Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng assessed the Evil Eye Holy King’s threat to Dai Mubai and decided to let him attempt to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to retrieve Li Changsheng, while the manga version of Bibi Dong suppressed the animated version and revealed her ambitions.

• Li Changsheng realized the Evil Eye Holy King could try to possess Dai Mubai during the soul ring absorption and decided the attempt might help Mubai despite the risk.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to go to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City and bring Li Changsheng to her.
• After Yue Guan and Gui Mei left, the manga version of Bibi Dong suppressed the animated version within her body and declared she would lead Spirit Hall to unify the continent and keep Li Changsheng for herself.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Bibi Dong’s growing, sinister Soul Power, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei set out for Suotuo City, confident they could complete the mission.

The Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings, while Xiao Wu worried that its legendary Soul Beasts might recognize her. Tang San located and subdued a Flame Fierce Vulture for Ma Hongjun, who began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Li Changsheng led the Shrek Seven Devils into the forest and outlined plans to find Soul Beasts for Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun before Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she had relatives in the forest, and Tang San realized the group might encounter the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Li Changsheng had Tang San use his Blue Silver Domain to search for a Mystic Power Jade Rhinoceros, Divine Soul Jade Deer, Flame Fierce Vulture, and Netherworld Spirit Leopard.
• Tang San detected a Flame Fierce Vulture of about thirty-five hundred years and pinned it with a Blue Silver Overlord Spear without killing it outright.
• Ma Hongjun delivered the fatal blow, and a purple Soul Ring appeared for him to absorb.
• Li Changsheng asked Tang San how he felt, and Tang San said he felt clearheaded and wondered whether his inner knot had untied itself.

Li Changsheng sent Tang San and Xiao Wu deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu began condensing her fourth Soul Ring. Er Ming rushed to find her, and as the Titan Giant Ape attacked the group, Li Changsheng, Flender, and Liu Erlong unleashed their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Li Changsheng sent Tang San and Xiao Wu to scout for Soul Beasts, and Tang San helped Xiao Wu begin condensing her fourth Soul Ring.
• Da Ming sensed Xiao Wu's presence and sent Er Ming to find her.
• Flender sensed the approaching Titan Giant Ape and rushed to Tang San and Xiao Wu with Li Changsheng and Liu Erlong.
• Er Ming arrived and attacked the group, prompting Flender, Liu Erlong, and Li Changsheng to form a triangle and use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Luo Sanpao transformed into a huge golden dragon before Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Tang San returned to the battlefield to negotiate with the Titan Giant Ape, while Li Changsheng revealed Xiao Wu’s identity to Flender and Liu Erlong. The teachers learned that the ape was Xiao Wu’s family, and the battle paused as the exhausted Golden Iron Triangle recovered.

• Tang San sent Dai Mubai and the others away, then returned to the battlefield to help the teachers and speak with the Titan Giant Ape.
• Li Changsheng agreed to let Tang San negotiate, despite Flender’s objections, and Tang San ran into the smoke.
• Li Changsheng told Flender and Liu Erlong that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form and that the Titan Giant Ape was her family.
• Flender and Liu Erlong accepted the revelation, and Li Changsheng told them to rest and recover their Soul Power as the giant dragon dissolved.

Tang San persuaded Er Ming to leave by using Xiao Wu’s comb and promising to bring her back to the Star Dou Great Forest. After the group reunited in Hunter Town, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei traveled toward the Heaven Dou Empire and discussed whether to visit Qian Renxue.

• Tang San showed Er Ming Xiao Wu’s comb and convinced him to stop attacking and leave, warning that he would bring Xiao Wu to visit the Star Dou Great Forest later.
• Li Changsheng, Flender, and Liu Erlong reunited with Tang San and returned to Hunter Town, where they met the others.
• Ma Hongjun told the group that his third Soul Skill was Phoenix Wings Soaring and that he had reached level thirty-four.
• Yue Guan suggested visiting Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City to report on Bibi Dong, but Gui Mei said there was no need because Bibi Dong had been treating them well.

The Shrek group returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing obtained suitable soul rings. Li Changsheng then revealed that the Evil Eye Holy King was connected to Dai Mubai and hinted that he would help him absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, leaving Dai Mubai worried about being possessed.

• Xiao Wu and Liu Erlong stayed at the inn while the Shrek group reentered the forest, and Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to scout for soul beasts.
• The group found a Divine Soul Jade Deer, and Ning Rongrong killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Tang San sensed a fast-moving soul beast, so Flender flew off and returned with a wounded Nether Ghost Leopard for Zhu Zhuqing to absorb.
• Li Changsheng asked Dai Mubai about the Evil Eye Holy King and told him the legendary figure was connected to his mind and would soon help him absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Dai Mubai realized the Evil Eye Holy King might try to possess him, but Li Changsheng reassured him that he was not yet strong enough for the Holy King to act casually.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed their Soul Rings and reported their new ranks and abilities before Li Changsheng took Dai Mubai deeper into the forest to find a suitable fourth Soul Ring. Flender spotted a Soul Beast, leaving Li Changsheng and Dai Mubai rushing to meet him.

• Ning Rongrong reached rank thirty-four, while Zhu Zhuqing said she was close to rank thirty-five and revealed her Netherworld Slash Soul Skill.
• Li Changsheng sent Tang San and the others back to Hunter Town, then continued into the forest with Flender and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai chose a large-area attack for his fourth Soul Skill, and Li Changsheng suggested several matching Soul Beasts, especially the Starfall White-Striped Tiger and Diamond Tiger.
• Li Changsheng asked Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai said their relationship had been improving.
• Flender called out that he had found a Soul Beast, and Li Changsheng led Dai Mubai toward him.

Dai Mubai absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring from a Starfall White-Striped Tiger that Flender had defeated, while Li Changsheng received system rewards that could help him recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. As Dai Mubai’s appearance changed during the absorption, he entered his sea of consciousness and came face to face with the Evil Eye Holy King.

• Flender subdued the eleven-thousand-year Starfall White-Striped Tiger, and Dai Mubai delivered the final blow to claim its Soul Ring.
• Li Changsheng warned Dai Mubai not to let the being inside his head control him as Dai Mubai began absorbing the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• The system rewarded Li Changsheng with pills, two templates, an Academy Aura, and increased template progress.
• Dai Mubai’s hair turned white and a white king mark appeared on his forehead as he absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai encountered an enormous white tiger, the Evil Eye Holy King, in his sea of consciousness.

Dai Mubai absorbed his fourth Soul Ring after resisting the Evil Eye Holy King's temptation and receiving the Holy King's recognition as an heir. As he and Li Changsheng left the forest, Flender worried that Spirit Hall elders might be heading to Shrek Academy.

• The Evil Eye Holy King tempted Dai Mubai with power and offered him true Evil Eyes, but Dai Mubai resisted by remembering Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Evil Eye Holy King vanished after hinting that Dai Mubai could experience his power, and Dai Mubai successfully absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fourth Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai told Li Changsheng and Flender about the encounter, and Li Changsheng realized the Holy King had accepted him as an inheritor.
• Dai Mubai revealed that his Soul Power Level had reached forty-four and that his new Soul Skill was White Tiger Meteor Shower.
• Dai Mubai, Li Changsheng, and Flender headed out of the forest, while Flender worried that Spirit Hall elders might be coming to cause trouble at Shrek Academy.

Li Changsheng, Flender, and Dai Mubai returned to Hunter Town and reunited with the others over dinner. The group planned to head back to Shrek Academy the next morning, with Xiao Wu still troubled and Dai Mubai newly encouraged by Zhu Zhuqing's concern.

• Li Changsheng, Flender, and Dai Mubai returned to Hunter Town and met Liu Erlong at the inn.
• Li Changsheng noticed Xiao Wu's subdued mood, while Tang San said he would speak with her later.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Mubai if he was all right, and he was surprised by her concern.
• Ma Hongjun tried to sit beside Li Changsheng, but Liu Erlong claimed the seat before Flender invited him to sit with the dean.
• Li Changsheng encouraged the students to cultivate for the Soul Master Tournament, and Flender announced they would return to the academy the next morning.

On the way back to Suotuo City, Li Changsheng and Flender discovered Spirit Hall’s elders fighting Dugu Bo at Shrek Academy. Dugu Bo had gained a powerful armored form and was overwhelming Yue Guan and Gui Mei as the others arrived.

• Li Changsheng studied the Clear Sky Secret Skills and wondered why the Great Impermanence Hammer was missing.
• Flender voiced his fear that Spirit Hall would come for them, but Li Changsheng dismissed his concern.
• At Suotuo City’s gates, Li Changsheng and Flender spotted Soul Power fluctuations near Shrek Academy, and Li Yusong reported that Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were fighting Dugu Bo and demanding Li Changsheng.
• Li Changsheng, Flender, and Liu Erlong hurried to the academy after learning that the students had been evacuated and Zhao Wuji remained there.
• Dugu Bo, wearing his martial soul avatar armor, taunted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then struck Yue Guan so hard that he vomited blood.

Dugu Bo drove Yue Guan and Gui Mei from Suotuo City after overpowering them, while Li Changsheng, Flender, and Liu Erlong rescued the injured Zhao Wuji. The chapter ended with Shrek’s teachers and students gathering amid the academy’s destruction, unaware that Yue Guan was dying from Dugu Bo’s poison.

• Li Changsheng, Flender, and Liu Erlong found the unconscious, badly wounded Zhao Wuji and carried him out of the academy.
• Dugu Bo told Gui Mei he wanted to stop fighting to avoid harming civilians, but he struck Gui Mei and forced him and Yue Guan to flee.
• After they escaped, Yue Guan coughed up black blood and discovered that Dugu Bo’s poison was spreading and could not be neutralized.
• Dugu Bo found Li Changsheng and the others, reassured them that the students and teachers were protected, and explained why he had held back during the fight.
• Flender reassured the gathered Shrek teachers and students that the academy could be rebuilt, while Tang San blamed his own weakness for the attack.
• Li Changsheng told everyone to rest because the student dormitories were intact.

After defeating Yue Guan and Gui Mei, Dugu Bo revealed he had poisoned Yue Guan, while Li Changsheng gave Tang San a booklet on the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. The Shrek group agreed to focus on training at the academy, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei returned to its gates as Yue Guan’s condition worsened.

• Dugu Bo explained that circumstances had helped him defeat Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then revealed he had poisoned Yue Guan and expected him to seek an antidote.
• Li Changsheng offered Tang San the Clear Sky Secret Skills and gave him a booklet on the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to study.
• Flender, Dugu Bo, and the others agreed that the Shrek Seven Devils should remain at the academy to cultivate and gain combat experience before the Soul Master Tournament.
• After the academy held a communal dinner because its dining hall had been destroyed, Li Yusong reported that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had returned.
• Gui Mei worried over Yue Guan’s worsening condition and complained that Bibi Dong had sent them into danger without giving them any benefits.

Dugu Bo offered to cure Yue Guan’s poison in exchange for Yue Guan and Gui Mei joining Shrek Academy as spies against Bibi Dong. After the two agreed, Li Changsheng used pills suited to their Martial Souls to secure their loyalty, and the system confirmed that both Douluo had joined his faction.

• Gui Mei recognized Li Changsheng as Bibi Dong’s target and revealed that the Pope had sent them, while admitting her mental state seemed abnormal.
• Gui Mei knelt before Dugu Bo and begged him to cure Yue Guan’s poison, saying he would not live on if Yue Guan died.
• Dugu Bo offered to cure Yue Guan if the two joined Shrek Academy and acted as spies, and Gui Mei agreed as Yue Guan’s condition worsened.
• Dugu Bo drew the poison out of Yue Guan’s arm, allowing Yue Guan to recover.
• Li Changsheng showed Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Pill and secured his agreement to the conditions by offering it to him.
• Li Changsheng gave Gui Mei the Shadow Mysterious Pill, and the system announced that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had joined his faction.

Li Changsheng gave Yue Guan and Gui Mei Singular Velvet Sky Pills and used the Manga Template on them as they transformed. Yue Guan emerged at rank ninety-six, while Gui Mei remained inside the black mist, and Li Changsheng gave Yue Guan an Illusory Visage Mask to restore his former appearance.

• Li Changsheng gave Singular Velvet Sky Pills to Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then used the Manga Template on both of them as they swallowed the pills and became enveloped in their Martial Soul manifestations.
• Flender left to check on the children, and Dugu Bo asked Li Changsheng how he would explain Yue Guan and Gui Mei's past role in hunting Tang San's mother; Li Changsheng said they had followed Qian Xunji's orders and that Ah Yin could be resurrected.
• Yue Guan emerged from the blooming chrysanthemum phantom with a transformed appearance, teased Dugu Bo, and revealed that he had advanced from rank ninety-five to rank ninety-six.
• Li Changsheng gave Yue Guan an Illusory Visage Mask that could restore his former appearance, and Yue Guan accepted it gratefully.

Li Changsheng welcomed Gui Mei and Yue Guan into Shrek Academy after Gui Mei returned from hell with a new power and thanked Li Changsheng for his new life. The group arrived at the academy, where Liu Erlong learned the two Spirit Hall elders had joined Shrek.

• Gui Mei emerged from the black mist with a new ghostly appearance and knelt before Li Changsheng to thank him for granting him a new life.
• Yue Guan also thanked Li Changsheng, and Li Changsheng said both elders were already part of Shrek Academy.
• Gui Mei removed his mask at Li Changsheng's request, revealing a handsome face and emotionless eyes, then put the mask back on when Dugu Bo asked him to.
• Liu Erlong went to the academy gates to find Li Changsheng and met him returning with Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei.
• Li Changsheng introduced Yue Guan and Gui Mei as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and told Liu Erlong they had joined Shrek Academy while still publicly standing with Spirit Hall.

Li Changsheng reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Yue Guan discovered that Xiao Wu's Lovesick Heartbreak Red had acknowledged her as its master. Yue Guan and Gui Mei shared reports about Bibi Dong's strange behavior before leaving to secretly monitor Spirit Hall, while Li Changsheng remained at Shrek Academy.

• Li Changsheng arrived at the training grounds, where Tang San and Xiao Wu were waiting, and Yue Guan recognized Xiao Wu's Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Yue Guan tried to touch Xiao Wu, but the flower shielded her and knocked his hand away; Li Changsheng then introduced his disciples to Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Xiao Wu reacted angrily to the Spirit Hall elders, but Tang San calmed her after Li Changsheng promised to explain things later.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei told Li Changsheng and the others rumors about Bibi Dong's unusual behavior, including reports that she talked to herself and had fought Qian Daoliu.
• Li Changsheng asked how they would report back, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei promised to conceal their alliance and arrange messages before returning to Spirit Hall with Illusory Visage Masks.

Li Changsheng gave Liu Erlong a Fire Dragon Grass and prepared to refine pills with Xiao Lan’s help. As the pill refining began, Xiao Lan transformed into a mature human form and flooded the room with vitality.

• Li Changsheng reassured Flender, told Tang San not to overexert himself, and watched Tang San leave with Xiao Wu.
• Li Changsheng gave Liu Erlong a Fire Dragon Grass, and she planned to use it to break through to rank eighty.
• Li Changsheng returned to his residence and asked Xiao Lan to help stabilize his pill refining with her life energy.
• Xiao Lan transformed into a mature human form, then sat down to help Li Changsheng refine pills.
• Li Changsheng summoned Luo Sanpao to contain the heat while Xiao Lan sent vitality into the barrier around the medicinal cauldron.

Li Changsheng finished refining pills for the teachers and learned that Liu Erlong had reached rank eighty, while he considered how Tang Hao might contact the Clear Sky Sect. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Hao arrived at Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua recognized him.

• Li Changsheng completed the pill refining with Xiao Lan, sent her back to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land to rest, and packed the pills into bottles for the teachers.
• Li Changsheng told Flender he would gather the teachers to distribute the pills, and he confirmed that every teacher met the required trust threshold.
• Liu Erlong announced that she had reached rank eighty, and Flender told her that Zhao Wuji had also nearly reached that level after taking an Immortal Herb and fighting Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo.
• Li Changsheng considered Tang Hao's likely plan to use Tang Yuehua to pass news to the Clear Sky Sect and suggested that Tai Long meet Tang San.
• Tang Hao lingered outside Moonlight Pavilion until Tang Yuehua came out and recognized him as Brother Hao.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang Yuehua and asked her to seek the Clear Sky Sect’s help against Li Changsheng, concealing his defeat by Dugu Bo. Gui Mei and Yue Guan arrived in Heaven Dou City, sensed Tang Hao at Moonlight Pavilion, and Gui Mei confronted him as he recovered.

• Tang Hao stopped Tang Yuehua from revealing his identity and went with her to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that Li Changsheng had turned Tang San against him, and she blamed Li Changsheng and offered to use her court connections.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua to inform their eldest brother and seek help from the Clear Sky Sect, and she was delighted that he might return.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan reached Heaven Dou City, sensed Tang Hao’s presence, and followed it to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Gui Mei entered Tang Hao’s room through a cloud of black mist, and Tang Hao recognized him only as familiar.