Chapter Summaries

Qin Feng arrived at the Spirit Hall branch for a Soul Power assessment, where Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao were surprised by the young child. After Qin Feng revealed his claw hammer Martial Soul, he asked everyone to step back before summoning his Spirit Rings, leaving Su Yuntao doubtful that he posed any danger.

• Su Yuntao explained Qin Feng’s unexpected assessment to Ma Xiunuo, and Sisi picked up the well-mannered child before Ma Xiunuo prompted her to put him down.
• Ma Xiunuo led Qin Feng, Su Yuntao, and Sisi to the testing laboratory and began a lengthy explanation before Qin Feng urged him to start the assessment.
• Ma Xiunuo asked Qin Feng to summon his Martial Soul and Spirit Rings, and Qin Feng revealed a black claw hammer.
• Su Yuntao sneered at Qin Feng’s ordinary-looking Martial Soul, while Sisi defended the child’s potential.
• Qin Feng asked Ma Xiunuo, Sisi, and Su Yuntao to step back because he feared he might hurt someone, but Su Yuntao mocked the concern.

Qin Feng demonstrated his extraordinary first Spirit Ring during his assessment, leaving the Spirit Hall staff stunned. After testing at Soul Power Level Fourteen, he received his Spirit Master badge and was asked to join Spirit Hall, while Sisi approached him.

• Qin Feng released a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring from a Thunder Tyrant Tiger, wrecking the assessment laboratory and shocking Su Yuntao, Sisi, and Ma Xiunuo.
• Qin Feng explained that he had killed the poisoned Thunder Tyrant Tiger after his teacher, Grandmaster, directed him to take advantage of its fight with a Black Mandala Snake.
• Ma Xiunuo recognized Grandmaster as the author of the Ten Core Competencies of Spirit Masters and tested Qin Feng's Soul Power, finding it at Level Fourteen.
• Ma Xiunuo gave Qin Feng his Spirit Master badge and invited him to join Spirit Hall, but Qin Feng pointed out that he already attended Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy.
• Sisi stepped forward and fixed her attention on Qin Feng after Ma Xiunuo agreed that joining Spirit Hall might be inappropriate.

After leaving the Spirit Hall, Qin Feng wandered through Notting City and came upon Old Si’s gold-bar challenge, a scam that charged people a copper coin for each attempt. He asked to try, but Old Si and the onlookers laughed him off.

• Sisi gave Qin Feng a token that let him enter and leave Spirit Hall branches, and Su Yuntao questioned her decision after Qin Feng left.
• Mashinuo warned Sisi that Su Yuntao’s narrow-mindedness could bring her hardship if they became a couple.
• Qin Feng spent the day wandering around Notting City, avoiding an early return because Xiao Wu might challenge him.
• Qin Feng found Old Si charging people a copper coin to try to remove a gold bar from a glass box and recognized the challenge as a scam.
• Qin Feng asked Old Si if he could try, but Old Si and the crowd mocked him and questioned whether he could afford it.

Qin Feng entered Pockmarked Old Si’s rigged gold-block game and used his strength to lift the prize. Suspecting the block was fake, he chose the nearby bag of gold coins instead, while the crowd tried to persuade him to take the block.

• Qin Feng showed Pockmarked Old Si a gold coin and exchanged it for smaller coins to pay for one attempt.
• Qin Feng lifted the gold block out of the box, stunning Pockmarked Old Si and the onlookers.
• Pockmarked Old Si admitted defeat and offered Qin Feng the gold block.
• Qin Feng took the bag of gold coins instead, reasoning that the gold block was likely fake or specially weighted.
• The onlookers urged Qin Feng to take the supposedly more valuable gold block and offered to help carry it.

Qin Feng outsmarted a group of scammers and took their bag of gold coins, then asked Tang San to hide it in his Soul Tool. After Qin Feng told Tang San how he had won the money, several shadows entered Notting Academy and began following them.

• Qin Feng chose the scammers’ bag of gold coins instead of their fake gold, then ran off with it while onlookers kept Old Si from stopping him.
• Qin Feng spotted Tang San working in a blacksmith shop and dragged him to the toilet to hide the conspicuous bag of gold.
• Tang San stored the coins in his Soul Tool, and the two left the shop through its back door.
• Qin Feng explained to Tang San how he had tricked the scammers into handing over their savings.
• Several shadows slipped into Notting Academy and followed Qin Feng and Tang San under cover of night.

Qin Feng and Tang San led the five swindlers who had followed them to the back mountain and prepared to fight. Tang San revealed his hundred-year Spirit Ring, but the gang’s leader, Qiu Bai, proved to be a level-twenty-one Soul Grandmaster, leaving Tang San in danger as Qin Feng waited to act.

• Tang San sensed that several people were following him and Qin Feng, and Qin Feng directed them to the back mountain.
• Qin Feng and Tang San confronted Old Si and the other four men, who demanded the money Qin Feng had taken from them.
• Tang San proposed that they each use their spirit skills, then restrained one attacker with Blue Silver Grass: Entanglement.
• The gang discovered Tang San’s hundred-year Spirit Ring but pressed on, and Qiu Bai revealed his two Spirit Rings and Purple Scar Red Rat Martial Soul.
• Tang San realized his odds against Qiu Bai were poor without his Sleeve Arrows, while Qin Feng pointed out that the men had overlooked him.

Qin Feng joined Tang San’s fight against the Spirit Masters and revealed his Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, then battled Qiu Bai with his thunder-infused hammer. He caught Qiu Bai off guard with a sudden burst of speed and struck the ground beneath him.

• Qin Feng sent Old Wu flying with his hammer and told Tang San to leave the remaining three opponents to him.
• Qin Feng revealed his Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking Qiu Bai and the other men.
• Qin Feng used Thunder Blast Hammer, but Qiu Bai evaded his first strike with Lingbo Steps.
• Qiu Bai attacked Qin Feng from behind, but Qin Feng reacted and swung his hammer at him.
• Qin Feng unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, forcing Qiu Bai to scramble away while Tang San fought the other three men.
• Qin Feng suddenly accelerated and smashed the ground beneath Qiu Bai, tearing apart his clothes.

Qin Feng unleashed the Thunder Blast Hammer against Qiu Bai and his companions, then escaped the back mountain with Tang San. After the academy punished the attackers, Qin Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu settled into their pursuits, until Xiao Wu finally persuaded Qin Feng to accept her challenge.

• Qiu Bai's companions used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Tang San prepared to reveal his hidden Martial Soul.
• Qin Feng transformed his hammer and unleashed the Thunder Blast Hammer, leaving the back mountain cratered and the attackers badly injured.
• Qin Feng took a ring-type Soul Tool from Qiu Bai, then escaped down a small path with Tang San before the guards arrived.
• Notting Academy sent the five attackers to the City Lord's Mansion and dismissed their claims about two young boys as lies.
• Tang San apprenticed at the Blacksmith Shop, Qin Feng built a network of businesses, and Xiao Wu became the academy's undisputed boss.
• Xiao Wu kept asking to challenge Qin Feng until he finally agreed.

After a year at Notting Academy, Tang San and Xiao Wu persuaded Qin Feng to travel with them to Holy Spirit Village for the holiday. They arrived by carriage, and Tang San warned Xiao Wu that his father had a bad temper.

• A year passed, and Tang San longed for a visit from his father, who had not come to the academy.
• When vacation began, Tang San planned to go home, and Xiao Wu asked to come with him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu persuaded Qin Feng to join them, despite his reluctance to tag along with the pair.
• Qin Feng arranged a carriage, and the three joked about Xiao Wu's debt to him during the ride.
• The trio arrived at Holy Spirit Village, where Tang San warned Xiao Wu to be careful around his bad-tempered father.

Tang San returned to the Blacksmith Shop with Qin Feng and Xiao Wu, only to learn that Tang Hao had left him a note and gone away. After his friends helped him face the loss and clean the shop, Tang San took them to his training spot in a sea of flowers and prepared to ask them an important question.

• Tang San, Qin Feng, and Xiao Wu arrived at the Blacksmith Shop and found Old Jack there with a note from Tang Hao.
• Tang San read the note and became despondent, while Qin Feng reassured him that Tang Hao wanted him to grow independently.
• Xiao Wu and Qin Feng helped Tang San clean the Blacksmith Shop, and Tang San thanked them for staying by his side.
• Tang San led Qin Feng and Xiao Wu to his training place, a sea of flowers on the mountainside.
• Tang San said he had an important question for them, but Qin Feng declared that he would always be Tang San's brother before Tang San could ask.

Tang San considered asking Feng Ge and Xiao Wu to become his family, while Qin Feng slipped away from their heartfelt moment and watched Xiao Wu free a mosquito he had accidentally pinned. Five years later, Qin Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City to enroll at Shrek Academy, and Qin Feng suggested they find lodging.

• Tang San thought about asking Feng Ge and Xiao Wu to become his true family, but Qin Feng recognized his intentions and left them alone.
• Qin Feng rested beneath a tree, then startled awake when a silver needle pinned a mosquito nearby.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao San found Qin Feng, and Xiao San removed the needle so the injured mosquito could fly away.
• Five years later, Qin Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City to enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu complained about Grandmaster sending them to Shrek Academy and demanded two days of fun, while Qin Feng suggested they find somewhere to stay.

Qin Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu tried to book rooms at the Rose Hotel, but their plans were interrupted by the arrogant Dai Mubai, who claimed the remaining suite as his own. Dai Mubai challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu to fight for it, and unleashed his Soul Power as the chapter ended.

• Qin Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered the Rose Hotel and learned that only a suite and a single room were available.
• Qin Feng chose the single room, while Xiao Wu took it too, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu to book the Rose Suite.
• Dai Mubai arrived with twin sisters and demanded that the hotel give him the room, claiming he was a VIP.
• Tang San objected to Dai Mubai taking their room, and Xiao Wu shouted at him to leave.
• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San and Xiao Wu to defeat him for the room, then released a surge of Soul Power as Manager Wang stepped aside.

Qin Feng watched Tang San and Dai Mubai fight, then challenged Dai Mubai after he defeated Tang San with his third soul skill. After confirming Dai Mubai would pay for the damage, Qin Feng summoned a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Wu tried to attack Dai Mubai, but Tang San stopped her and said he would handle the fight himself.
• Qin Feng rejected an attendant’s offer of a woman and ordered tea while watching Tang San and Dai Mubai battle.
• Tang San trapped Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass, but Dai Mubai used his third soul skill, White Tiger Vajra Transformation, to break free and knock Tang San back.
• Qin Feng challenged Dai Mubai and confirmed he would compensate for any damage; Tang San recognized Qin Feng’s amused smile and pulled Xiao Wu away.
• Qin Feng revealed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, shocking Dai Mubai.

Qin Feng and Dai Mubai fought a destructive battle in the Rose Hotel, with Qin Feng overwhelming Dai Mubai until his White Tiger Vajra Transformation turned the tide. Qin Feng then revealed that he was about to use his Second Soul Skill, leaving Dai Mubai stunned by the possibility that Qin Feng’s First Spirit Ring was a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

• Qin Feng struck Dai Mubai with Thunder Blast Hammer, but Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Vajra Transformation blocked the attack.
• Dai Mubai fired his White Tiger Light Wave, but Qin Feng appeared behind him and smashed him into the marble reception desk.
• Qin Feng shattered Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Barrier and sent him through three Roman pillars, wrecking much of the Rose Hotel’s front building.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his full-power White Tiger Vajra Transformation and reversed the fight’s momentum against the exhausted Qin Feng.
• Qin Feng announced that he would use his Second Soul Skill, and Dai Mubai realized Qin Feng’s First Spirit Ring was likely a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Qin Feng released his Second Soul Skill as power surged around him like a raging tornado.

Qin Feng revealed his Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring and defeated Dai Mubai with Titan Force, wrecking the Rose Hotel in the process. Dai Mubai accepted his loss and offered to help the group at Shrek Academy, while Tang San worried about the cost of the damage.

• Dai Mubai recoiled when Qin Feng revealed his Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring and summoned Titan Force.
• Qin Feng struck Dai Mubai with his hammer, destroying the Rose Hotel's front building and dispelling Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Qin Feng pulled Dai Mubai up and asked him to pay for the damage, and Dai Mubai accepted his defeat and praised Qin Feng's strength.
• Dai Mubai asked whether Qin Feng planned to attend Shrek Academy, and Qin Feng hinted that he might get in without taking the test.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San entered after the fight, and Dai Mubai offered to help them if they encountered trouble at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San asked the hotel attendant how they should compensate for the destruction.

Qin Feng met Flender in Suotuo City to discuss investing in Shrek Academy, while secretly hoping to join it. He revealed his extraordinary Spirit Rings to Flender, who was left stunned.

• After leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Rose Hotel, Qin Feng went to a coffee shop to meet Flender under the alias Young Feng.
• Flender brought cheap local gifts and praised Shrek Academy as he sought Qin Feng's investment.
• When Flender mentioned Zhao Wuji, a long-awaited voice sounded in Qin Feng's mind, and Qin Feng decided he would have to offend Teacher Zhao.
• Qin Feng asked whether he could join Shrek Academy, but Flender refused to waive the entrance examination in exchange for investment.
• Qin Feng revealed his Spirit Rings, and Flender gaped at his thousand-year first ring and Ten Thousand Year second ring.

Qin Feng agreed to invest ten thousand gold coins in Shrek Academy and received an admission notice, while reserving the right to test its teachers before enrolling. After Flender left, someone burst into Qin Feng’s private room, leaving him startled.

• Qin Feng told Flender he wanted to challenge one of Shrek Academy’s teachers before deciding whether to enroll, and the system assigned him the mission to pummel Zhao Wuji.
• Qin Feng agreed to invest ten thousand gold coins, and Flender gave him an admission notice.
• Qin Feng accepted the notice provisionally and noted that his investment also gave him a substantial share in Shrek Academy.
• Flender left the café, and Qin Feng stayed behind with the local specialties Flender had brought.
• Someone stumbled into Qin Feng’s private room, and Qin Feng was extremely surprised when they met eyes.

Qin Feng reunited with Xiao Wu and Tang San after they escaped Si Dan, the city lord’s son, and learned they had intervened in his attempt to force a girl to accept his courtship. Near Rose Hotel, Si Dan caught up with them alongside Zhu Si, who demanded that Xiao Wu and Tang San kneel and apologize.

• Si Dan searched Qin Feng’s private room for Xiao Wu and Tang San, then left without finding them.
• Qin Feng met Xiao Wu and Tang San on the street, and Xiao Wu explained that she had beaten Si Dan’s men while defending a couple.
• Qin Feng revealed that the shop Tang San had visited was his longtime business partner and that the fruit Xiao Wu was eating had come from its owner.
• Si Dan surrounded the trio near Rose Hotel with his underlings and Zhu Si, a level-forty young talent.
• Zhu Si demanded that Xiao Wu and Tang San kneel and apologize for hurting Si Dan, and Xiao Wu challenged his demand.

Qin Feng drove off Zhu Si and his group before he and his companions headed to Shrek Academy for its entrance test. At the registration desk, they saw the academy's strict age rule enforced and a yellow-haired student challenge an angry parent to a fight.

• Qin Feng knocked Zhu Si unconscious with one blow and frightened the others into fleeing.
• Qin Feng and his companions stayed at the Rose Hotel, then traveled by carriage to Shrek Academy the next morning.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San saw that Shrek Academy was a shabby village school, while families in line complained about its condition and the promises they had heard from Spirit Hall.
• An old man at the registration desk rejected an over-age applicant, prompting the boy's father to demand his gold coin back.
• A yellow-haired young man with three Spirit Rings jumped down from a tree and offered to refund the fee if the father could beat him.

Qin Feng arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, where the admissions examiner explained that the school only accepted monsters. When Qin Feng claimed he was exempt from the entrance exam and showed an official notice, Li Songyu and the others were stunned, and Xiao Wu and Tang San questioned how he had obtained it.

• A middle-aged man cursed Shrek Academy and left after his child failed to qualify.
• Li Songyu rejected a boy with a hundred-year Spirit Ring, revealed he was a Soul Emperor, and explained that Shrek only accepted monsters.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San passed the bone-age examination while Qin Feng did not step forward for his test.
• Qin Feng said he was exempt from the entrance exam, but Li Songyu initially dismissed the claim and Tang San urged him to take the test.
• Qin Feng presented Flender's exemption notice, leaving Li Songyu, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Xiao Wu astonished.
• Xiao Wu asked Qin Feng how he had obtained the notice, while Tang San looked on in confusion.