Chapter Summaries

Flender awakened Ma Hongjun’s phoenix-related martial soul in Golden Chicken Village and took him and Oscar to meet Yu Xiaogang, who began investigating Ma Hongjun’s dangerous evil fire. Yu Xiaogang gave the boys Soul Tools as meeting gifts, leaving five of the original Shrek Seven Devils gathered, with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing still absent.

• Flender finished awakening the children of Golden Chicken Village, gave the village chief Gold Soul Coins, and prepared to leave with Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
• Flender flew Oscar and Ma Hongjun at supersonic speed to Notting City, leaving both boys exhausted and shaken.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed Ma Hongjun’s awakening data and found that his evil fire involved vitality, negative emotions, and remnants of his martial soul mutation.
• Flender landed outside Yu Xiaogang’s laboratory, where Oscar and Ma Hongjun greeted their Martial Uncle and asked expectantly for gifts.
• Yu Xiaogang gave Oscar and Ma Hongjun Soul Tools and reflected that only Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing remained to join the group.

Yu Xiaogang examined Ma Hongjun’s mutated Evil Fire Phoenix and diagnosed the cause of his bloated body and evil fire. He arranged for Ma Hongjun to begin the painful Qi and Blood Bone Forging Method the next day, while Flender accepted that his disciple would have to endure hardship to grow stronger.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Flender’s suggestion that Ma Hongjun release his evil fire through sexual activity, warning that it would harm him and drain his Martial Soul’s potential.
• Yu Xiaogang scanned Ma Hongjun and deduced that a failed phoenix bloodline mutation had left excess life essence in his body and soul power.
• Ma Hongjun confirmed that his mother had a hen Martial Soul and his father had a Golden Pheasant Martial Soul, then summoned his Martial Soul for further examination.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul had not shattered and prescribed the Qi and Blood Bone Forging Method to help him absorb the excess life essence and slim down.
• Flender worried the method would be too painful for Ma Hongjun, but Yu Xiaogang argued that effort was necessary for his future, and Flender agreed to let him train.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun settled into the Dragon Gate Sect dormitories, where Ma Hongjun accidentally knocked Oscar unconscious in the hot spring. The next morning, Oscar discovered that Tang San was listed as male and panicked over his mistaken assumption that Tang San was a girl.

• Sister Yun Lan showed Oscar and Ma Hongjun the disciple dormitories, gave them clothes and Soul Guidance Computer Terminals, and said they would join Yu Xiaogang's disciples in cultivation the next day.
• Ma Hongjun's awakened Martial Soul had made him so fat that his clothes burst when he stopped sucking in his stomach.
• Ma Hongjun leapt into the hot spring and blasted Oscar out of the water, leaving Oscar unconscious; he later carried Oscar to bed.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun put on their new uniforms, and Oscar told Ma Hongjun that he thought Yu Xiaogang's disciples included several girls.
• Oscar checked Tang San's profile on the Sect Forum, saw that Tang San was listed as male, and denied Ma Hongjun's teasing suggestion.

After a sleepless night, Oscar mistook Tang San for a girl and set his sights on Ning Rongrong before meeting Tang San in person at breakfast. Xiao Wu made clear that Tang San was a boy and her childhood husband, leaving Oscar’s crush over before it began as he introduced himself to the other disciples.

• Oscar studied the Soul Guidance Terminal through the night and became captivated by photos of the Dragon Gate Sect’s female disciples.
• After Ma Hongjun revealed Tang San was a boy, Oscar redirected his interest toward Ning Rongrong and received Flender’s message to meet at the Sect Training Field after breakfast.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun visited the direct disciples’ cafeteria, where Ma Hongjun piled his tray with food and they spotted Tang San and the others returning from cultivation.
• Xiao Wu noticed Oscar staring at Tang San, stepped between them, and introduced Tang San as her childhood husband and a boy.
• Tang San greeted the new junior brothers, and Oscar introduced himself while realizing his crush had ended before it began.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun met Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Yu Linglong, and the group discussed their unusual Martial Souls and cultivation. Yu Xiaogang took Oscar and Ma Hongjun to begin learning the sect’s inherited techniques, while the All-Continent Soul Master Competition remained a future concern.

• Ning Rongrong praised Oscar for having Innate Full Soul Power as a food-type support-system Soul Master, and Oscar explained that his awakening had been delayed by a family tragedy.
• Ma Hongjun introduced himself and his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, then confirmed Yu Linglong’s guess that it had undergone a malignant mutation that made him fat.
• Tang San told Ma Hongjun about another phoenix Martial Soul with side effects, and Ma Hongjun resolved to follow Yu Xiaogang’s advice and cultivate the Qi and Blood Bone Forging Method.
• Flender told Oscar and Ma Hongjun to study under Yu Xiaogang while he handled matters for the All-Continent Soul Master Competition.
• Tang San promised to help Flender’s academy win a future competition, but Yu Xiaogang told him to focus on cultivating and led Oscar and Ma Hongjun to the Training Field.

Yu Xiaogang began training Oscar and Ma Hongjun at the sect's Training Field, tailoring a body-tempering method to Ma Hongjun and encouraging Oscar to pursue soul tool technology. The chapter left Ma Hongjun running laps while cultivating and Oscar starting the foundations of the Longevity Technique.

• Yu Xiaogang brought Oscar and Ma Hongjun to the Training Field and ordered Ma Hongjun to run laps as basic training.
• Yu Xiaogang adjusted the Qi and Blood Body Tempering Method to suit Ma Hongjun, who felt the evil fire's heat ease after one circulation cycle.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ma Hongjun to keep running while circulating the method, and Ma Hongjun nervously obeyed.
• Oscar told Yu Xiaogang he wanted to avoid being a burden and make up for his martial soul's lack of attack power with soul tools.
• Yu Xiaogang granted Oscar access to the Online Library's Soul Tool Technology category and advised him to learn the Longevity Technique's foundation first.

Yu Xiaogang trained Ma Hongjun to use his excess life essence through exercise, then watched him reveal his fat, hen-like Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul. Tang San proposed using an Immortal Herb to help evolve it, leaving Yu Xiaogang wary of the group’s interest in his herb garden.

• Yu Xiaogang praised Ma Hongjun for completing his run and explained that exercise would help him use the life essence produced by his Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun released his Evil Fire Phoenix, whose plump, short-winged form made Ning Rongrong laugh and drew amusement from the others.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun to continue training, and Ma Hongjun resumed running with renewed determination.
• Tang San asked whether intense exercise might injure Ma Hongjun, and Yu Xiaogang explained how the Phoenix Martial Soul’s excess life essence could aid his recovery.
• Tang San suggested that the Phoenix Cockscomb Sunflower might help evolve Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul, while Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San and the others were targeting his herb garden.

Yu Xiaogang taught Tang San that immortal herbs should not be used wastefully, then entrusted him with the Yin Yang Well herb garden. He also granted Xiao Wu access to care for a ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, while Dai Mubai continued traveling toward Notting City.

• Yu Xiaogang explained to Tang San that raw immortal herbs could lose unabsorbed medicinal effects and that supplementary herbs could help draw out their properties.
• Tang San promised to protect the herb garden and avoid picking its immortal herbs before developing formulas, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to hand him its management.
• Xiao Wu encouraged Tang San, then embraced him as the others congratulated him on receiving Yu Xiaogang's trust.
• Yu Xiaogang considered plans to guide Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing, and learned that Dai Mubai was traveling toward Notting City.
• Yu Xiaogang granted Tang San and Xiao Wu access to the Yin Yang Well herb garden and asked Xiao Wu to care for the ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit inside.

Xiao Wu learned about the Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit guarding Yu Xiaogang’s herb garden, while Tang San asked to cultivate Yu Xiaogang’s painful Sun Moon Star Icefire Body Tempering Method. Yu Linglong, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu then insisted on training alongside Tang San.

• Xiao Wu asked why Yu Xiaogang kept a Hundred Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit in his herb garden, and Tang San explained that it guarded the garden behind a Soul Guidance Barrier.
• After Ma Hongjun revealed changes to his Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul, Tang San worried about his Blue Silver Emperor’s vulnerability to ice and fire and asked to use two immortal herbs to build an Icefire Undying Golden Body.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to let Tang San consume the herbs and instead offered his Sun Moon Star Icefire Body Tempering Method, warning him that its trials were painful and required supervision.
• Tang San chose to cultivate the method, and Yu Xiaogang said Yun Lan would need to supervise his training.
• Yu Linglong, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu each asked Yu Xiaogang to let them train alongside Tang San.

Oscar questioned whether Ning Rongrong could learn the Icefire Undying Golden Body, prompting Yu Xiaogang to test her combat abilities. Ning Rongrong showed off her formidable strength and unleashed a powerful finishing technique that sent Yu Xiaogang skidding to the edge of the Training Field.

• Yu Xiaogang told Oscar that the Icefire Undying Golden Body was unsuitable for him and asked Ning Rongrong to demonstrate her abilities.
• Ning Rongrong struck her fists together with enough force to create a sonic boom, startling Oscar and the others.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Ning Rongrong to attack him, and she repeatedly struck and kicked him while he blocked her blows without moving his feet.
• Ning Rongrong announced that she would use her ultimate move and gathered Mental Power until she vanished in an explosive burst of air.
• Yu Xiaogang caught Ning Rongrong's kick and dispersed its force, but the impact sent them across the Training Field and left the ground badly damaged.

Yu Xiaogang treated Ning Rongrong after she injured herself by recklessly imitating an anime technique, then sent his disciples to the Soul Tool Laboratory. He planned to demonstrate his Soul Tools and pursue his ambitions for Douluo Star.

• Ning Rongrong used an immature imitation of an anime attack during sparring and badly strained her legs.
• Tang San and the others helped Ning Rongrong while Yu Xiaogang examined her and healed her with his Soul Skill.
• Ning Rongrong recovered, promised not to experiment recklessly again, and persuaded Yu Xiaogang not to tell her father.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the disciples an hour to clean up before they gathered at the Soul Tool Laboratory to learn how Soul Tools were made.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to demonstrate his Soul Tool weapons and develop Douluo Star into his base for unifying the planet and advancing human civilization.

Bibi Dong visited Yu Xiaogang’s study to consider taking a disciple, but the old married couple flirted before Yu Xiaogang left to teach Tang San and the others about Soul Tool Weapons. Bibi Dong stayed behind, pleased with their romance but worried about who might attract Yu Xiaogang or their daughter.

• Yu Xiaogang returned to his study and found Bibi Dong reviewing Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s files.
• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang she wanted to take a disciple now that Linglong and Tang San had grown up.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong flirted and cuddled, then agreed to continue their intimacy that night.
• Bibi Dong urged Yu Xiaogang to go teach his disciples, and he left for the Soul Tool Laboratory.
• Bibi Dong thought about Yu Xiaogang’s close companions and resolved to watch over Linglong’s love life.

Yu Xiaogang compared Tang San’s handmade Hidden Weapons bullet with a standard bullet, showing that the ordinary bullet was far more effective and could be mass-produced. He then brought his disciples deep underground to introduce them to the Dragon Gate Sect’s Soul Tool weapons.

• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang his pistol and a painstakingly crafted Hidden Weapons bullet, which scattered fine needles but failed to penetrate a metal wall.
• Yu Xiaogang fired a standard bullet through the wall and explained that lathes could produce far more ammunition than Tang San could make by hand.
• Xiao Wu promised to make sure Tang San rested, while the arriving disciples gathered for Yu Xiaogang’s lesson on Soul Tool weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang authorized the group to use the lounge as an elevator, and it descended 358 meters to the Underground Soul Tool Weapon Laboratory.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the disciples not to wander or touch Soul Tools marked with danger warnings before leading them inside.

Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San and the others his underground Soul Tool laboratory, where Oscar received the Energy Pulse Cannon Flender had used. After explaining the cannon's power and limitations, Yu Xiaogang chose a Gauss Weapon for Tang San, leaving him eager to open its case.

• Yu Xiaogang welcomed Tang San and the others into the automated Soul Tool laboratory and invited them to choose a few devices.
• Oscar asked for Flender's Energy Pulse Cannon, and Yu Xiaogang showed the group a projection of Flender firing it.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Soul Tools were external aids and that the Energy Pulse Cannon required Soul Saint-level soul power to use effectively.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the cannon to Oscar, who stored it after Ma Hongjun tried to touch it.
• Tang San asked how to defend against the cannon, and Yu Xiaogang said its attack traveled at the speed of light and could be dodged by predicting its aim.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San a Gauss Weapon in a black case, and Tang San eagerly reached to open it.

Tang San assembled and test-fired Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Guidance Gauss Weapon at the Shooting Range, discovering its remarkable power and considering his loyalty to his teacher and the Dragon Gate Sect. He left the test convinced of the weapon’s potential, while hoping the conflict he foresaw would not come too soon.

• Yu Xiaogang explained how Tang San could open the weapon case, and Tang San assembled the Gauss Weapon after watching its instructional display.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San and the others to the Shooting Range, where Oscar and Ma Hongjun eagerly chose Soul Guidance Firearms to test.
• Tang San considered the hardship outside Notting City and resolved to stand by Yu Xiaogang if the Dragon Gate Sect came into conflict with Spirit Hall and the Two Great Empires.
• Tang San used the Gauss Weapon’s scope to aim at a distant, thick steel plate and fired.
• The shot blasted a human-head-sized hole through the steel plate, leaving Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others stunned.

Tang San tested Yu Xiaogang’s powerful Gauss Weapon while the other disciples began firearm practice. Dai Mubai fled to study at Shrek Academy, and the Star Luo Emperor secretly ordered guards to protect him and sent a letter to its dean.

• Tang San fired the Gauss Weapon’s sniper mode and learned that its magazine held 9,999 bullets and could fire continuously.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated the weapons to the disciples and considered how firearms might change future warfare.
• Dai Mubai recalled Dai Weisi’s efforts to suppress him and decided to seek training beyond the Star Luo Empire.
• After hearing about Shrek Academy from a merchant, Dai Mubai left a letter, took his saved money, and set out for Notting City, abandoning Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered the Dark Guard to protect Dai Mubai and deliver a respectful greeting letter to Flender.

Dai Mubai left White Tiger City for Notting City, leaving Zhu Zhuqing feeling betrayed as the Star Luo imperial family shifted from its bloody succession tradition to a new arrangement involving the White Tiger Sect. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue killed Xue Qinghe, assumed his identity, and began her long-prepared plan in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• The Star Luo Emperor decided to establish the White Tiger Sect as the empire’s Nation Protecting Sect and arranged secret protection for Dai Mubai.
• Dai Weisi ordered a subordinate to monitor Dai Mubai after learning that he had left White Tiger City, while resolving to strengthen his own position.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had left without saying goodbye, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to cultivation, hurt but outwardly indifferent.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that Pufferfish Douluo had disposed of Xue Qinghe’s body and concealed his death.
• Qian Renxue reflected on killing Xue Qinghe, took his place, and vowed to avenge her mother.

Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish Douluo to arrange the Second Prince’s death and planned to take control of the Heaven Dou Advanced Soul Master Academy while seeking allies. At the Dragon Gate Sect, Ning Rongrong rejected Soul Guidance Firearms in favor of close combat, startling Oscar with her strength.

• Qian Renxue ordered Pufferfish Douluo to make the Second Prince encounter a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast and leave no traces.
• After Pufferfish Douluo withdrew, Qian Renxue considered using the Second Prince’s death to gain resources and taking control of the Heaven Dou Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Qian Renxue considered seeking Ning Fengzhi as a teacher and using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support to distract her Spirit Hall guardians.
• Ning Rongrong told Yu Xiaogang that she preferred fighting with her fists to using Soul Guidance Firearms.
• Oscar praised the firearms and hit a distant target, but Ning Rongrong crushed the air in her hand and left him frightened about pursuing her.

Yu Xiaogang took his disciples to see his Soul Tool collection and considered what weapon would suit Ning Rongrong’s love of close combat. Ning Rongrong chose a pair of powered Vi gauntlets, then startled Oscar by demonstrating their extending punch.

• Oscar hid that he had mistaken Tang San for a girl and was shaken by Ning Rongrong’s fierce strength, while Ma Hongjun comforted him.
• Ning Rongrong asked Yu Xiaogang for a Soul Tool suited to her preference for fist-to-fist fighting, and he decided to find her armor.
• Yu Xiaogang led the disciples through automated Soul Tool workshops to his collection room, where Tang San marveled at the machines.
• Ning Rongrong found a pair of Vi gauntlets, put them on, and asked Yu Xiaogang if she could keep them; he agreed, though he called them a figurine.
• Ning Rongrong activated the gauntlets and stopped an extending metal fist just in front of Oscar’s nose, then teased him until Yu Xiaogang told her to stop.

Yu Xiaogang showed the children his collection of Soul Tool Armors and demonstrated the many forms of a modular armor piece. Tang San became eager to learn how Yu Xiaogang had advanced the technology, while Ning Rongrong and Oscar each reacted to the armor in their own way.

• Ning Rongrong teased Oscar, while Tang San tried to reassure him and Xiao Wu warned Tang San not to get too close to boys.
• Yu Xiaogang led the group to display cases of steel armor, and Ning Rongrong dismissed the suits as clumsy lumps of iron.
• Oscar admired the armor and asked for it, but Ning Rongrong claimed her set and pointed him toward the Mark I collectible model.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he would customize armor for each student and demonstrated a modular arm piece that transformed into energy claws and a pulse cannon.
• Tang San realized the armor could do things beyond Tang Sect mechanisms and wondered how Yu Xiaogang had solved the storage-space problem.