Chapter Summaries

Shrek Academy gained the upper hand against Skywater Academy, but Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as Hu Jiu warned Shrek to be careful.

• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and Shrek Academy’s higher levels gave them an immediate advantage.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked, while Shui Bing'er froze their Blue Silver Grass and encased several Skywater fighters in ice armor.
• Hu Jiu watched from the rear as Shrek’s fighters pressed Skywater Academy’s front line.
• At Shui Bing’er’s command, Xue Wu danced and summoned heavy rain that drenched Shrek Academy.
• Tang San trapped Skywater Academy in Blue Silver Cages, and Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Meteor Shower sent several opponents flying.
• Shui Bing’er’s Resisting Ice Ring repelled the attacks, and she joined hands with Xue Wu as Hu Jiu warned that they were using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Shrek Academy, but Tang San and Hu Jiu’s immunity to ice let them survive its devastating attack. After Skywater Academy conceded defeat, Hu Jiu explained their immunity to Shui Bing'er.

• Hu Jiu warned Tang San and Shrek Academy that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu were using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the two fused into an Ice Phoenix.
• Jiang Zhu healed the Shrek team while Tang San shielded them from the Ice Phoenix’s freezing wind and snow with his Blue Silver Grass.
• Shui Bing'er sent the Ice Phoenix crashing down in a desperate attack, and Tang San pushed the other Shrek members off the arena while remaining with Hu Jiu.
• The Ice Phoenix’s attack froze and collapsed the arena, but Tang San and Hu Jiu emerged unharmed while carrying Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
• Hu Jiu told Shui Bing'er that he and Tang San were immune to ice and fire, and Shui Bing'er accepted Skywater Academy’s defeat.

Shrek Academy celebrated its second-place finish in the Preliminary Selection as Xue Ye awarded the top teams noble titles and announced further rewards for strong results. With the Promotion Tournament set for one month later, Tang San urged the team to train hard and prepare to face Spirit Hall.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai represented Shrek Academy at the awards ceremony, where the top five teams received promotion qualifications and prize money.
• Xue Ye granted the teams' captains and vice-captains Viscount titles and their academies Baron titles, then promised to raise titles and fund any team that performed exceptionally.
• Platinum Bishop Salas objected to Xue Ye's noble rewards, but Xue Ye rebuked him and announced that the Promotion Tournament would begin in one month at the Royal Hunting Grounds.
• Back at Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong complained about being tired, while Tang San warned the team not to relax because Spirit Hall remained their main opponent.
• Hu Jiu told the team that many Spirit Hall members were above level 50, prompting Tang San to urge Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran to train toward that level and their Fifth Soul Rings.

Tang San left to refine pills from the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree’s Tree Heart while Hu Jiu trained with the others and perfected two Soul Skills. After offering to teach Phantom Dodge to Ning Rongrong in exchange for a Soul Skill, Hu Jiu joked about breaking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rules, provoking Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing’s suspicions.

• Tang San told the team that he was leaving training to refine pills from the Green Wood Dragon Root Tree’s Tree Heart.
• Hu Jiu trained with the others and perfected Hidden Weapon Technique and Phantom Dodge within three days.
• Ning Rongrong praised Hu Jiu’s Phantom Dodge, and he offered to teach it to her in exchange for a Soul Skill.
• Hu Jiu joked that he could break the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s rules, and Ning Rongrong blushed.
• Xiao Wu accused Hu Jiu of having improper thoughts about Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined in while Hu Jiu tried to explain.

Hu Jiu continued training his Soul Skills and researching a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for Shrek while Tang San refined the Green Wood Dragon King Pill. Tang San distributed the pills to the Shrek Eleven Freaks, and Hu Jiu began refining his.

• Hu Jiu decided to research a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for Shrek while continuing to train his Soul Skills.
• After twenty days in seclusion, Tang San emerged with twelve Green Wood Dragon King Pills that could raise Soul Power and strengthen the body.
• Hu Jiu gathered the Shrek Eleven Freaks, including Ning Rongrong and Oscar, who hoped the pills would help them break through before the Promotion Tournament.
• Tang San gave each person a pill, and Hu Jiu swallowed his, feeling its lively power spread through his body.

Hu Jiu and the others refined Tang San’s Green Wood Dragon King Pills and gained levels, while Tang San and Dai Mubai reached level 60. The group celebrated Flander’s breakthrough to level 80, and Tang San offered the last pill to Liu Erlong.

• Hu Jiu refined a Green Wood Dragon King Pill and said it had saved him at least two months of cultivation.
• Shrek’s members reported their gains; Hu Jiu, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong each rose a level, while Meng Yiran, Tailong, and Jiang Zhu rose two.
• The group discussed finding Soul Rings for Meng Yiran and Oscar, while Ning Rongrong’s Fifth Soul Ring had already been arranged by Ning Fengzhi.
• Flander, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and Ma Hongjun returned, and Ma Hongjun revealed that Flander had reached level 80 and obtained his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Tang San explained that he had refined the remaining Tree Heart Essence into one pill and offered it to Liu Erlong after Flander’s breakthrough.

Hu Jiu faced Liu Erlong in a training-ground battle after Flender and Zhao Wuji left to find Soul Rings for Oscar and Meng Yiran. Their fight became evenly matched, and Liu Erlong prepared to unleash her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Flender took Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Meng Yiran to Sunset Forest, while Ning Fengzhi picked up Ning Rongrong to seek her Soul Ring.
• Liu Erlong challenged Hu Jiu to a fight, and Xiao Wu used her Eight-Stage Throw to punish Ma Hongjun for teasing him.
• Hu Jiu caught Liu Erlong’s punch and evaded her attacks with Phantom Dodge, impressing Tang San with his strength.
• Liu Erlong used Dragon’s Wrath, and Hu Jiu transformed his Ginseng Martial Soul into Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer to meet her Fire Dragon Claws head-on.
• Hu Jiu and Liu Erlong fought evenly until she grew angry and prepared to use her Martial Soul Avatar.

Hu Jiu fought Liu Erlong’s True Fire Dragon Form to a draw without revealing his strongest techniques, then spent a peaceful week training and discussing the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill with Tang San. Ning Rongrong returned from hunting Soul Rings, and talk of graduation left the friends facing their approaching separation.

• Liu Erlong transformed into her True Fire Dragon Form and clashed with Hu Jiu, who grew into a giant using his fused Vajra Body and Forging Iron Hand abilities.
• Hu Jiu dragged out the fight until Liu Erlong’s transformation ended; she recognized her defeat, vowed to fight him again, and left.
• Hu Jiu spent the following week training, secretly visiting Zhu Zhuqing, and discussing the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill with Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong returned from hunting Soul Rings, and Hu Jiu reminded everyone that they would soon graduate and go their separate ways.
• Ning Rongrong began crying over the thought of their separation and told Hu Jiu that he had spoiled the mood.

As Shrek Academy prepared for the Promotion Tournament, Ning Rongrong returned as a level 51 Soul King and the group planned to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. On the eve of the tournament, Hu Jiu sparred with Zhao Wuji, hinting that his hidden weapons could overcome Zhao Wuji’s defense.

• Tang San reassured Ning Rongrong that the friends could reunite after graduation, and Hu Jiu comforted her about their eventual separation.
• Ning Rongrong returned from hunting her fifth Soul Ring at level 51, with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda boosting attributes by sixty percent.
• Hu Jiu proposed that the group resume experimenting with a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill using Ning Rongrong’s ring fusion effect.
• Flander returned with Oscar and Meng Yiran, and the chapter listed Shrek Academy’s strengthened lineup ahead of the tournament.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Hu Jiu to spar, and Hu Jiu attacked with hidden throwing knives while using Phantom Dodge to catch and return Zhao Wuji’s reflected weapons.
• Zhao Wuji claimed his Immovable King Body made him impervious to the hidden weapons, but Hu Jiu suggested he had a way to get past it.

Hu Jiu’s Hidden Weapon Technique advanced and fused with his Control Soul Skill, while his Phantom Dodge evolved into Void Walk. After Zhao Wuji’s attacks failed to affect him, they called their spar a draw, leaving Hu Jiu’s new defensive ability astonishing the others.

• Hu Jiu’s flying daggers broke through Zhao Wuji’s Immovable King Body, but Zhao Wuji cleared them with Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• Hu Jiu’s Hidden Weapon Technique advanced and fused with his Control Soul Skill to form Microscopic Control, letting him direct daggers after throwing them.
• Zhao Wuji trapped Hu Jiu with Gravity Enhancement and Positional Tracking, but Hu Jiu escaped using his newly advanced Void Walk.
• Hu Jiu evaded Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Squeeze while explaining that Void Walk let him avoid attacks but prevented him from attacking in return.
• Zhao Wuji called the spar a draw, and Flender mocked him before leaving.

Hu Jiu described his advanced Void Walk Soul Skill before Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Tournament. Ning Fengzhi asked Flander to accept students from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Flander agreed.

• Hu Jiu explained that his advanced Void Walk let him hide in a shadow space where most opponents could not hit him, and Zhao Wuji said Titled Douluo could still sense space.
• Flander, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong led Shrek Academy's eleven members to the Royal Hunting Ground for the Promotion Tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe visited Shrek Academy, and Xue Qinghe offered to arrange better accommodations if needed.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Flander to let disciples of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Hu Jiu encouraged Flander to accept, and Flander agreed to teach the sect's disciples.

Xue Qinghe warned Hu Jiu that Platinum Bishop Salas was secretly investigating Shrek Academy and might target them because of their talent and Hu Jiu’s ties to the Heaven Dou imperial family. Hu Jiu learned Salas’s strength and martial soul, then privately told Tang San, who reacted with anger and vowed that strength was the answer.

• Hu Jiu left Ning Fengzhi and Flender’s conversation to walk with Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe warned Hu Jiu that Salas might act against Shrek Academy because Hu Jiu had become an imperial Offering and Spirit Hall could not recruit him.
• Xue Qinghe identified Salas as a Level 89 Power Attack System Soul Sage with a Bloodsucking Vine martial soul and cautioned Hu Jiu against acting rashly.
• Hu Jiu returned to his room without alarming his companions and secretly told Tang San about Salas’s threat.
• Tang San grew furious at Spirit Hall, and Hu Jiu said they needed to become strong enough to deter it.

Tang San worried that Salas might target Shrek Academy during the Promotion Tournament, but Hu Jiu reassured him that the Heaven Dou Empire and Tang Hao would deter an attack. At the tournament, Shrek chose Xiao Wu to fight first against the Balak Kingdom Royal Academy, and she revealed her four Soul Rings as the match began.

• Hu Jiu reassured Tang San that Salas would not attack openly and that he could alert Tang Hao if danger arose.
• Xiao Wu told Hu Jiu and Tang San that Flander had called them to prepare for the tournament.
• The academies gathered at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Xue Ye opened the Promotion Tournament and Blazing Academy and Exotic Beast Academy each won their matches.
• Tang San chose Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Tailong as Shrek's planned fighters, telling Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to conceal their strength.
• Xiao Wu entered the arena against the Balak Kingdom Royal Academy's first contestant and revealed her four Soul Rings.

Xiao Wu defeated Barak Academy’s first student with overwhelming speed, then faced a second opponent whose Sun Flower released a weakening mist. The fight remained unresolved as the chapter ended with Xiao Wu feeling dizzy from the flower’s scent.

• Xiao Wu defeated Barak Academy’s first student with her Eight-Stage Throw after announcing she would fight.
• Several Barak Academy students rushed onto the arena, but Hu Jiu’s Killing Intent stopped them and Liu Erlong arrived to protect Xiao Wu.
• Salas warned Barak Academy that only competitors could enter the arena, and its teacher led the students away.
• Barak Academy sent a level forty Soul Ancestor with a Sun Flower Martial Soul to fight Xiao Wu, and Tang San recognized the flower’s weakening scent.
• The referee began the match, and the Barak student expanded his Sun Flower and released yellow mist that made Xiao Wu feel dizzy.

Xiao Wu defeated Barak Academy’s remaining competitors after discovering that poison had no effect on her, and Tang San explained that Lovesick Heartbreak Red had made her immune to poison. Back at Shrek’s residence, Hu Jiu reviewed his AFK training and anticipated Overlord Body eventually merging with Vajra Forging Iron Body.

• Xiao Wu resisted the Sun Flower Soul Master's poison, then used Instant Speed and her kicks to defeat him.
• Xiao Wu stayed on stage, and Barak Academy conceded after its remaining members proved unable to overcome her.
• Tang San explained that Lovesick Heartbreak Red made Xiao Wu immune to poison.
• Xue Ye ended the day's competition and awarded prize money to the winning academies and consolation money to the defeated ones.
• Hu Jiu checked his AFK Panel and estimated that Overlord Body would eventually fuse with Vajra Forging Iron Body.

Hu Jiu stayed behind to cultivate while Shrek Academy faced Blazing Academy, but Tang San returned badly injured after Huo Wu surprised him with a powerful Ring Fusion attack. Hu Jiu began healing Tang San with Holy Light.

• Hu Jiu decided to refine his Hand Blade Soul Skill by compressing it further for use as a hidden weapon.
• Hu Jiu stayed behind to cultivate instead of watching Shrek Academy's match, and Ning Rongrong stayed with him while trying to persuade him to go shopping.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed back to tell Hu Jiu that Tang San had been injured, and Dai Mubai brought Tang San to their dormitory.
• Hu Jiu used Holy Light to heal Tang San's mangled back.
• Tang San explained that Huo Wu had fused all her Soul Skills into an instant attack with power comparable to a Soul Emperor, catching him and the Shrek team off guard.

Huo Wu came to thank Tang San for saving her, but her brother’s visit turned confrontational before she left without seeing him. While Tang San recovered, Shrek continued the Promotion Tournament, where Ma Hongjun revealed his strength and defeated Plant Academy; afterward, Huo Wu sought a private conversation with Tang San.

• Hu Jiu and Dai Mubai turned Huo Wushuang and the other visitors away, but Huo Wu calmly said she would thank Tang San after he recovered.
• Tang San missed several matches because of his injuries, while Shrek Academy continued competing without losing strength.
• Ma Hongjun revealed his five Soul Rings and challenged Plant Academy, whose team conceded after several defeats.
• Huo Wu approached Tang San after the match and insisted on speaking with him alone, so Dai Mubai led the others away.

Shrek Academy continued its winning streak in the Promotion Tournament, and Tang San accepted Feng Xiaotian’s challenge to settle their rivalry in a one-on-one duel. The final match between Godwind Academy and Shrek was about to begin, with Hu Jiu planning to watch Tang San fight at full strength.

• Tang San returned with a kiss mark from Huo Wu, and Xiao Wu teased him about it.
• Shrek Academy won eleven matches in a row, then defeated Thunder Academy ahead of its final match against Godwind Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Tang San to a fair fight, and Tang San proposed that the two of them decide the match alone.
• Feng Xiaotian demanded that Tang San stay away from Huo Wu if he lost, but Tang San rejected the wager as unreasonable.
• Hu Jiu encouraged Tang San to stop holding back, and the final battle between Godwind Academy and Shrek Academy arrived.

Tang San revealed that he had reached level 60 before facing Feng Xiaotian in the Promotion Tournament final duel. After trading attacks, Feng Xiaotian took to the air and prepared to unleash his self-created Gale Demonic Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, leaving the fight poised for his ultimate technique.

• Feng Xiaotian introduced his level 44 strength and said he had to defeat Tang San for Huo Wu.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass spirit and five soul rings, shocking Feng Xiaotian with his level 60 Soul King rank.
• Feng Xiaotian transformed and attacked with his Wind Blade Formation, while Tang San countered with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San charged into a direct exchange with Feng Xiaotian, and their blows met without injuring either fighter.
• Feng Xiaotian retreated into the air with his wings and announced his self-created Gale Demonic Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.

Tang San and Feng Xiaotian fought a fierce duel between the Gale Demonic Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, which Tang San won after revealing his ability to fly with a Soul Bone. Salas recognized the Soul Bone and decided to target Tang San and his companions, while Hu Jiu sensed danger.

• Hu Jiu recognized the potential of Feng Xiaotian's Gale Demonic Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and considered learning it for auto-training.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked Tang San with his consecutive wing strikes, and Tang San countered with his fists before forming a Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tang San spun with the spear and used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to match Feng Xiaotian's increasingly powerful attacks.
• Feng Xiaotian and Tang San agreed to settle the battle with one final strike, and their clash shook the arena and left a crater.
• Tang San appeared in midair with a Soul Bone supporting his flight and declared Feng Xiaotian the loser.
• Salas recognized Tang San's Soul Bone, grew greedy, and resolved to deal with Tang San and the others, while Hu Jiu sensed something was wrong.