Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiaofeng adjusted to life after transmigrating to Douluo Continent, where his father Wang Danu revealed their village’s Martial Souls and promised to teach him a secret training technique. The chapter ended with Wang Xiaofeng agreeing to gather firewood with Wang Danu after the upcoming Martial Soul Awakening.

• Wang Xiaofeng was born to Wang Danu and Xiao Li, then realized he had transmigrated before falling asleep.
• Three years later, Wang Danu showed Wang Xiaofeng his Green Calabash Martial Soul and two Soul Rings, leading Wang Xiaofeng to identify the world as Douluo Continent.
• Wang Danu told Wang Xiaofeng that the village’s Martial Soul Awakening would take place in a couple of days and agreed to let him watch.
• Wang Danu claimed he would teach Wang Xiaofeng a secret technique for building a strong physique before absorbing Soul Rings.
• Wang Danu revealed that the training involved pushing a handcart to gather firewood, and Wang Xiaofeng agreed to go with him.

Wang Xiaofeng watched the annual Martial Soul Awakening in Calabash Village and learned that several children had the potential to become Soul Masters. The ceremony ended with Wang Danu and Wang Feng celebrating the village’s strong results, while Wang Xiaofeng followed after them.

• Wang Xiaofeng arrived early at the village square and fended off Aunt Wang’s teasing about his future marriage.
• Wang Feng arrived late and began awakening the children’s Martial Souls with Wang Danu urging him to hurry.
• Wang Xiaobai awakened a Green Calabash Martial Soul and showed level-one Soul Power.
• Wang Erbai and other children were tested, and three of the five children proved capable of becoming Soul Masters, including one with innate level-two Soul Power.
• Wang Feng told Wang Danu that the village’s results exceeded Spirit Hall’s target, and Wang Danu invited him to celebrate over drinks.
• Wang Xiaofeng followed Wang Danu and Wang Feng as they walked away.

Wang Danu began Wang Xiaofeng’s physical training by taking him to gather firewood in the forest. Wang Xiaofeng fainted while hauling his load home, but Wang Danu praised his perseverance and hoped he might someday become a Soul Saint.

• Wang Danu woke Wang Xiaofeng before dawn and took him to begin training.
• At the village entrance, Wang Bo told Wang Xiaofeng that Wang Danu had obtained both of his Century Soul Rings by chance while clearing land.
• Wang Danu set Wang Xiaofeng a goal of bringing back 3 jin of firewood, and Wang Xiaofeng gathered fallen branches instead of chopping wood.
• Wang Danu made Wang Xiaofeng help the villagers pile their firewood before they headed home.
• Wang Danu showed Wang Xiaofeng the Bouncy Rabbits he had caught and explained that his First Soul Skill, Entanglement, came from Blue Silver Grass.
• Wang Xiaofeng fainted while pulling his handcart home, and Wang Danu praised his perseverance.

Wang Xiaofeng survived three years of Wang Danu’s harsh training and medicinal baths, growing strong enough to defeat a nearly hundred-year Blood-Burning Boar. He returned home safely, where Wang Danu reminded him that his Martial Soul Awakening was in three days.

• Wang Xiaofeng woke in a medicinal bath while Wang Danu and He Li argued over the cost of his treatment.
• Wang Xiaofeng continued training for three years, eventually running with a cart of firewood and defeating a ten-year Blind Bear.
• Wang Xiaofeng’s traps and hunting trips led him to encounter a nearly hundred-year Blood-Burning Boar, which chased him through the forest.
• Wang Xiaofeng evaded the boar’s final charge, and the wounded beast died after falling into his spike trap.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned home and learned from Wang Danu that his Martial Soul Awakening was three days away.

Wang Xiaofeng awakened a Green Calabash Martial Soul and displayed Innate Soul Power level five, earning praise and a village feast. The next morning, he asked Wang Danu for a cultivation method and learned that Soul Power meditation simply involved drawing in energy from the outside world.

• Wang Feng guided Wang Xiaofeng through his Martial Soul Awakening, during which Wang Xiaofeng felt severe pain and a sprout grew into a vine inside him.
• Wang Xiaofeng manifested a Green Calabash, and the Soul Power crystal ball revealed his Innate Soul Power was level five.
• Wang Danu celebrated Wang Xiaofeng's result by holding a feast, where He Li made Wang Xiaofeng the center of attention.
• Wang Xiaofeng examined his Green Calabash that night but found no obvious special features.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Wang Danu for a Meditation Method, and Wang Danu explained that he only needed to draw outside Soul Power into his body.

After overcultivating and spending two months adjusting his routine, Wang Xiaofeng learned that he had missed the registration deadline for his village’s academy and traveled with Wang Danu to Moro City. They secured him a last-day enrollment at Moro Elementary Soul Master Academy, where Wang Xiaofeng began his new school life.

• Wang Xiaofeng overcultivated, suffered aching meridians, and eventually settled on evening meditation after struggling to replace sleep with cultivation.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Wang Danu why he had not started school, and Wang Danu realized he had forgotten to register him at the Spirit Hall Elementary Soul Master Academy in Heavenly Eye City.
• After learning registration there had closed, Wang Danu decided to take Wang Xiaofeng to Moro City so he would not fall behind.
• Wang Danu and Wang Xiaofeng reached Moro Elementary Soul Master Academy on the final day of registration and completed the enrollment paperwork.
• Wang Danu visited Wang Xiaofeng’s dormitory, revealed he was a Great Soul Master, and left after advising his son to study hard and avoid trouble.

Wang Xiaofeng settled into academy life, trained until he reached level 10, and learned that the school would only arrange ten-year Soul Rings during vacation. He took leave by claiming his grandfather was dying, intending to seek a stronger Soul Ring on his own, and was left planning how to get home without his parents discovering the truth.

• Wang Xiaofeng endured the opening ceremony and began studying Soul Beast Introduction and meditation at the academy.
• Wang Xiaofeng planned a daily routine of training, library study, and meditation, aiming to reach level 10 and hunt his first Soul Ring.
• After eight months, Wang Xiaofeng reached level 10 and registered for a Soul Ring, but the Soul Hunting Office teacher said the school would arrange only ten-year Soul Beasts during vacation.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked for leave from Lao Bai, falsely claiming his grandfather was near death, and received a leave slip.
• Wang Xiaofeng began figuring out how to reach home and avoid being beaten by his parents.

Wang Xiaofeng returned to Calabash Village with the academy’s cultivation method for his parents and a plan for his first Soul Ring. After his parents agreed to help him hunt, they descended into a canyon river habitat near the Star Dou Great Forest, where he began explaining his chosen Soul Skill approach.

• Wang Xiaofeng caught a caravan to Calabash Village and ran into Wang Danu at the entrance, who scolded him for leaving school.
• Wang Danu and He Li gave Wang Xiaofeng their bamboo-slat punishment, then discovered he had brought home the academy’s Soul Power cultivation method for them.
• Wang Xiaofeng revealed that he had reached level 10 and showed his parents a copied encyclopedia listing the Soul Beasts he wanted to hunt.
• Wang Danu and He Li agreed to take Wang Xiaofeng to obtain his First Soul Ring the next morning.
• Wang Danu used his Blue Silver Grass Soul Skill to lower Wang Xiaofeng and He Li into the canyon, where they found a river inhabited by many mild Soul Beasts.
• Wang Xiaofeng explained that he wanted to become a Control System Soul Master and planned to strengthen his control abilities with his first two Soul Rings, then began naming his chosen target.

Wang Xiaofeng planned to get his first Soul Ring from a Bubble Fish, but after one vanished, he chose a roughly four-hundred-year-old Slime instead. He killed it and watched a bright yellow Soul Ring emerge.

• Wang Xiaofeng explained to Wang Danu and He Li why a weak Bubble Fish could provide a useful first Soul Skill for combining with his planned Frost Ice Bird skill.
• Wang Danu and He Li searched the river with Wang Xiaofeng, but the oldest Bubble Fish they found was only a little over a hundred years old.
• The Bubble Fish disappeared, and Wang Xiaofeng spotted a purple Slime nearby with a fish bone inside it.
• Wang Danu tried to trap the Slime, then He Li incapacitated it with Paralysis Powder and Hypnotic Powder.
• Wang Xiaofeng checked his notes, judged the roughly four-hundred-year-old Slime suitable, and chopped it apart until its yellow Soul Ring appeared.

Wang Xiaofeng absorbed his first soul ring and discovered that his Green Calabash granted a powerful damage-absorbing support skill. He promised He Li to keep its effects secret, while she wondered what his martial soul might become.

• Wang Xiaofeng absorbed the four-hundred-year-old slime soul ring safely after a mysterious vine within him calmed its violent energy.
• Wang Xiaofeng found that the soul ring had enhanced his body and gave him a soul skill that covered allies in slime to absorb twenty percent of incoming damage.
• Wang Xiaofeng demonstrated the skill on Wang Danu and He Li, explaining that it lasted longer on soul masters of his rank and grew stronger with each new ring.
• He Li warned Wang Xiaofeng to conceal his skill because it could rival the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he agreed.
• He Li returned home with Wang Xiaofeng and Wang Danu, wondering what kind of martial soul he truly possessed.

Wang Xiaofeng returned to the academy after registering as a Soul Master and discovered that moonlight meditation had changed his Green Calabash Martial Soul. He learned to use the silver liquid inside it to boost cultivation and heal minor wounds before leaving for home with upperclassmen during the school break.

• Wang Feng tested Wang Xiaofeng at Spirit Hall, confirmed his Soul Power was level eleven, and issued him a Soul Master Badge and monthly subsidy.
• Wang Xiaofeng entered the academy, meditated beneath the moonlight, and awoke to find his Green Calabash had developed an internal space containing four drops of silver liquid.
• Wang Xiaofeng spent a month testing the liquid and discovered that it appeared during moonlight meditation, nearly doubled his cultivation speed for eight hours, and slowly stopped bleeding from minor wounds.
• Wang Xiaofeng joined several upperclassmen and headed home when the academy went on break two months later.

Wang Xiaofeng showed his parents that his Green Calabash could produce Moon Dew before the story jumped four years ahead, when the family entered the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. He Li absorbed a Death's Head Hawkmoth’s Soul Ring, and Wang Xiaofeng began absorbing a Thousand Jun Ant’s Soul Ring.

• Wang Xiaofeng revealed his martial soul’s storage ability and explained that its Moon Dew could double cultivation speed for eight hours.
• Four years later, Wang Feng led Wang Xiaofeng, Wang Danu, and He Li into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek suitable Soul Rings.
• The family trapped a Death’s Head Hawkmoth and a Thousand Jun Ant, then defeated both Soul Beasts.
• He Li absorbed the Death’s Head Hawkmoth’s Soul Ring and gained a poisonous mist skill that suppressed the senses of those inside it.
• Wang Xiaofeng killed the sleeping Thousand Jun Ant and called its Soul Ring to begin absorbing it.

Wang Xiaofeng absorbed his second Soul Ring, discovered new effects of his Martial Soul, and graduated from the academy. The headmaster asked whether he had heard of Shrek Academy, leaving Wang Xiaofeng poised to consider his next school.

• Wang Xiaofeng absorbed a Soul Ring that gave him a Red Calabash and a skill that boosted strength and attack power, while Wang Danu gained an Ironbark Oak Soul Ring that enhanced his vines.
• Wang Xiaofeng later told Wang Danu and He Li that his second Soul Skill could strengthen Soul Masters of the same rank, with its effects growing as he gained levels.
• Wang Xiaofeng discovered that his Martial Soul could change size and continued training as his cultivation demands increased.
• A year later, Wang Xiaofeng graduated and considered offers from several intermediate academies while hoping to learn more about Shrek Academy.
• The headmaster asked Wang Xiaofeng whether he had heard of Shrek Academy.

Wang Xiaofeng received a recommendation to visit Shrek Academy and traveled to Suotuo City ahead of its admissions. There, he bought every grilled sausage from a young stall owner, who left without taking his money.

• The dean told Wang Xiaofeng about Shrek Academy and gave him a recommendation letter, while privately hoping Flander would repay his debt.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned home, gave his saved Moon Dew to Wang Danu and He Li, and decided to leave for Shrek after enduring their disdainful looks.
• Wang Xiaofeng got lost on the way to Suotuo City, then paid a caravan for a ride and ate most of its provisions.
• Wang Xiaofeng arrived in Suotuo City and explored its busy streets while sampling food.
• Wang Xiaofeng bought all the grilled sausages from a twelve-year-old stall owner, who packed up and left without collecting payment.

Wang Xiaofeng found a room at the Moonlight Hotel, where a playful girl teased him before he fled the city before dawn. He reached Shrek Academy hungry and doubtful of its shabby appearance, then followed a villager who offered to take him to breakfast.

• Wang Xiaofeng chose the Moonlight Hotel and met a beautiful girl who teased him about the room price before giving him a key.
• Wang Xiaofeng found a lavish room decorated with evening primrose and amethysts, then returned the key and ran from the hotel before dawn.
• Wang Xiaofeng left Suotuo City and hurried south through farmland in search of Shrek Academy.
• Wang Xiaofeng reached Shrek Academy, found it was a small village behind a wooden fence, and questioned whether it could really have a Soul Saint.
• A middle-aged villager recognized Wang Xiaofeng as an applicant and beckoned him along when he asked where he could get breakfast.

Wang Xiaofeng settled in Shrek’s village while trying to learn about the entrance exam, then arrived for registration and discovered the academy’s strict age limit and its powerful examiner. He took his place as the next applicant, with his own test still ahead.

• Wang Xiaofeng questioned Aunt Li and other villagers about Shrek’s exam but learned only gossip and found everyone evasive.
• Wang Xiaofeng stayed with Aunt Li for more than ten days while preparing for the recruitment day.
• Wang Xiaofeng arrived at the Village Entrance and saw the old Shrek teacher reject an applicant for being over thirteen and refuse to refund his fee.
• The old man revealed six Soul Rings and a powerful aura when the applicant’s father became angry, then resumed registration.
• After every applicant ahead of him failed, Wang Xiaofeng stepped up for his own test.

Wang Xiaofeng passed Shrek Academy’s first two trials and met Dai Mubai and Oscar on the way to the third. The chapter ended as the examiner explained that the third trial would test their control over their martial souls.

• Wang Xiaofeng passed the first trial after the examiner confirmed his age and saw his two Century Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai led Wang Xiaofeng to the second trial, where he measured Level 23 Soul Power and demonstrated his support skills.
• Wang Xiaofeng encountered Oscar selling sausages, and Dai Mubai took an arrogant youth to the fourth trial because the youth had Level 25 Soul Power.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar introduced themselves and reached the third trial together.
• The examiner announced that the third trial tested martial soul control, prompting Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar to ask how support-type Soul Masters would be tested.

Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar passed Shrek Academy’s third trial after Shao Xin accepted their potential and waived the assessment, then joined Dai Mubai for Zhao Wuji’s combat test. The three lasted long enough to pass, though Zhao Wuji immediately gave them a beating as their first lesson.

• Shao Xin became fascinated with Oscar’s Food System Martial Soul and full Innate Soul Power, and Zhao Wuji let Oscar and Wang Xiaofeng pass the third trial.
• Zhao Wuji brought Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar to the final assessment, where Dai Mubai defeated the arrogant youth and was ordered to fight alongside them.
• Wang Xiaofeng, Oscar, and Dai Mubai introduced themselves and planned to survive Zhao Wuji’s test by combining their support skills with Dai Mubai’s attacks.
• Dai Mubai charged Zhao Wuji, whose first Soul Skill blasted him away; Oscar used his sausages to restore Dai Mubai while Wang Xiaofeng hid nearby.
• Zhao Wuji declared all three had passed after the incense burned halfway, then suppressed them and began teaching them how to take a beating.

Wang Xiaofeng recovered from the entrance trial, settled into Shrek Academy, and broke through to level twenty-four during a night of cultivation. The chapter ended with Ma Hongjun showing off his new Soul Skill, prompting Wang Xiaofeng to call his Phoenix Martial Soul a Grass Chicken.

• Wang Xiaofeng complained to Oscar and Dai Mubai after Zhao Wuji beat him up, then healed with Oscar’s sausage.
• Dai Mubai led Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar to their rundown dormitory, and they cleaned it together before bonding as brothers.
• Wang Xiaofeng cultivated under the moonlight and broke through to level twenty-four, then went running the next morning while Oscar slept in.
• Flander and Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy, and Flander told Dai Mubai to take the students to pay their fees before classes began the next day.
• Ma Hongjun demonstrated his Phoenix Avatar, and Wang Xiaofeng stared at his transformed Martial Soul and called it a Grass Chicken.

Ma Hongjun explained that his mutated Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul gave him powerful flames but also produced evil fire he had to release. Dai Mubai treated Ma Hongjun, Wang Xiaofeng, and Oscar to dinner in Soto City, and Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar returned to Shrek Academy to cultivate while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun went off together.

• Dai Mubai explained that Ma Hongjun's mutated Martial Soul produced dangerous evil fire that he had to release.
• Dai Mubai invited Ma Hongjun, Wang Xiaofeng, and Oscar to celebrate at the Soto City Grand Hotel.
• The four traveled to Soto City, where Ma Hongjun ordered a feast and Wang Xiaofeng eagerly joined him in eating.
• After dinner, Dai Mubai took the others for massages, then left with Ma Hongjun when Wang Xiaofeng and Oscar declined to go have fun.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned to Shrek Academy with Oscar and began his nightly cultivation.