Chapter Summaries

Hu Jiu led Shrek’s group into Sunset Forest to hunt the Green Wood Dragon King, whose powerful Dragon Might threatened to suppress them. After preparing support foods and reaching the enormous Soul Beast, Flander and Liu Erlong began the fight with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Hu Jiu’s group set out for Sunset Forest, and he guided them toward the Green Wood Dragon King using his perception.
• Hu Jiu, Oscar, and Shao Xin prepared support foods, while Hu Jiu distributed Teleportation Ginseng so the group could retreat if needed.
• The group reached the Green Wood Dragon King and saw its immense Green Wood Dragon Root Tree form.
• Hu Jiu asked Flander and Liu Erlong to take the lead, while Flander called on the others and Zhao Wuji to help restrain the Soul Beast.
• Flander and Liu Erlong released their Spirits and formed a Flying Fire Dragon whose Dragon Might countered the Green Wood Dragon King’s suppression.

Hu Jiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu joined Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Great Strength Vajra Bear in attacking the Green Wood Dragon King, using their fused form and layered enhancements to open a massive wound. Exhausted after their brief assault, they left the fight to Dai Mubai and the others, and Dai Mubai attacked the wound with White Tiger Meteor Shower.

• The fire dragon and Great Strength Vajra Bear appeared, and Hu Jiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu fused into a Tiger Man as Ning Rongrong and the Food System Soul Masters boosted the fighters.
• The fire dragon, Great Strength Vajra Bear, and Tiger Man attacked the Green Wood Dragon King, burning and cutting through its branches.
• Hu Jiu charged through the Dragon King's leaf blades under Xiao Wu's Invincible Golden Body, then used Vajra Body and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to split its trunk.
• Zhao Wuji slowed the Green Wood Dragon King with Gravity Enhancement while the fire dragon's flames spread across its branches.
• After their fusion ended, Hu Jiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu withdrew exhausted and urged Dai Mubai and the others to continue the fight.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Meteor Shower to strike the wound Hu Jiu had left in the Green Wood Dragon King's trunk.

Hu Jiu and his companions defeated the seventy-thousand-year Green Wood Dragon Root Tree after it unleashed its hidden power. Hu Jiu began absorbing its soul ring, poised to reach Spirit Sage above Level Seventy.

• Dai Mubai, Fatty, Tang San, and Meng Yiran attacked the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree while Hu Jiu restored his soul power.
• The Green Wood Dragon Root Tree unleashed green light and roots, trapping Zhao Wuji and threatening the Fire Dragon, but Hu Jiu freed Zhao Wuji and froze the roots with his Ice and Fire Domain.
• Hu Jiu pierced the tree with his Eight Spider Lances and drained its essence while he and the Fire Dragon burned it down.
• The Green Wood Dragon Root Tree collapsed, and its soul ring appeared before Hu Jiu as his Eight Spider Lances changed and grew more potent.
• At Zhao Wuji's urging, Hu Jiu summoned Spirit Ginseng and began absorbing the soul ring.

Hu Jiu absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Green Wood Dragon Root Tree soul ring, enduring its immense Soul Power by refining it with Heart Separation Control. He completed his Seventh Soul Ring safely, then reunited with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing as Ning Rongrong watched with conflicted feelings.

• Hu Jiu resisted the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree's lingering spiritual shock with his powerful spiritual strength and Nether Soul Suppressing Bell.
• Hu Jiu endured the soul ring's overwhelming Soul Power and divided it into seven streams with Heart Separation Control, gradually refining it.
• Hu Jiu successfully formed his seventh black soul ring and opened his eyes after four hours of absorption.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing rushed into Hu Jiu's embrace while Ning Rongrong watched with an intense struggle in her eyes.
• Liu Erlong chided Hu Jiu for pursuing both Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, but Xiao Wu told her godmother that the choice had been her own.

After becoming a Soul Sage, Hu Jiu discovered a Tree Heart beneath the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree and entrusted it to Tang San to refine into medicine. He concealed his Martial Soul Avatar’s ability to evolve a consumer’s Martial Soul, deciding to use the first one on himself.

• Hu Jiu sensed the Tree Heart under the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree’s stump and told the group about it.
• Tang San explained that ancient trees could produce Tree Hearts, and the group dug one out of the ground.
• Hu Jiu gave the Tree Heart to Tang San to refine into pills that could aid their cultivation.
• Hu Jiu told his friends that his Martial Soul Avatar had an undisclosed effect and refused to reveal what it was.
• Hu Jiu privately resolved to consume his first Martial Soul Avatar himself to evolve his Martial Soul.

Hu Jiu evolved his martial soul into a God-Tier Spirit Ginseng, gaining automatic Soul Power cultivation and stronger restorative effects. He returned to the Dormitory and revealed the evolution to his friends, while Ning Rongrong told him her father planned to send a congratulatory gift.

• Hu Jiu summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and ate the Spirit Ginseng it produced, completing his martial soul's evolution.
• Hu Jiu discovered that his new ginseng martial soul could gather spiritual energy and increase his Soul Power without Meditation.
• Hu Jiu visited Zhu Zhuqing's room that night, then told Tang San and the others the next morning that his martial soul had evolved.
• Oscar questioned Tang San about why Hu Jiu's Immortal Herb had produced such dramatic results, and Tang San denied playing favorites.
• Ning Rongrong told Hu Jiu that Ning Fengzhi wanted to send him a congratulatory gift for reaching Level 70.

Ning Fengzhi visited Hu Jiu after his breakthrough to Soul Sage, gave him a powerful soul bone, and tried to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Hu Jiu refused, but agreed to meet an honored young guest Ning Fengzhi would introduce during the upcoming All Continent Elite Soul Master Competition.

• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Ning Rongrong to congratulate Hu Jiu and presented him with a gift.
• Hu Jiu opened the box and discovered a fifty-thousand-year Petrifying Mammoth right-hand soul bone, which Ning Fengzhi said would grant strength and a Petrifying Ray Soul Skill.
• Hu Jiu initially offered the soul bone to Ning Rongrong, but accepted it after Ning Fengzhi insisted it was his gift and said he had other plans for her.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Hu Jiu an elder position in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Hu Jiu declined because he wanted to pursue strength freely.
• Ning Fengzhi said he would introduce Hu Jiu to an honored young talent at the upcoming competition, and Hu Jiu agreed, suspecting the guest was Xue Qinghe.

After Hu Jiu became a Spirit Sage, Titan visited to congratulate him and asked him to look after Tailong. The next morning, Xiao Wu reached Level 60, so Hu Jiu took her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she began condensing her sixth Soul Ring.

• Titan brought Hu Jiu a gift and asked him to look after Tailong, and Hu Jiu agreed.
• Xiao Wu told Hu Jiu she had leveled up, and he praised her before taking her to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Hu Jiu teleported with Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang Hao warned him about appearing without notice.
• Xiao Wu began her ritual to condense a Soul Ring as Hu Jiu and Tang Hao watched.
• Tang Hao explained that hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts could condense Soul Rings through their bloodline, while Hu Jiu remarked that humans and Soul Beasts might otherwise live in peace.

Xiao Wu gained a Ten Thousand Year Sixth Soul Ring and reached level sixty-one, while Hu Jiu failed to persuade Tang Hao to help improve his Forging Iron Hand. Back at Shrek, Flender began explaining the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament rules, and Dai Mubai questioned the ban on killing opponents.

• Xiao Wu awakened the Void Blast Eight-Stage Throw, a Soul Skill that made her briefly untouchable and let her ignore defenses during its sequence of strikes.
• Xiao Wu advanced to level sixty-one and became a Soul Emperor, ranking second among Shrek's Seven Devils.
• Hu Jiu demonstrated Forging Iron Hand to Tang Hao, who advised him to seek Titan's guidance instead of offering to train him.
• Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu left after bidding Ah Yin farewell and returned to Shrek.
• Flender gathered eleven students to explain the upcoming tournament's rules, including its age limit, seven-person teams, and restrictions on killing opponents.
• Dai Mubai asked Flender whether the ban on killing was appropriate when Soul Skills could cause accidental deaths.

Flander explained the Soul Master Tournament’s rules and format to Shrek’s students, including the qualifying stages and the teams that would enter the Finals. Hu Jiu agreed to compete as a support Soul Master and left the students ready to face the tournament.

• Flander explained that contestants could not kill opponents, use unauthorized supplies, or wield weapons other than their Martial Souls.
• Flander warned Tang San and Xiao Jiu that their Hidden Weapons and Meteor Hammer were forbidden, and Hu Jiu said he would compete as a Food System Soul Master.
• Flander described how the Preliminary Selection and Promotion Tournament would determine the teams and rankings entering the Finals.
• Oscar asked how the Finals could have thirty-three teams, and Flander explained that Spirit Hall had a third guaranteed entry.
• Hu Jiu dismissed the need to remember every detail and declared that Shrek would fight its way to victory.

Hu Jiu handed command of the tournament team to Tang San and reassured Xiao Wu that she could compete in the early rounds. He visited the Strength Clan to train his Forging Iron Hand, then joined the team for the opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City.

• Flender lectured the team on tournament rules and urged them to conceal their full strength, while Hu Jiu appointed Tang San captain.
• Hu Jiu told Xiao Wu she could compete in the preliminary rounds and the Heaven Dou City Promotion Tournament, and considered obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to hide her identity.
• Hu Jiu visited the Strength Clan with Tailong, where old Titan taught him blacksmithing techniques to improve his Forging Iron Hand.
• Hu Jiu practiced forging at Tailong's home over the next three days, and his Forging Iron Hand improved.
• The Heaven Dou Empire Division tournament opening ceremony began at the renovated Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City.

Shrek Academy arrived at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and clashed verbally with Canghui Academy. As both teams prepared to face each other in the arena, Hu Jiu noticed that the person intervening might possess a Soul Bone.

• Flender led Shrek Academy into the crowded Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena for the tournament's opening ceremony.
• Flender told the students to present themselves well and reminded them that Shrek was aiming for the championship.
• A young man from Canghui Academy insulted Shrek's uniforms, and Tailong nearly attacked him before Tang San stopped him.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai traded insults with Canghui Academy as its students surrounded Shrek.
• A powerful voice interrupted the confrontation, and Hu Jiu sensed that the speaker might have a Soul Bone.

Shrek Academy entered the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament after Flender warned the students about Shi Nian, a powerful Canghui Academy master who used deadly illusions. The team faced jeers over its slogan as it took its place in the arena, where Tang San spotted the Heaven Dou Emperor, Ning Fengzhi, and a Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop among the VIPs.

• Shi Nian ordered the Canghui Academy students to leave after Ma Hongjun mocked them, and Flender warned Shrek about Shi Nian's Remnant Dream martial soul and his grudge-holding nature.
• Hu Jiu recognized Shi Nian and considered killing him for the Soul Bone he had dropped in the original story.
• Tournament staff made Shrek Academy wait until every other team had entered before finally escorting them into the arena.
• The master of ceremonies introduced Shrek as the final team, announced its slogan, and drew laughter and jeers from the spectators.
• Tang San calmed Dai Mubai as the team took its place and surveyed the arena and VIP seats, recognizing the Heaven Dou Emperor, Ning Fengzhi, and a Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony, Ning Fengzhi hinted that he favored an unnamed team before Platinum Bishop Salas drew the first-round matchups. Shrek Academy was paired against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team, and Hu Jiu asked Tang San to let him compete.

• Emperor Xue Ye officially opened the tournament and urged the young Soul Masters to bring glory to the Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the contestants and said he favored a team with a strong chance of winning, but refused to identify it.
• Platinum Bishop Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Shrek Academy with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Second Team.
• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Hu Jiu reacted to the matchup, and Hu Jiu asked Tang San for a place in the match.

Shrek’s Nine Devils prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, agreeing to fight without Martial Souls or Soul Skills. As the tournament began, Spirit Hall’s recruitment offer heightened tensions with the empire, and Shrek’s team waited to take the field and settle old grievances.

• Tang San arranged for Tailong and Jiang Zhu to sit out and told the competing Shrek members not to use their Martial Souls or Soul Skills.
• Ning Rongrong wanted to compete, but Tang San and Hu Jiu decided she would wait for the next round, while Oscar accepted that he would not fight.
• Platinum Bishop Salas denied that the draw was fraudulent and offered any student reaching the Finals direct entry to Spirit Hall’s Spirit Sacred Hall, darkening Xue Ye’s expression.
• The host announced Shrek Academy’s match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy as the opening contest and gave the teams half an hour to prepare.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team entered beneath a golden spotlight, and Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai vowed that Shrek would show them its true strength.

Tang San and Hu Jiu led Shrek Academy into its Preliminary Selection match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, whose members mocked and provoked them. As the match was about to begin, Ning Fengzhi and Salas clashed over his championship favorite, while Prince Xue Xing confidently predicted victory for the Royal Academy.

• Tang San and Hu Jiu led Shrek Academy's eleven members into the arena to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• The Royal Academy captain leered at Xiao Wu, and she insulted him and the girl beside him; Hu Jiu told his teammates to make their opponents leave on stretchers.
• The referee ordered both teams to bow and sent the extra members off the arena, leaving seven contestants from each side.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi agreed the first match seemed decided, while Salas pressed Ning Fengzhi to name his championship favorite and Ning refused.
• Prince Xue Xing boasted that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's main team would win the championship, but Meng Shenji pointed out that Ning Fengzhi had not said who would win the match.

Shrek Academy faced the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the tournament’s opening match, refusing to release their martial souls and catching the spectators’ attention. Tang San launched Shrek’s attack while their opponents were stunned, and Hu Jiu sent the opposing captain flying with a powerful shoulder charge.

• Prince Xue Xing challenged Meng Shenji’s praise of Shrek, while Meng recognized the students as the talented group previously driven from the Royal Academy.
• Shrek’s seven members stood motionless as the Royal Academy Second Team released its martial souls, prompting Ma Hongjun to taunt them for being unworthy opponents.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Prince Xue Xing had driven Shrek away from the Royal Academy, and Xue Ye reacted with displeasure toward his brother.
• Tang San ordered Shrek to attack while the Royal Academy team was distracted.
• Hu Jiu charged into the opposing captain and knocked him backward with a powerful shoulder strike.

Shrek Academy crushed Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team in the first Preliminary Selection match without releasing their Martial Souls. After the referee declared Shrek the winner, the VIPs and spectators reacted with shock, and Flender left to collect his bet.

• Hu Jiu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Meng Yiran overwhelmed their opponents, leaving only the Support and Control System Soul Masters standing.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team's teacher threw in a white towel and rushed onto the stage to stop the beating.
• The teacher demanded penalties, but Tang San argued that the opponents were alive and offered treatment from Shrek's Healing System Soul Master.
• After consulting two other referees, the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of the first match.
• Xue Ye left the VIP Seats in anger, while Ning Zhiyuan followed and Salas stayed behind to ponder the match.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that he had bet on Shrek's victory and went to collect his reward.

After Shrek Academy won its opening match, Ning Fengzhi met the team outside the arena, congratulated them, and advised them to avoid making unnecessary enemies. He thanked Tang San for his hidden weapons and met several teammates before Dai Mubai praised Hu Jiu and Tang San’s strength.

• Ning Rongrong celebrated Hu Jiu’s performance, and Tang San warned that Shrek’s decisive victory would make future opponents wary of them.
• Hu Jiu led the team out of the arena, where Ning Fengzhi stopped them and congratulated them on their first win.
• Ning Fengzhi advised the team to avoid arrogance and needless injuries, and Tang San thanked him for speaking with the emperor about Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Rongrong to introduce her teammates, praised Jiang Zhu’s healing potential, and heard about Tailong and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai told Ning Fengzhi that Hu Jiu was already a Spirit Sage and that even Tang San could defeat him in a one-on-one fight.

After the tournament, Ning Fengzhi invited Shrek’s students to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and arranged for Hu Jiu to meet Xue Qinghe. Hu Jiu recognized Xue Qinghe as the black-robed figure from the auction and began getting acquainted with the Heaven Dou Crown Prince over tea.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Dai Mubai and the other Shrek students to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but most declined or avoided giving an answer.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Hu Jiu to speak with him alone and led him to meet the outstanding young man who had taken an interest in him.
• Ning Fengzhi brought Hu Jiu to a tea house, where Hu Jiu recognized Xue Qinghe as the black-robed figure he had encountered at the auction.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Xue Qinghe as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Xue Qinghe invited Hu Jiu to call him Xue Ge.
• Hu Jiu and Xue Qinghe drank tea and talked, while Hu Jiu observed Xue Qinghe’s eloquence, intelligence, and calm manner.