Chapter Summaries

Hu Jiu returned to class at Shrek Academy, where Tailong challenged him after misunderstanding his strength and relationship with Xiao Wu. After Shao Xin’s lesson, Hu Jiu led Tailong into the woods to settle the challenge, leaving the fight about to begin.

• Ma Hongjun offered to fight Tailong, but Tailong pointed to Hu Jiu and challenged him instead.
• Tailong objected to Hu Jiu sitting beside Xiao Wu, and Hu Jiu promised to deal with him after class.
• Shao Xin greeted Hu Jiu warmly and taught a lesson on the role of Food System Soul Masters.
• Tang San noticed his cultivation speed had increased and suspected Hu Jiu had obtained the treasure from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After class, Hu Jiu and Tailong led their companions to the woods behind the teaching building to fight.

Hu Jiu forced Tailong to fight Ma Hongjun after Tailong refused to challenge any of Shrek's companions. Ma Hongjun knocked Tailong unconscious, and the group headed out to eat, with Hu Jiu insisting Dai Mubai pay.

• Tailong introduced himself as a level 37 Assault System Battle Soul Master, and Hu Jiu revealed that he was a level 56 Food System Soul Master.
• Tailong refused to fight Hu Jiu or any of his companions, but Hu Jiu ordered Ma Hongjun to take him on.
• Ma Hongjun overpowered Tailong in a contest of strength, and Tailong kept charging back into the fight despite being knocked down repeatedly.
• At Hu Jiu's instruction, Ma Hongjun knocked Tailong unconscious, and Hu Jiu told Tailong's lackeys to take him to the infirmary.
• Tang San suggested that the group go eat, and Hu Jiu said Dai Mubai would treat, prompting Dai Mubai to protest.

Hu Jiu and the Shrek students shared a meal in Heaven Dou City while Ning Rongrong told him that Ning Fengzhi wanted to meet him. After lunch, the group split up, leaving Ning Fengzhi’s meeting and Tang San’s business plans for later.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun joked about going out to meet women, while Tang San declined and planned to look for rare ores.
• Ning Rongrong said she would discuss a business deal with Tang San and revealed that her father wanted to meet Hu Jiu, who refused because he feared Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo might recognize Xiao Wu.
• The group ate at a luxurious hotel, where Dai Mubai spoke about his growing advantage over Dai Weisi and Hu Jiu noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s reaction.
• After lunch, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun left to seek pleasure with several Transformation Hu Shen from Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu returned to the academy, Ning Rongrong went to see her father, Tang San set out to inspect blacksmith shops, and Meng Yiran planned to cultivate.

Hu Jiu, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran visited the Heaven Dou Auction House and obtained bidding qualification cards. After entering the auction center, Hu Jiu admired the attendant until Xiao Wu stopped him, and he began considering how to protect Xiao Wu when Ning Rongrong's Father arrived.

• Hu Jiu sensed that the auction house contained no Titled Douluo and agreed to look around with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran.
• At the entrance, Hu Jiu showed a Black Card, qualifying the group to enter and participate in auctions.
• The group completed the procedures and received Bidding Qualification Cards before heading to the auction center with masks.
• Hu Jiu stared at the provocatively dressed attendant, and Xiao Wu pinched his lower back and told him to stop looking.
• Hu Jiu remembered that Ning Rongrong's Father was due to arrive and decided he should sleep in Xiao Wu's room to protect her.

Hu Jiu attended an auction with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran, where Ning Fengzhi explained the Auction House’s exploitation of its servants. When a Cat Girl was put up for sale, Ning Fengzhi and Hu Jiu bid against each other until Ning Fengzhi’s intervention stopped Prince Xue Xing from challenging the winning bid.

• Xiao Wu blocked Hu Jiu from looking at a waitress as they entered the Auction House’s white section.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Auction House bought and trained its waitresses, who could also be sold as auction items.
• The Auctioneer presented a young woman whose mutated cat Martial Soul had given her feline traits, and Xiao Wu objected to her being sold.
• Ning Fengzhi bid to save the Cat Girl, and Hu Jiu joined the bidding, surprising Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran.
• Prince Xue Xing threatened the white-section bidders, but he backed down after Ning Fengzhi stood and addressed him.
• The Cat Girl sold for one hundred ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins after no one dared outbid Ning Fengzhi.

Hu Jiu left the auction with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran after Ning Fengzhi helped him against Prince Xue Xing. He collected the Cat Girl he had bought and decided to make her his maid while considering whether he could use his carrot to resolve her Martial Soul mutation.

• Hu Jiu thanked Ning Fengzhi, then left the auction with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Meng Yiran without revealing their names.
• Ning Fengzhi watched them leave and ordered someone to investigate their backgrounds.
• Hu Jiu paid for the Cat Girl, opened her cage, and received her Ownership Identity Certificate from the Silver Dress Girl.
• Hu Jiu's group returned to Shrek Academy with the Cat Girl, while Xiao Wu remained angry at him for staring at her.
• Hu Jiu told Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu that the Cat Girl would be his maid and considered using his carrot to fix her Martial Soul mutation.

Hu Jiu named Cat Girl Hu Meier and made her his servant, then returned to Shrek Academy and confronted Tailong’s father, Taino. After Taino insulted Xiao Wu, Hu Jiu revealed his five Soul Rings and prepared to fight him in earnest.

• Hu Jiu named Cat Girl Hu Meier, told her to call him Lord, and decided to judge her honesty through her future conduct.
• Tailong’s father, Taino, came to Shrek Academy’s gate to confront the person who had beaten his son, while Tailong tried to dissuade him.
• Xiao Wu and Hu Jiu arrived with their companions, and Hu Jiu falsely claimed to be Ma Hongjun when Taino asked for him.
• Taino attacked Hu Jiu, and the two exchanged blows without either gaining an advantage.
• Taino blamed Xiao Wu for Tailong’s beating and insulted her, enraging Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu revealed five Soul Rings and challenged Taino, shocking him with his strength and apparent youth.

Hu Jiu fought Taino, a level 58 Power Attack System Battle Soul King, and used his hammer technique and poison to overcome him. Taino was left paralyzed by Hu Jiu’s poison.

• Taino introduced himself and challenged Hu Jiu, who mocked his level and accepted the fight.
• Hu Jiu and Taino traded blows, and Taino initially pressured Hu Jiu with his overwhelming strength.
• Hu Jiu activated Berserk Hu Shen and drove Taino back, but Taino used his Third Soul Skill, Source of Strength, to attack with a hammer-like swing.
• Hu Jiu countered with the Meteor Hammer and Disorder Splitting Wind, sending Taino flying and startling him with the familiar technique.
• Taino used his Fourth Soul Skill, Tremor of Strength, and broke apart Hu Jiu’s Poison Style: Spiral Pill, but the poison spread through his body and left him unable to move properly.

Hu Jiu dealt with Taino and Tailong after they confronted him at the academy, then brought the rescued Hu Meier into Shrek Academy. He and Tang San discussed how to cultivate her incomplete, harmful spirit mutation, though they remained unsure whether she could eventually dispel its permanent Spirit Avatar state.

• Hu Jiu knocked Tailong unconscious and secretly drew the poison from Taino before Zhao Wuji arrived.
• Hu Jiu teased Xiao Wu about taking in Hu Meier, and Xiao Wu agreed to keep her after Hu Meier pleaded for help.
• Hu Jiu obtained Flender's approval to give Hu Meier a dormitory near Shrek's Seven Devils.
• Hu Jiu and Tang San discussed Hu Meier's Level 6 talent and concluded that she needed a Soul Ring and long-term cultivation with Evolved Hu Shen.
• Hu Jiu recognized that their plan carried the risk that Hu Meier might remain unable to dispel her permanent Spirit Avatar state.

Hu Jiu warned Xiao Wu to hide from Ning Fengzhi’s powerful Titled Douluo companions, then prepared Shrek’s Seven Devils for a possible confrontation with Tailong’s grandfather, Titan. When Tailong and others arrived at the academy again, Hu Jiu led the group to meet them and asked students to notify Flander.

• Hu Jiu warned Xiao Wu that Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo could expose her true form, and she agreed to stay at Liu Erlong’s residence.
• Hu Meier served Hu Jiu while Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar teased him about bringing back a Cat Girl.
• Hu Jiu told Shrek’s Seven Devils that Tailong’s Soul Douluo grandfather, Titan, might come seeking revenge, and the group agreed to face him together.
• A student told Hu Jiu that Tailong and the others had returned, so Hu Jiu led Shrek’s Seven Devils to meet them and asked another student to inform Flander.

Hu Jiu and the Shrek Eight Monsters confronted Titan, the formidable head of the Strength Clan, after he brought Taino and Tailong to the academy. The chapter ended as the team prepared to fight Titan, with Flender and others on their way.

• Titan brought Taino and Tailong to Shrek Academy, intending to recruit Hu Jiu after learning of his talent.
• Hu Jiu arrived with the Shrek Eight Monsters and ordered them to fight together, while Titan questioned him about injuring his son and grandson.
• Hu Jiu summoned Berserk Hu Shen for the team, and Oscar distributed Five-Colored Qilin Sausages.
• Ning Rongrong joined the team and boosted their attributes with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Titan proposed a bet, but Hu Jiu refused and ordered the team to attack; the Shrek members activated their abilities as two observers watched nearby.

Hu Jiu and the others attacked Tai Tan together, but the enraged Soul Douluo proved too powerful to defeat with their ordinary skills. Hu Jiu then transformed into Dai Mubai’s martial soul and fused with Zhu Zhuqing, leaving an enormous White Tiger before the stunned group.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized Hu Jiu and watched as Tai Tan faced the group’s combined attacks.
• Tai Tan broke free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Zhu Zhuqing’s Nether Ghost Eyes, then took Hu Jiu, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Meng Yiran’s attacks head-on.
• Tai Tan became furious after their attacks burned and injured him, and Hu Jiu transformed his martial soul into Dai Mubai’s.
• Hu Jiu urged Zhu Zhuqing to join him, and the two completed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing merged into an enormous White Tiger with white fur, black stripes, and purple eyes.

Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Soul Fusion to fight Tai Tan, who responded with his Martial Soul Avatar and overpowered them. Hu Jiu then pushed Tang San to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to intervene and challenge Tai Tan.

• Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Hell White Tiger and attacked Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan transformed with his Martial Soul Avatar and fought the Hell White Tiger, forcing it back despite its sound-wave attack.
• Hu Jiu ended the fusion when Zhu Zhuqing could no longer hold on and urged Tang San to use his hammer.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and Tai Tan halted in shock.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo appeared and challenged Tai Tan to stop him from bullying the younger generation.

Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer revealed his connection to Tang Hao, prompting Tai Tan to recognize him as his young master and seek a private conversation. As Tang San prepared to leave with Tai Tan, Ning Fengzhi proposed looking around Shrek Academy with Hu Jiu.

• Tai Tan recognized the patterns on Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and realized Tang San was connected to his former master, Tang Hao.
• Tang San said his father was an ordinary blacksmith named Tang Hao, and Tai Tan broke down in tears before kneeling to honor him as the young master.
• Tai Tan asked where Tang Hao was, while Tang San agreed to speak with him somewhere private.
• Hu Jiu urged Tang San to move the conversation elsewhere, partly to get Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo away from Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested looking around Shrek Academy and asked Hu Jiu to show him around.

Flender had Hu Jiu guide Ning Fengzhi around Shrek Academy, where Ning Fengzhi invited Hu Jiu to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Hu Jiu deferred the decision until graduation, Tang San arrived and learned that Ning Fengzhi knew his father, prompting him to ask where his father was.

• Flender assigned Hu Jiu to show Ning Fengzhi around Shrek Academy while Tang San and Titan went to talk privately.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Hu Jiu to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Hu Jiu and Flender put off the decision until after graduation.
• Ning Rongrong defended Hu Jiu and kept his Cultivation Hu Shen secret as Ning Fengzhi accepted his answer and left the invitation open.
• Tang San joined Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Rongrong explained that Tang San had helped evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and had made the Hidden Weapons.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that he knew his father, the continent's youngest Titled Douluo, and Tang San asked where his father was.

Tang San refused to sell the methods for making his Hidden Weapons but agreed to supply the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with completed sets. After settling the price and production terms with Ning Fengzhi, he left with payment for the order.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Tang San had not seen Tang Hao in years and asked to buy the Hidden Weapon-making methods, but Tang San refused.
• Tang San agreed to sell five hundred sets of Hidden Weapons for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each, replacing Rongrong's Flying Sky Divine Claw with a Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Ning Fengzhi offered another million Gold Soul Coins for the Aromatic Silk Beauty and asked whether Tang San had more Qiluo Tulips, but Tang San declined payment and said he knew of no others.
• Tang San gave Ning Fengzhi blueprints and said the sect would forge the parts while he handled final assembly, with deliveries arranged in batches of one hundred sets.
• Ning Fengzhi escorted Tang San out and gave him a golden card as payment for making the Hidden Weapons.

Tang San gave Hu Jiu the Gold Storage Card he received from Ning Fengzhi, while Hu Jiu encouraged Tang San to prepare for the upcoming competition and hope to see Tang Hao. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong plotted to bring Tang San closer to Ning Rongrong, and Shrek’s Seven Devils later discussed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San gave Hu Jiu his Gold Storage Card, and Hu Jiu accepted it as a loan so he could consider buying a soul bone.
• Tang San asked when he could see Tang Hao, and Hu Jiu suggested Tang Hao might attend the All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition in half a year.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed arranging a match between Ning Rongrong and Tang San to draw Tang San toward the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Jiu overheard Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong’s scheme with his Perception Ability and hoped Ning Rongrong and Tang San would become a couple.
• The Shrek Seven Devils questioned Xiao Wu about the day’s events, and she learned that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Hu Jiu and Dai Mubai openly discussed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement, then fought before reconciling as brothers. Nearly a month later, Hu Jiu eagerly awaited his Third Soul Skill’s upgrade to a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Hu Jiu told Dai Mubai that his Perception Ability had revealed their identities and distinctive Martial Souls, so Dai Mubai asked to speak with him alone.
• Dai Mubai explained his family’s ties to Zhu Zhuqing’s family, their engagement, and the ruthless rules for choosing the royal heir.
• Dai Mubai urged Hu Jiu to admit his feelings for Zhu Zhuqing, and the two argued before breaking into a rough fight.
• Hu Jiu acknowledged that he liked Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai promised to defeat Dai Weisi and dissolve the engagement; the two accepted each other as brothers.
• Nearly a month later, Hu Jiu watched the AFK Panel through the night as his Third Soul Skill neared its Ten Thousand Year upgrade.

Hu Jiu’s Third Soul Ring reached ten thousand years, boosting his power and upgrading his teleportation so he could travel with one person and use Hu Shen as a long-distance coordinate. He revealed his Soul Rings to the Shrek Seven Devils and gave them Teleportation Ginseng, leaving the group excited for his next upgrade and teasing one another over Ning Rongrong’s affection for him.

• Hu Jiu’s Third Soul Ring upgraded to ten thousand years, raising him to Level 57 and letting his teleportation take one person with him while using Hu Shen as a coordinate.
• The next day, Hu Jiu gave Teleportation Ginseng to the Shrek Seven Devils and explained that he could sense its location unless it was stored in a Soul Tool.
• Hu Jiu revealed his five Soul Rings, astonishing the others with two ten-thousand-year rings and three rings nearing that limit.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai realized that Hu Jiu’s Cultivation Hu Shen might improve when its Soul Ring reached ten thousand years, and Hu Jiu said the upgrade would happen the next day.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Hu Jiu in excitement, prompting Xiao Wu to pull her away and wipe his cheek while the others laughed.
• Ning Rongrong declared that Hu Jiu was her romantic interest, and Xiao Wu protested that she had yet another rival.

Hu Jiu explained how raising his Soul Rings’ year limits improved their abilities and tested the expanding range of his Teleportation. At midnight, his First Soul Ring reached ten thousand years and gained a tenfold cultivation-speed effect, which he revealed to the gathered Shrek's Seven Devils.

• Hu Jiu described how his upgraded Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings strengthened Berserk Hu Shen and Teleportation, and he planted Teleportation Ginseng throughout Heaven Dou City as positioning coordinates.
• Hu Jiu told the gathered Shrek's Seven Devils that his First Soul Ring would reach ten thousand years that night, and they agreed to wait with him.
• Hu Jiu chatted with the group as Xiao Wu noticed the ambiguous closeness between him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• At midnight, Hu Jiu's First Soul Ring reached ten thousand years, granting Absorption a tenfold cultivation-speed effect.
• Hu Jiu released his restrictions and revealed his Soul Rings to the excited group.