Recaps

Lu Qian hurried to Shrek Academy after learning Zhu Zhuqing had left her hotel, and he met Ning Rongrong on the way. He passed the entrance test with his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, while Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Lu Qian confirmed Zhu Zhuqing had left the hotel and headed for Shrek Academy, hoping she would agree to date him.
• Lu Qian met Ning Rongrong on the road, and she followed him to the academy despite his indifferent treatment of her.
• Lu Qian and Ning Rongrong reached Shrek Academy’s shabby registration point, where Lu Qian spotted Dai Mubai beside Li Yusong.
• Ning Rongrong paid Lu Qian’s ten-Gold-Soul-Coin registration fee after he claimed he had no money.
• Li Yusong tested Lu Qian, then allowed him to enter after seeing his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor and three Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Lu Qian and released her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, astonishing Li Yusong.

Lu Qian and Ning Rongrong entered Shrek Academy’s entrance exam while Lu Qian looked for Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to finish the exam quickly. At the second test, he discouraged Ning Rongrong from eating Oscar’s sausages, then paid Oscar to make them freshly in front of them.

• Li Yusong recognized Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, admitted her, and sent Dai Mubai to escort her and Lu Qian inside.
• Lu Qian asked Li Yusong whether Zhu Zhuqing had entered the academy, learned she had not, and decided to finish the exam before searching for her outside Suotuo City.
• Dai Mubai took Ning Rongrong to the second test, then left them there after Lu Qian joked that his girlfriend might have run off with someone else.
• Oscar approached the applicants selling sausages, and Lu Qian persuaded Ning Rongrong that Oscar looked too sleazy to trust.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to buy two sausages after Oscar insisted he was fourteen, but Lu Qian offered Oscar Silver Soul Coins to make them fresh on the spot.
• Oscar accepted Lu Qian’s payment and released his sausage martial soul to make the sausages in front of them.

Lu Qian got Oscar to return the money for the sausages that Ning Rongrong could not stomach, then accompanied her to Shrek Academy’s fourth assessment. Zhao Wuji announced that Lu Qian, Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu would have to face him together and survive until an incense stick burned down.

• Oscar summoned a sausage with his soul incantation, making Ning Rongrong dry-heave, while Lu Qian handed her tissues and water.
• Lu Qian demanded their money back because they had not eaten the sausages and warned Oscar that Dean Flender might hear about the sale; Oscar returned the twenty Silver Soul Coins.
• Lu Qian revealed his three Soul Rings, and Ning Rongrong passed the Soul Power crystal test, allowing both to proceed to the fourth assessment.
• Lu Qian and Ning Rongrong arrived at Zhao Wuji’s combat stage, where Dai Mubai explained the assessment and Tang San and Xiao Wu were also waiting.
• Zhao Wuji rose and told the four students to face him together and hold out for the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Lu Qian, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong prepared to face Zhao Wuji in a one-incense-stick trial after learning about his strength and planning their roles. The chapter ended as Lu Qian released his Blue Silver Grass and a hint of his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor aura before the fight began.

• Zhao Wuji suppressed his strength to the Soul Elder level and gave the four students one incense stick to plan their challenge.
• Dai Mubai warned them about Zhao Wuji, while Lu Qian identified him as the Immovable Wisdom King and Ning Rongrong recalled his past escape from Spirit Hall bishops.
• Lu Qian introduced his level-thirty-five Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, startling Tang San and revealing its golden markings and King of Blue Silver Grass name.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could boost speed and strength, and the group assigned Xiao Wu the main attacking role.
• When Zhao Wuji announced that the planning time was over, Lu Qian released his Martial Soul and a faint trace of his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor aura.

Lu Qian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu attacked Zhao Wuji while Ning Rongrong boosted their strength and speed, but Zhao Wuji released his Martial Soul and overwhelmed their techniques. As Tang San rushed in to help Xiao Wu, Lu Qian stayed back, unwilling to let Zhao Wuji touch him.

• Ning Rongrong used her first and second Soul Skills to increase Lu Qian, Tang San, and Xiao Wu’s strength and speed.
• Zhao Wuji struck the ground, but Lu Qian pulled Ning Rongrong out of danger while he and Tang San helped Xiao Wu evade the shockwave.
• Lu Qian and Tang San restrained Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass as Xiao Wu launched a coordinated grappling attack.
• Zhao Wuji’s strength broke the Blue Silver Grass, and his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul rendered Xiao Wu’s Soft Skill ineffective.
• Tang San charged Zhao Wuji using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track while Lu Qian stayed back to support from a distance.

Lu Qian helped Tang San and Xiao Wu fight Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Wuji unleashed his First Soul Skill and badly injured Xiao Wu and Tang San. As Tang San began a renewed solo challenge, Lu Qian spotted a black-clad girl approaching and ran toward her, ignoring the fight.

• Lu Qian restrained Zhao Wuji and disrupted his strength, helping Tang San and Xiao Wu land a combination attack that slammed Zhao Wuji headfirst into the ground.
• Zhao Wuji got up and charged at Tang San and Xiao Wu, then unleashed his First Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body, knocking Xiao Wu unconscious and leaving Tang San badly injured.
• Lu Qian caught Xiao Wu and pretended to be hurt while Zhao Wuji asked Ning Rongrong whether she would continue the trial.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji to restart the trial and let him fight alone for the remaining incense, and Zhao Wuji agreed.
• Lu Qian spotted a black-clad girl approaching and rushed toward her, prompting Zhao Wuji to shout, "Lu Qian! Get serious, we're fighting here!"

Lu Qian reunited with Zhu Zhuqing at Shrek Academy and openly declared their relationship, while Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai interrupted their moment. Meanwhile, Tang San lost his fight against Zhao Wuji and was left injured beside Xiao Wu.

• Lu Qian left Zhao Wuji and Tang San's fight to take Zhu Zhuqing aside, and Zhu Zhuqing asked why he had come.
• Lu Qian told Zhu Zhuqing to trust fate, pulled her into his arms, and tried to kiss her before Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai interrupted them.
• Lu Qian raised his and Zhu Zhuqing's clasped hands to show Ning Rongrong their relationship, and Ning Rongrong cursed at Dai Mubai when he blocked her path.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Crush to pull Tang San toward him and struck him down beside Xiao Wu.
• Tang San coughed up blood and could no longer fight, while Zhao Wuji emerged less battered than he had in the original plot.

Lu Qian used Oscar’s Soul Power Big Sausages to help the injured Tang San and unconscious Xiao Wu recover, then accepted Zhao Wuji’s challenge after Zhao accused him of hiding his strength. The fight began with Lu Qian’s Blue Silver Grass trapping Zhao Wuji, leaving his abilities still to be revealed.

• Lu Qian summoned Oscar and bought Big Sausages to treat Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San resisted at first, but Oscar forced a sausage into his mouth while Lu Qian fed one to the unconscious Xiao Wu.
• After Tang San ate two sausages and took over feeding Xiao Wu, Zhao Wuji called Lu Qian out and challenged him to fight again.
• Zhao Wuji promised that Lu Qian and the others could enter Shrek Academy if Lu Qian won, then began the fight from a distance.
• Lu Qian activated his second soul skill, Parasitism, and Blue Silver Grass sprouted from Zhao Wuji’s body, immobilizing him.

Lu Qian used his Dark Gold Blue Silver Grass and careful distance control to keep Zhao Wuji from reaching him during their trial. Zhao Wuji trapped Lu Qian with Position Tracking and slammed down on his apparent hiding place, then panicked when he could no longer sense him.

• Lu Qian repeatedly bound Zhao Wuji with Spider Web Restraint, Blue Silver Entanglement, and Parasitism while keeping his distance.
• Zhao Wuji used his fourth Soul Skill, Position Tracking, to ensure his leap would land wherever Lu Qian moved.
• Lu Qian concealed himself among thick Blue Silver Grass as Zhao Wuji descended onto his position.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong cried out as Lu Qian and the Blue Silver Grass shattered under Zhao Wuji's impact.
• Zhao Wuji worried that he had crushed Lu Qian to death and searched through the broken Blue Silver Grass for him.

Lu Qian used his Earth Radiant Dragon's Left Leg Bone to escape Zhao Wuji's attack, and Zhao Wuji let the newcomers pass after Lu Qian offered him a graceful excuse to stop fighting. Ma Hongjun then led Lu Qian, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others to the dormitories, where Ning Rongrong chose to share a room with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Lu Qian resurfaced far from Zhao Wuji after using his Soul Bone's burrowing skill, and confirmed Zhao Wuji's guess that he possessed a Soul Bone.
• Zhao Wuji decided to stop the fight when Lu Qian said his Soul Power was nearly exhausted, then told Dai Mubai to arrange the newcomers' accommodations before leaving.
• Zhu Zhuqing checked on Lu Qian while Ning Rongrong sulked, and Oscar offered to guide them to the dormitories for ten Silver Soul Coins.
• Lu Qian summoned Ma Hongjun, who introduced him to Oscar and agreed to take the group to the dormitories after Dai Mubai left.
• Lu Qian paid Ma Hongjun a Gold Soul Coin for a single room, and Ning Rongrong chose to share a room with Zhu Zhuqing.

Lu Qian settled into Shrek Academy, teased Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun, and rejected the dining hall's food. He stayed behind because he expected Tang Hao to confront Zhao Wuji that night and planned to watch unseen using his Soul Bone.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to share a room, while Tang San took Xiao Wu to treat her injuries and roomed with Oscar.
• Lu Qian teased Zhu Zhuqing about their bet, then told Ma Hongjun about defeating Zhao Wuji and kicked him after he played along with a crude joke.
• Lu Qian and Ma Hongjun visited the dining hall, but Lu Qian left after seeing the unappetizing food and heard that Shrek Academy relied on Dai Mubai's financial support.
• Ma Hongjun invited Lu Qian to Suotuo City, but Lu Qian went to his room while Ma Hongjun went alone.
• Lu Qian planned to secretly watch Tang Hao and Zhao Wuji fight that night by using his Forest Emerald Dragon Left Arm Bone's Concealment skill.

Lu Qian followed Tang Hao to watch him beat Zhao Wuji, then threw away Tang San’s hidden weapons and blamed Zhao Wuji for ordering it. Tang San went to search for the weapons at the cliff, while Ning Rongrong caught Lu Qian celebrating.

• Lu Qian tracked Tang Hao and Zhao Wuji outside Shrek Academy and hid nearby as Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji.
• After Tang Hao left, Lu Qian returned to his dormitory and went to the assessment site early the next morning to collect Tang San’s hidden weapons.
• Lu Qian threw the hidden weapons off a cliff, and Tang San discovered they were missing when he went to retrieve them.
• Lu Qian told Tang San that he had discarded the weapons on Zhao Wuji’s instructions, then said he had thrown them off the cliff.
• Tang San headed for the cliff to search for his weapons, and Ning Rongrong surprised Lu Qian as he watched him leave.

Lu Qian spent the morning with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar explained Shrek Academy’s rules and tuition. The students headed to the field for the opening ceremony after Dai Mubai announced it was about to begin, and Tang San returned to the academy.

• Ning Rongrong confronted Lu Qian about their earlier conversation, but he avoided explaining what she meant.
• Ma Hongjun brought Lu Qian breakfast from Suotuo City, and Lu Qian shared it with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Lu Qian took Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong for a walk, where Ma Hongjun and Oscar told them about the academy’s rules, classes, and hundred-Gold-Soul-Coin tuition.
• Dai Mubai told Oscar to bring everyone to the field for the opening ceremony, and Ning Rongrong offered to find Xiao Wu.
• Lu Qian spotted Tang San returning to the academy, dusty from his journey.

Lu Qian faced Dean Flender over the trick he had played on him, and Flender demanded compensation. After Flender urged him to bargain, Lu Qian offered eighteen hundred Gold Soul Coins, which Flender immediately accepted, leaving Lu Qian regretting the deal.

• Flender welcomed the five new students and told Dai Mubai to explain the academy's rules, then asked Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Lu Qian to stay.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai remained to observe, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun left and Flender lectured Oscar and Ning Rongrong for over half an hour.
• Flender took Lu Qian to his office and demanded that he make amends for tricking him.
• Flender asked for 108,000 Gold Soul Coins, then urged Lu Qian to make a counteroffer.
• Lu Qian offered 1,800 Gold Soul Coins, and Flender accepted immediately while producing the worthless stone Lu Qian had chosen before.

Lu Qian paid Flender 1,800 Gold Soul Coins for a worthless rock, then tricked Ning Rongrong into giving him 2,000 coins by claiming he needed compensation money. He treated her to a feast in Suotuo City, leaving her to return to Shrek Academy and resume her laps.

• Flender pressured Lu Qian into paying 1,800 Gold Soul Coins for the worthless rock, and Lu Qian accepted the loss and headed to Suotuo City.
• Lu Qian asked Oscar about Ning Rongrong, then ran into her at the city gates.
• Lu Qian claimed Flender had demanded 2,000 Gold Soul Coins in compensation and pretended he would risk his life in underground Soul Master fights if he could not pay.
• Ning Rongrong gave Lu Qian two bags of Gold Soul Coins, then turned back toward Shrek Academy to continue running her laps.
• Lu Qian offered to treat Ning Rongrong to a feast, and she thanked him after eating in Suotuo City.

Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, then tried to smooth things over with Zhu Zhuqing while shifting blame for insulting Flender onto Dai Mubai. Flender made Dai Mubai and Lu Qian run laps, and Lu Qian headed out after bargaining unsuccessfully over the price of avoiding his punishment.

• Lu Qian promised Ning Rongrong he would bring her more food, then returned to the academy with her and encouraged her to keep running laps.
• Lu Qian explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong had lent him her allowance and claimed Dai Mubai had told him Flender was a greedy profiteer.
• Flender overheard Lu Qian and left to deal with Dai Mubai after Lu Qian blamed him for the insult.
• Lu Qian flirted with Zhu Zhuqing and offered her a snack, while Dai Mubai later appeared and began running laps after Flender punished him.
• Flender ordered Lu Qian to run twenty laps; Lu Qian offered him eighteen hundred Gold Soul Coins to cancel the punishment, but Flender refused and tried to charge him per lap.

Lu Qian joined the punishment run and used Dai Mubai’s rivalry with him to expose how badly Dai Mubai had drained Oscar’s Soul Power. After Flender reprimanded the students and warned them to obey the academy’s rules, the group prepared to begin its first lesson.

• Lu Qian refused to pay Flender to excuse him and joined Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Dai Mubai in running laps.
• Lu Qian overtook Dai Mubai and secretly used his Soul Bone skill to help Ning Rongrong recover, while Dai Mubai repeatedly relied on Oscar’s Soul Power Big Sausages to keep running.
• Lu Qian found Oscar pale and nearly out of Soul Power as Dai Mubai demanded more sausages, then teased Dai Mubai when he caught them together.
• Lu Qian finished his twenty laps before Dai Mubai, who pushed himself to finish while Lu Qian watched; Ning Rongrong also completed her run with Lu Qian’s help.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar missed the evening assembly to recover, while Flender reprimanded Ning Rongrong for leaving the academy and harshly scolded the absent boys.
• Flender told the students to prepare for their first lesson at Shrek and warned them to follow the academy’s rules and complete their coursework.

Flender took Lu Qian and the other students to the Soto Great Soul Arena for their first lesson in actual combat. After they registered and waited for match assignments, Lu Qian offered to partner with Ning Rongrong in a two-on-two match, but Ma Hongjun objected.

• Flender led the students from the academy to Suotuo City and explained that they would train through actual combat at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Flender described the arena's rules and assigned the students the goal of earning at least Silver Soul Badges before graduation.
• Ma Hongjun told the students his record and explained how Soul Fighter points and promotion worked.
• With Ma Hongjun's help, the students registered, paid their fees, and took soul power tests before waiting for match assignments.
• Lu Qian suggested that Ning Rongrong enter a two-on-two match and volunteered to partner with her, but Ma Hongjun opposed the plan.

Lu Qian and his companions competed in the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing won their team match before Lu Qian defeated a strength-type Soul Elder with a series of restraining skills. The group left the arena with its matches won, though Lu Qian’s victory was uneventful.

• Lu Qian let Ning Rongrong choose Zhu Zhuqing as her teammate for the team match.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu won their individual matches, and the Three-Five Combination defeated Tie Long and Tie Hu.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing with her Seven Treasures Pagoda, and Zhu Zhuqing quickly defeated their two long-range opponents for the Glazed Cat Combination.
• Lu Qian reassured his companions before facing a strength-type Soul Elder in his Soul Fighting match.
• Lu Qian repeatedly restrained his opponent with Spider Web Restraint, Parasitism, and Blue Silver Entanglement until the Soul Elder conceded.

Lu Qian tried to defend Ma Hongjun’s visits to brothels, only for Ning Rongrong to reveal he had gone too, while Zhu Zhuqing insisted he was different. Two days later, Flender made the students eat Oscar’s sausages as adaptation training, and everyone complied despite their disgust.

• Ma Hongjun tried to get Lu Qian to join him in searching for Flender, but Lu Qian refused and explained to Tang San and the others why Ma Hongjun needed to visit brothels.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned men who visited brothels, and Ning Rongrong revealed that Lu Qian had taken her to one; Zhu Zhuqing said Lu Qian was different.
• The five students returned to Shrek Academy, and two days later Flender gathered everyone for adaptation training.
• Flender ordered each student to eat two of Oscar’s sausages, and Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing each ate theirs.
• Lu Qian asked to skip the sausages, but Flender offered him two rats instead, so Lu Qian ate two sausages.

After Oscar recovered enough to prepare for his third Soul Ring trip, Lu Qian helped Ma Hongjun explain the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest and used a hypothetical hundred-thousand-year soul beast to probe Tang San’s feelings. Two days later, Lu Qian saw Tang San and Xiao Wu acting as they had before, leaving his attempt to drive a wedge between them unresolved.

• Flender assigned Zhao Wuji to lead the group to the Star Dou Great Forest in two days, where they would help Oscar obtain his third Soul Ring and face the trial largely on their own.
• Lu Qian asked Ma Hongjun to describe the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ma Hongjun explained its vastness, dangerous soul beasts, and high risks for Soul Masters.
• Lu Qian asked Tang San whether he would kill a hundred-thousand-year soul beast for its Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu urged him to consider the question.
• Tang San hesitated, then dismissed the scenario as unlikely, while Lu Qian ended the conversation after noticing Xiao Wu’s troubled reaction.
• Two days later, Lu Qian arrived at the training ground and observed that Tang San and Xiao Wu seemed to have returned to their usual closeness.

Zhao Wuji led the Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest, with Dai Mubai in charge of their formation and Lu Qian bringing up the rear. After traveling more than four hundred kilometers with Oscar’s sausages, they stopped in a nearby town for the night, where Lu Qian treated the group to dinner.

• Zhao Wuji ordered the students to set out for the Star Dou Great Forest and put Dai Mubai in charge of leading them.
• Dai Mubai assigned the team’s positions, placing Lu Qian at the rear, and Lu Qian accepted the arrangement without challenging him.
• The group used Oscar’s soul power Big Sausages to travel over four hundred kilometers in one day, and even Ning Rongrong managed to keep up.
• Zhao Wuji led everyone to a town near the forest, where the students arranged their own rooms for the night.
• Ma Hongjun joked suggestively about Dai Mubai leaving the hotel, and Lu Qian rapped him on the head.
• Lu Qian offered to treat the students to dinner, and Ma Hongjun eagerly began listing dishes.

After spotting Canghui Academy students confronting Ma Hongjun and the others, Lu Qian joined the dispute and challenged all seven students to fight him. He trapped them with successive Blue Silver Grass skills, leaving the battle still underway.

• After the meal, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San went strolling with the girls while Lu Qian returned to his room.
• Lu Qian noticed Ye Zhiqiu and seven Canghui Academy students confronting Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others, and Zhao Wuji told him to investigate.
• Lu Qian asked what had happened, agreed that the Canghui girl was pretty, and declared that he had come to back up Shrek Academy.
• Lu Qian challenged all seven Canghui students to fight him, and Ye Zhiqiu accepted a seven-against-one match.
• Lu Qian used Entanglement and Spider Web Restraint to bind the Canghui students, then activated Parasitism as they struggled free.

Lu Qian effortlessly defeated Canghui Academy’s seven students, then showcased the Shrek students’ strength until Ye Zhiqiu, a Soul King, stepped in. Lu Qian dodged Ye Zhiqiu’s pressure and called Zhao Wuji down, leaving Tang San slightly injured.

• Lu Qian overwhelmed Canghui Academy’s seven students and mocked Ye Zhiqiu’s claim that Blue Silver Grass was a trash martial soul.
• After a Canghui student protested Ma Hongjun’s insults, Lu Qian told the Shrek students to demonstrate their abilities, and they revealed their martial souls and hundred-year soul rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu recognized Shrek’s unusual talent and asked to speak with their teacher, but Lu Qian insisted they handle the dispute themselves.
• Ye Zhiqiu released his Black Tortoise martial soul and five soul rings, then focused his pressure on Lu Qian.
• Lu Qian dodged by running behind Tang San and calling for Teacher Zhao, leaving Tang San slightly injured as Zhao Wuji came downstairs to face Ye Zhiqiu.

Zhao Wuji backed Lu Qian and the others in their dispute with Ye Zhiqiu, then led the Shrek group toward the Star Dou Great Forest so Oscar could obtain his third Soul Ring. The group stopped at the forest’s edge to prepare before entering.

• Zhao Wuji confronted Ye Zhiqiu, revealed his seven Soul Rings, and forced the intimidated teacher to follow him to the riverbank.
• Zhao Wuji beat Ye Zhiqiu and kicked him into the woods across the river before returning to the hotel.
• Lu Qian and Ma Hongjun thanked Zhao Wuji, who scolded the group for their weakness and promised them special training.
• Zhao Wuji woke the students early, and the group left town for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At the forest’s edge, Zhao Wuji told everyone to restore their Soul Power, and Oscar distributed Soul Power sausages before they entered.