Recaps

Chen Ping encountered Huo Yuhao at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and gave him a rare-metal gift, but a sudden intrusion into Chen Ping’s Sea of Consciousness forced him to return to his dormitory. The system revealed that it had captured Electrolux’s divine soul and pinned it down, leaving Chen Ping wondering why Electrolux had targeted him and how the system had accessed his memories.

• Chen Ping finished shopping at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where he ran into Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and heard Huo Yuhao repeat his story about awakening a second Martial Soul.
• Chen Ping reassured Huo Yuhao and gave him a piece of hundred-refined adamantine as a gift for returning safely.
• As Chen Ping opened his Storage Soul Tool, Huo Yuhao’s eyes briefly turned gray, and Chen Ping heard a burst of ringing that he later learned came from system notifications.
• Chen Ping left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, returned to his dormitory, and asked the system whether it had caught Tang San’s divine sense.
• The system said it had captured Electrolux’s divine soul, suppressed him inside Chen Ping’s Sea of Consciousness, and denied that Tang San was involved.
• Chen Ping wondered why Electrolux had targeted him and how the system could access his memories.

Chen Ping explored his Sea of Consciousness with his System Sprite, who had captured Electrolux’s weakened divine sense and explained its condition. After nourishing Electrolux with life energy from the Living Being Carving Knife without waking him, Chen Ping received the items he had bought at the Treasure Appraisal Fair and opened the Gilt Dragon-Carved Treasure Casket.

• Chen Ping entered his cramped Sea of Consciousness and found his System Sprite restraining a gray ball identified as Electrolux’s divine sense.
• The System Sprite described how Chen Ping’s spiritual power and Sea of Consciousness could develop, then charged him a thousand Academic Genius Points for the information.
• Chen Ping concluded Electrolux had sought the Living Being Carving Knife and learned the System Sprite had caught him before he could reach it.
• Chen Ping fed Electrolux life energy from the Living Being Carving Knife, but Electrolux showed no sign of waking, so Chen Ping put the knife away and planned to keep nourishing him.
• Chen Ping opened a delivery box containing his Treasure Appraisal Fair purchases and lifted the lid of the Gilt Dragon-Carved Treasure Casket, releasing a powerful fruity fragrance.

Chen Ping ate a Golden Apple and gained both cultivation talent and Soul Power, bringing him close to becoming a Soul Elder. He immediately began wondering how many more Golden Apples Mu En had.

• Chen Ping compared his slow progress with his talented classmates and decided the Golden Apple could transform his cultivation speed.
• Chen Ping ate the Golden Apple and fell into a comfortable sleep as its golden energy purged impurities from his body.
• The Golden Apple's power raised Chen Ping to level twenty-eight, and his cultivation continued to rise through the night.
• Chen Ping woke at level twenty-nine and realized the fruit had increased both his Soul Power Level and cultivation speed.
• Chen Ping estimated he could reach Soul Elder within one or two months and began coveting Mu En's remaining Golden Apples.

Chen Ping learned that winning a place among the top seven in Shrek Academy’s core disciple selection tournament could earn him a valuable soul bone and membership in the Reserve Shrek Seven Devils. Wang Yan announced that about thirty Outer Court core disciples would compete that night, with seven selected for a secret mission.

• Chen Ping studied encryption arrays, built a usable encryption device for his flying soul tool, and received Qian Duoduo’s approval to use it.
• Qian Duoduo told Chen Ping that placing in the top seven of the selection tournament could earn him a high-age soul bone and a place among the reserve team.
• Chen Ping became determined to win a soul bone, confident that his improved strength would let him overpower his competitors.
• Wang Yan gathered the year’s core disciples and announced that around thirty students under fifteen would compete for seven places in a secret mission.

Wang Yan brought the second-year Core Disciples to the Soul Fighting Arena, where the students formed competing teams for the selection tournament. Xuan Zi announced a no-rules melee ending when only seven remained, and He Caitou opened the fight with a barrage of Soul Tool shells.

• Wang Yan warned the second-years that they would face opponents from higher years and urged them not to be eliminated completely.
• Huo Yuhao recruited Xie Huanyue and three other Soul Elders, while Dai Huabin and Chen Ping assembled separate teams with different strengths.
• Xuan Zi arrived and led the thirty Core Disciples into the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Xuan Zi announced the Collective Melee, in which anyone who surrendered or was rescued would be eliminated and the last seven would win.
• After Xuan Zi started the fight, Chen Ping signaled He Caitou to fire eight Twin Dragon Rapid-Fire Cannon shells toward the largest crowd.

He Caitou's devastating bombardment eliminated several opponents, but he refused Huo Yuhao's offer to switch teams because Chen Ping promised to help him fly in fortress mode. After blocking He Caitou's counterattack and regrouping with their teammates, Chen Ping's team prepared to face the opposing four-ring fighters.

• He Caitou unleashed heavy cannon fire that eliminated Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and three other opponents before Xuan Zi rescued them.
• Huo Yuhao tried to recruit He Caitou, but He Caitou rejected him because he had already joined Chen Ping and wanted Chen Ping's improved flying Soul Tool.
• He Caitou fired his shoulder cannons at Huo Yuhao, who blocked the blasts with Ice Emperor's Protection and was driven back by the impact.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian joined Bei Bei's group while Chen Ping covered He Caitou's retreat with his Soul Guidance Ray Guns.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi took the front line to guard their teammates, and a voice called for the fighters to target the four-ring seniors, surprising Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao manipulated the arena into targeting Dai Huabin’s team, while Chen Ping recognized the scheme and provoked Dai Huabin into using Hell White Tiger. The chapter ended as Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused and their enlarged Hell White Tiger roared across the arena.

• Someone imitated Dai Huabin’s voice to urge the teams to attack the Soul Ancestors, and Huo Yuhao connected everyone with Spiritual Detection.
• Chen Ping realized Huo Yuhao had used Mimicry to provoke Dai Huabin, but chose to fire at Dai Huabin instead of exposing him.
• Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Protective Barrier blocked Chen Ping’s shot, and Chen Ping’s taunting enraged him further.
• Dai Huabin fused with Zhu Lu and summoned a Hell White Tiger larger than the one they had formed a year earlier.
• The Hell White Tiger’s roar struck everyone in the arena, though Chen Ping and Bei Bei avoided major effects.

Huo Yuhao realized Ning Tian had not supported the fight and urged the Blue Sisters to restrain the Soul Ancestors, but his plan collapsed when the teams refused to cooperate. After the weakened Hell White Tiger was left alone, Chen Ping used Ning Tian’s enhancements and his Beast Staff to shatter it with two blows, leaving the arena stunned.

• Huo Yuhao noticed Ning Tian had not used her support abilities and told the Blue Sisters to seal off the Soul Ancestors.
• The Blue Sisters refused to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the teams held back while the Hell White Tiger attacked He Caitou and Jiang Nannan.
• After four attacks, the Hell White Tiger weakened, and Dai Huabin realized his team had been left without help.
• Ning Tian enhanced Chen Ping with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Chen Ping struck the Hell White Tiger with his Beast Staff.
• Chen Ping broke the Hell White Tiger’s claw with his first blow and shattered it with his second, shocking the spectators.

Chen Ping used the Barbarian Elephant Staff to overpower the Hell White Tiger and then countered Huo Yuhao’s hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion abilities. The chapter ended with Chen Ping knocking Huo Yuhao out of the Soul Fighting Arena and eliminating him.

• Chen Ping’s amplified blows knocked down the Hell White Tiger, and Huo Yuhao sensed the growing force surrounding Chen Ping and his staff.
• Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan launched their attack, with Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan’s abilities placing Huo Yuhao between Chen Ping and He Caitou.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring and attacked He Caitou, but Chen Ping intercepted him with the Barbarian Elephant Staff.
• Chen Ping’s staff cracked Huo Yuhao’s Ice Empress’s Pincer, exploiting its blunt-impact effect against the armored Soul Skill.
• Chen Ping struck Huo Yuhao in the chest with Thrusting Staff, sent him flying out of the arena, and eliminated him.

Chen Ping unveiled his second soul skill, Sky-Pinning, and smashed a huge hole in the Soul Fighting Arena while overpowering the upper-year team. The impact stunned and scattered nearby fighters, leaving the arena battle in chaos.

• Ning Tian enhanced Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, who sent multiple opponents flying while Wu Feng and He Caitou guarded her.
• Chen Ping fought three Soul Elders at once, building his staff momentum as Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo prepared Heavenly Net.
• Chen Ping used his second soul skill to enlarge the Barbarian Elephant Staff in midair and crash it down with three layers of staff momentum.
• The strike broke open the Soul Fighting Arena and its shock wave stunned nearby Soul Masters, knocking Xiao Xiao out of the arena.

Chen Ping’s devastating staff strike ended the match and left the other Soul Masters stunned, while Huo Yuhao struggled to come to terms with being outclassed. The Ice Empress compared Chen Ping to Poseidon and saw the potential for godhood in him, then encouraged Huo Yuhao to keep striving.

• Chen Ping’s staff strike blasted away the Blue Sisters’ Heavenly Net, stunned the opposing Soul Masters, and nearly emptied his Soul Power.
• Xuan Zi stopped the match, and Wu Feng supported the exhausted Chen Ping as the other Soul Masters recovered and left the arena.
• Xu Sanshi, Huo Yuhao, and Dai Huabin recognized how decisive Chen Ping’s strike had been, and Huo Yuhao complained to Tian Meng and the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress compared Chen Ping’s bearing to Poseidon’s and said she saw the foundation for godhood in him.
• The Ice Empress reassured Huo Yuhao that his Body Martial Soul, Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and their help could eventually let him surpass Chen Ping.

After Chen Ping’s decisive strike helped secure the seven reserve team places, Xuan Zi explained the team’s purpose and future requirements. He then kept Chen Ping behind to ask about the changes to his martial soul and soul skill, offering him a chicken drumstick.

• The eliminated students left, and the seven selected students celebrated Ning Tian’s powerful support with the Milk Bottle.
• Xuan Zi revealed that the seven had been chosen as Shrek Team reserve members for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and would face years of assessments, including qualifying for the Inner Court.
• Xuan Zi ordered the seven to keep their selection secret and train with him weekly, then dismissed everyone except Chen Ping.
• Ning Tian and the others lingered outside while Xuan Zi praised Chen Ping’s staff strike and offered him a chicken drumstick to compare with his Orleans chicken drumstick.

Chen Ping impressed Xuan Zi with his performance and revealed that his martial soul could switch between the Insect Glaive and Beast Staff, each with its own soul rings. After Xuan Zi confirmed his place in the academy’s core circle, Chen Ping reunited with his teammates, who thanked him for carrying the selection tournament.

• Chen Ping tasted Xuan Zi’s chicken leg, identified it as Five-Colored Phoenix Chicken, and offered to cook Orleans-style legs for him.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Ping that the academy expected him to compete as a reserve team member and lead the team in Five Years Later.
• Chen Ping transformed his Barbarian Elephant Staff back into the Touch Dragon Staff and demonstrated its corrosive soul skill to Xuan Zi.
• Chen Ping explained that his martial soul had two modes, the Insect Glaive and Beast Staff, and that switching between them required a cooldown.
• Xuan Zi praised Qian Duoduo’s choice of disciple and watched Chen Ping leave the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Bei Bei and the others waited outside to thank Chen Ping, and Bei Bei and Chen Ping recalled how they had helped one another against the Touch Dragon.

Chen Ping and the others grew closer as they became the new generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, while He Caitou confided in Chen Ping about his doubts and desire for revenge. Chen Ping called him a brother and promised to help him, leaving He Caitou resolved to repay that friendship.

• Xu Sanshi told the group that Tang Ya's third Soul Ring had made her a provisional core disciple with a chance to enter the Inner Court.
• The seven praised one another, then ranked themselves by age, and Chen Ping discovered he was sixth because Wu Feng was two days older.
• Chen Ping cooked dinner for the group, and Bei Bei tried to recruit Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Chen Ping, and He Caitou into the Tang Sect, but none joined.
• After dinner, He Caitou stayed behind and explained the Ultimate Individual Soldier Plan, his new support role, and his fears that he lacked the talent to avenge his family.
• Chen Ping told He Caitou that they were brothers and promised to help him take revenge, moving He Caitou to tears.

Chen Ping continued leading his reserve-team allies to victory in Xuan Zi’s brutal training while advancing his cultivation and working on a Flying Soul Tool. As he approached rank thirty, he struggled to find a way to strengthen his body and spiritual power enough to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third ring.

• Chen Ping devised tactics for his teammates, secured another win, and made Bei Bei realize how thoroughly Chen Ping understood the team.
• Chen Ping’s repeated combat training helped his Soul Power advance toward rank thirty, while he spent his days working with He Caitou on a fourth-grade Flying Soul Tool and his nights cultivating and conditioning his body.
• Chen Ping used the Living Being Carving Knife to nourish Electrolux’s gray sphere of divine consciousness, but Electrolux showed no sign of waking.
• Chen Ping judged his physical strength and spiritual power insufficient to withstand a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s Soul Shock, despite his steady training.
• Chen Ping considered learning the Purple Demon Eye but doubted it would prepare him for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring at his third ring, and he wondered what else could help.

Xuan Zi brought the reserve team together with Ma Xiaotao and the Inner Court disciples ahead of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament, warning the reserves they would compete and must not lose. After learning the Inner Court team rejected Soul Engineers and soul tools, Chen Ping worried about keeping himself and his seniors alive during the tournament.

• Xuan Zi introduced the reserve and main teams and told the reserves they would be sent to compete against weaker opponents, where they were only allowed to win.
• Bei Bei, He Caitou, Wu Feng, Chen Ping, and Ning Tian introduced themselves, drawing attention to the second-years’ high cultivation ranks.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself as a rank-sixty-seven Soul Emperor, and the Inner Court students gave their names and ranks.
• Chen Ping asked why the team had no Soul Engineer, and Ma Xiaotao said the Inner Court team had dismissed its Soul Engineer and saw no use for soul tools.
• Chen Ping concluded that he would try to persuade Xuan Zi and the Inner Court disciples to use defensive soul tools before the tournament.

Xuan Zi arranged a friendly match between teams led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, and the students selected their teammates and shared their abilities. Dai Yueheng's team discovered how powerful He Caitou's Soul Tool cigars were when combined with Ning Tian's support, and Yao Haoxuan was assigned to hold off Ling Luochеn as the sparring match was about to begin.

• Xuan Zi told Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to choose teams, giving Ma Xiaotao first pick because her cultivation was higher.
• Ma Xiaotao selected Gongyang Mo and Xu Sanshi, then explained that Chen Ping and Yuhao had helped bring her Evil Fire under control.
• Dai Yueheng chose Chen Zifeng and Chen Ping, while the two leaders filled out their teams with the remaining students.
• Xuan Zi gave the teams ten minutes to plan, and Yao Haoxuan asked his teammates to introduce their Soul Skills.
• Dai Yueheng's team learned about Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and He Caitou's food-type Soul Tools, then enjoyed the powerful combined boosts from Ning Tian's skills and He Caitou's cigars.
• Yao Haoxuan praised the boosts, and Dai Yueheng assigned him to hold off Ling Luochеn.

Chen Ping helped Dai Yueheng’s team prepare for their match against Ma Xiaotao’s team, then used homemade Soul Tools to blind and obscure their opponents. The chapter ended with Chen Ping emerging from the smoke as a huge poison bubble burst around an unknown target.

• Dai Yueheng assigned roles for the match, and Chen Ping supplemented the plan with intelligence about Bei Bei’s team and their tactics.
• Chen Ping equipped a Flying Soul Tool, and he and Dai Yueheng led the charge when Xuan Zi started the match.
• Dai Yueheng drew Ma Xiaotao’s attention while Chen Ping dropped homemade Level 2 Soul Tool Flashbangs, blinding Ma Xiaotao’s entire team.
• He Caitou fired Smoke Grenades into the rear of the opposing formation as Chen Ping used an eyepiece to see through the smoke and flew into it.
• Chen Ping emerged from the smoke with his Touch Dragon Staff coated in poison as a large poison bubble burst around an unknown person.

Chen Ping’s poison tactics weakened Ma Xiaotao’s team as Yao Haoxuan used his support and control skills to pressure Ling Luochen. Ling Luochen trapped herself inside an Ice Prison, but an unseen Touch Dragon Staff struck her lower back and sent her stumbling into the cage.

• Gongyang Mo spread his Seven-Colored Wings and blew apart the black mist, revealing Ma Xiaotao’s poisoned teammates.
• Yao Haoxuan transformed into his enormous Heaven-Shaking Mad Ape form and used his Soul Skills to strengthen his allies and weaken the opposing team.
• Yao Haoxuan cast Great Gravity Field on Ling Luochen, slowing her and forcing her to summon an Ice Prison for protection.
• Ling Luochen sent icy mist through the Ice Prison’s bars, but a Touch Dragon Staff struck her lower back and knocked her into the cage.

Chen Ping used his poison-stacking Soul Skill to overwhelm Ling Luochеn and turn the battlefield into a chain of bursting poison bubbles. Xuan Zi recognized how devastating Chen Ping’s ability could be in a large-scale battle.

• Chen Ping flew at Ling Luochеn and struck her through the bars of her Frost Cage with his Touch Dragon Staff.
• Chen Ping’s poisons formed a Five Poisons Bubble around Ling Luochеn, and he detonated it three times, draining her Soul Power and splashing venom across the field.
• Xu Sanshi used his Xuanming Shield to block the venom, but Bei Bei was soaked and trapped inside a poison bubble.
• Xu Sanshi shielded himself from Bei Bei’s bursting bubble, then was caught by another poison bubble bursting behind him.
• Xuan Zi watched Chen Ping’s poison bubbles spread across the battlefield and compared their potential to Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Poison.

Xuan Zi realized Chen Ping’s Five Poisons Soul Skill was a natural counter to Soul Engineer corps and watched Chen Ping’s team defeat Ma Xiaotao’s team. After the match, Xuan Zi banned Chen Ping’s disruptive Soul Skill for now and ordered him to switch Martial Souls, shocking the Inner Court students.

• Xuan Zi concluded that Chen Ping’s poison could cripple Soul Engineer corps and planned to report the discovery to Mu En.
• Chen Ping’s poison debuffs drove Ma Xiaotao’s teammates from the arena while Ning Tian used Purification to protect their own side.
• Dai Yueheng’s team defeated Ma Xiaotao’s team, and the losing team members reluctantly called themselves pigs as punishment.
• Xuan Zi banned Chen Ping’s disruptive Soul Skill until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament and told him to switch from the Touch Dragon Staff to the Barbarian Elephant Staff.
• Chen Ping transformed his Martial Soul, leaving the Inner Court students astonished by what they saw.

After Chen Ping and He Caitou helped the reserve team win another match, Xuan Zi appointed Chen Ping as its vice-captain and tactical planner. The group prepared to leave for Star Luo City, while Dai Yueheng learned that Chen Ping’s powerful Flying Soul Tool belonged to Qian Duoduo and left to consider how to negotiate for it.

• Chen Ping and He Caitou used smoke, flashes, and Soul Tool tactics to help their team defeat Dai Yueheng's squad.
• Xuan Zi praised the reserve members and named Chen Ping the Reserve Team's Vice-Captain, responsible for devising Soul Fighting tactics.
• Xuan Zi told everyone to pack and assemble at the academy gates the next morning for the trip to Star Luo City.
• Dai Yueheng noticed Chen Ping's Flying Soul Tool and asked how a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster could use one.
• Chen Ping credited the Flying Soul Tool to Qian Duoduo, prompting Dai Yueheng to realize that negotiating for it would require his father's involvement.
• Chen Ping watched Dai Yueheng leave and privately resolved not to trust his friendly talk.

Chen Ping reflected on the danger posed by Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin as Shrek’s main and reserve teams left the academy for the tournament. As Xuan Zi began addressing the reserve members seriously, the chapter left them waiting to hear how his words would affect their futures at the academy.

• Chen Ping recalled Dai Yueheng’s remarks about a mysterious grand undertaking and resolved to stay wary of him and Dai Huabin.
• The Shrek teams left the academy early, and Xu Sanshi irritated Jiang Nannan with a flirtatious remark.
• Chen Ping showed off the results of his intense physical training and checked that he had packed enough medicine for the trip.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng dressed attractively for the journey, but Chen Ping soon focused on his training supplies, frustrating them.
• Xuan Zi stopped the group to tell the reserve team that he needed to explain something important about their future at the academy.

Xuan Zi explained the sacrifices and dangerous work of Shrek Academy’s Inspection Corps, while Chen Ping weighed the Corps’ political overreach against its role in fighting Evil Soul Masters. Chen Ping chose to join, intending to grow stronger and eventually destroy the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire’s warmongers.

• Xuan Zi explained that many Inner Court disciples had died before graduating while serving the Inspection Corps and pursuing their ideals.
• Chen Ping considered how the Inspection Corps fought Evil Soul Masters and bandits but also interfered with the Three Great Empires’ authority.
• Chen Ping judged that Shrek’s Inspection Corps system was flawed and needed either to claim its political power openly or return that power to the empires.
• Xuan Zi warned the seven Reserve Team members that Inspection Corps missions were dangerous and could bring them face-to-face with Titled Douluo.
• Chen Ping and the other six Reserve Team members showed their resolve to join the Inspection Corps.
• Chen Ping decided to improve himself through the Corps and later annihilate the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire’s warmongers.

Xuan Zi announced the Reserve Team’s first Inspection Mission, while Chen Ping supplied the Shrek Inner Court students with Defensive Soul Tools and tested his new Flying Soul Tool. The team set off to exterminate bandits near the border, with Chen Ping keeping pace and surprising Dai Yueheng by using a Milk Bottle in flight.

• Xuan Zi gave the seven Reserve Team members the choice to join or withdraw, and all seven chose to join.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Yan explained the Shrek Supervisor equipment and handed out rings, while Chen Ping distributed Defensive Soul Tools from the Soul Tool Department.
• Ma Xiaotao said the team had to find and completely exterminate a bandit group near the Star Luo and Sun Moon Empires’ border within three to four days.
• Ma Xiaotao arranged escorts for the lower-cultivation students, but Chen Ping chose to test his Flying Soul Tool and said he could keep up.
• Chen Ping flew for nearly twenty minutes before his Soul Power ran low, then used a Milk Bottle in midair and stunned Dai Yueheng.