Chapter Summaries

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.