Chapter Summaries

Meng Yiran confronted Shangguan Hong after he took the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent she had been hunting, while Zhao Wuji and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang tried to manage the dispute. Shangguan Hong’s threat and attack escalated the confrontation, and Meng Yiran retaliated with her first Soul Skill.

• Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang found the wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after Oscar had begun absorbing its Soul Ring, and Chao Tianxiang confirmed her Martial Soul had wounded it first.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Chao Tianxiang and softened his attitude, but Meng Yiran angrily accused Shangguan Hong of stealing her Soul Beast.
• Shangguan Hong revealed his three Soul Rings and Soul Elder cultivation, then taunted Meng Yiran as inferior to him.
• Shangguan Hong swung his Golden Spatula at Meng Yiran, narrowly missing her and cracking the ground.
• Meng Yiran attacked Shangguan Hong with her first Soul Skill, Snake Blade.

Shangguan Hong summoned Azir and his sand soldiers to overpower Meng Yiran after she attacked him, while Zhao Wuji and Snake Granny tried to control the confrontation. After Shangguan Hong severed Meng Yiran’s hand, Zhao Wuji attacked Snake Granny, but Dragon Duke’s furious roar sounded behind them.

• Meng Yiran attacked Shangguan Hong, who blocked her strike and summoned Azir with his second Soul Skill.
• Azir summoned four sand soldiers, who surrounded Meng Yiran and attacked while Shangguan Hong advanced to kill her.
• Snake Granny tried to stop Shangguan Hong, but Zhao Wuji blocked her and Tang San and the others cut off her retreat.
• Snake Granny urged Meng Yiran to stop and offered the Soul Beast, but Shangguan Hong’s soldiers helped him sever one of Meng Yiran’s hands.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Possession and unleashed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill at Snake Granny as Dragon Duke roared from behind.

Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang overwhelmed Zhao Wuji and Shangguan Hong, forcing the Shrek group to flee while Zhao stayed behind to fight. After using his Martial Soul Avatar and Ning Rongrong’s boosts to strike back, Zhao Wuji battered Chao Tianxiang and flattened Meng Yiran, leaving the Dragon Duke to witness the attack.

• Meng Shu arrived and sent Zhao Wuji flying, while Chao Tianxiang attacked Shangguan Hong and grievously wounded him.
• Tang San protected Xiao Wu as Zhao Wuji secretly told Shangguan Hong to get the students away, then activated his Martial Soul Avatar and ordered them to run.
• Shangguan Hong led Tang San and Xiao Wu away, while Dai Mubai carried Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing carried Ning Rongrong to safety.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhao Wuji as the students fled, and Zhao punched Meng Shu through several trees.
• Zhao Wuji struck Chao Tianxiang with his Great Strength Vajra Palm and flattened Meng Yiran as Meng Shu rose to his feet.

Shangguan Hong revealed that he had faked his sacrifice to win Shrek’s trust, then used Baron Nashor to devour the Dragon Duke and evolve into the Voracious Baron. After gaining power and Soul Power, he planned to pursue his system mission and claim an External Soul Bone.

• Shangguan Hong woke after staging his apparent sacrifice and sent Baron Nashor to devour the remains of Meng Yiran and Chao Tianxiang.
• Shangguan Hong and Baron Nashor traveled through the Void to the battlefield, where the Titan Giant Ape defeated the Dragon Duke before he could use his self-created soul skill.
• After the Titan Giant Ape left, Shangguan Hong emerged and had Baron Nashor refine the Dragon Duke’s shattered remains.
• Baron Nashor evolved into the Voracious Baron, the purple dead sea doubled in area, and Shangguan Hong’s Soul Power rose from rank 36 to rank 37.
• Shangguan Hong decided to complete his system mission and obtain an External Soul Bone, thanking Little San mockingly.

Shangguan Hong followed Tang San into the forest and saved him from a dying Man Faced Demon Spider. As Tang San recovered, Shangguan Hong secretly secured the spider’s External Soul Bone and completed his mission.

• Tang San flew after the Titan Giant Ape, and Shangguan Hong followed him using Oscar’s Mushroom Sausage.
• Shangguan Hong tracked Tang San through the forest and found him attacking a Man Faced Demon Spider with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Shangguan Hong secretly used the Power of the Void to revive the dying spider’s fighting spirit.
• Shangguan Hong’s sand soldiers stopped the spider from killing Tang San, and Shangguan Hong reprimanded him for rushing into danger.
• The sand soldiers killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and concealed its External Soul Bone, completing Shangguan Hong’s mission and earning him the permanent Void Dominance buff.

After surviving the Titan Giant Ape, the Shrek students returned to the academy, where Yu Xiaogang arrived and was introduced as their new teacher. He immediately focused on Shangguan Hong’s unusual Soul Ring configuration, leaving their first confrontation poised to begin.

• Xiao Wu thanked Shangguan Hong for helping save Tang San, and Tang San completed his breakthrough to Soul Elder after absorbing a Soul Ring beyond his level.
• The Shrek group returned to the academy with Zhao Wuji, and the students received three days off; Shangguan Hong went to Suotuo City and fought as Young Master Bai.
• A crew-cut man arrived quietly at Shrek Academy, and three days later Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ new teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Shangguan Hong abruptly, but Shangguan Hong softened his manner after learning Yu Xiaogang was Tang San’s teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Shangguan Hong whether his Soul Ring configuration was one yellow and two purple.

Shangguan Hong and Ning Rongrong overwhelmed A Dao and A Jian, prompting the Mad Battle Team to reconsider its tactics for their upcoming match. Yu Xiaogang then tried to restrict Shangguan Hong and put Tang San in charge of the team, unaware of how powerful Shangguan Hong's other summons were.

• Shangguan Hong summoned his Sand Emperor and soldiers, while Ning Rongrong boosted them with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and they defeated A Dao and A Jian.
• Mad Rhino and Spider Woman watched the fight, recognized Shangguan Hong as a serious threat, and returned to brief the Mad Battle Team.
• The Mad Battle Team learned Shangguan Hong had one yellow and two purple Soul Rings and began revising its plans for the match.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the Shrek Seven Devils' lounge and called Shangguan Hong's attention away from the fruit platter to announce his restrictions.
• Yu Xiaogang forbade Shangguan Hong from using his Second Soul Skill and ordered the team to follow Tang San's arrangements, hoping to make Tang San the team's leader.

The Shrek Seven Devils prepared for their first team Soul Fighting match against the notorious Mad Battle Team in Suotuo City. When the opponents tried to provoke them, Shangguan Hong answered with a ten-minute torrent of elaborate insults, leaving the arena stunned and the audience cheering.

• The bloodthirsty Suotuo City audience welcomed the Shrek Seven Devils and their opponents, the Mad Battle Team, whose brutal matches had earned them a fearsome reputation.
• Mad Rhino taunted Dai Mubai, and the two teams traded insults as the host and referee watched without intervening.
• Shangguan Hong stepped forward and told Dai Mubai and Tang San to stay calm, promising to demonstrate magnanimity.
• Shangguan Hong delivered ten minutes of ornate insults about the Mad Battle Team's families and origins, leaving both teams and the spectators speechless.
• The crowd erupted in admiration and began chanting, while the Shrek members marveled at Shangguan Hong's performance.

Shangguan Hong broke through to Soul Ancestor and planned to seek a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Qin Ming persuaded Flender to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After the group began a five-day break in Suotuo City, Shangguan Hong made a mysterious request at the Great Soul Arena.

• Shangguan Hong’s Soul Power rose from level 38 to level 40 after the match, making him a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor.
• Qin Ming approached the Shrek Seven Devils and invited them to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender initially refused.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Heaven Dou Royal Academy could offer tournament access and mimicry cultivation, and Qin Ming promised Shrek’s teachers could continue teaching their students.
• Flender agreed to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in two months, and Shangguan Hong later revealed his breakthrough to level 39.
• During the five-day holiday, Shangguan Hong stayed in Suotuo City while Tang San and Xiao Wu went sightseeing and Dai Mubai and Oscar went looking for amusement.
• Shangguan Hong told Manager Ao to close the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena the next day and arrange a Soul Fighting match for him the day after.

Shangguan Hong returned to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena as Young Master Bai, reclaimed the blood Qi beneath its fighting stages, and arranged a one-against-five deathmatch. Tang San grew troubled by his own weakness and jealousy, then went with Xiao Wu to watch the match, where Young Master Bai’s five Soul Elder opponents entered before a frenzied crowd.

• Shangguan Hong harvested blood Qi from the arena, strengthening his cultivation and raising his First Soul Ring to seven hundred years.
• Tang San brooded over Shangguan Hong’s strength, decided he needed stronger hidden weapons, and tried to change the subject when Xiao Wu noticed his distraction.
• Manager Ao’s hired children announced that Young Master Bai would fight five Soul Elders in a deathmatch, drawing an excited crowd.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu read the poster, wondered whether the mysterious Young Master Bai could win, and decided to attend the match.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu took the best seats in the arena as a roaring crowd welcomed Young Master Bai and his five Soul Elder opponents entered the fighting stage.

Shangguan Hong, disguised as Young Master Bai, fought five Soul Elders in a public slaughter while Tang San watched, sensing something familiar and dangerous about him. Young Master Bai’s hidden power let him tear through the opponents’ defenses, and he continued to toy with the wounded fighters.

• Young Master Bai entered the Soul Fighting Arena to thunderous cheers, while Tang San felt an ominous familiarity and scrutinized him with his Purple Demon Eye.
• Shangguan Hong recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu in the stands but trusted the Power of the Void to conceal his identity.
• Five criminal Soul Elders attacked Young Master Bai, hoping to win pardon or claim the bounty on his head.
• Young Master Bai killed one Soul Elder with a small blade, shocking Tang San, who heard a spectator explain that Young Master Bai’s Martial Soul gave ordinary weapons exceptional penetrating power.
• Young Master Bai danced among the remaining fighters, inflicting deep wounds as the Void devoured their protective Soul Power.

Shangguan Hong's final Soul Fighting Arena appearance left Tang San and Xiao Wu stunned, and the Shrek group later learned he had reached level forty at twelve. As the group debated where to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring, Yu Xiaogang urged him to choose a healing-type Soul Ring according to his own research.

• Shangguan Hong defeated five high-level Soul Elders without using his Martial Soul or Soul Rings, then left the arena amid the crowd's cheers.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu watched Shangguan Hong's display and recognized how far his strength and experience surpassed theirs.
• The Shrek group received their completed hidden weapons, packed their luggage, and traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Two days from Heaven Dou City, Shangguan Hong revealed that he had reached level forty, astonishing Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others.
• Flender suggested hunting for Shangguan Hong's fourth Soul Ring in the nearby Sunset Forest, and Zhao Wuji agreed to accompany him.
• Yu Xiaogang objected and recommended an old healing-type Soul Ring, claiming it could give Shangguan Hong a team-supporting summon.

Shangguan Hong agreed to consider Yu Xiaogang’s suggestion that he seek a healing Soul Ring, while planning to ignore the advice and pursue his own goals in Sunset Forest. He and Zhao Wuji prepared to leave, with Shangguan Hong intending to lure Zhao Wuji away and collect immortal herbs.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Shangguan Hong obtain a healing-attribute Soul Ring, but Zhao Wuji, Flender, and the other Shrek students objected because Shangguan Hong’s combat potential was too valuable to sacrifice.
• Tang San felt conflicted about the proposal, while Shangguan Hong calmed Zhao Wuji and said he would consider Yu Xiaogang’s advice.
• Shangguan Hong hinted to Zhao Wuji that they could disregard Yu Xiaogang’s wishes while hunting, and Zhao Wuji caught on.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Shangguan Hong and Zhao Wuji recording stones and asked them to record the Soul Ring absorption for his research.
• Zhao Wuji announced that they would leave for Sunset Forest soon, while Shangguan Hong secretly planned to divert him and take the immortal herbs.

Shangguan Hong and Zhao Wuji found and killed a newly ten-thousand-year Earth Demon Bear so Shangguan Hong could take its Soul Ring as his fourth. As Shangguan Hong absorbed the ring under Zhao Wuji’s guard, an unexpected Soul Bone appeared.

• Shangguan Hong and Zhao Wuji searched the Sunset Forest’s core, where Shangguan Hong secretly fed Zhao Wuji drugged buns as part of his plan to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well alone.
• Zhao Wuji spotted a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast’s cave and identified the golden, rock-armored bear that emerged as an Earth Demon Bear.
• Zhao Wuji attacked the basking bear and defeated it within minutes, then called Shangguan Hong over to finish it.
• Shangguan Hong summoned Azir, whose soldiers killed the wounded bear and released a black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Shangguan Hong began absorbing the Soul Ring while Zhao Wuji stood guard, and a Soul Bone unexpectedly appeared.

Shangguan Hong absorbed a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, rose to rank 43, and gained a powerful defensive Soul Skill. After Zhao Wuji gave him a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, Shangguan Hong pretended to offer it back out of gratitude, but secretly planned to exploit Zhao Wuji for his own advancement.

• Shangguan Hong finished absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and broke through from rank 40 to the peak of rank 43.
• Shangguan Hong told Zhao Wuji that his new Fourth Soul Skill summoned a durable stone statue.
• Zhao Wuji gave Shangguan Hong the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Demon Bear left leg bone that the beast had dropped.
• Shangguan Hong urged Zhao Wuji to take the Soul Bone, and Zhao Wuji eventually accepted it and began absorbing it.
• Shangguan Hong privately revealed that Nashor's Tooth had been planted and planned to use Zhao Wuji's future growth to strengthen himself.

After absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, Zhao Wuji advanced to level 77, and Shangguan Hong secretly lured a Soul Beast rampage toward the Jade Phosphor Poison Formation. The chapter left Zhao Wuji and Shangguan Hong outside the poison mist, staring at the remains of powerful Soul Beasts within it.

• Zhao Wuji absorbed the Soul Bone, advanced to level 77, gained a defensive Soul Skill, and cleared away most of his hidden injuries.
• Shangguan Hong got Zhao Wuji drunk, waited until he was asleep, and sent Baron Nashor into the forest to find the poison formation.
• Shangguan Hong used a natural treasure to provoke nearby Soul Beasts into a rampage, then woke Zhao Wuji and fled with him toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhao Wuji and Shangguan Hong watched the pursuing Soul Beasts gather around the bait before Shangguan Hong persuaded Zhao Wuji to investigate the poison mist.
• Zhao Wuji and Shangguan Hong reached the Jade Phosphor Poison Formation and saw immense remains, including two skeletons that appeared to belong to Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Shangguan Hong drugged Zhao Wuji and left him asleep while he entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He ordered Baron Nashor to devour the treasure land, stripping away nearly everything except the area where the immortal-grade herbs grew.

• Zhao Wuji entered the poisonous mist after greed overcame his caution, inhaled the gas, and collapsed before Shangguan Hong's soldiers carried him out.
• Shangguan Hong confirmed no humans were nearby, then entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Baron Nashor.
• Shangguan Hong marveled at the spring and its rare plants before ordering Baron Nashor to devour everything.
• Baron Nashor ravaged the treasure land for half an hour, leaving only the area of immortal-grade herbs and a small patch of grass beneath Shangguan Hong.

Shangguan Hong devoured the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reached rank 50, and received powerful system rewards. After absorbing a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, he staged the aftermath of a battle so Zhao Wuji would believe he had protected him while unconscious.

• Shangguan Hong ordered Baron Nashor to devour the immortal herbs while preserving the nine-grade purple ganoderma and leaving the spring water untouched.
• Shangguan Hong completed his mission and received a Concealment Earring, two random Soul Rings, and a 100,000-year Soul Bone.
• Shangguan Hong equipped the Concealment Earring and absorbed the Soul Rings and the Soul-Devouring Clawed Frog's Right Leg Soul Bone, becoming a Soul King.
• Shangguan Hong woke Zhao Wuji by slapping him and pretended that Soul Beasts had attacked him while Zhao Wuji was unconscious.
• Zhao Wuji believed Shangguan Hong's explanation and gave him healing medicines.

Shangguan Hong returned from Sunset Forest with Zhao Wuji, hiding his true strength while recovering from his staged injuries. In Heaven Dou City, they learned Shrek Academy had been driven away from Heaven Dou Royal Academy by Dugu Bo and tracked the group to Blue Tyrant Academy.

• Zhao Wuji carried the injured Shangguan Hong out of Sunset Forest, unaware that Shangguan Hong's Soul Power had reached level 67 and his pendant concealed it as level 43.
• Shangguan Hong fell asleep during the journey, and Zhao Wuji believed the twelve-year-old had reached level 43 and become a Soul Ancestor.
• Shangguan Hong awoke in a carriage, where Zhao Wuji cared for him and told him they were several days from Heaven Dou City.
• Shangguan Hong and Zhao Wuji traveled back to Heaven Dou City, eating and drinking together on the way.
• Zhao Wuji learned that Dugu Bo had humiliated and driven the Shrek group from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then found out they had gone to Blue Tyrant Academy.

Shangguan Hong returned to Blue Tyrant Academy after reaching level 43 with a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring, shocking Flender and the others. He met the Shrek group, who celebrated his breakthrough, while Tang San was nowhere to be seen.

• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang learned that Shangguan Hong had reached level 43 and gained a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Shangguan Hong said his Fourth Soul Ring came from an Earth Demon Bear, and Zhao Wuji defended his choice against Yu Xiaogang’s criticism.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that the Earth Demon Bear had also yielded a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone, silencing Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender urged Shangguan Hong to prepare for the Soul Master Tournament, and Shangguan Hong left the dean’s office for the Shrek group’s rest area.
• Shangguan Hong noticed Tang San was missing and suspected Dugu Bo had taken him away.
• Ning Rongrong spotted Shangguan Hong, and the gathered group reacted excitedly when he revealed his four Soul Rings and level 43 Soul Power.