Chapter Summaries

After Ma Hongjun harassed a Canghui Academy student, the Shrek students split over whether to apologize, and Zhao Wuji backed the aggressive response. Yan Zu compensated the injured academy, then challenged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to face reality.

• Ma Hongjun grabbed a Canghui Academy girl, and Dai Mubai and Tang San joined him when the academy's students confronted him.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San attacked the Canghui Academy students, leaving three injured, until Yan Zu intervened and offered an apology and compensation.
• Yan Zu condemned Dai Mubai's bullying, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar sided with him while Tang San and Ma Hongjun remained with Dai Mubai.
• Zhao Wuji dismissed Canghui Academy's complaint and threatened Teacher Ye, who prepared to leave with his injured students.
• Yan Zu gave Teacher Ye Gold Soul Coins and medicine, then challenged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to face reality.

After Yan Zu warned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun about the danger posed by Shi Nian, Zhao Wuji confirmed the threat and ordered the students to keep out of trouble. Yan Zu then decided he would leave Shrek because its teaching principles conflicted with his own, though he planned to wait until Oscar obtained a Soul Ring and they returned safely to the academy.

• Yan Zu warned Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun that Shi Nian was a powerful, vindictive Soul Saint who might seek revenge for their actions against Canghui Academy.
• Zhao Wuji confirmed Shi Nian's reputation and ordered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San to stay at the academy until they reached Soul Ancestor; he also forbade Ma Hongjun from drinking.
• Upstairs, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar agreed that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had been wrong and praised Yan Zu for recognizing the danger.
• Yan Zu told his companions that he might leave Shrek because he rejected its teaching philosophy, but he would first wait until Oscar obtained a Soul Ring and they returned safely to the academy.
• Yan Zu spent the night reflecting on Shrek's strengths and flaws and resolved to pursue his own path toward becoming a Soul Master with moral principles.

Yan Zu questioned whether the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s short flight skill was worth Oscar’s Third Soul Ring, despite it suiting him now. Oscar reconsidered the choice, and Yan Zu promised to find him a better Soul Beast as the dispute with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran remained unresolved.

• Yan Zu spotted a wounded Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji knocked it unconscious as the Shrek group tried to claim it for Oscar.
• Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran and demanded the serpent for her granddaughter, while Zhao Wuji refused to yield it.
• Meng Yiran proposed a match between the younger Soul Masters and chose Yan Zu as her opponent.
• Yan Zu agreed to the match but first warned Oscar that the serpent’s brief flight ability might become less useful as he grew stronger.
• Yan Zu promised Oscar he would help him find a more suitable Third Soul Ring, and Oscar began reconsidering the serpent.

Yan Zu persuaded Oscar to give up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then defeated Meng Yiran in a spar while offering her advice. As the group prepared to search for Oscar’s Soul Ring, Tang San broke through to level thirty, and they continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Zu leading.

• Oscar trusted Yan Zu’s judgment and gave up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji entrusted Yan Zu with finding Oscar a Soul Ring.
• Meng Yiran challenged Yan Zu to a fair spar, and he accepted while confirming that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was hers regardless of the result.
• Yan Zu calmly evaded Meng Yiran’s attacks, identified weaknesses in her Serpent Cane techniques, and defeated her without using a Soul Skill.
• Meng Yiran accepted her defeat and left with Snake Granny, who carried away the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San broke through to level thirty after gaining insight from the events, while a trace of resentment toward Yan Zu showed in his gaze.
• Zhao Wuji sent the group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to search first for Oscar’s Soul Ring, with Yan Zu guiding them.

Yan Zu helped Oscar find and absorb a Thousand Illusions Glazed Fungus Soul Ring, granting him a powerful clone sausage. As the group searched for Tang San’s Soul Beast, they came across Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang fighting a Man Faced Demon Spider that suddenly broke toward them.

• Yan Zu identified a sixteen-hundred-year Thousand Illusions Glazed Fungus as the ideal Soul Beast for Oscar, and the group worked together to defeat it.
• Oscar absorbed the fungus’s Soul Ring and gained the Thousand Illusions Clone Sausage, which created three independent clones with thirty percent of his Soul Power for one minute.
• The group praised Oscar’s new skill, while Tang San grew uneasy about Yan Zu’s influence and resolved to increase his strength.
• As the group searched for a suitable Soul Beast for Tang San, they heard a fight and found Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang trying to capture a Man Faced Demon Spider for Meng Yiran.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider sprayed venomous mist at Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang, then broke through toward the Shrek group’s hiding place.

Tang San wanted to absorb a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider, but Yan Zu warned that its age made it far too dangerous for a Third Soul Ring, so Tang San settled for a Crypt Spider instead. After gaining Spider Web Restraint, Tang San remained bitter over the opportunity he had lost while Yan Zu secretly tracked the fleeing demon spider.

• Tang San asked Zhao Wuji to stop the Man Faced Demon Spider so he could claim its Soul Ring, but Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny attacked Zhao Wuji to protect Meng Yiran's prey.
• Yan Zu warned everyone that the Man Faced Demon Spider was over two thousand years old, and Zhao Wuji refused to let Tang San risk absorbing it; Meng Shu and Snake Granny left to find another Soul Beast for Meng Yiran.
• The wounded Man Faced Demon Spider fled, and Yan Zu secretly marked it with Little Jade so he could track it.
• The group found a roughly fourteen-hundred-year-old Crypt Spider, and Tang San reluctantly chose it for his Third Soul Ring.
• Tang San absorbed the Crypt Spider's Soul Ring and gained Spider Web Restraint, but he remained resentful about missing the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Yan Zu secretly killed the injured Man Faced Demon Spider and took its Eight Spider Lances, then resolved to prevent Tang San from becoming a god and began considering how to claim other key opportunities. After returning to Shrek Academy, Yan Zu grew more determined to leave, and Tang San confronted him, still resentful over the events in the forest.

• Yan Zu slipped away from camp, killed the injured Man Faced Demon Spider, and hid its Eight Spider Lances in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Yan Zu returned before dawn and decided to keep the External Soul Bone rather than absorb it, while resolving to stop Tang San from becoming a god.
• Yan Zu identified several opportunities that had supported Tang San's rise and considered pursuing Dugu Bo's Immortal Herbs and the Blue Silver King's sacrifice.
• Yan Zu returned with the group to Shrek Academy, where his growing dissatisfaction with the academy strengthened his desire to leave.
• Tang San approached Yan Zu, angered by Yan Zu's actions during the Soul Hunt and his own resentment over having absorbed a Crypt Spider's Soul Ring.

Yan Zu avoided Tang San’s challenge and fought off his attacks, but Tang San secretly fired a venom-coated Sleeve Arrow at him. Yan Zu deflected it, and Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Tang San over the attempted attack.

• Tang San challenged Yan Zu to a Soul Fighting match, but Yan Zu refused and evaded Tang San’s physical attacks.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass and his Soul Skills, but Yan Zu’s Jade Blessing shield blocked them, and Yan Zu briefly suppressed Tang San with Nine Yin Qi.
• Tang San secretly fired a Sleeve Arrow coated with Mandala Snake venom, but Yan Zu deflected it with a piece of gravel.
• Yan Zu condemned Tang San for the poisoned sneak attack, and Tang San claimed he had only been testing Yan Zu’s strength.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived, saw the Sleeve Arrow and crossbow mechanism, and angrily confronted Tang San.

After Tang San attacked Yan Zu with a poisoned Sleeve Arrow, Flender gave him only a light punishment, and Yan Zu decided Shrek Academy would not treat them fairly. Yan Zu thanked Flender for his teaching and applied to withdraw from Shrek.

• Tang San challenged Yan Zu, then attacked him with Blue Silver Grass when Yan Zu refused to fight; Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing intervened.
• Yan Zu revealed the Sleeve Arrow was coated with deadly Mandala Snake venom, and Tang San admitted the weapon was his.
• Flender confronted Tang San but, after Yu Xiaogang defended him, punished him only with a verbal warning and one month of cleaning the training ground.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu objected to the light punishment, while Yan Zu lost his remaining attachment to Shrek Academy.
• Yan Zu told Flender he understood the academy valued some people above its rules and applied to withdraw.

Yan Zu withdrew from Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong chose to leave with him. Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar also joined them, and the five agreed to face the road ahead as fellow travelers.

• Flender approved Yan Zu's withdrawal and offered him a teacher's badge, which Yan Zu declined before leaving with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yan Zu told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong he was leaving Shrek, and they began packing to depart with him.
• Oscar decided to seek a different path for his food-type cultivation and left the boys' dormitory to find Yan Zu.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's claim on her through their engagement and chose to take control of her own future.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar asked to leave Shrek with Yan Zu, citing their ambitions and trust in his guidance.
• Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar joined hands and pledged to face future hardships together.

Yan Zu and his companions left Shrek Academy and returned to Suotuo City, where he offered Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar secret cultivation techniques. Zhu Zhuqing swore to keep them secret and kissed Yan Zu in gratitude, leaving him to face Ning Rongrong’s jealousy and Xiao Wu’s teasing.

• Flender watched Yan Zu and his companions leave Shrek Academy, while Zhao Wuji agreed to tighten the academy’s rules after Tang San’s ambush.
• Tang San practiced with a new Sleeve Arrow and vowed to prove himself superior to Yan Zu.
• Yan Zu and his companions returned to Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel.
• Yan Zu made Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar swear on their Martial Souls to keep his techniques secret, then gave them manuals suited to their abilities.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her new techniques and kissed Yan Zu in gratitude, prompting Ning Rongrong to protest and wipe his cheek.
• Xiao Wu pinched Yan Zu for supposedly flirting, and he insisted he was innocent before admitting he was wrong.

Yan Zu taught Oscar techniques to strengthen his body and use the Six Meridian Divine Sword, then brought Zhu Zhuqing into the Martial Soul Mimicry Training Ground to cultivate with him, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong. The team planned to train at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Yan Zu hoped to meet Dugu Yan and pursue a connection to Dugu Bo.

• Yan Zu gave Oscar manuals for the Bone Forging Chapter, Inner Power Chapter, Movement Technique Chapter, and Six Meridian Divine Sword, and Oscar produced a faint wisp of sword Qi.
• Yan Zu gave Oscar two United Hearts Pendants, one for him and one to pass to Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu told Yan Zu to sleep on the floor as punishment.
• Xiao Wu invited Zhu Zhuqing to sleep in the master bedroom and explained that Yan Zu's Mimicry Training Ground required trusted companions to enter while cultivating.
• Yan Zu brought Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong into the training ground and revealed that he and Xiao Wu were twelve-year-old Soul Ancestors with Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing practiced the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yin Divine Claw with Yan Zu's guidance and sparred with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Oscar studied the Six Meridian Divine Sword alone.
• Yan Zu gathered the team and proposed daytime cultivation and nighttime Soul Fighting at the Soto Great Soul Arena, hoping to meet Dugu Yan and later reach Dugu Bo.

Yan Zu registered the five companions in doubles and team matches at the Soto Great Soul Arena, forming the five-member Dawn Team to challenge seven-person teams. Over the next few days, Dawn built a winning record and gained attention as its members improved their coordination.

• Yan Zu assigned Xiao Wu, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to singles and doubles training while choosing to sit out doubles matches.
• Yan Zu registered Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong as Netherworld Glazed Tile, Xiao Wu and Oscar as Phantom Sausage, and the five-person Dawn Team for seven-person competitions.
• Yan Zu, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing won singles matches using their skills and movement techniques while concealing much of their strength.
• Netherworld Glazed Tile and Phantom Sausage developed effective doubles tactics, with Oscar discreetly using sword Qi to disrupt opponents.
• Dawn won repeated seven-person team matches through Ning Rongrong's boosts, Little Jade's healing, Oscar's support, and the group's coordinated attacks.
• Dawn rose to prominence at the Soto Great Soul Arena as its five members became increasingly synchronized.

The Dawn team accepted a high-profile Soul Fighting match against the Heaven Dou Royal Team after Manager Ao offered a large appearance fee. Three days later, as the packed arena awaited the match, Yan Zu briefed his teammates on the royal team’s strengths and abilities.

• Manager Ao invited Dawn to face the Heaven Dou Royal Team in a special exhibition match, offering ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Yan Zu accepted.
• Yan Zu and his teammates reviewed the royal team’s listed members and learned that all seven were Soul Elders with powerful Martial Souls.
• Dawn suspended its other matches for three days while Yan Zu gathered more information about their opponents.
• On match night, Yan Zu briefed Dawn on the Heaven Dou Royal Team’s abilities and warned that they needed to deal with healer Ye Lingling first.

Yan Zu’s Dawn Team devised a strategy to exploit their healing and endurance while targeting Ye Lingling, as the Heaven Dou Royal Team prepared to rely on its apparent strength advantage. Both teams entered the arena to loud cheers, ready for their exhibition match.

• Yan Zu outlined a plan for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to attack Ye Lingling while the team used boosts, clones, shields, and healing to wear down the Heaven Dou Royal Team.
• Yu Tianheng proposed a straightforward formation, while Qin Ming warned the team not to underestimate Dawn and to protect Ye Lingling.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Team entered the arena, led by Yu Tianheng, and drew enthusiastic cheers from its supporters.
• Yan Zu and his teammates entered as the Dawn Team, greeted by fervent support from the local crowd.

The Dawn Team opened its match against the Imperial Fighting Team with Oscar’s illusion clones and Xiao Wu’s Jade Rabbit Clones, overwhelming the arena with decoys. Under cover of the chaos, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and a Jade Rabbit Clone broke through the defenders and rushed toward Ye Lingling.

• Both teams summoned their Martial Souls, and the referee started the match.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing while Yan Zu’s Vitality Corridor strengthened and replenished the Dawn Team.
• Oscar gave Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing Thousand Illusions Clone Sausages, and Xiao Wu added two Jade Rabbit Clones, creating a swarm of lookalikes.
• Yu Tianheng ordered his teammates to defend Ye Lingling and identify the originals, but Yan Zu shielded the Dawn Team and sent the clones charging.
• The Imperial Fighting Team struggled to hold formation as the clones attacked and Little Jade dispersed much of Dugu Yan’s poison mist.
• Xiao Wu, a Jade Rabbit Clone, and Zhu Zhuqing slipped through a gap and attacked toward Ye Lingling.

The Dawn Team drove Ye Lingling from the platform and used clones, healing, and supplies to wear down the Imperial Fighting Team. Dugu Yan unleashed a powerful three-poison attack, but it backfired and left her convulsing as Yu Tianheng rushed to her side.

• The real Zhu Zhuqing struck Ye Lingling and knocked her off the platform, eliminating the Imperial Fighting Team's healer.
• Yan Zu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong sustained the Dawn Team while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing harassed and wounded the Imperial Fighting Team.
• As the Imperial Fighting Team grew exhausted and injured, Dugu Yan fused her three poisons and spread a deadly wave across the platform.
• The poison wave overwhelmed the clones and forced Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to retreat, while Little Jade protected Yan Zu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar.
• Dugu Yan lost control of the poison and suffered a severe backlash, and Yu Tianheng abandoned his counterattack to catch her as the wave dispersed.

After the match, Yan Zu secretly treated Dugu Yan when her jade phosphor serpent poison began killing her. He purified most of the poison and stabilized her, then left with the Dawn Team as the Heaven Dou Royal Team thanked him and planned to visit the next day.

• Yan Zu stopped the fight and warned that ordinary healing would worsen Dugu Yan's poisoning.
• Yan Zu offered to treat Dugu Yan in private, and Yu Tianheng reluctantly agreed after Ye Lingling urged him to trust Yan Zu.
• Yan Zu used Life's Praise with Little Jade's auspicious power to purify most of Dugu Yan's poison and stabilize her Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan woke, thanked Yan Zu, and asked him to keep her poisoning secret; Yan Zu agreed and identified his Martial Soul as an Auspicious Beast Qilin.
• Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Team thanked Yan Zu, while Qin Ming arranged to visit him at the Rose Hotel the next day.

After defeating the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and saving Dugu Yan, Yan Zu received the Soul Spirit Contract Secret Art and Pill Scripture. He reviewed the battle with the Dawn Team and revealed that he hoped Dugu Yan’s connection to Poison Douluo Dugu Bo would prove useful as they prepared to head to Heaven Dou City.

• Yan Zu received the upgraded Soul Spirit Contract Secret Art for defeating the stronger Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team and the Pill Scripture for saving Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar praised Yan Zu as the Dawn Team left the Great Soul Arena.
• Yan Zu reviewed the Dawn Team’s tactics and explained that he had saved Dugu Yan both because her poison threatened her life and because her connection to Dugu Bo could be valuable.
• Yan Zu told the team that they would travel to Heaven Dou City, where the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Dugu Bo, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and other powerful factions were based.

Yan Zu and Dawn considered which academy to join in Heaven Dou City and leaned toward visiting Blue Tyrant Academy. The Heaven Dou Royal Team thanked Yan Zu for saving Dugu Yan and invited Dawn to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yan Zu had not yet given his answer.

• Yan Zu rejected Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Dawn's first choice because of its aristocratic politics, possible resentment from the defeated Imperial Fighting Team, and limited room for Dawn's unusual training needs.
• Yan Zu proposed visiting Blue Tyrant Academy, founded by Liu Erlong, while noting her connections to Yu Xiaogang and Flender.
• Qin Ming, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan visited Dawn to thank Yan Zu, offering gifts and apologies for the previous day's conflict.
• Qin Ming invited Dawn to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, offering access to its best resources and a place on the Imperial Fighting Team; Yu Tianheng also welcomed the team.
• Yan Zu thanked Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng and began a formal response, leaving the invitation's acceptance unresolved.