Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji doubted Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and the origins of his cultivation methods, while Flender and the others praised their usefulness. Yu Xiaogang imagined earning fame, unaware that his tampering with Tang San’s stolen methods could bring severe retaliation.

• Zhao Wuji recognized Yu Xiaogang as the mocked theorist and questioned whether he could really have created the cultivation methods and self-created soul skills.
• Flender defended Yu Xiaogang, crediting him with developing the Golden Iron Triangle’s martial soul fusion skill and insisting that others had smeared his reputation.
• Li Yusong accepted Flender’s assurances and examined the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the self-created soul skills.
• Shao Xin praised the skills for giving food-type soul masters a way to fight, and Flender noted that such skills were unusual because they lacked martial soul restrictions.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined becoming renowned and receiving offerings from future generations, without considering Tang San’s likely revenge for the plagiarized and modified methods.
• Flender proposed a celebratory toast as the group gathered to drink.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to a new academy and urged him to grow strong enough to avenge his father and reunite with Xiao Wu. While Tang San registered, Tang Hao decided to seek protection for him, settling on Tai Tan because asking the Clear Sky Sect for help could expose the loss of its inherited Soul Bones and cause internal conflict.

• Tang Hao brought Tang San to a junior academy in a small city and explained that they could not retrieve Xiao Wu because he could not defeat the two Titled Douluos who had maimed him.
• Tang San accepted that he needed to become stronger, while vowing to avenge Tang Hao and punish Kai and the others.
• Tang San went to register at the new academy using money Tang Hao gave him.
• Tang Hao considered asking his brother Tang Xiao for help but feared the Clear Sky Sect would learn that its inherited Soul Bones had been taken and turn against him.
• Tang Hao decided Tai Tan should protect Tang San for now and set out to find him.

Six years after enrolling at Nuoding Academy, Kai and Gu Luoyi graduated and began considering advanced soul master academies, while Xiao Wu struggled to find one where her identity would remain hidden. Kai’s gifts of soul tools left Nuoding Academy’s dean impressed and convinced that Kai’s backing was formidable.

• Tai Tan asked Tang Hao why he was missing a hand and foot, and Tang Hao claimed he had lost a wager to a female Titled Douluo.
• Six years later, Kai and Gu Luoyi graduated from Nuoding Academy, and Kai said he would research which advanced academy suited them.
• Gu Luoyi said she would follow Kai wherever he chose to go.
• Xiao Wu rejected Shrek Academy as too dangerous and worried that Soul Douluos at other schools might discover she was a transformed soul beast.
• Nuoding Academy’s dean examined the soul tools Kai had given him and marveled at their capabilities, while accepting that Kai belonged in a wider world.

Su Yuntao struggled over whether to report Kai’s ability to make Soul Tools to Spirit Hall, torn between loyalty to the organization that had supported him and his duty to protect his late friend’s orphan. He feared that reporting Kai would provoke Bibi Dong and a violent clash, and the chapter left him still unsure what to do.

• Su Yuntao examined the Soul Tools Kai had given him and realized they could reveal that Kai knew how to manufacture them.
• He considered reporting Kai to Spirit Hall, as his duty required, but remembered Kai’s resentment over Spirit Hall’s role in his parents’ deaths and its inadequate compensation.
• Su Yuntao weighed his loyalty to Spirit Hall against his responsibility to protect his friend’s son, whom he had promised to help.
• He feared Bibi Dong would try to seize Kai if she learned of his ability, potentially starting a battle between Spirit Hall and the Titled Douluos protecting him.
• Su Yuntao prayed to the Angel God for guidance but remained confused and unable to choose between the two sides.

Tang San discussed building the Tang Sect through mass-produced hidden weapons with Tai Tan, who proposed recruiting the blacksmiths of Gengxin City. Tang San chose to develop cautiously, seek funding from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through Ning Rongrong, and attend Shrek Academy, leaving Tai Tan bewildered by the choice.

• Tai Tan asked Tang San about his plans after graduation and offered to arrange recommendations to advanced academies.
• Tang San asked whether the Strength Clan could mass-produce his hidden weapons, and Tai Tan suggested recruiting blacksmiths from Gengxin City.
• Tang San said he wanted Lou Gao to examine his complicated legendary hidden weapons but warned Tai Tan not to expand too quickly and attract Spirit Hall's attention.
• Tang San planned to use Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to secure funding and support for the Tang Sect.
• Tang San told Tai Tan he had decided to attend Shrek Academy, and Tai Tan reacted with bewilderment.

Tang San decided to take Tai Tan to Shrek Academy, hoping to recruit talented students to oppose Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Su Yuntao helped Kai consider academies that would not bind him to either empire, and offered prepared information for him to review.

• Tang San explained that he planned to attend Shrek Academy and recruit its geniuses, trusting Tai Tan to deal with any trouble there.
• Tai Tan agreed that winning over talented students could help them fight Spirit Hall and reaffirmed his loyalty to Tang Hao.
• Su Yuntao offered to help Kai choose an advanced Soul Master academy suited to his two powerful martial souls.
• Su Yuntao warned Kai that joining either empire's imperial academy would entangle him in its conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Kai rejected both empires' academies, and Su Yuntao brought out information books so they could search for another suitable school.

Kai rejected joining Spirit Hall because its compensation for his parents’ deaths was difficult for him to accept, while Su Yuntao discussed the few academies that might suit Kai’s Ice Dragon King martial soul. As Kai and Gu Luoyi approached graduation from Nuoding Academy, Kai still had no suitable advanced academy lined up.

• Su Yuntao suggested Kai consider Spirit Hall’s academy, but Kai said he could not accept Spirit Hall after its Pope caused his parents’ deaths and the compensation amounted to Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Yuntao explained that the elemental academies resisted efforts by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Elephant Armor Sect to draw them into larger factions.
• Su Yuntao recommended Skywater Academy for Kai’s ice attribute, then noted it admitted only pretty female students with water or ice attributes.
• Kai told Su Yuntao that the Titled Douluo was searching for an academy, but had not found one that suited him.
• At Nuoding Academy’s graduation gathering, Gu Luoyi said she planned to go with Kai because he had not found a suitable academy.

At Shrek Academy, Li Yusong refused to refund registration fees to failed applicants and intimidated their families by claiming the academy had Spirit Hall’s youngest elder among its graduates. Ning Rongrong suspected his story, then heard an unexplained voice mention her and other future students.

• A failed applicant’s father demanded his registration fee back, and other families joined his complaint and threatened to report Shrek Academy to Spirit Hall.
• Li Yusong defended the fee policy, described Shrek as an academy for monsters, and displayed his seven Soul Rings to frighten the crowd into silence.
• Ning Rongrong doubted Li Yusong’s claim that Shrek had produced Spirit Hall’s youngest elder because the academy remained in a poor village and she had never heard of the elder.
• Tai Tan arrived with Tang San, and Ning Rongrong wondered whether Shrek Academy might be more impressive than it appeared.
• Ning Rongrong heard an unknown voice discuss Shrek’s students and call her name, then wondered who was speaking and whether she had revealed her identity.

Ning Rongrong overheard Tang San’s thoughts about exploiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Shrek Academy’s history was far less impressive than he had been led to believe. She decided to hide her suspicions, investigate Tang San, and register at the academy herself.

• Ning Rongrong listened as Tang San’s inner voice called Shrek Academy a scam and described its later rise through its attempted mergers with other academies.
• Tang San’s thoughts revealed that he wanted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to buy his hidden weapons, and Ning Rongrong resolved to uncover his secrets and stop her sect from being swindled.
• Tang San arrived to register with ten gold soul coins and displayed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul, while Li Yusong hesitated under pressure from Tai Tan.
• Ning Rongrong concluded that Tang San had been telling the truth about Shrek Academy and decided to play along while investigating him.
• Ning Rongrong stepped forward to register, revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and assured the staff that her family knew she had come.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy to investigate its teaching and protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s interests, while Tang San’s thoughts revealed his ambitions to her. Li Yusong learned that both Ning Rongrong and Tang San had powerful sect backing, and the chapter left Zhu Zhuqing hearing Tang San’s strange thoughts about her and a past life.

• Ning Rongrong decided to investigate Shrek Academy before taking action against Tang San, whom she suspected of plotting against her sect.
• Li Yusong learned Ning Rongrong’s identity and let her enter, wary of offending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tai Tan told Li Yusong that Tang San was his young master and that he belonged to one of the Upper Three Sects, prompting Li Yusong to fear the consequences of mistreating either newcomer.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived as Tang San’s thoughts about her and his supposed past-life memories entered her mind.
• Zhu Zhuqing searched for the speaker and wondered if the person whose thoughts she heard was sick in the head.

Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and grew furious when he heard Tang San’s thoughts insulting Shrek Academy and his fiancée. He hid his anger as he led Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong into the academy, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong began to doubt Shrek.

• Li Yusong recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Dai Mubai intervened so she could enter and take the assessment.
• Dai Mubai recalled how Yu Xiaogang had refused to take him as a disciple, while still giving him hope of defeating his older brother.
• Tai Tan stayed outside as Dai Mubai led Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong into Shrek Academy.
• Tang San inwardly called Shrek a scam and insulted Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the academy’s claims about a Spirit Hall elder.
• Dai Mubai restrained his anger at Tang San’s thoughts and casual greeting, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong grew more suspicious of Shrek.

Dai Mubai defended Shrek Academy’s harsh graduation record and described its powerful leadership, while Tang San’s inner thoughts made Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing doubt the academy and his claims about their future. The chapter left the two girls questioning whether Tang San’s memories were reliable.

• Tang San privately criticized Shrek’s high student death rate and accused Flender of running a scam academy.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Shrek’s graduation and death rates seemed alarmingly high, and Ning Rongrong resolved to leave after learning what she could from Tang San.
• Dai Mubai defended Shrek’s admissions policy, saying students chose to stay and only monsters could graduate.
• Tang San asked about the final assessment teacher, and Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji and Flender were Soul Douluos.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing noticed that Dai Mubai’s account of Shrek’s leaders conflicted with Tang San’s memories and began doubting whether his thoughts were trustworthy.

Zhao Wuji began the assessment for Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, while the three planned how to endure his attacks. Ning Rongrong asked to be tested separately from Tang San, and his violent inner thoughts were heard by everyone, leaving Zhao Wuji wondering where the voice came from.

• Tang San doubted that Shrek Academy could have helped Flender and Zhao Wuji become Soul Douluos, while Dai Mubai defended the academy and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Wuji assessed Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San, learning their martial souls and deciding that the two girls had powerful family connections.
• Zhao Wuji announced that he would use only physical techniques during the assessment because his Soul Douluo strength made using soul skills too dangerous.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed that she and Ning Rongrong stall Zhao Wuji, with Ning Rongrong supporting her while Tang San offered healing.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Wuji to assess Tang San separately, and Tang San's threatening inner thoughts about her were heard by those present.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Tang San had not spoken aloud and wondered where the voice had come from.

Tang San privately considered using hidden weapons to pass the Shrek Academy test, while Zhao Wuji overheard his thoughts and grew alarmed by the possibility that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Zhao Wuji arranged a fight that would let Tang San reveal whether he possessed the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San inwardly threatened Ning Rongrong and worried that his healing-focused abilities left him at a disadvantage against Dai Mubai.
• Tang San decided he could use hidden weapons against Dai Mubai, provided he caused only minor injuries and still passed the test.
• Zhao Wuji heard Tang San criticize Yu Xiaogang's teachings and wondered whether both men were reincarnators who had taken techniques from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhao Wuji feared the Clear Sky Sect might punish Shrek Academy if its members had learned the sect's secret arts.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San and two others to fight him using their martial souls and permitted special martial arts, hoping Tang San would reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang San faced Zhao Wuji’s test without using hidden weapons and revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, convincing Zhao Wuji that he was a Clear Sky Sect successor. After Tang San passed, Li Yusong warned Zhao Wuji that a Soul Douluo claiming to be Tang San’s subordinate was waiting outside Shrek Academy.

• Tang San worried that he could not overcome Zhao Wuji without hidden weapons and decided to use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong supported her with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and unleashed eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer while Zhao Wuji watched and confirmed his suspicions.
• Zhao Wuji praised Tang San’s effort, avoided using the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and prepared to flee with his old brothers after Tang San passed the test.
• Li Yusong told Zhao Wuji that a Soul Douluo who seemed to be Tang San’s subordinate was outside Shrek Academy, leaving Zhao Wuji alarmed about their escape.

Zhao Wuji learned that a powerful Soul Douluo was waiting outside Shrek Academy and recognized the description as Tai Tan, a man he had once offended. Suspecting a possible connection between Tang San and Tang Hao, he went to meet Tai Tan while sending the students to their dormitories.

• Li Yusong reported that a muscular elderly Soul Douluo with exceptional strength was outside, and Zhao Wuji suspected he was Tai Tan.
• Zhao Wuji recalled that Tai Tan had pursued him after he injured a member of the Strength Clan, forcing him to hide with Flender and establish Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji considered Tai Tan’s ties to Tang Hao and wondered whether Tang San, who possessed the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, was Tang Hao’s son.
• Zhao Wuji told Li Yusong not to act rashly, said he would investigate, and left to meet the Soul Douluo.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San and the others that they had passed and could stay at Shrek Academy, then directed them to their dormitories.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and secretly planned to undermine Tang San, while Tang San recognized him and recalled his past-life resentment. Zhao Wuji found Tai Tan outside the academy, then questioned Yu Xiaogang about his history with Tang San; Yu admitted meeting him at Nuoding Academy but claimed he had dismissed him as a disciple because of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Tang San recognized Yu Xiaogang's voice and wondered why he had come to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai grew angry at Tang San's insulting thoughts about Yu Xiaogang and recalled how Yu's methods had helped him contend with Dai Weisi.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Tang San and the others, privately resolved to stop Tang San's plans, and considered the advantages of his alliance with Bibi Dong.
• Li Yusong told Yu Xiaogang that Zhao Wuji had gone to meet a Soul Douluo who had arrived with Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang inferred that the visitor was Tai Tan.
• Zhao Wuji spotted Tai Tan and feared his strength, then asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had known Tang San at Nuoding Academy; Yu Xiaogang confirmed it and said he had rejected Tang San as a disciple because of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Zhao Wuji confronted Yu Xiaogang over the possibility that he had stolen Tang San’s cultivation manuals, arguing that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and rapid progress proved it was no ordinary Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang denied the accusation, and Zhao Wuji demanded that he explain his research in front of Tang San.

• Zhao Wuji suspected Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was unusual and worried Yu Xiaogang had taken manuals from him.
• Zhao Wuji brought Yu Xiaogang into the Academy and raised a Soul Power Barrier before questioning him about his contact with Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Clear Sky Sect manuals and challenged his claims of researching the techniques himself.
• Yu Xiaogang protested that he had conducted his own research and defended his Martial Soul theories.
• Zhao Wuji rejected Yu Xiaogang’s explanations and demanded that he describe his research process in front of Tang San.

Yu Xiaogang denied stealing the secret manuals and swore that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would vanish if his claims were false. Zhao Wuji rejected him and decided to warn Flender and the others so they could escape Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang feared that Tang San would expose any lie he invented about the secret manuals and that the Clear Sky Sect would retaliate.
• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing Tang San’s manuals and risking Shrek Academy’s safety.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted he had researched the manuals himself and swore in the name of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that his claims were true.
• Zhao Wuji was shocked by Yu Xiaogang’s oath and condemned him for cursing his own clan.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that he had to leave Shrek Academy and decided to warn Flender and the others to flee.

Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of endangering Shrek by stealing the Clear Sky Sect’s secret manuals, and Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang after hearing their argument. Flender ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave and warned him never to return, while planning to evacuate Shrek’s members.

• Zhao Wuji accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing the Clear Sky Sect’s secret manuals and putting Shrek in danger, then ordered everyone to leave.
• Flender revealed that he had overheard the argument and sent Zhao Wuji to gather the others while he spoke with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang denied stealing or plagiarizing anything, but Flender pressed him to explain how he had developed the manuals and techniques.
• Flender concluded that Yu Xiaogang was lying and blamed him for bringing the Clear Sky Sect’s wrath upon Shrek.
• Flender gave Yu Xiaogang Gold Soul Coins, told him to flee and never return, and promised to keep the matter concealed.