Vol. 1The Dragon Team and New World

Zhong Li built his strength and led the Dragon Team to victory before a conflict with the Heaven Dou Empire pulled him away from the tournament. After awakening in a new universe, he deterred Carl and the Taotie invasion and left Earth protected.

  • Zhong Li awakened two powerful Martial Souls, joined Shrek Academy, and helped its applicants pass Zhao Wuji’s test.
  • After Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing, Zhong Li struck him into a wall and healed him, then settled into Shrek Academy.
  • Zhong Li left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing after Yu Xiaogang’s conflict with the academy and later killed You Ying and You Meng, giving Zhu Zhuqing their Right Arm Bone.
  • After helping Shrek defeat the Imperial Fighting Team, Zhong Li traveled with Zhu Zhuqing to Heaven Dou City, where Xue Beng asked for his support against Xue Qinghe.
  • Zhong Li helped Zhu Zhuqing transform her martial soul at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then left Blue Tyrant Academy with her and the Shrek group to form the Dragon Team.
  • Zhong Li led the Dragon Team through the Promotion Round, while other academies began planning to forfeit rather than face them.
  • Evil Soul Masters ambushed the tournament delegations, and Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven and killed the remaining attackers.
  • After awakening in the Super God Universe, Zhong Li confronted Liang Bing and sent empowered Thousand Rock Army soldiers to face Carl, who ordered the Taotie invasion to avoid Xia Country.
Chapters 1–100 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1Zhong Li Joins Shrek

After awakening powerful twin Martial Souls and joining Nuoding Academy, Zhong Li traveled to Suotuo City, where he intervened in Dai Mubai’s confrontation with Zhu Zhuqing. He entered Shrek Academy as a level 42 auxiliary Soul Ancestor, helped the other applicants pass Zhao Wuji’s test, and began settling in among the teachers and students.

  • Zhong Li awakened the Wind Element God's Eye and Vortex of Thunder with level 20 Innate Soul Power, and Zhong Tian warned him to conceal his second Martial Soul and the word “god.”
  • Zhong Li obtained two Purple Soul Rings from sacrificing Wind Element Slimes, gained the Wind of Wings External Soul Bone, and reached level 29 before enrolling at Nuoding Academy.
  • At Nuoding Academy, Zhong Li crossed paths with Tang San and Xiao Wu, while his family’s protectors drew Tang Hao away and defeated him in the wilderness.
  • Zhong Li traveled toward Suotuo City and watched Zhu Zhuqing flee her pursuers, then arrived at the Rose Hotel as Tang San and Xiao Wu confronted Dai Mubai.
  • When Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing, Zhong Li called him a scumbag, struck him into a wall, and then healed him with Revival Wind.
  • At Shrek Academy’s admissions, Zhong Li revealed four Soul Rings and level 42 cultivation, passed the entry requirements, and joined the group’s combat test against Zhao Wuji.
  • Zhong Li shielded and enhanced Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhao Yun during the test, and Zhao Wuji declared them successful after their attacks barely affected him.
  • Zhong Li settled into Shrek Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing brought him breakfast and he offered Shao Xin ingredients after praising his cooking.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Road to Heaven Dou

Zhong Li left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing after the academy’s conflict with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, then traveled to Heaven Dou City. There, Xue Beng revealed his political ambitions and asked Zhong Li for support against Xue Qinghe.

  • Zhong Li warned Ma Hongjun that his mutated Martial Soul could threaten his mind, then outlined remedies for the problem.
  • At the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, Tang San and Xiao Wu lost their matches and were badly injured, while Zhong Li left with Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Zhong Li killed the Evil Soul Masters You Ying and You Meng with a summoned meteor and gave their Right Arm Bone to Zhu Zhuqing.
  • Yu Xiaogang demanded Zhong Li’s cultivation method, and Flender struck him unconscious before Tang San attacked Flender and was beaten as well.
  • Ice Elder took Xiao Wu to the Zhong Family, while Fire Elder crippled Yu Xiaogang and Tang San and brought them to the Suotuo Soul Fighting Arena.
  • Zhong Li helped Shrek defeat the Imperial Fighting Team in a friendly match, then left the academy with Zhu Zhuqing for Heaven Dou City.
  • Xue Beng hosted Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing in Heaven Dou City, revealed that his dandy reputation was a disguise, and asked Zhong Li to back him against Xue Qinghe.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Dragon Team Emerges

Zhong Li strengthened Zhu Zhuqing and brought his family’s power into the open, then led a new team through the tournament after breaking with Blue Tyrant Academy. The Dragon Team established its dominance, while Zhong Li prepared for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and the other academies began to fear facing them.

  • Qian Renxue entered Xue Beng’s private room disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Zhong Li declined her invitation to stay at the Crown Prince Residence.
  • Zhong Li wrote Xue Beng the Peach Blossom Nunnery Song, prompting Xue Beng to abandon his wastrel act and apologize to the women he had harassed.
  • Zhong Li led Zhu Zhuqing to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where she absorbed the Nether Flower and transformed her martial soul into the Nether Envoy.
  • Zhong Li lifted the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Ruo Tuo’s help, then helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a spatial Soul Ring and raise her strength before they returned home.
  • Zhong Li and Zhu Zhuqing joined Blue Tyrant Academy for the tournament, where Zhong Li revealed his powerful Soul Rings and Zhu Zhuqing quickly forced Imperial Dou Second Team to surrender.
  • After Liu Erlong scolded him over the staged match, Zhong Li left Blue Tyrant Academy with Zhu Zhuqing, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the students, and Zhong Daoming helped them form a new team.
  • Shi Nian trapped Shui Bing’er in an illusion and confessed his plans to kill talented soul masters, but Zhong Li and his elders confronted him, and Shi Nian killed himself to spare Canghui Academy.
  • Zhong Li led the Dragon Team through the Promotion Round, where its members defeated Imperial Dou Second Team and other academies began planning to forfeit rather than face them.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Rock King’s New World

Zhong Li’s path turned from the tournament toward a brutal confrontation with the Heaven Dou Empire, while events in the Divine Realm and Slaughter City unfolded around him. In a new universe, Zhong Li established his power and warned off Carl and the Taotie invasion, leaving Earth protected from the approaching attack.

  • Huo Wushuang’s defeat secured Blazing Fire Academy’s victory, and the Dragon Team advanced to the semifinals before Evil Soul Masters ambushed the delegations on the road to Spirit City.
  • The Evil Soul Masters killed Ning Fengzhi and several academy deans, but Chen Xin broke through to level ninety-seven and slaughtered the remaining attackers.
  • Esdeath defeated the Star Luo Royal Academy alone, while Tang San escaped to the forest and received protection from the Asura God before a supreme being intervened in the Divine Realm.
  • Zhong Li executed Xia Rilang and subjected Wang Wu to punishment, then the Dragon Team won the tournament as Bibi Dong learned that the Rakshasa God Trial had vanished.
  • Zhong Li destroyed the Balak Kingdom’s thirty-thousand-man legion after its commander attacked him, prompting the Zhong Family to mobilize and Qian Renxue to march with Heaven Dou’s army.
  • Tang Chen killed the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and rapidly aged, while Zhong Li awakened in the Super God Universe and used his powers to create things and repel threats.
  • Zhong Li confronted Liang Bing and Qiangwei, identified Liang Bing as Qiangwei’s mother, and established rules for Liang Bing’s presence in Huaxia.
  • Zhong Li sent a thousand empowered Thousand Rock Army soldiers to confront Carl, who accepted defeat and ordered the Taotie invasion to avoid Xia Country.
Chapters 76–100 Summaries Read
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