Chapter Summaries

Su Mo survived Meng Shu’s ambush with Mystic Jade Body and counterattacked, revealing his overwhelming speed and strength. After Meng Shu’s attacks failed and Su Mo shattered his defensive barrier, Chao Tianxiang returned to find her husband badly injured.

• Su Mo revealed that Mystic Jade Body had automatically blocked Meng Shu’s ambush, then struck Meng Shu with Fleeting Light Shadow and sent him flying.
• Chao Tianxiang saw Meng Shu injured and heard him warn that something was wrong with Su Mo.
• Meng Shu summoned his Dragon Staff Martial Soul and used Martial Soul Avatar and Raging Dragon Bombardment, but Su Mo dodged the attacks.
• Meng Shu activated Dragon Scale Bodyguard Barrier, but Su Mo shattered it with Heavenly Demon Force Field and blasted him backward.
• Chao Tianxiang returned and cried out when she saw Meng Shu struck down again.

Su Mo defeated Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s Dragon Snake Combination Attack with a single strike, revealing himself as a Titled Douluo with Twin Martial Souls. He offered the Peerless Dragon Serpent a choice between death and submission, and they knelt before him.

• After Meng Shu called for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he and Chao Tianxiang fused their Martial Souls into a Poison Flood Dragon.
• The Poison Flood Dragon attacked Su Mo with toxic mist, but he evaded it and summoned the Death God Scythe with nine Soul Rings.
• Su Mo cut the Poison Flood Dragon in two, and the backlash left Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang injured and unable to resist.
• Meng Shu admitted that they had tried to kill Su Mo over his External Soul Bone and pleaded for him to spare Meng Yiran.
• Su Mo said he had never intended to kill them and demanded that they choose between death and submission.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang chose to submit and knelt before Su Mo.

Su Mo forced Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Serpent Granny Chao Tianxiang to submit, then ordered them to help with his plans and move Meng Yiran to the Royal Fighting Team. After healing the couple and Meng Yiran, Su Mo woke her as Qin Ming and the team approached.

• Su Mo revealed that he was Spirit Hall's Holy Son and warned Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang never to betray him.
• Su Mo ordered the Peerless Dragon Serpent to help deceive Qin Ming about saving Meng Yiran and to send her from Exotic Beast Academy to join the Royal Fighting Team.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang privately decided to encourage Meng Yiran to win Su Mo's favor to improve their family's standing.
• Su Mo detected Qin Ming approaching, healed Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang with the Staff of the Tree of Life Spirit, and treated Meng Yiran.
• Meng Yiran woke up and asked where she was.

After Meng Yiran recovered, her grandparents explained that they had submitted the Dragon Serpent Family to Su Mo after trying to kill him and that he had saved her. They persuaded her to join the Royal Fighting Team and get close to Su Mo, and she reluctantly agreed.

• Meng Yiran woke after absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and fusing with the External Soul Bone, and Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu told her Su Mo had saved her.
• Meng Shu introduced Su Mo as the Dragon Serpent Family's lord and warned Meng Yiran to keep his true identity secret.
• Su Mo led the group away, and Meng Yiran complained about his cold attitude toward her grandparents.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang revealed that they had tried to kill Su Mo to silence him before submitting to him, and Meng Yiran was ashamed and angry.
• Meng Shu told Meng Yiran that Su Mo wanted her to join the Royal Fighting Team and urged her to seduce him for the family's sake.
• After her affection for Su Mo grew amid guilt and persuasion, Meng Yiran reluctantly agreed.

Su Mo reunited with Qin Ming and the Royal Fighting Team after arranging for the Peerless Dragon Serpent to help rescue Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu returned unharmed on her own. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest together for Barak Royal City after Qin Ming agreed to let Meng Yiran join the team.

• Yu Feng found Su Mo, and Qin Ming caught up with the Royal Fighting Team and questioned Su Mo about pursuing the Titan Giant Ape.
• Su Mo introduced Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran, explaining that he had saved Meng Yiran and that the Peerless Dragon Serpent had agreed to help rescue Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu appeared unharmed and said the Titan Giant Ape had thrown her aside after hearing a bull-like roar; Su Mo reassured her that the Peerless Dragon Serpent would not discover her identity.
• Qin Ming agreed to add Meng Yiran to the Royal Fighting Team after Su Mo explained the team needed another Soul Elder-level member.
• Su Mo, Qin Ming, Xiao Wu, and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled back to Barak Royal City.

After Yu Tianheng left the Soul Elder team, Zhu Zhuqing led the Royal Fighting Team to continued success while Su Mo and Qin Ming tested new lineups in higher divisions. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang asked Ning Rongrong to find two more students for the team, and she decided to ask her grandfathers for their clans’ strongest disciples to challenge Dai Mubai.

• Meng Yiran replaced Yu Tianheng in the Royal Fighting Team’s Soul Elder division, where Zhu Zhuqing’s martial arts and speed helped the team remain nearly unbeatable.
• Su Mo and Qin Ming tested a Royal Fighting Team lineup in the Soul Ancestor division, but it struggled without a decisive attacker and Dugu Yan’s poison was vulnerable to wind-attribute Soul Masters.
• The Royal Fighting Team continued to dominate the Soul King division with Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld White Tiger fusion and Dugu Yan’s support.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender worried that the school had only five students and could not form a team for the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Ning Rongrong request two qualified Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, and Ning Rongrong chose to ask Chen Xin and Gu Rong to send their clans’ strongest students so she could stand up to Dai Mubai.

After completing their training in Barak Royal City, Su Mo and the Royal Fighting Team traveled to Suotuo City to compete at the Soto Great Spirit Arena. They dominated the arena over the following month, while Meng Yiran struggled with the competition for Su Mo’s attention.

• Su Mo explained Suotuo City’s history as the Royal Fighting Team arrived and settled into a hotel near the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Meng Yiran worried that Su Mo’s other companions were more talented and beautiful than she was as the group went to the arena.
• The team began competing at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where most members won their solo matches, though Meng Yiran and Yu Tianheng lost.
• Zhu Zhuqing helped compensate for Yu Tianheng’s absence from the Soul Elder team battles as the team’s coordination improved.
• Over the next month, the Royal Fighting Team swept through its matches and made a name for itself at the arena.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect agreed to send two disciples to Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang paused the students’ training. During their break, Ma Hongjun was beaten by Bu Le, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong set out for Suotuo City to confront him.

• Ning Fengzhi sent word that two disciples were on their way to Shrek Academy, so Yu Xiaogang gave the students a few days off from weighted coordination training.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar that Bu Le had beaten him after they fought over a woman at a brothel.
• Ning Rongrong heard that the group planned to avenge Ma Hongjun and insisted on joining them.
• The group traveled to Suotuo City, learned more about Bu Le’s Martial Soul and skills, and followed Ma Hongjun to the Red Lantern District.

Dai Mubai and the others spotted Bu Le leaving the Red Lantern District and devised a plan to lure him somewhere secluded before confronting him. Ning Rongrong acted as bait, and Bu Le eagerly offered to take her to get desserts.

• Dai Mubai questioned whether Bu Le was still inside, and Ma Hongjun insisted that he had stayed at the Red Lantern District all day.
• Tang San spotted Bu Le coming out, and Ma Hongjun recognized the man who had beaten him.
• Tang San suggested luring Bu Le somewhere secluded to avoid a public fight and trouble with Spirit Hall.
• The group chose Ning Rongrong to bait Bu Le, but she suggested Dai Mubai or Oscar dress as a woman instead.
• Ning Rongrong pretended to be a lost girl and asked Bu Le where to buy desserts, and he offered to take her to a place he knew.

Tang San and the others ambushed Bu Le after he lured Ning Rongrong into a secluded alley, and they brutally punished him. The screams brought his brothers Tian Ya and Lao E to the alley, where Bu Le begged them to save him.

• Bu Le led Ning Rongrong into a secluded alley and revealed his predatory intentions, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar followed.
• Tang San restrained Bu Le with his Poison Dragon Strangulation skill, and Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong attacked him.
• Ma Hongjun burned Bu Le with his Phoenix Fire Line while Ning Rongrong and the others watched.
• Tian Ya and Lao E heard Bu Le’s screams, rushed to the alley, and found him bound and badly injured.
• Bu Le recognized Tian Ya and Lao E and tearfully begged them to save him.

Tang San and his companions were overwhelmed when Bu Le’s accomplices Tian Ya, a Soul King, and Lao E attacked them in a secluded alley. Dai Mubai was badly injured, Bu Le escaped with Lao E, and Tang San ordered Oscar to help Ning Rongrong flee while he stayed behind.

• Tang San attacked Tian Ya and Lao E with Poison Dragon Strangulation, but Tian Ya cut through the Blue Silver Grass with his Broken Blade Spirit and revealed his Soul King strength.
• Tian Ya spread a vision-obscuring black mist as the group retreated, while Bu Le threw medicinal powder into Ning Rongrong’s face when she tried to carry him away.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai returned through the mist after hearing Ning Rongrong cry out, and Dai Mubai stayed behind to hold off the attackers while Tang San led her away.
• Tian Ya wounded Dai Mubai and emerged from the mist with Lao E, who carried Bu Le over his shoulder.
• Tang San told Oscar to take Ning Rongrong and escape while he held off Tian Ya and Lao E.

Tang San’s group battled Tian Ya while Oscar fled with Ning Rongrong, pursued by Lao E, who learned that Bu Le’s drug was affecting her. From the Soto Great Spirit Arena, Su Mo watched the pursuit and considered using the situation, confident that a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect powerhouse was secretly protecting Ning Rongrong.

• Tang San sent Oscar and Ning Rongrong to flee and make Flying Mushroom Sausages while he, Ma Hongjun, and the injured Dai Mubai fought Tian Ya.
• Lao E pursued Oscar and Ning Rongrong through the air with his Big Goose Spirit and flying soul skill, leaving Tang San worried that Oscar could not return in time.
• Oscar split from Ning Rongrong and taunted Lao E to draw him away, intending to give her a chance to escape.
• Bu Le told Lao E that Ning Rongrong had been hit by his medicine, so Lao E turned his attention to pursuing her instead of Oscar.
• Su Mo watched the events through animal monitors around Suotuo City and considered the drugged Ning Rongrong’s predicament an opportunity to use.

Su Mo rushed to save Ning Rongrong from Lao E after learning she was being pursued, while Oscar tried and failed to intervene. Su Mo killed Lao E and Bu Le, then carried the drugged Ning Rongrong to a hotel.

• Su Mo left the Soto Great Spirit Arena and used Fleeting Light Shadow to hurry toward Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar realized Lao E was pursuing Ning Rongrong, but Lao E beat him unconscious and continued after her.
• Lao E caught up with Ning Rongrong as Bu Le's drug overwhelmed her, then approached her in a secluded alley.
• Su Mo arrived when Ning Rongrong begged for help and killed Lao E with his Heavenly Demon Force Field.
• Su Mo crushed Bu Le's head, picked up the dazed Ning Rongrong, and carried her toward the nearest hotel.

Su Mo took Ning Rongrong away after using Avici Hell to make her protectors believe they had rescued her, then convinced her that she had spent the night with him. After healing her, he watched her leave the hotel, confident they would meet again.

• Su Mo used Avici Hell to make Ning Rongrong’s two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Saint protectors believe they had saved her from Lao E and Bu Le.
• Tang Hao crippled Tian Ya’s weapon hand with a pebble, allowing Tang San and Dai Mubai to kill him; Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun then found Oscar unconscious and returned him to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong woke in a hotel room with Su Mo, who gave her a fabricated account of how they had spent the night and said he would take responsibility.
• Ning Rongrong angrily told Su Mo to leave and insisted she would treat what happened as an accident.
• Su Mo used his Staff of the Tree of Life to heal Ning Rongrong, who discovered he was a Support-Type Soul King and left without telling him her name.
• Su Mo watched Ning Rongrong leave and thought they would meet again soon.

Su Mo returned to the Royal Fighting Team and gave Xiao Wu an excuse for his absence, while Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy troubled by the deaths of Bu Le and Lao E. A few days later, Chen Feng and Gu Xuan joined Shrek, clashed with Yu Xiaogang over his training, and eventually joined the group as he prepared the next stage.

• Su Mo told Xiao Wu he had gone to a forest to seek a breakthrough, then joined her and the others for breakfast.
• Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy and heard Oscar say that Tian Ya, Bu Le, and Lao E were dead; she privately wondered whether Su Mo had killed Bu Le and Lao E.
• Chen Feng and Gu Xuan arrived at Shrek Academy as Ning Fengzhi's chosen protectors for Ning Rongrong, bringing the student group to seven.
• Chen Feng and Gu Xuan objected to Yu Xiaogang's weighted coordination training and criticized Shrek's poor facilities and food.
• Tang San pressured Chen Feng and Gu Xuan after Yu Xiaogang's training was challenged, and they eventually joined the exercises with the Shrek Seven Devils.
• After Chen Feng and Gu Xuan gradually integrated into the group, Yu Xiaogang prepared to begin the second stage of special training.

Yu Xiaogang began the Shrek Seven Devils’ second phase of training at the Soto Great Spirit Arena, while Chen Feng and Gu Xuan privately dismissed his methods. Su Mo arrived and greeted Ning Rongrong, leaving the group’s reunion poised to begin.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that the second phase would train the students to cooperate as a team, while Chen Feng and Gu Xuan privately judged his earlier weighted training ineffective.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji took the students to Suotuo City, where they ate, checked into a hotel, and waited for the Soto Great Spirit Arena to open.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the students masks and codenames, then registered them for Iron Spirit Arena and team battle matches.
• Su Mo separated from Qin Ming and the others, approached Ning Rongrong in the arena lobby, and greeted her with a hand on her shoulder.

Su Mo reunited with Ning Rongrong at the Soto Great Spirit Arena and pretended they were only pen pals and foster siblings to hide their real relationship. Ning Rongrong grew jealous when several beautiful women approached Su Mo, leaving him amused by her reaction.

• Su Mo greeted Ning Rongrong and Tang San at the arena, while Dai Mubai resented Su Mo for taking Zhu Zhuqing from him.
• Chen Feng confronted Su Mo for touching Ning Rongrong, and Su Mo revealed that they knew each other and had exchanged letters.
• Su Mo claimed he and Ning Rongrong had treated each other as siblings, and Ning Rongrong backed up his story by saying she had planned to run away from home.
• Tang San doubted their explanation because Su Mo had taught at Notting Academy while Ning Rongrong belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Yan, Dai Lingxuan, and Ye Lingling joined Su Mo, and Ning Rongrong became jealous as she asked who the women were.

Su Mo deliberately stirred Ning Rongrong’s jealousy while introducing Dai Lingxuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as his friends. When Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang arrived, Su Mo publicly reminded him that he had refused to teach at Notting Academy despite receiving free lodging and meals there, leaving Yu Xiaogang embarrassed.

• Su Mo reasoned that Ning Rongrong still considered him hers and welcomed her jealousy as a way to provoke her feelings.
• Su Mo introduced Dai Lingxuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to Ning Rongrong as his friends.
• Dai Mubai recognized Dai Lingxuan as his eldest sister, while Oscar realized Ning Rongrong might like Su Mo and was devastated.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji returned after registering the Shrek students for Team Battle Spirit, and Yu Xiaogang greeted Su Mo stiffly.
• Su Mo recalled Yu Xiaogang’s years at Notting Academy and mocked him for refusing to teach there despite receiving free food and lodging.

Su Mo exposed Yu Xiaogang’s long history of freeloading at Notting Academy, worsening the contempt others felt toward him. After Yu Xiaogang led Shrek Academy away, Ning Rongrong pulled Su Mo aside and asked him to stay so she could question him after the spirit battles.

• Su Mo revealed that Yu Xiaogang had lived at Notting Academy for more than ten years without teaching, and Yu Xiaogang offered a vague defense.
• Chen Feng, Gu Xuan, and others concluded that Yu Xiaogang’s conduct reflected badly on his reputation as a Martial Soul Theory master.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dai Lingxuan, and Dugu Yan reacted with contempt toward Yu Xiaogang, while Flender and Zhao Wuji showed little concern.
• Yu Xiaogang changed the subject and led Tang San, the Shrek students, Flender, and Zhao Wuji into the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Chen Feng and Gu Xuan showed Su Mo goodwill before leaving, and Ning Rongrong asked Su Mo to stay after the spirit battles so she could speak with him.

Su Mo watched the Shrek Seven Devils defeat the Berserk Team, then met Ning Rongrong that night to answer her questions about the girls around him. The chapter ended with him claiming Dai Lingxuan and Dugu Yan were simply his friends.

• Su Mo watched the Shrek Seven Devils, strengthened by new Seven Kill Sword and Bone Dragon Soul Masters, overwhelm the Berserk Team and win.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji celebrated because they had bet on Shrek’s victory and eased the academy’s financial troubles.
• Su Mo met Ning Rongrong outside the arena, where Chen Feng and Gu Xuan followed her; he invited all three to a late-night barbecue.
• Su Mo got Chen Feng and Gu Xuan drunk as they complained about Shrek Academy, leaving him alone with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Mo who Dai Lingxuan and Dugu Yan really were, and he said they were his friends.