Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng went with Flender, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to see Shrek Academy and learned more about Flender’s student Ma Hongjun. They reached the admissions line, where Flender invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to test their qualifications, and the academy’s teacher recognized him.

• Flender gave Tang San a piece of Plate Crystal after Li Changsheng pointed it out, and Tang San recognized its use in crafting a Tang Sect hidden weapon.
• Flender told Li Changsheng about Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and its uncontrollable hunger, and Li Changsheng offered to examine him.
• Li Changsheng asked about the Rose Hotel and learned that Flender had confined a Shrek student who had gone there to pursue women.
• Flender led Li Changsheng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where an admissions official warned applicants about the age, rank, and fee requirements.
• Flender encouraged Tang San and Xiao Wu to try the entrance test, and Li Yusong recognized the dean.

Li Changsheng joined Shrek Academy as its theory and practical combat teacher, gaining rewards and new templates as Dai Mubai arrived. After Li Changsheng assessed Dai Mubai’s talent and recognized the danger tied to his Evil Eye Holy King inheritance, another prospective student appeared to register.

• Tang San corrected Flender for calling Li Changsheng a grandmaster, and Li Changsheng explained his view of the title.
• Li Changsheng donated twenty Gold Soul Coins to Shrek Academy and agreed to teach theory and practical combat.
• Dai Mubai arrived, greeted Li Changsheng, and revealed his level thirty-seven White Tiger Martial Soul and mismatched eyes.
• Li Changsheng’s appointment triggered rewards, including evolved Scholar Aura, a new teaching skill, and manhua-version Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong templates.
• Li Changsheng recognized Dai Mubai’s Evil Eye Holy King inheritance and its risk of taking over his body, while Tang San suspected Dai Mubai belonged to the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• A prospective student arrived to register just as Flender was preparing to close registration.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and joined the group heading to the final assessment. Flender revealed Tang San and Xiao Wu’s strength and identified them as Li Changsheng’s disciples, leaving the newcomers curious about his teaching.

• Ning Rongrong registered, demonstrated her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and two Soul Rings, and passed the initial requirements.
• Tang San recognized Ning Rongrong as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and heir to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender led the group past the routine assessments and announced that they would face a combat assessment.
• Dai Mubai volunteered to be the examiner, but Flender revealed that Tang San was level thirty-four and Xiao Wu was level thirty-two.
• Flender said Tang San and Xiao Wu were Li Changsheng’s disciples, and Ning Rongrong met Zhu Zhuqing, who introduced herself as a level-twenty-seven agility-type beast Soul Master.

Li Changsheng agreed to assess Tang San and the other students in a timed battle, revealing his rank-fifty-five cultivation and armored Martial Soul, Luo Sanpao. As the fight began, Tang San coordinated the group’s attacks, and the chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing lunging at Li Changsheng under Ning Rongrong’s boost.

• Flender asked Li Changsheng to conduct the students’ assessment, and Li Changsheng agreed to fight them himself.
• Tang San introduced the group and revealed that Li Changsheng was a rank-fifty-five Soul King with the detached Martial Soul Luo Sanpao.
• Li Changsheng summoned five Soul Rings and manifested armor on Luo Sanpao, then announced he would not use his fourth or fifth Soul Skills.
• Luo Sanpao disrupted Ning Rongrong’s attempt to support the group, burned through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and fought off Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Sea of Life to bind Luo Sanpao while Xiao Wu launched Zhu Zhuqing toward Li Changsheng and Ning Rongrong secretly boosted her attributes.
• Zhu Zhuqing began her Netherworld Hundred Claws Soul Skill as she attacked Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng and the newcomers passed Shrek Academy’s assessment, and the system rewarded him with an academy license and renovation instructions after Tang Hao left Suotuo City. As the students settled in and the teachers discussed future lessons, Tang San and Xiao Wu praised Li Changsheng’s guidance on Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Li Changsheng dodged Zhu Zhuqing’s attack and recalled Luo Sanpao beside him, who knocked her back with a headbutt.
• Tang San pointed out that the incense had burned down, and Li Changsheng declared that the newcomers had passed and were now Shrek Academy students.
• The system announced that Tang Hao had left Suotuo City and rewarded Li Changsheng with an Academy Operating License and Renovation Instructions.
• Li Changsheng checked that Zhu Zhuqing was all right, then Flender sent Dai Mubai to take the students to the dormitories while he showed Li Changsheng around.
• Flender introduced Li Changsheng to Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong, then took him to discuss teaching plans.
• Dai Mubai asked about the students’ Soul Skills, and Tang San and Xiao Wu credited Li Changsheng with teaching them Self-Created Soul Skills.

Tang San and his companions discovered Oscar’s unusual appearance and learned that the food-type Soul Master had Innate Full Soul Power. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and asked a chubby student where he could find Dean Flender.

• Tang San revealed that he and another student had Innate Full Soul Power, while Dai Mubai doubted that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could have such talent.
• Dai Mubai introduced Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to Oscar, who projected his Soul Mark as a sign while selling tofu.
• Dai Mubai explained that Oscar was a rank twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster with a food-type Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, surprising the others and unsettling Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai led the group toward the dormitories and mentioned that the remaining student, Ma Hongjun, was probably out eating.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy, found a chubby boy eating nearby, and asked him where Dean Flender was.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy expecting Flender to honor his recommendation, but Flender failed to recognize him and Li Changsheng sent him away. Yu Xiaogang left the academy with nowhere else to turn and decided to linger nearby for a few days.

• Ma Hongjun pointed Yu Xiaogang toward Shrek Academy's office building while he continued eating.
• Yu Xiaogang encountered Flender and Li Changsheng, and Flender mistook him for an impostor when he claimed to be the Corner of Wisdom.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Flender a genuine recommendation letter, but Flender could not remember writing it and questioned Yu Xiaogang's identity.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded to stay at Shrek Academy, but Li Changsheng told him to leave, and he reluctantly staggered out without the letter.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed Flender at the academy gate and decided to stay around the area for a couple of days.

Li Changsheng welcomed Oscar and Ma Hongjun as new students, urged the Shrek Seven Devils to trust one another, and gave Flender documents that officially recognized Shrek Academy. The system rewarded the newly formed team with a Self-Created Soul Skill Fragment and a pistol blueprint, which Li Changsheng planned to give Tang San to study.

• Flender introduced Ma Hongjun, a rank twenty-eight Power Attack System Soul Grandmaster, and Oscar, a rank twenty-nine Food System Soul Grandmaster, to Tang San and the others.
• Li Changsheng told the seven students to set aside their airs, cooperate, and build trust as a team.
• Li Changsheng gave Flender an academy operating permit and a renovation certificate, and Flender was moved by what they meant for Shrek Academy.
• The system announced that the Shrek Seven Devils had formally assembled and awarded Li Changsheng a Self-Created Soul Skill Fragment and a Soul Tool Version Pistol Blueprint.
• Li Changsheng considered his weakness in close combat and decided Tang San should study the pistol blueprint.

Li Changsheng assessed the Shrek students’ combat shortcomings and explained how Self-Created Soul Skills could address them. He assigned them his soul beast and soul ring theory books and began laying out their training.

• After the system rewarded Li Changsheng with five fragments, he and Flender spent the afternoon chatting over tea.
• At the training field, Li Changsheng praised Tang San’s Blue Silver Thread Pull and identified weaknesses in Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• Li Changsheng told Oscar that he needed ways to use his food-producing Soul Skills in battle, while Ning Rongrong needed to manage multiple enhancements at once.
• Tang San distributed Li Changsheng’s Complete Compendium of Soul Beast and Soul Ring Theory for the students to study.
• Li Changsheng tossed Ma Hongjun a basket of food when his stomach growled, delighting the hungry student and pleasing Flender.

Li Changsheng laid out a cultivation plan for the Shrek students and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong a support-training exercise. He gave Tang San a handgun blueprint to study, and the group prepared to begin their plans the next day.

• Li Changsheng told the students to learn Soul Beast and Soul Ring theory, then revealed Oscar was close to reaching Soul Power Level thirty and said they would go to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Changsheng kept Tang San, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong behind after the others left.
• Li Changsheng ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to carry jars of pickled vegetables and use Soul Power to keep them sealed while supporting the team.
• Li Changsheng gave Tang San a revolver blueprint and explained that the handgun could fire bullets too quickly for the naked eye to follow.
• Tang San accepted the blueprint and agreed to work on it alongside the upcoming cultivation plan.

Tang San advised Oscar to understand Ning Rongrong before trusting his feelings, while Li Changsheng and Flender received a request from Ning Fengzhi to discipline her. Oscar cultivated overnight and broke through to rank thirty, leaving with Tang San to join the others.

• Oscar sealed the jar with Soul Power, and Tang San explained that Ning Rongrong had learned the basics of her sect’s Heart Separation Control technique.
• Oscar admitted that he liked Ning Rongrong, and Tang San urged him to observe her personality before deciding what his feelings meant.
• A messenger delivered Ning Fengzhi’s letter asking Flender to discipline Ning Rongrong, and Li Changsheng agreed to honor the request.
• Flender proposed that Zhao accompany Li Changsheng to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, and Li Changsheng agreed.
• Oscar cultivated with the jar on his back overnight and broke through to rank thirty while Tang San stood guard.
• Oscar excitedly told Tang San about his breakthrough, and they left to assemble.

Li Changsheng led the students toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Oscar demonstrated he could make tofu without breaking the jar sealed to his back. The group reached the road in formation and practiced coordinating their support skills as they traveled.

• Xiao Wu met Tang San and Oscar on their way out, and Oscar explained that his breakthrough to rank thirty had delayed them.
• Oscar made tofu while keeping the Soul Power seal on his jar intact, impressing Ning Rongrong and prompting Li Changsheng to praise him.
• Li Changsheng led the students out of the academy and summoned Luo Sanpao, who happily let Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong hold him.
• Dai Mubai led the group in formation toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Li Changsheng said another teacher would meet them in the outskirts town.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s speed, and Oscar passed tofu to the students as they practiced working together on the road.

The Shrek group met Zhao Wuji in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, shared dinner, and avoided a confrontation with Canghui Academy. After dinner, Li Changsheng called Tang San to his room to tell him a secret.

• Zhao Wuji greeted Li Changsheng and introduced himself to the students as a level seventy-six Soul Saint.
• Zhao Wuji led the group to an inn where they ate and prepared to set out the next morning.
• Tang San asked Li Changsheng what kind of Soul Beast would suit Oscar’s third Soul Skill, and Li Changsheng suggested a path toward making Oscar an all-around support.
• A group from Canghui Academy entered the inn and rudely demanded food, but the Shrek group ignored them and continued eating.
• After dinner, Li Changsheng stopped Tang San and told him he needed to share a secret.

Li Changsheng told Tang San that his mother, Ah Yin, had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor who sacrificed herself for Tang Hao, and promised to take him to see her. The next day, Li Changsheng and the others entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Soul Rings.

• Li Changsheng revealed Ah Yin's identity and her sacrifice, then told Tang San he would take him to see her soon.
• Li Changsheng gave Tang San medicinal-bath herbs to distribute among the group, and Tang San delivered them to his companions.
• Tang San and Oscar used the herbs for medicinal baths and discussed Oscar's pursuit of Ning Rongrong.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji rewarded Tang San and Oscar with steamed buns, and the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group formed a scouting formation, and Tang San explained that avoiding battles would help them avoid attracting more Soul Beasts.

Tang San led the hunt for a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Snake Granny demanded a chance for Meng Yiran to claim it. Zhao Wuji arranged a duel between Meng Yiran and Tang San, who left her flying with a single kick.

• Tang San identified the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and directed the group’s attack, capturing it with his Blue Silver Grass after Zhu Zhuqing was knocked from the air.
• Dai Mubai caught Zhu Zhuqing, and she quietly encouraged him not to give up on their relationship.
• Snake Granny and Meng Yiran arrived and demanded the serpent, so Li Changsheng proposed settling the dispute through a duel.
• Zhao Wuji chose Tang San to fight Meng Yiran, and Tang San agreed not to use his third Soul Skill.
• Meng Yiran attacked with her Serpent Cane, but Tang San caught its tongue with Mysterious Jade Hand, pulled her close with Blue Silver Grass, and kicked her away.

Tang San defeated Meng Yiran, and Oscar absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to gain his third Soul Skill. After Oscar awakened, Li Changsheng suggested a way to adjust his Soul Power flow to make the skill last longer, while Li Changsheng received a Life Spider Spear External Soul Bone from the system.

• Tang San kicked Meng Yiran into a tree, and Zhao Wuji thanked Snake Granny for yielding.
• Zhao Wuji urged Oscar to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent before Tang San drained it completely, and Oscar killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Li Changsheng told Zhao Wuji that Tang San learned through his own comprehension, while Tang San overheard and was moved by his teacher's humility.
• After Oscar absorbed the Soul Ring, the system rewarded Li Changsheng with a Life Spider Spear External Soul Bone and increased his template progress.
• Oscar awakened and revealed Flying Together on Twin Wings True Mushroom, which granted a minute of flight at Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent speed.
• Li Changsheng advised Oscar to slow the Soul Power flow in his mushroom to make it glide for longer, and Oscar thanked him for the lesson.

Li Changsheng took Tang San back to Holy Soul Village, where Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to find his mother hidden behind a waterfall. Tang San discovered that Ah Yin was the previous Blue Silver Emperor, and she recognized him as her child.

• Li Changsheng told Zhao Wuji he was taking Tang San to Holy Soul Village, and Tang San said goodbye to Xiao Wu before leaving with him.
• On the carriage ride, Li Changsheng reassured Tang San that he would support him, while Tang San wondered why Tang Hao had never brought him to see his mother.
• Li Changsheng guided Tang San to the mountain behind Holy Soul Village, where Tang San sensed his mother's presence through his Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Changsheng blasted a passage through a waterfall and brought Tang San into a hidden cave, where they found a weakened stalk of Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Changsheng identified the plant as Ah Yin, the previous Blue Silver Emperor, and Ah Yin reached toward Tang San and called him her child.

Tang San absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone while Li Changsheng guarded him, and the system rewarded Li Changsheng with a new template and other items. As Tang San’s appearance began changing, Luo Sanpao evolved further, and Li Changsheng examined a map of the transformed Blue Silver Forest.

• Ah Yin’s consciousness vanished after reuniting with Tang San, and Li Changsheng reassured him that she was recovering her strength.
• Li Changsheng found Ah Yin’s hidden Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and gave it to Tang San, who accepted it after Li Changsheng urged him to absorb it.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Bone beside Ah Yin while Li Changsheng stood guard, and the system rewarded Li Changsheng with a Self-Created Soul Skill Fragment, increased template progress, a self-adapting Sixth Soul Ring, and a Blue Silver Ancestral Land Template.
• Luo Sanpao evolved into a more imposing, wolf-like form as its Light Dragon King evolution progress reached fifteen percent.
• Li Changsheng studied the Blue Silver Forest map while Tang San’s hair began turning dark blue during the absorption.

After Tang San recovered from absorbing the Soul Bone, Li Changsheng gave him the Life Spider Spear and helped him take Ah Yin from the cave. On the carriage back to Suotuo City, Tang San decided to teach Li Changsheng the Mysterious Heaven Skill, prompting the system to reward Li Changsheng with an enhanced version of the skill and a pill-refining method.

• Tang San woke after three days and found that Ah Yin had recovered while Li Changsheng was away.
• Li Changsheng returned with food and Luo Sanpao, who had evolved after absorbing energy.
• Tang San asked to take his mother away, and Li Changsheng gave him the Life Spider Spear to absorb.
• Tang San absorbed the Life Spider Spear as Li Changsheng transplanted Ah Yin into a flowerpot.
• On the way back to Suotuo City, Tang San prepared to pass the Mysterious Heaven Skill to Li Changsheng, and the system rewarded Li Changsheng with an enhanced version and a pill-refining method.

Tang San taught Li Changsheng the Mysterious Heaven Skill and related techniques during their journey, only to discover that his teacher mastered them quickly and identified flaws. They returned to a newly renovated Shrek Academy, where Flender welcomed them and discussed its expansion and new rules.

• Tang San taught Li Changsheng the Mysterious Heaven Skill in the carriage, and Li Changsheng quickly learned to circulate it and pointed out flaws.
• Tang San and Li Changsheng returned to Suotuo City, where Tang San said his Soul Power had risen to level fifty-nine.
• Tang San and Li Changsheng arrived at Shrek Academy and were astonished by its grand new entrance.
• Flender welcomed Li Changsheng back and described the academy’s rapid renovation and his plans to expand enrollment and revise its rules.
• Tang San went to the dormitories to see Xiao Wu while Flender showed Li Changsheng the renovated academy buildings and new mimicry cultivation rooms.