attackers with his Blue Silver Burst Kill Array, then explained to Shi Jian and Li Meili that the men had preyed on Spirit Masters.
• After leaving Soul Hunting Forest, Shi Quan helped his parents recover, trained them, and settled them in Heavenfall City under new identities.
• Shi Quan left his parents and traveled south to Suotuo City, intending to join Shrek Academy and take Tang San's Eight Spider Lances.
• Disguised as a blind boy, Shi Quan checked into the Rose Hotel and began searching for Flender's shop.

Shi Quan bought Tang San’s Crystal Plate from Flender and gained a one-time reward that increased a Spirit Ring’s age by one thousand years, which he applied to his Blue Silver King’s Second Spirit Ring. After observing Tang San battle Dai Mubai and later leaving for Shrek Academy, Shi Quan encountered Zhu Zhuqing on the road and offered to travel with her.

• Shi Quan paid Flender one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Crystal Plate and triggered a Plunder Treasure Chest that rewarded him with a thousand years of Spirit Ring age.
• Shi Quan applied the reward to the Blue Silver King’s Second Spirit Ring and found that its Hardening ability had increased by about ten percent.
• Shi Quan watched Tang San and Dai Mubai fight in the Rose Hotel lobby, where Tang San combined Blue Silver Grass with his martial arts before Dai Mubai used his third spirit skill and left.
• Shi Quan waited two days, then checked out of the hotel after Tang San and Xiao Wu had departed and set off for Shrek Academy.
• Shi Quan met Zhu Zhuqing outside the city and offered to travel with her to Shrek Academy.

Shi Quan, traveling with Zhu Zhuqing, reached Shrek Academy and revealed that he was a twelve-year-old Soul Elder, earning direct advancement to the fourth stage. As Dai Mubai led them onward, tensions rose over his past behavior, and Shi Quan surprised everyone by asking to try Oscar’s sausage.

• Zhu Zhuqing guided Shi Quan to Shrek Academy, where Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the first examination before them.
• Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing passed the first stage, and Li Yusong ordered Dai Mubai to take Shi Quan directly to the fourth stage after seeing his three Spirit Rings.
• Shi Quan introduced himself as Zhuang Zhou, and he and Zhu Zhuqing shook hands until Dai Mubai interrupted them.
• Shi Quan told Dai Mubai he had seen him at the Rose Hotel with two women, making Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing react with embarrassment and anger.
• At the second-stage area, Shi Quan asked Oscar for a sausage, and Oscar eagerly grabbed his hand.

Shi Quan joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing on the way to Shrek Academy’s fourth test, where his strength stunned the examiners. As Dai Mubai praised the academy’s record, Shi Quan challenged his claims and prompted Ning Rongrong to question Shrek’s educational resources.

• Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing ate Oscar’s sausages, and Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries began healing as she wondered how Shi Quan had known about them.
• Dai Mubai escorted Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Quan past the earlier tests; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing tested at about Rank 27, while Shi Quan’s Inner Force shattered the testing crystal.
• Dai Mubai led the group toward the fourth test and described Shrek Academy’s graduates, prompting Shi Quan to question the claim that one had become Spirit Hall’s youngest elder before age thirty-eight.
• Shi Quan challenged Shrek Academy’s graduation rate and dangerous Spirit Beast trials, then asked whether the academy was a scam.
• Ning Rongrong questioned what educational resources Shrek Academy offered and asked whether it had Simulated Cultivation environments.

Shi Quan and the others began Shrek Academy’s fourth test, where they had to endure Zhao Wuji’s attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn. After Shi Quan claimed he could withstand Zhao Wuji alone, Zhao Wuji charged at him, and the test’s first clash began.

• Dai Mubai brought Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Shi Quan to Zhao Wuji for the fourth test.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the candidates would pass if even one of them endured his attacks for one incense stick’s time.
• Dai Mubai described Zhao Wuji’s strength, while Ning Rongrong recognized him as the Immovable King and recalled his past fight against Spirit Hall.
• The candidates introduced themselves, and Shi Quan identified himself as a Level 31 Support Spirit Master with a Body Martial Soul called Spirit Essence.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing as the test began, while Zhao Wuji feinted toward her and then charged at Shi Quan.
• Zhu Zhuqing moved to attack Zhao Wuji from behind as he transformed and swung at Shi Quan.

Shi Quan used illusions to stay hidden while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated their attacks against Zhao Wuji. Zhao Wuji struck Zhu Zhuqing down with his first Spirit Ability, but Shi Quan caught and revived her before disappearing again, leaving Dai Mubai furious.

• Shi Quan tricked Zhao Wuji with an illusion and hid above the clearing while Zhao Wuji tested the group.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing combined their abilities to throw Zhao Wuji to the ground, but their attacks barely affected him.
• Zhao Wuji resumed the test and pressed Tang San's group as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing launched another coordinated assault.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed his first Spirit Ability, blasting Zhu Zhuqing away and leaving her injured as Tang San caught Xiao Wu.
• Shi Quan caught Zhu Zhuqing, reset her dislocated arms, and revived her with Inner Force before setting her down and vanishing.
• Dai Mubai grew angry after Shi Quan caught Zhu Zhuqing and spoke with her in front of him.

Shi Quan revealed his immunity to Zhao Wuji’s gravity ability, while Tang San demanded a rematch and exposed his Clear Sky Hammer. After the test, the new students settled into their dormitories, where Oscar warned Shi Quan about Dai Mubai’s interest in Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Crush failed to affect Shi Quan, who descended after Zhao Wuji ended the test.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji for another test to prove himself and Xiao Wu, then attacked with Hidden Weapons while Shi Quan went to fetch Oscar’s sausages for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and Shi Quan announced that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls; Zhao Wuji recognized the hammer but stopped himself from naming it after sensing a threatening aura.
• Zhao Wuji declared Tang San had passed and assigned Dai Mubai to settle the new students into their dormitories.
• Shi Quan agreed to share a dormitory with Oscar, who warned him that Dai Mubai had set his sights on Zhu Zhuqing.

Shi Quan took Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar to Suotuo City to escape the academy’s poor food and Dai Mubai’s harassment, then learned that Zhu Zhuqing had come to Shrek hoping to survive the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle alongside Dai Mubai. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing despairing that she could not survive alone, while Shi Quan urged her to trust her own abilities.

• Shi Quan and Oscar invited Zhu Zhuqing to eat, and Dai Mubai grew angry when she left with them instead of answering him.
• Oscar described Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s womanizing, deepening Zhu Zhuqing’s disgust with Dai Mubai.
• Shi Quan treated Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar to food in Suotuo City, and they spent the afternoon there before returning to the academy.
• The next morning, Shi Quan ate with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then left when Dai Mubai introduced the gathered students.
• Shi Quan recognized that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were connected to rival Star Luo families, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she had come to find him and feared she could not survive alone.
• Shi Quan urged Zhu Zhuqing to rely on herself rather than Dai Mubai, but she doubted she could escape the Star Luo Empire’s reach.

Flender challenged Shi Quan to demonstrate how a Support Spirit Master could defeat an opponent, and Shi Quan chose to fight Dai Mubai. Shi Quan used illusions and Dream Ripple to wear Dai Mubai down, leaving Tang San to suspect Shi Quan had powerful Spirit Power abilities.

• Flender asked Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Shi Quan what mattered most for a Support Spirit Master in battle, and Shi Quan said they should fight powerful enemies themselves if necessary.
• Flender asked Shi Quan to demonstrate his combat ability, and Shi Quan called the others too weak to be interesting.
• Dai Mubai challenged Shi Quan, and Flender began their fight as the others watched.
• Shi Quan used Illusionary Shadow Clone Technique to surround Dai Mubai, then activated Dream Ripple while hiding among the illusions.
• Dai Mubai's White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation failed to stop his growing exhaustion, and he charged at the clones.
• Tang San noticed Dai Mubai's movements slowing and suspected Shi Quan was also a Spirit Power-type Spirit Master.

Shi Quan defeated Dai Mubai by exhausting him with his Spirit Soul abilities, then Flender examined Shi Quan’s unusual powers. Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s training methods and Shrek Academy’s standards, and backed her criticism with a more specific approach to physical training.

• Dai Mubai tried to lure Shi Quan into attacking, but Shi Quan’s illusions and mental-exhaustion field kept him disoriented until Shi Quan knocked him unconscious with two punches.
• Shi Quan explained that his first Spirit Ability caused mental exhaustion and his second created illusions, impressing Flender with his combat ability.
• Flender assigned Ning Rongrong and Oscar twenty laps around the village, but Ning Rongrong criticized the exercise as inefficient and questioned Shrek Academy’s teaching.
• Flender ordered Tang San and Xiao Wu to remove Ning Rongrong from the academy, but Ning Rongrong threatened to bring Sword Grandfather and Bone Grandfather if they forced her out.
• Ning Rongrong described Horse Stance and alternating weighted runs as more effective training methods, leaving Flender unable to refute her immediately.

Flender tested the students with Horse Stance, then took most of them to Suotuo Great Soul Arena for their first fights. Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing registered as the Ghost Combination, and their two-on-two match began with their opponents transforming into beastlike forms.

• Ning Rongrong introduced Horse Stance, outlasting Flender, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Flender ordered Oscar to hold Horse Stance for an hour and a half, then took the other students to Suotuo Great Soul Arena that night.
• Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing registered for a Soul Elder-level two-on-two match under the name Ghost Combination.
• Zhu Zhuqing lost her one-on-one fight to Tang San, while Shi Quan defeated a Brute Bear Spirit Master with illusions.
• Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena to face the Berserk Combination, whose two members transformed into beastlike forms.

Shi Quan and Zhu Zhuqing easily defeated two Raging Gorilla Soul Masters through Shi Quan’s illusions and Spirit Sense, then Dai Mubai clashed with Zhu Zhuqing after Ma Hongjun repeated his crude remarks about women. At the academy, Ning Rongrong provoked Dai Mubai until he unleashed his Soul Power and blasted her into the air.

• Shi Quan shared his Spirit Sense and illusions with Zhu Zhuqing, helping her defeat the two Raging Gorilla Soul Masters in their two-on-two match.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to visit his shop and repeated that women were resources, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to insult Dai Mubai and walk away with Shi Quan.
• Dai Mubai raised his hand against Zhu Zhuqing, but Shi Quan shielded her with overwhelming spiritual pressure, and Dai Mubai ultimately held back.
• At the academy gates, Ning Rongrong teased Dai Mubai about his mood and mocked his threats until he released his Soul Power and blasted her into the air.

Shi Quan defeated Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong offered Shi Quan a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which he refused. Back at the dormitory, Shi Quan encouraged Oscar to develop combat abilities so he could protect Ning Rongrong, and Oscar resolved to train harder for her sake.

• Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, but Shi Quan used Dark Moon Radiance and his other abilities to overwhelm and knock him unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong kicked Dai Mubai until Tang San intervened, then offered Shi Quan cultivation resources through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which Shi Quan declined.
• Oscar healed Dai Mubai, and Shi Quan explained that he had spared him because they attended the same academy and Oscar was his friend.
• Shi Quan escorted Zhu Zhuqing back to the dormitory, where she recognized that his perception was exceptionally keen despite his blindness.
• Oscar told Shi Quan that Ning Rongrong had rejected his confession, and Shi Quan advised him to cultivate combat abilities to protect her.
• Oscar resolved to train diligently and went to bed to cultivate.

Oscar reached Level 30, and Flender prepared the students to travel to Star Dou Great Forest so Oscar could obtain his third Spirit Ring. Shi Quan led the group to the town outside the forest, where they settled in for the night before continuing their journey.

• Oscar arrived late to class after breaking through to Level 30, and Flender praised his achievement.
• Flender made every student except Oscar eat one of each of Oscar’s sausages as adaptability training, then announced the trip to Star Dou Great Forest.
• Oscar asked Shi Quan for advice about his third Spirit Ring, and Shi Quan recommended seeking a speed-enhancing ability.
• Zhao Wuji put Shi Quan in charge of the group, and Shi Quan assigned everyone roles before leading them toward Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group reached the town outside the forest by afternoon, checked into a hotel, and went out to browse its expensive goods.

Dai Mubai and his friends clashed with Canghui Academy while shopping, and Zhao Wuji ended the fight before it could escalate further. He then challenged Zhuang Zhou over refusing to help Dai Mubai, leaving their disagreement over what it meant to be teammates unresolved.

• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai provoked Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai sent one of its students crashing into the group after the student rammed him.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun fought Canghui Academy's students, revealing their stronger Spirit Rings before Ye ZhiQiu entered the battle as a Soul King.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun, while Shi Quan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar stayed out of the fight.
• Zhao Wuji arrived and knocked Ye ZhiQiu aside when he demanded an explanation, forcing Canghui Academy to leave.
• Zhao Wuji reprimanded Shi Quan for not helping Dai Mubai, but Shi Quan said Dai Mubai was not worthy of being his teammate, and Zhao Wuji urged the group to trust one another.

Shi Quan and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Spirit Beast for Oscar. After Shi Quan helped the group capture a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, he decided he wanted to invite Zhu Zhuqing to leave Shrek Academy with him.

• Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest and ordered them to stay in formation and avoid attacking unnecessary Spirit Beasts.
• While resting, Shi Quan considered changing his plans and returning to Shrek Academy before leaving, hoping to take Zhu Zhuqing with him.
• Shi Quan sensed an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and identified it as a suitable Spirit Beast for Oscar.
• Shi Quan coordinated Ma Hongjun's Phoenix aura and his own Spirit Abilities to weaken the serpent, then ordered Zhu Zhuqing to strike its fleshy crest.
• Zhu Zhuqing knocked the serpent unconscious with a Hell Stab, and Tang San explained how the group's coordinated attacks had defeated it.

Oscar obtained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as his third Spirit Ring after Tang San defeated Meng Yiran in a duel, and Oscar’s new ability let him fly at the serpent’s speed. The chapter ended with Tang San revealing that he had reached Level 30 and needed a Spirit Ring.

• Zhao Wuji refused to give Snake Woman Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, so Chao Tianxiang proposed settling the dispute through a fight.
• Tang San fought Meng Yiran on Oscar’s behalf and defeated her in a contest of Soul Power, securing the serpent for Oscar.
• Oscar gave Meng Yiran a Recovery Sausage, then killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and absorbed its Spirit Ring.
• Oscar’s third spirit ability, “I Have a Mushroom Sausage!”, let its user fly for one minute at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• Tang San finished cultivating and announced that he had reached Level 30 and needed a Spirit Ring.

The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek group and abducted Xiao Wu. Tang San flew after it to find her, while the others were left behind in the forest.

• Shi Quan learned that Tang San planned to give Blue Silver Grass devouring and draining abilities instead of choosing a Poison Attribute Spirit Ring.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared at the camp, and Teacher Zhao ordered the group to flee while he held it off.
• The Titan Giant Ape swept the group aside and seized Xiao Wu before leaping away into the forest.
• Oscar secretly gave Tang San a Mushroom Sausage, and Tang San flew after the Titan Giant Ape to search for Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Tang San's speed as he pursued Xiao Wu.

Shi Quan caught up with Tang San and stole the dying Man Faced Demon Spider, along with its spirit ring, before Tang San could claim it. Tang San later encountered Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran, who suspected he had hidden the spider in his Soul Tool and searched it.

• Shi Quan followed Tang San through the Star Dou Great Forest as Tang San pursued Xiao Wu.
• Tang San severely wounded the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Shi Quan arrived before it died, killed it, and stored its corpse and spirit ring in the Treasure Bag.
• Shi Quan's system awarded him the External Soul Bone Eight Spider Lances and Dragon Spine, and he slipped away before Tang San noticed him.
• Tang San discovered the Man Faced Demon Spider had vanished and began cultivating to recover while still intent on finding Xiao Wu.
• Dragon Duke, Snake Granny, and Meng Yiran found Tang San and questioned him about the missing spider.
• Dragon Duke inspected Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlit Night but found no trace of the Man Faced Demon Spider.