Chapter Summaries

Ning Wuque revealed the extreme training behind his thousand-year First Soul Ring, then detonated it to activate the First Gate of the Ninefold Yama Gates. His power surged, a mysterious Blood Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring appeared, and he overwhelmed Ning Tian and Wu Feng in the arena.

• Ning Wuque removed his Soul Guidance Training Gear and told the crowd that his path to strength had demanded years of painful training and risked his life.
• Ning Wuque revealed his thousand-year First Soul Ring, astonishing the spectators and shocking Wu Feng, whose own First Soul Ring was only a little over five hundred years old.
• Ning Wuque used his First Soul Skill, Blood Activating Body, and blasted apart his Soul Ring to open the Blood Surge Gate.
• A Blood Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring re-formed beneath Ning Wuque, though he could not identify its power before the pain of the Ninefold Yama Gates overwhelmed him.
• After the referee began the match, Ning Wuque charged at Ning Tian and Wu Feng and battered them with a relentless barrage of punches until they fell and could no longer move.

Ning Wuque defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng with overwhelming fist winds, then collapsed from the cost of his power. After waking at home, he discussed the backlash with Zhang Can and recognized the risks of advancing through the Ninefold Yama Gates.

• Ning Wuque pinned Wu Feng and Ning Tian with relentless fist winds, cracking the arena bricks before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Zhang Can caught Ning Wuque, gave him medicine, and took him away for treatment as the judges declared him the winner.
• Ning Tian comforted the injured Wu Feng while the audience and observing elders praised Ning Wuque's strength and determination.
• Ning Wuque woke in his bedroom and reflected that the backlash from using the Ninefold Yama Gates had been worse than expected.
• Zhang Can warned Ning Wuque to explain such dangerous actions beforehand, and Ning Wuque acknowledged the backlash and considered the data from his experiment.

After recovering from the finals, Ning Wuque learned that the Sect Master would let him decide whether to share the secrets of his power, including his mysterious Blood Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring. He met Ning Tian and accepted her offer to make him her personal guard, ending their playful exchange by calling her “Young Lord.”

• Ning Wuque ate specially prepared food and learned that the Sect Master would respect his choice about revealing his secrets to someone waiting at the academy.
• Ning Wuque recalled the unexplained Blood Gold Blood Essence Soul Ring and wondered why it felt like a crucial key to him.
• Ning Wuque met Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the academy, reassured Ning Tian about his recovery, and acknowledged the dangers of using Ring Blasting.
• Ning Tian offered Ning Wuque ten million Gold Soul Coins as his first payment for becoming her personal guard.
• Ning Wuque accepted the Gold Card and knelt before Ning Tian, addressing her as “Young Lord.”

Ning Wuque explained the theory behind his Ninefold Yama Gates soul skill to Ning Tian and Wu Feng while they rested on Ning Tian’s Soul-Nourishing Jade. He revealed that he had developed methods for only the first three gates, leaving the later stages and the Third Gate’s details unresolved.

• Wu Feng challenged Ning Wuque to fight again after she became a Soul Saint, while Ning Tian calmed her and agreed to hear about his soul skill.
• Ning Tian produced a large piece of Soul-Nourishing Jade, and Ning Wuque sat down beside her and felt its boost to Soul Power.
• Ning Wuque explained that the Ninefold Yama Gates adapted ideas from Ring Blasting and the Eight Gates Formation to strengthen the body and guide explosive Soul Power through prepared pathways.
• Ning Wuque said the first three gates formed the Body Training Three Gates: Blood Surge Gate, Flesh Grinding Gate, and Bone Forging Gate.
• Ning Wuque explained that Blood Surge Gate would infuse his blood with Soul Power, that Flesh Grinding Gate required further Ring Blasting, and that he had not yet found a method for Bone Forging Gate.

Ning Wuque explained the limits and possible uses of his Ring Blasting skill, then agreed to train Wu Feng at Ning Tian’s request. Watching them, Ning Fengxiao decided to bet on Ning Wuque’s potential to help Ning Tian advance her Martial Soul and restore the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Lineage.

• Ning Wuque reasoned that he could safely use Ring Blasting twice a week and considered whether it could increase his Soul Power or unleash an ultimate move.
• Ning Tian asked Ning Wuque to train Wu Feng, whose father would pay the expenses, and Ning Wuque agreed to assess her and devise a plan.
• Ning Wuque challenged Wu Feng to keep up with his strict training, and she reluctantly promised to work hard.
• Ning Tian led Ning Wuque and Wu Feng to her residence to begin preparing for Wu Feng’s training.
• Ning Fengxiao told Grandpa Bone that he believed Ning Wuque might help Ning Tian awaken the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and declared that he would stake his daughter on that possibility.

Ning Wuque was stunned by the extravagant cultivation courtyard at Ning Tian’s secondary residence, then praised it and Ning Tian in a poem that delighted her and left Wu Feng jealous. The three entered the Exquisite Pagoda together, where Ning Wuque admired its antique elegance.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng showed Ning Wuque the Soul-Nourishing Wood walls, Hanging Star Willow pool, Glazed Crystal pagoda, and costly jade courtyard.
• Wu Feng teased Ning Wuque about his lack of wealth, and Ning Tian prompted him to compose a poem.
• Ning Wuque recited a four-line poem praising the Jade Dragon Residence and Ning Tian’s beauty and wisdom.
• Ning Tian enthusiastically promised Ning Wuque a reward, while Wu Feng grew jealous of his praise.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ning Wuque entered the Exquisite Pagoda, and Ning Wuque took in its antique elegance.

Ning Wuque began testing Wu Feng’s physical endurance and willpower while Ning Tian hosted them with refreshments. He explained that training would be a long, painful process, leaving Ning Tian eager to learn more.

• Ning Tian brought Ning Wuque and Wu Feng tea, fruit drink, and Willow Moon Cake, which she said nourished Soul Power.
• Ning Wuque ordered Wu Feng to do push-ups without stopping, teasing her as she finished eating pastries.
• Ning Tian recited a verse about childhood friends, and Ning Wuque considered letting her and Wu Feng see more of his true self.
• Wu Feng began the push-up test while Ning Wuque watched and drank fruit drink.
• Ning Tian asked whether push-ups were all the training required, and Ning Wuque explained that training damaged and repaired the body over a long, painful process.

Ning Wuque pushed Wu Feng through a limit test, then designed a training plan that he carried out at Ning Tian’s residence. Two years later, Wu Feng passed his test for enduring a thousand-year Dragonkin Soul Ring.

• Ning Wuque drove Wu Feng through repeated exhaustion during a test while Ning Tian watched, then helped her recover when she collapsed.
• After recovering, Wu Feng understood Ning Wuque’s training better and felt less hostile toward him, while Ning Tian praised her perseverance.
• Ning Wuque prepared a customized training plan for Wu Feng and moved their training sessions to Ning Tian’s residence, where he also trained with a Soul-Nourishing Jade.
• Two years later, Ning Wuque confirmed that eleven-year-old Wu Feng’s body could withstand a thousand-year Dragonkin Soul Ring.

Wu Feng prepared to obtain a thousand-year Soul Ring from a Dire Dragon, and Ning Tian agreed to accompany her. Ning Wuque offered to join and revealed he was nearing Rank 20, then offered to help plan Ning Tian’s third Soul Ring.

• Wu Feng told Ning Wuque that her father had found a thousand-year Dire Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest and arranged for it to be placed in the sect’s Soul Hunting Forest.
• Ning Wuque teased Wu Feng about needing help against the Dire Dragon, and she insisted Ning Tian would assist while he could watch.
• Ning Tian arrived, and Wu Feng asked her to join the Soul Hunt in a couple of days; Ning Tian agreed and invited Ning Wuque too.
• Ning Wuque accepted, saying he needed a sparring partner to help him reach Rank 20, and Ning Tian congratulated him.
• Ning Tian said she expected to reach Level 30 within half a year, and Ning Wuque offered to help plan her third Soul Ring.

Ning Wuque gave Ning Tian an unfinished theory for evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, hoping to repay her support. Ning Fengxiao reviewed it, reacted with intense excitement, and promised the sect would reward Ning Wuque as he continued his research.

• Ning Wuque explained that his research suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could evolve without immortal-grade treasures, then gave Ning Tian his unfinished booklet to show her father.
• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian he planned to hunt a seven-to-eight-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terror Ant for his second soul ring, and thanked her for helping him afford rare body-tempering materials.
• Ning Tian brought Ning Wuque's booklet to Ning Fengxiao and stressed that Ning Wuque had helped her as well as she had helped him.
• Ning Fengxiao read the booklet, showed a mix of frustration and excitement, and handed Ning Tian a seven-colored token with instructions to tell Ning Wuque to finish his research without pressure.

Ning Fengxiao weighed whether to trust Ning Wuque’s theory for evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Ning Wuque joined Ning Tian and Wu Feng on a soul beast hunt. The chapter ended with Ning Tian trying to raise a sensitive subject with Ning Wuque.

• Ning Fengxiao studied Ning Wuque’s theory, which proposed finding seven suitable soul beasts to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but hesitated to stake the clan’s hopes on him.
• The next morning, Ning Wuque met Ning Tian and Wu Feng, who were accompanied by two Soul Saint stewards, and joined them on their trip to the clan’s Soul Hunting Forest.
• During the carriage ride, Ning Tian gave Ning Wuque his booklet and a Seven-Colored Glazed Tile Token from Ning Fengxiao.
• Ning Wuque thanked Ning Fengxiao through Ning Tian and urged him to search for the proposed soul beasts himself, warning that Ning Wuque might not live to finish the research.
• Ning Tian began asking Ning Wuque about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s tradition, but he mistook her meaning and she expressed her displeasure.

Ning Tian, Ning Wuque, and Wu Feng arrived at the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt a Dire Dragon, but Wu Feng’s rash challenge provoked the beast before they could prepare. Ning Wuque intervened when the Dire Dragon ambushed Wu Feng, and the creature escaped back into the forest after sensing the danger he posed.

• Ning Wuque warned Wu Feng that a thousand-year Dire Dragon was exceptionally powerful, while Wu Feng insisted she could defeat it with Ning Tian’s help.
• The group reached the Soul Hunting Forest with two Soul Saint stewards and found the Dire Dragon eating a bovine Soul Beast by the river.
• Wu Feng activated Martial Soul Possession and challenged the Dire Dragon, prompting it to roar and begin hunting the group.
• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Wu Feng’s speed and mental resilience, while Ning Wuque prepared to support them.
• The Dire Dragon sprang from the forest at Wu Feng, but Ning Wuque punched its attack off course; the beast landed, sensed lethal danger from him, and leapt back into the forest.

Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng defeated a Dire Dragon, allowing Wu Feng to absorb its Soul Ring. Ning Wuque discovered that his Blood Surge Gate now lasted only five minutes because his stronger body consumed more Soul Power, leaving him needing to risk more when acquiring his second Soul Ring.

• Ning Wuque explained how Wu Feng could use her Dragon Might to drive the Dire Dragon into a berserk stance, and Ning Tian urged her to release all her Soul Power.
• Wu Feng drew the Dire Dragon's attention with her Dragon Might, but it kicked her away when she charged it with Dragonfire.
• Ning Wuque opened the Blood Surge Gate and caught the Dire Dragon's tail, while Wu Feng struck its head and helped him throw it to the ground.
• Ning Wuque and Wu Feng fought together and defeated the Dire Dragon after five minutes of combat.
• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that his Soul Power had run out and that the gate's duration had shortened as he grew stronger.
• Wu Feng used a dagger to kill the Dire Dragon, then sat down to absorb the purple Soul Ring that rose from its corpse.

After helping Wu Feng obtain her second soul skill, Ning Wuque reached level 20, absorbed a Dark Gold Terror Ant soul ring, and continued refining his abilities. At the academy graduation ceremony, Ning Tian told him she was going to Shrek, leaving her feelings for him unspoken.

• Wu Feng absorbed a thousand-year soul ring and gained the continuously activated Dread Hunt Stance, which enhanced her reactions, combat instincts, speed, and physical ability.
• Five days later, Ning Wuque reached the level 20 bottleneck, defeated a 6,700-year-old Dark Gold Terror Ant with Zhang Can’s help, and absorbed its soul ring, evolving his Soul Spirit.
• Ning Wuque tested the effects of blasting his first soul ring and learned that his second soul ring’s steady supply of Soul Power gave him a brief buffer instead of leaving him immediately weakened.
• Ning Wuque declined to blast his second soul ring until his body grew stronger, and he trained until the junior Soul Master Academy graduation ceremony.
• After the ceremony, Ning Tian invited Ning Wuque to the place where they first met and told him she was going to Shrek; Wu Feng watched nearby, feeling gloomy and reluctant.

Several days before graduation, Ning Tian told Wu Feng that she wanted to choose Ning Wuque as her future partner, and asked whether Wu Feng would support her. Wu Feng agreed despite her jealousy, then watched Ning Tian and Ning Wuque talk after the graduation ceremony, wondering why she felt displaced.

• Ning Tian asked Wu Feng what she thought of Ning Wuque, and Wu Feng praised his strength, kindness, and consideration while admitting her jealousy.
• Ning Tian asked Wu Feng whether she would support her if she wanted to be with Ning Wuque.
• Ning Tian explained that she had considered choosing Ning Wuque as her partner rather than accepting a stranger through a clan arrangement.
• Wu Feng agreed to stand by Ning Tian, though she turned away gloomily.
• After the graduation ceremony, Wu Feng watched Ning Tian and Ning Wuque talk and wondered why she felt left behind despite being Ning Tian's first friend.

Ning Tian confessed her feelings to Ning Wuque and urged him to come with her to Shrek Academy, but he resisted because he feared her family’s reaction and his own uncertain future. After Ning Tian tearfully demanded that he have confidence in himself, Ning Wuque agreed to accept her feelings.

• Ning Tian explained that her duties as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s Young Clan Head required her to recruit talent at Shrek Academy and choose a partner for the clan’s future.
• Ning Wuque pretended not to understand Ning Tian’s hints and worried that her family would reject him despite his achievements and talent.
• Ning Tian praised Ning Wuque’s abilities, compared him favorably to Dai Huabin, and asked him to go to Shrek with her.
• Ning Tian punched Ning Wuque, then hugged him and tearfully ordered him to show confidence and agree to her.
• Ning Wuque asked whether rejecting her again would end their friendship, then agreed.

Ning Tian’s confession finally persuaded Ning Wuque to agree, while Ning Fengxiao revealed that he had deliberately let their relationship develop and planned to support Ning Wuque. The pair separated after embracing, and Ning Wuque took something out as Ning Tian waited for him to say something sweet.

• Ning Wuque apologized for rejecting Ning Tian twice and agreed to her request, and she hugged him through tears.
• Ning Tian clung to Ning Wuque and privately planned to repay him with spoiled-young-lady tantrums after they went to Shrek.
• Wu Feng watched the pair from a distance and silently supported Ning Tian.
• Ning Fengxiao and Bone Grandfather watched from hiding as Ning Fengxiao explained he had let Ning Tian pursue Ning Wuque to bind the boy to her.
• Ning Fengxiao planned to reveal his stance after Ning Tian and Ning Wuque graduated from the outer academy and to obtain rare treasures to strengthen and heal Ning Wuque.
• After the pair separated at night, Ning Wuque took something out while Ning Tian waited for sweet words.

Ning Wuque gave Ning Tian a soul bone as an apology gift, and she confessed her feelings to him. Two months later, Ning Tian, Ning Wuque, and Wu Feng set out for Shrek Academy, stopping first at the Star Dou Great Forest so Ning Tian could hunt her third soul ring.

• Ning Wuque offered Ning Tian a thousand-year right arm soul bone, and she passed it to Wu Feng to absorb instead.
• Ning Tian confessed to Ning Wuque, and he silently accepted her feelings.
• Wu Feng chose not to absorb the soul bone and donated it to the clan in Ning Wuque's name for contributions and a Soul Douluo's favor.
• Two months later, Ning Tian, Ning Wuque, and Wu Feng left for Shrek Academy with two Soul Douluo elders secretly guarding them.
• Ning Tian asked to visit the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt her third soul ring, and Ning Wuque wondered whether he might meet the era's protagonist there.

Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng followed the scent of grilled fish through the Star Dou Great Forest and met Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao. Ning Wuque recognized a chance to approach Electrolux through Huo Yuhao, while the group settled in to share a meal.

• Wu Feng smelled grilled fish, and Ning Wuque led her and Ning Tian toward its source after they agreed they were tired of dried rations.
• Ning Wuque hoped the cook would be Huo Yuhao, since meeting him might give him a chance to gain Electrolux's attention and obtain valuable inheritances and techniques.
• Wu Feng reached the riverside first, where Bei Bei and Tang Ya stood warily with Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Tian introduced the group as future Shrek Academy students, and Bei Bei introduced himself, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao.
• Wu Feng tossed Huo Yuhao two Gold Soul Coins and demanded more grilled fish, while Ning Wuque apologized for her rude manner.

Ning Tian and Ning Wuque discovered that Huo Yuhao had a rare spiritual eye martial soul and offered him help, while Tang Ya invited him to join the Tang Sect. Huo Yuhao remained focused on grilling fish, leaving both offers unresolved.

• Ning Tian and Ning Wuque noticed Huo Yuhao’s eye martial soul and discussed recruiting him for the Body Clan.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian that his martial soul had a spiritual attribute and only Rank One Innate Soul Power.
• Ning Wuque explained that Huo Yuhao’s poor nutrition had limited his innate power and said the Body Clan could help him develop his talent.
• Tang Ya and Ning Wuque simultaneously invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect or accept Ning Wuque’s help.
• Huo Yuhao gave Wu Feng his grilled fish and offered to cook more, prioritizing his customer over the competing offers.