Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen mocked Dai Mubai over his defeat at the Rose Hotel, and Dai Mubai left after Ye Chen warned him off. Xiao Wu then tried to claim the title of Shrek Academy’s boss, but Oscar’s sausage-producing soul skill left her furious.

• Ye Chen taunted Dai Mubai about calling him Dad, and Oscar learned that Ye Chen had beaten him the previous night.
• Dai Mubai angrily confronted Oscar, but Ye Chen threatened him, so Dai Mubai suppressed his rage and left.
• Oscar said Ye Chen would become the academy’s boss after defeating Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu insisted she would take the title instead.
• Xiao Wu challenged Oscar to prove herself, but Oscar said he was a Food System Soul Master and explained that his martial soul was a sausage.
• Oscar summoned a Large Sausage with his soul skill, and Xiao Wu shouted at him and raised her fist to attack.

Ye Chen explained that Oscar might be able to use his Food-Type Martial Soul without speaking its incantations and told him about the Mirror Image Beast’s copying ability. Oscar learned that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu were powerful four-ring Soul Elders, then got excited about gaining combat strength; the group turned to the question of lunch at Shrek Academy.

• Oscar explained to Xiao Wu that his sausage incantation was necessary to use his soul skill, and Ye Chen suggested that better Soul Power control might let him cast it silently.
• Oscar asked about Ye Chen and Xiao Wu’s Martial Souls and ranks, then was shocked to learn they were level 45 and level 46 Soul Elders.
• Oscar tried to attach himself to Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, and Ye Chen told him that a Mirror Image Beast soul ring could give him a Copy Sausage.
• Oscar enthusiastically declared that he would become a Food System Soul Master with combat power, and Ye Chen asked whether the academy had a cafeteria.

Ye Chen decided to cook for himself rather than rely on Shrek Academy’s bland cafeteria food. Meanwhile, Flander and Zhao Wuji went to Suotuo City to threaten the Axe Gang’s leader for money, and Flander planned to make the gang a continuing source of funds for the academy.

• Ye Chen remembered how poor the academy cafeteria’s food was and decided to cook for himself.
• Flander and Zhao Wuji dressed in black and headed to Suotuo City to rob criminals for the cash-strapped academy.
• Flander chose the Axe Gang as their target, reasoning that its leader, Li Gui, was a Six-Ring Battle Soul Emperor and the gang was less risky to confront than the Seven Treasure Commerce Association or Spirit Hall.
• Flander and Zhao Wuji arrived at Li Gui’s residence and knocked on his door, interrupting him with his concubines.
• Li Gui recognized the two visitors as powerful experts and asked what they wanted.
• Flander claimed someone had hired them for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to kill Li Gui, while privately planning to keep the Axe Gang as a source of future funds.

Flander forced Li Gui to hand over one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, then used the money to ease Shrek Academy’s financial troubles. At the academy’s morning assembly, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu introduced themselves and stunned the others with their Soul Power levels.

• Flander demanded that Li Gui lend him one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins or die, and Li Gui agreed to pay.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu heard Shrek Academy’s assembly bell, finished breakfast, and went to the sports field.
• Flander asked Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to introduce themselves, and they revealed that they were level 45 and level 46 Soul Elders.
• Flander and the other teachers and students introduced themselves, including Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, Li Yusong, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Flander told Shao Xin to take charge of the cafeteria and spend what was needed to improve the students’ meals.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu joined the Shrek Academy students and learned that their first class would begin that night. After Ma Hongjun explained the trouble caused by his Evil Fire Phoenix, Xiao Wu and Ye Chen reacted with disbelief and sympathy.

• Flander told Dai Mubai to explain the academy rules to the newcomers and announced that the first class would begin that night.
• Dai Mubai ignored Ye Chen’s taunts about being his unfilial son and left, while Oscar told Ma Hongjun that Ye Chen had beaten Dai Mubai and made him call Ye Chen father.
• Ma Hongjun enthusiastically approached Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, hoping to befriend the stronger students.
• Xiao Wu asked Ma Hongjun about his Evil Fire Phoenix and pressed him to explain his evil fire.
• Ma Hongjun described his martial soul’s lewd effects, leaving Xiao Wu appalled and Ye Chen patting him sympathetically.

Ye Chen lent Ma Hongjun a Storage Soul Tool filled with Gold Soul Coins to help him deal with his evil fire problem. That evening, Flander took Ye Chen, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai to Suotuo City's Great Spirit Arena for class.

• Ye Chen offered to lend Ma Hongjun money and gave him a Storage Soul Tool filled with ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ma Hongjun accepted the money, and Oscar asked him to treat them.
• Flander gathered Ye Chen, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai for Evening Class and announced they were going to Suotuo City's Great Spirit Arena.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu disguised their appearances so their ages and power would draw less attention.
• The group entered Suotuo City, where Ma Hongjun eyed the women in the crowds and planned to visit a high-end club.

Flander brought Ye Chen, Xiao Wu, and the others to the Soto Great Spirit Arena and explained its ranking system and the importance of combat experience. Ye Chen bet Dai Mubai that he and Xiao Wu would each maintain an unbeaten streak until reaching Silver Spirit Combat, leaving Dai Mubai confident they would fail.

• Flander took the group to the Soto Great Spirit Arena and said their first lesson would be gaining practical combat experience.
• Flander explained the Spirit Arena's eight badge ranks and set Silver Spirit Combat as their goal before graduation.
• Dai Mubai described the points required to advance and said he had fought forty-two matches but remained an Iron Spirit Combat.
• Ye Chen mocked Dai Mubai, then bet that he and Xiao Wu would each keep winning until they earned Silver Spirit Combat, with any loss costing them the wager.
• Dai Mubai accepted the bet and expected Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to lose before they could complete the required winning streaks.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu registered as the Rascal Rabbit Combination at the Great Spirit Arena, then Ye Chen entered a one-on-one match against Fang Ding. The chapter ended as Fang Ding activated his Black Tiger Martial Soul and revealed his soul rings.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu registered for two-on-two fights under the name Rascal Rabbit Combination.
• Ye Chen returned to the one-on-one arena and was introduced as a Battle Soul Grandmaster facing Fang Ding, who had won four consecutive matches.
• Ye Chen and Fang Ding introduced their Martial Souls and Soul Power ranks before the fight.
• Fang Ding warned Ye Chen, activated his Black Tiger Martial Soul, and displayed two yellow and two purple soul rings.

Ye Chen defeated Fang Ding in the Spirit Arena by using his Chaos soul skill to make him run out of bounds. Xiao Wu then won her own match with Charm and Waist Bow, leaving Ma Hongjun to praise them both as freaks before quickly taking it back.

• Fang Ding used Black Tiger Roar, but Ye Chen shrugged off the soundwave and struck him with Chaos.
• Ye Chen’s soul skill disrupted Fang Ding’s sense of direction, causing him to run out of the arena and lose.
• The host declared Ye Chen the winner, and Ye Chen registered his point and collected his reward.
• Xiao Wu defeated a level 43 Soul Ancestor by Charming him and throwing him out of the arena with Waist Bow.
• Ma Hongjun called Ye Chen and Xiao Wu freaks, then denied saying it when Ye Chen objected.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu won their first two-on-two spirit fight as the Rascal Rabbit Combination, defeating the Tiger Leopard Combination. They returned to find Dai Mubai had lost and Ma Hongjun had won, while Flander greeted them cheerfully, prompting Ye Chen to suspect he had profited from betting.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered the two-on-two arena and faced Zhang Hu and Zhang Bao of the Tiger Leopard Combination.
• Ye Chen bound Zhang Bao with Bind and disoriented Zhang Hu with Chaos, giving Xiao Wu the chance to throw Zhang Hu off the stage.
• Zhang Bao surrendered, and the host declared the Rascal Rabbit Combination the winner.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu collected their points and Gold Soul Coins, then returned to the one-on-one area, where Dai Mubai had lost and Ma Hongjun had won.
• Flander praised Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, and Ye Chen asked whether Flander had placed a bet.

After Ye Chen and Xiao Wu won their Spirit Arena matches, Flander treated Shrek Academy’s students to dinner at Suotuo City’s most luxurious hotel. Ye Chen and Ma Hongjun made sure Flander’s meal became an expensive feast.

• Flander revealed that he had earned two thousand Gold Soul Coins betting on Ye Chen and Xiao Wu’s consecutive victories.
• Ye Chen explained why he had rejected the idea of making a fortune through Spirit Arena bets, fearing the arena might refuse payment or retaliate.
• Ye Chen persuaded Flander to treat everyone to a meal, then teased him into agreeing to take them to the Soto Grand Hotel.
• The group went to the Soto Grand Hotel, where Ma Hongjun ordered every dish except the cheapest items on the menu.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu earned Silver Spirit Arena Badges before quitting arena battles, and nine months later Ye Chen upgraded his martial soul into the god-grade Purity Bamboo Staff. He discovered that the transformation had strengthened and altered several of his soul skills.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu defeated their opponents to earn Silver Spirit Arena Badges, and Ye Chen reminded Dai Mubai that he had won their bet.
• Ye Chen told Flander that he and Xiao Wu would stop fighting at the Great Spirit Arena because their opponents offered too little experience and stronger opponents would attract attention.
• Nine months later, Ye Chen used a Martial Soul Upgrade Card to transform his Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff into a god-grade martial soul.
• Ye Chen checked his Attribute Panel and found that his martial soul was now the Purity Bamboo Staff and that his soul skills had changed.
• Ye Chen found that Imprisonment stopped opponents from moving or using movement-based skills, while Fixed Awareness stopped their thoughts from functioning.

Ye Chen discovered the Purity Domain’s abilities after his Purity Bamboo Staff evolved into a god-grade martial soul, then explained the change to Xiao Wu. As Shrek Academy’s admissions season began, he expected Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to arrive and believed Tang San would not come or obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

• Ye Chen released the Purity Domain and found that it boosted his soul skills, could break other domains, restored Spiritual Power, and calmed the mind.
• Xiao Wu asked about Ye Chen’s domain and learned that his martial soul had evolved into the god-grade Purity Bamboo Staff.
• Ye Chen explained god-grade martial souls to Xiao Wu, then teased her by reaching for her rabbit ears.
• Shrek Academy’s admissions season arrived, with only five students enrolled after last year’s applicants had all failed to qualify.
• Ye Chen expected Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to attend, while concluding Tang San would not come to Shrek Academy or obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

Ye Chen and Li Yusong screened applicants at Shrek Academy, turning away most of the crowd because they failed to meet its strict requirements. Ning Rongrong and another qualified girl remained eligible for the later assessment, and Ye Chen waited to take them inside together.

• Ye Chen and Li Yusong began admissions screening at Shrek Academy's gate.
• Ye Chen explained the academy's requirements and sent away most applicants who did not qualify.
• Ning Rongrong paid the fee, showed her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul and two yellow Soul Rings, and was accepted for further assessment.
• Ye Chen spotted another qualified girl at the back of the line and suggested taking both girls inside together.

Ye Chen escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing into Shrek Academy after Li Yusong recognized their talents and Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul. He teased them about their reasons for coming and revealed that Pope Bibi Dong, not Tang Hao, was the continent’s youngest Titled Douluo.

• Li Yusong discovered that Ning Rongrong was a twelve-year-old level 26 Great Soul Master and recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Li Yusong asked Ye Chen to take Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing inside Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen asked the girls why they had come, and he guessed that Zhu Zhuqing was looking for Dai Mubai.
• Ye Chen hinted that Zhu Zhuqing might be disappointed in Dai Mubai but declined to explain further.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Ye Chen’s claim that he could become a Titled Douluo by age twenty-two, and he told her that Pope Bibi Dong was the continent’s youngest Titled Douluo.

Ye Chen watched Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing try Oscar’s sausages, then revealed the embarrassing incantation Oscar used to make them. Ning Rongrong was left disgusted and furious at both Oscar and Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen told Ning Rongrong that Bibi Dong was near the strongest rank of Soul Masters, prompting Ning Rongrong to resent his insult comparing her to a dog.
• Oscar arrived with his food cart and advertised his sausages, so Ning Rongrong bought two for herself and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong tasted a sausage and offered the other to Zhu Zhuqing before Ye Chen warned her to learn how Oscar made them.
• Oscar performed his sausage-making incantation, causing Zhu Zhuqing to return her sausage and Ning Rongrong to blush and dry-heave.
• Ning Rongrong scolded Oscar and Ye Chen, while Ye Chen insisted that only people with filthy thoughts would find Oscar’s sausages disgusting.

Ye Chen introduced Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Oscar, then led them to Shrek Academy’s final entrance assessment. When Zhao Wuji assigned the girls to last an incense stick against Ye Chen, his displayed Rank 48 Soul Elder cultivation stunned them.

• Ye Chen told Ning Rongrong that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power and was already a Rank 31 Soul Elder at fourteen, surprising her.
• Ye Chen led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the fourth assessment, where Zhao Wuji set them a practical combat test against Ye Chen.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to fight Ye Chen, planning to use Ning Rongrong’s support abilities to strengthen Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ye Chen revealed his Purity Bamboo Staff and four disguised soul rings, leaving both girls shocked by his displayed Rank 48 Soul Elder cultivation.

Ye Chen faced Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong in their practical assessment, effortlessly controlling Ning Rongrong and overpowering Zhu Zhuqing. The fight ended with him catching Zhu Zhuqing as she stumbled, leaving Ning Rongrong to mistake the moment for a sudden betrayal.

• Zhu Zhuqing charged at Ye Chen with her Martial Soul Avatar while Ning Rongrong prepared to boost her, but Ye Chen's Fixed Awareness stopped Ning Rongrong.
• Ye Chen blocked Zhu Zhuqing's attacks and endured her Netherworld Hundred Claws, though the strikes shredded his shirt.
• Ye Chen put away his staff and fought Zhu Zhuqing barehanded, gradually forcing her onto the defensive.
• Ye Chen struck Zhu Zhuqing's abdomen and caught her as she lost her footing.
• Ning Rongrong recovered from the control and saw Ye Chen holding Zhu Zhuqing, then questioned what the two were doing.
• Ye Chen apologized and released Zhu Zhuqing from his embrace.

Ye Chen escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing into Shrek Academy, then persuaded Ning Rongrong to buy his building-type Soul Tool on a rapidly compounding credit plan. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong signing an IOU that could leave her owing an impossible sum and require her to sell herself if she failed to repay it within ten years.

• Zhao Wuji allowed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to pass the admission test and told Ye Chen to show them where to stay.
• Ye Chen offered the two girls a wooden cabin, but Ning Rongrong wanted his private building-type Soul Tool instead.
• Ye Chen offered to sell Ning Rongrong the Soul Tool for two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and proposed doubling daily payments if she bought it on credit.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the deal without understanding how quickly the debt would grow, while Zhu Zhuqing sensed something was wrong.
• Ye Chen added a clause requiring Ning Rongrong to sell herself if the debt remained unpaid for ten years, and she signed the IOU.

Ye Chen sold Ning Rongrong a rainbow-colored Soul Guidance Villa on a payment plan that doubled each day, while Xiao Wu welcomed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy. At breakfast, Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Mubai regularly went out to find women, leaving her shaken about the fate she had hoped to challenge alongside him.

• Ye Chen sold Ning Rongrong a rainbow-colored Soul Guidance Villa and arranged for her to pay one Copper Coin on the first day, with the amount doubling daily.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu about the payment plan, and she calculated that the debt could exceed ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• The next morning, Xiao Wu introduced herself to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and the four went to the cafeteria together.
• Ye Chen explained that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun often stayed out at night while Oscar slept in instead of eating at the cafeteria.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai regularly went out to find women, and Zhu Zhuqing felt despair as she thought about her and Dai Mubai's family rivals.