Chapter Summaries

Xiao Qiang explained to Jing Hongchen how his Sharingan led him to the Extreme North, where a dying Ice Scorpion became his Second Martial Soul and gave him soul bones. Jing Hongchen recognized Xiao Qiang’s extraordinary value and offered to act as his father, leaving Xiao Qiang speechless.

• Jing Hongchen questioned Xiao Qiang about how he gained an Ice Scorpion as a Second Martial Soul.
• Xiao Qiang explained that his Sharingan had guided him to the Star Dou Great Forest and later the Extreme North, where he gained Mental Probe and followed its visions.
• Xiao Qiang said he found a dying Ice Scorpion and used Mental Share to communicate with her, then promised that his Sharingan could preserve her consciousness if she became his soul ring and Martial Soul.
• The Ice Scorpion created soul bones for Xiao Qiang before he absorbed her soul ring, allowing him to gain a Second Martial Soul despite its immense power.
• Jing Hongchen realized Xiao Qiang was worth recruiting at any cost and told him he could rely on him as a father.

Xiao Qiang showed Jing Hongchen that his Sharingan’s first three spirit rings had become ten-thousand-year rings and proposed researching a safe way to absorb spirit rings beyond normal limits. Jing Hongchen promised to provide the materials, while Xiao Qiang began considering the name of the force he hoped to establish.

• Xiao Qiang revealed four black spirit rings and demonstrated that his Mental Probe and Mental Share had grown stronger.
• Jing Hongchen recognized Xiao Qiang’s potential and considered how his martial souls could strengthen the Hongchen Family across generations.
• Jing Hongchen asked Xiao Qiang to take care of Meng, and Xiao Qiang agreed.
• Xiao Qiang asked Jing Hongchen to provide spirit beasts and low-level spirit masters for experiments on absorbing overpowered spirit rings.
• Xiao Qiang explained that research would advance his cultivation more effectively than normal training, and Jing Hongchen agreed to prepare the materials by noon the next day.
• Xiao Qiang envisioned using the research to build a powerful force, then wondered what to call it.

Xiao Qiang emptied the Hongchen Family Treasury to deepen Jing Hongchen’s investment in him, and Jing accepted the loss. Xiao Hongchen mistook the empty treasury for evidence of a family calamity and vowed to restore the Hongchen Family to greatness.

• Jing Hongchen gave Xiao Qiang permission to take whatever he wanted from the family treasury.
• Xiao Qiang explained to Brother Sky Dream that taking all the resources would increase Jing Hongchen’s sunk cost and make him more likely to support Xiao Qiang later.
• Brother Sky Dream used Mental Probe to pack up every item in the treasury, leaving it completely empty.
• The treasury guard reported the loss to Jing Hongchen, who accepted it and decided to replenish the resources.
• Xiao Hongchen found the empty treasury, told Elder Ma to keep Meng away, and vowed to restore the Hongchen Family to greatness.

After Jing Hongchen let Xiao Qiang keep the items he took from the Hongchen Family treasury, Snow Empress adopted the name Jingliu and asked Xiao Qiang to show her the human world. The outing ended with Jingliu moving into Xiao Qiang’s home, where Xiao Lan endured painful cold to serve her.

• Xiao Qiang realized Jing Hongchen had accepted his taking items from the Hongchen Family treasury, while Tian Meng resolved to pursue Soul Engineering and become a Tenth Level Soul Engineer.
• Snow Empress emerged wearing black gauze that concealed her aura, chose the name Jingliu, and asked Xiao Qiang to take her around the human world.
• At Tian Meng’s suggestion, Jingliu sampled food across nearly half a food street while Ice Empress controlled Xiao Qiang’s body and Tian Meng handled the food’s absorption.
• Jingliu went home with Xiao Qiang, requested a bedroom, and asked Xiao Lan to attend to her; Xiao Lan agreed.
• When Xiao Lan tried to wash Jingliu’s feet with snow, the intense cold made her hands hurt, but she endured it because she wanted to help Xiao Qiang.

Snow Empress secretly cleansed and refined Xiao Lan’s marrow as an additional favor to Xiao Qiang, while Xiao Qiang began a confidential experiment with Jing Hongchen. Before the experiment began, Xiao Qiang and Tian Meng discussed whether a soul beast’s power could form multiple spirit rings, and Xiao Qiang proposed calling the resulting creation a Soul Spirit.

• Snow Empress stopped Xiao Lan when she neared her limit, then secretly used Soul Power to cleanse and refine her marrow while explaining that she had been moved by Xiao Qiang’s concern for Tian Meng and Ice Empress.
• Jing Hongchen learned that Xiao Hongchen had become unusually diligent in cultivation and ordered his subordinates to provide the young master with whatever resources he needed.
• Jing Hongchen took Xiao Qiang to a confidential experimental base and gave him remotes for selecting soul master and soul beast levels, along with a device to monitor his physical condition.
• Before starting the experiment, Xiao Qiang asked Tian Meng whether a spirit ring contained all of a soul beast’s cultivation and pointed out how much energy had been wasted in past transformations.
• Xiao Qiang suggested that a soul beast might create multiple Wisdom Spirit Rings and proposed the name Soul Spirit for them.

Xiao Qiang proposed building Soul Spirits around Soul Bones so spirit beasts could survive and provide multiple Spirit Rings, and Tian Meng agreed to develop the system. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen received extra cultivation resources from his grandfather and resolved to become the Hongchen Family’s support.

• Xiao Qiang explained that spirit beasts’ energy could produce multiple Spirit Rings and argued that Electrolux’s Soul Spirit system had serious flaws.
• Xiao Qiang proposed using a Soul Bone as a Soul Spirit’s vessel, allowing a spirit beast to survive its master’s death through a reverse-sacrifice.
• Tian Meng agreed to determine how many Spirit Rings Soul Spirits of different levels could provide, while the Ice Empress objected to his teasing about her Soul Bones.
• A Hongchen Family retainer delivered Xiao Hongchen extra cultivation resources from his grandfather.
• Xiao Hongchen thanked his grandfather and resolved to become the pillar supporting the Hongchen Family.

Xiao Qiang helped Tian Meng finish developing Soul Spirits and gave Xiao Lan Snow Empress's Snow Pill so she could withstand a stronger first Soul Spirit. At Shrek Academy, Elder Xuan learned that Ma Xiaotao's condition had stabilized enough for her to join the students traveling to the Soul Master Tournament.

• Tian Meng confirmed how ten-year, hundred-year, and thousand-year Soul Spirits worked, then went to rest after Xiao Qiang praised him.
• Xiao Qiang tested Xiao Lan and discovered she could endure a soul ring up to two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven years old.
• Snow Empress explained that her Snow Pill could let Xiao Lan withstand a six-thousand-year Soul Spirit, but giving it away would cost Xiao Qiang its benefits.
• Xiao Qiang gave the Snow Pill to Xiao Lan, deciding it suited her better than him.
• Yan Shaozhe told Elder Xuan that an ice-attribute Soul Douluo had stabilized Ma Xiaotao's condition, and Elder Xuan arranged for her to travel with the other students.

Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi discussed Shrek’s tournament substitutes, prompting a dispute with Qian Duoduo over Soul Guide Department representation. Xuan Zi approved He Caitou for the final spot and, pleased by the team’s prospects, planned to escort them himself.

• Xuan Zi criticized the students’ cultivation while Yan Shaozhe discussed possible substitutes, including Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed Dai Huabin’s first-year group, including Zhu-family and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect students, as substitutes for the next generation of Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qian Duoduo confronted Yan Shaozhe for excluding four-ring Soul Engineer He Caitou and demanded two team spots for the Soul Guide Department.
• Xuan Zi ended the argument by giving He Caitou the final spot and offering Qian Duoduo additional viewing spots.
• After Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo left, Xuan Zi reviewed the substitute list, praised the team’s potential, and said he would personally escort them on the road.

Xiao Qiang prepared to make a seventy-three-thousand-year Silver Wolf his Soul Spirit, while Brother Sky Dream promised to turn its power into a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring. At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi assembled the teams and announced that they would exterminate the Evil Soul Masters before the tournament.

• Xiao Qiang reflected that his cultivation had slowed at level forty-nine and that the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow made hard work less necessary.
• Snow Empress returned with a seventy-three-thousand-year Silver Wolf, the strongest Silver Wolf in the Soul Beast Mountain Range, and offered it as Xiao Qiang's Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Qiang trusted Brother Sky Dream to compress the Silver Wolf's soul rings into a Hundred-Thousand-Year soul ring once he reached level fifty.
• The Silver Wolf warmed to Xiao Qiang after he fed it expensive rare metals and began wagging its tail.
• Wang Yan brought the Shrek Seven Devils and reserve team to Xuan Zi, who announced that they would exterminate the Evil Soul Masters.

Ning Tian questioned Shrek’s lack of support for the families of students who died defending it, then reflected on how her sect had once suffered after sacrificing its strongest members for Tang San. She began to suspect that Shrek’s rise had followed the same pattern as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s former strength.

• Ning Tian feared the reserve team’s mission against Evil Soul Masters, while Wang Yan reminded Xuan Zi that the students were still young.
• Xuan Zi explained that many inner court students had died defending Shrek’s ideals and called them heroes of the academy and the continent.
• Ning Tian asked whether Shrek gave anything to the clans of those who died, and Xuan Zi said that preserving their names was enough.
• Ning Tian assured Xuan Zi that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School would support Shrek, as her father had taught her to regard the academy as a father.
• Ning Tian recalled how her sect received no tangible reward after losing Sword and Bone while helping Tang San defeat Spirit Hall, and how the losses contributed to its decline.
• Ning Tian compared Shrek’s recruitment of powerful soul masters and talented students to her sect’s former strategy, and suspected that Shrek had effectively absorbed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s role.

Elder Xuan explained the Shrek Supervisory Team’s dangerous duties, and Dai Huabin and the others accepted their roles as the new Shrek Seven Devils. As the group traveled toward a mission involving an Evil Soul Master, Dai Yueheng began reassuring Dai Huabin about Elder Xuan’s strength but stopped mid-sentence.

• Elder Xuan warned the reserve members that Inner Court students had to complete thirty dangerous supervisory missions, and Ning Tian’s question about compensation made them hesitate.
• Zhu Lu asked whether the missions would leave time for study and resources, so Dai Huabin covered her mouth and eagerly agreed to join the Inner Court.
• Dai Yueheng told Dai Huabin that Shrek’s motto justified its missions and explained how the academy dealt with people outside its connections.
• Dai Yueheng said Elder Xuan was powerful enough to handle a five-ring Evil Soul Master or even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then suddenly froze.

Dai Yueheng recalled the deadly disaster caused by Xuan Zi’s disappearance on a past spirit-ring hunt and feared for his group’s safety on the current mission. He obtained defensive equipment from Dai Hao, but most of the Shrek Seven Devils rejected the Soul Guide Shields as beneath proper Soul Masters.

• Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochen remembered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast battle in which Xuan Zi vanished and most of the group died, then kept their fears about Xuan Zi to themselves.
• Dai Yueheng told Dai Huabin to stay close to him when they fought Evil Soul Masters, and the group reached Duke White Tiger’s camp.
• Dai Yueheng praised Dai Hao’s devotion to his mother and military accomplishments, earning Dai Hao the Shrek Seven Devils’ respect.
• Dai Yueheng asked Dai Hao for the Absolute Defense Spirit Bone and defensive shields to protect Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Dai Hao agreed on the condition that the spirit bone be replaced and Dai Yueheng pay for the Invincible Shields.
• Dai Yueheng distributed the Soul Guide Shields, but most of the Shrek Seven Devils refused to use them, with Ling Luochen as the exception.

Xuan Zi’s decision to let the Shrek Seven Devils face Death Messenger without Soul Guide Shields ended in a devastating ambush, and Dai Yueheng’s precautions saved only a few people. Death Messenger escaped after seizing Ning Tian, who Xuan Zi rescued before ordering Dai Yueheng to take the survivors to Star Luo City while he returned to Shrek Academy to accept punishment.

• Dai Yueheng urged the Shrek Seven Devils to carry Soul Guide Shields, but Xuan Zi dismissed the concern and the group entered Death Messenger’s lair without them.
• When Death Messenger unleashed Corpse Explosion, Dai Yueheng protected Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with Absolute Defense and Soul Guide Shields, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen also avoided the worst injuries; the other Shrek Seven Devils suffered catastrophic casualties.
• Xuan Zi restrained Death Messenger but was distracted by Gongyang Mo’s damaged corpse, allowing the Evil Soul Master to escape and seize Ning Tian.
• Death Messenger threatened Ning Tian with Corpse Slaves and fled in the opposite direction, forcing Xuan Zi to choose between pursuing him and rescuing her.
• Xuan Zi rescued Ning Tian just as a Corpse Slave bit her calf, and Ning Tian thanked him and pledged the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s support for Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi told Dai Yueheng to take the others to Star Luo City for the competition while he returned to Shrek Academy to accept punishment.

After the Death Messenger crippled Shrek's tournament team and escaped Elder Xuan, Elder Xuan accepted responsibility and arranged reinforcements before returning to Shrek Academy. Dai Yueheng reached Star Luo City with the injured team, where Princess Xu Jiujiu questioned how a Soul King had escaped a Rank 98 Titled Douluo.

• Dai Yueheng, Ning Tian, and Zhu Lu knelt and urged Elder Xuan not to leave Shrek, but Elder Xuan told them to lead the remaining team while he fetched reinforcements.
• Elder Xuan returned to the Sea God Pavilion, confessed his failure, and asked Mu En to expel him from Shrek.
• Mu En rejected Elder Xuan's request and assigned a Five-ring Soul King, a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Ancestor, Mo Xuan, and Zhang Lexuan to support the tournament team.
• Dai Yueheng and Wang Yan led the remaining reserves, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen toward Star Luo City while Elder Xuan went ahead to Shrek.
• Xu Jiujiu questioned Dai Yueheng about the Death Messenger's escape and asked whether Elder Xuan was secretly the supreme elder of the Evil Soul Masters.

Xiao Qiang warned Jing Hongchen that Shrek or the Star Luo Empire might attack the Sun Moon team, and they agreed to strengthen their protection. After arriving safely in Star Luo City, Xiao Qiang dismissed Ma Rulong’s concerns about Shrek’s tactics and revealed a Tang Dao named Mirror Flower Water Moon.

• Xiao Qiang cautioned Jing Hongchen that the Sun Moon team could be trapped or killed in Star Luo, prompting Jing Hongchen to arrange more Rank 9 Soul Master escorts.
• Xiao Qiang and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy traveled safely to Star Luo City and checked into the Star Emperor Hotel.
• Tenhwo Mianxia told the students to kill or defend themselves in the arena while warning them that the elders could not seek justice for deaths there.
• Ma Rulong identified Dai Yueheng and Gongyang Mo as Shrek’s main threats, but Xiao Qiang said the team was overthinking its preparations.
• Xiao Qiang showed the team his Tang Dao, which he had named Mirror Flower Water Moon.

Xiao Qiang demonstrated Mirror Flower Water Moon, a blade he claimed was a Soul Tool that could control an opponent’s senses, and Ma Rulong quickly surrendered after experiencing its illusion. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy then learned it would fight the opening match, a change linked to Xuan Zi dragging Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er from seclusion.

• Xiao Qiang explained to Tian Meng that he presented his illusion technique as a Soul Tool to mislead anyone who might target him.
• Xiao Qiang used Mirror Flower Water Moon on Ma Rulong, who surrendered after feeling the illusion’s pain.
• Ma Rulong said the team would not need to worry about Dai Yueheng and warned that Gongyang Mo’s support abilities were dangerous.
• Elder Ma told Ma Rulong that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had been assigned the opening match instead of Shrek Academy.
• Xu Jiawei learned that Xuan Zi had interrupted Medicine Immortal Douluo Wang Xian'er's seclusion, prompting the change.

Xu Jiawei learned how badly Xuan Zi’s forced interruption had harmed the Medicine Immortal Douluo, while Xuan Zi continued to insult her and boast that Shrek could not be surpassed. As the match between the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and Ningfeng Academy began, Xiao Qiang revealed a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.

• Princess Jiujiu asked Guardian Douluo Qin about the harm caused by dragging the Medicine Immortal Douluo out of seclusion, and he said the damage was likely serious.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Princess Jiujiu to bring the Medicine Immortal Douluo a high-grade spirit bone and rare treasures to soothe her.
• Xuan Zi dismissed Zhang Lexuan’s apology, insulted the Medicine Immortal Douluo, and insisted Shrek’s reputation could not be shaken by the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xuan Zi mocked the idea that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy might have a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring as the match against Ningfeng Academy began.
• Xiao Qiang stepped forward, raised his Mirror Flower Water Moon, and revealed a red spirit ring among his six rings.

Xiao Qiang revealed a Hundred Thousand Year sixth spirit ring at the arena, provoking Xuan Zi to accuse him of faking it and pressure him. Jing Hongchen’s presence forced Xuan Zi to back down, but Xiao Qiang suddenly collapsed and blamed Xuan Zi, leaving the elder suspecting he was being extorted.

• Xiao Qiang released a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, astonishing Xuan Zi and the arena audience.
• Xuan Zi silenced the crowd and accused Xiao Qiang of imitating Tang San’s spirit ring configuration, demanding to know which spirit beast had sacrificed itself.
• Indestructible Douluo Zheng Zhan shielded Xiao Qiang, and Jing Hongchen warned Xuan Zi that Shrek’s students were within his attack range.
• Xuan Zi weighed the risks to Shrek’s students and pretended that his earlier pressure had been harmless.
• Xiao Qiang spat blood, collapsed, and lamented that he could no longer repay his teacher, prompting Xuan Zi to suspect a clumsy extortion attempt.

Jing Hongchen pressured Xuan Zi into compensating Mingde Hall after Xiao Qiang was injured, exploiting Shrek’s need to protect its students. Xuan Zi agreed to pay one-third of Jing Hongchen’s demands, and Xiao Qiang was taken away to rest.

• Jing Hongchen aimed more than two hundred Soul Cannons at Xuan Zi and Shrek’s students, while the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo ignored Xuan Zi’s silent appeals for help.
• Xuan Zi admitted defeat and asked Jing Hongchen to state his conditions.
• Xiao Qiang pretended to lament his lost future, and Jing Hongchen claimed his injury had cost the Hongchen Family three Titled Douluo and eleven Rank 9 Soul Tools.
• Jing Hongchen handed Xuan Zi a costly list of resources, and Ma Rulong and the others pleaded with him to seek justice for Xiao Qiang.
• Xuan Zi negotiated the demand down to one-third, Jing Hongchen agreed, and Xiao Qiang was taken away to rest.

After Shrek paid Jing Hongchen the resources he demanded, Xuan Zi ordered Dai Yueheng to crush Tianxing Academy, leaving its students dead or crippled. Meanwhile, Xiao Qiang investigated the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and discovered the Duchess making one of Dai Hao’s concubines massage and clean her feet as part of a scheme to spite him.

• Xuan Zi forced Shrek to pay Jing Hongchen at the Royal Auction House, then sent Wang Yan to summon Yan Shaozhe.
• Xuan Zi ordered Dai Yueheng to defeat Tianxing Academy alone, and Dai Yueheng slaughtered or crippled its students with his fourth soul skill.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei questioned Dai Yueheng’s brutality, while his Guardian Douluo suggested he might be overthinking it.
• Xiao Qiang left the hotel in disguise to sample local food and used Mental Probe to inspect the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion.
• Xiao Qiang watched the Duchess summon one of Dai Hao’s concubines and make her massage and clean her feet, then heard the Duchess sneer about a gift for Dai Hao.