Recaps

Yao Xuan exposed the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theories, while Gu Yuena’s third Soul Ring shocked everyone at Nuoding Academy. He then used Yu Xiaogang’s rank 29 Soul Power to turn his “no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters” claim against him, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to reply.

• Gu Yuena revealed her third Soul Ring, a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, shocking the teachers and students and dismaying Yu Xiaogang.
• Yao Xuan challenged Yu Xiaogang to admit he was a fraud, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed Gu Yuena as an isolated exception and refused to concede.
• The Nuoding Academy crowd booed Yu Xiaogang, and some students threw eggs and tomatoes at him.
• Yao Xuan challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that there were no trash Martial Souls, only trash Soul Masters, and Yu Xiaogang confidently defended it.
• Yao Xuan pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had only rank 29 Soul Power and argued that either his Martial Soul was trash or Yu Xiaogang himself was, leaving him speechless.

Yao Xuan forced Yu Xiaogang to his knees after he refused to concede, then exposed his motive for taking Tang San as a disciple: he wanted to use Tang San’s hidden twin martial souls to restore his own reputation. Yu Xiaogang could not refute the accusation as Nuoding Academy’s teachers and students turned against him.

• Yu Xiaogang refused to admit defeat, so Yao Xuan used overwhelming pressure to force him to kneel and threatened to keep him there until he confessed.
• Yao Xuan asked why Yu Xiaogang had taken Tang San as his disciple, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he wanted to nurture Tang San’s talent.
• Yao Xuan revealed that Yu Xiaogang had recognized Tang San’s twin martial souls and had taken him as a disciple to benefit from his future success.
• Yao Xuan accused Yu Xiaogang of caring more about restoring his reputation than about teaching Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang was unable to deny the truth.
• Nuoding Academy’s teachers and students condemned Yu Xiaogang as he panicked and struggled to find an answer.

Yao Xuan confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang over Tang San’s white ten-year first soul ring, blaming Yu Xiaogang for it. Yu Xiaogang refused to admit fault, so Yao Xuan stomped his head into the mud and asked again whether he would confess.

• Yao Xuan asked Tang San whether his white ten-year soul ring was normal and claimed Yu Xiaogang had caused him to obtain it.
• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang, insisting that his master’s teachings had benefited him and that his soul ring was his own bad fortune.
• Yao Xuan demanded that Yu Xiaogang admit responsibility, but Yu Xiaogang called the accusation slander and refused.
• Yao Xuan planted his foot on Yu Xiaogang’s head and pressed his face into the mud while Nuoding Academy’s teachers and students cheered.
• Yao Xuan lifted his foot as Yu Xiaogang began to lose consciousness, then asked him again whether he would admit it.

Yao Xuan forced Yu Xiaogang to loudly admit before Nuoding Academy that he was a fraud and a Fake Grandmaster, while Tang San endured the crowd’s mockery. After Yao Xuan left, Yu Xiaogang regained his Martial Soul and unleashed a soul skill at his departing back.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted under Yao Xuan’s threat that he was a fraud and a Fake Grandmaster.
• Yao Xuan amplified Yu Xiaogang’s confession across Nuoding Academy, prompting the teachers and students to cheer and mock him and Tang San.
• Yao Xuan warned Yu Xiaogang against deceiving people and walked away.
• After Yao Xuan’s suppressive force vanished, Yu Xiaogang regained his Soul Power and Martial Soul, then directed a soul skill at Yao Xuan’s back.

Yao Xuan defeated Yu Xiaogang’s attack and sent him crashing into a cesspit, where Nuoding Academy’s students mocked and humiliated him. Tang San lost more of his remaining respect for Yu Xiaogang as the students poured urine on him.

• Yao Xuan shattered Luo Sanpao with a casual blast of wind, injuring Yu Xiaogang through their martial soul link.
• Yao Xuan struck Yu Xiaogang with another blast, sending him through the roof of an outhouse and into its cesspit.
• Yu Xiaogang struggled to rise from the sewage while nearby students laughed at and mocked him.
• Tang San watched from his stretcher and felt his remaining respect for Yu Xiaogang diminish.
• A student offered Yu Xiaogang a drink, then he and other students urinated on him as he remained trapped in the pit.

Yao Xuan left Yu Xiaogang stranded in a cesspit, where students mocked him until the dean had him pulled out. Back at his residence, Yao Xuan rewarded Xiao Wu with a protective pendant and told her to lie down for the second part of her reward.

• Yao Xuan left the cesspit with Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu while Yu Xiaogang called in vain for help.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to accept a disciple and teach his Martial Soul Theory, but the students laughed at him.
• The dean arrived, had laborers pull Yu Xiaogang out, and heard him say he would leave Nuoding Academy.
• Yao Xuan gave Xiao Wu a nine-colored pendant and said it could protect her even from a god.
• Yao Xuan told Xiao Wu the pendant was only the first part of her reward, then pointed to the bed and told her to lie down.

Yao Xuan evolved Xiao Wu’s Soft-Boned Charming Rabbit into the Jade Rabbit, then decided to leave Nuoding City for Spirit City. Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had already fled Nuoding Academy, while Yao Xuan chose to let them go for now.

• Yao Xuan used the Ancestral Dragon’s power to evolve Xiao Wu’s Soft-Boned Charming Rabbit into the Jade Rabbit, purifying her Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu thanked Yao Xuan with a kiss on his cheek.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San secretly left Nuoding Academy at night after the day’s public humiliation, and Tang San silently blamed Yu Xiaogang.
• The next day, Yao Xuan sensed that Tang San was far from Nuoding City and decided to leave for Spirit City with Xiao Wu and Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Yao Xuan would let Yu Xiaogang and Tang San go, and he said he would deal with them later.
• Yao Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Gu Yuena left Nuoding City in a carriage.

Yao Xuan arrived in Spirit City with Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu and appeared inside the Pope’s Palace, where he claimed to be Bibi Dong’s master. When Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo attacked, he effortlessly crushed their fusion domain and knocked them unconscious, leaving Bibi Dong trembling.

• Yao Xuan reached Spirit City with Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu after a week-long carriage journey.
• Yao Xuan entered the Pope’s Palace by teleporting into its great hall and confronted Bibi Dong.
• Yao Xuan called himself Bibi Dong’s master, provoking Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to attack.
• Yao Xuan pinned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo down, then shattered their Two Extremes Stillness Domain with a finger flick.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo collapsed unconscious, and Bibi Dong trembled on her throne.

Yao Xuan overwhelmed Bibi Dong and forced her to submit as his female slave, then ordered her to summon Hu Liena. Hu Liena arrived, found her teacher kneeling, and was struck by Yao Xuan’s appearance.

• Yao Xuan revealed his identity and forced Bibi Dong to her knees with his pressure.
• Bibi Dong chose to live and accepted Yao Xuan as her master, but he declared her his female slave.
• Yao Xuan ordered Bibi Dong to summon her disciple Hu Liena, and Bibi Dong sent for her.
• Hu Liena entered the hall, saw Bibi Dong kneeling, and was startled when Bibi Dong told her to pay respects to Yao Xuan.
• Hu Liena looked at Yao Xuan, blushed, and furtively glanced at him.

Yao Xuan appointed Hu Liena as Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden and gave her a fox-type cultivation technique. He then went to the Worship Hall with Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu, where Gu Yuena subdued Qian Daoliu and the seven Enshrined.

• Yao Xuan asked Hu Liena to call him Brother Xuan and inspected her fox Martial Soul.
• Yao Xuan declared Hu Liena Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden and gave her the Heavenly Fox Technique.
• Bibi Dong told Yao Xuan that Qian Daoliu and the seven Enshrined were in the Worship Hall.
• Yao Xuan took Gu Yuena and Xiao Wu to the Worship Hall and told Gu Yuena to handle its residents.
• Gu Yuena released seven-colored elemental power and forced Qian Daoliu and the seven Enshrined to their knees.

Yao Xuan forced Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s seven Enshrined to submit, then rewarded Qian Daoliu with ten years of life and accepted his offer to bring Qian Renxue into his fold. After giving Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu his orders, Yao Xuan set out for Heaven Dou City with Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena.

• Yao Xuan declared himself Spirit Hall’s true ruler, and Qian Daoliu judged resistance futile and pledged the seven Enshrined’s obedience.
• Qian Daoliu offered his granddaughter Qian Renxue to Yao Xuan in hopes of securing his family’s place under the new ruler.
• Yao Xuan granted Qian Daoliu a wisp of life essence that extended his lifespan by ten years, earning his sincere gratitude.
• Qian Daoliu gave Yao Xuan a jade pendant granting access to Spirit Hall and command over the seven Enshrined, along with a letter for Qian Renxue.
• Yao Xuan instructed Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, then rode toward Heaven Dou City with Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena.

Yao Xuan revealed that he knew Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue and presented proof from her grandfather, Qian Daoliu. After Qian Renxue accepted Yao Xuan as her future husband and showed him her true form, he gave her gifts and invited her to return to Spirit City with him.

• Yao Xuan brought Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena into Xue Qinghe’s bedroom at the Prince’s Residence.
• Yao Xuan addressed Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue and told her he was her future husband.
• Yao Xuan showed Qian Renxue Qian Daoliu’s token and letter, and she accepted the arrangement after reading them.
• Qian Renxue transformed from Xue Qinghe into her true female form, and Yao Xuan praised her appearance.
• Yao Xuan cleansed Qian Renxue’s body, gave her the Heavenly Prayer Art and a puppet to impersonate Xue Qinghe, and invited her to return to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue thanked Yao Xuan and began studying him, feeling grateful that she could finally return home.

Qian Renxue kissed Yao Xuan, and Gu Yuena later took the initiative to deepen their relationship, becoming his first wife. Five years later, Yao Xuan sensed that Shrek Academy was recruiting students and became interested in confronting Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who felt an unexplained sense of dread.

• Qian Renxue was captivated by Yao Xuan’s strength and appearance, then kissed his cheek as a thank-you.
• Gu Yuena worried that Hu Liena and Qian Renxue would take her place beside Yao Xuan, so she went to his room and asked to take their relationship further.
• Yao Xuan told Gu Yuena that she was his first wife and promised to resolve the Soul Beast issue after their travels.
• Five years passed as Xiao Wu, Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue grew stronger and remained devoted to Yao Xuan.
• Yao Xuan sensed that Shrek Academy was about to recruit students and looked forward to crushing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang again.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang separately felt watched and chilled, then spent the night sleepless with a growing sense of danger.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang left for Shrek Academy while Yao Xuan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, transformed the Auspicious Beast, and named her Wang Qiu'er. On the road near Suotuo City, Yao Xuan found Zhu Zhuqing fleeing Wolf Bandits and appeared in front of her.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they were leaving for Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, and they departed by carriage.
• Yao Xuan left Spirit City without Hu Liena, said goodbye to her and the others, and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Yuena, Xiao Wu, and Qian Renxue.
• Yao Xuan transformed the Auspicious Beast into a girl, named her Wang Qiu'er, and introduced her to the others.
• Several days later, Yao Xuan sensed a sinister presence on the road near Suotuo City and recognized the wounded Zhu Zhuqing fleeing Wolf Bandits.
• Yao Xuan appeared in front of Zhu Zhuqing as the Wolf Bandits pursued her.

Yao Xuan rescued and healed Zhu Zhuqing, who became increasingly attached to him before they parted in Suotuo City. Later, Dai Mubai confronted Yao Xuan over the last room at the Rose Hotel, and his jealousy flared when he saw the women accompanying him.

• Yao Xuan erased the three Wolf Bandits who had cornered Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yao Xuan healed Zhu Zhuqing's wounds and restored her strength, and she thanked him and introduced herself.
• Yao Xuan invited Zhu Zhuqing to travel with him to Suotuo City, and she followed him while growing fond of him.
• After they reached Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing parted from Yao Xuan and asked whether they would meet again; he assured her they would.
• Yao Xuan arrived at the Rose Hotel with Gu Yuena, Wang Qiu'er, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Wu and agreed to take its last room.
• Dai Mubai demanded the room and challenged Yao Xuan's group, then glared at Yao Xuan with jealousy after seeing the women with him.

Xiao Wu defeated Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, and Yao Xuan’s group later arrived at Shrek Academy. They found Ma Hongjun harassing a village girl, and the girls reacted with anger.

• Yao Xuan sent Xiao Wu to test her training against Dai Mubai, and she revealed her powerful soul rings before using her skills to throw him through the hotel doors.
• Dai Mubai got up and slunk away without making a threat, while Xiao Wu mocked him for challenging them over a room.
• The next morning, Gu Yuena warmly helped Wang Qiu'er, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Wu with the cultivation method Yao Xuan had given them.
• Yao Xuan’s group left Suotuo City and reached Shrek Academy, whose dilapidated buildings surprised the girls.
• Ma Hongjun blocked a village girl’s way, boasted about his future, and reached for her arm as Yao Xuan’s group looked on angrily.

Yao Xuan punished Ma Hongjun by making his evil fire burn him until it left him charred and permanently unable to have children. After Zhao Wuji and Flender rushed Ma Hongjun away for treatment, Yao Xuan declared himself the new head of Shrek Academy, provoking the two Soul Sages to confront him.

• Qian Renxue, Wang Qiu'er, Gu Yuena, and Xiao Wu condemned Ma Hongjun for bullying someone, and Xiao Wu urged Yao Xuan to punish him.
• Yao Xuan silently unleashed Ma Hongjun's evil fire, causing Ma Hongjun to burn and thrash around despite plunging into the lake.
• After the fire burned for an incense stick's time, Yao Xuan extinguished it, leaving Ma Hongjun charred and unconscious, with his ability to have descendants destroyed.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender arrived, found Ma Hongjun still breathing, and hurried him away for treatment.
• Yao Xuan told Zhao Wuji and Flender that he was taking over as head of Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender challenged Yao Xuan, revealed their Martial Souls and seven Soul Rings each, and pressed him with their Soul Sage auras.

Yao Xuan took control of Shrek Academy after Gu Yuena subdued Zhao Wuji and Flender, then confronted Tang San and set a new entrance test for the arriving students. Tang San was forced to stay, while Zhu Zhuqing was surprised to see Yao Xuan again.

• Gu Yuena crushed Zhao Wuji and Flender's Martial Soul Avatars, and Yao Xuan planted destruction power in them and declared himself Shrek Academy's new dean.
• Tang San arrived for the retest, recognized Yao Xuan, and tried to flee, but Yao Xuan forced him into the academy.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy and criticized its appearance.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived, recognized Yao Xuan as the man who had saved her, and greeted him warmly.
• Yao Xuan announced that the new students had to last ten minutes against Xiao Wu to join Shrek Academy.

Yao Xuan watched Xiao Wu defeat Tang San after his Dragon Whisker Needles turned against him, then had Xiao Wu test Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing passed and were welcomed to Shrek Academy, as a familiar figure appeared at the entrance.

• Yao Xuan told Tang San to face Xiao Wu, who overwhelmed him with her Waist Bow and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Tang San secretly launched Dragon Whisker Needles at Xiao Wu, but Yao Xuan made them turn back and embed themselves in Tang San's body.
• Yao Xuan hung Tang San upside down from a tree, then set Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a one-incense-stick test against Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Xiao Wu held back and let them keep attacking until time ran out.
• Yao Xuan welcomed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy as a familiar figure appeared at the entrance.

Yao Xuan took over as Shrek Academy’s dean and punished Dai Mubai with a hundred lashes for his conduct. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang arriving at the academy and being dragged into the grounds by Yao Xuan.

• Dai Mubai returned to Shrek Academy and was shocked when Flender confirmed that Yao Xuan had become the new dean.
• Yao Xuan sentenced Dai Mubai to a hundred lashes for offending him at the Rose Hotel and speaking insolently at the academy.
• Yao Xuan whipped Dai Mubai as he tried to resist, then begged for mercy, and Dai Mubai finally submitted after the hundredth lash.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, recognized Yao Xuan, and froze in terror over their encounter five years earlier.
• Yao Xuan mocked Yu Xiaogang and pulled him into Shrek Academy, where he landed beside Dai Mubai.

Yao Xuan forced Yu Xiaogang into a six-month wager, with Yu Xiaogang risking a humiliating punishment if he lost. That night, Tang San decided Yu Xiaogang was useless and secretly knelt before Yao Xuan to ask to become his disciple.

• Yao Xuan revealed he was Shrek Academy's new dean and refused to let Yu Xiaogang leave without a wager.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Yao Xuan's challenge to lead a team against Yao Xuan's people in a public Soul Fighting match six months later.
• Yao Xuan ordered Flender and Zhao Wuji to train Yu Xiaogang's team, which included Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San reconsidered his relationship with Yu Xiaogang and decided to seek Yao Xuan as his new master.
• Tang San secretly entered Yao Xuan's room, knelt, and begged to become his disciple.
• Yao Xuan asked Tang San whether he was abandoning Yu Xiaogang, his current master.

Tang San tried to become Yao Xuan’s disciple, but Yao Xuan gave him the Sunflower Manual, which required castration, and left Tang San uncertain whether it was genuine. As Yao Xuan trained the girls with a far more comfortable routine and gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a powerful new cultivation method, Ning Rongrong grew curious about who he really was.

• Tang San denounced Yu Xiaogang and begged Yao Xuan to accept him as a disciple.
• Yao Xuan gave Tang San the Sunflower Manual, and Tang San found its first page required him to castrate himself before practicing.
• The next morning, Yao Xuan passed Tang San without mentioning his request, while Yu Xiaogang put Tang San through strenuous training and Yao Xuan’s students relaxed with Spirit Fruit.
• Yao Xuan gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing a new cultivation method that noticeably increased their Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong wondered who Yao Xuan was and why he served as dean at a nearly abandoned academy.

Yao Xuan followed Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Four Dogs to Sunset Forest, then secretly sent Er Ming to frighten them into splitting up. Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and tried to absorb its Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but Yao Xuan intervened, leaving him to discover what Soul Ring he had received.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Yao Xuan to take Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar on a Soul Hunting trip, and Yao Xuan agreed to go along.
• At Sunset Forest, Yu Xiaogang proposed splitting up, and Yao Xuan secretly summoned Er Ming to chase the group.
• Tang San fled alone, became lost, and fought a Man Faced Demon Spider with his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow until he killed it.
• Tang San began absorbing the spider's Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but he suddenly passed out as Yao Xuan used his power on him.
• When Tang San woke more than half a day later and released his Soul Rings, he was dumbstruck by what he saw.