Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Hong endured Wang Lun’s abuse until the Hextech Excavation System’s Recombobulator transformed his body, Martial Soul, and talent. After gaining a 423-year evil-attribute Soul Ring, he appeared atop a terrifying purple beast before Wang Lun, who recognized him in shock.

• Wang Lun beat Shangguan Hong and broke his leg to keep him from entering Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Shangguan Hong revealed his Hextech Excavation System and waited for the Recombobulator to complete his transformation.
• The system restored Shangguan Hong’s injuries, evolved his Martial Soul into a Golden Spatula, raised his Soul Power to level 10, and awarded him a 423-year evil-attribute Soul Ring.
• Shangguan Hong absorbed the Soul Ring while a huge purple beast appeared near Wang Lun’s home and shook the ground.
• Wang Lun saw the beast’s purple liquid burn away flesh from his hand, then recognized Shangguan Hong atop the monster with a golden shovel and a bright-yellow Soul Ring.

Shangguan Hong used his first Soul Skill, Wrath of the Void, to summon Baron Nashor and kill Wang Lun before ordering the monster to destroy Heavenly Spirit Village. After hiding the massacre and leaving with the village’s wealth, Shangguan Hong chose to avoid Nuoding City and pursue the system mission to attend a junior Soul Master Academy.

• Wang Lun begged Shangguan Hong for his life, then attacked him with Heavy Chop when Shangguan Hong refused.
• Shangguan Hong cut through Wang Lun’s staff and wounded him fatally, then had Baron Nashor devour his remains and gained Soul Power.
• Shangguan Hong ordered Baron Nashor to devour Heavenly Spirit Village, leaving the village in ruins.
• Shangguan Hong took the village’s money, waited two days for anyone seeking revenge, and burned the ruins to erase the evidence.
• Shangguan Hong decided to stay away from Nuoding City for now while planning to complete the academy mission and eventually seek the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.

Six years after leaving Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City to apply to Shrek Academy and met the powerful Shangguan Hong. Shangguan Hong befriended them because he expected to attend Shrek with them and hoped Tang San’s status as the world’s child of destiny might protect him from the corruption affecting his Soul Skill.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu reached Suotuo City after graduating and headed there on Yu Xiaogang’s recommendation to apply to Shrek Academy.
• A luxurious carriage arrived, and its driver, Luo Le, let Shangguan Hong out before hurriedly leaving the city.
• Shangguan Hong caught Tang San and Xiao Wu’s attention, and Tang San sensed that Shangguan Hong was stronger than him, possibly already a Soul Elder.
• Shangguan Hong introduced himself, learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu were seeking admission to Shrek, and declared they would be schoolmates.
• Shangguan Hong privately resolved to build a relationship with Tang San because his Soul Skill was increasingly corrupted by the Void, and he hoped Tang San’s fortune might help him.

Shangguan Hong befriended Tang San and Xiao Wu on their way to Shrek Academy, concealing his troubled past behind a fabricated orphan story. After displaying his unruly behavior throughout the street, he brutally assaulted a melon vendor who overcharged him, revealing the evil ghost growing within him.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu accepted Shangguan Hong as a fellow future student, and he told them he was an orphan from Nuoya City whose talent had earned him sponsorship.
• Shangguan Hong recalled how his exceptional strength had made him a favored guest of local aristocrats and an overlord at Nuo'er Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Shangguan Hong provoked people along the street, including a child, a beggar, and shopkeepers, embarrassing Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San urged the group to find a place to rest, leaving Shangguan Hong behind at a melon stall.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu walked away, Shangguan Hong smashed the melon vendor's head into a pile of melons over the price of a melon, then spared him with a threat.

Shangguan Hong followed Tang San and Xiao Wu to the Rose Hotel, where Dai Mubai challenged them to a fight. Shangguan Hong accepted and revealed his powerful golden shovel and three Soul Rings before unleashing his second Soul Skill.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu disagreed about whether to trust Shangguan Hong, then chose to stay at the Rose Hotel.
• Shangguan Hong secretly followed Xiao Wu’s scent, intending to devour the power of the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast within her, but held back because Tang Hao could kill him.
• At the Rose Hotel, Shangguan Hong found Tang San confronting Dai Mubai, who had three Soul Rings.
• Shangguan Hong casually ate sunflower seeds during the standoff, prompting Dai Mubai to challenge him along with Tang San.
• Shangguan Hong summoned his golden shovel and three Soul Rings, then activated his second Soul Skill, Glory of Shurima.

Shangguan Hong revealed his Golden Spatula martial soul’s second skill, summoning the formidable desert emperor, and announced that Dai Mubai had to defeat the summon to win. As Tang San and Dai Mubai began their match against it, Shangguan Hong disclosed that he was a rank 35 Soul Elder, then the emperor called forth four desert soldiers to attack.

• Shangguan Hong awakened the desert emperor with his second soul skill, Glory of Shurima, astonishing Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai.
• Shangguan Hong told Dai Mubai to defeat the emperor, while Tang San chose to fight alongside him and Shangguan Hong sat back to watch.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai introduced themselves, and Shangguan Hong revealed that he was a rank 35 Summoning System Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai charged Tang San, who used Entanglement to bind him with Blue Silver Grass.
• The desert emperor summoned four armored soldiers from the sand and ordered them to advance.

Shangguan Hong used the Sand Emperor and his soldiers to overwhelm Dai Mubai, who had underestimated the power of his second Soul Skill. Dai Mubai surrendered after the Sand Emperor and the empowered soldiers beat him down.

• Dai Mubai broke free of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and destroyed one of Shangguan Hong's sand soldiers.
• The Sand Emperor restored the shattered soldier, then Tang San used Parasite to bind Dai Mubai again.
• Shangguan Hong empowered four soldiers with Ascended Power, raising their strength to match his Soul Power level.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to escape the Blue Silver Grass and prepare to show off.
• The Sand Emperor and the four soldiers attacked Dai Mubai until he surrendered, while Tang San and Xiao Wu watched.

After defeating Dai Mubai, Shangguan Hong went alone to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena under the alias Young Master Bai. Tang San reflected on his own weakness and resolved to rely on the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons as he and Xiao Wu settled into their room.

• Shangguan Hong made Dai Mubai call him Big Brother Hong, then accepted Dai Mubai’s offer to pay for the hotel damage and rooms.
• Dai Mubai left for Shrek Academy, eager to tell his companions and teachers about the three young Soul Masters he had met.
• Tang San worried that his strength was inadequate after encountering Dai Mubai and Shangguan Hong, and he planned to make the Dragon Whisker Needle his first top-tier hidden weapon on the Douluo Continent.
• Shangguan Hong changed into an all-white disguise and went to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena with a letter and a credential from Manager Luo.
• Manager Ao welcomed Shangguan Hong as Young Master Bai, recognizing him as an undefeated Gold Soul Fighter and hoping to profit from his arrival.

Shangguan Hong made a deal with Manager Ao to fight death matches at the Great Soul Arena and secretly fed blood Qi from its rings to the Void. The next day, he reached Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, where his mission awakened the Golden Frying Pan as his second Martial Soul.

• Shangguan Hong agreed to fight at most once a month at the Great Soul Arena for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins per match, requiring death matches and a monthly closure reserved for him.
• After the arena closed, Shangguan Hong secretly let the Void absorb blood Qi from its fighting rings while Manager Ao watched from hiding.
• Shangguan Hong returned to the Rose Hotel and slept while Tang San continued cultivating in the room next door.
• The next day, Shangguan Hong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu walked to the shabby Shrek Academy and joined the queue outside.
• Shangguan Hong completed his mission and awakened the Golden Frying Pan as his second Martial Soul.

Shangguan Hong reviewed the system treasures and discovered that his new Golden Frying Pan Martial Soul copied the Golden Spatula’s rings and attributes while making his Soul Rings grow stronger. As Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Shrek Academy, Shangguan Hong was next in line for the admissions assessment.

• Shangguan Hong recalled how he used the Item Reforger to turn the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone into a Shadow Demon Wolf Left Leg Bone and reviewed his other system rewards.
• Shangguan Hong learned that Reach the Summit could bypass cultivation bottlenecks and that the Golden Egg would open after ten years or at Soul Power level 90.
• Shangguan Hong examined the Golden Frying Pan and discovered that it copied the Golden Spatula’s Soul Rings and attributes, required no additional Soul Beast hunting, and made his Soul Ring ages increase with his strength.
• Shangguan Hong imagined using the Golden Frying Pan’s powerful skills to strengthen his summons and resolved to reach the peak within ten years.
• Li Yusong revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation, drove away applicants who failed the assessment, and kept their registration fees.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu paid their fees and passed the entrance assessment, and Shangguan Hong was called next.

Shangguan Hong passed Shrek Academy’s entrance tests and stunned the examiners with his level 35 Soul Power and unusual summoning Martial Soul. As the five new students prepared to face Zhao Wuji, he downplayed his combat abilities while the others wondered what he could do.

• Shangguan Hong passed Li Yusong’s preliminary test after revealing his Golden Spatula Martial Soul and three Soul Rings, including two purple ones.
• Shangguan Hong joined Tang San and the others, and his level 35 Soul Power caused a stir during the next assessment.
• Dai Mubai led the five students to Zhao Wuji, who decided to examine them personally.
• Dai Mubai explained that they would face level 76 Soul Saint Zhao Wuji, and Shangguan Hong resolved to limit the methods he used.
• Tang San introduced himself, and the group shared their Martial Souls and Soul Power before Shangguan Hong called himself a weak fighter despite displaying his enormous Golden Spatula.

Shangguan Hong accepted a system mission to challenge Zhao Wuji, then summoned Mordekaiser with his third Soul Skill as the battle turned against the students. Zhao Wuji halted before the towering Iron Revenant, but Mordekaiser immediately struck at him.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu, Shangguan Hong, and Zhu Zhuqing as Zhao Wuji attacked her with a shock wave, and Tang San pulled her to safety.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji, but he repelled them and left them injured despite Tang San softening their fall.
• Shangguan Hong focused on a system mission offering an Alternate Dimension Capture Cage, and Zhao Wuji charged at him when he failed to join the fight.
• Shangguan Hong used his third Soul Skill, Domination: Noxus's Conquest, to summon Mordekaiser through a deathly gate.
• Mordekaiser emerged before Zhao Wuji and swung his heavy hammer at him.

Shangguan Hong’s Mordekaiser held Zhao Wuji at bay during the Shrek entrance test while Tang San and the others attacked. After Zhao Wuji injured Zhu Zhuqing and drove back Xiao Wu, he targeted Tang San, but Xiao Wu used her Charm Soul Skill to intervene.

• Shangguan Hong summoned Mordekaiser, whose underworld flames and immense strength stunned the group and forced Zhao Wuji to take him seriously.
• Ning Rongrong admired Shangguan Hong’s strength, while Dai Mubai realized how badly Mordekaiser could have defeated him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined the fight, and Zhao Wuji unleashed his Soul Power, injuring Xiao Wu and dislocating Zhu Zhuqing’s arms before Dai Mubai caught her.
• Zhao Wuji struck Mordekaiser repeatedly, but Shangguan Hong kept him recovering and used Ning Rongrong’s support to strengthen him.
• Shangguan Hong let Mordekaiser slow down, allowing Zhao Wuji to rush Tang San and Xiao Wu; Xiao Wu pushed Tang San aside and used her Second Soul Skill, Charm.

After Xiao Wu was injured, Tang San fought Zhao Wuji and earned admission for the group, while Shangguan Hong secretly considered which classmate to capture with his system reward. He chose Ma Hongjun as his target and waited for Tang Hao to leave the academy before acting.

• Xiao Wu was knocked unconscious by Zhao Wuji, and Tang San entrusted her to Ning Rongrong before taking over the duel.
• Shangguan Hong ate forty of Oscar's sausages, restoring his Soul Power while Oscar nearly exhausted himself.
• Tang San's fight with Zhao Wuji secured admission for the group, and Dai Mubai assigned the students to dorm rooms.
• Shangguan Hong examined the Alternate Dimension Capture Cage and chose Ma Hongjun as his target because of his Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Tang Hao inspected the students, saw Shangguan Hong sleeping, and decided the talented young man might become an affiliated Soul Master of the Clear Sky Sect.
• As night fell, Shangguan Hong waited for Tang Hao to leave so he could act.

Shangguan Hong used the Void to capture Ma Hongjun in an alternate dimension, then concealed his role when the others noticed Ma Hongjun was missing. Flender assumed Ma Hongjun had gone off to Suotuo City, unaware that he was trapped inside Shangguan Hong's Storage Soul Tool.

• Shangguan Hong heard a distant crash and traveled through the Void toward a forest, expecting Tang Hao to be fighting there.
• Ma Hongjun walked back toward the academy with food from Cuihua, but Shangguan Hong trapped him in an Alternate Dimension Capture Cage and carried him away.
• Shangguan Hong returned to his dormitory and slept, showing no guilt over Ma Hongjun's disappearance.
• The next morning, Shangguan Hong joined Tang San and the others, then denied knowing anything when Dai Mubai asked about Ma Hongjun.
• Flender learned Ma Hongjun was missing and assumed he had gone to Suotuo City, while Ma Hongjun remained inside Shangguan Hong's Storage Soul Tool.

Shangguan Hong attended Shrek Academy’s first lesson at the Great Soul Arena, won his first match under his real identity, and then posed as a Scavenger at Suotuo City’s Spirit Hall Branch. He asked the branch deacon for a list of criminal Soul Masters, intending to use them as cultivation resources.

• Flender assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run laps while the other students had no arranged training.
• Dai Mubai led the Shrek group to the Great Soul Arena, where Shangguan Hong registered for a one-on-one match under his real identity.
• Shangguan Hong summoned Azir and defeated a level 34 opponent without using Young Master Bai’s close-combat techniques.
• Shangguan Hong slipped away, changed into Young Master Bai’s outfit in an alley, and fed several youths to Baron Nashor.
• Shangguan Hong showed a Scavenger token at the Spirit Hall Branch and asked the deacon for a list of Suotuo City’s most criminal Soul Masters.
• Shangguan Hong reflected that he had stolen the token from a Scavenger he killed and had been using the false identity to obtain cultivation resources.

Shangguan Hong returned from a night of secretly eliminating criminals and talked Flender out of suspecting him in Ma Hongjun’s disappearance. At Oscar’s sausage lesson, Shrek Academy decided to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s third Soul Ring, and Shangguan Hong received a mission that granted him a new Void evolution path.

• Shangguan Hong used the Scavengers’ name and Void power to persuade a Spirit Hall deacon to support a night of hunts that killed at least three evil Soul Masters, though civilians were also harmed.
• Flender confronted Shangguan Hong about returning late, but accepted his cover story and stopped suspecting him of involvement in Ma Hongjun’s disappearance.
• Flender began lessons for the new students, and Oscar demonstrated that his sausages could provide Soul Power.
• After seeing Oscar’s ability, Flender assigned the students to help him obtain his third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shangguan Hong received a mission to seize a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone and unlocked the Void Dominance buff, which let Baron Nashor use the Void Fish form.

The Shrek group clashed with Canghui Academy after Dai Mubai insulted them, and Shangguan Hong maimed a student who mocked him. Ye Zhiqiu accepted the group’s challenge to spar, leaving both sides ready to fight.

• The Shrek party arrived at an inn near the Star Dou Great Forest and shared a meal, while the Blue Sunshine Academy group led by Ye Zhiqiu entered.
• Dai Mubai insulted Canghui Academy, prompting Ye Zhiqiu and his students to surround the Shrek Seven Devils.
• A Canghui student mocked Shangguan Hong’s purple hair, and Xiao Wu struck three students as the confrontation turned physical.
• Shangguan Hong cut off the mocking student’s hand with his Golden Spatula, and Dai Mubai revealed the Shrek group’s Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu accepted their challenge to spar and activated his Black Tortoise possession.

Shangguan Hong and the Shrek students fought Ye Zhiqiu after he attacked them at the inn, and the battle ended with Zhao Wuji arriving to confront the injured Soul King. Ye Zhiqiu faced the Soul Saint’s fury as the chapter ended.

• Ye Zhiqiu attacked the Shrek group inside the inn, but Shangguan Hong summoned Mordekaiser, who shattered his attack and sent him flying.
• Shangguan Hong and the Shrek students overwhelmed Ye Zhiqiu, who unleashed his fifth Soul Skill after Mordekaiser’s defense held against his blows.
• Shangguan Hong recalled Mordekaiser, leaving Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu exposed to Ye Zhiqiu’s Black Water Surge and injured.
• Shangguan Hong accused Ye Zhiqiu of trying to kill them, while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to retaliate and Oscar called for Teacher Zhao.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with seven Soul Rings and threatened Ye Zhiqiu for hurting his students.

Zhao Wuji took Tang San and Shangguan Hong to the forest and forced them into a brutal lesson in killing after Ye Zhiqiu and Blue Sunshine Academy threatened Shrek. After Zhao Wuji left them to clean up, Shangguan Hong revealed his first Soul Skill, summoning a strange purple-scaled fish.

• Zhao Wuji overwhelmed Ye Zhiqiu, drove off the onlookers, and took him and the Blue Sunshine Academy students into the forest.
• Shangguan Hong warned Tang San that Blue Sunshine Academy had a Soul Saint backing it, and Tang San bound the students and led them after Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji beat Ye Zhiqiu nearly to death, killed him, and urged Tang San and Shangguan Hong to kill the others.
• Shangguan Hong and Tang San helped kill the Blue Sunshine Academy students, and Zhao Wuji left them to deal with the bodies.
• Shangguan Hong activated his first Soul Skill, Wrath of the Void, and summoned a strange purple-scaled fish from a sea of purple liquid.