Chapter Summaries

Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na discovered a mysterious shop in Suotuo City, where Su Yu decided to buy an unremarkable stone to keep the Dragon Whisker Needles from Tang San. The shopkeeper, Flender, demanded two hundred Gold Soul Coins and refused to bargain.

• Ning Rongrong and Xue Na found their hotel room decorated like a couples' suite, but agreed to stay after Su Yu offered to change rooms.
• The three explored Suotuo City and noticed a nameless shop marked with three symbols resembling those on Spirit Hall tokens.
• Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na entered the shop and met its burly, lazy owner, Flender.
• Su Yu spotted a large gray stone and asked Flender its price, intending to keep the Dragon Whisker Needles inside it from Tang San.
• Flender quoted two hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Rongrong protested that the stone was worthless.
• Flender ignored her complaint and insisted that the shop had fixed prices and did not allow bargaining.

Su Yu bought a stone from Flender’s shop despite Ning Rongrong’s protests, then took Ning Rongrong and Xue Na to enjoy a meal and stroll through Suotuo City. He told them they would visit Shrek Academy the next day, and the chapter ended when they spotted Xiao Wu and Tang San at a street stall.

• Su Yu paid Flender two hundred Gold Soul Coins for the stone and left the shop with Ning Rongrong and Xue Na.
• Su Yu took Ning Rongrong and Xue Na to a restaurant, where they enjoyed a lavish meal and rested together.
• Su Yu told Ning Rongrong and Xue Na that Shrek Academy was outside Suotuo City and promised to take them there the next day.
• Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na continued strolling and saw Xiao Wu admiring a necklace while Tang San told her it suited her.

Ning Rongrong befriended Xiao Wu after buying her a sapphire necklace, and they discovered that both groups planned to attend Shrek Academy. The next morning, Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na met Xiao Wu and Tang San and set off together toward the outskirts of Suotuo City.

• Ning Rongrong noticed Xiao Wu admiring a necklace and bought it for her as a meeting gift despite Xiao Wu and Tang San's protests.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong became friends and learned that both intended to attend Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that she and Tang San were staying at an inn nearby, and they agreed to travel to the academy together the next day.
• The next morning, Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Na met Xiao Wu and Tang San at the intersection.
• Su Yu, Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, Xiao Wu, and Tang San walked together toward the outskirts of the city.

Su Yu and his companions reached the shabby Shrek Academy, where they witnessed its harsh admissions process and learned its strict entry requirements. Dai Mubai recognized Su Yu but avoided confronting him, and registration continued under the academy’s formidable gatekeeper.

• Tang San confirmed that the group had reached Shrek Academy, and Su Yu reassured Ning Rongrong and Xue Na that they could leave if they disliked it.
• A rejected applicant’s father demanded his registration fee back, but Dai Mubai threatened him and displayed his three Soul Rings, prompting the father to flee without a refund.
• Dai Mubai recognized Su Yu, remembered his injured arm, and glared at him before retreating without approaching.
• The old man revealed his six Soul Rings and explained that Shrek Academy admitted only children aged twelve or younger with Soul Power of at least rank twenty-one.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong passed Shrek Academy’s first test, with Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Soul Elder rank startling the crowd. Xue Na stepped up for her test as Li Yusong confirmed that her age met the requirement.

• Tang San revealed his level-twenty-nine Blue Silver Grass martial soul and persuaded Li Yusong that his talent made him a monster, earning admission to the next tests.
• Xiao Wu displayed her Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul and level-twenty-nine soul power, and Li Yusong passed her.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and three soul rings, including a purple ring, astonishing the onlookers with her Soul Elder rank at twelve.
• Li Yusong recognized Ning Rongrong as a girl from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect but let her proceed to the next tests.
• Xue Na took her turn, and Li Yusong checked that her age met the requirement.

Xue Na and Zhu Zhuqing passed Shrek Academy’s entrance test, while Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and tried to avoid her. Su Yu asked to apply as a teacher, and he and the others proceeded to the academy’s final test.

• Xue Na revealed her lightning martial soul and three soul rings, and Li Yusong eagerly admitted her.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Nether Civet Martial Soul and two soul rings, passed the test, and stood apart from Ning Rongrong and Xue Na.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée and shifted aside to avoid her, while she remained distant and did not approach him.
• Su Yu told Li Yusong that he was too old to enroll and wanted to apply as a teacher; Li Yusong agreed to let the dean assess him.
• Su Yu and the others followed Dai Mubai to the final test, where a powerfully built man sat in the square.

Zhao Wuji set the five new students a final entrance test: they had to withstand his attacks for one stick of incense, and the group chose Xue Na to lead them. The battle began with Ning Rongrong boosting her teammates, while Su Yu remained an applicant for a teaching position.

• Dai Mubai introduced Zhao Wuji, who revealed himself as a level seventy-six Soul Saint and set the five students a one-stick-of-incense survival test.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Wisdom King, and Dai Mubai warned the students about his strength and defense.
• The five introduced their Martial Souls and abilities, then agreed that Xue Na would direct the group.
• Zhao Wuji lit the incense and challenged the students to begin.
• Ning Rongrong activated her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and granted strength, speed, and defense boosts to her teammates.

Xue Na, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San coordinated their attacks against Zhao Wuji, but his powerful defense withstood their strikes. Zhao Wuji escalated the test with his Gravity Enhancement and targeted Tang San with a powerful palm strike.

• Xue Na entered her lightning state and struck Zhao Wuji with lightning spheres, scorching his chest but failing to break his defense.
• Tang San restrained Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass while Xiao Wu kicked him and Zhu Zhuqing attacked his back with Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Xue Na hit Zhao Wuji with stronger lightning spheres as Tang San pulled him off balance, knocking him to the ground and numbing part of his body.
• Zhao Wuji activated Gravity Enhancement, weighing down Xue Na, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Wuji used Great Strength Vajra Palm and swept his enlarged palm toward the immobilized Tang San.

Tang San and his companions coordinated their attacks against Zhao Wuji, using Blue Silver Grass, lightning, and close combat to injure and restrain him briefly. Zhao Wuji broke free and repelled Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to cushion Zhao Wuji's palm strike, but the blow still injured him.
• Tang San bound Zhao Wuji with parasitic seeds and Blue Silver Grass, while Ning Rongrong strengthened the vines with her enhancement.
• Xue Na struck Zhao Wuji with her third Soul Skill, Extreme Lightning Chidori, numbing his arms and scorching his skin.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji while he was weakened, with Xiao Wu distracting him and Zhu Zhuqing clawing his arms.
• Zhao Wuji broke free of Tang San's vines and unleashed a shock wave that sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing flying back.

Xue Na, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong worked together to withstand Zhao Wuji's attack until the incense burned out, passing the assessment. After Flender arrived, he approached Su Yu and asked whether he was the young man applying for a teaching position.

• Zhao Wuji used Position Tracking to mark Tang San with a honey scent and relentlessly pursued him despite the others’ attacks.
• Xue Na and Ning Rongrong helped Tang San evade Zhao Wuji, while Tang San and Xue Na used Blue Silver Grass and lightning to create cover.
• Zhao Wuji struck Tang San through the smoke, sending him flying and making him cough up blood, but he had held back enough to avoid harming Tang San’s foundation.
• Zhao Wuji declared that the five youngsters had passed after they lasted through the incense and showed strong coordination.
• Flender and Li Yusong arrived, and Flender approached Su Yu to ask if he was applying for a teaching position.

Su Yu revealed his Sharingan as his Martial Soul and challenged Zhao Wuji to prove his strength. He struck Zhao Wuji with a sudden teleporting attack, and the two continued their spar with Zhao Wuji recognizing Su Yu as a formidable opponent.

• Ning Rongrong recognized Flender as the man who had sold her a worthless stone, and Su Yu calmed her before asking Flender to let him spar with Zhao Wuji.
• Su Yu revealed his Sharingan and claimed to be a Soul Saint, surprising Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to fight Su Yu and summoned his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings.
• Su Yu threw a kunai, teleported to Zhao Wuji, and punched him hard enough to make him bleed and stagger.
• Zhao Wuji attacked with a defensive barrier and a sweeping arm strike, but Su Yu cut his arm with his kunai and retreated.
• Zhao Wuji acknowledged Su Yu's speed and weapon, saying he had finally met his match.

Su Yu used the Flying Thunder God Technique to evade Zhao Wuji’s increasingly powerful Soul Skills, then revealed Susanoo’s skeletal form to withstand Zhao Wuji’s strongest palm strike. Zhao Wuji was left stunned as Susanoo began forming a skeletal arm around Su Yu.

• Zhao Wuji activated his first and second Soul Skills and charged Su Yu, but Su Yu teleported behind him and struck his back with a kunai-assisted palm attack.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravitational Compression, but Su Yu evaded the field by teleporting to his marked kunai.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed his Great Strength Vajra Roar, but Su Yu’s powerful Spiritual Power resisted the mental assault.
• Zhao Wuji anticipated Su Yu’s next teleport and struck him with the Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• Susanoo’s blood-red skeletal frame appeared around Su Yu and blocked Zhao Wuji’s attack without cracking.
• Zhao Wuji stared in disbelief as a skeletal arm and hand began forming from Susanoo’s frame.

Su Yu defeated Zhao Wuji and was accepted as a teacher at Shrek Academy, then used Wood Release to build a courtyard home for Ning Rongrong and Xue Na. The chapter ended with the two girls happily exploring their new home and choosing rooms.

• Su Yu struck Zhao Wuji with his skeletal arm, and Zhao Wuji conceded defeat.
• Su Yu apologized to Zhao Wuji and asked Flender to let him join Shrek Academy as a teacher.
• Flender welcomed Su Yu but showed him the academy's shabby teachers' quarters.
• Ning Rongrong and Xue Na visited Su Yu and asked him to build them a better place to live.
• Su Yu used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique to create a six-room courtyard, and Ning Rongrong and Xue Na eagerly explored it.

Su Yu built a courtyard for Ning Rongrong and the other girls, who agreed to move in together. The next day, Ning Rongrong challenged Ma Hongjun for harassing Cuihua, and Xue Na prepared to fight him as Ning Rongrong mocked his Evil Fire Phoenix as a barnyard chicken.

• Flender and the others arrived and were shocked to find a courtyard that Su Yu had created instantly.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Yu to let Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing move into the courtyard, and he agreed.
• The girls began settling into their new home together.
• The next day, Ning Rongrong confronted Ma Hongjun as he pestered Cuihua, who escaped while he was distracted.
• Ma Hongjun turned his unwanted attention toward Ning Rongrong and Xue Na, prompting Xue Na to step forward with purple lightning.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix and challenged Xue Na, while Ning Rongrong laughed and called his phantom a barnyard chicken.

Ning Rongrong’s teasing of Ma Hongjun escalated into a fight, and Su Yu protected Xue Na from Ma Hongjun’s explosive Soul Skill. Dai Mubai arrived and revealed that the girl Ning Rongrong thought Ma Hongjun was bullying was actually his girlfriend.

• Ma Hongjun attacked Ning Rongrong with Phoenix Fire Line, but Xue Na blocked it with lightning.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix of Rebirth after Ning Rongrong continued mocking his Martial Soul, and Su Yu shielded Xue Na from its explosion with Susanoo.
• Ning Rongrong rebuked Ma Hongjun for using a dangerous attack, and he admitted he had only meant to scare them.
• Dai Mubai arrived, and Ning Rongrong explained the confrontation while apologizing for mocking Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai told Ning Rongrong that Ma Hongjun was a Shrek student and that the girl she thought he had bullied was his girlfriend.

Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun’s mutated Evil Fire Phoenix caused uncontrollable urges, easing the girls’ anger, and Su Yu led them to the academy square. There, they found Tang San eating Oscar’s sausages before class.

• Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul mutation gave him evil fire that he had to vent, and Ning Rongrong and the others calmed down.
• Su Yu sent everyone to the square for class, while Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun that Su Yu was a Soul Saint who had defeated Teacher Zhao.
• Dai Mubai warned Ma Hongjun to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing and revealed that she was his fiancée.
• Su Yu and the girls reached the square and found Tang San eating sausages at Oscar’s cart.
• Oscar insisted he was not an uncle and offered Xiao Wu one of his freshly made sausages.

Oscar tried to sell his sausages to the new students before Dai Mubai made him demonstrate his Soul Skill, and Flender welcomed the students and introduced Su Yu as a new teacher. Later, Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xue Na that she had been engaged to Su Yu since childhood, leaving Xiao Wu curious about what he was like as a boy.

• Xiao Wu refused Oscar's sausage and mistook him for an uncle, while Tang San bought sausages and praised their taste.
• Dai Mubai ordered Oscar to demonstrate his First Soul Skill, and Oscar conjured a Big Sausage before being warned not to sell food inside the academy.
• Flender welcomed the five new Little Monsters, introduced Su Yu as a new teacher, canceled training for the day, and ordered each student to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• That afternoon, Xiao Wu asked Ning Rongrong why she called Su Yu Husband-Brother, and Ning Rongrong explained that they had known each other since she was six and had been engaged since then.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Su Yu had been as cool and reserved as a child.

Ning Rongrong reminisced about how her husband supported her and declared she would never marry anyone else. The next day, Flender began the students’ training with a twenty-lap run, and the exhausted girls finished while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar lagged behind.

• Ning Rongrong recalled how her husband comforted her and helped her master Heart Separation Control when she was a child.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu she would stay with her dear husband for life and marry no one else.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived late to training after going out the night before, and Flender assigned them five extra laps each.
• Flender ordered the students to run twenty laps around the academy, while Su Yu watched.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Xue Na, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong kept ahead as Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar struggled behind.
• Ning Rongrong and Xue Na finished their laps exhausted and rested on the ground.

After a tiring run, Su Yu used his Special Soul Skill to bring Ning Rongrong, Xue Na, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing back to their courtyard and encouraged them to bathe and rest. Ning Rongrong teased him about their closeness, then reunited with him after her bath, and he dried her hair while she leaned against him.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rested after the run, and Ning Rongrong asked Su Yu to carry her.
• Su Yu used his Special Soul Skill to transport Xue Na, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to their courtyard.
• Su Yu carried Ning Rongrong to her room and told her to bathe, insisting he should respect proper boundaries as she teased him.
• Ning Rongrong bathed while Xue Na urged Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to do the same.
• After an hour, Ning Rongrong found Su Yu waiting in the courtyard, and he sat her on his lap and dried her hair.

Su Yu tended to Ning Rongrong’s blistered feet before Flender brought the Shrek students to the Soto Great Soul Arena for combat training. The students registered to fight, with Flender setting the goal of earning Silver Soul Badges before graduation.

• Su Yu applied ointment to Ning Rongrong’s blisters and told her to rest.
• Flender led the Shrek students to a tea shop near the Soto Great Soul Arena and explained that their lesson would be actual combat.
• Flender set the students the requirement of earning Silver Soul Badges before graduation.
• Dai Mubai revealed his record of fifty-six matches, twenty-nine wins, twenty-seven losses, and two points, while Ma Hongjun reported thirty-three matches and nine points.
• Flender took the students to register for Soul Fighting, and Xiao Wu eagerly reacted to the reward for victories.