Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji returned to Shrek Academy and erupted when Flender told him he would have to help move it, but Dai Mubai soothed him with wine and praise. Flender apologized with a small jar of wine, though Zhao Wuji remained dissatisfied as the academy’s move to Tuosuo City approached.

• Zhao Wuji cursed Flender for making him return to the academy before revealing that he expected him to help move it.
• Dai Mubai brought Zhao Wuji fine wine and persuaded him that Flender had been busy and had not meant to slight him.
• Zhao Wuji cheered up and said he would make Flender carry him to Tuosuo City and let him choose the academy’s new location.
• Flender flew to Zhao Wuji’s dormitory, apologized for not consulting him, and tossed him a small jar of wine.
• Zhao Wuji mocked the small gift and Flender’s stinginess, while Flender flew away and Zhao Wuji praised Dai Mubai’s larger gift.

After sharing wine with Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai raised Zhao Wuji’s favorability to 81% and obtained a Basic Favorability Treasure Chest. He opened it in the dormitory and found two of Zhao Wuji’s Soul Skills and a dark golden compass.

• Dai Mubai drank with Zhao Wuji before returning to the dormitory, and the system notified him that Flender’s favorability had risen by 1 point and Zhao Wuji’s by 3.
• Zhao Wuji’s favorability reached 81%, triggering a Basic Favorability Treasure Chest, while Flender’s reached 91% and moved closer to an ultimate chest.
• Dai Mubai found Ma Hongjun meditating, rinsed off, and opened Zhao Wuji’s treasure chest in the system space.
• The chest revealed two light orbs and a dark golden compass; Dai Mubai identified the orbs as Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body and Great Strength Vajra Palm skills.
• Dai Mubai judged the two skills less valuable to him because his existing abilities already gave him strong defense and offense.

Dai Mubai was disappointed to learn that two treasures from Zhao Wuji’s chest were his less valuable first and second Soul Skills, but the Martial Soul Bloodline Compass proved to be a powerful tool for developing the Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul. He recognized its potential to reveal and track related Soul Beasts, leaving him with a way to pursue the difficult goal of improving his Martial Soul’s bloodline.

• Dai Mubai examined the dark-gold compass after finding Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body and Great Strength Vajra Palm disappointing.
• The compass revealed that it could analyze the Great Strength Vajra Bear’s bloodline and locate related Soul Beasts, though its uses consumed durability.
• Dai Mubai understood that the compass could guide him toward Soul Beasts whose bloodlines might raise his Martial Soul’s quality through Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Dai Mubai considered how possessing such a compass could have changed Tang San’s relationship with Yu Xiaogang.

Dai Mubai used the Martial Soul Bloodline Compass bound to Zhao Wuji’s Great Strength Vajra Bear and learned how it could guide a Soul Master toward compatible Soul Beasts and bloodline evolution. Though he could not use it on his own Martial Souls, he realized it could help him find a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for a future Soul Ring.

• Dai Mubai reflected that the Martial Soul Bloodline Compass could improve cultivation by helping locate compatible Soul Beasts and strengthen a Martial Soul’s bloodline.
• Dai Mubai activated the compass and viewed the Soul Beasts ranked by their bloodline connection to Zhao Wuji’s Great Strength Vajra Bear.
• Dai Mubai concluded that Zhao Wuji might have become much stronger and evolved his Martial Soul had he pursued higher-ranked compatible Soul Beasts.
• Dai Mubai lamented that the compass could not be unbound from Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul or used directly on his own.
• Dai Mubai recognized that the compass could still track a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, a powerful Soul Beast suited to his Evil Eye White Tiger and Demonic Weapon Tiger Soul.

Dai Mubai considered the limits of the Martial Soul Bloodline Compass, then used Zhao Wuji’s Soul Skills to strengthen his own defenses and Diamond Tiger Claw. He ended the night meditating, intent on mastering his power through steady cultivation rather than relying recklessly on Devouring.

• Dai Mubai concluded that the Martial Soul Bloodline Compass was of little use to him and left it in his system space.
• Dai Mubai planned to fuse Immovable Bright King Body with White Tiger Heavenly Dipper Defense and Great Strength Vajra Palm with the Diamond Tiger Claw External Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai quietly fused the two Soul Skills while Ma Hongjun cultivated across the dorm room.
• Dai Mubai checked his status panel and confirmed both fusions had succeeded.
• Dai Mubai reflected on the risks of relying on the Demonic Weapon Tiger Soul’s Devouring ability and began meditating to cultivate his Soul Power.

Dai Mubai and the others prepared to move Shrek Academy to Tuosuo City, while Flender hinted that new teachers would join them. On the journey, Lu Qibin taught Dai Mubai about Soul Beasts, Martial Souls, and the two empires, while also assessing him.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun trained together before preparing to leave for Tuosuo City.
• Ma Hongjun comforted Flender and the other teachers as they said goodbye to the old academy grounds.
• Flender hinted that new teachers would join Shrek Academy, then flew off carrying Zhao Wuji toward Tuosuo City.
• Dai Mubai and the others set out by carriage, while Dai Mubai spent the nights cultivating Soul Power.
• Lu Qibin taught Dai Mubai about Soul Beasts, Martial Souls, and the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires as he observed and tested him.

During the three-day journey to Tuosuo City, Dai Mubai impressed Lu Qibin with his knowledge and judgment, raising Lu Qibin’s favorability to 80% and earning a Basic Favorability Treasure Chest. The group arrived at Shrek Academy’s remote new base, where Flender explained that the estate was temporary and glanced to Dai Mubai as the person guiding the academy’s future.

• Dai Mubai discussed statecraft, military strategy, and talent selection with Lu Qibin, who increasingly admired him.
• Lu Qibin’s favorability toward Dai Mubai rose to 80%, and Dai Mubai received a Basic Favorability Treasure Chest in his system space.
• Flender brought the group to a remote estate outside Tuosuo City that he had bought cheaply as Shrek Academy’s temporary base.
• Ma Hongjun asked why Flender had not hung Shrek Academy’s signboard, and Flender said they needed to keep a low profile until the academy moved again.
• Flender looked to Dai Mubai as the academy’s guiding figure, knowing its fortunes depended on whether Dai Mubai inherited the throne.

Dai Mubai settled into the relocated Shrek Academy manor with his fellow students, then opened Lu Qibin’s favorability treasure chest. He found Chess Mastery and Spirit Suppression among its three orbs, leaving the final orb’s contents unknown.

• Dai Mubai reassured Flender that Shrek Academy would become the continent’s number one academy.
• Dai Mubai chose a room in the manor’s central building, and Oscar and Ma Hongjun chose rooms nearby.
• Dai Mubai entered the system space to open the Basic Favorability Treasure Chest he had obtained from Lu Qibin.
• Dai Mubai discovered that the first orb contained Chess Mastery, a skill for playing chess.
• Dai Mubai inspected the second orb and found Spirit Suppression, which defended his spiritual sea and steadied his mind.

Dai Mubai inspected the final orb from Lu Qibin’s Favorability Treasure Chest and discovered the rare Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method, then fused all three treasures. He added Spirit Suppression to the Heavenly Dipper Vertical Eye and checked his updated information panel.

• Dai Mubai discovered that the final orb contained the Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method and became excited about its potential to develop his spiritual talent.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the Chess Mastery orb, gaining expertise in several board games.
• Dai Mubai fused Spirit Suppression with the Heavenly Dipper Vertical Eye External Soul Bone, adding it as a fourth Soul Bone Skill.
• Dai Mubai absorbed the Stargazing Spirit Refinement Method and asked the system to display his information panel.

Dai Mubai planned to reach rank 40 and obtain an Ice Silkworm’s Simulation skill so he could conceal and improve his Soul Rings without drawing attention. When Ma Hongjun’s Soul Power rose to rank 23 but his Evil Fire built up again, Dai Mubai agreed to absorb it.

• Dai Mubai decided that an Ice Silkworm Soul Ring and its Simulation skill would help him hide his Soul Rings and use his Devouring ability freely.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that his Soul Power had reached rank 23 after intense cultivation, but Evil Fire had begun burning in his meridians.
• Dai Mubai welcomed the chance to devour Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, which could strengthen his Martial Soul and increase his Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai summoned his Martial Soul, and Ma Hongjun admired his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings and resolved to work harder.

Dai Mubai cleared Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul Evil Fire, gaining Soul Power and Ma Hongjun’s increased favorability. After hearing that Lu Qibin wanted to see him, Dai Mubai suspected the teacher had made a decision about his invitation, but Lu Qibin had not yet explained himself.

• Dai Mubai devoured Ma Hongjun’s accumulated Evil Fire, strengthening his Martial Soul and breaking through in Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun to seek him out whenever the Evil Fire troubled him again, and Ma Hongjun’s favorability toward him rose to 91%.
• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai that Lu Qibin wanted to see him, then hurried back to cultivate.
• Dai Mubai went to Lu Qibin’s quarters, suspecting the teacher had chosen whether to accept his invitation.
• Lu Qibin addressed Dai Mubai as the Third Prince, welcomed him, and poured him tea without yet stating his decision.

Dai Mubai asked Lu Qibin to come out of retirement and serve him, while concealing that he mainly wanted Lu Qibin’s strength and protection. Lu Qibin offered a Go problem to decide his answer, and Dai Mubai recognized it as identical to the Zhenlong Chess Formation from his previous life.

• Lu Qibin apologized for hesitating to answer Dai Mubai’s request, and Dai Mubai accepted his tea and urged him not to blame himself.
• Dai Mubai explained his renewed confidence after his martial soul mutation and asked Lu Qibin to guide him and help him contend for the Star Luo throne.
• Lu Qibin proposed a Go game and promised to give Dai Mubai a definite answer afterward.
• Lu Qibin arranged a complex position that had defeated many Go masters, and Dai Mubai used his Chess Mastery to study it.
• Dai Mubai realized the position was exactly the Zhenlong Chess Formation he had seen in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils in his previous life.

Dai Mubai broke Lu Qibin’s Zhenlong Chess Formation and won his admiration, prompting Lu Qibin to swear the Star Luo Lu Family’s loyalty to him and ask for imperial blood. The chapter explained how Star Luo’s four great families supported the imperial succession and how a defeated Lu or Yang family head could return after receiving Dai family blood to undo a seal.

• Dai Mubai used a sacrifice-and-revival strategy to break Lu Qibin’s Zhenlong Chess Formation and defeat him.
• Lu Qibin praised Dai Mubai’s talent and strategy, then knelt and pledged the Star Luo Lu Family’s loyalty to the Dai Imperial Family.
• Lu Qibin asked Dai Mubai to grant him a drop of imperial blood.
• The chapter described the roles of the Dai, Zhu, Lu, and Yang families in Star Luo’s succession struggles and their arrangements for losing clan leaders.
• The chapter explained that an exiled Lu or Yang family head could return if a prince granted him Dai family blood to undo the Imperial Family’s seal.

Dai Mubai won Lu Qibin’s complete loyalty, raising his favorability to 100% and securing a treasure chest from the system. He decided Lu Qibin could be trusted with his plans but not his deepest secrets, then used his blood to begin an unexplained act upon Lu Qibin.

• Dai Mubai reflected on Lu Qibin’s past and welcomed the former prime minister’s decision to serve him.
• The system raised Lu Qibin’s favorability from 80% to 100%, fixed it permanently, and awarded Dai Mubai an Ultimate Supreme Favorability Treasure Chest.
• Dai Mubai considered revealing some of his abilities to Lu Qibin but resolved to keep his transmigration and system secret.
• Lu Qibin knelt in submission, and Dai Mubai ordered him to raise his head.
• Dai Mubai cut his right index finger with his Diamond Tiger Claw, healed the wound, and pressed a drop of his blood between Lu Qibin’s brows.

Dai Mubai used his imperial blood to remove the seal on Lu Qibin, revealing that the Shrek teacher was a level 88 Soul Douluo. He explained Lu Qibin’s exile after the Star Luo Empire’s succession struggle, leaving the academy’s teachers and students stunned by his true identity and power.

• Dai Mubai’s blood removed the Star Luo Imperial Family’s seal from Lu Qibin, restoring his Soul Power.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Li Yusong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun rushed to Lu Qibin’s room, fearing Dai Mubai was in danger.
• Lu Qibin manifested eight Soul Rings and revealed himself as a level 88 Soul Douluo with the Star Luo Chess Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai explained that Lu Qibin’s cultivation had been sealed and that his displayed level 66 was not his true strength.
• Dai Mubai told the group that Lu Qibin was the former head of the Lu Family and Star Luo Chancellor, exiled for backing the losing side in the empire’s succession contest.

After Lu Qibin pledged himself to Dai Mubai, Flender revealed to Oscar and Ma Hongjun that their boss was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire. Dai Mubai promised to reward their loyalty if he won the succession struggle, but warned that defeat could bring ruin to them all.

• Lu Qibin awoke after Dai Mubai broke the seal on his cultivation and swore unwavering loyalty to him.
• Dai Mubai accepted Lu Qibin's pledge and addressed him as Elder Lu.
• Flender revealed that Dai Mubai was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire and urged Oscar and Ma Hongjun to support him.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun eagerly clung to Dai Mubai's legs after he promised not to forget them if he became emperor.
• Dai Mubai warned Oscar and Ma Hongjun that losing the succession struggle could leave him imprisoned and them in danger, dampening their excitement.

Dai Mubai reassured Oscar and Ma Hongjun that he was confident in the brutal Star Luo throne competition and welcomed their support. Flender, meanwhile, grew disappointed that Yu Xiaogang had ignored his requests to help teach at Shrek Academy, recalling how Yu had abandoned Liu Erlong and betrayed his efforts to bring them together.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun worried that Dai Mubai could be killed or crippled if he lost the Star Luo throne competition.
• Dai Mubai defended the imperial succession system and said his Martial Soul Mutation, Lu Qibin's help, and his friends' support gave him confidence.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun promised to cultivate hard and help Dai Mubai, then returned to their dormitory to train.
• Flender worried that Yu Xiaogang had not answered his letters, despite Liu Erlong agreeing to come teach at Shrek Academy.
• Flender recalled that Yu Xiaogang had abandoned Liu Erlong after their family relationship was revealed, leaving Flender angry and disappointed.

Flender gave Yu Xiaogang one last chance to answer his invitation, while Dai Mubai explained his plans in the Heaven Dou Empire to Lu Qibin. Dai Mubai ended by questioning what Lu Qibin believed about the origins and strength of the White Tiger Dai Family.

• Flender resolved to end his friendship with Yu Xiaogang if he ignored the latest letter and refused to help.
• Lu Qibin asked Dai Mubai what he intended to do in the Heaven Dou Empire before returning to the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai explained that he wanted to recruit Flender and Liu Erlong, then pursue opportunities tied to Dugu Bo's herb garden and Ah Yin's Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai warned that Lu Qibin was not strong enough to challenge the Titled Douluo guarding those opportunities and asked about the White Tiger Dai Family's origins.
• Lu Qibin described the Dai Family's rise from the White Tiger Tribe, and Dai Mubai questioned why its martial soul was not among the continent's strongest.

Dai Mubai explained to Lu Qibin that the Dai Family’s White Tiger Martial Soul was the initial form of a god-tier Martial Soul and revealed the clan’s hidden connection to the White Tiger Beast God. He left Lu Qibin with the truth that the brutal imperial succession tradition also served a deeper purpose: entertaining the god.

• Dai Mubai explained that the White Tiger Martial Soul’s balance of strength and birth rate, along with the Dai Family’s strict governance, had helped the family establish and preserve the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai revealed that the White Tiger Martial Soul was an incomplete initial form of the god-tier Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King Martial Soul, and Lu Qibin realized Dai Mubai’s earlier claim of a Martial Soul mutation had concealed its advancement.
• Dai Mubai explained that the founding emperor had inherited the White Tiger Beast God’s power and awakened the complete Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai said no descendant had awakened the complete Martial Soul since the founding emperor, and that the clan believed this required the Beast God’s recognition and inheritance.
• Dai Mubai revealed that the brutal struggle among heirs was intended not only to develop princes and choose a strong ruler, but also for entertaining the god.

Dai Mubai revealed to Lu Qibin that he had received the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King's inheritance, making him the Star Luo Empire's heir and the uncrowned king of the Dai Family and Evil Eye Clan. He asked Lu Qibin to protect him and help him grow strong enough to become a god, then disclosed that he also had Twin Martial Souls.

• Dai Mubai explained that the Dai Family's brutal succession trials were meant to honor the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King and seek his favor.
• Lu Qibin realized Dai Mubai's Martial Soul had advanced because he had received the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King's inheritance, and Dai Mubai confirmed it.
• Dai Mubai declared that the inheritance made him the Star Luo Empire's heir, regardless of Dai Weisi's supporters, and asked Lu Qibin to help him grow stronger and become a god.
• Dai Mubai said two opportunities in the Heaven Dou Empire were guarded by Dugu Bo and Tang Hao, but that they needed to build their strength before pursuing them.
• Dai Mubai revealed that the Evil-Eyed White Tiger Holy King had granted him a Second Martial Soul, and he summoned Demonic Weapon Tiger Soul before Lu Qibin.
• Dai Mubai recalled that he had rejected relying on his family because the Dai Family and Evil Eye Clan could not be fully trusted, given their history of betrayal and intrigue.