Chapter Summaries

Su Yi arrived near Suotuo City on his way to Shrek Academy and slaughtered a band of robbers who tried to rob him. He discovered Tang San and Xiao Wu watching from hiding, and the chapter ended with Tang San cautiously confronting him.

• Su Yi reached the area near Suotuo City after traveling from Spirit City toward Shrek Academy.
• A band of robbers stopped Su Yi and demanded his money, while Tang San and Xiao Wu watched from nearby.
• Su Yi handed over a bag of Gold Soul Coins, then killed the bandits with a dagger in less than ten breaths.
• Su Yi noticed Tang San and Xiao Wu hiding and called them out.
• Tang San brought Xiao Wu forward with a poison needle ready, and Su Yi asked why they were so wary of him.
• Tang San asked Su Yi to put away the dagger in his hand and the one behind his back.

Su Yi and Tang San cautiously traveled toward Suotuo City with Xiao Wu after discovering they were both headed to Shrek Academy. They parted inside the city, leaving Tang San wary of Su Yi and Su Yi alert to Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapon.

• Tang San and Su Yi each asked the other to put away his concealed weapon, then Tang San explained that he and Xiao Wu were traveling to enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Su Yi claimed he hunted bandits because they had harmed his older sister, put away his daggers, and said he was also heading to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San kept his poisoned hidden weapon ready and maintained a safe distance while he, Xiao Wu, and Su Yi walked toward Suotuo City together.
• Su Yi and Tang San assessed each other as dangerous, but neither attacked because they had no reason to fight and both recognized the threat the other posed.
• After entering Suotuo City, Su Yi headed east while Tang San and Xiao Wu went west; Xiao Wu asked about Su Yi, and Tang San told her he was extremely dangerous.

Su Yi reached the Rose Hotel, where Tang San and Xiao Wu had taken its last room, and tried to ease Tang San’s suspicion of him. Dai Mubai arrived and challenged Tang San over the room, leaving the two Soul Masters poised to fight.

• Su Yi searched Suotuo City for lodging and headed to the center after finding the inns in the eastern district full.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu also searched for a room, found the Rose Hotel, and agreed to take its last available room.
• Su Yi arrived and gave up the room to Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Tang San apologized for suspecting him and Xiao Wu paid for the booking.
• Dai Mubai entered with twin sisters and demanded that Tang San give up the room in exchange for double the price.
• Tang San refused, and Dai Mubai revealed his Soul Rings and Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul as Tang San prepared to fight with Blue Silver Grass.

Su Yi watched Tang San defeat Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel, then followed Dai Mubai to Shrek Academy. The next morning, Su Yi joined the registration line, where Tang San and Xiao Wu found him and asked if he was there to enroll.

• Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass and movement skills to defeat Dai Mubai, who gave Tang San and Xiao Wu his room and paid their fee.
• Dai Mubai learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu were headed to Shrek Academy, and Su Yi slipped away before Dai Mubai left the hotel.
• Su Yi secretly followed Dai Mubai to a shabby mountain village and discovered that it was the site of Shrek Academy.
• The next morning, Su Yi joined the line of applicants as Shrek rejected one candidate after another for failing its strict requirements.
• Xiao Wu spotted Su Yi in the registration line, and Tang San asked whether he had come to enroll; Su Yi said that he had.

Su Yi met Tang San and Xiao Wu while they waited to enroll at Shrek Academy, and a fabricated account of his tragic past helped him become friends with them. Dai Mubai led the group into the academy, joined by Ning Rongrong, whose interest turned toward Su Yi.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu found Su Yi in the enrollment line, and Su Yi told them that bandits had killed his family when he was young.
• Xiao Wu offered to be Su Yi's friend, and Tang San shook his hand as they introduced themselves.
• Dai Mubai arrived and offered to take Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Su Yi into Shrek Academy for the first test.
• Ning Rongrong appeared with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and said she was enrolling at Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong introduced herself to Su Yi, then followed him and the others into the academy.

At Shrek Academy, Su Yi explained how compatible Martial Souls could produce a fusion skill, then accepted Oscar’s sausage despite the others’ disgust. He left Tang San and the others stunned by revealing he had once fought stray dogs for discarded food to survive.

• Dai Mubai sensed someone whose Martial Soul complemented his, and Su Yi explained the rarity and power of Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Dai Mubai went to arrange for the group to skip the first test while Oscar approached Tang San selling sausages.
• Dai Mubai warned Tang San that Oscar’s Martial Soul and soul skill made his sausages embarrassing, so Oscar demonstrated his Recovery Big Sausage.
• Su Yi ate Oscar’s sausage, praised its taste, and paid him two Copper Soul Coins.
• Su Yi explained that he valued food because he had once fought stray dogs for discarded scraps, leaving Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar speechless.

Su Yi and his companions entered Shrek Academy’s second assessment, where the group’s Soul Power impressed the waiting students. Su Yi stunned everyone by revealing Soul Power level fifty-three, and his claim that he was sixteen left them convinced he was a terrifying prodigy.

• Su Yi revealed that he had once fought stray dogs for scraps, prompting Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai to accept Oscar’s sausages.
• Dai Mubai led Su Yi and his friends past the second assessment, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong displayed Soul Power levels of twenty-nine, twenty-nine, and twenty-six.
• A cold girl in tight black leather took the Testing Crystal Ball and revealed that her Soul Power was level twenty-seven.
• After a test-taker challenged Su Yi’s strength, Ning Rongrong handed him the crystal ball, which blazed with light and displayed Soul Power level fifty-three.
• Su Yi said he was sixteen, astonishing Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and the cold girl with his supposed Soul King-level talent.

Su Yi visited Shrek Academy despite being too old to meet its admission rules, hoping to meet Yu Xiaogang, and learned that Tang San was his student. As Dai Mubai led them through the academy, the group learned that Shrek had only three students and accepted only exceptional talents.

• Xiao Wu pointed out that Su Yi was sixteen and exceeded Shrek's age limit, and Su Yi said he had come to admire the academy and hoped to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San told Su Yi that Yu Xiaogang was his teacher and would arrive at Shrek in two days, delighting Su Yi.
• Dai Mubai suggested that Shrek might make an exception for Su Yi, while Ning Rongrong invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Su Yi declined the sect offer.
• Dai Mubai led Tang San and Su Yi farther into Shrek, and Xiao Wu learned that the academy had only three students and recruited only monsters.

Dai Mubai brought Su Yi and the others to Shrek Academy’s fourth assessment, where Zhao Wuji offered them admission if they could withstand him for one incense stick. The group learned Zhao Wuji was a Level 76 Soul Saint, and Su Yi pretended to be shocked alongside the others.

• Dai Mubai explained that Shrek Academy required students to reach Level 40 Soul Power before age twenty, and the group called Su Yi a monster for reaching Soul King at sixteen.
• Dai Mubai introduced Su Yi to Zhao Wuji, who was stunned to learn Su Yi had Level 53 Soul Power at age sixteen.
• Zhao Wuji challenged all five students to remain standing against him until one incense stick burned out, giving them time to plan and hear about his abilities.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhao Wuji was a Level 76 Beast Martial Soul Battle Soul Saint, shocking Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Su Yi privately dismissed the rank as common in Spirit City, then imitated the others by acting shocked.

Su Yi and the others prepared for Zhao Wuji’s test, learning about his strength and planning how to work together. The chapter ended as Zhao Wuji opened his eyes and the group took their battle formation.

• Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji had changed the test and described his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul and fearsome reputation.
• Ning Rongrong recounted how Zhao Wuji had escaped an encirclement by sixteen Spirit Hall bishop-level Soul Emperors, prompting Su Yi to consider killing him as a gift for his Teacher.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Su Yi introduced themselves and stated their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels.
• Tang San devised a plan with Su Yi as the main attacker, Xiao Wu as the secondary attacker, Ning Rongrong providing support, Zhu Zhuqing harassing Zhao Wuji, and Tang San coordinating control.
• When the incense burned out, Zhao Wuji prepared to begin the test, and the group took their positions with Su Yi at the front.

Su Yi and the others fought Zhao Wuji during their trial, and Su Yi stunned everyone by revealing an extraordinary set of five Soul Rings. Zhao Wuji recognized Su Yi as the true monster, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong boosted Su Yi with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Tang San pulled her toward safety with Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Yi met Zhao Wuji's charge with a punch that sent the stronger Soul Saint flying, then attacked him with the Chaos Supreme Gun.
• Zhao Wuji summoned his Great Strength Vajra Bear martial soul and used his first and second Soul Skills against Su Yi.
• Tang San pulled Su Yi clear of Zhao Wuji's palm strike, and Su Yi told Tang San to protect Ning Rongrong while he handled the fight.
• Su Yi revealed five Soul Rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, and black—leaving Tang San and Zhao Wuji stunned.
• Zhao Wuji rubbed his eyes before accepting what he saw and calling Su Yi the real monster.

Su Yi defeated Zhao Wuji with a single spear strike, earning the new applicants admission to Shrek Academy. Later, Tang Hao tried to lure the injured Zhao Wuji into the forest to give him medicine, but Zhao Wuji mistook him for an attacker and insulted him.

• Su Yi used four soul skills at once and pierced Zhao Wuji's shoulder with a single strike.
• Zhao Wuji declared the applicants had passed and made them official Shrek Academy students.
• Tang San and the others stared at Su Yi in shock and called him a monster.
• After returning to his room, Zhao Wuji was lured outside by a thrown stone and chased a black-robed figure into the forest.
• Tang Hao, who had meant to give Zhao Wuji medicine and ask him to look after Tang San, was insulted when Zhao Wuji mistook him for an attacker.

Tang Hao intimidated Zhao Wuji with his Titled Douluo strength and punished him, while Yu Xiaogang returned to Flender and planned to teach at Shrek Academy. At the Shrek dormitory, Su Yi revealed his level to Oscar, and Dai Mubai hinted that he had something planned for later.

• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Zhao Wuji collapsed under his pressure before screaming in the forest.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang back, and Yu Xiaogang said he wanted to teach at Shrek Academy because his student had joined it.
• Dai Mubai brought Tang San and Su Yi to the dormitory, where Oscar woke up and greeted Su Yi as his big brother.
• Su Yi told Oscar he was sixteen and had reached Soul Power level fifty-three, shocking Oscar.
• Dai Mubai suggested taking the new classmates to Suotuo City, while Tang San left with Xiao Wu after she came to find him.
• Dai Mubai asked how Su Yi cultivated, and Su Yi said that becoming stronger required will and diligent cultivation; Dai Mubai hinted Oscar would learn more later.

Dai Mubai introduced Tang San and Xiao Wu to Ma Hongjun, explaining his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul and the trouble it caused. The group headed to the cafeteria, where they reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong and met Shrek’s headmaster, Flender.

• Dai Mubai introduced Ma Hongjun to Tang San and Xiao Wu and explained his martial soul’s evil fire problem.
• Ma Hongjun argued with Dai Mubai about his phoenix martial soul and teased him about his romantic escapades.
• Dai Mubai led the group toward the cafeteria, where Ma Hongjun spotted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ma Hongjun to the others, while Ning Rongrong asked Oscar why he had shaved his beard.
• Oscar identified the approaching Flender as Shrek’s headmaster and a level seventy-eight Soul Saint.

Flender welcomed the five new students to Shrek Academy, assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong twenty laps, and revealed that Su Yi had reached level fifty-three at age sixteen. He exposed Ning Rongrong’s disobedience and warned her that such actions could earn the death penalty on a battlefield.

• Xiao Wu asked Oscar whether Shrek had any Soul Douluo, then changed the subject when Tang San noticed her unease.
• Tang San told Ma Hongjun about his and Xiao Wu’s encounter with the dean, while Oscar warned that Flender held grudges but protected his own.
• Flender welcomed the five new students, ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps, and told Dai Mubai to explain the academy rules.
• Flender praised Su Yi’s level-fifty-three Soul King strength at age sixteen, shocking Ma Hongjun.
• Flender caught Oscar lying about finishing the laps, sealed his Soul Power, and ordered him to run another twenty.
• Flender confronted Ning Rongrong about skipping her assignment to eat and shop in the city, then warned that her disobedience could be punished by death under military law.

Flender confronted Ning Rongrong over her arrogance and challenged her to change or leave Shrek Academy. After he called her the weakest student, she fled in tears, while Su Yi recognized her as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master's daughter and considered her a potential target for his plans.

• Flender ordered Ning Rongrong to leave or prove she was willing to change, but she threatened him and insisted he had no authority over her.
• Flender compared Ning Rongrong with the other students, including Su Yi, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing, and told her she was the weakest.
• Su Yi realized Ning Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master's daughter and considered how the sect might advance his teacher's plans.
• Ning Rongrong broke down and ran away, and Flender told Oscar to stop running laps and comfort her.
• The author apologized for taking a day off and said they would try to make up the missed chapters the next day.

After Ning Rongrong ran off crying, Su Yi saw a chance to approach the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s princess and went to comfort her. He offered her a rose and a shoulder, then acknowledged that Flender’s harsh criticism had some truth to it.

• Su Yi considered Ning Rongrong’s importance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and followed Oscar after Xiao Wu asked where he was going.
• Oscar found Ning Rongrong crying outside Shrek Academy, but she rejected his attempt to comfort her.
• Su Yi arrived with a rose, and Oscar left after assuming Su Yi was interested in Ning Rongrong.
• Su Yi gave Ning Rongrong the rose and let her lean on his shoulder as she asked whether she was really that terrible.
• Su Yi told Ning Rongrong that she was a genius but admitted that Flender’s words made sense, prompting her to say he was not good at comforting people.

Su Yi encouraged Ning Rongrong to recognize how her arrogance undermined others’ trust and urged her to respect her fellow students and follow Flender’s training. After she agreed to apologize to Flender the next day, Flender left satisfied, unaware that Su Yi had noticed him listening.

• Su Yi told Ning Rongrong that her spoiled temperament made others doubt they could rely on her in battle.
• Ning Rongrong asked Su Yi what she should do, and he shared a story about a boy who lost his family to bandits and struggled to survive.
• Su Yi explained that Ning Rongrong needed to respect others, control her temper, and understand that Flender’s training was meant to help her grow.
• Su Yi gave Ning Rongrong a pastry and explained that physical training helped Soul Masters absorb stronger soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to sincerely apologize to Flender and follow the training, while Flender listened from the shadows and then departed, pleased with Su Yi.

Su Yi, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the other Shrek students explored Suotuo City before Flender announced their first lesson at the Great Soul Arena. Flender explained that the arena would give them practical combat experience, and the group arrived at its entrance.

• Dai Mubai teased Su Yi about winning Ning Rongrong over, while the others joined in.
• Xiao Wu called Tang San outside, and Su Yi, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun secretly followed them to Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu scolded Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then invited Su Yi to stay with her and Tang San.
• Tang San invited Dai Mubai and the others to explore the city, where they encountered Flender with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Flender led the students to the Great Soul Arena and explained that its matches would build their combat experience.

Su Yi joined the Shrek students at the Great Soul Arena, where Flender required him to earn a Gold badge before graduation. Despite his classmates’ warnings, Su Yi entered a Deathmatch and killed the notorious Cruel Scar with a single spear thrust, leaving the arena stunned.

• Flender explained the Soul Arena badge system and set Su Yi the goal of earning a Gold badge before graduation.
• Dai Mubai led the students to register and explained the arena’s badge ranks, match types, and his and Ma Hongjun’s records.
• Su Yi asked to enter a Deathmatch, alarming his classmates, and justified his choice by claiming he wanted to eliminate dangerous criminals.
• Su Yi entered the arena to face Cruel Scar, a Deathmatch veteran known for torturing his opponents.
• Su Yi summoned his Black Dragon Head Iron Spear and killed Cruel Scar with a single thrust through the throat, then left as the crowd fell silent.