Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng planned special training to improve the students’ combat skills and teach them how to use Soul Power, while Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and sought advice about selling his hidden weapons. The chapter ended with Tang San prioritizing the Soul Guidance Pistol Li Changsheng had given him.

• Tang San arrived at the renovated academy, reunited with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and decided to visit Xiao Wu later.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Changsheng discussed the students’ combat weaknesses, and Li Changsheng proposed special training that might help them develop Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Tang San found Li Changsheng and showed him a Sleeve Arrow, explaining that he hoped to sell hidden weapons for self-defense.
• Li Changsheng advised Tang San to discuss selling the Sleeve Arrows with Ning Rongrong and suggested expanding their cooperation to more advanced weapons.
• Tang San agreed that he could make more hidden weapons but said the Soul Guidance Pistol would take priority.

Tang San's Life Spider Spear emerged and revealed restorative properties, which Li Changsheng planned to include in his upcoming special training. After several days of rest and preparation, the Shrek students gathered at the new training field to begin training.

• Tang San's Life Spider Spear burst from his back, and Li Changsheng discovered it could channel restorative energy rather than poison or devour its targets.
• Li Changsheng told Tang San to nourish the spear with Soul Power and promised to include it in special training; Tang San retracted it with Soul Power before leaving.
• Li Changsheng realized Luo Sanpao could form hands with Soul Power and imagined equipping him with firearms and night-vision gear.
• Tang San studied Li Changsheng's pistol blueprints and found they required only common materials, then spent his remaining days cultivating, making hidden weapons, and shopping with Xiao Wu.
• When Flender's rest period ended, the seven students assembled at the new training field; Oscar asked Tang San about his absence, while Dai Mubai spoke with Zhu Zhuqing about her necklace.

Li Changsheng began the Shrek Seven Devils’ specialized training with exercises to improve their Soul Power control. The students practiced shattering porcelain bowls with precise force, while Li Changsheng arranged medicinal baths for after training.

• Li Changsheng gave the Shrek Seven Devils individual training slips and explained that they would begin with foundational exercises.
• Li Changsheng demonstrated how to shatter a porcelain bowl using controlled Soul Power, and Flender and Zhao Wuji also tried the exercise.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu shattered their bowls perfectly, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar struggled with their control.
• Li Changsheng explained how each student’s role made precise Soul Power control important, then sent them back to practice.
• Li Changsheng asked Flender to prepare a hot spring room and medicinal baths, and Flender took the herbs and went to arrange them.

Li Changsheng assigned Tang San and the other Shrek Seven Devils specialized training, including using his Life Spider Spears for delicate tasks. After failing to control them, Tang San went to the grove and returned looking pleased, leaving the others curious about what he had discovered.

• Li Changsheng gave Tang San a training scroll and instructed him to use his Life Spider Spears to make hidden weapons and Go equipment while holding a pickle jar.
• Li Changsheng assigned Xiao Wu, Zhao Wuji, and the other students their training tasks, including extra gravity, shared cooking, and Ning Rongrong mastering the first stage of her Heart Separation Control.
• The Shrek Seven Devils struggled through training, breaking pottery and damaging the training ground as they practiced controlling their Soul Power.
• Tang San failed to control his eight Life Spider Spears and scratched the stone slabs, then realized he should try controlling them one at a time.
• Tang San finished sweeping and hurried to the grove, then returned looking satisfied while the others wondered what he had been doing.

Li Changsheng hosted a meal for the Shrek students after their first day of special training and announced that they would cook for themselves starting the next day. Tang San demonstrated his Silent Sleeve Arrow to Ning Rongrong, and they agreed to pursue a deal with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Li Changsheng cooked a feast for the students and teachers, who praised his food as the exhausted students ate.
• Li Changsheng praised the students for enduring training and told Dai Mubai that they would learn to knead dough and cook starting the next day.
• Li Changsheng told the students they could use the nearby hot spring room for medicinal baths after dinner.
• Tang San privately asked Ning Rongrong about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's need for self-defense and proposed a deal.
• Tang San demonstrated the Silent Sleeve Arrow, and Ning Rongrong agreed to contact her father about buying them.
• Tang San gave Ning Rongrong a Sleeve Arrow to send to her father and inwardly celebrated securing a major client.

Tang San reassured Oscar that his friendly exchange with Ning Rongrong had been about a hidden-weapons deal, then practiced controlling his Life Spider Spear and managed to move one spear at a time. The next morning, he joined the others at the back mountain, where Li Changsheng trained Ma Hongjun’s fire control and Dai Mubai struggled to knead dough.

• Ning Rongrong and Tang San agreed to send their proposed deal to Sect Master Ning for approval, then exchanged a handshake.
• Oscar anxiously asked Tang San whether Ning Rongrong had fallen for him, and Tang San explained that they had discussed hidden weapons.
• Tang San summoned his Life Spider Spear without it going berserk and learned to control the movement of one spear.
• Tang San practiced morning cultivation before heading to the back mountain with Oscar.
• Li Changsheng supervised Ma Hongjun as he practiced using small, controlled flames to light firewood.
• Dai Mubai kept crushing the dough while kneading it, so Xiao Wu offered to take over.

Shrek's students continued Li Changsheng's demanding special training, with Xiao Wu demonstrating precise Soul Power control and the others tackling individual tasks. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang left an inn determined to find a disciple at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena and prove his theories correct.

• Xiao Wu used Soul Power to knead dough and explained that Li Changsheng had been training her control, while Tang San advised Dai Mubai to practice gradually.
• Li Changsheng explained that Zhu Zhuqing had been catching fish in a stream to train her precision, and the students began a full day of assigned exercises after breakfast.
• Tang San used his Life Spider Spears to carve a chessboard and assemble a Sleeve Arrow while carrying a jar of pickled vegetables, as Oscar struggled with his multitasking tasks and Ning Rongrong handled hers easily.
• After Ma Hongjun blew up the kitchen, Oscar swallowed his pride and approached Ning Rongrong to ask for advice.
• Yu Xiaogang brooded over Flender and Tang San rejecting him, then decided to seek a disciple at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena so he could prove his theories by making someone a Titled Douluo.

Tang San showed Li Changsheng the Go board he had carved, then lost their match after Li Changsheng outplayed him. As Li Changsheng taught the other teachers the game, the students prepared dinner, and Tang San used his Life Spider Spears to scale fish.

• Tang San presented Li Changsheng with a finished Go board, and Li Changsheng praised its craftsmanship.
• Li Changsheng and Tang San played Go; Tang San struggled under Li Changsheng’s pressure and conceded.
• Li Changsheng advised Tang San not to underestimate opponents, and Tang San left to help prepare dinner.
• Flender and the other teachers asked Li Changsheng to teach them Go while the Shrek Seven Devils cooked.
• Tang San used his Life Spider Spears to scale the fish, surprising the students, and Dai Mubai identified them as an external soul bone.

Tang San revealed his Life Spider Spears, while the Shrek teachers discovered that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire had been temporarily spent through his firewood training. After making a Go board for Flender, Li Changsheng began cultivating with Luo Sanpao, with his Soul Power Level nearing sixty.

• Tang San explained that his Life Spider Spears came from a fortuitous encounter in Holy Soul Village, and Ning Rongrong suspected Li Changsheng had given him the External Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai found Flender losing a Go game to Li Changsheng, and Flender asked Tang San to make him a board of his own.
• Ma Hongjun realized his Evil Fire had not flared up, and Li Changsheng explained that his constant firewood work had made him expend it along with his other Soul Power.
• Li Changsheng warned Flender that the method only suppressed Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire temporarily, while Flender welcomed it as another way to manage the problem.
• Tang San agreed to make Flender a Go board, then joined the others for their medicinal baths.
• Li Changsheng cultivated with Luo Sanpao using the Mind Link Method and Enhanced Mysterious Heaven Skill, drawing close to Soul Power Level sixty as power gathered around them.

Li Changsheng broke through to level sixty, triggering rewards that transformed Luo Sanpao into a dragon and granted Li a new skill and hidden-weapon expertise. After absorbing his sixth Soul Ring, Li reached level sixty-three and examined the Transformation Pill, leaving its use undecided.

• Li Changsheng broke through to level sixty as Luo Sanpao was enveloped in light.
• The system increased Li Changsheng’s template progress to twenty percent and awarded him a Transformation Pill, hidden-weapon understanding, and the Light Divine Dragon Transformation skill.
• Luo Sanpao emerged in a dragon form, and Li Changsheng examined his incomplete transformation.
• Li Changsheng used his Sixth Adaptive Soul Ring and absorbed it over two and a half hours, reaching level sixty-three.
• Li Changsheng brought out the Transformation Pill, and its fragrance filled the room.

Li Changsheng chose not to use the Transformation Pill to awaken Ah Yin, then met Tang San and Oscar the next morning and agreed to test Tang San’s Soul Guidance Pistol. At the rear mountain, he taught Ma Hongjun to reshape Phoenix Fire Line into curved, multi-angle attacks while he prepared porridge.

• Li Changsheng put away the Transformation Pill instead of using it to awaken Ah Yin, whose branches had reached toward it.
• Li Changsheng went to the rear mountain with Luo Sanpao and ran into Tang San and Oscar, who were heading there too.
• Tang San told Li Changsheng he had made a half-finished Soul Guidance Pistol, and Li Changsheng agreed to test it.
• Ma Hongjun tended the fire as part of his effort to lose weight, and Li Changsheng taught him to make Phoenix Fire Line bend and attack from multiple angles.
• Ma Hongjun said he understood the technique, and Li Changsheng began cooking porridge.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Changsheng to help them develop their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Hell White Tiger, and he explained the fundamentals. They sensed their Martial Souls responding to each other, though Li Changsheng suspected their bond was still weak.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Changsheng for guidance on developing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and he agreed to meet them on the back mountain that afternoon.
• Li Changsheng noticed the students growing closer during breakfast and invited Ma Hongjun to sit beside him.
• Li Changsheng trained Luo Sanpao, who demonstrated his improved powers of light.
• Li Changsheng explained that Martial Soul compatibility was the basic requirement for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and described how to sense it.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing looked into each other's eyes and felt their White Tiger and Hell Civet Martial Souls stir, but Li Changsheng questioned how much trust they shared.

Dai Mubai asked Li Changsheng and Tang San how to repair his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing after she fled when the subject of their Martial Soul Fusion Skill came up. Tang San advised him to show her concern, leaving Dai Mubai ready to try while Zhu Zhuqing remained apart from him.

• Zhu Zhuqing ran out after Dai Mubai asked what was on her mind, and Dai Mubai stayed behind feeling dejected.
• Li Changsheng told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing was trying to forgive him but still struggled with her past hurt, then explained Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Dai Mubai decided to ask Tang San for relationship advice because Li Changsheng said Tang San and Xiao Wu had always gotten along.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that he had not pursued Xiao Wu and advised him to show Zhu Zhuqing concern when she felt at her worst.
• Dai Mubai thanked Tang San and left hoping his advice would help, while Tang San wished him success.

Tang San brought his Soul Guidance pistol to Li Changsheng for testing, and Li Changsheng identified a flaw before demonstrating its destructive power. He encouraged Tang San to make the pistol part of the Tang Sect and left him with ideas for future weapons.

• Dai Mubai urged Zhu Zhuqing not to give up on their relationship, and she asked to be alone while feeling reassured by his promise to wait.
• Tang San found Li Changsheng at the back mountain and asked him to test the pistol.
• Li Changsheng spotted a missing magazine component that made the pistol consume extra Soul Power.
• Li Changsheng fired the pistol at a boulder and shattered it, impressing Tang San with its power.
• Li Changsheng encouraged Tang San to add the pistol to the Tang Sect and suggested developing smaller pistols and a rifle.

Li Changsheng prepared to send the Shrek Seven Devils into Soul Fighting matches and announced a new stage of special training, while Flender revealed plans to expand Shrek Academy and divide it into inner and outer courts. The chapter ended with the boys noticing that Ma Hongjun had eaten unusually little because he had used his Evil Fire to burn firewood.

• Li Changsheng planned practical training at Suotuo City's Soul Fighting Arena and considered pursuing Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• At dinner, Li Changsheng announced that the Seven Devils would fight in the arena at night and train with Self-Created and modified Soul Skills during the day.
• Flender announced plans to expand enrollment and establish an inner court for the Seven Devils and an outer court for ordinary students, with Zhao Wuji coordinating the outer court and Li Changsheng managing the inner court.
• During the medicinal bath, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar noticed that Ma Hongjun had eaten less than usual, and Ma Hongjun explained that his Evil Fire had burned the firewood.

Li Changsheng arranged a spar between Tang San and Ma Hongjun against Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, with Ning Rongrong boosting the latter pair, to test their training and help Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing build rapport. The four summoned their Martial Souls as the battle was about to begin.

• Li Changsheng told Flender he had arranged the Little Monsters' fights at the Soul Fighting Arena and later planned to take Tang San to Sunset Forest for the Blue Silver Ancestral Land and Ah Yin.
• Li Changsheng met the Little Monsters on the field the next morning and announced that he and Flender would take them to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena that night.
• Li Changsheng matched Tang San and Ma Hongjun against Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, with Ning Rongrong's boosts for Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Li Changsheng's assessment of Tang San, while Li Changsheng told the fighters to use their Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing summoned their Martial Souls as Li Changsheng ordered them to fight.

Tang San used his Life Spider Spear to counter Dai Mubai’s attack with a powerful vibration that knocked down both teams’ fighters and ended the spar. He explained that the move could eventually harm enemies while healing and restoring his teammates, then Li Changsheng called Xiao Wu up to fight.

• Ning Rongrong buffed Tang San’s team as Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked, while Ma Hongjun flew into the air.
• Tang San used his Life Spider Spear to block Dai Mubai’s Heavenly Dipper Giant Fiend Sword, unleashing vibrations that made Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing fall and left Dai Mubai unable to continue.
• Luo Sanpao dispersed the lingering vibrations, and Li Changsheng declared Tang San and Ma Hongjun the winners.
• Tang San named his technique Life Ripple and explained that it absorbed attacks and turned them into vibrations, which could eventually damage enemies and heal and restore his teammates.
• Li Changsheng sent Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing to rest, then called Xiao Wu up to fight.

Xiao Wu passed Li Changsheng’s test by hitting Flender with her Mi Tu Shockwave. Tang San then broke through to rank forty, prompting Li Changsheng to change the plan and take him to Sunset Forest for a fourth Soul Ring.

• Li Changsheng tested Xiao Wu’s new Mi Tu Shockwave by having her hit Flender as he flew.
• Xiao Wu’s pink rabbit attack exploded around Flender and knocked him off balance, so Li Changsheng declared that she had passed.
• Li Changsheng ended the special training and announced that the students would spar in the mornings and fight in the Soul Fighting Arena in the evenings.
• Tang San announced that he had broken through to rank forty, and the system notified Li Changsheng that a reward would follow once Tang San absorbed a Soul Ring.
• Li Changsheng decided to take Tang San to Sunset Forest to obtain his fourth Soul Ring, surprising Flender and the others.

Li Changsheng took Tang San toward Sunset Forest to seek the Blue Silver Ancestral Land and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San hoped to help his mother recover and awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline. Tang San learned that an immortal herb might let him obtain a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, and the pair continued toward Heaven Dou City.

• Li Changsheng refused to let Flender or Xiao Wu join the trip, and Flender agreed to take the Shrek students to Soul Fighting while they were away.
• Tang San gave Ning Rongrong a storage ring containing the Sleeve Arrows he had made, then said goodbye to his companions.
• Li Changsheng and Tang San packed, left Shrek Academy by carriage, and brought Ah Yin with them.
• Li Changsheng told Tang San that the Blue Silver Ancestral Land in Sunset Forest could help him break through his bloodline limits and awaken fully.
• Li Changsheng revealed that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was also in Sunset Forest and explained that an immortal herb could help Tang San gain a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.

Li Changsheng brought Tang San to Heaven Dou City, explained his aunt Tang Yuehua’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect, and warned him about Poison Douluo Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest. The two entered the forest at night to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, unaware that a figure in red had spotted them.

• Li Changsheng told Tang San that his aunt Tang Yuehua lived in Heaven Dou City and warned him not to mention the Clear Sky Sect there.
• Tang San questioned why Tang Hao had never sought help from Tang Yuehua, then resolved to confront his father once he became stronger.
• Li Changsheng explained that Dugu Bo, a Titled Douluo, made Sunset Forest dangerous and considered using a template on him.
• Li Changsheng and Tang San left Heaven Dou City at night and headed for Sunset Forest, with Tang San carrying the potted plant containing his mother.
• Li Changsheng warned Tang San about the poisonous miasma and gases before they entered Sunset Forest and encountered the forest’s deadly poison.