Chapter Summaries

At the cafeteria, Zhu Wu explained his Mutated Martial Soul and Xiao Wu described the Silver Moon Wolf, while Ma Hongjun returned bald after Zhu Wu's punishment. The group gathered at the training ground, where Oscar revealed his interest in Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai returned with Zhu Zhuqing after another apparent rejection.

• Ning Rongrong told Tang San and Xiao Wu about Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Wu explained that his Seven-Colored Butterfly Dragon Martial Soul had a spiritual attribute inherited through his parents.
• Xiao Wu identified the Silver Moon Wolf as a spiritual soul beast able to control multiple attributes, and Zhu Wu promised to treat her to a feast for her explanation.
• Dai Mubai returned with Ma Hongjun, whose head and body had been shaved, and Xiao Wu teased him about looking like a roasted pig.
• Dai Mubai explained the academy's rules and courses, then sent the group to the training ground while he went to fetch Zhu Zhuqing.
• Oscar confided to Zhu Wu and Tang San that he planned to pursue Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Wu wished him luck.
• Dai Mubai returned to the training ground with Zhu Zhuqing, looking displeased, and Oscar mocked him for being rejected again.

Flender gave the new Shrek Academy students an endurance assignment and tried to leave Oscar and Ning Rongrong together, but Ning Rongrong recognized that he was making the run unfair. Oscar offered his sausages to help her, and she sped away from him instead.

• Long Ling'er and Zhu Wu recognized Flender as the shopkeeper who had tried to raise his prices, while Dai Mubai identified him as Shrek Academy's Dean.
• Flender introduced himself, assigned the students twenty laps around the village, and told Oscar and Ning Rongrong to stay behind; Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai left separately.
• Flender reduced Ning Rongrong's run to ten laps after she said she had already run the village route, and Zhu Wu left with Long Ling'er rather than join the training.
• Tang San gave Flender a letter from his teacher, Yu Xiaogang.
• Oscar explained that the running route included farmland and offered Ning Rongrong his restorative sausages, but she used her martial soul to speed away from him.

Ning Rongrong pushed herself through Flender’s ten-lap punishment until Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er found her and eased her exhaustion. Flender ended the run by claiming it had been a lesson in unity, but Ning Rongrong remained furious at being treated as part of his test.

• Ning Rongrong resisted Oscar’s sausage and continued running despite her fatigue, while Flender grew concerned that she might overexert herself.
• At lunch, Zhu Wu realized Ning Rongrong’s ten laps extended beyond the village, and he and Long Ling'er went out to find her.
• Zhu Wu used his healing ability to relieve Ning Rongrong’s fatigue and told Oscar to change the words he said when summoning sausages.
• Flender gathered the students, praised their unity, and dismissed Ning Rongrong and Oscar from the run, revealing that he had used the punishment to test the group.
• Long Ling'er carried the exhausted Ning Rongrong back to the dormitory while Zhu Wu returned to the cafeteria with the others.

Zhu Wu dominated at the Great Soul Arena and later caught Ning Rongrong after Dai Mubai attacked her during an argument. He helped her understand her options and her own behavior, while the next morning Dai Mubai announced that he planned to visit the twins.

• Flender took the students to the Great Soul Arena, where Zhu Wu easily won his matches without using his martial soul and Tang San and Xiao Wu preserved their opponents’ lives.
• After Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong and sent her flying with his Soul Power, Zhu Wu caught her and Tang San intervened to stop the conflict.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to kill Dai Mubai, but Tang San and Oscar criticized her attitude; Zhu Wu reassured her, explained her leverage through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and advised her against arrogance.
• That night, Ning Rongrong saw Xiao Wu pulling Tang San out through a window, while Zhu Wu reflected that Tang San’s bad luck seemed to have passed.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong asked to join Zhu Wu and Long Ling’er on their runs, and Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun he planned to visit the twins that night.

Zhu Wu and the Shrek students trained for Oscar’s third soul ring, while a report about Zhu Wu and Long Ling’er’s abilities reached Ning Fengzhi and the elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The group ran toward the Star Dou Great Forest as the sect leaders wondered whether the two youths belonged to the Illusory Beast Sect.

• Oscar arrived at training and announced that he had reached rank 30, then demonstrated his newly named Super Recovery Sausage, which the students ate as Flender’s adaptability lesson.
• Flender announced that Zhao Wuji and he would take the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Oscar’s third soul ring, and Zhu Wu agreed to take Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to Suotuo City.
• In Suotuo City, Zhu Zhuqing refused Dai Mubai’s invitation to shop, while Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Wu and Long Ling’er before returning to the academy with them that evening.
• Zhao Wuji asked Zhu Wu to treat him, and Zhu Wu sent green light over his head before the group set off running toward the Star Dou Great Forest, supporting the exhausted Oscar and Ning Rongrong along the way.
• A young man reported to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that Ning Rongrong had enrolled at Shrek Academy and that Long Ying Tian and Long Ling'er were Soul Ancestors with unusual soul rings.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders considered whether Long Ying Tian and Long Ling'er came from the Illusory Beast Sect, and an unseen speaker called out from outside the council hall.

Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, and Spirit Hall leaders learned more about the Illusory Beast Sect and warned their people not to provoke it. At a tavern, Zhu Wu stopped the Shrek students from picking a reckless fight with Canghui Academy, and Ma Hongjun embarrassed himself by ordering suggestive dishes.

• Ning Fengzhi heard how two powerful Titled Douluo had attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and told his sect to watch the Illusory Beast Sect cautiously.
• Ning Fengzhi visited Dugu Bo, who confirmed that Long Ying Tian and Long Ling'er were the Illusory Beast Sect's Young Sect Master and his fiancée.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong discussed the sect's strength and ordered Spirit Hall not to provoke Long Ying Tian while they investigated.
• At a tavern, Zhu Wu warned Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai against recklessly provoking the Canghui Academy group, and Ning Rongrong invoked her sect to discourage a confrontation.
• Ma Hongjun's suggestive food orders embarrassed the girls, and Xiao Wu told him he was no longer allowed to order food.

Zhu Wu led the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest and explained the Illusory Beast Sect’s deadly training methods and his unusual martial soul abilities. He recommended a Pink Lady as a possible source for Oscar’s third soul ring.

• Zhu Wu volunteered to guide the group through the Star Dou Great Forest and described how Illusory Beast Sect disciples survived alone among soul beasts to master their powers.
• Zhu Wu demonstrated the savage aura he had cultivated, then explained that he and Long Ling'er had spent years restraining their beastly natures.
• Zhu Wu told the group that his martial soul could imitate soul beasts and summoned Little White in the form of a white fox.
• Ma Hongjun teased Zhu Wu about his fox form, while Zhao Wuji and Oscar remarked on the Illusory Beast Sect’s unusual cultivation and isolation.
• Oscar asked Zhu Wu for advice about his third soul ring, and Zhu Wu suggested considering a Pink Lady to boost attack power.

Oscar obtained a Pink Lady soul ring that granted a brief boost to all attributes, while Tang San broke through to level 30 and chose to seek a Cave Demon Pearl soul ring. The group camped for the night in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Zhu Wu that two people had arrived.

• Zhu Wu led the group to a Pink Lady nest, and Flender captured one while everyone fled from the pursuing swarm.
• Zhu Wu rebuked Oscar for suggesting they slaughter the soul beasts, then Oscar absorbed the Pink Lady's soul ring and gained a skill that increased all attributes by 10% for three minutes.
• Tang San broke through to level 30 and asked Zhu Wu to help him find a soul beast; he chose a Cave Demon Pearl despite Zhu Wu recommending a plant-type soul beast.
• Zhu Wu led the group toward a Cave Demon Pearl habitat, and Tang San affirmed he would not regret choosing animal-type soul rings for his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• The group made camp as night fell, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Zhu Wu that two people had arrived.

A Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python attacked the Shrek group, then the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away. Zhu Wu caught up with Tang San and helped him pursue her, but their search was interrupted by a Man Faced Demon Spider and Tang San considered absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji warned the group of an approaching threat, and the Titan Giant Ape’s Gravity Control Domain forced most of them to their knees.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Zhu Wu, but his Life Guardian Shield protected him as the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and fled into the forest.
• Tang San ran after Xiao Wu, and Zhu Wu returned to accompany him while Flender and Zhao Wuji stayed behind to help the others.
• Zhu Wu caught up with Tang San, treated his injuries, and explained that he could not keep using his Soul Power to fly.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider appeared on their path, and Tang San asked Zhu Wu to handle it while he tried to absorb its Soul Ring.

Zhu Wu killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and obtained its External Soul Bone while Xiao Wu returned safely to Da Ming and Er Ming before choosing to rejoin her human friends. Tang San gained a venomous External Soul Bone and a new soul skill, and the group set out for home after everyone recovered.

• Zhu Wu lured the Man Faced Demon Spider away from Tang San, then killed it with Mental Shock and discovered that it had dropped an External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu refused Da Ming and Er Ming's offer to stay in the forest, ate Star Concealing Grass, and returned to Tang San and Zhu Wu.
• Tang San absorbed a Nine-Section Emerald's soul ring and gained venomous fangs as an External Soul Bone while Zhu Wu and Xiao Wu waited nearby.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, and Zhu Wu told him how to retract his fangs before the three returned to the others.
• Zhu Wu treated Dai Mubai and the other injured students, and the group learned Xiao Wu's Teleport skill and Tang San's Blue Silver Snake Bind before heading back.

At dinner, Zhu Wu explained why the Illusory Beast Sect protected nature and revealed that it had endured since the beginning of Heaven and Earth. He left everyone stunned by claiming the sect’s origins traced back to the first great upheaval, a war between Heaven and Earth.

• Xiao Wu reluctantly handed over the menu, and Zhu Wu ordered an extravagant feast paid for by Tang San.
• Dai Mubai asked Zhu Wu why the Illusory Beast Sect considered protecting nature its duty, and Zhu Wu explained how plants transformed spiritual energy and how depleted resources had led humans to rely on soul rings.
• Zhu Wu said the sect had tried to guide the outside world away from environmental destruction, but repeated wars and internal corruption had made its members lose hope.
• Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and the others asked about the sect’s age and the great upheavals; Zhu Wu agreed to share its history and joked that he would give up when he became Sect Leader.
• Zhu Wu traced the Illusory Beast Sect’s founding to the beginning of Heaven and Earth and revealed that the first upheaval was a war between Heaven and Earth; Tang Hao listened from the shadows.

Zhu Wu recounted the Illusory Beast Sect’s ancient history and explained that Nine Rings Fusion was the path toward godhood, though nobody had managed to condense a Tenth Soul Ring. The Asura God and Evil God listened from the God Realm, and the chapter ended with Ma Hongjun asking whether Zhu Wu’s family had a demigod.

• Zhu Wu told the Shrek group how his clan lost contact with the Beast Gods, abandoned their worship, and helped establish humanity’s first dynasty.
• The Asura God sensed the account through Tang Hao’s martial soul space and reviewed memories connected to the Dragon God and the Golden and Silver Dragon Bloodlines.
• Zhu Wu explained that Nine Rings Fusion could restore vitality and lead toward godhood, but no one had succeeded in condensing a Tenth Soul Ring.
• The Evil God joined the Asura God and speculated that the Beast God Branch had damaged its homeland and left the Illusory Beast Sect to inherit its troubles.
• Ma Hongjun asked Zhu Wu whether his family had a demigod expert.

Zhu Wu explained the Illusory Beast Sect’s beliefs and its path to godhood, then left with Long Ling'er as the group prepared to depart. The Asura God and Evil God discussed Zhu Wu and Tang San after ending their observation.

• Zhu Wu told the group that his eight-hundred-year-old great-grandfather had completed Nine Rings Fusion and described Tang Chen as the only outsider who had nearly achieved a Demigod Body.
• Dai Mubai asked about other ways to become a god, and Zhu Wu explained why the Illusory Beast Sect rejected faith and divine inheritance in favor of condensing a Tenth Soul Ring through their own cultivation.
• Zhu Wu linked becoming a god to the world’s supply of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and urged the group to plant more trees.
• Zhu Wu left the private room with Long Ling'er, while Flender told everyone to rest before their journey the next morning.
• The Asura God ended his observation, and the Evil God praised Tang San’s potential while wishing the Asura God freedom from his confinement.

Zhu Wu offered to help Ning Rongrong evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help buying supplies, and he revealed that Dugu Bo served as an outer-sect guest elder of the Illusory Beast Sect. Meanwhile, Flender told Yu Xiaogang that a major event involving his family was connected to two extraordinary students, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and concerned.

• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Wu offered to try to evolve Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul and asked her sect to help procure supplies in return.
• Zhu Wu explained that compatible treasures could strengthen a Martial Soul’s origin, while Oscar and the others wondered whether their own Martial Souls could evolve.
• Zhu Wu revealed that Dugu Bo was an outer-sect guest elder who had helped bring a sect elder to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to discuss a business deal on behalf of her sect as Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er headed inside.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang about Tang San and Xiao Wu’s extraordinary abilities, then said a major event involving Yu Xiaogang’s family was connected to two students.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang about the powerful Illusory Beast Sect and suggested that Long Ying Tian might mediate its conflict with Yu Renkui. That night, Ning Rongrong revealed Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai and suggested Zhu Zhuqing’s sister may have driven her away to protect her, leaving Zhu Zhuqing shaken and silent.

• Flender explained the Illusory Beast Sect’s strength and its conflict with Yu Renkui to Yu Xiaogang, then urged him to build a relationship with Long Ying Tian.
• Yu Xiaogang asked about Zhu Wu’s and Long Ling’er’s dragon Martial Souls and learned they could overwhelm Soul Ancestors through physical strength alone.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing she had guessed that Zhu Zhuqing was Dai Mubai’s fiancée and condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning her and threatening Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Zhu Zhuqing had escaped and learned that Zhu Zhuqing’s sister had taken part in the pursuit seven years older than her.
• Ning Rongrong suggested Zhu Zhuqing’s sister might have driven her away to protect her and advised her to consider joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained silent and stiff beneath her blanket as Ning Rongrong ended the conversation and went to sleep.

Zhu Wu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul theories during breakfast, correcting his claims with knowledge about ten-thousand-year soul rings and broader martial soul categories. The chapter ended with Zhu Wu asking Yu Xiaogang to summon his martial soul.

• Zhu Wu, Long Ling'er, and Ning Rongrong went for an early jog and cultivated before breakfast.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the person taking charge of the students’ training, and Yu Xiaogang explained his Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Martial Souls.
• Zhu Wu questioned Yu Xiaogang’s level-29 cultivation and explained that spiritual power, rather than willpower alone, was needed to withstand the resentment in ten-thousand-year soul rings.
• Zhu Wu warned Tang San against attempting to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring too early, and Tang San thanked him for the warning.
• Zhu Wu proposed more detailed categories of martial souls and challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Item Martial Souls were generally supportive.
• Zhu Wu asked Yu Xiaogang to summon his martial soul for him to see.

Zhu Wu explained that Yu Xiaogang’s pig-like Martial Soul had once been a Golden Sacred Dragon and described ways it might evolve, but warned that trying to restore it could endanger Yu Xiaogang’s aging body. The conversation ended with Flender ordering the late-arriving students to run laps, while Yu Xiaogang was left weighing his hopes against the risks.

• Zhu Wu identified Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul as a regressed Golden Sacred Dragon and linked its condition to his congenital frailty and his parents’ close-relative marriage.
• Zhu Wu explained that Light- or Fire-attribute soul rings could restore the Martial Soul’s origin, and that suitable Fire- or Yang-attribute herbs might also help it evolve.
• Ning Rongrong realized Zhu Wu wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to collect medicinal herbs for its children, while Tang San considered how he might raise funds.
• Zhu Wu warned Yu Xiaogang that powerful yang medicines could overwhelm his aging body and damage his organs or kill him, leaving Yu Xiaogang shaken and Flender urging him to start with mild tonics.
• Dai Mubai and the others arrived late, and Flender ordered them to run ten laps around the village before they could eat lunch.

Yu Xiaogang imposed a new training schedule and tested Horny Goat Weed on Luo San Pao, while Dai Mubai resolved to prove himself to Zhu Zhuqing. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang began assigning targeted intensive training, calling Long Ying Tian forward first.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced his teaching rules and ranked the students by age, then dismissed them until breakfast the next morning.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuffed Dai Mubai, who interpreted her words as a reason to change and hurried off to cultivate; Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er.
• Yu Xiaogang made Luo San Pao eat Horny Goat Weed, but it only caused a foul fart and left Yu Xiaogang suffering from internal heat.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joined Zhu Wu's early run, then Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to eat before dawn and gather for training.
• At the training ground, Yu Xiaogang announced individualized intensive training and called Long Ying Tian forward.

Zhu Wu challenged the seven Shrek students to fight him together and revealed Little White’s second-form transformation, which turned it into a fearsome wolf-like beast. As the students braced themselves, Dai Mubai led their first attack.

• Yu Xiaogang tasked Zhu Wu with defeating the other students, but Zhu Wu instead challenged all seven at once and promised not to use his flight ability.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San organized the team around a cautious strategy of controlling Zhu Wu while the main attackers struck, with Ning Rongrong providing support.
• Zhu Wu summoned Little White and used its second soul skill to transform it into a towering, armored wolf-like beast.
• Little White possessed Zhu Wu, and he then released it in its beast form, alarming the students and drawing the village instructors toward the training ground.
• Tang San urged the team to follow their plan, and Dai Mubai charged with his White Tiger Vajra Transformation as Ning Rongrong boosted him and the other attackers moved in.

Zhu Wu transformed into a giant beast and overwhelmed the Shrek students during their training, revealing the strength of his copied Heaven Shaking Roar. The injured students returned to the dormitories, while Flender and Zhao Wuji reflected on the gap between them and Zhu Wu and Ling'er.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun attacked Zhu Wu's transformed beast, but their strikes failed to penetrate its defenses.
• Zhu Wu broke free from Tang San's vines and used Heaven Shaking Roar to knock the students down across the training field.
• Zhu Wu reverted to human form and healed the injured students, then explained that his Mutated Silver Eagle Beast transformation could imprint other skills.
• Yu Xiaogang ended training for the day, and the students left for the dormitories with help from their companions.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed how Zhu Wu and Ling'er's experience and resources gave them a great advantage over the Shrek students.