Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Wang Xingyu and the Shrek members began competing in Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena as the Shrek Eight Monsters, with Wang receiving the alias Blue Silver Pivot Heart. Their first match opened with Wang and Ma Hongjun overwhelming their opponents through linked Soul Power and relentless flames.

• Xiao Wu, Wang Xingyu, and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy, where Tang San checked that they were unharmed.
• Seven days later, Grandmaster assigned the group their arena rules, masks, aliases, and team name, Shrek Eight Monsters.
• The eight registered in four pairs, including Wang Xingyu and Ma Hongjun as the Fat Fish Combination.
• Wang Xingyu supported Ma Hongjun with Blue Silver Grass as they faced an agility-attack Soul Master and a Support System Soul Master.
• Ma Hongjun repeatedly fired Phoenix Fire Lines until Wang Xingyu hit him on the back of the head and warned him to aim because his Soul Power was running low.

Ma Hongjun and Wang Xingyu won their doubles match, and the other Shrek students reported victories as well. When the Mad Battle Team’s captain harassed Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai intervened, and Grandmaster arrived to present the team’s information before their upcoming battle.

• Wang Xingyu tugged Ma Hongjun’s Blue Silver Grass, and Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Fire Line to knock the opposing Support System Soul Master out of the arena before forcing the Agility Attack System Soul Master to surrender.
• The Fat Fish Combination was announced as the winner, and Ma Hongjun and Wang Xingyu returned to the lounge.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing described their quick victory, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong reported winning their match as well.
• Mad Rhino approached Zhu Zhuqing and tried to touch her mask, so Dai Mubai grabbed his wrist and traded a punch with him.
• Grandmaster ordered the Mad Battle Team to leave and then showed the Shrek students information about their opponents in the team battle.
• Wang Xingyu recognized Mad Rhino as a powerful captain who had drawn with Dai Mubai, and noted that Dai Mubai had grown stronger through training.

Shrek faced the Mad Battle Team in a team battle, using their coordination and Blue Silver Grass abilities to counter the opponents’ Berserk boost. After Wang Xingyu and Tang San revealed their thousand-year second soul rings, they trapped the remaining Mad Battle Team members in vines, leaving Ma Hongjun waiting for his turn to fight.

• Grandmaster encouraged the eight Shrek members, who joined hands before entering the arena while Ma Hongjun stayed behind to rest.
• Dai Mubai attacked Mad Rhino with Ning Rongrong’s strength boost as Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing moved toward the opposing support Soul Master.
• Tang San and Wang Xingyu stopped the opposing agility-type Soul Masters, while Xiao Wu kicked the support Soul Master off the stage and triggered the Mad Battle Team’s Berserk ability.
• Wang Xingyu ordered Shrek to retreat from the empowered opponents, and Oscar gave his teammates Mushroom Sausages so they could fly above the arena.
• The Mad Battle Team’s female Soul Master hurled Mad Rhino and another teammate into the air, prompting Wang Xingyu and Tang San to reveal their thousand-year second soul rings.
• Wang Xingyu and Tang San covered the arena in Blue Silver Grass and bound all six remaining Mad Battle Team members in vine cocoons while Ma Hongjun lamented that he had to wait for his turn.

The Shrek Eight Monsters extended their winning streak in the Great Soul Arena, defeating a specially assembled team that tried to counter their Blue Silver vines. After nearly a month of victories, Grandmaster told them their next opponents would be the Imperial Fighting Team, including Dugu Yan.

• The Shrek Eight Monsters' vines subdued the Mad Battle Team, and the referee declared Shrek victorious.
• Ma Hongjun joined the team battles, the group's fans became popular merchandise, and Flender collected royalties before handing the money pouch to Yu Xiaogang.
• The Great Soul Arena arranged a team with fire and ranged attackers to suppress Shrek, but the seven Shrek members flew into the air and countered with coordinated boosts and aerial attacks.
• The opposing team conceded after Shrek's firepower disabled its ranged fighters and knocked three members out of the match.
• Shrek continued winning for nearly a month and climbed far ahead in the points rankings.
• Grandmaster announced that Shrek's next opponents would be the Imperial Fighting Team, and Wang Xingyu considered how Tang San could meet Dugu Yan.

Shrek Academy fought the Imperial Fighting Team in a Soul Fighting Arena match, with Tang San countering Dugu Yan’s poison and both teams trading attacks. As the fight remained deadlocked, Shi Mo hurled his tortoise shells toward the exposed Wang Xingyu.

• Grandmaster assigned Tang San to deal with Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison before the teams entered the arena.
• Shrek revealed three Thousand-Year second Soul Rings, and Dai Mubai clashed with Yu Tianheng as both teams began their attack.
• Xiao Wu evaded Dugu Yan’s poison, and Tang San used realgar wine ignited by Ma Hongjun to dissolve the poisonous mist.
• Wang Xingyu spotted the Shi Mo brothers’ weakened defenses after they removed their shells and advised Tang San and Ma Hongjun to target them.
• Tang San restrained Shi Mo with Blue Silver vines while Ma Hongjun’s flames failed to break through the shell; Shi Mo then launched both shells at the exposed Wang Xingyu.

Wang Xingyu feigned unconsciousness after being struck, prompting Tang San and Xiao Wu to defeat the opposing team and force Ye Lingling to heal him. The Shrek Eight Monsters won, and Dugu Yan left the arena with Yu Tianheng after looking back at Tang San.

• The Shi Mo brothers' spinning shells struck Wang Xingyu, who pretended to lose consciousness while Tang San and Xiao Wu rushed to him.
• Xiao Wu knocked Yu Feng out of the arena, while Tang San poisoned the Shi Mo brothers and Yu Tianheng with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San seized Dugu Yan and threatened Ye Lingling until she used her Nine Heart Begonia to heal Wang Xingyu.
• Tang San removed the poison from Yu Tianheng and the Shi Mo brothers, and Wang Xingyu got up and confirmed he was fine.
• The announcer declared the Shrek Eight Monsters victorious, and Dai Mubai helped Yu Tianheng to his feet before Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan left the arena.

After the Shrek Eight Monsters concluded their month of Soul Fighting training, Wang Xingyu guessed that Flender was upset about joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told him about Blue Tyrant Academy and Liu Erlong. Flender’s spirits lifted, and Wang Xingyu left with Ma Hongjun’s promise to buy him meals for a month.

• The Shrek Eight Monsters celebrated their Soul Fighting victories with Qin Ming, and Dai Mubai toasted their Silver Soul Fighter badges and Tang San’s Gold Soul Fighting badge.
• Back at Shrek Academy, the Grandmaster announced a two-month break before the group moved on to a new destination, while Flender remained gloomy.
• Wang Xingyu told Ma Hongjun he could cheer Flender up and wagered that Ma Hongjun would buy him meals for a month if he succeeded.
• Wang Xingyu asked Flender if joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy troubled him, then revealed that Liu Erlong had opened Blue Tyrant Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Flender became visibly delighted and agreed that Wang Xingyu could make a request later, while Ma Hongjun confirmed he would pay for a month of meals.

After arriving in Heaven Dou City, Wang Xingyu helped Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong reunite at Blue Tyrant Academy, which became the new home of Shrek Academy. Three days later, Dugu Bo appeared and abducted Wang Xingyu and Tang San, leaving the others to find traces of poisonous mist.

• During the journey to Heaven Dou City, Grandmaster had the group test Tang San’s Hidden Weapons against the Fierce God Team, which they defeated before the outlaws could approach.
• Flender brought the group to Blue Tyrant Academy, where Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong reunited after twenty years apart.
• Wang Xingyu urged Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to stop worrying about others’ opinions and make up for their lost time.
• Three days later, Wang Xingyu joked to Tang San about Dugu Bo’s poison, not realizing Dugu Bo was standing behind them.
• Dugu Bo pinched Wang Xingyu’s mouth shut and caught Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances before taking both young men away.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang arrived to find poisonous mist and damaged grass, and Yu Xiaogang suspected Dugu Bo had taken Wang Xingyu and Tang San.

Dugu Bo poisoned Wang Xingyu and offered Tang San a chance to save him, himself, and his granddaughter Yanyan. Tang San used rare herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to treat Wang Xingyu, and their Blue Silver Grass emerged and intertwined as they endured the treatment.

• Dugu Bo brought Tang San and Wang Xingyu to his cave, questioned Tang San about breaking Yanyan's Third Soul Skill, and threatened to kill them.
• Tang San described Dugu Bo's recurring symptoms and warned that only he could save Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, so Dugu Bo agreed to let him try in exchange for three favors.
• Dugu Bo poisoned Wang Xingyu with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison and gave Tang San until the next day to cure them.
• Tang San gave Wang Xingyu a Snow Silkworm to suppress the poison, then found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and picked the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.
• Tang San and Wang Xingyu each swallowed half of both herbs, entered the spring, and Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to circulate and balance their medicinal powers.
• Blue Silver Grass emerged from both Wang Xingyu and Tang San and wound together above the spring.

Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong confronted Dugu Bo in the Sunset Forest after he claimed to have killed Wang Xingyu and Tang San. As the Golden Iron Triangle’s battle intensified, Yu Xiaogang broke through to level thirty and revealed his ultimate light attribute, freeing them from Dugu Bo’s time-stopping skill; Dugu Bo then prepared to fight without holding back.

• Dugu Bo told Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong that he had killed Wang Xingyu and Tang San, prompting the three to form their Golden Iron Triangle martial soul fusion.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon battled Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and forced it back with dragon breath and its purifying power.
• Dugu Bo used Medusa’s Gaze, but the Golden Sacred Dragon countered it with Heaven-Shaking, Earth-Splitting and its Dragon Roar.
• Dugu Bo froze the battlefield with his eighth Soul Skill, Frozen Time, but Yu Xiaogang broke free and released Flender and Liu Erlong.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he and Luo Sanpao had reached level thirty and used Ultimate Light to shatter Dugu Bo’s frozen-time barrier.
• Dugu Bo returned to human form, unleashed the full might of his Titled Douluo power, and challenged the Golden Iron Triangle to a proper fight.