Chapter Summaries

Hu Jiu traded Cultivation Carrots to Dai Mubai and Oscar, then asked Tang San to help upgrade his Meteor Hammer. Months later, Dai Mubai gave Hu Jiu a manual for the White Tiger Sound Kill Roar, a difficult Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Dai Mubai agreed to pay Hu Jiu for Cultivation Carrots with a Self-Created Soul Skill, while Oscar bought carrots for one hundred Gold Soul Coins each.
• Hu Jiu asked Tang San to help replace and improve his Meteor Hammer, and Tang San began forging it with him.
• Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu earned Silver Badges through their Nine Dance Combination but kept fighting in the smaller Soul Fighting Stages.
• Dai Mubai discovered that Grandmaster had used Hu Jiu's Cultivation Carrots in his medicinal soup and quit Grandmaster's training.
• Dai Mubai brought Hu Jiu a manual for the difficult area-effect Soul Skill called the White Tiger Sound Kill Roar.

Hu Jiu received the Meteor Hammer Tang San had forged and challenged Zhao Wuji to test it in battle. He left the training ground at dusk exhausted after fighting his teacher all afternoon.

• Hu Jiu put away the White Tiger Sound Kill Roar manual because he had no Idle Slots available to cultivate it.
• Dai Mubai told Hu Jiu he had advanced to rank 36 and credited his rapid cultivation to the Cultivation Carrots.
• Tang San delivered Hu Jiu's finished Meteor Hammer, which weighed 1,280 jin and had a chain that could extend ten meters.
• Hu Jiu challenged Tang San to spar with the new weapon, but Tang San refused and told him to fight Zhao Wuji instead.
• Hu Jiu went to Zhao Wuji's training ground, where Zhao Wuji attacked before he could prepare, and the two fought until dusk.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu met Zhu Zhuqing at a restaurant and learned she was looking for Dai Mubai. At the academy gate, Teacher Li Yusong asked Hu Jiu to escort a new applicant, whom Hu Jiu suspected was Ning Rongrong, to the next stage of her assessment.

• After spending the break in Holy Soul Village, Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu returned to Suotuo City and stopped for a meal.
• Xiao Wu and Hu Jiu met Zhu Zhuqing, who asked whether they knew Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai often chased women and stayed away from the academy, and Zhu Zhuqing said she had nothing to do with him.
• Hu Jiu, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing went together to Shrek Academy after eating.
• At the academy gate, Teacher Li Yusong accepted a girl who met the entrance requirements and asked Hu Jiu to take her to a teacher for further assessment.

Hu Jiu brought Zhu Zhuqing to register at Shrek Academy and introduced her to Ning Rongrong, who embarrassed herself over Oscar’s sausages. After Hu Jiu frightened Ning Rongrong with his Soul Ancestor pressure, Dai Mubai tried to deny being good with women, and Zhu Zhuqing called him trash.

• Hu Jiu brought Zhu Zhuqing to Li Yusong, who confirmed her age and Soul Power and let her register.
• Ning Rongrong mistook Oscar for an uncle, then bought all his sausages as an apology before Oscar left after Dai Mubai scolded him.
• Xiao Wu explained why Oscar’s sausages were unpleasant, and Ning Rongrong blamed Hu Jiu for not warning her.
• Hu Jiu released his Soul Ancestor pressure on Ning Rongrong after she demanded an apology, making her collapse and cry.
• Hu Jiu urged Dai Mubai to comfort Ning Rongrong, but Zhu Zhuqing coldly called Dai Mubai trash.

Hu Jiu brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Zhao Wuji for their final admission test, but the two challenged him after he dismissed their chances. He defeated Zhu Zhuqing with ease, and the test continued with one incense stick still burning.

• Hu Jiu brought Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Zhao Wuji, who assigned him to assess them.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and challenged Hu Jiu, while Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and supported her.
• Zhao Wuji set a one-incense-stick limit and began the test, requiring the girls to last that long against Hu Jiu.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Hu Jiu with her claws, but his Indestructible Vajra Body stopped her strikes.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Hundred Claws, but Hu Jiu dodged and punched her away; she landed beside Ning Rongrong, shaken but determined to continue.

Hu Jiu sparred with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then welcomed them to Shrek after the test ended. With his eleventh Idle Slot unlocked, he began considering which area-of-effect Soul Skill to cultivate next and wondered whether he could learn Ning Rongrong's Heart Separation Control.

• Hu Jiu dodged Zhu Zhuqing's attacks and used Rasengan to blast a large pit, making her realize she could not defeat him by force.
• Xiao Wu announced that the incense had burned out, and Hu Jiu declared Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had passed the test.
• Hu Jiu offered Zhu Zhuqing a Holy Light Carrot to heal her, but she refused it, while both girls reacted with surprise to his Attack Ability as a Food System Soul Master.
• Hu Jiu left to rest and plan how to use his newly unlocked eleventh Idle Slot, weighing Zhao Wuji's Shockwave against Dai Mubai's White Tiger Sound Kill Roar.
• Hu Jiu considered asking Ning Rongrong to teach him Heart Separation Control, but worried that their poor relationship would make it difficult to obtain her sect's secret technique.

Shrek's Eight Devils gathered for introductions after Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing joined, and Flender announced that Oscar and Ma Hongjun had reached Rank 30. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong stunned to learn she had the lowest Soul Power Level, while everyone looked to Hu Jiu for an explanation of their rapid cultivation.

• Hu Jiu sensed Zhu Zhuqing sneak out at night and heard her make a faint, pained sound, but stayed in his room.
• At the Training Ground, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai bickered over the new girls, while Ning Rongrong judged the boys and Oscar showed off his newly shaved face.
• Flender welcomed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, raised tuition to one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and announced that Oscar and Ma Hongjun had reached Rank 30 and would go to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu congratulated Ma Hongjun, and Hu Jiu praised his cultivation progress under Hu Jiu's guidance.
• Dai Mubai led the group in introducing their ranks, revealing that Ning Rongrong was the lowest-level member; everyone then turned to Hu Jiu as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched him.

Hu Jiu teased Ning Rongrong about the secret behind his cultivation, but Zhu Zhuqing accepted his invitation to visit him that night. After Hu Jiu drove off Ma Hongjun and Oscar for spying, the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Grandmaster met the two new students.

• Ning Rongrong guessed that Hu Jiu's Spirit was helping the others cultivate, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his joking invitation to visit his room that night.
• Dai Mubai reminded the students to pay tuition and prepare to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited outside Hu Jiu's dormitory, but Ma Hongjun and Oscar's spying drew Hu Jiu out, and he carried them to the Small Forest to beat them.
• The next morning, the group assembled at the Training Ground, where Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Grandmaster arrived to lead the trip.
• Flender introduced Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Grandmaster, and Ning Rongrong remarked that her family had heard of his Spirit theory research.

Flender led the group on a long run to the Star Dou Great Forest, insisting that Ning Rongrong learn to flee when danger threatened. Ning Rongrong stopped after an hour, but Hu Jiu restored her strength with a carrot before Oscar hurried to catch up with the others.

• Flender announced that the group would run to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Rongrong agreed after he explained that support-type soul masters had to learn to escape.
• The group set off, and Ning Rongrong used her speed-boosting skill to keep pace with Ma Hongjun until Hu Jiu and Xiao Wu teased him into sprinting ahead.
• Dai Mubai tried to approach Zhu Zhuqing, but she moved beside Xiao Wu, who nudged Tang San toward her before Tang San retreated to Hu Jiu.
• After an hour, Ning Rongrong stopped running, and Hu Jiu used teleportation to bring her a stamina-restoring carrot for five gold soul coins.
• Oscar offered Ning Rongrong his recovery sausages, but she rejected him, and Hu Jiu pointed out that the others had gone ahead, prompting Oscar to rush after them.

Ning Rongrong ate Hu Jiu’s Transformation Carrot and persuaded him to carry her after learning she could not use it to transform into Zhu Zhuqing while Zhu Zhuqing was out of sight. As they caught up with the others, Hu Jiu offered to trade his Rasengan for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control, but Ning Rongrong refused to share the sect technique.

• Ning Rongrong cried after falling behind the group, and Hu Jiu offered her a Transformation Carrot that could copy another person’s Martial Soul when they were face-to-face.
• Ning Rongrong ate the carrot before Hu Jiu explained its conditions, then accused him of tricking her when he said Zhu Zhuqing was too far away to copy.
• Hu Jiu offered to carry Ning Rongrong, and she accepted so they could catch up with the others.
• Hu Jiu told Ning Rongrong he wanted to trade his Rasengan for Heart Separation Control, but she refused because it was a secret Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect technique.
• Hu Jiu challenged Ning Rongrong’s claim that Heart Separation Control belonged exclusively to her sect and warned that the sect might spread Rasengan among its members.

Hu Jiu traded the Rasengan technique to Ning Rongrong for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control, then returned to the group and dealt with Xiao Wu’s jealousy. Oscar became interested in learning how Hu Jiu used soul skills without chanting, while Ning Rongrong explained how difficult the ability was.

• Ning Rongrong agreed to trade Heart Separation Control for Hu Jiu’s Rasengan after he explained that the technique was difficult to master.
• Hu Jiu rejoined the group carrying Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu became jealous until he explained that he had helped her in exchange for a deal.
• Hu Jiu swore on Tang San’s reputation to reassure Xiao Wu, making her laugh and prompting Tang San to complain.
• Oscar asked Hu Jiu how to use soul skills without chanting, and Hu Jiu said it required sufficient Soul Power Control Ability.
• Ning Rongrong said that even some Soul Douluo powerhouses could not use soul skills without chanting, and that Ning Fengzhi had mastered it only after reaching the Spirit Sage stage.

Ning Rongrong used Hu Jiu’s Transformation Carrot to take on Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat form, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to ask Hu Jiu for help becoming stronger. She agreed to greet him with a cat meow in exchange for his Cultivation Carrots, and he gave her several.

• Ning Rongrong transformed into a Hell Spirit Cat after using Hu Jiu’s carrot, while Dai Mubai reacted to the resemblance between their auras.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Hu Jiu to speak privately and explained that she wanted to become stronger because her family had abandoned her.
• Hu Jiu offered Zhu Zhuqing Cultivation Carrots in exchange for her meowing whenever she saw him.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the condition, shook Hu Jiu’s hand, and meowed to remind him to give her the carrots.
• Hu Jiu gave Zhu Zhuqing several Cultivation Carrots and told her that each one worked for only one hour.

Hu Jiu and the others arrived at a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where a group of Blue Sunshine Academy students provoked them at their hotel. Dai Mubai blocked a student's attempt to kick over his chair and began to counterattack.

• Hu Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing rejoined the group, and they traveled to the town near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group checked into a hotel, ordered dinner, and planned to explore the town afterward.
• Ma Hongjun loudly remarked on a Blue Sunshine Academy student, drawing the academy group’s attention, while Hu Jiu warned him not to provoke them.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student knocked into a waitress and tried to kick Dai Mubai’s chair, but Dai Mubai blocked the kick and prepared to retaliate.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun fought students from Blue Sunshine Academy after a dispute at the hotel, while Hu Jiu refused to help because they had started the trouble themselves. The fight escalated when Blue Sunshine Academy’s students released their spirits, and Dai Mubai revealed his White Tiger possession and three Soul Rings.

• Dai Mubai struck the young man who attacked him, sending him through several tables and leaving him badly injured.
• The middle-aged teacher ordered Blue Sunshine Academy’s students to attack Shrek’s group, but the hotel owner stopped them from fighting inside.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun took the fight outside, while Hu Jiu stayed behind and told Tang San that the two should face the consequences of causing trouble.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun suppressed Blue Sunshine Academy’s six students, prompting their teacher to order them to release their spirits.
• Blue Sunshine Academy’s students released two Artifact Spirits and four Beast Souls, and Dai Mubai transformed through White Tiger possession, displaying two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun clashed with Blue Sunshine Academy teacher Ye Zhi Qiu, but Hu Jiu intervened when Ye Zhi Qiu overwhelmed them. Hu Jiu made Dai Mubai acknowledge him as leader of Shrek's Seven Devils, while Ye Zhi Qiu remained ready to fight.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun revealed their Martial Souls and challenged Ye Zhi Qiu after he questioned their academy.
• Ye Zhi Qiu transformed into a Mystic Turtle Soul King and sent Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun flying with his Third Soul Skill.
• Hu Jiu blocked Ye Zhi Qiu's next attack with his Meteor Hammer, and Xiao Wu, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar joined the group.
• Hu Jiu told Dai Mubai to call him brother if he wanted Hu Jiu to take over the fight, and Dai Mubai finally called him Ninth Brother.
• Ye Zhi Qiu complained that the Shrek students had ignored him and prepared to continue the confrontation.

Hu Jiu led his companions in a coordinated attack on Ye Zhi Qiu, whose tortoiseshell defenses split into eight spinning shells. The team destroyed seven shells and cornered the last one, where Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered.

• Hu Jiu assigned the team their roles, and Ning Rongrong boosted the attackers with her Seven Treasures Exuding Glazed Light.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun attacked Ye Zhi Qiu while Tang San bound him, and Xiao Wu used Tang San’s help to batter him with her Eight-Stage Throw.
• Ye Zhi Qiu used his Fourth Soul Skill, Eight Armor Formation, to send eight tortoiseshells after the team.
• Tang San lifted his companions out of danger and dodged the spinning shells while Hu Jiu destroyed one and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun destroyed another.
• Tang San bound the remaining shells, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu weakened them, and Hu Jiu smashed four more.
• The team surrounded the final tortoiseshell, and Ye Zhi Qiu surrendered.

After the Shrek Seven Devils defeated Ye Zhi Qiu and the Blue Sunshine Academy students, Hu Jiu asserted his authority over the group and became their leader. Ning Rongrong traded him the Heart Separation Control manual for Cultivation Carrots, while Hu Jiu admitted he had forgotten to give her the Rasengan.

• The Shrek Seven Devils beat Ye Zhi Qiu and the Blue Sunshine Academy students, and Ye Zhi Qiu admitted defeat and led his group away.
• Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Grandmaster watched from the hotel, with Grandmaster realizing Hu Jiu had become the core of Shrek.
• Hu Jiu teased Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with new nicknames and threatened to discipline them for causing trouble.
• At dinner, Hu Jiu declared himself the Shrek Seven Devils' leader, and Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Tang San accepted or did not object.
• Ning Rongrong gave Hu Jiu the Heart Separation Control manual and demanded her Rasengan, but he admitted he had forgotten it and sold her Cultivation Carrots instead.

Hu Jiu and the others set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to find third Soul Rings for Ma Hongjun and Oscar. After Grandmaster explained which Soul Beasts could suit them, the group prepared to search.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Hu Jiu for more carrots, and he gave her several while enjoying her affectionate catlike call.
• Hu Jiu checked the Heart Separation Control skill progressing in his eleventh Idle Slot and learned its nine levels.
• Hu Jiu met Tang San and Dai Mubai, who compared their cultivation progress, while Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing joined the exchange.
• Flender led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, carrying Grandmaster under his arm to speed up the journey.
• Near the forest, Tang San distributed insect-repelling pouches, and Hu Jiu asked Grandmaster what Soul Beasts would suit Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Grandmaster recommended several possible Soul Beasts, including the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Flamingos, and Pink Lady.

Hu Jiu found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that could suit either Ma Hongjun or Oscar, and he challenged Grandmaster’s recommendation that Oscar should receive it. Oscar yielded the serpent to Ma Hongjun, but Chao Tianxiang arrived just as Ma Hongjun was about to claim it.

• Hu Jiu searched the Star Dou Great Forest while secretly delaying in hopes of finding the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Ma Hongjun.
• Hu Jiu offered to teach Oscar a Soul Skill, and Oscar promised not to compete with him for Ma Hongjun’s Spirit Ring.
• Hu Jiu sensed a roughly one-thousand-six-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Grandmaster argued that Oscar should absorb its Spirit Ring for the team’s benefit.
• Flender subdued the serpent, and Grandmaster admitted that Ma Hongjun would gain more from its Spirit Ring; Oscar then gave it to Ma Hongjun.
• Chao Tianxiang and a young woman arrived and ordered Ma Hongjun to stop as he prepared to claim the serpent.

Hu Jiu tried to set Ma Hongjun up with Meng Yiran while Shrek Academy contested Chao Tianxiang for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After the students revealed their Soul Rings, Chao Tianxiang asked which of them needed the Soul Ring.

• Hu Jiu told Ma Hongjun he would try to arrange a match between him and Meng Yiran, and Ma Hongjun eagerly agreed.
• Chao Tianxiang asked about Flender and Grandmaster after Zhao Wuji introduced them, then argued that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent belonged to her and Meng Yiran.
• Oscar insisted that Shrek needed the Serpent's Soul Ring too, and Chao Tianxiang realized Ma Hongjun might be the one who had killed it.
• Hu Jiu and the other students displayed their Soul Rings, shocking Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran with their strength and talent.
• Chao Tianxiang praised the students and asked which one needed the Soul Ring.