Chapter Summaries

Twelve-year-old Jiang Ming left Clear Water City for Shrek Academy, where his adoptive parents hoped he would thrive and feared his talent might cause trouble. On the journey, he worked on Soul Tool components and threw one out of the carriage when it began to malfunction.

• Nie Heng and his wife saw Jiang Ming off to Shrek Academy, and Nie Heng warned that he hoped Jiang Ming would not tear the academy apart.
• Jiang Ming recalled that he had transmigrated to Douluo Continent and that Nie Heng had raised him after his parents died in the war between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Ming asked the coachman to drive steadily, then studied books and engraved patterns onto a Soul Tool component in the carriage.
• Jiang Ming activated the finished component, saw his smile freeze, and threw it out the window.
• The metal block exploded several seconds later.

On the road to Shrek Academy, Jiang Ming experimented with carving a Core Magic Array into metal blocks, but his first successful-looking creation remained unstable. It exploded when he infused it with too much Soul Power, leaving the coachman shaken and Jiang Ming wondering why the device was so difficult to make.

• The carriage horses bolted after an explosion, and Jiang Ming suspected that differences in the metal's purity had caused his carving mistake.
• Jiang Ming carved another metal block while the coachman calmed the horses, then revealed he was studying Soul Tools.
• Jiang Ming noticed the carriage had gone off course, and the coachman steered it back toward the road to Shrek Academy.
• The coachman said they still had at least four days to travel, and Jiang Ming decided that would be enough time to make his device.
• Jiang Ming activated the newly carved metal block, saw its pale gold glow flicker unstably, and accidentally overloaded it with Soul Power.
• Jiang Ming threw the metal block away before it exploded beside the road, startling the coachman and prompting Jiang Ming to complain that it had exploded again.

Jiang Ming reached Shrek Academy after accidentally destroying the coachman’s carriage while experimenting with Soul Tools, then headed to the Soul Tool Department despite having chosen the Martial Soul Department. He left the department’s seniors baffled when he offered a Gold Soul Coin to ask them about Soul Tools.

• Jiang Ming apologized to the coachman for blowing up his carriage and gave him several Gold Soul Coins before sprinting toward Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ming ran toward Shrek City, and Ling Luochen blushed after seeing him smile from her carriage.
• Jiang Ming entered Shrek Academy and went to the Soul Tool Department to ask about problems with his Rank Four Soul Cannon shells.
• Jiang Ming told the registering seniors he had chosen the Martial Soul Department and offered a Gold Soul Coin for their help, leaving them astonished.

Jiang Ming registered at Shrek Academy after the Soul Tool Department seniors mistook his Core Magic Array for a Rank Four Soul Tool's. At the dormitory, he sensed something extraordinary in the frail dorm manager and asked whether the old man was powerful.

• Jiang Ming showed the Soul Tool Department seniors his metal block, and they identified its patterns as a Rank Four Soul Tool's Core Magic Array but could not explain it.
• Jiang Ming left the Soul Tool Department and registered with the Martial Soul Department, receiving his school uniform and dormitory key.
• Jiang Ming read the class notice and learned that Zhou Yi was the head teacher of Class One.
• Jiang Ming reached the white dormitory entrance and saw an elderly dorm manager whose eyes briefly seemed to hold immense Light Power.
• Jiang Ming showed the dorm manager his key and badge, then asked, "Old man, are you really powerful?"

Jiang Ming settled into the Shrek Academy dormitory, revealed his powerful cultivation and unusual Martial Soul, then relaxed with Dorm Manager Grandpa. When a burly freshman demanded some of his melon, Jiang Ming warned him to leave.

• Jiang Ming returned his key and badge to Dorm Manager Grandpa, who directed him to his room and warned him to stay off the female students’ floors.
• Jiang Ming entered his dusty dormitory and used his Martial Soul, producing a thunderous heartbeat that gathered the dust into a ball.
• Jiang Ming set up his room, then relaxed beside Dorm Manager Grandpa while reading and sharing his self-cultivated Ice Pattern Melon.
• A burly freshman rudely demanded a slice of melon, and Jiang Ming told him to leave within three seconds.

Jiang Ming beat and tied up a burly freshman after the student smashed his Ice Pattern Melons, then settled into life at Shrek Academy. At dinner, he shared his makeshift table with Ling Luochen and waited for her to finish eating so he could pack it away.

• The burly freshman swept Jiang Ming's Ice Pattern Melons onto the floor, and Jiang Ming knocked him down and tied him to a maple tree.
• Dorm Manager Grandpa told Jiang Ming that the freshman needed a lesson but that Jiang Ming had hit him too hard.
• After sunset, Jiang Ming freed the freshman, went to his dormitory, lit a Small Incense Burner, and headed to the canteen.
• Jiang Ming set up his folding table and chair in the canteen, where Ling Luochen asked to use the table and accepted a stool.
• When Ling Luochen asked why he was watching her, Jiang Ming said he was waiting for her to finish so he could put the table away.

Jiang Ming revealed that his second Martial Soul, the Spirit Compendium, let summoned spirits cultivate with him and greatly accelerated his Soul Power growth. After a peaceful night of meditation and a strenuous morning run, he spent the registration day reading about Soul Tools.

• At the Canteen, Ling Luochen introduced herself to Jiang Ming, and he gave her his name before leaving.
• Back in the dormitory, Jiang Ming meditated and revealed his Spirit Compendium Martial Soul, whose three unsealed spirits cultivated on his Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ming recalled that the spirits increased his cultivation speed and had helped him reach Soul Power level 38 while he researched Soul Tools.
• After meditating through the night, Jiang Ming greeted Dorm Manager Grandpa and ran one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza.
• Jiang Ming bought breakfast, showered, then sat beneath the maple tree with Dorm Manager Grandpa and read Soul Tool books on the registration day.

Jiang Ming asked Dorm Manager Grandpa about learning to make Soul Tools and was referred to Fan Yu, then worried about the cost of food and how to earn money while studying. That night, his roommate Dai Yueheng arrived and introduced himself.

• Jiang Ming asked Dorm Manager Grandpa to teach him about Soul Tools, but the old man said he could only recommend Fan Yu.
• Jiang Ming complained about the Canteen's lack of tables and chairs, but Dorm Manager Grandpa said the matter was outside his jurisdiction.
• Jiang Ming ate a modest lunch and worried that he needed to earn money to afford food and Soul Tool materials.
• Jiang Ming spent the afternoon considering ways to make money, but rejected every idea.
• Dai Yueheng arrived at the dormitory and introduced himself to Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming and Dai Yueheng cultivated together in their dormitory, where Dai Yueheng discovered Jiang Ming had three Thousand-Year Soul Rings. The two went through their morning routines and arrived at Class One, where Jiang Ming began studying Soul Tools before class.

• Dai Yueheng unpacked and meditated while Jiang Ming considered ways to earn money and then began cultivating beside him.
• Jiang Ming summoned his Book of Spirits, and Dai Yueheng saw his three purple Thousand-Year Soul Rings and struggled to believe what he was seeing.
• The next morning, Dai Yueheng asked about Jiang Ming's Spirit Rings, but Jiang Ming called them a secret and invited him to breakfast.
• Jiang Ming and Dai Yueheng ate breakfast, then ran laps at Shrek Plaza, where Jiang Ming completed one hundred laps while Dai Yueheng managed just over half that number.
• Jiang Ming and Dai Yueheng went to Class One, where Jiang Ming read a Soul Cannonball Structure Building Book and left Dai Yueheng baffled by his diligence.

Jiang Ming's first class at Shrek Academy began with head teacher Zhou Yi demanding to know whether anyone had fought during registration. When Jiang Ming admitted he had beaten Yao Haoxuan, Zhou Yi punished Yao Haoxuan for failing to fight back and ordered him to run one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza.

• Dai Yueheng compared himself with Jiang Ming and resolved to study and cultivate harder, while noticing a blue-haired girl and a burly boy watching Jiang Ming.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the class's head teacher and called students who could not meet her standards trash and idiots to command their attention.
• Zhou Yi asked whether anyone had fought during registration, and Jiang Ming stood up and pointed out Yao Haoxuan.
• Yao Haoxuan said Jiang Ming had attacked him and he had not fought back, but Zhou Yi called him trash and ordered him to run one hundred laps around Shrek Plaza.
• Yao Haoxuan protested that the punishment was unfair, then hurried out when Zhou Yi threatened to expel him.

Jiang Ming learned that Zhou Yi would punish the whole class for their protests but let him off after he beat Yao Haoxuan. Zhou Yi questioned Jiang Ming about the fight and his Golden Heart Martial Soul, while encouraging him to direct his fighting toward students from other classes.

• Dai Yueheng asked Jiang Ming whether Zhou Yi was his relative after Zhou Yi spared him punishment for beating Yao Haoxuan.
• Zhou Yi ordered every student except Jiang Ming to run one hundred laps or face expulsion, then used her Soul King pressure to silence their protests.
• After the other students left, Zhou Yi noticed Jiang Ming's readiness to fight and asked why he had hit Yao Haoxuan.
• Jiang Ming said Yao Haoxuan had a foul mouth and restless hands, and Zhou Yi told him that fights between students were allowed if he did not bully, cripple, or kill anyone.
• Zhou Yi asked whether Jiang Ming's Golden Heart was a heart-shaped Body Martial Soul.

Jiang Ming revealed his Golden Heart Martial Soul and was ordered by Zhou Yi to run one hundred laps with the other freshmen. He finished far ahead of everyone, then sat in the shade eating melon and reading while the others continued their assessment.

• Jiang Ming admitted that he wanted Zhou Yi to inspect his Golden Heart Martial Soul, and she sent him out to run one hundred laps.
• Jiang Ming rapidly overtook the other freshmen, while Dai Yueheng continued running and dismissed their doubts about Jiang Ming's stamina.
• Jiang Ming completed all one hundred laps at an astonishing speed, then set up a table in the shade and returned to reading while eating Ice Pattern Melon.
• Dai Yueheng finished second and approached Jiang Ming, who offered him a piece of melon.

After the new students finished their hundred laps, Jiang Ming sold Ice Pattern Melons to his classmates and made a small fortune. Zhou Yi approached the students as they ate, leaving the class waiting for her response.

• Jiang Ming told Dai Yueheng that his family had spent five years cultivating Ice Pattern Melons and offered to sell him some at a discount.
• Jiang Ming handed Ling Luochen a melon slice after her run, then sold her a whole melon for one Silver Soul Coin; she paid with a Gold Soul Coin and told him to keep the change.
• Jiang Ming sold melons to more than half the class, earning ten Gold Soul Coins and over a dozen Silver Soul Coins.
• Zhou Yi watched Jiang Ming sell melons, then approached the students after the final runner finished.

Jiang Ming sold melon to his classmates, attended Zhou Yi’s first lesson, and was taken to the Soul Tool Department after expressing his interest in Soul Tools. The chapter ended with Fan Yu asking whether Jiang Ming was a Rank 4 Soul Engineer.

• Zhou Yi paid Jiang Ming a Gold Soul Coin for a slice of Ice Pattern Melon and let the students return to their dormitories to change after their run.
• Zhou Yi noticed Jiang Ming reading a Soul Tool book and invited him to go somewhere with her after class.
• Zhou Yi taught the new students about Soul Tools and the differences between Soul Engineers and Soul Masters, then ended class early.
• Zhou Yi led Jiang Ming to the Soul Tool Department, where he recognized Fan Yu as the person Dorm Manager Grandpa had recommended as a potential teacher.
• Zhou Yi spoke privately with Fan Yu, who approached Jiang Ming and asked if he was a Rank 4 Soul Engineer.

Jiang Ming revealed that, although he had not earned his Rank 4 Soul Engineer badge, he was twelve and close to mastering Rank Four Soul Cannonballs. Fan Yu was stunned by his soul-tool talent, but learned that Jiang Ming’s Golden Heart Body Martial Soul and Soul Power above rank thirty made him a prized talent for the Martial Soul Department.

• Jiang Ming denied being a Rank 4 Soul Engineer and explained that he had not yet successfully made a Rank Four Soul Cannonball.
• Fan Yu realized Jiang Ming was twelve and had the ability to reach Rank 4, then asked why he had enrolled in the Martial Soul Department.
• Jiang Ming said Old Nie, his foster father, had recommended him to the Martial Soul Department, and Fan Yu apologized for cursing the choice.
• Zhou Yi told Fan Yu that Jiang Ming had the heart-type Golden Heart Body Martial Soul and Soul Power above rank thirty.
• Fan Yu panicked that the Martial Soul Department would never give Jiang Ming up, while Old Nie sneezed in Clear Water City and thought Jiang Ming must miss him.

Fan Yu agreed to teach Jiang Ming Soul Tools after Zhou Yi suggested that he cultivate as both a Soul Master and a Soul Engineer. He examined Jiang Ming’s unfinished Class 4 Soul Cannonball and began correcting his engraving technique.

• Fan Yu lamented that Jiang Ming’s talent would make him difficult to recruit into the Soul Tool Department because the Martial Soul Department would not want to give him up.
• Zhou Yi suggested that Jiang Ming study both disciplines, and Fan Yu decided that his existing achievements made dual cultivation worth pursuing.
• Fan Yu invited Jiang Ming to study Soul Tools after Zhou Yi’s class, but Jiang Ming asked to start that day, impressing Fan Yu with his diligence.
• Fan Yu sorted Jiang Ming’s Soul Cannonball parts, identified flaws in his engraving and discarded pieces, and offered to correct his technique over the next month.
• Fan Yu examined Jiang Ming’s engraving knife and began teaching him how to complete the Class 4 Soul Cannonball.

Jiang Ming completed his first Soul Cannonball under Fan Yu’s guidance and tested it at the Soul Tool Department’s testing ground. Its blast fell short of Rank 4 power, so Fan Yu planned to teach him until he could make a true Rank 4 Soul Cannonball.

• With Fan Yu guiding him, Jiang Ming assembled a Soul Cannonball in half a day and decided to fire it rather than keep it as a memento.
• Fan Yu took Jiang Ming to the testing ground and helped him load and aim the cannon at a piece of Black Profound Iron.
• Jiang Ming fired the cannonball, which blasted a soccer-ball-sized pit into the iron while Fan Yu shielded them from the air blast.
• Jiang Ming examined the iron and learned from Fan Yu that only a Rank 6 Soul Cannonball could shatter it.
• Fan Yu told Jiang Ming his cannonball was stronger than Rank 3 but below Rank 4, and expected him to make a true Rank 4 one after a month of practice.

Jiang Ming completed and successfully tested a Rank 4 Fixed Soul Cannonball after a month of training with Fan Yu, while his Soul Power rose to Level 40. He explained that he pursued Soul Cannonballs to protect Clear Water City and reduce the deaths caused by invading forces and Soul Beasts.

• Jiang Ming spent a month balancing classes, cultivation, and Soul Tool research under Fan Yu’s guidance, correcting his bad habits and making a Rank 4 Fixed Soul Cannonball.
• Jiang Ming tested the cannonball on Black Profound Iron, where it blasted a basketball-sized pit, confirming its success.
• Jiang Ming told Fan Yu that his Soul Power had reached Level 40 after a month of cultivation and the boost from his first Martial Soul’s three spirits.
• Jiang Ming explained that his parents died in the war when he was one, and that he grew up in Clear Water City amid threats from the Sun Moon Empire and Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Ming said he wanted to become stronger and master Soul Cannonballs because their power could protect Clear Water City and reduce casualties.

Jiang Ming began studying Milk Bottle Soul Tools with Fan Yu while keeping up with class and cultivation. He left Ling Luochen waiting after she approached him, focused on resolving a disagreement with Fan Yu.

• Fan Yu was moved by Jiang Ming’s reasons for wanting power and promised to train him into the strongest Soul Engineer.
• After mastering Fixed Soul Cannonballs, Jiang Ming began researching Milk Bottles under Fan Yu’s guidance.
• Jiang Ming attended Zhou Yi’s lesson and hurried to leave afterward for his Soul Tool research.
• Dai Yueheng asked what Jiang Ming had been doing after class, and Jiang Ming said he had been cultivating.
• Ling Luochen approached Jiang Ming to chat, but he asked whether it was important and left when she said it was not urgent.

Jiang Ming and Fan Yu tested and perfected a modified Class 4 Milk Bottle, increasing its Soul Power capacity by ten percent and earning rewards from the academy. After spending more than a month absorbed in Soul Tool research with Fan Yu, Jiang Ming was summoned by Zhou Yi, who complained that Fan Yu had neglected her to work with him.

• Jiang Ming persuaded Fan Yu to test his redesigned Milk Bottle despite the danger of an explosion.
• Fan Yu and Jiang Ming survived the Milk Bottle’s explosion, identified a flaw in its core formation, and kept testing new designs.
• After six more explosions, Jiang Ming and Fan Yu created a more stable Class 4 Milk Bottle with ten percent greater capacity.
• The academy rewarded their breakthrough, giving Jiang Ming a Class 5 Defensive Soul Tool, and the pair spent the following month researching together.
• Zhou Yi called Jiang Ming to her office and scolded him for keeping Fan Yu at the laboratory for more than ten days without coming home.