Recaps

Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a suitable Soul Ring, with Dai Mubai clearing their path. During a rest near the boundary of the inner region, they spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that Tang San judged to be an ideal age for Oscar, and Lu Qian warned that it had arrived.

• Zhao Wuji warned everyone to stay close, avoid attacking Soul Beasts without his orders, and prepare for the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai led the group and used his tiger claws to clear a path as they traveled through the forest.
• The group rested near the boundary between the forest’s outer and inner regions, where Zhao Wuji explained that the deeper areas held stronger Soul Beasts.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to prepare for battle when he and Lu Qian sensed an approaching Soul Beast, then sent Zhu Zhuqing to scout it.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified a flying snake as a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Tang San estimated it was between thirteen hundred and eighteen hundred years old, making it suitable for Oscar.
• Lu Qian shouted that the serpent had arrived.

Lu Qian and the Shrek students captured a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, while Lu Qian rebuked Xiao Wu for defending Soul Beasts. Before Oscar could absorb its Soul Ring, Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and demanded that they stop.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Lu Qian, and Tang San restrained the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Ma Hongjun’s fire let it break free.
• Lu Qian trapped the serpent again, and Zhao Wuji subdued and seized it with his Soul Skills.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether the serpent had to be killed, and Lu Qian argued that Soul Masters existed to protect humans from Soul Beasts.
• Lu Qian apologized to Xiao Wu, and Oscar prepared to absorb the serpent’s Soul Ring.
• Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran appeared and said the serpent had been intended as Meng Yiran’s third Soul Ring.

Zhao Wuji negotiated with Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which both her granddaughter Meng Yiran and his student Oscar needed as a Soul Ring. He showcased his students’ strength to unsettle Chao Tianxiang, then teased her by refusing to introduce Lu Qian.

• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to return the serpent, saying she had wounded it and that Meng Yiran needed its Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang as Snake Granny of the Peerless Dragon Snake and revealed that he was the Immovable Wisdom King.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to give up the serpent, but he explained that Oscar had also reached rank thirty and needed it.
• Oscar displayed his Martial Soul, and Zhao Wuji bragged about Dai Mubai’s strength and the other students’ high Soul Power for their ages.
• Chao Tianxiang noticed Lu Qian and asked who he was, but Zhao Wuji pretended that he could not show him off.

Lu Qian maneuvered Tang San into defeating Meng Yiran so Oscar could claim his third Soul Ring, then urged Tang San to teach Meng Yiran hidden weapon skills while Oscar absorbed it. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ma Hongjun asked Oscar about his new Soul Skill.

• Chao Tianxiang agreed to let Meng Yiran fight Tang San for the Soul Ring after Zhao Wuji refused her request to choose Lu Qian.
• Lu Qian called for hidden weapons during the duel, and Meng Yiran used them first before Tang San defeated her with his superior skills.
• Chao Tianxiang conceded, and Lu Qian persuaded Tang San to comfort Meng Yiran by teaching her hidden weapon techniques while Oscar absorbed his Soul Ring.
• Tang San ended the lesson when Lu Qian pointed out that Xiao Wu was angry, and he went to coax her.
• Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest as Ma Hongjun asked Oscar about his third Soul Skill.

Oscar revealed that his new Mushroom Sausage granted one minute of flight at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed, and Zhao Wuji praised the powerful skill. Tang San then advanced to level thirty and asked the group to help him find a soul beast, while Lu Qian reflected on his own standing among the students.

• Oscar showed the group his Mushroom Sausage and explained that it granted one minute of flight at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the group from testing Oscar’s skill and learned that Oscar could make up to ten sausages.
• Tang San sat down and reached level thirty in less than ten minutes as Lu Qian and the others guarded him.
• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji and the others to help him find a soul beast for his third soul ring.
• Lu Qian made falsely modest remarks about his strength, while Dai Mubai grew anxious about losing his place at Shrek Academy.

Lu Qian and the Shrek students encountered the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest while searching for a suitable Soul Beast for Tang San. The Titan Giant Ape fixed its gaze on Lu Qian, leaving him afraid that he was in danger.

• Ma Hongjun and Zhao Wuji praised Lu Qian's strength and his King of Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Zhao Wuji promised to help Tang San find a Thousand-Year Soul Beast and led the group in a new direction to avoid the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
• Lu Qian realized the Titan Giant Ape might be nearby because of Xiao Wu and grew wary when she looked nervous.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught up with the group, and Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to get behind him.
• Lu Qian pulled Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong back with Blue Silver vines as the Titan Giant Ape appeared before the students.
• Zhao Wuji told Dai Mubai and Lu Qian to lead the others away, then tried to placate the Titan Giant Ape, which immediately focused its gaze on Lu Qian.

Lu Qian fled the Titan Giant Ape after it attacked Zhao Wuji and pursued him through the Star Dou Great Forest. Cornered alone, he released the seal on his true Martial Soul, the Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor.

• Zhao Wuji attacked the Titan Giant Ape with four Soul Skills but was swiftly sent crashing through several trees and gravely injured.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San charged the Titan Giant Ape, while Ning Rongrong boosted the group and Lu Qian restrained Zhu Zhuqing; the beast focused on Lu Qian and Xiao Wu.
• Lu Qian fled with Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages and his Earth Radiant Dragon left leg bone, but the Titan Giant Ape caught up with him several kilometers away.
• Lu Qian tried to reason with the Titan Giant Ape and mentioned Xiao Wu’s feelings for a human Soul Master, provoking the beast to slam its fists down before him.
• With the others nowhere in sight, Lu Qian released his Blue Silver Grass seal, causing the surrounding grass to bow as his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor awakened.

Lu Qian used his Indestructible Heaven-Piercing Tree Trunk Bone to sustain his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul while facing the Titan Giant Ape, only to discover Xiao Wu was watching. Xiao Wu mistook him for a transformed Soul Beast, and after she formed her third Soul Ring, they headed back together while Lu Qian struggled to invent an explanation.

• Lu Qian activated the Indestructible Heaven-Piercing Tree Trunk Bone to replenish his Soul Power and maintain his Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul against the Titan Giant Ape.
• Lu Qian saw Xiao Wu on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder, and both she and the beast suspected he was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Lu Qian dismissed his Martial Soul and Soul Bone skill, and Xiao Wu sent the Titan Giant Ape away before agreeing with him to pretend nothing had happened.
• Xiao Wu sat down and formed a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her third Soul Ring while Lu Qian watched.
• Xiao Wu admired Lu Qian as a fellow transformed Soul Beast, while Lu Qian worried about explaining how they had both survived the Titan Giant Ape's pursuit.

Lu Qian and Xiao Wu reunited with Zhao Wuji’s group after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, and Lu Qian drove away the injured Man Faced Demon Spider that was destined to become Tang San’s third Soul Ring. The group accepted their explanation for surviving, while Zhao Wuji recognized the powerful aura they had sensed.

• Lu Qian teased Xiao Wu on their way back, then spotted the injured Man Faced Demon Spider hiding nearby.
• Xiao Wu suggested the spider might suit Tang San’s third Soul Ring, but Lu Qian reminded her that its age exceeded the limit and persuaded her to reconsider.
• Lu Qian released the Sky-Covering Blue Silver Emperor’s aura, making the Man Faced Demon Spider flee away from Tang San and the others.
• Lu Qian and Xiao Wu rejoined Ma Hongjun, who led them to the injured Zhao Wuji.
• Lu Qian and Xiao Wu said a powerful aura had startled the Titan Giant Ape into leaving them, and Zhao Wuji said he had sensed a familiar aura as well.

Lu Qian and Xiao Wu returned safely after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, and the Shrek group rested while Zhao Wuji recovered. At dinner, Lu Qian helped conceal how Xiao Wu had obtained her Soul Ring, then urged Tang San to consider Spider Web Restraint for his next Soul Skill, leaving Tang San privately scornful of him.

• Zhao Wuji rejoiced that Lu Qian and Xiao Wu had returned safely, then agreed to recover while they stood guard.
• Ning Rongrong offered Lu Qian healing medicine, which he accepted, while Zhu Zhuqing questioned his joke about visiting a brothel and checked that he was unharmed.
• Ma Hongjun asked Lu Qian whether he had seen Xiao Wu obtain her Soul Ring, and Lu Qian claimed she might already have advanced before meeting him.
• Lu Qian and Xiao Wu quietly congratulated each other on keeping their stories straight as the group focused on Tang San's next Soul Ring.
• Lu Qian suggested Tang San learn Spider Web Restraint, but Tang San declined and privately wondered whether Lu Qian thought he was a transmigrator too.

Lu Qian tried to keep the injured Man Faced Demon Spider away from camp so Tang San could not obtain its Eight Spider Lances, but the spider appeared during his watch. After Zhao Wuji and the others arrived, the wounded Soul Beast was identified as a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San was asked whether he could absorb it.

• Lu Qian volunteered to keep watch with Ma Hongjun, intending to stop the Man Faced Demon Spider from returning to camp.
• Near midnight, the Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Lu Qian, who restrained it briefly with Blue Silver Entanglement before drawing it away.
• Zhao Wuji rushed after Lu Qian, while Ma Hongjun woke the others after receiving no answer from him.
• Zhao Wuji nearly crushed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Ma Hongjun asked whether it was a Soul Ring for Tang San.
• Tang San recognized the creature as a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Dai Mubai asked whether he could absorb it.

Tang San hesitated over whether to absorb the dangerous Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring, while Lu Qian and Xiao Wu tried to steer him away from it. Before Tang San could determine the spider’s age, Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu arrived to claim it, setting up a confrontation with Zhao Wuji.

• Tang San explained that absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring was dangerous, and he hesitated because he had safer options and feared gaining Spider Web Restraint.
• Dai Mubai’s remark provoked Tang San into approaching the spider, despite Zhao Wuji’s warning against taking the risk.
• Lu Qian quietly prompted Xiao Wu to point out that the spider’s broken limbs might reveal its age, and Tang San began examining them.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu arrived, and Chao Tianxiang accused Zhao Wuji’s group of taking Meng Yiran’s Phoenix-Tailed Cockscomb Snake and trying to take the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Zhao Wuji realized he would have to face the Peerless Dragon Snake couple after already confronting the Titan Giant Ape.

Zhao Wuji offered the Man Faced Demon Spider to Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to settle their dispute, but Meng Yiran insisted that Tang San should have it as repayment for teaching her hidden weapon techniques. Her unexpected choice left the others bewildered and made them suspect she had fallen for Tang San.

• Meng Shu arrived with Chao Tianxiang and confronted Zhao Wuji about the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Lu Qian suggested giving them the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Zhao Wuji explained that one of his students needed a Soul Ring, revealed that two students had reached level thirty, and told the couple they had encountered the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji offered to return the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Meng Yiran asked Meng Shu to let Tang San have it as payment for teaching her hidden weapon techniques.
• Meng Yiran rejected her grandparents' arguments and insisted the Spider should go to Tang San, so Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang gave it up.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun admired Tang San, while Lu Qian privately wondered whether Meng Yiran had given her heart away after one lesson.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu offered Tang San the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and invited him to join the Meng Family, while Xiao Wu and Lu Qian knew the spider was too old for him. Tang San rejected the invitation but began absorbing the Soul Ring anyway, and Lu Qian told an furious Xiao Wu that Tang San had fallen for Meng Yiran.

• Meng Shu invited Tang San to join the Meng Family as Meng Yiran blushed, but Tang San politely refused.
• When the Man Faced Demon Spider was near death, Tang San killed it with a throwing knife as Xiao Wu tried to stop him.
• Zhao Wuji voiced concern about the Soul Ring’s age, but Meng Shu claimed it was suitable and left with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran.
• Xiao Wu argued with Tang San, who mistook her warning for jealousy over Meng Yiran, and she left in a fury as he began absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Lu Qian told Xiao Wu that Tang San had simply fallen for Meng Yiran.

Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring and gained Spider Web Restraint, but did not obtain the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone. As the group prepared to leave, Lu Qian gave Tang San deliberately questionable advice for apologizing to Xiao Wu.

• Lu Qian told Xiao Wu to apologize to Tang San by adding “all right?” to everything she said, and Xiao Wu returned to stand guard over him.
• Tang San endured the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring absorption, while Zhao Wuji stayed nearby to ensure he was safe.
• After waiting for the Eight Spider Lances to appear and seeing nothing, Lu Qian concluded that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s unusual death might have prevented the Soul Bone from forming.
• Tang San revealed that his third Soul Skill was Spider Web Restraint, drawing teasing from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun despite his satisfaction with the skill and the Soul Ring’s age.
• Tang San apologized to Lu Qian for rejecting Spider Web Restraint and asked how to make up with Xiao Wu; Lu Qian advised him to answer everything she said with “Ah, yes, yes, yes!”

Lu Qian manipulated Tang San and Xiao Wu into reconciling while quietly hoping their conflict would return, then the group left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek Academy. After they arrived, Ning Rongrong asked Lu Qian to accompany her to Suotuo City to request more money from her sect.

• Xiao Wu argued with Tang San, then used a Waist Bow to make him disappear before Zhao Wuji intervened.
• Lu Qian mediated between Tang San and Xiao Wu, and they reconciled while he hoped their fighting would resume.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing warned Lu Qian about his closeness with Xiao Wu, but he denied wrongdoing.
• The group left the Star Dou Great Forest, rested in a town for three days, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong told Lu Qian she had run out of money and asked him to accompany her to Suotuo City to contact her sect.

Lu Qian signed in for 888 Sign-In Coins and raised his Soul Power to level thirty-eight, then joined Shrek Academy’s assembly to meet Yu Xiaogang. The Grandmaster’s introduction fell flat, and Lu Qian left him facing an awkward question about his Soul Power and Martial Soul.

• Lu Qian signed in for 888 Sign-In Coins and exchanged some of his accumulated coins to raise his Soul Power to level thirty-eight.
• Ma Hongjun repeatedly woke Lu Qian so he could attend Shrek Academy’s assembly on time.
• Flender introduced Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin to the students, and Shao Xin took an interest in Oscar.
• Flender presented Yu Xiaogang as the Grandmaster and Tang San’s teacher, but most students gave him only perfunctory applause.
• Ma Hongjun remarked that Lu Qian had reached level thirty-six without a teacher, and Flender apologized to Yu Xiaogang.
• Lu Qian asked Flender to explain Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power and Martial Soul, leaving the assembly in an awkward moment.

Lu Qian humiliated Yu Xiaogang by challenging his qualifications to teach and revealing that he had reached rank thirty-eight. After Lu Qian left with Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong, tensions remained between Yu Xiaogang and the academy’s teachers.

• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as a rank-twenty-nine Soul Master with a mutated Martial Soul, leaving Lu Qian and the others stunned.
• Lu Qian apologized to Yu Xiaogang, then argued that a teacher should be stronger than his students and released his three Soul Rings.
• Lu Qian declared himself a rank-thirty-eight Tool Soul Elder and claimed Tang San had found his third Soul Skill on Lu Qian’s advice.
• Tang San shouted at Lu Qian, who challenged him to fight and pressed him with his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul until Zhao Wuji intervened.
• Lu Qian insulted Yu Xiaogang and left the field with Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others stayed.

After Shrek’s teachers rejected Yu Xiaogang as a teacher, Flender compromised by keeping him on as an academy adviser. Lu Qian accepted a punishment to earn a hundred Gold Soul Coins at the Soto Great Soul Arena, and planned to do it that night.

• Zhao Wuji and the other Shrek teachers told Flender that Yu Xiaogang could not teach the students, prompting Yu Xiaogang to leave the headmaster’s office.
• Flender proposed making Yu Xiaogang an adviser whose suggestions teachers could reject if they had convincing reasons, and the teachers accepted.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji that Lu Qian would have to earn a hundred Gold Soul Coins at the Soto Great Soul Arena as punishment for his conduct.
• Flender visited Yu Xiaogang, who accepted the adviser role and asked to give Tang San extra instruction in his own time.
• Zhao Wuji explained the punishment to Lu Qian, who reassured him that he would earn the hundred Gold Soul Coins that night.

Lu Qian and Ning Rongrong went to Suotuo City, where he wagered that he could earn five hundred Gold Soul Coins in half an hour. He entered the Soto Great Soul Arena and bet Ning Rongrong’s jewelry on his own victory, leaving her furious as he headed to fight.

• Lu Qian left the academy with Ning Rongrong after learning that Yu Xiaogang would stay on as an adviser, and the two argued about his romantic life and lack of money on the way to Suotuo City.
• Lu Qian challenged Ning Rongrong to bet five hundred Gold Soul Coins that he could earn the money in half an hour, and they sealed the wager with a pinky promise.
• Ning Rongrong sent a letter to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect using the post station’s payment-on-delivery service, which cost fifty Gold Soul Coins.
• Lu Qian took Ning Rongrong to the Soto Great Soul Arena, signed up for a one-on-one match, and wagered the jewelry she had given him on his own victory.
• Lu Qian told Ning Rongrong to collect his winnings if he won, then ran to his soul fighting stage while she angrily waited.

Lu Qian defeated Long Jie in the Great Soul Arena by trapping him with parasitic Blue Silver Grass after Long Jie broke through his web restraints. He collected his winnings, treated Ning Rongrong to a meal, and later encountered Dai Mubai, who might tell Sister Zhu about them.

• Long Jie used his Thunderclap Earth Dragon martial soul and powerful lightning skills to break through Lu Qian's first web restraints, but Lu Qian's Parasitism bound him from within.
• Lu Qian depleted Long Jie's remaining soul power and sent Blue Silver vines toward him, prompting Long Jie to concede.
• Lu Qian collected Ning Rongrong's jewelry and more than a thousand Gold Soul Coins in winnings, then offered her ten coins before agreeing to buy her a meal.
• Lu Qian and Ning Rongrong strolled through Suotuo City and ran into Dai Mubai, whom Ning Rongrong suspected would report them to Sister Zhu.
• Lu Qian said he would beat Dai Mubai if he dared to report them.

Lu Qian returned to Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, reconciled with Zhu Zhuqing, and then confronted Yu Xiaogang after overhearing him praise Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass over his own. He challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims with a demonstration and prepared to compare their poison resistance, leaving Yu Xiaogang as his target.

• Lu Qian admitted his mistake to Zhu Zhuqing, brought her treats, and persuaded her to stroll around campus with him.
• Lu Qian overheard Yu Xiaogang tell Tang San that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could surpass his, then confronted Yu Xiaogang and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had poison and fire resistance, while Lu Qian’s seemed to have no added attributes.
• Ma Hongjun used his Phoenix Martial Soul to burn Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, which withstood some flames.
• Lu Qian released dozens of Blue Silver Grass plants and challenged Ma Hongjun to burn them all, undermining Yu Xiaogang’s claim.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed demonstrating Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass poison, and Lu Qian chose Yu Xiaogang as his own target.

Lu Qian challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories by demonstrating how his Blue Silver Grass could control an enemy, then turned on Tang San when he tried to stop him. The chapter ended with Lu Qian binding both master and disciple, while Xiao Wu stood aside.

• Yu Xiaogang had Tang San use his Blue Silver Grass on Ma Hongjun to demonstrate its paralysis, though Ma Hongjun’s fire Phoenix Martial Soul weakened the effect.
• Lu Qian activated the Blue Silver Grass seeds around Yu Xiaogang, launching him high into the air and asking how the technique worked as a method of controlling an enemy.
• Tang San demanded that Lu Qian release Yu Xiaogang and sent his Blue Silver Grass toward Lu Qian.
• Lu Qian made the towering grass vanish, forcing Tang San to catch the falling Yu Xiaogang, then bound them both with Blue Silver vines.
• Xiao Wu chose not to help either Tang San or Lu Qian.

Lu Qian humiliated Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, then accepted Tang San’s challenge after seeing through his plan to rely on hidden weapons. Lu Qian intercepted Tang San’s attacks and kept baiting him into striking as their fight continued.

• Lu Qian taunted Yu Xiaogang about his teaching and invited Tang San to become his disciple.
• Tang San broke free of Lu Qian’s Blue Silver Grass and challenged him, believing Lu Qian’s Soul Power was nearly depleted.
• Lu Qian agreed to fight, while Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to release his teacher and announce the match.
• Tang San opened with Blue Silver Entanglements, then launched hidden weapons, including poisoned ones, at Lu Qian.
• Lu Qian intercepted every attack with his Dark Gold Blue Silver Grass and baited Tang San into moving around and striking again.

Tang San challenged Lu Qian and was effortlessly defeated, but Lu Qian kept attacking after Tang San conceded until Flender intervened. Lu Qian then faced accusations from Flender and Yu Xiaogang, ending by disputing how far he had thrown Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang San conceded after Lu Qian blocked his hidden weapons, but Lu Qian refused to accept the surrender and attacked him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xiao Wu fetched Flender, and Lu Qian caught Tang San with vines before throwing him into the air; Flender caught him with his Owl Martial Soul.
• Flender questioned Lu Qian, who claimed he had not heard the order to stop and argued that Tang San had provoked him and attacked with hidden weapons.
• Zhu Zhuqing backed up Lu Qian's account, while Flender questioned Ma Hongjun as supposed physical evidence, leaving him and Lu Qian arguing.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded severe punishment for Lu Qian for throwing him into the air, and Lu Qian challenged him to state the exact distance.