Recaps

Ye Chen gained a wealth-generating system, drew Tang Hao out of Holy Soul Village, and built a close bond with Xiao Wu as they studied and hunted soul beasts together. After reaching level 30, he entered the Star Dou Great Forest seeking a third soul ring, but days of searching left him without a suitable beast.

• Ye Chen awakened a Bamboo Staff with Innate Level 3 Soul Power, then received the Tycoon System and began earning Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Chen anonymously alerted Spirit Hall to Tang Hao’s location, prompting Tang Hao to leave Holy Soul Village with Tang San and Tang San’s mother.
• Ye Chen enrolled at Notting Academy, met Xiao Wu, and shared the Seventh Dormitory with her after she claimed its leadership.
• Ye Chen invited Xiao Wu to his home, gave her a Disguise Necklace, and taught her his family’s cultivation techniques.
• After three years of cultivation, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered Soul Hunting Forest, where Ye Chen gained the soul skill Bind from a Creeping Ivy.
• Ye Chen consumed a Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, evolved his martial soul, and absorbed a thousand-year Chaos Grass ring to gain the Chaos skill.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu upgraded their soul rings and returned to Notting City, then spent two years cultivating until Ye Chen reached level 30 and Xiao Wu became a level 43 Soul Ancestor.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered Star Dou Great Forest to find his third soul ring, but after three days and three Lucky Cards, they still had not found a suitable soul beast.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu leave the Star Dou Great Forest stronger and arrive at Shrek Academy, where they quickly establish themselves among its students. Their first Spirit Arena fights end in victories, while Ye Chen asks whether Flander has bet on them.

• Ye Chen absorbs the Azure Lotus Flower’s soul ring, gains the Creation Green Lotus External Soul Bone, and reveals his power to Xiao Wu, who confesses she is a transformed Ten Thousand Year soul beast.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu upgrade their soul rings, and Ye Chen absorbs a Dark Spirit Flower soul ring before the pair leave the Star Dou Great Forest for Suotuo City.
• At the Rose Hotel, Ye Chen beats Dai Mubai after Dai Mubai disturbs the guests, then heads with Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy and meets Flander.
• Flander admits Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy without tuition, and Ye Chen sets up a Soul Guidance Villa that Oscar and Dai Mubai visit.
• Ye Chen meets Oscar and Ma Hongjun, lends Ma Hongjun ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and joins Flander’s Evening Class trip to the Soto Great Spirit Arena.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu register for Spirit Arena matches, and Ye Chen defeats Fang Ding by disorienting him until he runs out of the arena.
• Xiao Wu wins her one-on-one fight, then she and Ye Chen defeat the Tiger Leopard Combination in two-on-two combat.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu collect their rewards and return to find Dai Mubai has lost and Ma Hongjun has won, then Ye Chen asks Flander whether he placed a bet.

Ye Chen guided Shrek’s new students through training, rivalries, and debt disputes while helping Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing grow stronger. The arc ended with Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing setting out for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her next soul ring.

• Flander revealed that he had won two thousand Gold Soul Coins betting on Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, and Ye Chen persuaded him to treat the group to a lavish meal.
• Nine months later, Ye Chen upgraded his martial soul into the god-grade Purity Bamboo Staff and discovered the powers of his new soul skills and Purity Domain.
• Ye Chen admitted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, then sold Ning Rongrong a villa on a rapidly doubling payment plan that left her owing more than ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhu Zhuqing faced Dai Mubai’s betrayal and rejected their marriage contract, while Ye Chen taught her methods to improve her cultivation and combat strength.
• After Xiao Wu reached level 50, Ye Chen helped her condense a roughly twenty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring, bringing her to level 52.
• Qin Ming introduced the Soul Master Competition, and Ye Chen persuaded Flander to bring Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy by appealing to the students’ need for resources.
• Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing nine Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards and a Disguise Necklace, then left with her for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her next soul ring.
• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing reached Soul Hunting Town at dusk and took the inn’s last room, which had two beds.

Ye Chen helped Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong advance through new soul rings and immortal herbs, then gathered powerful treasures from Dugu Bo’s garden for himself and the Shrek group. The arc ended with Ma Hongjun and Oscar absorbing herbs that strengthened them and promised to transform their abilities.

• Ye Chen helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a Netherworld Spirit Cat soul ring and an External Soul Bone, then gave her an immortal herb that evolved her Martial Soul and led her to accept him as her boyfriend.
• After Shrek Academy moved to Heaven Dou City, Ye Chen mistakenly entered Zhu Zhuqing’s room while Ning Rongrong was there, then apologized and became Ning Rongrong’s boyfriend.
• Ye Chen taught Ning Rongrong his cultivation techniques, and she later gained a third soul ring while traveling with him and Flander to Sunset Forest.
• Ye Chen defeated a Spirit Restriction Flower and absorbed its twenty-thousand-year soul ring, gaining the Silence skill and revealing his Creation Green Lotus External Soul Bone.
• Ye Chen traded Water of Life to Dugu Bo for access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he collected immortal herbs and gave Dugu Bo two poison-related plants.
• Ye Chen gave Xiao Wu a Narcissus Jade Bone and Ning Rongrong a Kirara Tulip, which evolved Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised her to level 38.
• Ye Chen sent Ning Rongrong home with treasures for her father and grandfathers, gave Flander a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma, and reserved herbs for Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Ye Chen gave Ma Hongjun the Cockscomb Sunflower to purify his evil fire and Oscar the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, which raised Oscar’s Soul Power by six levels.