Chapter Summaries

Lin Kong defeated Tang San decisively by trapping him in rapidly grown Blue Silver Grass and overwhelming him with its shrieking sound. The Shrek students welcomed Lin Kong, and Flender accepted him into the school while keeping Oscar and Ning Rongrong behind.

• Tang San prepared to attack Lin Kong at close range, but Lin Kong stopped out of reach and Tang San charged at him instead.
• Lin Kong used his Second Soul Skill, Growth, to create a towering forest of dark blue silver grass, then his First Soul Skill, Netherworld Shriek, to incapacitate Tang San.
• Tang San knelt in pain after the grass vanished, and Lin Kong was declared the winner of the duel.
• Xiao Wu tried to comfort Tang San, but he pushed her away and left for the dormitories; Xiao Wu hurried after him.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong welcomed Lin Kong, while Dai Mubai hesitated to approach him.
• Flender asked whether anyone objected to Lin Kong joining Shrek, collected the tuition, and told Oscar and Ning Rongrong to stay behind.

Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong an exhausting twenty-lap run to build their physical fitness, but Ning Rongrong quit after learning each lap was three kilometers. Oscar chose to continue, and after he agreed to cover for her, Lin Kong arrived.

• Flender ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village before lunch, while privately enjoying the chance to discipline Ning Rongrong with Ning Fengzhi's authorization.
• Oscar explained that each lap was three kilometers, and Ning Rongrong became furious and refused to run any farther.
• Ning Rongrong settled under a tree in a rocking chair, but Oscar decided to keep running because he believed Flender's assignment had a purpose.
• Ning Rongrong asked Oscar to cover for her skipping class, and Oscar reluctantly agreed.
• Lin Kong approached Oscar and Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong tried to get Lin Kong to cover for her skipped class, but he exposed her poor choices and forced her to recognize the danger she had put herself in. He ended by grabbing her throat and warning her that an auxiliary-type Soul Master should not provoke a Battle Soul Master.

• Ning Rongrong asked Lin Kong to cover for her absence, but he questioned whether that would help and watched as she angrily cursed Flender and Shrek Academy.
• Oscar left to continue running laps, and Lin Kong followed after calling Ning Rongrong an idiot.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Lin Kong, who asked Oscar what he would do instead; Oscar said he would go to Flender and challenge the assignment directly.
• Lin Kong explained that Ning Rongrong had erred by avoiding Flender and by trying to hide her whereabouts without protection.
• Lin Kong grabbed Ning Rongrong by the neck and warned her that provoking a Battle Soul Master could get her killed.

Lin Kong encouraged Ning Rongrong to accept Flender’s running task, then helped her and Oscar endure it with his Dark Blue Silver Grass. As the three ran together, Flender watched Lin Kong win their admiration and vowed to assign him extra tasks later.

• Ning Rongrong reconsidered Lin Kong’s advice, decided to prove herself by running, and invited him and Oscar to join her.
• Lin Kong explained that he was running to learn the area, while privately aiming to build a connection with Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• After Oscar and Ning Rongrong began struggling, Lin Kong spread Dark Blue Silver Grass beneath their feet to support them and restore their stamina.
• Oscar called Lin Kong “Brother Lin,” and Ning Rongrong did the same, though she insisted it only counted for that day.
• Li Yusong brought Flender to watch the runners, and Flender grew frustrated that Lin Kong had scolded Ning Rongrong before he could and vowed to give Lin Kong extra tasks.

Flender praised Ning Rongrong and Oscar for completing their physical training, then took Shrek’s students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena for their first lesson. There, Majila learned of Lin Kong’s undefeated record and proposed a high-stakes match against a fire-attribute Soul Master, threatening to end his winning streak.

• Flender praised Ning Rongrong for persevering and warned Oscar to consider what was truly best for her before trying to help.
• Flender teased Lin Kong about his love of running, then led the students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena.
• De'enlai showed Majila Lin Kong’s record of forty victories in four days, and Majila learned that Lin Kong had joined Shrek Academy.
• Majila said he was more interested in Dai Mubai’s prospects for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Majila proposed a one-hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin match between Lin Kong and a fire-attribute Soul Master, and De'enlai realized he meant to break Lin Kong’s undefeated record.

Flender brought the Shrek students to a teahouse beside the Great Soul Arena, where he explained their first lesson would be real combat and their goal was to earn Silver Soul Badges. Lin Kong realized his forty-match winning streak had already earned enough points for Silver, leaving the others suspicious of his connection with Flender.

• Flender treated the students to tea and pastries, surprising Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar with his sudden generosity.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Flender repeatedly looking at Lin Kong, but both denied anything was going on.
• Flender announced that the students would fight in the Great Soul Arena and tasked Dai Mubai with explaining its rules.
• Dai Mubai explained the Soul Fighting Badge ranks, point system, and his own record, while Flender struggled to keep the discussion away from Lin Kong.
• Lin Kong calculated that his forty consecutive wins had earned 3,055 points, more than enough for a Silver Soul Badge.
• Flender cut Lin Kong off when the others noticed his reaction, making them more convinced something was going on between the two.

Lin Kong and the Shrek group arrived at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena for the monthly badge celebration, unaware that the elaborate ceremony was meant for him. When the black-clad Soul Masters welcomed him as Lord Lin Kong, Black Prison Asura, Lin Kong was left standing awkwardly before his stunned companions.

• Lin Kong and his companions reached the Great Soul Arena after resting at a teahouse, and Ning Rongrong explained the monthly Silver Soul Badge celebration.
• De'enlai worried as Majila insisted on challenging Lin Kong during the ceremony, while Lin Kong mistakenly assumed the grand preparations were for someone else.
• A steward announced the celebration, and dozens of imposing Soul Masters in black marched out as the crowd discussed Lin Kong's forty consecutive victories.
• The black-clad Soul Masters and honor guard knelt and welcomed Lord Black Prison Asura, prompting the Shrek group to panic and retreat.
• The black-clad leader clarified that they were welcoming Lord Lin Kong, Black Prison Asura, and Lin Kong swallowed his pastry as his companions stared in shock.

Lin Kong silenced Shi Liyuan’s public taunts, earning cheers from the crowd and admiration from the Shrek students while Tang San seethed with jealousy. Majila and Flender watched from above as the challenge became a confirmed one-on-one fight, leaving Flender worried about Lin Kong’s matchup against Shi Liyuan’s fire-attribute Martial Soul.

• Shi Liyuan mocked Lin Kong’s winning streak, but Lin Kong challenged him directly and drove him into silence with a forceful rebuke.
• The crowd and the Shrek students cheered Lin Kong, while Tang San felt bitter jealousy at his success.
• Majila told Flender he intended to send someone to humble Lin Kong, and Flender realized Shi Liyuan’s fire-attribute Martial Soul could counter Lin Kong’s Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• Flender laughed at Shi Liyuan’s failed provocation, but Majila vowed his student would defeat Lin Kong in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Lin Kong and Shi Liyuan’s one-on-one fight was confirmed, leaving Flender concerned about the outcome.

Tang San tried to undermine Lin Kong’s forty-win record by pointing out that he had never fought a fire-attribute Soul Master, but Flender revealed he had arranged the matchups and bet on Lin Kong’s wins. With Lin Kong facing fire-attribute fighter Shi Liyuan next, Ma Hongjun proposed that Tang San lend Lin Kong his gadgets, leaving Tang San to protest, “Why should I help Lin Kong?”

• Tang San questioned how Lin Kong had won forty matches without facing a fire-attribute Soul Master, casting doubt on his record.
• Flender revealed that he had arranged for Lin Kong to avoid fire-attribute opponents and had made a fortune betting on his streak, while insisting Lin Kong had beaten every other kind of opponent.
• Flender shared the details of Lin Kong’s next challenger, Shi Liyuan, a rank twenty-nine fighter with a Lie Yan Tiger Martial Soul and powerful fire-based skills.
• Lin Kong admitted he could not beat Shi Liyuan, heightening the group’s worries as Tang San secretly looked forward to his defeat.
• Ma Hongjun suggested Tang San lend Lin Kong his gadgets because the arena allowed external items, and Tang San angrily asked why he should help Lin Kong.

Tang San reluctantly gave Lin Kong his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow after Flender and the Shrek group condemned his hostility. Lin Kong used it in his Soul Fighting match against Shi Liyuan, and Majila intervened to block the bolts before declaring surrender.

• Flender confronted Tang San about his hostility toward Lin Kong while the Shrek group criticized Tang San, and Xiao Wu apologized to Lin Kong on Tang San’s behalf.
• Flender ordered Tang San to lend Lin Kong usable hidden weapons, and Tang San finally threw him the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
• Lin Kong entered the arena to face Shi Liyuan, who transformed with his Lie Yan Tiger Martial Soul and boasted that he would win.
• Lin Kong drew the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow from Ning Rongrong’s Storage Soul Tool and warned Shi Liyuan to surrender.
• Lin Kong fired a volley of bolts at Shi Liyuan, but Majila blocked them with a Soul Power barrier and surrendered for their side.

Flender collected an eighteen-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool after Lin Kong’s victory over Shi Liyuan. When Shi Liyuan demanded a rematch, Lin Kong refused on badge-rank grounds, then had Ma Hongjun fight him instead; Ma Hongjun won.

• Flender claimed Majila’s eighteen-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool as the wager for Shrek’s victory and gave it to Lin Kong.
• Shi Liyuan challenged Lin Kong to a rematch without external weapons, but Lin Kong dismissed him because he had only an Iron Soul Badge while Lin Kong held a Silver Soul Badge.
• Shi Liyuan shouted insults at Lin Kong, and Lin Kong told Ma Hongjun to silence him.
• Flender warned Ma Hongjun about the consequences of losing, and Ma Hongjun accepted the duel against Shi Liyuan.
• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Phoenix overcame Shi Liyuan’s Lie Yan Tiger, and Ma Hongjun won the fight.

Lin Kong and Ning Rongrong formed the two-person Soul Fighting duo Black Prison Demonic Light after Lin Kong dominated his individual matches. Their first opponents, the Iron Blood Duo, targeted Ning Rongrong, who hid behind Lin Kong as he promised to protect her.

• Lin Kong returned Tang San's Zhuge Repeating Crossbow and Ning Rongrong's Storage Soul Tool, and Ma Hongjun defeated Shi Liyuan.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong each asked Lin Kong to partner with them, and Lin Kong chose Ning Rongrong; Tang San paired with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing with Oscar, and Dai Mubai with Ma Hongjun.
• The group registered for individual Soul Fighting and decided to put team Soul Fighting aside because most of them were Soul Grandmasters.
• Lin Kong crushed his individual opponents before standing with Ning Rongrong in the arena as the Black Prison Demonic Light duo.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu introduced themselves as the Iron Blood Duo and charged toward Ning Rongrong, who hid behind Lin Kong and begged him to protect her.

Lin Kong and Ning Rongrong defeated Tie Long and Tie Hu in a two-person Soul Fighting match, with Lin Kong protecting Ning Rongrong from their final attack. After the victory, Ning Rongrong blushed at being held in his arms, and Lin Kong considered it a promising start.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Lin Kong with her first two soul skills as Tie Long and Tie Hu charged them with forging hammers.
• Lin Kong used his dark blue silver grass to block the brothers and trap them in an ink-black cage.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu launched their hammers at Ning Rongrong, but Lin Kong shielded her and caught both weapons with ease.
• Tie Long and Tie Hu admitted defeat, and the referee declared the Black Prison Demonic Light Team the winner.
• Ning Rongrong blushed and pulled away after Lin Kong asked if she was all right, while Lin Kong viewed the moment as progress.

After leaving the Great Soul Arena, Lin Kong treated the group to food, then discovered that his Soul Power had increased after fighting Tang San. He planned to fight Tang San more often and began considering how to obtain the Eight Spider Lances on the upcoming trip to Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ma Hongjun left to visit his teacher, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Dai Mubai about his and Ma Hongjun’s behavior.
• Xiao Wu hoped Tang San would buy her a drink, but he misunderstood her question; Dai Mubai likewise failed to impress Zhu Zhuqing by asking if she was thirsty.
• Lin Kong invited Oscar to get food and offered to treat everyone to celebrate receiving a Storage Soul Tool, prompting the group to cheer.
• Lin Kong discovered that his Soul Power had risen slightly and suspected the Dark Blue Silver Grass had devoured Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor during their fight.
• Lin Kong planned to seek more one-on-one fights with Tang San and considered how to obtain the Eight Spider Lances during the coming trip to Star Dou Great Forest.

After Oscar reached level thirty, Shrek Academy prepared to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest so he could obtain his third Soul Ring. Lin Kong drew most of the students to his side, and the chapter ended with them choosing carriages over Zhao Wuji’s usual endurance run.

• Oscar arrived late at the academy square but announced that he had reached level thirty, prompting Flender to cancel classes and schedule a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Kong invited Oscar and Ning Rongrong to shop in Suotuo City, and Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai joined them while Tang San left and Xiao Wu followed him.
• Lin Kong bought supplies and a map, then helped improve the shared dorm room with new flooring and wooden wall coverings.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji arrived with bruises and dark circles and appointed Dai Mubai to organize the team's journey.
• Dai Mubai proposed taking carriages to the town by the Star Dou Great Forest, and Lin Kong, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar persuaded the group to avoid running there.

Lin Kong confronted Canghui Academy after Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai provoked its students, then proposed a fight. He sent Ma Hongjun forward and declared that he would face three opponents at once, leaving both sides stunned.

• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai mocked Canghui Academy, prompting one of its male students to approach Shrek's table.
• Lin Kong blamed Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai for provoking trouble, then rebuked Ye Zhiqiu for trying to sow discord.
• Lin Kong challenged Canghui Academy to a fight, and Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong eagerly agreed.
• Ye Zhiqiu accepted the challenge and asked whether they would fight one-on-one or in a team battle.
• Lin Kong called Ma Hongjun forward and announced that he would fight three opponents at once, shocking both groups.

Lin Kong exposed the Canghui Academy students’ Soul Power levels, but Ye Zhiqiu refused to back down and challenged Shrek after summoning his Black Tortoise martial soul. Lin Kong offered him a final chance to withdraw, then led the confrontation outside when Ye Zhiqiu insisted on fighting.

• Lin Kong identified the Canghui Academy female student as level thirty-one and the six men as level twenty-one, prompting Ma Hongjun to boast that he could fight three of them.
• When the Canghui Academy students stayed silent, Dai Mubai stepped forward and declared that he would fight five.
• Ye Zhiqiu asked which sect the Shrek students belonged to, then dismissed Shrek Academy and demanded that their teacher appear.
• Ye Zhiqiu released his Soul King pressure and summoned his Black Tortoise martial soul, revealing five Soul Rings.
• Lin Kong asked Ye Zhiqiu twice whether he truly wanted to fight, but Ye Zhiqiu refused to relent.
• Lin Kong pointed outside the inn and called for the fight to move there.

Lin Kong exposed the danger in Tang San’s plan and proposed using his Dark Blue Silver Grass to blind and contain Ye Zhiqiu while drawing Soul Power from Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. The others agreed to the strategy, leaving Tang San pressured into supporting it.

• Tang San proposed wearing down Ye Zhiqiu with speed and Ma Hongjun’s flames, assuming the Soul King’s Black Tortoise Martial Soul was limited to defense.
• Lin Kong warned that Ye Zhiqiu could charge Ning Rongrong, whom she could not outrun, and asked who would stop him.
• Lin Kong suggested surrounding Ye Zhiqiu with an ink-black cage of Dark Blue Silver Grass to block his vision.
• Tang San questioned whether Ye Zhiqiu could destroy the grass and exhaust Lin Kong, but Lin Kong said his grass could recover Soul Power and Oscar offered to provide sausages for support.
• Lin Kong revealed that he could draw Soul Power from Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing backed the plan, pressuring Tang San to accept.

Lin Kong led the Shrek group in a coordinated attack against Ye Zhiqiu, using his Dark Blue Silver Grass to surround and disorient the Soul King. Ye Zhiqiu discovered that destroying the grass did little to weaken Lin Kong, while attacks from the Shrek students struck from shifting positions, leaving him uncertain how to respond.

• Lin Kong ordered the Shrek group to surround Ye Zhiqiu and release their Martial Souls.
• Ye Zhiqiu recognized Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and prepared to target her first.
• Lin Kong used his second Soul Skill, Growth, to fill the street with Dark Blue Silver Grass and hide the Shrek group.
• Ye Zhiqiu froze and shattered the grass, then realized its fragments returned as Soul Power instead of draining Lin Kong.
• A white sphere of Soul Power struck Ye Zhiqiu, followed by Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Flame from behind.
• Ye Zhiqiu extinguished the flames but realized the Shrek group had changed positions and could not be seen through the grass.

Lin Kong and the Shrek group turned Ye Zhiqiu’s attempt to exhaust their Soul Power into a coordinated counterattack. They battered him in his Black Tortoise shell, leaving him launched across the battlefield as the fight continued.

• Ye Zhiqiu used Black Water Surge and Black Water Ice Explosion to freeze and destroy the Dark Blue Silver Grass, clearing the area and scattering Soul Power so Lin Kong could not absorb it.
• Ye Zhiqiu emerged from his shell and taunted Lin Kong, who promised to beat him down and pulled Ma Hongjun into range with Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun attacked with Phoenix Fire Line while Lin Kong’s grass bound Ye Zhiqiu’s ankles, and Zhu Zhuqing tore into his exposed leg.
• Xiao Wu struck Ye Zhiqiu’s knee with Waist Bow, forcing him to withdraw fully into his shell, and Dai Mubai slammed the shell into the ground.
• Lin Kong’s Dark Blue Silver Grass hauled the shell out of the ground, and Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu struck it together, sending it flying more than ten meters.