Arc 2Shrek’s Trials and Training

Wang Xingyu accompanied Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where the newcomers passed Zhao Wuji’s test and joined the other students. After their Star Dou Great Forest expedition and months of Grandmaster’s training, Wang Xingyu invited the group to join the Tang Sect, while Xiao Wu helped Ma Hongjun confront Bu Le.

  • Wang Xingyu traveled with Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where the three passed the entrance tests and helped defeat Zhao Wuji before the incense ran out.
  • Wang Xingyu and Tang San discovered Ma Hongjun’s trouble with Cuihua, and Xiao Wu beat Ma Hongjun in a fight.
  • Flender sent the students to earn Silver Soul Badges in Suotuo City, where Wang Xingyu teamed with Ma Hongjun and helped contain his Evil Fire.
  • Wang Xingyu and the Shrek students traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Oscar obtained a Soul Ring, the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, and Tang San chased after them.
  • Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider and gained its Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, while Wang Xingyu later reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
  • Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and credited Wang Xingyu’s advice with helping Luo Sanpao grow stronger, then began training the students.
  • Grandmaster put the students through combat, weighted runs, gravity exercises, and blindfold drills, and after three months they worked together more effectively.
  • During the group’s seven-day break, Wang Xingyu invited the students to join the Tang Sect, and Xiao Wu defeated Bu Le after Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu found him attacking Ma Hongjun.
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Ch. 26Setting Out for Shrek

Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu traveled to Suotuo City on their way to Shrek Academy, where Tang San bought a rare Plate Crystal and clashed with Dai Mubai over a hotel room. The chapter ended with the three sharing the Rose Hotel’s single available room after Tang San and Dai Mubai fought to a draw.

  • Wang Xingyu chose to accompany Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, believing Tang San should keep to his destined path.
  • Tang San spotted a Plate Crystal in Flender’s shop, and Wang Xingyu bargained Flender down to sixty Gold Soul Coins.
  • Wang Xingyu booked the Rose Hotel’s last room for the three of them, only for Dai Mubai to demand it back.
  • Tang San countered Dai Mubai’s probing moves and revealed his Blue Silver Grass and thousand-year Second Soul Ring.
  • Tang San and Dai Mubai exchanged attacks until neither could gain the upper hand, then agreed to a draw.
  • Wang Xingyu took the room key, and Tang San sat on the bed examining the Plate Crystal.

Ch. 27Entrance Examination

Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu reached Shrek Academy and demonstrated that they met its demanding entrance standards. After Tang San revealed a Dragon Whisker Needle, the three were sent directly to the fourth round, where they faced an unknown challenge that Wang Xingyu knew would be a fight against Zhao Wuji.

  • Tang San fashioned a Dragon Whisker Needle from Hair Gold and explained how it could burrow into a victim's flesh.
  • Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong rejected an applicant and demonstrated his Soul Emperor strength.
  • Tang San and Xiao Wu proved they were twelve years old and level twenty-nine, earning exemptions from the second and third rounds.
  • Wang Xingyu revealed his yellow first Soul Ring and thousand-year purple second Soul Ring, and Li Yusong also sent him directly to the fourth round.
  • Dai Mubai led Wang Xingyu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and a girl Wang Xingyu suspected was Ning Rongrong toward the fourth round, which he knew would test them against Zhao Wuji.

Ch. 28Zhao Wuji

Wang Xingyu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong faced Zhao Wuji in Shrek Academy’s fourth test, relying on coordinated attacks against the powerful Soul Saint. Zhao Wuji endured their opening assault and announced that he would get serious while the incense was still burning.

  • Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Wang Xingyu ate Oscar’s sausages despite Dai Mubai warning them about Oscar’s soul incantation, and Dai Mubai led the group to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Zhao Wuji set the fourth test’s rules and revealed his level-seventy-six Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings.
  • Tang San organized the team’s tactics as each student described their abilities, and Ning Rongrong prepared to boost them with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • Tang San and Wang Xingyu attacked Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass while Wang Xingyu drained his Soul Power, and Xiao Wu’s combo knocked Zhao Wuji down without injuring him.
  • Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji from the flank, and Tang San and Wang Xingyu helped pull the support fighters out of danger when Zhao Wuji charged them.
  • Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San briefly forced Zhao Wuji to one knee, but Zhao Wuji used his Fifth Soul Skill, Gravity Squeeze, to blast the attackers away and declared that he would get serious.

Ch. 29Combination Skills

Wang Xingyu and Tang San combined their Blue Silver Grass skills and hidden weapons to fight Zhao Wuji during the Shrek entrance test. The incense burned out before Zhao Wuji could finish his attack, and he declared the group had passed.

  • Tang San used Offshoot while Wang Xingyu's Flying Fluff sustained the multiplying vines, but Zhao Wuji broke free with his sixth Soul Skill.
  • Wang Xingyu gathered the others' Soul Power and channeled it into Tang San, who attacked Zhao Wuji with hidden weapons and Dragon Whisker Needles.
  • Zhao Wuji dragged Tang San close with Gravity Squeeze as Tang San revealed the Clear Sky Hammer, but Wang Xingyu called the test over when the incense burned out.
  • Zhao Wuji declared the group had passed, and Tang San removed the Dragon Whisker Needles from his shoulder.
  • Xiao Wu congratulated Tang San as the group recovered from the battle.

Ch. 30The Village

Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu explained how their linked cultivation let them share the pressure of thousand-year Soul Rings, then met Ma Hongjun while exploring the village. After Ma Hongjun invited them to try his aunt’s baked flatbread, Wang Xingyu returned to the dorm with Tang San and suggested they go watch a show that night.

  • Wang Xingyu linked himself, Tang San, and Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Grass and explained how their shared cultivation helped them bear the pressure of thousand-year Soul Rings.
  • The three explored the village and found Ma Hongjun gripping Cuihua’s arm; Tang San made him release her, and Xiao Wu defeated him in a fight.
  • Wang Xingyu recognized Ma Hongjun as a Shrek student with an Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Cuihua ran away while Ma Hongjun watched in silence.
  • Ma Hongjun accepted Wang Xingyu’s help to his feet, learned the newcomers’ names, and invited them to try his aunt’s baked flatbread.
  • After returning to the dorm, Wang Xingyu asked Tang San if he wanted to go watch a show that night.

Ch. 31Reuniting with Tang Hao

Wang Xingyu took Tang San to witness Tang Hao defeat Zhao Wuji before revealing himself to his son. The next morning, Tang San, Wang Xingyu, and Xiao Wu joined the other students at the training ground.

  • Wang Xingyu and Tang San hid in a tree and watched Tang Hao beat Zhao Wuji without using Soul Power or Soul Skills.
  • Tang Hao revealed himself, reunited with Tang San, and told him that he had been nearby all along before leaving into the night.
  • Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu ate breakfast, with Oscar providing them sausages.
  • At the training ground, Wang Xingyu observed the students' interactions and asked Ma Hongjun what was wrong with his expression.

Ch. 32The First Lesson

Wang Xingyu and the Shrek students faced Flender’s first lesson, exposing Ning Rongrong’s truancy and leaving her to decide whether to stay. That evening, Flender took the students to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena to begin their training and set rules for their matches.

  • Ma Hongjun pointed out that he and Wang Xingyu were the only Shrek commanders without troops, and Wang Xingyu realized he had overlooked the issue.
  • Flender ordered the students to run twenty laps; Ning Rongrong skipped the run, so Flender punished Oscar with extra laps for lying about her.
  • Flender confronted Ning Rongrong and listed the other students’ strengths, after which she ran out of the village.
  • Wang Xingyu told Oscar that Ning Rongrong had left, and Oscar quietly drank the water Wang Xingyu gave him.
  • Flender led the students to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City and required them to earn Silver Soul Badges through one-on-one matches.
  • Flender barred Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Wang Xingyu from teaming up, and Ma Hongjun asked how the students should pair off.

Ch. 33Battle

Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Wang Xingyu fought solo matches before Wang Xingyu and Ma Hongjun entered a two-on-two battle. After they won, Wang Xingyu used his Blue Silver Grass to draw off Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, leaving Ma Hongjun stable but burning Wang Xingyu’s hand.

  • Xiao Wu defeated her strength-type opponent in seconds with Moon Shadow and Waist Bow.
  • Tang San restrained Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Grass until she surrendered, then released her unharmed.
  • Wang Xingyu wore down his hammer-wielding opponent with repeated Life Drain and won after the man gave up.
  • Wang Xingyu and Ma Hongjun drained and pressured their two hammer-wielding opponents until both surrendered.
  • Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire flared after the match, so Wang Xingyu drew most of it into his Blue Silver Grass, which burned and exploded; Ma Hongjun recovered while Wang Xingyu’s palm was left with burn marks.

Ch. 34Fat Fish Combination

After Ma Hongjun and Wang Xingyu’s successful match, the Soul Fighting Arena registered them as the Fat Fish Combination, while Wang Xingyu offered to help control Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire. At Shrek Academy, Dai Mubai’s clash with Ning Rongrong ended with Oscar rejecting her too, leaving her alone at the gate.

  • Ma Hongjun proposed grand names for his partnership with Wang Xingyu, but the arena staff registered them as the Fat Fish Combination after hearing the group’s suggestions.
  • Wang Xingyu offered to draw out Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire in the future and promised to introduce him to Bai Chenxiang if he earned her respect.
  • At Shrek Academy’s entrance, Dai Mubai blasted Ning Rongrong and Oscar backward with his Soul Power, but Wang Xingyu caught them with Blue Silver Grass and Tang San calmed Dai Mubai.
  • Ning Rongrong demanded that Wang Xingyu kill Dai Mubai for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, but Wang Xingyu refused and stopped her from asking Tang San for help.
  • Ning Rongrong asked Oscar to help her, but Oscar told her she was not suited to Shrek and went inside, leaving her alone at the gate.

Ch. 35Gravity Training

Ning Rongrong joined the others in eating Oscar’s sausages, and Flender learned that Oscar had reached level thirty. Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu tested Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement for physical training and found that it improved their Triangle Cycle cultivation; Flender then made gravity training part of Shrek’s daily curriculum.

  • Ning Rongrong bit into Oscar’s sausage with unusual intensity, while the others ate theirs as Flender required.
  • Flender discovered that Oscar had reached level thirty and announced plans to help him obtain a Third Soul Ring the next day.
  • Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu asked Zhao Wuji to use Gravity Enhancement for training and endured half an hour of pressure without resisting it with Soul Power.
  • Wang Xingyu linked Tang San and Xiao Wu with Blue Silver Grass, and the three found that their Triangle Cycle circulated Soul Power more quickly after gravity training.
  • Flender observed their cultivation and added gravity training to Shrek’s daily curriculum, then gathered the other students for their first session.
  • Zhao Wuji spread Gravity Enhancement across the group and adjusted the pressure for each student while maintaining the field.

Ch. 36Sparring

The Shrek group traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to help Oscar obtain his Third Soul Ring, but a clash with Canghui Academy students escalated into a fight with their teacher, Ye Zhiqiu. Zhao Wuji ended the confrontation with one slap, and the group returned to bed before continuing their journey.

  • Zhao Wuji led the Shrek group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and they stopped for dinner in a town along the way.
  • Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun prepared to provoke Canghui Academy, but Tang San argued against bullying weaker opponents; then the Canghui students insulted Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu.
  • Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai defeated the eight Canghui students, and Ye Zhiqiu intervened before challenging the Shrek group outside.
  • Wang Xingyu, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others fought Ye Zhiqiu to a stalemate until Zhao Wuji arrived.
  • Ye Zhiqiu charged Zhao Wuji, who knocked him down with a single slap, then ordered the Shrek group back to bed.

Ch. 37Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent

Wang Xingyu’s group found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, but Snake Granny and Meng Yiran claimed they had tracked and wounded it first. Tang San fought Meng Yiran to decide who would get the Soul Ring, and the duel ended in a contest of strength over her Serpent Cane.

  • Wang Xingyu detected a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the group subdued it so Oscar could claim its Soul Ring.
  • Snake Granny and Meng Yiran arrived, claimed they had found and wounded the serpent first, and demanded it be handed over.
  • Wang Xingyu proposed that Tang San duel Meng Yiran to decide who would get the Soul Ring, and Tang San revealed he had just reached level thirty.
  • Tang San dodged Meng Yiran’s attacks and escaped her Serpent Body ability, then grabbed her Serpent Cane with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
  • Tang San and Meng Yiran each held one end of the Serpent Cane and began a direct contest of strength.

Ch. 38Titan Giant Ape

Tang San and Wang Xingyu defeated Meng Yiran in a Soul Power contest, allowing Oscar to absorb the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring. While the group searched for Tang San's Soul Ring, the Titan Giant Ape attacked, seized Xiao Wu, and dragged Wang Xingyu after her as Tang San raced into the forest in pursuit.

  • Tang San overpowered Meng Yiran, and Wang Xingyu caught and treated her after her Soul Power exploded; Snake Granny conceded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to them.
  • Oscar absorbed the serpent's Soul Ring and gained a Mushroom Sausage that let its user fly at a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's speed for one minute.
  • Wang Xingyu sensed the nearby Soul Beasts had fled, and Zhao Wuji spotted the Titan Giant Ape approaching the group.
  • Wang Xingyu channeled the group's Soul Power through Ning Rongrong, who boosted Zhao Wuji as he fought the Titan Giant Ape and bought time for everyone to fly away.
  • The Titan Giant Ape caught Xiao Wu and carried her off, while Wang Xingyu's Blue Silver Grass tethered him to her; Tang San raced into the forest after them.

Ch. 39Man Faced Demon Pearl

Tang San pursued the Titan Giant Ape after it carried off Xiao Wu and Wang Xingyu, but a Man Faced Demon Spider blocked his path. After killing it, he began absorbing its Soul Ring while Wang Xingyu and Tang Hao watched nearby.

  • Zhao Wuji returned to the clearing, learned that Tang San had chased after Xiao Wu and Wang Xingyu, and set off with the others to find them.
  • Tang San raced through the forest, remembering his bond with Xiao Wu and Wang Xingyu as he searched for them.
  • A Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Tang San, and he trapped it briefly with Blue Silver Grass before it dragged him back with poisonous silk.
  • Tang San used the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to shoot bolts into the spider's abdomen, killing it and leaving behind a purple Soul Ring.
  • Exhausted and wounded, Tang San began absorbing the Soul Ring while Wang Xingyu told Tang Hao that he wanted the spider's Soul Bone.

Ch. 40External Soul Bone

Tang San gained an external Soul Bone while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring, and Wang Xingyu tried to bargain with Tang Hao for the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone. After Tang San finished absorbing both, the Dragon Duke confronted the Shrek group and challenged them to a throwing-knife contest, leaving Tang San eager to settle things and search for Xiao Wu and Wang Xingyu.

  • Tang Hao recognized the eight spider legs that emerged from Tang San as an external Soul Bone, and Wang Xingyu explained its rarity and growth potential.
  • Wang Xingyu asked Tang Hao for the Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Bone, but Tang Hao refused because it had been left for Tang San by his mother.
  • Ma Hongjun and the other Shrek members arrived, saw Tang San’s spider legs, and waited while he finished absorbing the Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
  • The Dragon Duke arrived with Meng Yiran and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, demanded compensation for the Man Faced Demon Spider, and proposed a throwing-knife contest.
  • Tang San apologized for taking the spider, declined to argue, and prepared to settle the dispute quickly; Meng Yiran accepted the contest.

Ch. 41What the Tang Sect Fan Was For

Tang San won the throwing-knife contest against Meng Yiran, while Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu returned safely after the Titan Giant Ape took them. Wang Xingyu revealed that the Sky Azure Bull Python was stronger than the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu wondered how he knew it had bellowed.

  • Tang San used Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers to embed all sixteen knives in the tree, defeating Meng Yiran and leaving to search for Xiao Wu and Wang Xingyu.
  • Meng Yiran rushed after Tang San to accept her loss, but Wang Xingyu intervened with his Tang Sect fan and counted her accidental kiss on it as honoring the bet.
  • Tang San and the Shrek group welcomed Wang Xingyu back, and he said he had heard the Sky Azure Bull Python bellow when he fell from the tree.
  • Wang Xingyu explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python was the forest's emperor and stronger than the Titan Giant Ape.
  • Xiao Wu emerged from the bushes unharmed, and she questioned Wang Xingyu's knowledge of the Sky Azure Bull Python's bellow.

Ch. 42The End

Xiao Wu reunited with the Shrek group and revealed that she had reached level thirty and gained Teleportation, while Tang San demonstrated the skills from his new Soul Ring and External Soul Bone. After Tang San cured Ma Hongjun’s poisoning, Zhao Wuji led everyone back toward the academy, pleased with their gains despite expecting Flender to scold him.

  • Xiao Wu told Wang Xingyu and the others how the Titan Giant Ape had fled after an ox-like bellow, allowing her to absorb a Soul Ring and reach level thirty.
  • Meng Yiran put away her Soul Breaking Knife and left with Dragon Duke and Snake Granny after watching Tang San reunite with Xiao Wu.
  • Xiao Wu demonstrated her Teleportation Soul Skill, which let her move five meters and reach ten meters under moonlight.
  • Tang San demonstrated Spider Web Restraint and revealed eight poisonous spider legs, while Wang Xingyu warned Oscar not to touch them.
  • Ma Hongjun secretly touched one of Tang San’s spider legs and was poisoned, but Tang San used the legs to draw the poison out of him.
  • Zhao Wuji ordered the group back to the academy, and everyone used Oscar’s Mushroom Sausages to fly as Zhao Wuji reflected on their progress.

Ch. 43Return to Shrek

Zhao Wuji returned to the academy with the students, reporting that Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Tang San had reached rank thirty and Tang San had gained a Soul Bone. After Tang San’s new spider legs emerged uncontrollably in his sleep, Wang Xingyu advised him on adapting to them; the next morning, Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu began cultivating together, and Wang Xingyu expected to reach rank thirty soon.

  • Zhao Wuji returned to the academy and told Flender that Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Tang San had reached rank thirty, while Tang San had obtained a Soul Bone.
  • Flender gave the students the next day off and said someone would come to teach them the day after.
  • Tang San’s spider legs emerged in his sleep and stabbed into the dormitory wall, waking Wang Xingyu.
  • Wang Xingyu reassured Tang San and advised him to treat the Soul Bone’s legs as an extension of his body.
  • Oscar shared fresh sausages with the group at breakfast, and Wang Xingyu invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to cultivate with him.
  • Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu connected their Soul Power while cultivating, and Wang Xingyu felt his progress toward rank thirty accelerate.

Ch. 44Eight Spider Lances

Wang Xingyu, Tang San, and Xiao Wu discovered that their Triangle Cycle let them share control of Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, and they began practicing the unusual ability. The next morning, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy in a disheveled state, leaving Flender stunned.

  • Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu each moved one of Tang San’s spider legs through the Triangle Cycle, and they wondered whether the shared control was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Wang Xingyu named Tang San’s External Soul Bone the Eight Spider Lances, and the three practiced controlling it for the rest of the afternoon.
  • The group gathered for training the next morning as Flender repeatedly watched the academy entrance.
  • Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy with a purple dog, and Flender recognized him and asked how he had ended up looking so disheveled.

Ch. 45The New Xiaogang

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Star Sea Academy with a healthier Luo Sanpao and reunited with Wang Xingyu, Lin Yuan, and Su Wu. He credited Wang Xingyu’s advice for helping him and Sanpao improve, and Flender thanked Wang Xingyu before taking Xiaogang to his office.

  • Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao arrived at the training field, surprising Flender and the students with their changed appearance.
  • Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as a renowned Soul Master theorist, and Xiaogang recognized Wang Xingyu, Lin Yuan, and Su Wu from Lin'an Academy.
  • Yu Xiaogang thanked Wang Xingyu with a deep bow, then explained how Wang’s advice led him to keep feeding Sanpao dragon-type Soul Beast flesh and train alongside him.
  • Yu Xiaogang said Sanpao had grown stronger and could now generate some Soul Power, prompting the students and Flender to reassess Wang Xingyu.
  • Flender bowed to Wang Xingyu in gratitude for helping Xiaogang, then dismissed the students and led Xiaogang toward his office.

Ch. 46Training Methods

After explaining his past debate with Grandmaster at Nuoding Academy, Wang Xingyu offered ideas for training the students. Grandmaster began formal training the next morning, starting with a lap around the training ground.

  • Ma Hongjun and the others pressed Wang Xingyu to explain why Grandmaster had bowed to him, and Wang Xingyu recounted their debate without revealing Tang San's secret.
  • Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu teased Wang Xingyu about his modesty, while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing petted Luo Sanpao.
  • The students gathered the next morning and saw that Yu Xiaogang had cleaned up his appearance before starting training.
  • Wang Xingyu suggested using gravity to condition the body and refine Soul Power control, along with blindfold exercises to strengthen perception.
  • Grandmaster praised Wang Xingyu's suggestions and began the formal training by ordering everyone to run one lap around the training ground.

Ch. 47Practical combat

Grandmaster tested the students’ practical combat skills by pairing them in fights. Tang San defeated Dai Mubai, but Xiao Wu used a tactic suggested by Wang Xingyu to catch Tang San off guard, and Grandmaster ended the exercise.

  • Grandmaster ordered Dai Mubai to fight the others, and Dai Mubai and Tang San began with Tang San barred from using several abilities.
  • Dai Mubai’s rapid combination of Soul Skills nearly struck Tang San, but Tang San recovered and trapped Dai Mubai with Offshoot until he surrendered.
  • Dai Mubai fought Ma Hongjun and Oscar, whose aerial attacks and sausage support kept him under pressure.
  • Grandmaster sent Tang San to help Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu to help Ma Hongjun and Oscar, while Wang Xingyu quietly advised Xiao Wu.
  • Xiao Wu used Moonfall and Teleportation to land a near-hit beside Tang San, then declared that she had won.
  • Grandmaster stopped the fights and made notes as Ma Hongjun celebrated.

Ch. 48Cross-country run

Grandmaster criticized the students’ mistakes in their sparring match, then sent them on a weighted run to teach them to work as a team. They returned to Shrek Academy exhausted but completed the test, and Wang Xingyu asked whether Grandmaster had a medicinal bath.

  • Grandmaster reprimanded Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Tang San for their mistakes, while praising Xiao Wu’s tactical combination.
  • Grandmaster ordered the students to run between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City ten times with weighted baskets, forbidding them from using Soul Power.
  • Wang Xingyu and Tang San realized the run was a planned test of teamwork, and Oscar urged everyone to match the slowest runner and adjust their loads.
  • The students shared the stones and supported one another as they ran, with Dai Mubai and Tang San taking turns carrying the heaviest loads.
  • The group returned to Shrek Academy at half past six and collapsed after completing the run.
  • Wang Xingyu asked Grandmaster if there was a medicinal bath, and Grandmaster expressed surprise that he knew about it.

Ch. 49Three Months of Training

Tang San, Wang Xingyu, Xiao Wu, and the Shrek students spent three months improving their combat coordination through gravity, blindfold, and individual control training. By the end, the group had become far more precise, while Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu could control Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances alongside him.

  • Tang San woke in a medicinal bath prepared by the Grandmaster, which eased the injuries and exhaustion from the previous day’s 840-kilometer run.
  • The students began sparring in Zhao Wuji’s gravity field, where their misdirected attacks, boosts, and movements caused repeated mishaps.
  • During blindfold drills, the students struggled to dodge the teachers’ Soul Power balls, while Oscar and Ning Rongrong practiced Heart Separation Control in the evenings.
  • Wang Xingyu, Xiao Wu, and Tang San trained with the Eight Spider Lances, gradually improving their control without interfering with one another.
  • After three months, the students coordinated their attacks, boosts, and dodges much more accurately in gravity and blindfold training.
  • On the mountain, Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu playfully fought with the Spider Lances they controlled behind Tang San’s back, and Tang San let them continue.

Ch. 50Fire-Roasted Chicken

After their three-month training ended, Wang Xingyu and his companions joined the Tang Sect and took a break in Suotuo City. Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu found Ma Hongjun being beaten by Bu Le, and Xiao Wu defeated the notorious criminal before Ma Hongjun burned the tool he used to commit his crimes.

  • The Grandmaster granted the group a seven-day break, and Wang Xingyu invited everyone to join the Tang Sect, giving each member a fan bearing its name.
  • Ning Rongrong asked Tang San to make Hidden Weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Wang Xingyu decided to write to Grandpa Ma Xiunuo.
  • Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu went into the city, where Wang Xingyu took two skewers of candied hawthorn from Ma Hongjun and called it a protection fee.
  • Wang Xingyu and Xiao Wu searched Suotuo City for Ma Hongjun and found Bu Le pinning him down in an alley.
  • Xiao Wu used Moon Shadow, Waist Bow, and Eight-Stage Throw to defeat Bu Le and embed him in a wall.
  • Wang Xingyu told Ma Hongjun to hand Bu Le over to the Spirit Hall or burn the tool he used for his crimes, and Ma Hongjun chose to burn it.
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