Recaps

Su Yu gained a life-affinity Soul Ring and visited Ah Yin, who had recovered into a five-thousand-year-old Soul Beast in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He challenged her belief that Tang Hao had loved her, and she transformed into the Dark Blue Silver Emperor, swearing to kill him.

• Su Yu absorbed the emerald Soul Ring and used its power to grow a towering tree.
• Su Yu met Ah Yin and learned that she had awakened her consciousness and could speak to him.
• Su Yu questioned Ah Yin about Tang Hao’s actions and argued that he had wanted her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ah Yin faltered as Su Yu challenged her memories of Tang Hao’s supposed protection and devotion.
• Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor body turned black with golden-red markings, and she vowed to kill Tang Hao.

Ah Yin turned her desire for revenge against Tang Hao into a resolve to cultivate, while Oscar broke through to level 30 and Shrek Academy set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to help him obtain a soul ring. The group reached a busy town near the forest and stopped there for the night before entering it.

• Ah Yin cut off her connection with Su Yu and absorbed energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as she resolved to cultivate and take revenge on Tang Hao.
• Oscar arrived late to Shrek Academy's training and announced that he had reached level 30; Flender verified it and called off the day's training to prepare a trip for a soul ring.
• Su Yu and Zhao Wuji led the students in carriages toward the Star Dou Great Forest, with Su Yu riding alongside Xue Na and Ning Rongrong.
• The group reached a lively town near the Star Dou Great Forest at night and decided to rest there before entering the forest the next day.

On the eve of entering the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhao Wuji explained its dangers to Tang San and the group settled into a hotel. At dinner, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked students from Canghui Academy, and Oscar told Tang San that Flender considered picking fights with other academies part of their training.

• Zhao Wuji explained why the town stood fifty li from the Star Dou Great Forest and warned that wild soul beasts could attack beyond its borders.
• The group checked into a hotel, where Su Yu dined with Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked the Canghui Academy students and their female classmate, drawing an angry warning from their teacher.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to avoid a fight before entering the forest, but Oscar said Flender encouraged them to stir up trouble with other academies.
• Tang San questioned the need to make enemies, while Oscar argued that demonstrating strength could prevent trouble in the Soul Master World.

Dai Mubai confronted Canghui Academy after one of its students tried to trip a waiter and spill hot food on the Shrek group. After Dai Mubai beat the students in the inn, he and Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Oscar followed their instructor outside, where he revealed himself as Ye Zhiqiu and summoned his Black Tortoise Martial Soul.

• Dai Mubai stood up to challenge the Canghui Academy students, and one of them secretly kicked at a waiter carrying food.
• Dai Mubai blocked the kick, then fought the Canghui students when they surrounded him, knocking them down before they could release their Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu left the inn and waited outside, warning the Shrek group to admit they were wrong.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun rejected Ye Zhiqiu’s demand, and Tang San and Oscar followed them outside.
• Ye Zhiqiu announced his name and summoned his Black Tortoise Martial Soul.

Ye Zhiqiu revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and attacked Dai Mubai after Dai and Ma Hongjun mocked him. Dai Mubai’s strikes failed to break Ye Zhiqiu’s shell, and Ma Hongjun entered the fight as Ye Zhiqiu turned his anger on him.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun mocked Ye Zhiqiu, who summoned his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and displayed his five Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu charged Dai Mubai with his first Soul Skill, and Dai Mubai met him with White Tiger Possession and his first Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai’s punch struck Ye Zhiqiu’s shell, forcing Dai back while Ye Zhiqiu was secretly surprised by his strength.
• Dai Mubai fired his second Soul Skill, but Ye Zhiqiu withdrew into his shell and blocked the attack without damage.
• Ma Hongjun stepped forward, summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix, and threatened to make Ye Zhiqiu into charcoal-grilled turtle.

Ma Hongjun and the others fought Ye Zhiqiu, whose Mysterious Water froze several of them before Ma Hongjun melted the ice. The clash escalated when Ye Zhiqiu froze Dai Mubai, but Tang San stopped Ye Zhiqiu’s punch and pulled Dai Mubai to safety.

• Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line clashed with Ye Zhiqiu’s Mysterious Water Surge, but Ye Zhiqiu overwhelmed the flames and froze Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San’s feet.
• Tang San told Ma Hongjun to use his Evil Fire Phoenix flames to melt the ice, and the group broke free.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged Ye Zhiqiu, who froze him with Mysterious Water Ice Seal.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to restrain Ye Zhiqiu’s punching wrist and pull the frozen Dai Mubai away.

Ye Zhiqiu fought Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar, overpowering them until Zhao Wuji stopped his charge with a single slap. Zhao Wuji ordered the students to return to bed, while Ma Hongjun hurried to obey.

• Ye Zhiqiu froze Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and trapped Dai Mubai in ice, but Tang San and Ma Hongjun melted it while Oscar gave Dai Mubai a recovery sausage.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Zhiqiu with his Second Soul Skill, but Ye Zhiqiu extinguished the flames and mocked him.
• Tang San warned Ma Hongjun that his flames were no match for Ye Zhiqiu’s strength and Mysterious Water.
• Ye Zhiqiu launched his Fourth Soul Skill, Black Tortoise Charge, at Dai Mubai and the others.
• Zhao Wuji stopped Ye Zhiqiu’s charge with a casual slap and ordered the students to go back to bed.
• Ma Hongjun eagerly agreed to Zhao Wuji’s order and moved to lead the others back.

Zhao Wuji confronted Ye Zhiqiu after the Canghui Academy teacher demanded an apology for his students’ insults. Zhao Wuji defeated him with one blow, revealed himself as the Immovable Wisdom King, and Ye Zhiqiu ordered his students to leave and keep quiet about the encounter.

• Zhao Wuji sent Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun away while mocking Ye Zhiqiu for bullying younger students.
• Ye Zhiqiu demanded an explanation from Zhao Wuji, who insulted Canghui Academy and provoked him into attacking.
• Ye Zhiqiu charged Zhao Wuji with his fourth Soul Skill, but Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Soul Rings and struck him down.
• Ye Zhiqiu recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Wisdom King and realized Zhao Wuji had spared his life.
• Ye Zhiqiu ordered the Canghui Academy students to leave and forbade them from mentioning the incident.

Zhao Wuji and Su Yu led the students into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a suitable Soul Beast. They encountered a thirteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the students began fighting it as it thrashed against Tang San’s bindings.

• Zhao Wuji and Su Yu led the group into the forest and warned everyone to stay alert for dangerous Soul Beasts.
• The group searched the forest for a Soul Beast suited to Oscar’s Third Soul Ring but found none before stopping to rest.
• Su Yu sensed a thirteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent approaching and assigned the students their positions for the fight.
• Dai Mubai blocked the serpent and held its jaws open while Ma Hongjun and Xue Na attacked its wings with fire and lightning.
• Tang San restrained the serpent with Blue Silver Grass, and Zhu Zhuqing struck its seven-inch spot as Xiao Wu joined the attack.

Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Xue Na subdued a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suited to Oscar, and Tang San explained how its speed could grant Oscar a useful support skill. Just as Oscar prepared to kill it and absorb its soul ring, an elderly Soul Emperor and a young Soul Grandmaster arrived and claimed the serpent for themselves.

• Xiao Wu struck the serpent's wound, Dai Mubai hammered its head, and Xue Na sent lightning through its body until it stopped moving.
• Zhao Wuji judged the serpent's age suitable for Oscar and told him to absorb its soul ring.
• Tang San explained that the serpent's crest stored energy for bursts of speed, making it likely to grant Oscar a speed-related support skill.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Oscar to copy the academy's Soul Beast Compendium ten times, then gave him a short blade to kill the serpent.
• As Oscar prepared to stab beneath the serpent's crest, an elderly woman and a young woman appeared and demanded that the soul beast be given to them.

Zhao Wuji and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang disputed ownership of a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Oscar needed for his third Soul Ring. Chao Tianxiang proposed a contest between Oscar and her granddaughter, but Zhao Wuji objected because Oscar was a Support System Soul Master facing a Power Attack System Soul Master.

• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji’s group to give up the serpent, and Zhao Wuji revealed that he was a Soul Saint.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang as Snake Granny of the Peerless Dragon Snake, and she backed down from challenging him directly.
• Oscar argued that the serpent belonged to the group that had subdued it, while Meng Yiran insisted that she and her grandmother had pursued it first.
• Chao Tianxiang pointed out wounds on the serpent as proof that she had injured it, and Zhao Wuji explained that Oscar needed its Soul Ring to reach Soul Elder.
• After Zhao Wuji confirmed that Oscar had reached Level 30, Chao Tianxiang proposed that Oscar and Meng Yiran compete for the Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji refused the contest, saying Oscar’s Support System abilities made him unsuited to fight Meng Yiran, a Power Attack System Soul Master.

When Chao Tianxiang learned Oscar was a gifted Food-Type Support Soul Master with no sect, she considered recruiting him to help Meng Yiran. Meng Yiran challenged Su Yu instead of Tang San, but after he effortlessly avoided her attacks and revealed he was a Shrek Academy teacher, Chao Tianxiang agreed that Oscar could have the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Chao Tianxiang realized Oscar was a rare Food-Type Support Soul Master with no sect and considered bringing him into her family.
• Tang San offered to fight Meng Yiran in Oscar's place, and Chao Tianxiang accepted.
• Meng Yiran refused to fight Tang San and challenged Su Yu, who agreed while warning her not to cry when she lost.
• Su Yu dodged Meng Yiran's attacks and stopped her Snake Blade between two fingers without revealing his soul power.
• Su Yu revealed he was a teacher at Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji said his strength surpassed his own.
• Chao Tianxiang apologized to Su Yu and agreed that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent belonged to Oscar.

Su Yu advised Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran to choose a soul ring better suited to Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane, and Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s ring to become a Soul Elder. Oscar revealed his third soul skill, “Wild Fantasies Mushroom Sausage,” leaving his companions laughing.

• Su Yu explained that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed would not suit Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane and suggested venomous or powerful snake-type soul beasts instead.
• Chao Tianxiang thanked Su Yu, reconsidered their choice, and left with Meng Yiran, who quietly thanked him.
• Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its purple soul ring while Su Yu, Zhao Wuji, and the others kept watch.
• After two hours, Oscar completed the absorption and became a Soul Elder with three soul rings.
• Oscar revealed his third soul skill’s incantation, “Wild Fantasies Mushroom Sausage,” and Ma Hongjun and the others burst out laughing.

Oscar revealed that his third soul skill let him fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s top speed for one minute, and the group prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. A Titan Giant Ape appeared before them, trapping the group in its terrifying presence.

• Oscar showed off his green Mushroom Sausage and explained that his third soul skill granted flight for one minute at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s top speed.
• Oscar said he could make ten Mushroom Sausages at a time, and Zhao Wuji approved of the new soul skill.
• After two hours of rest, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun headed toward the edge of the forest with the others.
• Zhao Wuji sensed danger and told Su Yu to take the children and leave while he held it off.
• A Titan Giant Ape emerged from the trees, and the group recognized the king-level soul beast.

A gigantic Titan Giant Ape attacked the group, overpowering Zhao Wuji and pursuing Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. Su Yu rescued them with Susanoo and faced the beast in its armored Tengu Form.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged the Titan Giant Ape, but its punch sent him flying and left him injured.
• The Titan Giant Ape fixed its gaze on Xiao Wu, so Zhu Zhuqing grabbed her and fled with Ning Rongrong’s speed enhancement.
• Xue Na attacked the Titan Giant Ape with Extreme Lightning Chidori, but her strike had no effect, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun fled with Oscar and Tang San lost consciousness.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught up to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, but Su Yu’s Susanoo pulled them to safety.
• Su Yu sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to find the others, then transformed Susanoo into its armored Tengu Form as the Titan Giant Ape faced him.

Su Yu fought the Titan Giant Ape while Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, and Zhu Zhuqing were trapped under its Gravity Domain. After his Susanoo was badly damaged and he suffered severe pain in his eyes, Su Yu overextended his ocular power and restored it, facing the charging ape again.

• The Titan Giant Ape activated its Gravity Domain, pinning Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, and Zhu Zhuqing while Su Yu resisted inside Susanoo.
• Su Yu struck the Titan Giant Ape with Yasaka Magatama, piercing its palm and making it wary of him.
• The Titan Giant Ape charged Susanoo, but Su Yu countered with a series of punches that drove it back.
• Su Yu's eye pain weakened Susanoo, allowing the Titan Giant Ape to crack its armor and send it crashing into a cliff.
• Su Yu overdrew his ocular power, repaired Susanoo, and stood before the cliff to meet the charging Titan Giant Ape.

Su Yu drove off the Titan Giant Ape with Susanoo but collapsed after overexerting his ocular power. As Ning Rongrong and the others cared for him, Zhao Wuji emerged from the bushes.

• Su Yu and the Titan Giant Ape clashed, and their final collision shattered Susanoo and left Su Yu coughing up blood.
• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Xiao Wu and fled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, ending the gravitational suppression.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xue Na rushed to Su Yu, and he regained consciousness and reassured them that he had exhausted his Spiritual Power.
• Ning Rongrong clung to Su Yu and checked the bite mark she had left on his shoulder while Zhu Zhuqing and Xue Na helped him rest.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xue Na shielded Su Yu and Ning Rongrong when the bushes rustled, and Zhao Wuji stumbled out.

Zhao Wuji reunited with Su Yu and the others after the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, and Tang San rushed into the forest to rescue her. Before the group could follow, Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran blocked their way.

• Zhao Wuji found the group with unconscious Tang San and learned that Xiao Wu had been taken by the Titan Giant Ape while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had left the forest.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider attacked, and Su Yu killed it with a punch before Tang San woke up.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that Xiao Wu had been taken, and Tang San ignored his attempt to stop him and sped into the forest to rescue her.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran appeared and confronted Zhao Wuji and the others.

Tang San returned to claim the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Zhao Wuji knocked him unconscious after the Dragon Duke refused. Su Yu secretly followed the Dragon Duke, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran to their secluded hollow to pursue the Soul Beast himself.

• Tang San felt stabbing pain in his chest as he walked away and returned to find the Dragon Duke holding the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tang San asked the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny to give him the Soul Beast in exchange for three requests, but they refused and mocked him.
• Zhao Wuji apologized to the Dragon Duke and struck Tang San unconscious before the Dragon Duke left with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.
• Su Yu told the others to rest, then secretly followed the Dragon Duke's group, hoping to obtain the Man Faced Demon Spider for its Eight Spider Lances potential.
• The Dragon Duke prepared Meng Yiran to absorb the Soul Ring in a secluded mountain hollow, but Su Yu appeared and drew his suspicion.

Su Yu warned the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny that the Man Faced Demon Spider was nearly two thousand years old and too dangerous for Meng Yiran to absorb. He found Meng Yiran a suitable Taipan Snake in exchange for the spider, leaving her to absorb its Soul Ring while he claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Su Yu identified the Man Faced Demon Spider's long legs and dense abdominal hair as signs that it was approaching two thousand years old, and warned that Meng Yiran could be seriously harmed by absorbing its Soul Ring.
• The Dragon Duke and Snake Granny confirmed Su Yu's assessment, thanked him for preventing the danger, and agreed to give him the spider if he found Meng Yiran a suitable Soul Beast.
• Su Yu searched the forest with his Mind's Eye of the Kagura and located a sixteen-hundred-year-old Taipan Snake.
• Su Yu bound the Taipan Snake with Wood Release and brought it back alive for Meng Yiran.
• The Dragon Duke gave Su Yu the Man Faced Demon Spider and sent Snake Granny to help Meng Yiran absorb the Taipan Snake's Soul Ring.

Su Yu revealed that he recognized the Dragon Duke’s loyalty and gave him a Saint Son Token for Meng Yiran to attend Spirit Hall Academy, then obtained a rare Soul Bone from the Man Faced Demon Spider. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu reunited with Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to condense her Third Soul Ring.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu recognized Su Yu as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and pledged the Exotic Beast Family’s service to him.
• Su Yu gave Meng Shu his Saint Son Token so Meng Yiran could enter Spirit Hall Academy.
• Su Yu claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s purple Soul Ring and discovered an Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, which he stored without absorbing.
• Er Ming brought Xiao Wu close to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where she told him she needed to stay in the human world and become stronger to avenge her mother.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to check for her friends before visiting again, then sat on his shoulder to condense her Third Soul Ring.

Xiao Wu completed her third Soul Ring and left the Star Dou Great Forest as Su Yu returned with the unconscious Tang San and the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone. At the inn, Tang San woke and confronted Zhao Wuji for letting the Dragon Duke take the Man Faced Demon Spider.

• Xiao Wu formed a purple Soul Ring, reached Level 31, and said goodbye to Er Ming as Da Ming answered his roars.
• Su Yu returned to Zhao Wuji and the others with the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, and Zhao Wuji carried Tang San toward the forest's edge.
• Zhao Wuji heard roars from the Titan Giant Ape and another powerful beast, then hurried the group out of the forest.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar met the group at the inn, and Zhao Wuji rebuked them for fleeing when the Titan Giant Ape appeared.
• Tang San woke and demanded to know what happened to the Man Faced Demon Spider; Zhao Wuji told him the Dragon Duke had taken it, and Tang San accused Zhao Wuji of knocking him unconscious.

Su Yu rebuked Tang San for risking the Shrek Academy team's lives in pursuit of the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San apologized. Xiao Wu returned safely from the Star Dou Great Forest, explained her escape from the Titan Giant Ape, and surprised everyone by announcing that she had become a Soul Elder.

• Su Yu confronted Tang San about disregarding the team's safety while pursuing the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San bowed to apologize to Su Yu and Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Wu returned to the inn, where Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na welcomed her and checked for injuries.
• Xiao Wu told Zhao Wuji and the others that a loud bellow distracted the Titan Giant Ape, allowing her to escape and make her way back.
• Xiao Wu announced that she had broken through to Soul Elder, leaving Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and the others stunned.

Xiao Wu returned to the inn as a Soul Elder, while Su Yu absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone. Tang San then broke through to Level 30 and, unable to find another Man Faced Demon Spider, absorbed a Cave Demon Spider Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xiao Wu explained that she had broken through to Level 30 and obtained a Lightning Rabbit Soul Ring while escaping the Titan Giant Ape, convincing Zhao Wuji that she was safe.
• Su Yu left the inn at night and absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone, gaining Eight Spider Lances and a slight increase in Soul Power.
• The next morning, Tang San announced that he had broken through to Level 30, so Zhao Wuji postponed the group’s return to Shrek Academy and led them back into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San searched for a Man Faced Demon Spider, but after finding none, he accepted Zhao Wuji’s advice and chose a roughly twelve-hundred-year-old Cave Demon Spider.
• Tang San absorbed the Cave Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and emerged with three rings: yellow, yellow, and purple.

After returning from the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Yu explained how the Sky Azure Bull Python had driven off the Titan Giant Ape, while Flender learned that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had abandoned Zhao Wuji during the danger. The chapter ended with Zhao Wuji recounting how Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had stayed to help him.

• Flender questioned Su Yu and Zhao Wuji about their encounter with the Titan Giant Ape, and Su Yu recounted the events in the forest.
• Su Yu identified the mysterious creature as the Sky Azure Bull Python and described an ancient account claiming it might be two hundred thousand years old.
• Flender thanked Su Yu and Zhao Wuji for bringing everyone back safely and said he would lead the Little Monsters in training.
• After Su Yu left, Zhao Wuji told Flender that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had fled when the Titan Giant Ape appeared.
• Zhao Wuji said Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had stayed behind to help him, despite being younger than the boys.