Chapter Summaries

Qin Yue awakened a Thunder Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, drawing the Qin Clan patriarch’s attention and earning a rare first Soul Ring from a Thunder Hell Vine. After absorbing it, he gained Thunder Armor and reached rank eleven, leaving the clan convinced he would lead it to greater power.

• Qin Yue awakened a formless Thunder Martial Soul and was revealed to possess Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Qin Haichuan to name him the clan’s future patriarch.
• Qin Haichuan took Qin Yue to the ancestral hall’s underground level and showed him a five-hundred-year-old Thunder Hell Vine with Thunder God bloodline.
• Qin Haichuan suppressed the vine, and Qin Yue killed it and absorbed its yellow Soul Ring.
• Qin Yue reached rank eleven and revealed his first Soul Skill, Thunder Armor, which protected and empowered him and could grow stronger by absorbing Thunder.

Qin Yue arrived at Shrek Academy, registered with Soul Power above rank 30, and was placed in Freshman Class Nine. After his classmates were stunned by his cultivation and build, Mu Jin appointed him class monitor, leaving him openly inviting anyone to challenge him.

• Qin Haichuan warned Qin Yue to avoid the Shrek Inspection Team and urged him to find a wife, then sent him into Shrek City with the clan's support arranged through Qin Yan.
• Qin Yue registered at Shrek Academy and impressed the enrollment staff by testing above rank 30 Soul Power.
• Qin Yue saw Huo Yuhao defeat Wang Dong outside the dormitory but chose not to get involved with either of them.
• Qin Yue entered Freshman Class Nine shortly before class ended, and Mu Jin named him class monitor because he was the class's only Soul Elder.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian worried about Qin Yue's strength as he welcomed the class to challenge him in sparring.

Qin Yue agreed to lead Ning Tian and Wu Feng in the Freshman Assessment and sparred with them to learn their strengths. He effortlessly overpowered Wu Feng, leaving her unconscious after she used her Soul Skills.

• Mu Jin rejected Qin Yue’s request to compete alone and assigned Ning Tian and Wu Feng to his team for the Freshman Assessment.
• Ning Tian asked Qin Yue to spar with her and Wu Feng so they could learn about one another before the assessment.
• Wu Feng attacked Qin Yue without using a Soul Skill, but he knocked her down with a single punch.
• Wu Feng used Dragon’s Fury while Ning Tian boosted her speed and strength, but Qin Yue took Wu Feng’s Dragon Claw strike without harm.
• Qin Yue struck Wu Feng in the stomach, and she fainted.

Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng began the Freshman Assessment, where Qin Yue swiftly won their opening match and Wu Feng carried the team through the remaining round-robin games. After earning ten straight victories and advancing to the Elimination Tournament, the three went to eat at a restaurant owned by Ning Tian’s family.

• After Qin Yue accidentally caused Wu Feng an embarrassing mishap, Ning Tian covered her with a robe and carried her back to the dormitory, and Wu Feng later pretended to remember only his painful punches.
• Ning Tian explained that Xie Huanyue and Dai Huabin were formidable freshman opponents, and the three entered the Freshman Assessment.
• Qin Yue immediately knocked all three members of Freshman Class Four off the arena, earning Class Nine its first victory.
• Wu Feng won the team’s matches over the next two days while Qin Yue watched, helping the team finish the round robin with ten wins and qualify for the Elimination Tournament.
• Ning Tian invited Qin Yue and Wu Feng to her family’s restaurant, where Wu Feng proudly anticipated his reaction to the food.

Ning Tian learned that Qin Yue belonged to the powerful Qin Clan, so she abandoned recruiting him and tried to build a connection instead. Before the assessment, Mu Jin told Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng that they would face Huo Yuhao's seeded team and asked them to win her bet against Zhou Yi.

• Ning Tian asked Qin Yue about his Martial Soul and hometown, and he explained that his Thunder was an Elemental Martial Soul with a First Soul Skill called Thunder Armor.
• Qin Yue revealed that he came from Forest Spirit City and belonged to the Qin Clan, whose patriarch had become the Title Douluo Prison Sea Douluo two years earlier.
• Ning Tian recalled that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had attended Prison Sea Douluo's title ceremony and shifted from recruiting Qin Yue to forging a good connection with him.
• Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng returned to the Assessment Area, where Mu Jin told them their first opponent would be Huo Yuhao's team from Freshman Class One.
• Mu Jin revealed that she had wagered a Spirit Bone against Zhou Yi and urged the trio to defeat Zhou Yi's team; Qin Yue agreed to compete rather than surrender.

Qin Yue's team faced Huo Yuhao's group in the Elimination Tournament, where Qin Yue's speed and strength overwhelmed his opponents. After defeating Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao, Qin Yue's team won the match.

• Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Qin Yue introduced themselves as a team of two Soul Elders and one Battle Soul Master, while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao revealed their lower ranks.
• Qin Yue struck Wang Dong and sent Xiao Xiao flying, but Wang Dong caught Xiao Xiao before she fell from the arena.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao combined their soul skills against Qin Yue, but his Lightning Armor left him standing unharmed in the resulting blast.
• Qin Yue knocked Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong out of the fight, then flicked Huo Yuhao's forehead and made him fall asleep.
• The referee declared Qin Yue's team the winner.

After Qin Yue's team defeated Zhou Yi's seeded students, Mu Jin exposed Zhou Yi's history of expelling students who later joined the Holy Spirit Cult. Zhou Yi was taken away by a Sea God Pavilion elder, while Mu Jin reflected on Qin Yue's role in helping bring her down.

• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi after her students won and collected the Spirit Bone Zhou Yi had wagered.
• Mu Jin told Zhou Yi that Qin Yan had found former Shrek students among the Holy Spirit Cult and traced more than a hundred names on its list to students Zhou Yi had expelled.
• Mu Jin revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult called Zhou Yi its Dharma Elder because her expulsions had made recruiting those students possible.
• Fan Yu tried to defend Zhou Yi, but an elderly man silenced him and said Sea God Pavilion would explain the matter before taking Zhou Yi away.
• Mu Jin realized Qin Yue had given her the information before his match and wondered how to thank him.

Wu Feng and Ning Tian asked Qin Yue to demonstrate his other Soul Skills, so he brought them to a training ground with Qin Shu present to supervise. The demonstration began with Qin Yue brushing Wu Feng aside and moving in front of Ning Tian, his fist raised to strike.

• Wu Feng persuaded Qin Yue to let her fight in the next match, then tried to avoid being punished for threatening him with force.
• Wu Feng sweetly asked Qin Yue to show his Second and Third Soul Skills, and Ning Tian said she wanted to see them too.
• Qin Yue agreed to demonstrate his offensive Soul Skills and asked Qin Shu to supervise them at a training ground.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda while Wu Feng charged Qin Yue with her Martial Soul and two Soul Skills active.
• Qin Yue brushed Wu Feng aside, caught her around the waist, and appeared before Ning Tian with his fist raised.

Qin Yue demonstrated his overwhelming strength to Ning Tian, who insisted on facing his second punch so she could understand the pain Wu Feng endured for her. After the test left the training ground in ruins, Qin Yue discovered his Soul Power had advanced to level 33.

• Qin Shu healed Ning Tian after Qin Yue's first punch, and Ning Tian asked whether Feng Mei had endured the same attack.
• Qin Yue admitted he had used no Soul Skill against Ning Tian, and Wu Feng begged him to choose her as his opponent instead.
• Ning Tian ordered Wu Feng not to interfere and insisted on facing Qin Yue's second punch herself.
• Qin Yue unleashed a fully charged punch that stopped just short of Ning Tian's face, blasting apart the training ground floor and wall.
• Qin Shu left to handle the damage, and Qin Yue sensed that his Soul Power had advanced to level 33.

Qin Yue’s team faced Xie Huanyue and his teammates in the sixteen-to-eight Elimination Tournament. Wu Feng defeated the Luo brothers but was left to face Xie Huanyue as the match continued.

• Qin Yue left the training grounds to cultivate and planned to speak with Ning Tian and Wu Feng after they calmed down.
• Mu Jin greeted Elder Xuan on the crowded Observation Platform as the sixteen-to-eight tournament began.
• Xie Huanyue accused Qin Yue’s team of humiliating him when Wu Feng stepped forward to fight, and Ning Tian enhanced Wu Feng with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Wu Feng charged Xie Huanyue with Dragon’s Fury while he used his first Soul Skill to shield Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba.
• Luo Tianlong and Luo Tianba attacked Wu Feng from both sides, but she struck them down, and the proctor eliminated them from the match.

Wu Feng defeated Xie Huanyue in the quarterfinals after both fighters exhausted themselves, and Qin Yue’s team later advanced to the Top Four by beating three classmates. Ning Tian invited Qin Yue to dinner and confirmed to Wu Feng that she intended to give him something valuable to strengthen their connection.

• Wu Feng and Xie Huanyue traded powerful attacks until Wu Feng, aided by Ning Tian’s boost, knocked him out of the arena and won their match.
• Wu Feng celebrated her victory by teasing Qin Yue, then embarrassed herself while embracing Ning Tian, who rushed her to receive treatment.
• Qin Yue’s team drew three students from Freshman Class Nine in the quarterfinals, and Wu Feng defeated them easily to end the Freshman Assessment.
• Ning Tian invited Qin Yue to dinner at eight o’clock, and he accepted before returning to cultivate.
• Wu Feng asked whether Ning Tian really planned to give Qin Yue the item, and Ning Tian said she wanted to invest in his talent before he grew stronger.

Ning Tian presented Qin Yue with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Jingxiao Thunder Bead, a treasure that Qin Yue recognized as a Dragon Core capable of greatly accelerating his cultivation. As Qin Yue realized how much the Dragon Core could help him, his Soul Power surged to Level 34.

• Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng shared dinner before Ning Tian had the attendants clear the table and Elder Wu deliver a black box.
• Ning Tian explained that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s ancient Jingxiao Thunder Bead enhanced lightning-type Soul Masters, though it accepted only a rare compatible user.
• Ning Tian told Qin Yue that the bead had once helped Tyrant Thunder Douluo reach the peak of his power, but no lightning-type Soul Master had earned its recognition in six hundred years.
• Qin Yue recognized the Cyan-Purple Jade Bead as a Dragon Core and realized it could help him cultivate far faster.
• Qin Yue’s excitement triggered a breakthrough, raising his Soul Power to Level 34.

Qin Yue accepted the Dragon Core and Jingxiao Thunder Bead from Ning Tian, while Elder Wu questioned her decision to invest in him. Qin Yue then moved out of Shrek City’s academy grounds to conceal the Dragon Core from Mu En.

• Qin Yue told Ning Tian he could not directly join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Tian explained why the sect invested in talented Soul Masters by giving him the Jingxiao Thunder Bead.
• Qin Yue accepted the Dragon Core and the Thunder Bead, promising that the sect’s investment would prove successful, then left to test the Dragon Core.
• Elder Wu grabbed Wu Feng and had her carried away, then warned Ning Tian that she had been too hasty in trusting Qin Yue.
• Ning Tian defended her decision, and Elder Wu accepted that the gift had already been given and promised to retrieve it himself if Qin Yue betrayed them.
• Qin Yue moved into a property the Qin Clan had bought for him in Shrek City because he feared Mu En might sense his Dragon Core.

Qin Yue discovered that the Dragon Core dramatically accelerated his cultivation and gradually imbued his lightning with Dominating Intent. After cultivating through the night, he met Ning Tian and Wu Feng at Shrek Academy before the Freshman Assessment Semifinals and thanked Ning Tian for the Thunder Bead.

• Qin Yue used the Dragon Core to accelerate his cultivation and strengthen his body, finding that his cultivation speed returned to its pace before rank 30.
• Qin Yue realized the Dragon Core was a powerful cultivation aid and that its influence was gradually giving his Soul Power a trace of Dominating Intent.
• Qin Yue found that Dominating Intent gave his lightning a spiritual force of Majestic Heavenly Might, though the Dragon Core did not improve the quality of his Ultimate Lightning.
• Qin Yue cultivated through the night, then headed to Shrek Academy for the Freshman Assessment Semifinals.
• Wu Feng told Qin Yue that her Soul Power had broken through to rank 27, and Qin Yue teased her before thanking Ning Tian for the Thunder Bead.

Wu Feng's team defeated its semifinal opponents, while Dai Huabin's team also advanced. After Du Weilun revealed that Qin Yue possessed Ultimate Lightning and had reached rank 33 or 34 at age twelve, Yan Shaozhe became determined to bring him into Shrek Academy, though Qin Yue's powerful clan could make that difficult.

• Wu Feng resolved to find another way to avenge herself on Qin Yue as the freshmen gathered for the drawing of lots overseen by Yan Shaozhe.
• Wu Feng's team drew three freshmen from Class Six, and Ning Tian's buffs helped Wu Feng quickly overpower them and secure victory for Qin Yue's team.
• Dai Huabin's team defeated the three freshmen from Class Ten, setting up the next stage of the competition.
• Du Weilun introduced the victorious students to Yan Shaozhe and revealed that Qin Yue's Martial Soul was confirmed to be Ultimate Lightning.
• Yan Shaozhe asked about Qin Yue's prospects of joining Shrek, and Du Weilun explained that Qin Yue's influential clan would make recruiting him difficult.

Qin Yue led Ning Tian and Wu Feng against Dai Huabin’s team in the final stage of the Freshman Assessment. He defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu even after they used the Hell White Tiger, then began considering how his teammates could make future fights last longer.

• Qin Yue’s team faced Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie, and Qin Yue quickly knocked Cui Yajie off the arena.
• Qin Yue took Dai Huabin’s attack and punched Zhu Lu back, leaving her badly injured.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and charged at Qin Yue.
• Qin Yue struck the Hell White Tiger with his Thunder Tyrant Horizontal Slash, then lifted and slammed it down with Thunder Self Explosion Bomb.
• The Hell White Tiger vanished, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu lay unconscious as the referee declared Qin Yue’s team the winner.
• Qin Yue lamented that the fight had ended too quickly, while Wu Feng shivered at the thought of his future plans.

Mu Jin celebrated her students’ Freshman Assessment championship, while Qin Yan considered how Qin Yue’s talent could help expand the Qin Clan. The next day, Qin Yue’s team received their championship rewards, including a rare Spirit Bone that they had to decide among themselves who would fuse with it.

• Mu Jin excitedly praised Ning Tian and Wu Feng after their team won the Freshman Assessment, while Qin Yan tried to persuade Ling Luochen to become closer to Qin Yue.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong learned that Qin Yue’s team had won and regretted being eliminated before they could use their remaining trump cards.
• Du Weilun announced the class assignments and rewards at Shrek Square, and Mu Jin became the homeroom teacher of Grade 1 Class 1.
• Du Weilun took Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng to his office and presented them with the academy’s rarest reward in three hundred years: a Void-Splitting Flood Dragon Right Leg Bone.
• Du Weilun explained that the Spirit Bone granted the Flash skill, allowing its user to teleport within fifteen meters, and told the three students to decide who would fuse with it.

Qin Yue saw through Shrek’s attempt to create a rift between him and Ning Tian with a single Spirit Bone, then let Ning Tian give it to Wu Feng. Mu Jin caught up with the group and handed Qin Yue two additional Secret Soul Bones as rewards, leaving them to decide how to use the new prizes.

• Qin Yue and Ning Tian recognized Shrek’s plan to make them compete over the Void-Splitting Flood Dragon Right Leg Bone and departed with it.
• Qin Yue explained why the thousand-year Spirit Bone would not help his cultivation and gave it to Ning Tian, who passed it to Wu Feng.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng the bone suited her because she lacked a right leg bone, and Wu Feng accepted it.
• Mu Jin stopped Qin Yue, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng before they entered the dormitory and gave Qin Yue two more Spirit Bones.
• Mu Jin explained that one bone came from her and the other from the group’s victory over Huo Yuhao’s team, and that both Secret Soul Bones permanently increased Soul Power by five percent.

Mu Jin gave Qin Yue and his companions two Secret Soul Bones, and Qin Yue asked Ning Tian to find him the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. Meanwhile, Qin Haichuan and the Qin Clan experts investigating a cave at Thunder Cliff were suddenly sucked inside.

• Mu Jin explained that her Spirit Bone and Zhou Yi's had come from the same mission, then gave her own to Qin Yue and his companions.
• Qin Yue stored one Secret Soul Bone and gave the pouch to Ning Tian, planning to use a Secret Soul Bone to help him absorb the Qin Clan's Thunder Giant Skull later.
• Qin Yue asked Ning Tian to find the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and she promised to deliver it within a month.
• Qin Haichuan and the Qin Clan experts arrived at a cave marked by Man Hua after a Soul Saint died there, but a powerful suction force dragged them inside.

After gaining six Soul Power levels with the Dragon Core, Qin Yue learned that Qin Haichuan and other Qin Clan members had vanished in Thunder Cliff, leaving the clan in danger. He joined a Shrek Academy expedition to the Star Dou Forest, where he met Ling Luochen, who hoped to judge for herself whether they might be compatible.

• Qin Yue increased his Soul Power by six levels in five months with the Dragon Core and stood one Soul Ring away from becoming a Soul Ancestor.
• Qin Yan told Qin Yue that Qin Haichuan and several clan elders had disappeared in Thunder Cliff, while the Qin Clan began selling assets and reducing its influence.
• Qin Yue agreed to join an academy Soul Beast hunt led by Qian Duoduo after learning Xuan Zi would not be in charge and Ling Luochen would attend.
• Two days later, Qin Yue and Qin Yan met the expedition group outside Shrek Academy, where Ling Luochen noticed Qin Yue and considered getting to know him before deciding whether to pursue Qin Yan's proposal.