Chapter Summaries

Lin Kong and the Shrek students left Ye Zhiqiu beaten, and Zhao Wuji finished the fight when Ye tried to pursue them. Over dinner, Zhao Wuji praised the group, while Lin Kong thanked Tang San for unknowingly helping his Soul Power rise by one level.

• Ye Zhiqiu climbed out of the crater and challenged Lin Kong to continue fighting, but Lin Kong walked away with the Shrek group.
• Zhao Wuji appeared, struck Ye Zhiqiu’s Black Tortoise shell, and shattered his Martial Soul, forcing Ye and the Canghui Academy students to retreat.
• At the inn, Zhao Wuji praised the students’ teamwork and Lin Kong’s tactics, then awkwardly told Tang San he had done well.
• Lin Kong thanked Tang San, privately revealing that absorbing Soul Power from Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had raised his own Soul Power by one level.

Shrek entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Soul Ring, and Zhao Wuji captured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for him. Just as Oscar prepared to kill it, an old woman and a young girl arrived and ordered him to stop, leaving both groups facing off over the Soul Beast.

• Zhao Wuji warned the Shrek group about the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest and led them into the woods.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a fast-moving Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji identified it as a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar.
• Zhao Wuji knocked the serpent from the air, restrained it with his Soul Skills, and handed Oscar a short sword to claim its Soul Ring.
• An old woman and a young girl carrying Snake-Head Cane Martial Souls appeared and shouted for Oscar to stop.
• Both groups sized each other up, and the confrontation over the captured serpent remained unresolved.

Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang disputed who would get the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, so Chao Tianxiang proposed a duel to settle the matter. After she insisted Xiao Wu fight despite Tang San's objections, Lin Kong stepped forward to take her place, and Chao Tianxiang accepted.

• Lin Kong urged Oscar to kill the unconscious Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Zhao Wuji moved it out of Oscar's reach and stopped him.
• Chao Tianxiang introduced herself as Snake Granny and explained that she and her husband, Dragon Duke Meng Shu, were known as Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
• Meng Yiran demanded the serpent because she had wounded it first, while Zhao Wuji hesitated to hand it over because its Soul Ring suited Oscar.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed a duel between the children, but Zhao Wuji refused to make food-type Soul Master Oscar fight Meng Yiran.
• Chao Tianxiang chose Xiao Wu as her contestant, and Tang San objected and offered to fight instead.
• Lin Kong stepped in to protect Xiao Wu and offered to duel Meng Yiran, which Chao Tianxiang accepted.

Lin Kong faced Meng Yiran in a duel over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, using his knowledge of her Serpent Cane Martial Soul and his Dark Blue Silver Grass to counter her speed. The fight continued with Meng Yiran's poisoned Snake Blade threatening his vines as Lin Kong kept his distance in the trees.

• Meng Yiran resisted dueling Lin Kong, but Chao Tianxiang ordered her to fight for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Ma Hongjun suggested that Lin Kong charm Meng Yiran, provoking her anger, while Lin Kong later dismissed the idea.
• Lin Kong identified Meng Yiran as an Agility Attack System Soul Master whose Serpent Cane gained attack speed from her third Soul Ring.
• Meng Yiran charged Lin Kong, but Dark Blue Silver Grass disrupted her footing and prevented her from reaching him.
• Meng Yiran used her first Soul Skill, Snake Blade, but Lin Kong dodged and launched himself onto a tree branch with his grass.
• Meng Yiran severed and poisoned Lin Kong's Dark Blue Silver Grass, forcing him to abandon a battle of attrition and seek another way to win.

Lin Kong and Meng Yiran fought to a stalemate as he wore her down with Dark Blue Silver Grass, but she used a Tool Martial Soul trick to recall her Serpent Cane and strike at his charge. The chapter ended with the Snake Blade aimed at Lin Kong and both groups poised to intervene.

• Lin Kong repeatedly sent Dark Blue Silver Grass vines at Meng Yiran, who cut them down with her poisoned Snake Blade as they entered a battle of attrition.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai mocked Meng Yiran to distract her, prompting Zhao Wuji to pretend to reprimand them after Chao Tianxiang showed her anger.
• Meng Yiran swept away the surrounding grass, threw her Serpent Cane at Lin Kong, and charged as he fell from the branch.
• Lin Kong caught himself on vines and reversed his retreat with a springing mass of Dark Blue Silver Grass, charging toward Meng Yiran.
• Meng Yiran withdrew and released her Martial Soul to recall the thrown Serpent Cane, then thrust its Snake Blade at Lin Kong as Oscar and the others feared for him.

Lin Kong defeated Meng Yiran by disarming her with the help of his dark blue silver grass, but his teasing wink left her furious and embarrassed. After she fled into the forest, the Shrek group mocked Lin Kong for flirting to win, and he kicked Ma Hongjun.

• Lin Kong caught Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane and used his dark blue silver grass to support himself in their strength contest.
• Lin Kong winked at Meng Yiran, making her lose focus, then bound her with dark blue silver grass and took the Serpent Cane.
• Chao Tianxiang declared Meng Yiran defeated and freed her; Lin Kong’s attempt to deny romantic interest only made Meng Yiran angrier, and she ran into the forest.
• Lin Kong told Oscar to absorb the Soul Ring, but the Shrek group stared at him knowingly as Ma Hongjun imitated his earlier remarks about Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong.
• Lin Kong roared and launched a flying kick at Ma Hongjun as the group laughed.

After Oscar began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, Lin Kong and Ma Hongjun searched its corpse for a rare Soul Bone while the others stood guard. Lin Kong’s teasing about offending powerful people drew the girls into a confident show of support, leaving Zhao Wuji exasperated.

• Oscar killed the unconscious Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its Thousand-Year Soul Ring as the Shrek group guarded him.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai teased Lin Kong about his earlier flirtation with Meng Yiran, and Ning Rongrong questioned him before he praised Meng Yiran and abruptly left with Ma Hongjun.
• While dissecting the serpent, Lin Kong asked what the others knew about Soul Bones, and Zhao Wuji explained that they were rare bones that could grant an additional Soul Skill.
• Ma Hongjun, Lin Kong, Dai Mubai, and Tang San searched the serpent’s corpse but found no Soul Bone.
• Zhao Wuji reprimanded Lin Kong for telling Oscar to kill the serpent in front of Chao Tianxiang, and Lin Kong asked Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu whether they feared offending people.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu each declared that they had nothing to fear, prompting Zhao Wuji to give up arguing with them.

Oscar became a Soul Elder and revealed that his third Soul Skill let him fly for one minute, while Tang San announced he had also reached rank thirty and needed a third soul ring. After two days of searching the Star Dou Great Forest without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Lin Kong continued searching slain beasts for a Soul Bone.

• Oscar stabilized his third soul ring, announced his Mushroom Sausage Soul Skill, and explained that it granted flight for one minute.
• Tang San revealed he had reached rank thirty and needed a third soul ring, so Zhao Wuji led the group to relocate and camp for the night.
• The group searched the surrounding hills for two days but found no Soul Beast suitable for Tang San, while their teamwork improved through battles.
• Lin Kong dissected the slain Soul Beasts in search of a Soul Bone, and by the second evening he was the only one still searching.

The Titan Giant Ape confronted the Shrek group in the forest, and Zhao Wuji and the students fought back despite the creature’s overwhelming power. The beast’s strike hurled them into the air, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Zhao Wuji woke the Shrek group and ordered them to retreat while he faced the approaching threat.
• Lin Kong identified the creature as the Titan Giant Ape, and Zhao Wuji pleaded with it to let them leave.
• When the Titan Giant Ape advanced, Zhao Wuji activated his Seventh Soul Skill and charged while ordering the others to run.
• Lin Kong threw Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing out of danger, then charged the beast; Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing also resisted.
• The Titan Giant Ape smashed its fist into the ground, sending the Shrek group flying and blasting Zhao Wuji backward.

After the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, Tang San flew into the Star Dou Great Forest to find her, and Lin Kong followed. Xiao Wu revealed that she had just reached level thirty and planned to obtain her third soul ring, while Lin Kong pursued Tang San hoping to claim the Eight Spider Lances.

• Lin Kong used Dark Blue Silver Grass to cushion the group's fall, then Tang San demanded a Mushroom Sausage from Oscar and flew after Xiao Wu.
• Lin Kong secretly used another Mushroom Sausage to follow Tang San, while Zhao Wuji ordered Oscar to make more sausages so the others could pursue them.
• Xiao Wu spoke with Er Ming, told him to stop, and decided to obtain her third soul ring in the forest.
• Tang San noticed Lin Kong following him and questioned why he had come; Lin Kong hid his motives and continued pursuing him for the Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San and Lin Kong searched for Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest, where they encountered a wounded Man Faced Demon Spider. Tang San killed it, and the Eight Spider Lances appeared, leaving Lin Kong considering how to obtain the External Soul Bone.

• Tang San thanked Lin Kong for following him and agreed they should continue searching for Xiao Wu together.
• Tang San and Lin Kong encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider, which attacked them as Lin Kong dodged onto a tree branch.
• Lin Kong restrained the spider with Dark Blue Silver Grass and urged Tang San to climb a tree.
• Tang San struck the spider’s abdominal wound with his Clear Sky Hammer, then fired his Zhuge Repeating Crossbow into its eyes.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Lin Kong watched the Eight Spider Lances drop while wondering how to obtain them.

Tang San and Lin Kong faced Dragon Duke Meng Shu, Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran after Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider. Meng Shu offered to spare them if they joined his clan, but negotiations collapsed over Tang San’s demand for help against the Titan Giant Ape, leaving Meng Shu preparing to attack them.

• Tang San recovered beside the Man Faced Demon Spider’s corpse as its Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared, and Lin Kong urged him to absorb it.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran arrived, and Lin Kong stepped forward to admit that he and Tang San had killed the spider.
• Meng Shu offered to overlook the loss if Tang San and Lin Kong joined his clan, but both initially refused.
• Tang San agreed to join if Meng Shu helped avenge his companion, and Lin Kong said they would join only if they could remain at Shrek Academy.
• When Lin Kong named the Titan Giant Ape as the enemy they wanted help against, Meng Shu rejected the demand and threatened to take Tang San’s arm.
• Tang San braced for a fight and apologized to Lin Kong, who resigned himself to facing Meng Shu.

Meng Shu backed down from claiming the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring after learning about Tang San and the Shrek group's powerful connections, but Meng Yiran demanded another duel with Lin Kong. Lin Kong accepted, leaving the Soul Ring dispute unresolved.

• Zhao Wuji arrived and persuaded Meng Shu to discuss the conflict privately, then revealed Tang San's identity to him.
• Meng Shu spared Tang San over the Man Faced Demon Spider, but asked Lin Kong to answer to Meng Yiran after she protested losing two Soul Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stepped in to defend Lin Kong, while Chao Tianxiang recognized their identities and warned Meng Shu about the Shrek group's connections.
• Meng Yiran challenged Lin Kong to a bare-fisted duel, and Meng Shu stayed silent as the others hesitated to intervene.
• Tang San tried to bargain for the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, but Meng Yiran rebuked him, and Lin Kong accepted her challenge.

Lin Kong and Meng Yiran engaged in a restricted barehanded spar, trading improvised grapples until Meng Yiran used her Serpent Body skill to reverse their fall. Lin Kong reversed her counter in midair and pinned her in the grass, but Meng Yiran refused to concede.

• Lin Kong decided to use joint locks against Meng Yiran, and the two tangled in a rapid exchange of improvised wrist and arm counters.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and Meng Shu watched the strange spar and reacted in different ways.
• Lin Kong and Meng Yiran reached a stalemate with their arms locked, then Lin Kong swept her leg and shoved her forward.
• Meng Yiran used her Serpent Body skill to twist in midair and turn Lin Kong's fall against him.
• Lin Kong pushed off the ground and reversed their positions, landing on top of Meng Yiran and pinning her wrists.
• Lin Kong asked Meng Yiran whether she conceded, and she angrily refused.

Lin Kong and Meng Yiran's spar grew increasingly intense until Lin Kong ended it by admitting defeat. Meng Yiran admitted she had lost, kissed him on the cheek, and left the woods with Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang.

• Meng Yiran used a sudden burst of strength to escape Lin Kong's hold and nearly struck him with a punch.
• Meng Yiran launched an ill-advised flying kick, and Lin Kong dodged before using his dark blue silver grass to catch her fall.
• Lin Kong admitted defeat to stop the fight from escalating, and Meng Yiran halted her punch just short of his face.
• After Oscar's remark, Meng Yiran returned and admitted she had lost, then kissed Lin Kong on the cheek.
• Meng Yiran ran into the forest, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang followed while the Shrek group stared at the stunned Lin Kong.

Lin Kong staged a discovery of the Man Faced Demon Spider’s rare Eight Spider Lances, then pretended to be poisoned after Ma Hongjun crashed into him. Oscar’s antidote failed, leaving Lin Kong in apparent mortal danger as Zhao Wuji blamed Ma Hongjun.

• Tang San thanked Lin Kong for helping him secure time to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring, then prepared to absorb it.
• Lin Kong went to dissect the spider’s corpse while the others paid little attention, intending to claim its External Soul Bone without provoking a dispute.
• Lin Kong dramatically raised the Eight Spider Lances and announced that he had found a Soul Bone, drawing everyone’s attention and desire.
• Ma Hongjun rushed toward Lin Kong and collided with him, after which Lin Kong tore open his sleeve and revealed a supposedly poisoned wound.
• Oscar gave Lin Kong a Detoxifying Sausage, but the black vapor resumed spreading, and Zhao Wuji struck Ma Hongjun and blamed him for the poisoning.

Lin Kong absorbed the Eight Spider Lances, which neutralized the poison and began devouring the Man Faced Demon Spider’s remains while Tang San struggled to absorb its Soul Ring. The Titan Giant Ape returned with Xiao Wu, discovered that Lin Kong carried a Blue Silver Emperor grass seed, and declared it would take him away to help the seed sprout again.

• After Lin Kong collapsed from the poison, the Eight Spider Lances absorbed it and fused with his body, drawing in the Man Faced Demon Spider’s flesh and Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji ordered everyone to keep back while Lin Kong merged with the Eight Spider Lances, and the group focused on him as Tang San endured the dangerous Soul Ring absorption nearby.
• The Titan Giant Ape arrived with Xiao Wu and sensed the presence of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor grass seed in Lin Kong’s lower right leg.
• The Titan Giant Ape told Xiao Wu that Tang San and Lin Kong both carried the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and Xiao Wu wondered whether Lin Kong’s Dark Blue Silver Grass was connected to it.
• The Titan Giant Ape insisted that it had to take Lin Kong away to find a place for the grass seed to sprout again, and Xiao Wu agreed to discuss a plan.

After absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, Tang San learned that Lin Kong was absorbing its Soul Bone and resented losing what he believed should have been his. From her hiding place, Xiao Wu overheard the group and felt both warmth at their efforts to find her and disappointment that Tang San no longer planned to search alone.

• Tang San woke after absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring and urged Zhao Wuji and the others to search for Xiao Wu.
• Tang San saw Lin Kong absorbing a Soul Bone and accused him of taking the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Bone, prompting Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing to rebuke him.
• Dai Mubai explained how Lin Kong had been poisoned and forced to absorb the Soul Bone to survive, and Tang San reluctantly pretended the Soul Bone suited him.
• Tang San left the group, privately blamed Lin Kong for taking the Soul Bone and preventing the search for Xiao Wu, and suppressed his jealousy and resentment.
• Xiao Wu overheard the conversation and felt moved that Tang San and Lin Kong had risked their lives for her, but she was disappointed when Tang San chose not to continue searching alone.

Lin Kong woke and discovered Xiao Wu was missing, but she soon returned with a powerful wind following her. As the Shrek group fled, the gale tore Ah Yin’s grass seed from Lin Kong and carried it away, apparently toward the Titan Giant Ape.

• Lin Kong woke after fusing with the Eight Spider Lances and asked where Xiao Wu was, alarming the group.
• Xiao Wu heard Lin Kong’s concern from the trees, then prepared to return with the Titan Giant Ape and a giant cyan eagle.
• Xiao Wu appeared unharmed and warned Zhao Wuji that a powerful Soul Beast was approaching, so the Shrek group began to flee.
• A strange, controlled gale knocked the group off balance and tore through Lin Kong’s Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• The gale ripped away the cloth holding Ah Yin’s grass seed and carried it off, leaving Lin Kong to suspect the Titan Giant Ape wanted it.

After Shrek’s group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Kong sought Zhao Wuji’s help mastering the Eight Spider Lances before returning to the academy. Zhao Wuji agreed to train him under pressure so he would be prepared if Tang San challenged him.

• Shrek’s group left the Star Dou Great Forest and settled in a small town, relieved that everyone had survived.
• Lin Kong sneaked out at night and worried that the Eight Spider Lances had not fully fused with his body.
• Lin Kong revealed the Eight Spider Lances to Zhao Wuji and asked him to help improve his control with Gravity Increase.
• Lin Kong explained that he feared Tang San would challenge him after they returned to the academy, and Zhao Wuji agreed to train him.