Chapter Summaries

Sword Douluo left Mu Chen to handle his own affairs while he went to break through, and Mu Chen assured Gu Yuena that he would never let her sacrifice herself for a soul ring. At Shrek Academy, the group settled into an awkward breakfast and met Oscar, whose sausage-selling performance disgusted Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Mu Chen.

• Sword Douluo agreed to let Mu Chen stay at the academy and flew away to make his breakthrough, warning them to keep the transformed soul beast from escaping.
• Mu Chen rejected Xiao Wu’s soul ring as a poor fit for his abilities and told Gu Yuena she was too important to him to sacrifice herself.
• Mu Chen and Gu Yuena returned to the dormitory, and the group later ate breakfast amid tension between Mu Chen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang San asked Dai Mubai about the academy’s other students, and Dai Mubai said Oscar was due back while Ma Hongjun was in the village.
• Oscar arrived selling sausages, and Dai Mubai scolded him for peddling them at the academy as Mu Chen and Tang San also reacted with displeasure.

Tang San and the others met Oscar, whose food-type soul incantation made them reluctant to try his sausages, while Mu Chen sampled one and praised its restorative effects. The group learned Oscar was fourteen and heard Mu Chen was a level 36 Soul Elder before Dai Mubai asked whether Oscar had seen Fatty.

• Dai Mubai urged Oscar to summon a sausage, and Tang San recoiled after hearing Oscar's suggestive soul incantation.
• Mu Chen bought and ate a sausage, confirming that it tasted good and restored a considerable amount of Soul Power.
• Mu Chen stopped Gu Yuena from trying a sausage, while Oscar became emotional that someone had praised his food.
• Dai Mubai told Oscar that Mu Chen was a level 36 Soul Elder who had fought Teacher Zhao evenly.
• Dai Mubai introduced Tang San and the others to Oscar, and they were surprised to learn Oscar was only fourteen.
• Dai Mubai asked Oscar whether he had seen Fatty.

Mu Chen and his companions encountered Ma Hongjun, who was forcing Cuihua to stay with him, and Mu Chen intervened. The chapter ended with Mu Chen confronting Ma Hongjun after the fatty leered at the women in the group.

• Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul caused Evil Fire that he had to manage, then left while Oscar went to sell sausages elsewhere.
• Mu Chen’s group split from Tang San and Xiao Wu and wandered through the village.
• Mu Chen’s system identified Ma Hongjun and showed his strength, potential, and possible Cool Points bonus.
• Cuihua told Ma Hongjun she wanted to break up, but he grabbed her and refused to let her go.
• Mu Chen swiftly rescued Cuihua, while Ning Rongrong condemned Ma Hongjun’s behavior.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Mu Chen’s companions, and Mu Chen warned him while pressing Sword Momentum toward him.

Mu Chen confronted Ma Hongjun over his treatment of Cuihua, then beat him and revealed that he knew how to address the Evil Fire in Ma Hongjun’s martial soul. At the academy, Mu Chen explained that Ma Hongjun needed to purify his flames with fire-attribute medicinal herbs, though Ma Hongjun lacked the ability to solve the problem in his current situation.

• Ma Hongjun threatened Mu Chen after Mu Chen criticized him for pressuring Cuihua, then attacked Ning Rongrong with his Phoenix Fireline.
• Mu Chen rescued Ning Rongrong, beat Ma Hongjun, and said he knew a way to solve the Evil Fire problem before leaving with Ning Rongrong, Gu Yuena, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun followed the group’s departure with renewed hope after hearing Mu Chen mention a solution, then returned to Shrek Academy.
• That evening, Ma Hongjun asked Mu Chen about his Evil Fire problem, and Oscar pleaded with Mu Chen to help him.
• Mu Chen explained that impurities in Ma Hongjun’s phoenix flames caused the problem and that fire-attribute medicinal herbs could purify them.

Mu Chen explained that rare fire-attributed herbs could help solve Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem, though only an immortal herb could do so quickly. Flender returned to Shrek Academy with Liu Erlong, who became a teacher and asked Tang San whether Yu Xiaogang would soon come to guide him.

• Mu Chen told Ma Hongjun that fire-attributed herbs were scarce and that an immortal herb could completely resolve his Evil Fire problem; Dai Mubai reassured him that they would help.
• Oscar shaved his beard and surprised the others with his handsome appearance.
• Flender and Liu Erlong arrived at the training field, and Flender introduced her as a new teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Liu Erlong and Flender as members of the former Golden Iron Triangle, while Liu Erlong greeted Mu Chen and Tang San.
• Liu Erlong asked Tang San whether Yu Xiaogang would come to guide his cultivation, and Tang San confirmed that he would soon arrive.

Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong endurance training to test her claims about her physical fitness. Ning Rongrong completed the run with ease, then Mu Chen carried her back toward the girls' dormitory to rest.

• Liu Erlong thanked Mu Chen for telling her she would meet Xiaogang again, while Tang San wondered how Mu Chen had known his teacher's whereabouts.
• Flender announced the academy's tuition and told Oscar and Ning Rongrong to join him for a lesson on support Soul Masters protecting themselves.
• Ning Rongrong told Flender that her father and Mu Chen had already taught her about stamina and that her physical fitness was nearly as good as Dai Mubai's.
• Flender ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village, totaling just over sixty kilometers, before lunch.
• Ning Rongrong finished all twenty laps in a little over an hour, using Soul Skills to boost herself and Oscar, though Oscar could not keep pace with her.
• Mu Chen told Ning Rongrong not to use boosting Soul Skills during future training, then carried her toward the girls' dormitory so she could bathe and rest.

Flender took the Shrek students to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena for practical combat training and explained why experience in real battles mattered. The students stood before the arena, where Dai Mubai was asked to explain its rules.

• Ning Rongrong completed Flender's difficult running exercise, impressing him, while Oscar hurried to finish his remaining laps.
• Flender hesitated over merging Shrek Academy with Blue Tyrant Academy, but Liu Erlong insisted that its resources were needed for simulated ecological cultivation.
• Flender led the students through lively Suotuo City, where Mu Chen bought snacks for Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai offered some to Zhu Zhuqing, who declined his.
• Flender brought the students to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena and said their first lesson would be practical combat.
• Flender explained the arena's rewards, honor, and relative fairness, then asked Dai Mubai to tell the students its rules.

Flender explained the Great Soul Arena’s badge system and told the students to earn at least Silver Douluo badges before graduation. Mu Chen registered for one-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles alone, then promised Ning Rongrong she could join his team battle the next day.

• Dai Mubai explained how match results awarded or deducted points and described his losing record after advancing to a higher Soul Power rank.
• Dai Mubai advised Tang San and Xiao Wu to use their current Soul Power advantage to build winning streaks before reaching level thirty.
• Flender led the students into the Great Soul Arena of Suotuo City, where they registered and received Iron Douluo badges.
• Mu Chen signed up for all three types of Soul Battles despite the staff member warning him that his level 36 Soul Power might not be enough.
• Ning Rongrong asked why Mu Chen had not chosen her as his partner, and Mu Chen told her to team up with Zhu Zhuqing before promising to take her into a team battle the next day.

Mu Chen entered his first one-on-one soul battle and defeated Magic Vine almost instantly. After earning a loud cheer from the crowd, he left with Ning Rongrong and Gu Yuena to find Zhu Zhuqing and prepare for the two-on-two match.

• Ning Rongrong asked whether Gu Yuena would participate in the soul battles, and Mu Chen said she did not need to.
• Gu Yuena frightened off a slick-haired spectator who tried to sit beside her and stared at her.
• Mu Chen faced Magic Vine, a level 38 control-type Soul Elder with four consecutive victories, in his first one-on-one match.
• Mu Chen used his speed and Sword Qi to cut through Magic Vine's vine shield and hold the Emperor Dragon Sword to his throat, prompting Magic Vine to concede.
• The spectators cheered for Mu Chen, and one female Soul Master forfeited her own match so she could watch him again.
• Mu Chen asked Ning Rongrong and Gu Yuena to find Zhu Zhuqing and head to the two-on-two match with him.

Mu Chen defeated two opponents alone in the spirit arena, then crushed his team battle opponents and helped Shrek’s students finish their first matches with wins. Back at the academy, he offered to fund new dormitories and offices after Flender accepted the proposal.

• Mu Chen defeated Rock Snake and Feng Yi in a one-against-two spirit battle, knocking both off the arena.
• Mu Chen won the team battle by himself, then joined Gu Yuena and the others as they left the arena.
• Mu Chen and the Shrek students completed their first spirit battles, with Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing also winning their matches.
• Flender watched Mu Chen’s strength and was impressed by what the twelve-year-old might achieve.
• Mu Chen offered to build new dormitories and staff housing at Shrek Academy, and Flender secured his agreement to rebuild the offices as well.

Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong continued winning at the Great Soul Arena, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar reached level thirty and prepared to seek their third Soul Rings. The group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest under Mu Chen’s command, where he and Gu Yuena had secretly arranged to prevent Tang San from obtaining an External Soul Bone.

• Mu Chen’s winning streak rapidly raised his rank, and after about a month he reached Gold Douluo and advanced to level thirty-seven.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar broke through level thirty, prompting Flender and Liu Erlong to suspend the group’s assessment and plan a trip for their third Soul Rings.
• Flender placed Mu Chen in charge of the expedition and explained that the group would face the forest’s dangers as training unless a grave emergency arose.
• Mu Chen comforted Gu Yuena when the Star Dou Great Forest stirred her emotions, and she smiled at him.
• During the carriage ride, Mu Chen confirmed that Gu Yuena had carried out his secret arrangements to keep Tang San from obtaining the External Soul Bone, and he told Ning Rongrong to stay close to him or Gu Yuena.

Mu Chen and the Shrek Academy group arrived in a bustling town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where a clash with Canghui Academy broke out after Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun insulted them. Mu Chen knocked down a Canghui student who provoked the girls, and Ye Zhi Qiu prepared to fight him to restore his academy’s pride.

• Mu Chen booked rooms at an inn, then treated the group to dinner with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others.
• Canghui Academy arrived, and Ma Hongjun ogled one of its girls while Dai Mubai disparaged the academy.
• Mu Chen apologized for his companions’ rudeness and proposed settling the dispute with a fight if necessary.
• A Canghui student insulted the girls, so Mu Chen punched him to the ground and said his companions would not be bullied.
• Ye Zhi Qiu introduced himself as Canghui Academy’s external affairs director and, after hearing that Mu Chen was from Shrek Academy, decided to fight him himself.

Mu Chen confronted Canghui Academy's Ye Zhi Qiu after Ye threatened the Shrek students, then defeated him with a single sword strike. Ye recognized Mu Chen's strength and led his students away, while Liu Erlong and Vlad watched from the inn window.

• Mu Chen warned Ye Zhi Qiu to cancel his Martial Soul Possession and stop threatening his people.
• Ye Zhi Qiu attacked Mu Chen, who evaded him and knocked him back before agreeing to take the fight outside.
• Ye Zhi Qiu began to invoke his first Soul Skill, but Mu Chen tore through his shell armor and struck him with Silver Light Falling Blade.
• Mu Chen warned Ye Zhi Qiu not to continue, then returned to the inn with Tang San and the others.
• Ye Zhi Qiu refused to report the incident to his headmaster and led the Canghui Academy students away.
• Liu Erlong and Vlad watched from a second-floor window and closed it after the conflict ended.

Mu Chen’s group found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar’s third soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Snake Crone and Meng Yiran arrived to claim it. After Mu Chen revealed Oscar’s level and the group’s strength, Snake Crone hesitated, while Oscar wondered why Flender and Liu Erlong had not come forward.

• Mu Chen arranged the group’s formation and led everyone into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for soul rings.
• Mu Chen found and captured a roughly fifteen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then told Oscar to finish it for his third soul ring.
• Snake Crone and Meng Yiran appeared and demanded the serpent for Meng Yiran’s third soul ring.
• Mu Chen asked Oscar to reveal his Soul Power, and Snake Crone discovered that he had reached level thirty and that the other youths were also unusually powerful.
• Snake Crone hesitated to press her claim, while Oscar anxiously wondered why Flender and Liu Erlong had not intervened.

Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong drove Snake Crone and Meng Yiran away, allowing Oscar to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring and advance to Soul Elder. After Oscar revealed his new flight skill, Mu Chen learned that the Clear Sky Douluo was still following them and prepared to make Tang San suffer.

• Mu Chen and Ning Rongrong warned Snake Crone that their families would protect them, and Snake Crone recognized Ning Rongrong as a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect descendant and left with Meng Yiran.
• Mu Chen told Oscar to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s spirit ring while the others kept watch.
• Oscar absorbed the thousand-year spirit ring and became a level thirty-one Soul Elder.
• Oscar revealed that his third Soul Skill let him fly for one minute at the speed of a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then demonstrated his awkward Mushroom Sausage.
• Mu Chen learned from Gu Yuena that the Clear Sky Douluo was still following them and resolved to make Tang San face the loss of his loved ones.

A Titan Giant Ape appeared before Mu Chen and the others in the Star Dou Great Forest and reached for Xiao Wu. After Flender and Liu Erlong’s attacks failed, Mu Chen and Gu Yuena charged in to help them.

• Mu Chen stopped the group as he sensed the approaching Titan Giant Ape, and Flender ordered Oscar to use his third Soul Skill.
• Tang San and the others saw the enormous ape approach and recognized it as a hundred-thousand-year forest ruler.
• The Titan Giant Ape ignored Flender’s plea to leave and reached toward Xiao Wu, prompting Flender and Liu Erlong to attack.
• Flender and Liu Erlong’s Soul Skills failed to harm the Titan Giant Ape, while Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s attributes.
• Mu Chen and Gu Yuena flew toward the Titan Giant Ape to help Flender and Liu Erlong.

The Titan Giant Ape revealed Xiao Wu as its target and tried to take her back, prompting Flender and Liu Erlong to realize she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed into a human. Tang Hao arrived to protect Tang San and fought the Titan Giant Ape, while Tang San struggled to accept Xiao Wu’s identity and asked his father to confirm it.

• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Xiao Wu and said she had stayed in the human world long enough and must return.
• Flender warned everyone that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the others moved away from her as Tang San struggled to believe it.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Tang San, but Tang Hao arrived and knocked it back with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine soul rings and identified himself as Tang San’s father, then used Martial Soul Avatar to fight the Titan Giant Ape.
• The Titan Giant Ape held its ground against Tang Hao, who realized his recent use of Exploding Ring had weakened him, while Tang San asked whether Xiao Wu was truly a Soul Beast.

Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form and had intended for Tang San to obtain her soul ring and soul bone. The Sky Azure Bull Python arrived to help Er Ming, and Xiao Wu asked the two overlords to let the humans go before returning to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Hao admitted that he had arranged for Xiao Wu to get close to Tang San so Tang San could obtain her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone.
• Tang Hao fought Er Ming while Flender moved to restrain Xiao Wu, but Liu Erlong hesitated to act against her.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python attacked Flender, and Tang Hao blocked its lightning sphere before Xiao Wu climbed onto Er Ming's shoulder.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python wounded Tang Hao with another attack, and Tang Hao decided the group had to retreat.
• Xiao Wu asked Da Ming and Er Ming to let Tang Hao and the others go, and the two overlords obeyed Gu Yuena's command to leave with her for the forest's core region.

After Tang Hao took Tang San back to Shrek Academy to obtain his third Soul Ring, Mu Chen left with Gu Yuena to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye in Sunset Forest. They reached the valley and sensed the faint lingering souls of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King nearby.

• Tang Hao revealed that he had secretly protected Tang San and thanked Flender for caring for him, while privately planning to capture Xiao Wu for her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao had Flender take the group back to Shrek Academy and planned to help Tang San obtain his third Soul Ring himself.
• Mu Chen left Shrek Academy with Gu Yuena after promising Ning Rongrong a surprise when he returned.
• Gu Yuena opened a spatial gate and brought Mu Chen to Sunset Forest, where she sensed the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King nearby.
• Mu Chen and Gu Yuena crossed Dugu Bo's poisonous mist and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye at the center of a lush valley.

Mu Chen consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, enduring their opposing energies as they transformed his body and External Soul Bones. He woke the next morning with a greatly improved physique and cold- and fire-poison attributes, while Gu Yuena had kept watch over him.

• Mu Chen identified the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot among the rare herbs surrounding the springs.
• Mu Chen used his Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone to pluck the two opposing herbs and ate them.
• Mu Chen leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye as extreme cold and heat surged through his body and transformed his physique and External Soul Bones.
• Gu Yuena guarded Mu Chen and watched for a nearby human Titled Douluo while his transformation continued.
• Mu Chen woke the next morning with an improved physique and cold-poison and fire-poison attributes in his Dark Gold Dreadclaw and Golden Dragon Wings.