Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Wuji beat Dai Mubai, the group reached the Star Dou Great Forest and found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar. The Peerless Dragon Snake couple and Meng Yiran arrived in Team Rocket costumes, claimed the serpent as their prey, and faced Zhao Wuji’s challenge.

• Zhao Wuji beat Dai Mubai for ten minutes and ordered everyone to leave early the next morning.
• The group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji subdued a thousand-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar.
• Chao Tianxiang, Meng Shu, and Meng Yiran arrived in silver bodysuits and a Meowth costume, performing a Team Rocket introduction.
• Chao Tianxiang claimed the serpent, pointing to two wounds on its belly as proof that she had found it first.
• Zhao Wuji confronted the trio, revealed his seven Soul Rings, and challenged them as the Immovable Wisdom King.

Xiao Jue stepped in to settle the dispute over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent by dueling Meng Yiran. He revealed his Leviathan Martial Soul and stunned everyone by easily blocking her attack despite being only level ten.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang revealed their Soul Rings, forcing Zhao Wuji to recognize the Peerless Dragon Snake and back down.
• Xiao Jue proposed resolving the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent dispute through a duel, and Meng Shu agreed to let him face Meng Yiran in Oscar's place.
• Meng Yiran and Xiao Jue introduced themselves before their groups cleared space for the fight.
• Xiao Jue released his Leviathan Martial Soul, alarming Ma Hongjun and making Meng Yiran's Serpent Cane tremble.
• Meng Yiran charged and swung her Serpent Cane at Xiao Jue, but he stopped it with one hand, shocking Chao Tianxiang.

Xiao Jue defeated Meng Yiran, revealed how she could use her Poké Ball to command captured Soul Beasts, and earned her gratitude and affection. Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang invited him to join their family, but Xiao Jue stayed with Shrek Academy, where Ning Rongrong immediately offered her sect's resources instead.

• Xiao Jue blocked Meng Yiran's attack, took her Serpent Cane, and defeated her with his Abyssal Turbid Waves, then stopped her Soul-Breaking Knives with black water.
• Meng Shu urged Meng Yiran to admit defeat, and Xiao Jue's system awarded him 12 Envy Points and raised his Martial Soul Leviathan, Sin of Envy to level 22.
• Xiao Jue returned the Serpent Cane and told Meng Yiran that her Poké Ball could tame and store Soul Beasts for her to summon in battle.
• Meng Yiran thanked Xiao Jue with a kiss, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang invited him to develop with their family.
• Xiao Jue declined the invitation and chose to stay with his friends at Shrek Academy, prompting Ning Rongrong to offer her sect's resources.

After Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang offered Xiao Jue their support and encouraged a match with Meng Yiran, Ning Rongrong grew jealous and decided to pursue him. She sneaked into Xiao Jue’s tent while he was on watch, kissed him as he opened his eyes, and found herself caught in his embrace.

• Meng Shu welcomed Xiao Jue to visit Meng Yiran and promised that the Peerless Dragon Snake Family would defend him, while Meng Yiran blushed and left with her grandparents.
• Zhao Wuji praised Xiao Jue’s strength, while Tang San silently seethed over Xiao Jue’s attention from the others.
• The group camped for the night, and Ning Rongrong grew jealous as she thought about Meng Yiran kissing Xiao Jue and inviting him to her family.
• During her watch, Ning Rongrong sneaked into Xiao Jue’s tent and leaned down to kiss him.
• Xiao Jue opened his eyes, pulled Ning Rongrong into his arms, and teased her for being caught.

Xiao Jue and Ning Rongrong spent the night together, and Ning Rongrong unlocked Jewel Magecraft and tested its destructive power at dawn. The resulting commotion brought the group outside, where they faced the approaching Titan Giant Ape.

• Xiao Jue kissed Ning Rongrong, and the two spent the night together while Oscar looked for her during his watch.
• Ning Rongrong unlocked Jewel Magecraft and received emeralds, sapphires, and rubies, while Xiao Jue gained Lust Points and a Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong secretly tested Jewel Magecraft and blasted apart a tree with three jewel projectiles.
• The ground began shaking, and Zhao Wuji and the others rushed out of their tents as Xiao Wu anxiously watched the forest.
• Xiao Jue spotted an enormous creature approaching, and Tang San identified it as the Titan Giant Ape.

The Titan Giant Ape Er Ming took Xiao Wu away while a Matchmaker System tasked him with finding her a suitable spouse in exchange for a chance to survive his heavenly tribulation. Xiao Jue stole the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone from Tang San, gained wings, and flew after Er Ming.

• Zhao Wuji attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but Er Ming punched him away, then blasted the others and carried off Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Jue moved Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to safety and told them to stay put while he went to investigate.
• Er Ming’s Matchmaker System assigned him to find Xiao Wu a suitable spouse and offered the chance to overcome his heavenly tribulation as a reward.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, reached level 30, and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Jue forcibly absorbed the spider’s Eight Spider Lances, which became wings, then flew after Er Ming to recover his fragments.

After Xiao Wu formed her third Soul Ring, Er Ming tried to arrange a match between her and Xiao Jue, who arrived to bring her back. Xiao Jue and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy together, while Flender met with Xiao Gang that night.

• Xiao Wu formed her third Soul Ring, and Er Ming urged her to find a partner.
• Xiao Jue flew into the forest, found Xiao Wu, and agreed not to tell the others what she had asked him to keep secret.
• Er Ming declared himself a matchmaker and joined Xiao Jue and Xiao Wu's hands, completing his mission and earning a reward to break through the hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation.
• Xiao Jue carried Xiao Wu away and promised to protect her, saying he knew she was a Soul Beast and would keep her secret.
• Xiao Jue and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji also came back battered and bruised.
• Flender met Xiao Gang in his office that night and expressed surprise that he had come.

Yu Xiaogang joined Shrek Academy as Tang San’s teacher and tried to raise his Soul Power by eating white radishes on the Doubao System’s advice. His attempt ended in a foul public outburst that provoked Ning Rongrong, and an unidentified voice interrupted their confrontation.

• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy but teased him about his low Soul Power, while Yu Xiaogang insisted he had changed.
• The Doubao System told Yu Xiaogang that eating many white radishes could help him break through level thirty, so he ate radishes and tried to hold in the resulting gas all night.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to the students as Grandmaster and Tang San’s teacher, but a pat on his shoulder made Yu Xiaogang release a foul fart in front of everyone.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu questioned his ability to teach, and Tang San defended his teacher before gagging from the stench.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to teach Ning Rongrong to respect her elders, and a distant voice rebuked him for getting worked up over a young girl.

Xiao Jue exposed Yu Xiaogang’s training plans and accepted a three-month wager to train Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing against Yu Xiaogang’s students. Elsewhere, Qian Renxue woke from a Simulation haunted by Tang San and questioned whether its events would come to pass.

• Xiao Jue defended Ning Rongrong and insulted Yu Xiaogang, then revealed Yu Xiaogang had learned his theories from Spirit Hall’s library and planned to train the students by making them run with stones on their backs.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun questioned Yu Xiaogang’s teaching, while Xiao Jue’s system rewarded him with Pride Points and a Soul Ring for Lucifer, Sin of Pride.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Xiao Jue to a match in three months, and Flender pressured Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun to accept the wager.
• Xiao Jue promised targeted training for Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to take the initiative with him.
• Qian Renxue woke in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace sweating and shaken by her Simulation, remembered Tang San’s attack and her feelings for him, and wondered about Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue received Angewomon Divine Armor from the Simulation and ordered She Long and Ci Xue to investigate Shrek Academy and Tang San. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang began a weighted running regimen, and the exhausted students set off with stones on their backs.

• Qian Renxue remembered Bibi Dong taking Tang San's fatal strike and resolved to check whether Tang San existed and eliminate him if he did.
• The system ended the Simulation and awarded Qian Renxue the S-rank Angewomon Divine Armor, which she admired despite being embarrassed by its revealing design.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long and Ci Xue to find Shrek Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire and verify whether Tang San attended it.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to increase the load in his running training and ordered Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San to run ten round trips between the academy and Suotuo City with weights.
• Tang San led the others out carrying stones despite his pain, and Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar followed; Ma Hongjun's Ah Fu System activated as Oscar suggested they take it slow.

Xiao Jue began Ning Rongrong’s one-on-one training by focusing on self-defense and the Heart Separation Control Method. After she demonstrated her gem-based attacks, he helped her develop ways to store Soul Power in gems and expand Jewel Magecraft, and they shared an affectionate moment before training continued.

• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai struggled through their stone-basket run while Oscar reacted to their effort.
• Xiao Jue told Ning Rongrong he would train her self-defense and Heart Separation Control Method, and she was surprised that he knew the technique.
• Ning Rongrong demonstrated firing red, green, and blue gems that became fire, wind, and water and blasted through a tree.
• Xiao Jue suggested preloading gems with Soul Power and using them for attacks, defenses, scouting, Soul Skill enhancements, reserves, and larger-scale magic arrays.
• Ning Rongrong praised Xiao Jue, kissed him, and exchanged affectionate words with him before he returned them to the training.

Xiao Jue discovered that Ning Rongrong had a Tycoon System and Zhu Zhuqing had a Favorability System, then took Zhu Zhuqing on a date in Suotuo City. Zhu Zhuqing’s favorability reward strengthened her Soul Rings and raised her Soul Power to level 30, and Xiao Jue’s kindness moved her deeply.

• Xiao Jue identified Ning Rongrong’s Tycoon System and confirmed that she had unlocked Jewel Magecraft.
• Xiao Jue found Zhu Zhuqing’s Favorability System and asked her to go on a date, then took her hand.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s favorability increased by four percent, rewarding her with Soul Rings that gained a thousand years of age and raising her Soul Power to level 30.
• Xiao Jue and Zhu Zhuqing explored Suotuo City, where he bought her a blown-sugar cat after learning she had never visited a lively place like it.
• Xiao Jue reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she did not have to think only about getting stronger, and his tenderness brought tears to her eyes.

Dugu Yan had Dugu Bo collect venomous snake Soul Beasts so she could use her Devouring System, though she planned to cook them first. The next morning, Xiao Wu demanded training after hearing how much Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had improved, and she sparred with Xiao Jue without landing a decisive blow.

• Dugu Yan sent Dugu Bo away after he brought her baskets of venomous snake Soul Beasts, then ordered the servants to cook them into a feast.
• Dugu Bo flew to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and pondered which Devil Fruit to choose from his system.
• Xiao Wu confronted Xiao Jue for neglecting her training while helping Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing improve.
• Xiao Jue checked Xiao Wu's Dress-Up System and considered using a combat outfit to strengthen her.
• Xiao Wu activated Martial Soul Possession and attacked Xiao Jue, who blocked and dodged her strikes while coaching her.
• Xiao Wu swept at Xiao Jue and lunged for his chest, but he caught her wrist and tripped her; she flipped upright and resumed her stance.