Chapter Summaries

Qian Bing revealed his unusual Spirit Ball Spirit and its evolved soul rings to Dai Mubai before they began a battle at the Rose Hotel. Dragonite’s attacks challenged Dai Mubai’s defenses, and Qian Bing’s next move left Dai Mubai fearing defeat.

• Dai Mubai introduced himself as a level-thirty-seven White Tiger Soul Elder and challenged Qian Bing to fight.
• Qian Bing revealed his two-yellow, one-purple soul ring configuration and explained that his Spirit Ball Spirit summoned Soul Ring Spirits that grew stronger over time.
• Qian Bing summoned Dragonite, which shrank to avoid damaging the Rose Hotel, and accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge.
• Dai Mubai attacked Qian Bing, who dodged with Ghostly Shadow and ordered Dragonite to fight.
• Dragonite struck Dai Mubai with Thunder Palm and Blast Burn, forcing him to combine White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Light Wave to defend himself.
• Dai Mubai saw a change in Qian Bing and began to fear that he would lose.

Qian Bing used his Transform Soul-endowed Skill to copy Dai Mubai’s martial soul and Soul Rings, then teamed up with Dragonite to attack him. Dai Mubai survived the exchange and argued that Qian Bing’s imitation could not overcome his superior experience and strength.

• Qian Bing transformed to look like Dai Mubai, replicating his White Tiger martial soul and Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai was shocked to see Qian Bing use White Tiger Barrier and demanded to know how he had copied his abilities.
• Qian Bing explained Transform’s limits, then launched White Tiger Light Wave while ordering Dragonite to use Dragon Tail.
• Dragonite’s tail struck Dai Mubai first, driving him back before the two White Tiger Light Waves collided and damaged the Rose Hotel lobby.
• Dai Mubai emerged scorched but steady enough to claim that Qian Bing’s imitation could not match his experience and strength.
• Qian Bing acknowledged that his copied soul skills were weaker because his Soul Power was lower, then pointed out that Dragonite was fighting alongside him.

Dai Mubai used his Third Soul Ring to transform and challenged Qian Bing, but Qian Bing matched his transformation and countered his attacks. A lightning strike from Dragonite finished the fight, leaving Dai Mubai defeated and singed in the Rose Tavern.

• Dai Mubai decided to fight Qian Bing and Dragonite despite being outnumbered, then activated his Third Soul Ring and transformed further.
• Qian Bing matched Dai Mubai's transformation, while Xiao Wu teased him and Tang San reproached her.
• Dai Mubai charged Qian Bing with a punch and follow-up attack, but Qian Bing evaded, countered, and threw him off balance.
• Dragonite struck Dai Mubai with a bolt of lightning as he fell, leaving him unconscious and badly singed.
• Dai Mubai regained consciousness and got up as Xiao Wu laughed at his scorched appearance.

Qian Bing defeated Dai Mubai in a fight over a hotel room, then explained to Tang San and Xiao Wu why concealing his full strength was important. The group checked in at the Rose Hotel and settled in for the night, planning to explore Soto City the next day.

• Dai Mubai conceded the fight and said he and Qian Bing could battle again at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Bing and Dai Mubai withdrew their Soul Power, and Dai Mubai left after telling the group to use his name if they ran into trouble in the city.
• Qian Bing told Tang San and Xiao Wu to keep their strength and abilities hidden, while Tang San understood and remembered his advice.
• Manager Wang checked Qian Bing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu into the Rose Hotel and refused Qian Bing's offer to pay for the damage.
• Qian Bing suggested they rest and explore Soto City the next day, and the group agreed.

Qian Bing brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Flander's shabby shop in Suotuo City, where he secretly located a yellow crystal useful for Tang Sect hidden weapons. He persuaded Xiao Wu to accept the crystal as an ornament, leaving the group poised to acquire it.

• Qian Bing led Tang San and Xiao Wu into a shop marked with a Spirit Hall-like emblem and explained the Soul Power fluctuations from unbound Spirit Ball Spirits.
• Tang San questioned the shopkeeper, Flander, about the wares and searched the walls while Qian Bing recognized him as Shrek Academy's headmaster.
• Qian Bing found the flawed yellow crystal near the entrance without drawing attention to it.
• Qian Bing offered Xiao Wu a choice of shop items instead of a dress, and she rejected his suggestion of a cracked ruby ring.
• Qian Bing proposed turning the yellow crystal into an ornament for Xiao Wu, and she agreed after examining the ring's design.

Qian Bing bought a yellow crystal from Flander, and Tang San revealed it was a rare Crystal Plate filled with valuable crystal filaments. Tang San smashed it with his Forging Hammer, producing golden particles that Qian Bing transformed into a fine golden needle.

• Tang San recognized the yellow crystal as a precious Crystal Plate while Qian Bing negotiated with Flander for it and a ring.
• Qian Bing offered five hundred Gold Soul Coins for both items, but Flander recognized his connection to Yu Xiaogang and let him take them without payment.
• Qian Bing left the money anyway, explaining to Xiao Wu that he did not want to owe Flander a favor.
• Back at the Rose Hotel, Tang San explained the Crystal Plate’s rarity and value, saying it contained at least ten thousand crystal filaments.
• Tang San smashed the Crystal Plate with his Forging Hammer, revealing golden particles, and Qian Bing transformed one into a hair-thin golden needle.

Qian Bing and Tang San discovered that the golden beads were Dragon Beard Needles, and Qian Bing found that his Mental Power could transform and launch them with explosive force. After collecting and dividing the needles, Qian Bing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Suotuo City and headed toward Shrek Academy.

• Qian Bing transformed a golden bead into a Dragon Beard Needle, and Tang San explained its fearsome hidden-weapon effects to Xiao Wu.
• Qian Bing demonstrated how the needles twisted the quilt, while Tang San and Xiao Wu reacted to their painful, dangerous effects.
• Qian Bing used his Mental Power to transform and launch a Dragon Beard Needle, blasting a hole in the wall.
• Qian Bing and Tang San collected the scattered needles, divided them, and took Xiao Wu out for a lavish meal.
• The next day, Qian Bing led Tang San and Xiao Wu out of Suotuo City toward the village where Shrek Academy was located.

Qian Bing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reached the shabby Shrek Academy to apply, where Dai Mubai helped them skip the line. Qian Bing passed Li Yusong’s test after revealing his unusually powerful Spirit and Soul Rings, and waited while his companions were tested.

• Qian Bing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu complained about its run-down grounds.
• A father demanded his registration fee back, but Dai Mubai intimidated him into leaving by revealing his three Soul Rings.
• Dai Mubai recognized Qian Bing and escorted him, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to the front of the registration line after Qian Bing paid thirty Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yusong checked Qian Bing’s age and asked him to release his Spirit.
• Qian Bing revealed his Spirit Balls and three Soul Rings, shocking Li Yusong with his thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Li Yusong accepted Qian Bing as a monster and told him to wait while he tested Xiao Wu and Tang San.

Li Yusong tested Tang San and Xiao Wu, then admitted them to Shrek Academy’s next assessment after seeing their unusual martial souls and high Soul Power. Qian Bing, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them as Dai Mubai led the group toward the fourth test.

• Li Yusong examined Tang San and Xiao Wu’s bone ages and was astonished by Tang San’s powerful Blue Silver Grass martial soul and soul rings.
• Dai Mubai led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Qian Bing into Shrek Academy for the Soul Power assessment.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu’s Crystal Ball readings reached the level-30 limit, while Qian Bing skipped the test because he had three soul rings.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived, demonstrated Soul Power levels of about twenty-six and twenty-seven, and were sent onward with the others.
• Dai Mubai led the five candidates toward the fourth test and explained Shrek Academy’s entrance assessments.

Qian Bing and the others reached Shrek Academy’s final trial, where Zhao Wuji required them to withstand his attacks together for the time it took an incense stick to burn. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai revealing that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Soul Saint and warning the candidates that their chances were slim.

• Dai Mubai explained that Shrek Academy’s final trial tested combat ability and that the academy admitted only exceptional students.
• Xiao Wu mocked the academy’s strict standards and run-down condition, while Dai Mubai explained that it had admitted only forty-two students in twenty years.
• Dai Mubai led the five candidates to Zhao Wuji, who set their final test: work together and withstand his attacks for one incense stick’s worth of time.
• Dai Mubai objected to Zhao Wuji’s test, but Zhao Wuji lit the incense and told Dai Mubai to explain his strengths to the candidates.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Soul Saint known as the Immoveable Bright King, and warned the candidates that they could not rely on speed or evasion.

Qian Bing and the others prepared tactics for Zhao Wuji’s assessment, then Xu Lei arrived and joined their group. As the battle began, Ning Rongrong boosted the team while Xu Lei transformed into a heavily armored shield.

• Ning Rongrong described Zhao Wuji’s past exploits, and the group introduced their spirits and abilities before Qian Bing proposed a battle plan.
• As the group headed to face Zhao Wuji, Xu Lei arrived late and introduced himself as a level twenty-five Defense System Soul Master with the Stone Giant spirit.
• The incense burned out, and Zhao Wuji called the group to the center of the clearing to begin the assessment.
• Ning Rongrong activated the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and used its first two soul skills to boost the group’s strength and speed.
• Xu Lei moved to the front, activated his Spirit Avatar, and covered his stone body in scale armor with his first soul skill.

Zhao Wuji tested the group, but Qian Bing and his companions countered with coordinated defenses and powerful Spirit attacks. As Zhao Wuji prepared to respond, Xiao Wu launched a close-range attack while Qian Bing and Ning Rongrong moved to the rear.

• Zhao Wuji shook the clearing with a ground attack, and Xu Lei raised a wall before bracing himself to shield Qian Bing and Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Bing summoned Ditto, Miltank, and Dragonite, then sent two Dragonites to attack Zhao Wuji with Ice Beam and Blast Burn.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Soul Rings and used his First Soul Skill to break apart Blast Burn, but he dodged the continuing Ice Beam.
• Qian Bing briefly restrained Zhao Wuji with Psychic Power, allowing a Thunder strike to hit him, then ordered Ning Rongrong to retreat with him.
• Tang San launched Xiao Wu toward Zhao Wuji, who held back his counterattack and agreed to fight her in close combat.

Xiao Wu, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Bing worked together to attack Zhao Wuji, briefly lifting and spinning him before he broke free. Qian Bing then replicated Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and prepared to restrict Zhao Wuji while his Soul Ring Spirit attacked.

• Xiao Wu used her Waist Bow while Tang San, Qian Bing, and Ning Rongrong helped lift Zhao Wuji off the ground and spin him.
• Zhao Wuji broke Tang San’s vines, regained his footing, and forced Xiao Wu away as Zhu Zhuqing launched a silent attack from behind.
• Zhao Wuji sent Zhu Zhuqing flying, but Tang San caught her with Blue Silver Grass.
• Qian Bing told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to distract Zhao Wuji while he and Tang San restricted him, with his Soul Ring Spirit leading the attack.
• Qian Bing transformed into Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, whose nearly black, metallic-thorned vines were stronger than Tang San’s.

Qian Bing combined his and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass into a powerful Blue Silver Serpent-Python, then used lightning from Ditto and Dragonite to strengthen it. As the electrified python lunged at Zhao Wuji, he countered with his Third Soul Skill, Vajra Palm.

• Zhao Wuji sent a powerful wave of earth toward Qian Bing and Tang San, and Xu Lei transformed into an earthen mound to block it.
• Qian Bing combined his First and Third Soul Skills with the Blue Silver Grass from Tang San to create the Blue Silver Serpent-Python.
• Qian Bing summoned black Blue Silver Grass and ordered Ditto to use Thunder Wave and Dragonite to release Thunder.
• The Blue Silver Serpent-Python absorbed the lightning, gained power, and lunged toward Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Third Soul Skill, Vajra Palm, to meet the attack.

Qian Bing, Tang San, and their allies fought Zhao Wuji with a lightning-charged Blue Silver Serpent-Python, leaving him shocked and scorched before Tang San’s hidden needles forced him to react. Zhao Wuji accepted that the freshmen had passed his test and recognized Qian Bing as a powerful, clever talent.

• The Blue Silver Serpent-Python survived Zhao Wuji’s Vajra Palm and wrapped around him, piercing him with thorns and striking him with electricity.
• Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Bright King Body activated too late to stop the current, and the serpent-python exploded after its attack left him scorched and thrown to the ground.
• Zhao Wuji dodged Tang San’s hidden black needles, while Qian Bing and Tang San suffered backlash from their shattered martial spirits.
• Zhao Wuji asked Qian Bing how he had disrupted his Soul Power, and Qian Bing explained the paralysis effect of the combined lightning skills.
• Qian Bing concluded that Zhao Wuji’s words meant they had passed the test, and Zhao Wuji praised his resourcefulness and potential.

After Zhao Wuji assessed the students’ abilities, poison from Tang San and Qian Bing’s attacks forced him to ask Oscar for healing sausages. As the students recovered their Soul Power, Qian Bing’s Blue Silver Grass grew a thick spike and crawled toward Zhao Wuji.

• Zhao Wuji praised Tang San’s hidden weapon techniques and warned him that firing fewer than three weapons at a time would make them harder to detect.
• Zhao Wuji discovered that poison from the needle marks had turned his skin purple, so he called Oscar over for sausages.
• Oscar summoned his sausages with strange incantations, and Zhao Wuji ate one of each to resist the poison.
• Dai Mubai confronted Qian Bing about hiding his strength, and Qian Bing explained that he had been testing his physical and close-combat skills.
• Dai Mubai gave Qian Bing an Oscar sausage to restore his Soul Power, and Qian Bing summoned Blue Silver Grass with a thick spike that crawled toward Zhao Wuji.

Qian Bing extracted the poison from Zhao Wuji after the battle, and Zhao Wuji let the new students go to their dormitories. Later, as Zhao Wuji plotted how to train them, an unseen visitor called his name.

• Qian Bing used his Blue Silver Grass to draw the poison from Zhao Wuji, weakening himself and damaging the grass.
• After recovering with Oscar's sausages, Zhao Wuji told Dai Mubai to take the new students to settle in for the opening ceremony.
• Xu Lei stayed beside Qian Bing, and Tang San chose to room with Oscar instead of sharing with Qian Bing.
• The six new students settled into the dormitories, and Zhao Wuji brooded over his defeat while deciding to train them harshly.
• An unseen voice called Zhao Wuji, and he sensed that the visitor was at least as strong as he was.

Zhao Wuji was confronted by a mysterious Titled Douluo, while Qian Bing reflected on the Spirit Illustrated Handbook’s unusual Silver Soul Ring and how it came from Mewtwo. The ring still could not be used, but Qian Bing believed he would need to grow stronger to wield its power.

• Zhao Wuji challenged the Black-Clothed Man, then recognized his nine Soul Rings and bowed when he realized he was a Titled Douluo.
• The Black-Clothed Man said he wanted to bully Zhao Wuji in return for how Zhao Wuji had treated the children, then approached him with a massive hammer.
• After Xu Lei fell asleep, Qian Bing summoned the Spirit Illustrated Handbook and briefly unleashed a surge of Mental Power, turning his eyes and hair silver.
• Qian Bing recalled that the Spirit Illustrated Handbook had absorbed Mewtwo’s Mental Power form, leaving an unusual Silver Soul Ring that he had never managed to use.
• Qian Bing recalled that the Handbook had absorbed Eevee after it evolved into Espeon, adding a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring and easing his concern about the Silver Soul Ring.

After returning from the Illustrated Handbook, Qian Bing woke in his home in the Johto Region and reunited with Chikorita while asking Zhong Ren for food. He recalled settling in Yinmo City after two losses at Yinmo Gym, where he planned to train his team before challenging it again.

• The Spirit Illustrated Handbook drew Qian Bing's consciousness inside, then shrank in golden mist and merged into his body.
• Qian Bing woke in his home and hurried downstairs, where Zhong Ren agreed to make him noodles.
• Chikorita greeted Qian Bing affectionately, and he reflected on the Pokémon he had collected and how he chose to train only some of them seriously.
• Qian Bing recalled earning the first seven Johto Gym Badges and reaching Yinmo City more than half a year earlier.
• After losing twice to Yinmo Gym's strong assessment trainers, Qian Bing settled in the city to train his main Pokémon before trying again.

Qian Bing’s Little Soldier Ranch had grown into a spacious operation managed by Zhong Ren, whose breeding expertise supported Qian Bing’s many Pokémon. After Zhong Ren finished digging a pond, Qian Bing looked forward to catching Water-type Pokémon and recalled how a valuable Vulpix Spirit Egg had made the ranch profitable.

• Qian Bing had bought a suburban house and surrounding land in Yinmo City, then established the Little Soldier Ranch so his Pokémon could live freely.
• Qian Bing hired Zhong Ren to manage the ranch and train most of his Pokémon, and their relationship grew close over more than two years.
• Zhong Ren told Qian Bing that the ranch’s new pond was ready, and Qian Bing said he wanted to catch Water-type Pokémon, including a Brutal Dragon.
• Zhong Ren encouraged Qian Bing to expand the ranch’s Spirit Egg offerings while he handled the Pokémon’s nurturing.
• Qian Bing recalled finding a Near Champion Grade Vulpix Spirit Egg on the ranch and selling it for ten million Alliance Coins.