Chapter Summaries

Zhou Qing wagered with Flender that Tang San could identify Oscar’s Soul Master type, and Tang San correctly deduced that Oscar was a Food System Soul Master with a sausage Martial Soul. Flender surrendered the carriage, and Zhou Qing declined the promised Gold Soul Coins; the chapter left off criticizing Shrek Academy’s teachers as poor classroom educators despite their strength.

• Flender challenged Zhou Qing to identify Oscar’s Soul Master type, wagering the carriage and a thousand Gold Soul Coins against Zhou Qing applying to Shrek Academy later.
• Bu Yi and Romantina dismissed Oscar’s flirtatious behavior, while Tang San examined him and inferred details about his childhood from his body and calluses.
• Tang San connected Oscar’s roasted-sausage smell to his Martial Soul and identified him as a Food System Soul Master.
• Flender blamed Oscar’s failure to bathe for losing the wager and offered Zhou Qing the promised Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhou Qing refused the coins in exchange for Flender giving up the carriage, and Flender invited him to visit Shrek Academy after junior academy.
• The narration criticized Shrek’s teachers for lacking the experience and ability to educate large classes, noting that only fourteen of its forty-two enrolled students had graduated.

After losing their carriage, Flender and Yu Xiaogang decided to take Oscar and Ma Hongjun on foot to the next city, using the journey to strengthen them. As they set out, Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire should be cultivated rather than released, leaving Ma Hongjun to prove himself by running ahead.

• Flender told Oscar and Ma Hongjun that the available carriage had been taken, and Yu Xiaogang arrived and chose to travel with them.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender that the boys should walk to the next city and undergo rigorous training to help them catch up with sect disciples.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun to lose weight and build a physique worthy of his potential Phoenix Martial Soul; Ma Hongjun angrily denied being a Grass Chicken and ran ahead.
• Flender asked Yu Xiaogang about Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, and Yu Xiaogang argued that it was the key to his Martial Soul’s transformation and could be managed through self-control.

After leaving Suotuo City, Zhou Qing explained his dream of creating a society where Soul Masters and nobles could not oppress ordinary people, and argued that a deeper conviction could sustain someone through cultivation. His words changed Tang San’s understanding of revenge, and Tang San began to admire Zhou Qing for seeking to prevent others from suffering the same injustices.

• Bu Yi and Romantina teased Zhou Qing about looking at Bu Yi’s chest, and Bu Yi asked why he had challenged Flender.
• Zhou Qing explained that he wanted to leave a strong impression on Flender as a potential like-minded ally for his dream.
• Zhou Qing said his dream was to make everyone equal in status and stop Soul Masters and nobles from oppressing ordinary people.
• Zhou Qing explained that a powerful conviction could motivate someone through cultivation, using revenge as an example while warning against making revenge an ultimate goal.
• Tang San understood that Zhou Qing wanted to prevent others from suffering similar injustices, reconsidered what he would do if his mother had died at another’s hands, and came to admire Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing and his companions traveled to Heavenly Soul City to hunt Soul Beasts in the Northern Forest. After arriving, they decided to seek a map and information from the local Adventurer’s Guild.

• Zhou Qing tried to persuade Bu Yi to join his group, but Bu Yi saw through his tactics and teased him.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Bu Yi traveled north for more than half a month, changing carriages over twenty times before reaching Heavenly Soul City.
• Zhou Qing wore Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Silkworm Shedding to keep warm, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reminded him to help avenge it against the Ferocious Beasts.
• Romantina explained her family’s distant ties to the Heavenly Soul royal family and shared a rumor that the frozen region had once been volcanic.
• Zhou Qing and the others chose to visit the government-founded Heavenly Soul Guild to buy a map and information about the Northern Forest.

Zhou Qing and his companions visited the Heavenly Soul Guild to buy a map of the Northern Forest, where he met Mu Bing and her young mistress, Wei Sa. Mu Bing offered to guide them to the forest, and the group reached its outer region with her help.

• Zhou Qing bought a map of the Northern Forest and caught Wei Sa's attention with his Heavenly Silkworm Robe.
• Mu Bing introduced herself and Wei Sa, while Zhou Qing gave the group false names to protect their identities.
• Mu Bing offered to guide Zhou Qing and his companions through the Northern Forest and explained that outsiders could easily get lost without local help.
• Zhou Qing accepted Mu Bing's offer, and she led the group to the Northern Forest's outer region in half a day.

Zhou Qing’s group entered the Northern Forest, where Mu Bing explained the regions and questioned him about his Spirit Ring plans. She learned that six-year-old Zhou Qing had reached level twenty Soul Power and wanted a Thousand-Year Dancing Winter Rabbit for his Second Spirit Ring, but she could not understand why he had chosen a heart Martial Soul.

• The group entered the Northern Forest, and Mu Bing explained that its regions ran inward from the Northern Forest to the Ice Sealed Forest and the Extreme North.
• Zhou Qing told Mu Bing he wanted a Thousand-Year Dancing Winter Rabbit for his Second Spirit Ring despite having no ice or water attribute.
• Mu Bing discovered that Zhou Qing was only six years old and had reached level twenty Soul Power, and she compared his talent with the legendary founder of Spirit Hall.
• Zhou Qing explained that he had Innate Full Soul Power and said he was following earlier examples by attempting a new Spirit Ring configuration.
• Zhou Qing revealed that his Martial Soul was a heart, leaving Mu Bing unsure what Soul Beast would suit it.

Zhou Qing explained his rapid cultivation to Wei Sa as the group discussed Dancing Winter Rabbits and the legendary Snow Woman in the Extreme North. Tang San found an Ice Snow Lotus, and Mu Bing stopped him from harvesting the three-hundred-year Plant Soul Beast, whose cultivation Zhou Qing detected in its Crystal Blue Bead.

• Wei Sa asked Zhou Qing how he had cultivated so quickly, and he advised her to communicate with her Martial Soul.
• Mu Bing reprimanded Wei Sa for asking about Zhou Qing’s cultivation method and explained how Dancing Winter Rabbits sensed and celebrated winter.
• Wei Sa described the Snow Woman as a legendary humanoid Soul Beast, and Mu Bing said a Titled Douluo had once returned from the Extreme North severely wounded after seeking her.
• A Dancing Winter Rabbit dashed out of the woods, and Zhou Qing called it the true Spirit of the frozen region.
• Tang San found a Snow Lotus in the rabbit’s snowdrift and began to cut it, but Mu Bing stopped him and asked him to give it to Wei Sa.
• Zhou Qing sensed Soul Power in the flower’s Crystal Blue Bead, and Mu Bing identified it as a three-hundred-year Ice Snow Lotus.

Tang San gave Wei Sa the Ice Snow Lotus, and she absorbed its fruit to gain her first Spirit Ring and a thirty-percent all-attribute boost. Mu Bing rewarded Tang San with a Soul Card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Zhou Qing saw an opportunity to build ties with the Heavenly Soul Kingdom.

• Tang San yielded the Ice Snow Lotus to Wei Sa after Mu Bing offered compensation, then handed her the Jade Ruler to harvest it properly.
• Wei Sa swallowed the Crystal Blue Bead at the flower’s center, causing the remaining Ice Snow Lotus to disintegrate as she began absorbing it.
• Zhou Qing and Mu Bing explained that consuming the Snow Lotus Fruit let Wei Sa absorb the plant’s Spirit Ring and medicinal effects.
• Wei Sa completed her cultivation, reached level eleven, and demonstrated a soul skill that boosted the attributes of Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Bu Yi by nearly thirty percent.
• Mu Bing gave Tang San a Soul Card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and he accepted it at Zhou Qing’s signal.

Qing Zhou advised Wei Sa on cultivating her Snow Lotus Martial Soul and choosing Soul Rings, earning Mu Bing’s approval as they waited for the Dancing Winter Rabbits to gather at Ice Lake. After the first winter snowfall ended, the rabbits began arriving, and Mu Bing explained that their leaders would be chosen through brutal competition.

• Mu Bing led Qing Zhou, Zhang San, Romantina, Wei Sa, and Bu Yi to Ice Lake and set up a tent to observe the Dancing Winter Rabbits.
• Qing Zhou explained his theories on Martial Soul cultivation and advised Wei Sa to develop her Snow Lotus’s support and healing talents while building her combat ability through physical training and experience.
• Mu Bing revealed she was a level seventy-three Soul Saint, and she and Wei Sa praised Qing Zhou’s advice.
• After the snowstorm passed, the group concealed their scents and watched a thousand-year Dancing Winter Rabbit slide onto the frozen lake.
• Mu Bing explained that Dancing Winter Rabbits chose dance leaders through savage competition, and the group waited to see the gathering unfold.

Zhou Qing, Mu Bing, Tang San, Romantina, and Bu Yi watched the Dancing Winter Rabbits gather on the Ice Lake as Mu Bing explained legends about their mating dances and spirit rings. When the rare Starlight Ripples appeared overhead, Zhou Qing recognized the spectacle as an aurora and considered how closely Douluo’s celestial cycles resembled Earth’s.

• Mu Bing told Zhou Qing and Tang San that legend said killing a pair of Dancing Winter Rabbits during their dance could fuse their spirit rings, and she recounted how her father had once seen the same pair together twenty years after they escaped him.
• Dancing Winter Rabbits gathered on the Ice Lake to compete for lead dancer and attract mates, while a White Feather Falcon snatched a leaping rabbit before a burly man shot the falcon and helped his son claim its spirit ring.
• Zhou Qing watched predators and Soul Masters hunt around the lake and suspected the rabbits’ gathering was an instinct deeply embedded in their bloodline.
• After night fell, green and blue Starlight Ripples appeared across the sky, astonishing the people gathered near the Ice Lake.
• Mu Bing explained that Starlight Ripples appeared once every eleven years, and Zhou Qing identified them as an aurora caused by solar wind and a planet’s magnetic field.

Zhou Qing challenged the idea that gods deserved reverence merely for their power, and Tang San agreed that strength alone amounted to oppression. Their discussion ended when a Dancing Winter Rabbit died nearby, leading Mu Bing to explain that Soul Beasts killed by other Soul Beasts did not produce Soul Rings.

• Zhou Qing argued that gods should guide humanity and improve people's lives, rather than merely rule through overwhelming strength.
• Tang San agreed that gods who contributed nothing were simply strong beings oppressing the weak, and he and Zhou Qing resolved to change the world with Romantina and Bu Yi.
• Mu Bing reflected that she respected perseverance and service, not people whose greater Soul Power merely made them frightening.
• A thousand-year Dancing Winter Rabbit slid into a cypress pine and died from injuries inflicted by another rabbit, prompting Mu Bing to say it could not produce a Soul Ring.
• Zhou Qing considered how Soul Beast deaths and their lingering auras might affect whether ownerless Soul Rings appeared.

Zhou Qing theorized that Soul Beast auras could expose a loophole in the rules forcing Soul Beasts to produce Soul Rings after death, and that unity and human ways of organization might help them overcome their suppression. His thoughts reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion sensed a major change in Soul Beast Fortune, leaving Di Tian unsure whether to hide the Ferocious Beasts or seize an opportunity.

• Zhou Qing reasoned that Soul Beast auras might be used to break the rule governing Soul Rings and could eventually help Soul Beasts resist Heavenly Tribulations.
• Zhou Qing concluded that Soul Beasts needed to learn from humanity and unite if they wanted to rise.
• Zhou Qing's thoughts traveled through the Planet's Will to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion slipped into the Lake of Life, and her brow's Vertical Pupil began blinking as she sensed a dramatic change in Fortune.
• Bi Ji carried the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Di Tian, who panicked over the omen and wondered whether the Soul Beasts should hide or act on the possible opportunity.

Zhou Qing and the others watched the Dancing Winter Rabbits’ winter dance and discovered that their movements formed a pattern that could affect Soul Rings. When two six-hundred-year Dancing Winter Rabbits died together, their Soul Rings fused into a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, confirming the legend.

• Zhou Qing roasted and shared the Dancing Winter Rabbit with the group, then they cooked and ate several more rabbits.
• Zhou Qing noticed the paired Dancing Winter Rabbits tracing a pattern across Ice Lake and asked Romantina to use Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that the rabbits’ movements formed a pattern that drew on ice and water energy and might help their bloodlines evolve or affect Soul Ring fusion.
• Zhou Qing had Sky Dream Ice Silkworm record the pattern and prepared to target the central male rabbit.
• A pair of nine-hundred-year Dancing Winter Rabbits attacked a six-hundred-year pair, which fell fatally injured in front of Zhou Qing.
• The two six-hundred-year Dancing Winter Rabbits died together, and their Soul Rings merged into a pale-purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring, astonishing Mu Bing.

Zhou Qing absorbed a thousand-year second spirit ring formed from two Dancing Winter Rabbits, reaching Soul Power Level twenty-one and successfully refining the ring. Afterward, he planned to help Tang San obtain his second spirit ring on a detour to the Star Dou Great Forest, while considering how Romantina would develop her second Martial Soul.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm suspected Douluo Continent's Planar Will had arranged the circumstances that let two dying Dancing Winter Rabbits form Zhou Qing's spirit ring.
• Zhou Qing absorbed the thousand-year ring, completed the Water true essence in his Lower Dantian, and began Secondary Soul Ring Refinement with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's help.
• Crimson Patterns depicting two Dancing Winter Rabbits appeared on Zhou Qing's ring, and Mu Bing explained that they might be a feature of a ring formed jointly by two Soul Beasts.
• Zhou Qing finished absorbing the ring and reached Soul Power Level twenty-one, while Tang San estimated he would reach level twenty in seven or eight days and Romantina reported that she was nearly level thirteen.
• Zhou Qing said he would analyze Romantina's next Soul Beast and take Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest for his second spirit ring; Sky Dream Ice Silkworm resolved to bring Ice Empress along.

Wei Sa said goodbye to Zhou Qing and Tang San, then resolved to follow Zhou Qing’s cultivation advice while Mu Bing explained the kingdom’s ambitions and her need to grow stronger. After half a month of travel, Zhou Qing’s group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San had reached Soul Power Level 20 and prepared to find an Emerald Fern for his Second Spirit Ring.

• Wei Sa asked Zhou Qing and Tang San to stay, then hooked little fingers with them and hoped they would return to the Heavenly Soul Kingdom.
• Mu Bing explained that the kingdom was preparing for a possible continent-wide war and urged Wei Sa to cultivate her Snow Lotus Flower martial soul and develop her combat skills.
• Zhou Qing and Romantina teased each other about his appearance, while Tang San said his eyes had begun to turn bluer as his Soul Power rose.
• Zhou Qing and his companions traveled for another half month and arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest after Tang San reached Soul Power Level 20.
• The group planned to search the forest’s damp, shady areas for the widespread Emerald Fern that Tang San needed for his Second Spirit Ring.

Zhou Qing explained why Star Dou Great Forest Soul Beasts avoided people and revealed the benefits of secondary Spirit Ring refinement after Tang San tested it on an Emerald Fern. He tried to persuade Bu Yi to use the technique, leaving her intrigued by whether it could improve her cultivation.

• Zhou Qing explained to Romantina that Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest usually fled because abundant food made attacking humans unnecessary.
• Tang San harvested a thousand-year Emerald Fern and refined its Spirit Ring with help from Romantina's Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing.
• Bu Yi noticed Emerald Fern patterns on Tang San's Second Spirit Ring, and Zhou Qing explained that Romantina's Brain Martial Soul enabled secondary Spirit Ring refinement.
• Zhou Qing told Bu Yi that refined Spirit Rings could release Soul Skills faster, use less Soul Power, and grow with their Soul Masters, potentially reaching the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Zhou Qing tried to persuade Bu Yi to undergo secondary refinement, but she teased him for saying it would let her last longer.

Bu Yi agreed to join Zhou Qing’s group after he explained his plans for the seven Bu sisters, and the party returned safely to Nuoding City. Back at the academy, Tang San left to forge Meteorite Iron, while Zhou Qing proposed cultivating with Romantina to help her catch up.

• Zhou Qing welcomed Bu Yi as a comrade, and Tang San greeted her after finishing his second Soul Ring refinement.
• Zhou Qing outlined plans for the seven Bu sisters to contribute through agriculture, industry, fisheries, and medicine, and Bu Yi agreed to explain the arrangement to them.
• Zhou Qing, Tang San, and their companions returned safely to Nuoding City after more than half a month of travel.
• Tang San took Meteorite Iron from Zhou Qing and left to spend the remaining half month forging at the Blacksmith Shop.
• Romantina planned to focus on cultivating Soul Power, but Zhou Qing asked her to cultivate with him so she could benefit from his refinement of Tao Rong Iron.

Zhou Qing discussed the resonance between his and Romantina’s Martial Souls while deciding against experimenting with fusion, then saw Xiao Wu demonstrate her newly developed Soft Bone Lock after gaining her Second Spirit Ring. He broke the hold with a chilling effect from his Innate Internal Scripture Chart, leaving Xiao Wu startled and asking what ability he had used.

• Zhou Qing and Romantina resisted their Martial Soul urges while considering cultivating together, and Zhou Qing avoided attempting a fusion with her.
• Xiao Wu returned from the academy’s Back Mountain with her Second Spirit Ring and told Zhou Qing she had gained Chest Bow and created Soft Bone Lock.
• Xiao Wu used Soft Bone Lock to restrain Zhou Qing by locking his joints and compressing his meridians.
• Zhou Qing circulated the Water essence through his body, chilling Xiao Wu’s skin and making her release him.
• Xiao Wu jumped away from Zhou Qing and asked what kind of ability he had used.

Zhou Qing revealed that his Second Spirit Ring came from a Dancing Winter Rabbit, prompting Xiao Wu to confront her feelings about humans hunting Soul Beasts. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm later warned her about returning to the Star Dou Great Forest and urged her to reveal her identity to Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina.

• Zhou Qing told Xiao Wu that his Second Spirit Ring came from a Dancing Winter Rabbit, and Xiao Wu struggled to accept that he had hunted a rabbit.
• Zhou Qing asked Romantina to help Xiao Wu complete the Secondary Refinement of her Second Spirit Ring, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm took Xiao Wu to the Back Mountain for a private conversation.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Xiao Wu to have Da Ming and Er Ming guide them when they eventually pursued the Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Xiao Wu that the Ferocious Beasts might attack her and advised her not to return to the forest before obtaining her Seventh Spirit Ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Xiao Wu to tell Zhou Qing, Tang San, and Romantina that she was a Soul Beast in human form, suggesting Zhou Qing may already have guessed her identity.

Zhou Qing taught Wang Sheng a simplified Soul Power cultivation method and explained his plans for a more equal society. He left Wang Sheng with the task of learning the method and the possibility of joining a much larger effort in the future.

• Wang Sheng told Zhou Qing that he had reached Level 10 Soul Power, and Zhou Qing promised to take him hunting Soul Beasts after the term ended.
• Zhou Qing taught Wang Sheng the Three Passes and Nine Apertures method, helping him circulate Soul Power through three Heavenly Cycles.
• Wang Sheng could not remember the sensations, so Zhou Qing promised to practice with him daily until the term ended and told him to deepen his connection with his Martial Soul.
• Wang Sheng promised to keep the method secret, but Zhou Qing said he might eventually share its foundational portion across the continent.
• Zhou Qing told Wang Sheng that he wanted to change the world by making everyone citizens under the same laws and giving everyone the chance to cultivate Soul Power.