Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao left before giving Hu Jiu the promised Soul Skill, so Tang San offered to help him find one later. The group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Fifth Soul Ring for Dai Mubai, where Hu Jiu challenged them to face the target without his help.

• Tang San told Hu Jiu that Tang Hao had left, and Hu Jiu made Tang San promise to help him find the Soul Skill later.
• Dai Mubai said he needed a Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger for his Fifth Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu guided the group toward its habitat in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group camped outside the forest, with Hu Jiu keeping watch while the girls chatted in their tent.
• After entering the forest, Hu Jiu used his Perception Ability to locate a Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger of about twelve thousand years.
• Hu Jiu refused to fight the tiger unless necessary and asked whether the others had the courage to take on the test.

Tang San led the Shrek team in preparing to fight a ten-thousand-year Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger, while Hu Jiu watched from a distance and Oscar supplied powerful defensive sausages. The battle began with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rushing the tiger, leaving the fight underway.

• Hu Jiu observed the Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger and urged the team to finish the fight so they could prepare for his Soul Ring.
• Tang San devised the battle plan and ordered the team to surround the tiger.
• Oscar gave the team sausages that boosted their defense, then hid behind Hu Jiu, while Ning Rongrong decided to do the same.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the fighters with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Tang San ordered everyone to attack.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing charged the Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger, with Zhu Zhuqing striking rapidly from all sides.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others defeated a ten-thousand-year Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger, allowing Dai Mubai to absorb its black Soul Ring. Hu Jiu judged their coordination lacking and planned more training in the Star Dou Great Forest as Dai Mubai began absorbing his Fifth Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu bound herself to the Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger while Tang San warned the group about its gaze-luring demonic patterns and covered them with Blue Silver Grass.
• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Dai Mubai combined their attacks, and Zhu Zhuqing wounded the tiger after Tang San trapped it in a Blue Silver Cage.
• The Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger shattered the cage and blasted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing away, but Meng Yiran recovered and struck its weakened body with Snake Blades.
• Xiao Wu nearly severed the tiger's neck, and Dai Mubai finished it with repeated Soul Skills, leaving a black Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu praised the team's strength but decided they needed more combat experience, then told Dai Mubai to absorb the Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai sat down and began absorbing his Fifth Soul Ring.

Dai Mubai absorbed his fifth soul ring and gained White Tiger Demon God Transformation, while Hu Jiu announced he would stop fighting and let the others train. After the team agreed to use him as their support during practice, Hu Jiu told them to review their battle against the Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger and prepare for team-combat training in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Dai Mubai absorbed the twelve-thousand-year soul ring and gained White Tiger Demon God Transformation, which could further boost his abilities after White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Dai Mubai challenged Hu Jiu to a match, but Hu Jiu claimed he would now act as a noncombat Food System Soul Master.
• Tang San recognized that Hu Jiu was trying to slack off, and Xiao Wu happily offered to protect him.
• Dai Mubai suggested hiding the team's fighting strength ahead of the All-Continent Soul Master Elite Tournament and using Hu Jiu as their support while they trained.
• Hu Jiu criticized the team's performance against the Demonic Pattern Evil Tiger and asked them to reflect on how to defeat it in half the time.

Hu Jiu searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Nine-Life Black Cat whose cloning ability could provide his Sixth Soul Skill, while helping the others improve their teamwork and combat skills. After half a month without success, he heard a mercenary describe a black cat that had died without leaving a soul ring and suspected it was his target.

• Tang San and the others discussed their shortcomings, and Hu Jiu led them through two days of team combat training against ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
• Hu Jiu continued searching for a clone-type Sixth Soul Skill and settled on finding the rare Nine-Life Black Cat, despite having already reached Level 60.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu reassured Hu Jiu that they would help search other forests if the Nine-Life Black Cat could not be found in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After another half month, Hu Jiu overheard mercenaries discussing a small black cat that had tried to steal Monkey Wine and been killed by a Long-armed Ape without producing a soul ring.
• Hu Jiu suspected the black cat was the Nine-Life Black Cat he had been searching for.

Hu Jiu captured a black cat and confirmed it was a Nine-Life Black Cat after it created a clone, then absorbed its Soul Ring and gained a Phantom Clone skill. The skill proved fragile and useless for deception, leaving Xiao Wu puzzled when she saw it vanish.

• Hu Jiu searched the Long-armed Ape's territory, caught a weak black cat, and stored it in Ruyi's Bag of Treasures for observation.
• Hu Jiu secretly stole Monkey Wine from the Long-armed Ape's cave while continuing to watch the cat and train with Tang San and the others.
• After two days, the black cat split into two, confirming it was a Nine-Life Black Cat, and Hu Jiu killed the clones before absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu advanced from Level 60 to Level 61 and gained the Phantom Clone skill, which created a fragile, nonphysical copy of himself.
• Xiao Wu poked Hu Jiu's Phantom Clone, causing it to burst into specks of light.

After obtaining his Sixth Soul Ring, Hu Jiu demonstrated how Heart Separation Control made his Phantom Clone lifelike, and Shrek's group returned from the Star Dou Great Forest before setting out for Heaven Dou City. Ten days later, they reached Shrek Academy, where Hu Jiu was confronted by Liu Erlong in Dean Flander's office.

• Hu Jiu used Heart Separation Control to make his Phantom Clone move independently, convincing the others that the skill had potential.
• The group ended its month of training in the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Suotuo City, where Hu Jiu gave everyone three days off.
• Hu Jiu's Sixth Soul Ring upgraded to the Hundred-Year Limit, making his clone more realistic and more durable.
• After their break, Shrek's Seven Devils traveled to Heaven Dou City, and Hu Jiu reviewed his Soul Ring and skill improvements along the way.
• Ten days later, the group returned to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu pulled Hu Jiu into Dean Flander's office and Liu Erlong greeted him threateningly.

Hu Jiu shared Monkey Wine with Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji before settling back into training at the academy. His Sixth Soul Ring advanced, and he completed the final practice needed for his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to advance, leaving its breakthrough imminent.

• Hu Jiu offered Monkey Wine to Liu Erlong and Flender, then went with Zhao Wuji to share more while Liu Erlong drew Xiao Wu aside for a private chat.
• Hu Jiu and the others returned to their regular classes, cultivation, and sparring at the academy.
• Hu Jiu's Sixth Soul Ring advanced to the thousand-year level, granting him an energy clone with half his attack and defense, and he defeated Tailong with it.
• Hu Jiu continued simplifying the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer until eighteen strikes could accumulate its full power without reducing its strength.
• Hu Jiu filled the skill's progress bar and performed the eighteenth hammer strike, bringing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to the brink of advancement.

Hu Jiu advanced Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer beyond its limits and sought to learn the Strength Clan’s Forged Iron Hand. He also recognized that his accelerated cultivation method was straining his friends’ bodies, while his own strength and training let him tolerate its effects.

• Hu Jiu’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer reached Essence, giving every strike the force of ten thousand jin and opening another Idle Slot.
• Hu Jiu decided to ask Tailong for the Strength Clan’s Forged Iron Hand and visited him at the academy dormitory.
• Tailong agreed to ask his grandfather for permission to teach Hu Jiu Forged Iron Hand, encouraged by Hu Jiu’s promise of benefits.
• Hu Jiu’s cultivation gifts had advanced Tang San and the others so quickly that their bodies limited how many they could use each day, so they focused on physical training.
• Hu Jiu remained free of those limits because his soul rings, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well tempering, and Indestructible Vajra Body had strengthened his physique.

Hu Jiu began cultivating the Indestructible Vajra Body with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing helping him train, while his friends continued advancing quickly. Tailong brought Hu Jiu the Forged Iron Hand Soul Skill from his grandfather Titan, who approved of Hu Jiu and believed Tailong would have a promising future following him.

• Hu Jiu decided to stop practicing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and focus on raising his Indestructible Vajra Body Soul Skill.
• Hu Jiu learned that Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank 46, Ma Hongjun rank 45, and he had advanced to Level 62.
• Hu Jiu asked Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to strike him while he cultivated the Indestructible Vajra Body and studied their attacks.
• Hu Jiu spent the day training by taking blows from Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tailong brought Hu Jiu the Forged Iron Hand Soul Skill and said Titan had given it to him because he approved of Hu Jiu and expected Tailong to prosper by following him.

Hu Jiu gave Tailong a 10x Cultivation Hu Shen in exchange for the Forging Iron Hand, then helped Hu Meier obtain her Second Soul Ring in Sunset Forest. The ring gave Hu Meier a speed boost and greater control over her cat Martial Soul, leaving her hopeful that she could become more human.

• Hu Jiu accepted the Forging Iron Hand from Tailong and promised to provide him with a 10x Cultivation Hu Shen each day at the Academy.
• Tailong invited Hu Jiu to visit Tai Tan, but Hu Jiu declined and urged Tailong to aim for a substitute spot on the Academy team.
• Hu Jiu used his Perception Ability to realize Hu Meier had reached level 20, then took her to Sunset Forest to hunt for a Second Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu bound a seven-hundred-year-old Wind Speed Cat, and Hu Meier killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring, becoming a level 21 Agility Attack System Soul Master.
• Hu Meier gained the Swift Wind skill and discovered she could control her cat tail, then hugged Hu Jiu in excitement.

Hu Jiu used his Ice and Fire Domain to temper Zhu Zhuqing’s body after she pushed herself through exhausting training. She fainted from the half-hour session, and Hu Jiu carried her to bed before Xiao Wu arrived at his door.

• Hu Jiu found Zhu Zhuqing running alone and urged her to rest, but she said she wanted enough strength to face her sister and keep from falling behind the Shrek Team.
• Hu Jiu took Zhu Zhuqing to his room and promised to improve her physical condition, while she asked when he would tell Xiao Wu about their relationship.
• Hu Jiu removed Zhu Zhuqing’s armor and used his Ice and Fire Domain to expose her body to alternating extreme heat and cold.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the painful body tempering for half an hour before fainting, and Hu Jiu carried her to bed and fell asleep beside her.
• Xiao Wu called for Hu Jiu to open the door, saying she had brought him something good.

Hu Jiu concealed Zhu Zhuqing’s presence from Xiao Wu, then Flander assigned Tailong and Jiang Zhu to Shrek’s Seven Devils as substitutes for the upcoming All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition. Hu Jiu welcomed the new members and introduced the team’s Soul Master levels and roles.

• Hu Jiu used a Teleportation Ginseng and cleared Zhu Zhuqing’s scent before opening the door to Xiao Wu, who visited with gifts and chatted with him.
• Flander brought Tailong and Jiang Zhu to the team and assigned them as substitutes ahead of the competition three months away.
• Dai Mubai objected to adding the two members, but Flander finalized his decision and told Hu Jiu to arrange things.
• Ma Hongjun eyed Jiang Zhu, and Dai Mubai warned him not to harass her before Xiao Wu defended rabbits eating grass near their burrows.
• Jiang Zhu and Tailong introduced themselves, and Hu Jiu presented the team’s members, Soul titles, levels, and roles.

Hu Jiu learned that a Demon Wind Right Leg Bone was going up for auction and brought the Shrek's Seven Devils to bid on it. Though the Soul Bone's ability was weak, competition drove its price sharply upward, leaving Hu Jiu uncertain whether his funds would be enough.

• Jiang Zhu was stunned to learn Hu Jiu was a level 62 Soul Emperor, and Tailong told her to address him as Ninth Brother.
• The group continued training for the All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition while Ma Hongjun told Hu Jiu that a Soul Bone would be auctioned.
• Ma Hongjun gathered details and reported that the 3,000-year-old right leg Soul Bone had a weak wind-control skill, which made Hu Jiu hope to buy it cheaply.
• Hu Jiu went to the Auction House with the Shrek's Seven Devils and considered relying on Ning Rongrong to help secure the Soul Bone.
• The Auctioneer presented the Demon Wind Right Leg Bone, and bidders rapidly drove its price upward.

Hu Jiu outbid a mysterious Black-Robed Figure for the Wind Demon Right Leg Soul Bone, then collected and absorbed it. He discovered that the soul bone let him control wind and briefly lift himself off the ground.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing gave Hu Jiu stored-value cards, and he entered the bidding for the Wind Demon Right Leg Soul Bone at nine million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Jiu and the Black-Robed Figure raised their bids until Hu Jiu won at eleven million and one thousand Gold Soul Coins, with Ning Rongrong offering him a card he did not need to use.
• The Black-Robed Figure pressured Ma Hongjun after he remarked that she was a woman, and Hu Jiu shielded him before the figure left the Auction House.
• Hu Jiu paid for and collected the soul bone, then absorbed it directly into his right leg.
• Hu Jiu found that the soul bone enhanced his physical strength and let him control wind well enough to lift himself slightly off the ground.

After Hu Jiu absorbed the Demon Wind Right Leg Bone, Dugu Bo stormed into the reception room demanding it for Dugu Yan, who needed a Soul Bone to contain her poison. Hu Jiu confronted him and escaped with Xiao Wu, but his last-second change to the Space Coordinate left their destination uncertain.

• Hu Jiu celebrated gaining the Demon Wind Right Leg Bone’s floating ability, then joined the others to go eat.
• Dugu Bo burst into the reception room and demanded the Soul Bone, explaining that he had sought one to help Dugu Yan control her poison.
• Tang San told Dugu Bo that Hu Jiu had already absorbed the Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo turned on Hu Jiu.
• Hu Jiu fought off Dugu Bo’s palm with his hammer, then threatened to seek Spirit Hall’s protection after sensing Dugu Bo’s Killing Intent.
• Tang San stepped between them, and Hu Jiu gave Dugu Bo one day to explain himself before teleporting away with Xiao Wu grabbing his hand.

After Dugu Bo’s confrontation with Hu Jiu, Tang San and the others pressured Dugu Bo to make amends, while Hu Jiu returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Zhuqing. Zhuqing confessed her feelings for Hu Jiu, and Xiao Wu accepted their relationship, leaving Hu Jiu stunned by her response.

• Tang San warned Dugu Bo that Hu Jiu might join the Spirit Hall and become a powerful enemy, but Dugu Bo initially refused to apologize.
• Ning Rongrong, Meng Yiran, Dai Mubai, and Tang San threatened to call powerful relatives to defend Hu Jiu, forcing Dugu Bo to reconsider.
• Dugu Bo set aside his pride and asked how he should compensate Hu Jiu, and Tang San proposed searching the academy for him.
• Hu Jiu returned to Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Zhuqing, explaining that he had only meant to scare Dugu Bo rather than leave for the Spirit Hall.
• Zhuqing confessed that she loved Hu Jiu, and Xiao Wu surprised them by accepting her feelings and suggesting they share him.

After Dugu Bo returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San, Flender and the teachers mobilized to confront him over his treatment of Hu Jiu. Dugu Bo apologized and negotiated with the academy, leaving Hu Jiu satisfied with compensation while Flender secured Dugu Bo’s support for Shrek.

• Hu Jiu decided to seek the academy teachers’ protection and brought Xiao Wu and Zhuqing to Flender’s office.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other teachers rallied after hearing Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu’s account, then headed for the academy gates.
• When Tang San arrived with Dugu Bo, the teachers and students displayed their martial souls, and Flender and Liu Erlong formed their Martial Soul Fusion.
• Dugu Bo and Tang San explained that Dugu Bo had come to apologize, so Flender led Dugu Bo inside for a private discussion.
• After two hours of negotiations, Dugu Bo agreed to support Shrek and gave Hu Jiu compensation worth two Soul Bones.

Hu Jiu and Tang San set out to investigate the mysterious call stirring Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. During meditation, Tang San sensed the surrounding grass’s vast, affectionate reverence toward him.

• Hu Jiu spent time appeasing Xiao Wu and trained Zhu Zhuqing with the Ice and Fire Domain as the group’s levels rose over a month.
• Tang San told Hu Jiu that his Blue Silver Grass was calling to him, and they agreed to investigate alone.
• Hu Jiu and Tang San left the next morning, traveling first to Suotuo City before continuing toward the unknown source.
• Tang San meditated during their journey and sensed the Blue Silver Grass around him glowing and communicating its emotions.
• Tang San felt the Blue Silver Grass’s affection and reverence as if the plants regarded him as their father.

Tang San’s meditation was interrupted when the Blue Silver King contacted him through the Blue Silver Grass, and he injured himself severing their spiritual connection. Hu Jiu recognized the source and decided they should wait for Tang Hao before proceeding, while Tang San recovered.

• Tang San sensed through the Blue Silver Grass and heard a voice calling him King.
• Tang San severed the spiritual connection, sacrificing part of his spiritual power and spitting blood.
• Hu Jiu struck at the fading spiritual force with Mental Shock, then learned from Tang San what had happened.
• Hu Jiu realized the voice belonged to the Blue Silver King and warned that they needed Tang Hao’s help.
• Hu Jiu and Tang San summoned Clear Sky Hammers to try to attract Tang Hao, then agreed to wait while Hu Jiu used his Ice and Fire Domain to help Tang San recover.