Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai examined the three items from Ma Hongjun's Favorability Treasure Chest and found a body-tempering treasure and a talent-enhancing pill. He prepared to save the fire-resistance item for a private moment and continued inspecting the remaining pill.

• Dai Mubai examined a flame-colored orb and discovered it granted High-Level Fire Resistance rather than a fire Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai decided to keep the fire-resistance treasure for himself but postpone using it until he was alone.
• Dai Mubai inspected the first of the two pills and discovered it was an Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill that could raise a target's innate talent to rank nine.
• Dai Mubai placed the rank-nine pill beside the unused Innate Full Soul Pill he had received from Oscar's Favorability Treasure Chest.

Dai Mubai examined the Martial Soul Benign Mutation Pill from Ma Hongjun’s treasure chest and considered giving it, along with the Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill, to Zhu Zhuqing. At the training ground, he asked Oscar how a Food-Type Soul Master should stay safe in combat, and Oscar answered that he should hide behind companions and use the surroundings to avoid danger.

• Dai Mubai read that the Martial Soul Benign Mutation Pill guaranteed a beneficial mutation for one Martial Soul of high-level quality or below, up to super grade.
• Dai Mubai realized neither that pill nor the Innate Soul Power Rank Nine Pill could improve his own already powerful Martial Souls, but both could help Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai decided to store the two pills in his system space until he could give them to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Oscar asked Dai Mubai how he should train as a Food-Type Soul Master, and Dai Mubai asked how such a Soul Master should stay safe in combat.
• Oscar said Food-Type Soul Masters should stay behind companions, use terrain and buildings for cover, and keep away from danger zones.

Dai Mubai advised Oscar to excel as a Food-Type Soul Master while pursuing combat ability, then promised to teach him an offensive Soul Skill. Oscar eagerly accepted the training, while Dai Mubai planned to teach him a Soul Power version of the Rasengan.

• Dai Mubai explained that Food-Type Soul Masters needed to survive and support their teammates, and urged Oscar not to neglect his core duties while seeking combat ability.
• Oscar promised to work hard and asked Dai Mubai for guidance, determined to become the first Food-Type Battle Soul Master.
• Dai Mubai outlined possible ways for Oscar to gain combat ability and said they would focus on creating an offensive Soul Skill because Oscar was not ready to absorb another Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai assigned Oscar stamina, footwork, and Soul Power control training, promising to teach him an offensive Soul Skill once his control improved.
• Oscar became excited and grateful, raising his favorability toward Dai Mubai by five points as Dai Mubai considered his intense desire for combat ability.

Dai Mubai asked Oscar to supply Recovery Sausages while he practiced Soul Skills, intending to raise Oscar’s favorability despite knowing Oscar was ashamed of his crude Soul Incantations. Oscar hesitated to make them, and Dai Mubai prepared to reassure him.

• Dai Mubai noted that Oscar’s favorability had reached 85% and hoped to earn a Supreme Favorability Treasure Chest at 100%.
• Dai Mubai asked Oscar for ten Recovery Sausages and said he would need more whenever he practiced Soul Skills.
• Oscar agreed to help but grew embarrassed about reciting his lewd Soul Incantations.
• Oscar recalled that people had mocked and rejected his sausages, and that Dai Mubai was the first to request his Soul Skill support despite knowing the incantations.
• Dai Mubai recognized Oscar’s hesitation and revealed that he had deliberately asked for the sausages to win Oscar’s favorability.

Dai Mubai encouraged Oscar to stop feeling ashamed of his Soul Incantation, praised his Food-Type abilities, and showed his acceptance by eating one of Oscar’s recovery sausages. Oscar left eager to train, while the system raised his affection to 90% and Shao Xin’s to 70%.

• Dai Mubai told Oscar that his Soul Incantation was a minor issue and that his rare Food-Type abilities made him valuable to Soul Masters.
• Oscar promised Dai Mubai he would become an outstanding Food-Type Battle Soul Master and made ten Soul Power Recovery Sausages.
• Dai Mubai ate an Oscar sausage, praised its taste and effects, and urged Oscar to train.
• Oscar ran off to train, and the system reported that his affection for Dai Mubai had risen to 90%.
• Dai Mubai considered teaching Oscar Rasengan and modifying his Soul Incantation, then received a system notification that Shao Xin’s affection had risen to 70%.

Dai Mubai gained Shao Xin’s favor after comforting Oscar, then trained White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge and began teaching Oscar precise Soul Power control. By lunchtime, Oscar had started to master the first steps of Dai Mubai’s “tree-climbing” exercise.

• Dai Mubai realized Shao Xin’s favorability had risen by 5% because Shao Xin had witnessed him helping Oscar.
• Dai Mubai trained White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge, reducing its charging time by an estimated 10% after two hours.
• Dai Mubai used Oscar’s Recovery Sausages to continue training without waiting for his Soul Power to recover naturally.
• Oscar completed the task of running five laps around the village, and Dai Mubai began teaching him Soul Power control through “tree-climbing.”
• Oscar practiced directing Soul Power to the soles of his feet and began to make progress by lunchtime.

Dai Mubai praised Oscar’s improved Soul Power control and learned that Ma Hongjun had cultivated on his own after Dai Mubai suppressed the Evil Fire in his meridians. The three headed to the cafeteria, while Dai Mubai saw that Oscar’s and Ma Hongjun’s favorability toward him had both reached 90%.

• Dai Mubai praised Oscar for running several meters up a tree using precise Soul Power control.
• Oscar noticed that Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power had grown firmer and stronger, then doubted that he had spent the morning cultivating.
• Ma Hongjun said he had meditated all morning and revealed that Dai Mubai’s Martial Soul talent had suppressed his Evil Fire, making cultivation comfortable.
• Dai Mubai checked the system and saw that Ma Hongjun’s favorability had risen to 90%, matching Oscar’s.
• Dai Mubai reminded Oscar and Ma Hongjun to eat well before training, and they agreed to follow his advice.
• Flender and the teachers had decided to improve Shrek Academy’s teaching and food to better support its three gifted students, especially Dai Mubai.

Dai Mubai’s hard work and support for Ma Hongjun and Oscar earned praise from Shrek Academy’s teachers, while Lu Qibin’s favorability toward him unexpectedly surged. After lunch, Dai Mubai went to Flender’s office.

• Shao Xin took charge of the dining hall and served improved meals made with Soul Beast meat.
• Flender and the other teachers praised Dai Mubai for training and helping Ma Hongjun and Oscar, and Flender and Shao Xin filled his plate.
• Li Yusong offered to train Dai Mubai that afternoon, and his favorability toward Dai Mubai increased.
• Lu Qibin’s favorability toward Dai Mubai rose three times, from 61% to 70%, and Dai Mubai suspected the reason was Lu Qibin’s surname and Martial Soul.
• After lunch, Dai Mubai visited Flender’s office, where Flender welcomed him warmly.

Dai Mubai revealed to Shao Xin and Li Yusong that he was the Star Luo Empire's third prince and explained why he had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire. He asked Flender and the other teachers to help him and support Shrek Academy as he pursued the throne.

• Dai Mubai told Shao Xin and Li Yusong that he was the Star Luo Empire's third prince.
• Dai Mubai explained that his older brother was far stronger, so he had left the Star Luo Empire believing he had no chance to inherit the throne.
• Dai Mubai reminded Flender that he had promised to support the academy if Dai Mubai ever won the throne.
• Dai Mubai said his mutated Martial Soul had restored his hope of competing for the throne and offered to contribute to Shrek Academy's ideals.
• Dai Mubai bowed to Flender and the teachers, asking them and the academy to help him.

Flender explained Dai Mubai’s perilous position as the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire and pledged Shrek Academy’s support. Shao Xin and Li Yusong joined him, while Lu Qibin offered Dai Mubai lessons on the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving Flender suspecting that Lu had a hidden connection to Mubai’s arrival.

• Flender explained that Dai Mubai’s mutated Martial Soul and exceptional talent gave him a chance to compete for the Star Luo throne, but also made him a target, and declared that he and Zhao Wuji would help him.
• Shao Xin pledged support, offering to provide supplies, cook, and earn money for Dai Mubai.
• Li Yusong also promised to help Dai Mubai and offered his strength and Dragon Pattern Staff.
• Lu Qibin asked whether Dai Mubai planned to return to the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Mubai said he would stay in the Heaven Dou Empire for now.
• Lu Qibin offered to teach Dai Mubai about the Heaven Dou Empire, and Dai Mubai gladly accepted.
• Flender suspected that Lu Qibin’s identity was more complicated than it seemed and that he was connected to Dai Mubai’s arrival at Shrek Academy.

Dai Mubai persuaded Flender and the other Shrek teachers to relocate the academy while he remained in the Heaven Dou Empire to pursue plans that could strengthen his claim to the Star Luo throne. He chose Tuosuo City as a safer temporary base near the border and Star Dou Forest.

• Flender asked Dai Mubai why he planned to return to the Star Luo Empire later rather than immediately.
• Dai Mubai argued that the Star Luo Empire offered better opportunities for the teachers and students, and asked them to move Shrek Academy there.
• Flender, Shao Xin, and Li Yusong agreed to follow Dai Mubai and relocate the academy, while Lu Qibin remained silent.
• Dai Mubai explained that he needed to stay in the Heaven Dou Empire for now and build leverage before challenging his elder brother for the Star Luo throne.
• Dai Mubai chose Tuosuo City in the Balak Kingdom as the academy's temporary destination, citing its border location and access to the Star Dou Forest as protection.

Dai Mubai arranged for Shrek Academy to relocate to Tuosuo City and focused on growing stronger while encouraging Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s training. During Soul Skill practice, Li Yusong told Dai Mubai that he was controlling his Soul Power incorrectly and needed to channel it through his Martial Soul.

• Flender agreed to settle the academy’s affairs and move Shrek Academy to Tuosuo City after Zhao Wuji returned.
• Dai Mubai left the dean’s office and saw Oscar training and Ma Hongjun cultivating diligently.
• Dai Mubai reflected on his own weakness and trained his White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge with ten Soul Power Recovery Sausages from Oscar.
• Li Yusong advised Dai Mubai that he needed to use his Martial Soul, rather than directly controlling the Soul Power in his body.

With Li Yusong’s guidance, Dai Mubai greatly improved his control of White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge and advanced his Soul Power, then left for Suotuo City with Old Lu secretly following him. Flender and Li Yusong discussed whether Old Lu could be trusted, and Flender noted that Old Lu had seemed to know Dai Mubai’s identity already.

• Li Yusong taught Dai Mubai to communicate with his Martial Soul before using Soul Power and Soul Skills, helping him train more effectively.
• Dai Mubai reduced White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge’s charge-up time by forty percent in one day and strengthened his Soul Power through repeated practice and recovery.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun returned to their dormitory to cultivate, while Dai Mubai left the academy for Suotuo City after informing Flender.
• Flender told Li Yusong that Old Lu had volunteered to follow Dai Mubai and protect him in secret.
• Li Yusong voiced unease about Old Lu’s silence when Dai Mubai revealed his identity, and Flender recalled that Old Lu had shown no surprise upon learning Dai Mubai was a Star Luo Empire prince.

Flender and Li Yusong speculated that Lu Qibin’s Star Luo Chess Martial Soul and his connection to Dai Mubai pointed to a hidden identity. As Dai Mubai flew to Suotuo City, Lu Qibin secretly followed him, and Dai Mubai realized Lu Qibin’s assessment of him had risen after witnessing his speed.

• Flender suggested that Dai Mubai had come to Shrek Academy because of Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong reconsidered the significance of Lu Qibin’s Star Luo Chess Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai summoned his Evil Eye White Tiger wings and flew toward Suotuo City for the first time.
• Dai Mubai discovered that his flight speed rivaled that of a Sharp-Tailed Swift, surprising him and the secretly following Lu Qibin.
• Lu Qibin’s favorability toward Dai Mubai rose by three points, and Dai Mubai suspected Lu Qibin had been observing and protecting him.

Dai Mubai entered Suotuo City, settled the debts and arrangements left by his former relationships, and then turned to the real purpose of his visit: preparing to complete and advance his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul. He knew the transformation required power from the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Virtues, but still needed to work out how to obtain it.

• Dai Mubai realized Lu Qibin had been secretly following him to assess him, and took Lu Qibin’s increased favorability as a sign that his opinion had improved.
• Dai Mubai entered Suotuo City, where the gate guards let him pass without questioning him or demanding a bribe.
• Dai Mubai visited several entertainment establishments, paid his outstanding bills, canceled his long-term room renewals, and gave Gold Soul Coins to his former girlfriends before sending them away.
• Dai Mubai wandered the night market and considered how to prepare for advancing his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul into the god-level Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King.
• Dai Mubai recognized that the advancement required absorbing power from the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Virtues, but had yet to determine where or how to obtain that power.

Dai Mubai planned how to gather the Seven Deadly Sins’ Evil Power and the Seven Virtues’ Good Power needed to complete and advance his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul. As he explored Suotuo City, he discovered that his martial soul could sense several kinds of Sin power in particular establishments.

• Dai Mubai reviewed the Sin powers and Virtue powers his martial soul needed, and considered seeking them from humans and intelligent Soul Beasts.
• Dai Mubai reasoned that Suotuo City’s brothels might provide Lust power, restaurants Gluttony, and gambling dens Greed.
• Dai Mubai identified Pride power in luxury establishments, the city lord’s residence, and the Spirit Hall branch.
• Dai Mubai sensed Sloth power in bathhouses, foot-care establishments, and massage parlors.

Dai Mubai found that prisons were rich sources of the Seven Deadly Sins, but he still needed to locate people and places that could provide the Seven Virtues. Conversations on the street led him to try an Angel Cathedral, where he entered to search for virtuous power.

• Dai Mubai sensed all seven deadly sins among prisoners in the Suotuo City lord's jail and the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall jail, and decided prisons could be useful sources.
• Dai Mubai reasoned that Slaughter City could provide the deadly sin power he needed, then turned his attention to finding the Seven Virtues.
• Dai Mubai overheard people discussing a wedding, charity volunteering, and a teacher helping struggling students, which suggested places where kindhearted people gathered.
• Dai Mubai concluded that churches, charity groups, schools, and public welfare organizations might contain people with the Seven Virtues.
• Dai Mubai went to a nearby Angel Cathedral and entered as worshippers sat inside beneath its candlelit dome.

Dai Mubai investigated sources of the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Virtues powers in Suotuo City and concluded that people were not born good or evil, while the powers he absorbed could later reappear. Before leaving the city, he bought wine for Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong to reward them and strengthen their favor toward him.

• Dai Mubai listened to believers praying in the Angel God church and sensed the good power of the Seven Virtues among them, but avoided absorbing it to prevent trouble with Spirit Hall.
• He visited schools, clinics, and charitable societies in Suotuo City, where he found both hypocrites and people with kind hearts.
• Dai Mubai reasoned that good and evil grew from people’s experiences and choices, and that the powers of sins and virtues could reappear after the Evil Eye White Tiger absorbed them.
• He decided to buy wine for Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong, who had helped him with Soul Beast hunting and Soul Skill training.
• At Suotuo City’s best tavern, Dai Mubai ordered fifteen jars of the finest new wine, planning to give ten to Zhao Wuji and five to Li Yusong.

Dai Mubai gave gifts to Shrek Academy’s teachers, raising their favorability, then absorbed the High-Level Fire Resistance treasure he had received from Ma Hongjun’s Favorability Treasure Chest. His information panel confirmed the new talent, while his other attributes remained unchanged.

• Dai Mubai delivered fine liquor and tea to Flender, Shao Xin, Li Yusong, and Lu Qibin, increasing their favorability toward him.
• Dai Mubai returned to the academy at night, drew well water, and went to the bathroom while Ma Hongjun continued meditating.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the orb containing High-Level Fire Resistance and felt only a gentle warmth as the talent fused with his body.
• Dai Mubai checked his information panel and confirmed High-Level Fire Resistance had been added to his talents.

Dai Mubai confirmed that High-Level Fire Resistance had become one of his talents and considered seeking a private room to protect his secrets. After two days of training, he learned that Shrek Academy was moving to Tuosuo City and Zhao Wuji had returned just in time to help carry the academy’s belongings.

• Dai Mubai checked his system panel and confirmed that High-Level Fire Resistance was listed among his talents.
• Dai Mubai decided that he would try to get a room of his own after Shrek Academy moved, so he could better keep his secrets.
• Dai Mubai meditated through the night, then trained his White Tiger Mountain-Shaking Charge and other skills over the next two days.
• Zhao Wuji returned to the academy and demanded dumplings, boasting to Flender that he had made the trip back by carriage.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji that Shrek Academy was moving to Tuosuo City and ordered him to eat and help carry the academy’s belongings.