Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qiang watched Huo Yuhao leave the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and planned to use the coming grilled-fish encounter to approach him. He believed he could take Tian Meng and gain the Ice Empress’s power, but feared that opportunities tied to Huo Yuhao’s destiny would remain out of reach.

• Xiao Qiang spotted Huo Yuhao leaving the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and confirmed his identity.
• Xiao Qiang reflected that the Sun Moon Empire’s coming war could force him into battle, so he needed strength to avoid becoming cannon fodder.
• Xiao Qiang recalled that he had reached level thirty before Huo Yuhao and obtained two hundred-year soul rings while preparing to find Tian Meng.
• Xiao Qiang concluded that, as someone other than the Son of Destiny, he might not be able to encounter Tian Meng or obtain Electrolux’s opportunity.
• Xiao Qiang decided that obtaining Tian Meng and the Ice Empress could still secure his future, and planned to approach Huo Yuhao during the grilled-fish scene by claiming he owed him a favor.

Huo Yuhao shared his grilled fish with Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Xiao Qiang, who was using the alias Li Feiyu. After secretly judging Huo Yuhao’s future actions, Xiao Qiang offered to help him obtain a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, and Huo Yuhao agreed to go with him.

• Tang Ya and Xiao Qiang smelled Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, and Tang Ya claimed a fish before eating it.
• Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Qiang the remaining cooked fish, while Xiao Qiang secretly scrutinized him.
• After they ate, Xiao Qiang caught up with Huo Yuhao and guessed that he was a level-ten Soul Scholar heading for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Qiang offered to help Huo Yuhao obtain a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, and Huo Yuhao accepted his help.

Xiao Qiang and Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Qiang killed a Wind Baboon and they encountered Tian Meng. When Tian Meng hesitated between the two, Xiao Qiang sent Huo Yuhao flying away, leaving Tian Meng with only Xiao Qiang as a candidate.

• Xiao Qiang spotted and killed a ten-year Wind Baboon with a throwing knife before it could attack Huo Yuhao.
• Tian Meng emerged and examined Xiao Qiang and Huo Yuhao, recognizing Xiao Qiang's greater strength but hesitating over whom to choose.
• Xiao Qiang strapped a Fixed Spirit Tool Flying Device onto Huo Yuhao and told him to escape while he faced Tian Meng.
• Xiao Qiang activated Mind Suggestion and the device, sending Huo Yuhao out of sight.
• Xiao Qiang blocked Tian Meng from pursuing Huo Yuhao and prepared to confront him.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose Xiao Qiang as his host and became his third spirit ring, expanding Xiao Qiang’s sea of consciousness. After learning about Tian Meng’s plan and promised Second Martial Soul, Xiao Qiang asked whether he could obtain it immediately, hoping to secure Snow Empress’s protection.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided Xiao Qiang was his only viable host and began turning himself into Xiao Qiang’s third spirit ring.
• Xiao Qiang woke in his sea of consciousness, found Electrolux absent, and accepted that obtaining Tian Meng was the best outcome he could achieve.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm questioned Xiao Qiang’s calmness, and Xiao Qiang explained that his Sharingan had led him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that he would become an unprecedented Wisdom Spirit Ring, described his million-year cultivation, and promised a future Second Martial Soul.
• Xiao Qiang asked whether they could obtain the Second Martial Soul immediately because he wanted Snow Empress to protect him.

Xiao Qiang learned that he needed an empty spirit ring slot before he could obtain the Ice Empress as his Second Martial Soul, and Tian Meng modified his existing rings. After Xiao Qiang encountered Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei over the explosive Soul Tool, a Soul Douluo secretly watching Bei Bei contacted Yang Peng about his unfinished Shrek Supervisory Team mission.

• Xiao Qiang realized he needed to reach Rank 40 and travel to the Extreme North before he could obtain the Ice Empress as his Second Martial Soul.
• Tian Meng modified Xiao Qiang's three spirit rings to the two-thousand-year level and advised him to simulate them as two yellow and one purple.
• Xiao Qiang prepared to leave after collecting the Flying Dagger, but Tang Ya stopped him and accused him of nearly killing Huo Yuhao with the Soul Tool.
• Xiao Qiang explained that the Soul Tool had been intended as a last means of escape, and Bei Bei agreed that fleeing the fifteen-hundred-year-old soul beast had been the best choice.
• A Soul Douluo secretly guarding Bei Bei noticed Xiao Qiang's spirit rings and the missing soul beast corpse, then called Yang Peng about his unfinished Shrek Supervisory Team mission.

Yang Peng’s father pointed him toward Xiao Qiang, a young outsider whom Shrek could label an Evil Soul Master, so Yang Peng could complete a supervisory mission. Yang Peng set out confident that his six-ring Soul Emperor had an overwhelming advantage over Xiao Qiang’s three-ring Soul Elder.

• Yang Peng’s father told him Shrek’s supervisory missions were difficult and suggested Xiao Qiang as a suspected Evil Soul Master for a mission.
• Yang Peng’s father described Xiao Qiang as a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old commoner who had entered the Star Dou Great Forest, obtained a third spirit ring, and taken a soul beast corpse.
• Yang Peng agreed that Xiao Qiang fit Shrek’s criteria, while the narration explained how Shrek used its standards to target talented outsiders and protect its own interests.
• Yang Peng’s father told him to be careful, and Yang Peng said his level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor had the advantage over a three-ring Soul Elder.

After leaving Huo Yuhao, Xiao Qiang warned Tian Meng that people who helped Huo Yuhao tended to suffer and revealed that he could sense a powerful source of life force nearby. He left the Star Dou Great Forest to continue his plans, while Tian Meng agreed to avoid Huo Yuhao.

• Xiao Qiang left after confirming Huo Yuhao was safe and had joined the Tang Sect.
• Tian Meng suggested compensating Huo Yuhao, but Xiao Qiang revealed his Sharingan could foresee the scorpion-shaped Second Martial Soul and sense a source of life force.
• Xiao Qiang told Tian Meng that obtaining the life force in Life Gold could give him a lifespan of a thousand years, and Tian Meng became excited about their future together.
• Xiao Qiang warned Tian Meng that people who treated Huo Yuhao well often met bad ends, citing examples of people and factions connected to Huo Yuhao.
• Tian Meng agreed to stay away from Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Qiang left the Star Dou Great Forest to carry out the next stage of his plan.

Xiao Qiang woke Tian Meng to try human barbecue, and Tian Meng became so impressed by the food that he agreed to create a Soul Skill to improve Xiao Qiang’s digestion. The chapter ended with Tian Meng fired up to prove himself and earn the Ice Empress’s admiration.

• Xiao Qiang visited a barbecue restaurant and woke Tian Meng in his sea of spirit to offer him grilled meat.
• Tian Meng tried the barbecue through Xiao Qiang’s body and enthusiastically ordered more portions.
• Xiao Qiang stopped Tian Meng from eating more because his body could not handle the extra food.
• Tian Meng considered creating a Soul Skill that enhanced digestion, and Xiao Qiang praised his ability as a Million Year Spirit Beast.
• Tian Meng promised Xiao Qiang he would create the Soul Skill and show the might of a Million Year Spirit Beast.

Xiao Qiang and Tian Meng tested a method of improving Xiao Qiang’s strength by eating large quantities of food. When a barbecue shop owner tried to cheat and drive them out at a Shrek Soul Master’s behest, Xiao Qiang fought back and revealed his Soul Elder cultivation.

• Xiao Qiang felt Tian Meng’s control shrink his swelling belly and praised him for developing a usable prototype of their food-based training method.
• Tian Meng took over Xiao Qiang’s body and ate at a barbecue shop while a Shrek Academy Soul Master whispered to the owner.
• Xiao Qiang paid with a Gold Soul Coin when the owner demanded payment, explaining to Tian Meng that he understood the difficulties of ordinary people.
• The owner claimed the dipping sauce was costly, accepted a second Gold Soul Coin, and then ordered Xiao Qiang to leave without returning the money.
• Xiao Qiang used his Two-Tomoe Sharingan to dodge the owner’s shove, struck him with a bowl, and revealed two yellow soul rings and one purple soul ring.

Xiao Qiang realized Yang Peng had staged a confrontation to label him an Evil Soul Master and used Tian Meng's power to face the Shrek Soul Emperor. He unleashed the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger as Yang Peng and the barbecue shop owner demanded that he cripple his martial soul.

• Xiao Qiang knocked down the barbecue shop owner, who pretended to be a victim and called for help to draw Yang Peng into the confrontation.
• Yang Peng revealed his six-ring Soul Emperor cultivation, accused Xiao Qiang of bullying an ordinary person, and kicked aside the shop owner after using his testimony.
• Xiao Qiang realized Yang Peng had orchestrated the incident as a Shrek mission to label him an Evil Soul Master.
• Xiao Qiang asked Tian Meng for help, and Tian Meng lent him power after learning that Yang Peng had interrupted his meal.
• Yang Peng demanded that Xiao Qiang kneel, kowtow, and cripple his martial soul, while the shop owner agreed with him.
• Xiao Qiang refused and unleashed the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger, One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth.

Xiao Qiang used Psychological Suggestion to make Yang Peng face the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger, then froze and smashed the Shrek Soul Emperor. After eating and explaining how the attack had worked, Xiao Qiang offered the barbecue shop owner a knife or candy.

• Yang Peng dismissed the danger from Xiao Qiang and chose to face his attack with only a Soul Power barrier.
• Xiao Qiang's Psychological Suggestion made Yang Peng ignore his instincts, and the Great Desolate Sky Imprisoning Finger froze him.
• Xiao Qiang smashed Yang Peng's frozen body, took his Storage Soul Tool, and frightened the barbecue shop owner into begging for mercy.
• Xiao Qiang ate the remaining barbecue to restore his strength and explained that Tian Meng's power and Psychological Suggestion had both been needed to kill Yang Peng.
• Xiao Qiang told the kowtowing shop owner to choose between a knife and a piece of candy.

Xiao Qiang buried Wang Xiaodong after tormenting him, but Wang Xiaodong awakened a Zombie Spirit and escaped the grave. Xiao Qiang returned to finish him off, confronting him with an iron rod.

• Xiao Qiang mutilated the barbecue shop owner, Wang Xiaodong, as he tried to choose between candy and a knife.
• Xiao Qiang buried Wang Xiaodong in a sack, intending to leave him underground.
• Wang Xiaodong survived long enough for his resentment to awaken a Zombie Spirit, which gave him level-ten Soul Power and let him break free.
• Wang Xiaodong vowed revenge on Shrek and Xiao Qiang, but Xiao Qiang returned after worrying the supernatural world might let him survive.
• Xiao Qiang produced a three-meter iron rod and prepared to beat Wang Xiaodong despite his newly awakened Spirit.

After killing Wang Xiaodong and returning to the Sun Moon Empire, Xiao Qiang used Yang Peng’s belongings to advance his Soul Power and traveled toward Mingde Hall. On the train, he proposed that Tian Meng become a Soul Engineer, startling the sleepy Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

• Xiao Qiang disposed of Wang Xiaodong’s body in pieces, then returned to the Sun Moon Empire with Yang Peng’s Storage Soul Tool.
• Xiao Qiang and Tian Meng examined Yang Peng’s belongings, and Tian Meng explained how Xiao Qiang could use them to cultivate faster.
• Xiao Qiang consumed the items and advanced from level thirty-two to level thirty-three.
• Xiao Qiang bought Soul Engineer books and boarded a Soul Guide Train bound for Mingde Hall.
• Xiao Qiang asked Tian Meng to become a Soul Engineer, and Tian Meng only understood after first mistaking the question for a dinner decision.

Xiao Qiang decided that Tian Meng should become a Soul Engineer so he could help Xiao Qiang gain resources from Mingde Hall and eventually fight with Soul Tools. Tian Meng agreed after Xiao Qiang appealed to his desire for revenge and admiration from female Fierce Beasts.

• Xiao Qiang considered ways to reach Rank 40 quickly and ruled out Immortal Herbs, Shrek Academy, and the Body Sect as unsuitable options.
• Xiao Qiang chose Mingde Hall as his best chance to obtain pills and cultivation resources, but worried that his lack of Soul Tool expertise would undermine his prospects.
• Xiao Qiang proposed using Tian Meng's spiritual power to learn Soul Tools through Xiao Qiang's body and become a Soul Engineer.
• Tian Meng doubted he could fight with Soul Tools, so Xiao Qiang tempted him with the prospect of defeating the Fierce Beasts and earning female Soul Beasts' admiration.
• Tian Meng agreed to become a Soul Engineer.

Xiao Qiang persuaded Tian Meng to study Soul Tools by appealing to his desire to win Ice Empress’s admiration, while secretly aiming to become a peerless genius and secure the Sun Moon Empire’s resources. The chapter ended with Xiao Qiang realizing that time was short and he needed to rise quickly enough to attract the empire’s attention.

• Tian Meng connected Xiao Qiang’s words about strength and female soul beasts to Ice Empress’s contempt for him, and decided he wanted to become a Soul Engineer to win her heart.
• Xiao Qiang praised Tian Meng as a far-sighted million-year soul beast, leading Tian Meng to eagerly take control and study Soul Tool construction.
• Xiao Qiang recognized that Tian Meng’s personal desires and the flattery helped drive him to work harder than a direct request would have.
• Xiao Qiang reasoned that he needed to become a peerless genius to earn the Sun Moon Empire’s support and obtain resources that could rapidly raise his Soul Power.
• Xiao Qiang concluded that his task was urgent because he was fourteen and needed to attract the empire’s upper echelon soon.

After becoming separated from Bei Bei and Tang Ya in the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao survived absorbing a four-hundred-year spirit ring and obtained an External Soul Bone for the Tang Sect. The group reached Shrek Academy, where Bei Bei explained the Soul Scholar allowance and how Spirit Hall’s fall had not ended the empires’ financial obligations.

• Huo Yuhao killed a dying Azure-eyed Bird and, with Electrolux suppressing the spirit ring’s violent force, absorbed its four-hundred-year spirit ring.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya found Huo Yuhao, who revealed that he had become a Soul Scholar; Bei Bei worried that the ring had exceeded his physical limits.
• Tang Ya discovered an External Soul Bone in the Azure-eyed Bird’s body, and Huo Yuhao offered it to the Tang Sect; Tang Ya absorbed it after Bei Bei accepted the decision.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy and explained that Soul Scholars in Shrek City received monthly Gold Soul Coin allowances.
• Bei Bei explained that Spirit Hall had distributed allowances funded by the empires, but after Spirit Hall’s destruction the empires had no reason to keep supporting ordinary Soul Scholars.

The chapter explained how Tang San’s destruction of Spirit Hall benefited the great nobles and left ordinary Soul Masters dependent on them, while Huo Yuhao’s achievements mattered less to the ruling class. After Tang San blocked the God of Destruction’s plan to expand the God Realm, he discovered that the Son of Destiny’s fortune had fallen by nearly thirty percent.

• The chapter contrasted Huo Yuhao’s and Tang Wulin’s contributions with Tang San’s destruction of Spirit Hall, which restored power and resources to the two empires’ nobles.
• The chapter explained that ordinary Soul Masters lost Spirit Hall’s subsidies and often had to become household servants, while Shrek City restricted its own subsidies and admissions.
• Tang Ya took Huo Yuhao to collect the subsidy for Soul Masters in Shrek City.
• Tang San and the God of Destruction argued for two hours, and the Goddess of Life stayed neutral, preventing the God Realm’s expansion.
• Tang San returned home, found that the Son of Destiny’s fortune had decreased by nearly thirty percent, and blamed Destruction for ruining his plan.

Tang San arranged for Daming and Erming to investigate and protect the Son of Destiny on Douluo Continent, then secured Zhou Weiqing’s secret allegiance against the God of Destruction. Meanwhile, Xiao Qiang arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where he planned to seek the resources he needed to advance.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Xiao Wutong was visiting Douluo Continent, then ordered Erming to investigate the Son of Destiny and Daming to retrieve Huo Yun’er’s soul.
• Daming and Erming agreed to carry out Tang San’s orders after his projection disappeared.
• Tang San met Zhou Weiqing, who swore that he would help defeat the God of Destruction and confessed his resentment toward him.
• Tang San promised to seek a way to make up for Zhou Weiqing’s lost chance at a God King Throne.
• Xiao Qiang arrived at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Tian Meng and resolved to pursue resources that could help him reach level forty and gain powerful allies.

Xiao Qiang registered at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and passed the Rank 4 Soul Engineer assessment. He then asked Teacher Wang Heng to arrange a Rank 5 assessment, leaving his next challenge undecided.

• Teacher Wang Heng confirmed Xiao Qiang was a fourteen-year-old Soul Elder with two yellow rings and one purple ring, then agreed to arrange a Rank 4 Soul Engineer assessment.
• Xiao Qiang explained to Tian Meng that he chose the Rank 4 assessment first so the academy's higher-ups would take his abilities seriously and provide resources.
• Wang Heng brought Xiao Qiang to an assessment room, where Tian Meng took control of Xiao Qiang's body and quickly made a Rank 4 Soul Cannon.
• Wang Heng declared Xiao Qiang a Rank 4 Soul Engineer, but Xiao Qiang asked him to arrange a Rank 5 assessment as well.

Wang Heng brought Xiao Qiang’s Rank 4 Soul Cannon to Jing Hongchen after learning that Xiao Qiang wanted to take the Rank 5 Soul Engineer assessment. Impressed by the Soul Tool and eager to recruit Xiao Qiang, Jing Hongchen met him and was stunned when Xiao Qiang announced he intended to make a Rank 5 Milk Bottle.

• Xiao Qiang asked Wang Heng to arrange a Rank 5 Soul Engineer assessment, and Wang Heng went to report the request to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen examined Xiao Qiang’s Rank 4 Soul Cannon and learned that the fourteen-year-old intended to take the Rank 5 assessment.
• Jing Hongchen hurried with Wang Heng to meet Xiao Qiang and warmly encouraged him, hoping to recruit him into the Hongchen Family.
• Xiao Qiang said he planned to make a Rank 5 Milk Bottle, and Jing Hongchen realized he intended to attempt a Soul Tool beyond the usual Rank 5 assessment standard.