Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy in a wheelchair after suffering severe injuries while fighting powerful Soul Beasts in the Far North. News of his condition spread across the academy, prompting Zhou Yi and members of the Soul Tool Department to rush to the plaza.

• Ling Luochen pushed Jiang Ming's wheelchair as he told his classmates that he had fought a fifty-thousand-year Snow Demon Wolf King alongside Old Nie, the City Lord of Clear Water City.
• Jiang Ming revealed that a thirty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion had caused many of his other injuries, and Ling Luochen explained that the beast could threaten even a Soul Douluo.
• The group arrived at Shrek Plaza, where students recognized Jiang Ming and whispered about seeing him seriously injured in a wheelchair.
• After hearing Jiang Ming had returned in that condition, Zhou Yi rushed out of her office toward the plaza.
• Soul Tool Department members learned that Jiang Ming was seriously injured, and Vice Dean Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and others hurried toward the plaza.

Jiang Ming returned to Shrek Academy badly injured after surviving a perilous break, then revealed that he had gained a fifty-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and reached level forty-nine. Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, and their classmates were left stunned by his extraordinary progress.

• Zhou Yi found Jiang Ming in a wheelchair, examined his severe wounds, and cleared the crowd so he could explain what had happened privately.
• Jiang Ming told Zhou Yi and Fan Yu about his battle with the Snow Demon Wolf King and the Ice Jade Scorpion, and they scolded him for risking his life.
• Jiang Ming released his Golden Heart Martial Soul and showed everyone his fourth Soul Ring, which Fan Yu recognized as older than fifty thousand years.
• Jiang Ming revealed that his Soul Power had reached level forty-nine, leaving the classroom speechless as Gongyang Mo called him a monster.

After Elder Zhuang healed Jiang Ming and gave Little Spirit enough life energy to reach its ten-thousand-year evolution, Jiang Ming entered the Upgrade Assessment. He shocked the students and teachers by asking to challenge a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Jiang Ming insisted that Zhou Yi include him in Class One's Upgrade Assessment, and Fan Yu said Elder Zhuang could treat his injuries.
• Elder Zhuang healed most of Jiang Ming's wounds, discovered life energy flowing into Little Spirit, and gave it enough energy to reach ten thousand years.
• Jiang Ming realized Little Spirit's fourth soul ring had grown past five thousand years and lamented that his next spirit would start with a Ten-Year Soul Ring.
• Jiang Ming arrived at the Beast Fighting Area for the Upgrade Assessment and identified his focus as Assault.
• Jiang Ming asked the referee whether he could choose a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, stunning the audience.

Jiang Ming faced a thousand-year Snow Demon Wolf in his soul beast assessment and defeated it with one slap, using the bloodline pressure of his Snow Demon Wolf King soul ring. The referee and Du Weilun were stunned as Jiang Ming asked whether the assessment was over.

• Jiang Ming learned there were no Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts available and agreed to fight a thousand-year beast instead.
• Zhou Yi defended Jiang Ming against Mu Jin's criticism, while his classmates wondered how he had drawn a Snow Demon Wolf.
• The Snow Demon Wolf charged at Jiang Ming, who revealed his four soul rings and suppressed it with his Snow Demon Wolf King aura.
• Jiang Ming knocked the Snow Demon Wolf unconscious with one slap, leaving the referee and Du Weilun stunned.
• Jiang Ming asked the referee whether defeating the beast meant the assessment was over.

Jiang Ming effortlessly passed the Upgrade Assessment by knocking out a Thousand-Year Snow Demon Wolf with one slap, earning full marks. Alarmed by his immense power and unusually powerful fourth soul ring, Du Weilun decided the Outer Court could not keep him and asked Yan Shaozhe to move him into the Inner Court early.

• Jiang Ming knocked the Snow Demon Wolf unconscious with one slap, and Du Weilun awarded him the full 150 points.
• Zhou Yi warned Class One not to imitate Jiang Ming, then Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, and the others completed their assessments.
• Du Weilun realized Jiang Ming's fourth soul ring seemed to be at least fifty-thousand-year level and worried about the pressure he would bring to the Outer Court.
• After the Upgrade Assessment ended, Du Weilun visited Yan Shaozhe and asked to make an exception and move Jiang Ming into the Inner Court.

Yan Shaozhe tested Jiang Ming’s strength after Du Weilun urged that he be admitted to the Inner Court, and Jiang Ming proved he could match Yan Shaozhe’s Soul Emperor-level power. As Yan Shaozhe raised his palm to Soul Saint level, Jiang Ming activated his third soul ring and continued resisting.

• Du Weilun told Yan Shaozhe that Jiang Ming had four soul rings, including a fifty-thousand-year fourth ring, and urged him to move Jiang Ming into the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe went to the Soul Tool Department, found Jiang Ming in the Top Secret Laboratory, and brought him to his office.
• Yan Shaozhe offered Jiang Ming entry to the Inner Court, and Jiang Ming said he was willing because he would continue working on the Soul Tool Production Line project either way.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked Jiang Ming to test his strength, and Jiang Ming blocked his Soul King-level palm with his fist.
• Yan Shaozhe increased his power to Soul Emperor level, and Jiang Ming matched him before Yan Shaozhe raised it to Soul Saint level.
• Jiang Ming struggled against Yan Shaozhe’s Soul Saint-level palm, then activated his third soul ring and boosted his qi and blood.

After Jiang Ming resisted Yan Shaozhe’s Soul Saint-level pressure, Yan Shaozhe accepted him into Shrek Academy’s Inner Court and warned him not to neglect his cultivation for soul tools. As Jiang Ming left Sea God Island, he instinctively grabbed a red-haired girl who had appeared behind him, and her fiery aura drew Yan Shaozhe back outside.

• Jiang Ming withstood Yan Shaozhe’s Soul Saint-level pressure in his Golden Blood state, convincing Yan Shaozhe that he qualified for the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Jiang Ming’s talent, and Jiang Ming brushed off the praise and said he would take things step by step.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged Jiang Ming’s Inner Court uniform and insignia, warned him to prioritize Soul Power cultivation, and told him to fly back to the Outer Court on his own.
• Jiang Ming left Yan Shaozhe’s office and raised both middle fingers at the closed door.
• A red-haired girl spoke beside Jiang Ming, and he grabbed her arm and threw her into a grappling hold before noticing her three soul rings and scorching aura.
• Yan Shaozhe sensed the girl’s aura, opened his office door, and saw what had happened.

Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao fought after a misunderstanding outside Yan Shaozhe’s office, then learned about the evil fire in her Martial Soul. Yan Shaozhe explained the academy’s difficulty in treating it, and Jiang Ming wondered whether he was being hinted at to help.

• Jiang Ming instinctively restrained Ma Xiaotao when she surprised him outside Yan Shaozhe’s office, and they struggled until Yan Shaozhe separated them.
• Ma Xiaotao accused Jiang Ming of attacking her, but Yan Shaozhe explained that his fighting instincts had caused the accident.
• Jiang Ming sensed evil energy in Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power, and Yan Shaozhe revealed that her Martial Soul was the Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe said the academy had been suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire with rare treasures and sought a powerful Ice Attribute Martial Soul or Thousand-Year Profound Ice.
• Jiang Ming remembered Ma Hongjun’s method of venting evil fire but stopped himself before explaining it, then wondered if Yan Shaozhe was hinting that he should help Ma Xiaotao.

Jiang Ming revealed that he had a huge piece of Thousand-Year Profound Ice that could suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then offered to rent it to her. The chapter ended with him demanding five hundred Gold Soul Coins for each month of use.

• Jiang Ming asked Yan Shaozhe whether Ma Xiaotao might become an Evil Soul Master if her Evil Fire went unsuppressed, then teased her into calling him Martial Uncle.
• Jiang Ming revealed that he had Thousand-Year Profound Ice, and Yan Shaozhe hurriedly brought him and Ma Xiaotao to an open space on Sea God Island.
• Jiang Ming produced a massive block of Thousand-Year Profound Ice, and Yan Shaozhe said it could keep Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire from disturbing her cultivation until she reached Soul Saint.
• Jiang Ming put the ice away and told Ma Xiaotao she would have to rent it from him instead of receiving it as a gift.
• Ma Xiaotao offered five Gold Soul Coins, but Jiang Ming demanded five hundred Gold Soul Coins per use, with each use lasting a month.

Jiang Ming charged Ma Xiaotao to cultivate on the Profound Ice and let her accumulate a large debt while he spent nearly three years helping develop the Soul Tool Production Line. After leaving the laboratory for a break, he visited Ma Xiaotao and revealed that she owed him 51,000 Gold Soul Coins.

• Ma Xiaotao paid Jiang Ming 500 Gold Soul Coins to use the Profound Ice, and Jiang Ming told Yan Shaozhe not to lend her access if she could not pay.
• Jiang Ming explained that he would let Ma Xiaotao owe him to make her value the Profound Ice, then returned to work on the Soul Tool Production Line.
• Over the next two years, Ma Xiaotao repeatedly rented the Profound Ice and accumulated debt under Jiang Ming's one-percent annual interest terms.
• Jiang Ming argued with a Rank Seven Soul Master over a Core Magic Array, and testing showed Jiang Ming's design was correct while the senior's had a minor error.
• Fan Yu told Jiang Ming the production line's technical problems were mostly solved and encouraged him to take a break after nearly three years of research.
• Jiang Ming visited Ma Xiaotao on Sea God Island and told her that her rent, damage compensation, and interest totaled 51,000 Gold Soul Coins.

Jiang Ming warned Ma Xiaotao that suppressing her Evil Fire could make a future eruption more dangerous, while she revealed she had become a Soul King and asked about the upcoming tournament. The Sea God Pavilion elders then debated where Jiang Ming should be placed, with Qian Duoduo arguing that he was stronger than the official team members.

• Jiang Ming showed Ma Xiaotao her debt ledger and teased her about repaying it, then warned her to slow her cultivation because Profound Ice suppressed rather than purified her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao confirmed she had reached Soul King at fifteen and asked whether Jiang Ming was a Soul Emperor, but he declined to reveal his cultivation.
• Ma Xiaotao told Jiang Ming that Yan Shaozhe wanted her to join the Reserve Team for the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Jiang Ming said he was interested.
• Mu En asked the Sea God Pavilion elders where Jiang Ming should be assigned for the tournament, and Yan Shaozhe suggested the Reserve Team because Jiang Ming was only fifteen.
• Qian Duoduo argued that Jiang Ming was already stronger than the official team members and asked which of them could defeat him.

Xuan Zi and the elders decided Jiang Ming should join Shrek Academy’s official tournament team, despite Yan Shaozhe’s concerns about changing the lineup. At the Assessment Area, Jiang Ming reunited with old classmates and met the seven Inner Court Disciples, including four he had defeated before.

• Xuan Zi and Elder Zhuang supported Jiang Ming joining the official team, and Xuan Zi summoned him and Ma Xiaotao to the Assessment Area.
• Jiang Ming happily reunited with Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Gongyang Mo, and Yao Haoxuan, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen reacted warily to each other.
• Dai Yueheng asked whether Ma Xiaotao was Jiang Ming’s girlfriend, and Jiang Ming introduced her as Yan Shaozhe’s disciple.
• Xuan Zi brought seven Inner Court Disciples and announced Jiang Ming would join their official team, prompting hostile looks from the newcomers.
• Jiang Ming recognized Chen Wu, Huang Xuan, Li Hua, and Yan Hun as old acquaintances he had defeated two and a half years earlier.

Jiang Ming was allowed to challenge the Shrek Academy Main Team members to prove he deserved a place, while Ma Xiaotao was barred from joining because her evil fire could flare up. The former Four-Person Group refused to fight Jiang Ming, and Zhang Lexuan stepped forward to test him.

• Xuan Zi told Jiang Ming to fight the Main Team members who doubted his place and said the dispute would be settled once they accepted his strength.
• Ma Xiaotao asked to join the Main Team, but Xuan Zi refused because competing could trigger her evil fire.
• Huang Xuan, Yan Hun, Chen Wu, and Li Ming declined to fight Jiang Ming, remembering how badly he had beaten or intimidated them before.
• Zhang Lexuan, the Main Team captain, challenged Jiang Ming after the other members hesitated, and Xuan Zi cleared a large space for them.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that she was a level-sixty-eight Assault type Battle Soul Emperor, and Jiang Ming introduced himself before their match began.

Jiang Ming faced Zhang Lexuan, an Inner Court Soul Emperor, in a spar while the teams assessed their chances. After revealing only four Soul Rings, he unleashed Soul Emperor-level pressure, leaving the Main Team stunned.

• Zhang Lexuan released her Moon Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, showing that she was a Level 68 Soul Emperor.
• The Reserve Team debated whether Jiang Ming could defeat Zhang Lexuan, with Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Dai Yueheng confident he could win.
• Jiang Ming released his Golden Heart Martial Soul, and the Main Team saw his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring before noticing that he had only four rings.
• Jiang Ming's aura surged to Soul Emperor level and pressed toward Zhang Lexuan.

Jiang Ming revealed that he was a fifteen-year-old Soul Emperor with Twin Martial Souls, stunning Shrek Academy’s Main and Reserve Team members. Zhang Lexuan began fighting him in earnest, and Jiang Ming activated Golden Blood as she retreated from the danger.

• Jiang Ming released Soul Emperor-level Soul Power, and the others realized his four soul rings meant he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Gongyang Mo and the Reserve Team members fell into self-doubt over how far Jiang Ming had surpassed them.
• Zhang Lexuan treated Jiang Ming as an equal and attacked him with a barrage of moonlight.
• Jiang Ming charged toward Zhang Lexuan behind his Mind Guard while using Heart Tremor to disrupt her heartbeat.
• Jiang Ming announced Golden Blood, and Zhang Lexuan sensed danger and retreated.

Jiang Ming pressed Zhang Lexuan with his enhanced strength and self-devised footwork, forcing her to use her Sixth Soul Skill. As the immobilized Jiang Ming faced her next moonlight strike, he unleashed Ruler of the World.

• Jiang Ming used Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon Steps to close in on Zhang Lexuan despite her moonlight attacks.
• Zhang Lexuan dodged Jiang Ming and summoned Moon Fall, but Jiang Ming caught the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill barehanded and threw it aside.
• Jiang Ming attacked Zhang Lexuan with Grappling Hand and relentless strikes, leaving her unable to counterattack.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Sixth Soul Skill to immobilize Jiang Ming and sent another ray of moonlight toward him.
• Jiang Ming unleashed Ruler of the World against Zhang Lexuan.

Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan continued their arena fight, with Jiang Ming resisting her Sixth Soul Skill and gaining the upper hand despite losing much of his Golden Blood enhancement. After his Inch Punch injured Zhang Lexuan, he caught her and expelled the Dark Force, while Xuan Zi scolded him for striking her too harshly.

• Zhang Lexuan restrained Jiang Ming and attacked him with moonlight that weakened his Golden Blood state, while Jiang Ming’s mental assault also hurt her.
• Jiang Ming charged again with his fighting spirit heightened, pressuring Zhang Lexuan as she tried to evade him.
• Zhang Lexuan made a mistake, and Jiang Ming struck her arm with Grappling Hand and Inch Punch, sending her flying and driving Dark Force into her body.
• Jiang Ming caught Zhang Lexuan, suppressed the Dark Force with his Soul Power and vital energy, and forced it out.
• Xuan Zi arrived, saw Zhang Lexuan was safe, and scolded Jiang Ming for not treating women gently.

Jiang Ming defeated Zhang Lexuan, revealed that his second martial soul had six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and healed her injured arm. He left to change clothes after claiming he had used at most a third of his strength, while the witnesses remained stunned.

• Jiang Ming apologized for using Dark Force, and Zhang Lexuan admitted defeat and told him to deactivate his soul skill.
• Jiang Ming withdrew his martial soul, felt the pain from Zhang Lexuan's attack, and used Little Spirit's power to recover.
• Jiang Ming revealed six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings on his second martial soul, shocking Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Xuan Zi, and the students.
• Jiang Ming healed Zhang Lexuan's injured arm with Little Spirit's power and told her he could not yet ease the mental effects.
• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Jiang Ming had fought at full strength, and he said he had used at most a third before leaving to change clothes.

Jiang Ming returned after defeating Zhang Lexuan and was added to the Main Team as vice-captain, while Li Ming yielded his place. During mixed-team training, Jiang Ming overwhelmed Zhang Lexuan’s side with stacked support and soul-skill amplifications, leaving Xuan Zi stunned by his power.

• Li Ming offered to step down from the Main Team spot after Jiang Ming proved stronger than Zhang Lexuan.
• Jiang Ming returned in Inner Court Disciple clothes and drew questions from the assembled students about reaching Soul Emperor level.
• Jiang Ming declined Xuan Zi’s offer of captaincy, so Zhang Lexuan remained captain and Jiang Ming became vice-captain.
• Xuan Zi finalized the Main Team and reserve team, with Ma Xiaotao leading the reserve team after displaying her five soul rings.
• Xuan Zi arranged mixed-team combat training, but Jiang Ming’s team crushed Zhang Lexuan’s side in under five minutes with stacked amplification from Golden Blood, Gongyang Mo, and Yal’er.

After Zhang Lexuan protested her repeated losses to Jiang Ming, the group suggested that he reveal his second Martial Soul, but she instead asked why he had never used his fourth soul skill. Jiang Ming explained that the skill could drain the blood from anyone with a wound, leaving the others shaken by its danger.

• Zhang Lexuan complained to Xuan Zi that she had lost every mixed-team match against Jiang Ming, and Yal'er agreed that the repeated losses were unfair.
• Gongyang Mo suggested that Jiang Ming use his second Martial Soul so everyone could see what it could do, but Xuan Zi warned that a Twin Martial Souls Soul Master's second Martial Soul was a secret.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Jiang Ming why he had never used the soul skill from his fourth soul ring, which she sensed was around fifty thousand years old.
• Jiang Ming explained that his fourth soul ring came from a mutated fifty-thousand-year Snow Demon Wolf King that had eaten an Evil Soul Master.
• Jiang Ming revealed that his fourth soul skill, Golden Pull, could draw blood from anyone with a wound and might kill them quickly, though it was less effective against stronger soul masters.