Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming effortlessly defeated Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and confronted Qin Ming, who challenged him as a Soul Emperor after Jiang Ming insulted Shrek Academy. Qin Ming boasted that Shrek had produced a Spirit Hall Titled Elder, but Xie Yue and Hu Liena said they knew of no such elder, leaving the Imperial Fighting Team’s confidence shaken.

• Jiang Ming spared the Golden Generation because they were from Spirit Hall and had shown no killing intent, then rejected Xie Yue’s suggestion that he join Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Ming called out Qin Ming, who summoned his Blazing Gray Wolf martial soul and revealed six Soul Rings as a Soul Emperor.
• Jiang Ming insulted Qin Ming’s alma mater, and Qin Ming defended Shrek Academy’s influence and claimed Spirit Hall had a Titled Elder who graduated from there.
• Hu Liena asked Xie Yue about the supposed Shrek graduate among Spirit Hall’s Titled Elders, and Xie Yue said he knew of none.
• Hu Liena ruled out the possibility that a new Shrek graduate had recently become a Titled Elder, and the Imperial Fighting Team realized Qin Ming had been bragging.

Jiang Ming revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration, exposing Qin Ming’s boasts and terrifying the Spirit Hall and Imperial Fighting Team members. Qin Ming attacked him with his sixth Soul Skill, but Jiang Ming redirected the flames and struck Qin Ming with his own attack.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena challenged Qin Ming’s claim that a powerful Spirit Hall elder had graduated from Shrek Academy, leaving Qin Ming unable to substantiate it.
• Jiang Ming summoned four Soul Rings: one hundred-year ring, one thousand-year ring, and two ten-thousand-year rings, shocking everyone present.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue realized Jiang Ming had genuinely been holding back and had never considered them a threat.
• Qin Ming, consumed by rage over his cousin, attacked Jiang Ming with his sixth Soul Skill, Azure Wolf Heaven-Burning Break.
• Jiang Ming used Spatial Shift to redirect Qin Ming’s flames, causing the attack to hit Qin Ming and send him crashing into a wall.

Jiang Ming used his spatial abilities to defeat the Golden Generation and kill Qin Ming after Qin Ming attacked him in grief over his cousin's death. When the Imperial Fighting Team and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation tried to leave, Jiang Ming stopped Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.

• Jiang Ming used Space Shift to seize Qin Ming and Space Compression to flatten and destroy his arm.
• Jiang Ming reminded Qin Ming that his cousin had expected him to avenge her, then killed him by crushing his throat despite the Imperial Fighting Team's pleas.
• Xue Qinghe promised to report the incident to the emperor and explain what happened to Nuoding City, and the Imperial Fighting Team departed.
• The Golden Generation decided to return to Spirit Hall and report Jiang Ming, but Jiang Ming stopped Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan from leaving.
• Hu Liena turned back and asked Jiang Ming why they could not leave.

Jiang Ming persuaded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to investigate Shrek Academy for falsely claiming Spirit Hall’s backing, while Xue Qinghe ordered the Imperial Guard to return to Heaven Dou City and began investigating Shrek’s hidden connections. The chapter left Xie Yue and Yan heading to Suotuo City with Jiang Ming, and Xue Qinghe suspicious that someone powerful was protecting Shrek.

• Jiang Ming told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that Shrek Academy was using Spirit Hall’s name to attract students and undermine Spirit Hall’s authority.
• Hu Liena ordered Xie Yue and Yan to investigate Shrek Academy in Suotuo City and said she would return to Spirit Hall to report the matter.
• Hu Liena left after discreetly warning Xie Yue and Yan to be careful of Jiang Ming, and Jiang Ming set out with them for Suotuo City.
• Xue Qinghe ordered the Imperial Guard commander to return to Heaven Dou City, report truthfully to the emperor, and keep quiet about the Nuoding City massacre and Qin Ming’s death.
• Xue Qinghe suspected that someone had concealed or protected Shrek Academy and resolved to investigate who stood behind it.

Jiang Ming confronted Dugu Yan in a Nuoding City alley after she recognized him as the person who had kidnapped her. He asked her to find Dugu Bo a roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Space Type Soul Beast and said he could help remove the poison afflicting him.

• Jiang Ming sensed Dugu Yan hiding in the alley and ordered her to come out.
• Dugu Yan recognized Jiang Ming by his eyes and said she would not tell Dugu Bo about the kidnapping.
• Jiang Ming explained that he could escape Dugu Bo with Space Shift and insisted that their strength had changed since the kidnapping.
• Jiang Ming asked Dugu Yan to find a roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Space Type Soul Beast and offered to remove Dugu Bo's snake venom.
• Dugu Yan questioned how the Poison Douluo could be afflicted by snake venom, and Jiang Ming pointed out that Dugu Bo often showed pain despite having no apparent reason to do so.

Jiang Ming, Xie Yue, and Yan found a village where black-clad soul masters were preparing to kill its inhabitants for sheltering a woman. Yan and Xie Yue confronted the Zhu Clan men while Jiang Ming watched from hiding, and the Soul King ordered his subordinates to kill them too.

• Dugu Yan decided to pass Jiang Ming’s message about a fifty-thousand-year spatial Soul Beast and a possible cure for Dugu Bo back to her grandfather.
• Jiang Ming, Xie Yue, and Yan reached a small village outside Suotuo City and discovered corpses near its entrance.
• The group found black-clad soul masters surrounding villagers and demanding to know where a young woman had gone.
• The Soul King ordered a subordinate to kill a villager for sheltering the woman.
• Yan rushed in to protect the villagers, and Xie Yue followed as Jiang Ming watched from behind a locust tree.
• The Soul King identified the men as members of the Zhu Clan of the Star Luo Empire and ordered his subordinates to kill Yan and Xie Yue.

Yan and Xie Yue revealed their Soul Ancestor strength after a Zhu Clan soul master threatened them, while Jiang Ming exposed the staged pursuit of Zhu Zhuqing and mocked the Soul King. The Soul King ordered his forces to attack Jiang Ming, Yan, Xie Yue, and the villagers.

• Yan revealed four Soul Rings and killed a black-clad Soul Elder with one punch, while Xie Yue also displayed his Soul Ancestor cultivation.
• Xie Yue identified himself and his companions as members of Spirit Hall, alarming the Soul King and the black-clad soul masters.
• Jiang Ming emerged and accused the Zhu Clan forces of using the pursuit of Zhu Zhuqing as a pretense to kill anyone who helped her.
• Jiang Ming counted the attackers and mocked them for failing to kill a Soul Grandmaster, enraging the Soul King.
• The Soul King released his Nether Shadow Leopard Martial Soul and ordered the black-clad soul masters to attack and leave no one alive.

Jiang Ming, Xie Yue, and Yan killed the Soul masters pursuing Zhu Zhuqing and sheltered the villagers for the night. As they discussed the Star Luo succession struggle, Jiang Ming suggested the hunt was meant to force Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai to grow stronger, though Zhu Zhuyun might also want Zhu Zhuqing dead.

• Yan and Xie Yue defeated the Soul Elders while Jiang Ming killed the middle-aged brute with Space Tear.
• The villagers thanked Jiang Ming and his companions, who accepted an abandoned wooden house for the night.
• Xie Yue asked why Star Luo Zhu Clan members had chased Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiang Ming explained her role in Dai Mubai's fight for the throne.
• Jiang Ming said the pursuit could be an act intended to push Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai to grow, while allowing Zhu Zhuyun a chance to kill her.
• Xie Yue compared the Star Luo succession contest to raising gu insects and described how Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai were being forced to struggle toward power.

Jiang Ming, Xie Yue, and Yan arrived at Shrek Academy on admissions day and found a rundown school charging applicants a non-refundable fee. After Yu Xiaogang rejected a thirteen-year-old applicant, the boy’s parents and the crowd challenged the academy’s rules, leaving the admissions line in an uproar.

• Yan questioned why Zhu Zhuqing had chosen to seek out Dai Mubai instead of going to Spirit Hall, and Xie Yue suggested they sleep before confronting Shrek Academy the next day.
• Jiang Ming, Xie Yue, and Yan arrived at Shrek Academy during student admissions and mocked its dilapidated appearance and vague sign.
• Yu Xiaogang charged a family ten gold soul coins, then rejected their thirteen-year-old son for being over the age limit and below the required soul power rank.
• Yu Xiaogang refused to refund the fee, prompting the boy’s father and other applicants to accuse Shrek Academy of hiding its rules and scamming them.

Jiang Ming confronted Yu Xiaogang at the academy’s registration desk, mocking him for the injury he had suffered and provoking Flender. Flender demanded an explanation, but Jiang Ming defended his actions and challenged him to attack.

• Dai Mubai intimidated a family whose son had failed the academy’s test, and Zhao Wuji struck the father, driving the family away while the crowd took their force as proof of the academy’s strength.
• Jiang Ming walked through the line with his Soul Power unleashed, followed by Yan and Xie Yue.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Jiang Ming, who taunted him about being unable to squat to urinate; Yu Xiaogang broke down and called for Flender.
• Flender confronted Jiang Ming over Yu Xiaogang’s injury, and Jiang Ming compared his actions to Zhao Wuji’s assault on the country father.
• Jiang Ming said Flender had not attacked because he was unsure he could defeat him, then dismissed the need for reasons.

Jiang Ming confronted Flender and exposed Shrek Academy’s false claim of ties to Spirit Hall, prompting Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation to fight the academy’s members. Jiang Ming effortlessly evaded and dismantled Zhao Wuji’s Soul Skills, leaving the battle underway.

• Jiang Ming brought Xie Yue and Yan to Shrek Academy, where they denied any connection between Spirit Hall and the academy and accused it of deceiving people.
• Yan smashed Shrek Academy’s sign, and the angry crowd demanded refunds as Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai prepared to fight.
• Flender ordered the attack, and Zhao Wuji charged Jiang Ming while Xie Yue and Yan fought Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Jiang Ming repeatedly used Space Shift to evade Zhao Wuji’s attacks and escape his Gravity Enhancement field.
• Jiang Ming used Spatial Stripping to remove Zhao Wuji’s Target Tracking mark and cast it away.
• Zhao Wuji layered Gravity Compression and Vajra Roar, but Jiang Ming shifted beyond their range again.

Jiang Ming used his spatial abilities to exhaust Zhao Wuji and turn the Soul Saint’s attack back on him, then began stripping away Zhao Wuji’s defense. As Flender’s attacks also failed to reach him, Jiang Ming targeted the last golden protection over Zhao Wuji’s heart.

• Jiang Ming used Space Compression to force Zhao Wuji to expend power, then redirected Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar strike into his own kidney with Spatial Shift.
• Yan defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun while Xie Yue explained that Jiang Ming had worn Zhao Wuji down until he could be executed.
• Jiang Ming approached the injured Zhao Wuji and used Spatial Stripping to permanently remove part of his Immovable Wisdom King defense.
• Flender attacked Jiang Ming with two Soul Skills, but Jiang Ming redirected both attacks with Spatial Shift without interrupting his assault.
• Jiang Ming aimed at the final patch of golden defense over Zhao Wuji’s heart as Flender charged him again.

Jiang Ming killed Zhao Wuji with Spatial Stripping, then evaded Flender’s relentless attacks using Space Shift. Flender exhausted his Soul Power without landing a hit and collapsed before Jiang Ming.

• Jiang Ming stripped away Zhao Wuji’s defenses and pulled his heart from his chest, killing him.
• Flender rushed at Jiang Ming in grief and fury, but Jiang Ming used Space Shift to evade his attacks.
• Jiang Ming shattered Flender’s Wind-Splitting Blades with Space Tear and taunted him for being unable to land a hit.
• Flender activated his Cat-Eagle Avatar and repeatedly charged Jiang Ming, who kept shifting out of reach.
• Flender exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed to his knees while Jiang Ming remained unharmed.

Jiang Ming defeated Zhao Wuji and drained Flender, then humiliated Yu Xiaogang over his weakness and theory before tying him up to take him away. Ning Rongrong objected, but Jiang Ming continued dragging Yu Xiaogang behind him.

• Jiang Ming spared the exhausted Flender but left Dai Mubai terrified after killing Zhao Wuji.
• Jiang Ming confronted Yu Xiaogang and mocked him for watching his brothers fight while his own strength and theories failed them.
• Jiang Ming told Yu Xiaogang he would spare him and take him somewhere to forget his troubles, prompting Yu Xiaogang to panic and crawl away.
• Ning Rongrong told Jiang Ming not to go too far as he tied Yu Xiaogang with a rope and began dragging him away.

Xie Yue challenged Ning Rongrong’s demand that Jiang Ming spare Yu Xiaogang, and she fell silent when he exposed her hypocrisy. Jiang Ming dragged Yu Xiaogang away from Shrek Academy, expecting Bibi Dong’s retaliation to arrive soon.

• Ning Rongrong asked Xie Yue to spare Flender and Yu Xiaogang, but he mocked her and questioned whether she would show the same mercy to people who ruined her sect’s reputation.
• Ning Rongrong could not answer Xie Yue’s accusations and froze when Jiang Ming briefly looked at her.
• Jiang Ming ignored Ning Rongrong and dragged the struggling Yu Xiaogang toward the exit of Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ming reflected that Bibi Dong would likely retaliate soon and decided to make Yu Xiaogang experience Gangzi first.

Twilight Hotel's patrons listened as Adolf complained about the cost of marriage before Scarface warned him not to speak of forbidden matters. Jiang Ming then kicked open the door and entered, drawing everyone's attention as Adolf recognized him.

• Adolf drunkenly ranted to the bar about the hundred Gold Soul Coin bride price and how men were trapped by the expense.
• Scarface took the loudspeaker from Adolf and warned him that the Great River Crab Deity would come if he continued.
• The patrons fell quiet, unsettled by the mention of the Great River Crab Deity.
• Jiang Ming kicked open the door and entered Twilight Hotel, silencing the hall with his presence.
• Adolf recognized Jiang Ming and swayed to his feet.

Jiang Ming brought the bound Yu Xiaogang into the Twilight Hotel and revealed his identity to the stunned patrons. As Yu Xiaogang threatened the crowd with his powerful connections, Scarface listened closely and crouched beside him, prompting Yu Xiaogang to feel that he somehow knew Scarface well.

• Jiang Ming presented Scarface and Adolf with a bound captive and asked whether they dared accept the merchandise.
• Jiang Ming exposed the captive as Yu Xiaogang, youngest son of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader and a famed theorist, shocking the hotel patrons.
• Scarface silenced the hall and approached Yu Xiaogang as the crowd reacted with fear and excitement.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened the patrons by invoking his father Yu Yuanzhen, Bibi Dong, Tang San, Tang Hao, Flender, and Liu Erlong.
• Scarface crouched close to Yu Xiaogang, who felt an inexplicable familiarity and closeness toward him.

Jiang Ming handed Yu Xiaogang over to the Twilight Hotel’s patrons for one copper coin, and Yu Xiaogang realized too late that he was in danger. As Jiang Ming left, Scarface and Adolf surrounded Yu Xiaogang and began the hotel’s “welcome party.”

• Scarface examined Yu Xiaogang while Adolf inspected him like merchandise, and the Twilight Hotel’s patrons cheered.
• Scarface asked Jiang Ming to name a price, and Jiang Ming offered Yu Xiaogang for one copper coin.
• Yu Xiaogang protested that his status and reputation made him worth far more, but Jiang Ming ignored him and left the hotel.
• Scarface and Adolf surrounded Yu Xiaogang with the other patrons and told him newcomers had to attend a welcome party.
• Yu Xiaogang cried out as the crowd pinned him down, and his pride and composure collapsed.

After Jiang Ming left the Twilight Hotel, he confronted Tang Hao, who had secretly followed him. Jiang Ming revealed that he had consumed the Blue Silver Emperor’s Seed and taken its Spirit Bone, leaving Tang Hao stunned.

• At the Twilight Hotel, Scarface and Xiao Hu’s crew locked the doors and celebrated while Yu Xiaogang’s screams faded into the alley.
• Jiang Ming walked into a deep alley and called out to the person following him.
• Tang Hao emerged from the shadows and admitted he had watched Jiang Ming since he entered Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ming taunted Tang Hao about his past and rejected the offer to become a subordinate of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jiang Ming told Tang Hao that the Blue Silver Emperor’s Seed and Spirit Bone he had been searching for were gone, and that he had consumed the seed.

Jiang Ming provoked Tang Hao by claiming he had eaten Ah Yin, then fought off the furious Titled Douluo with his spatial abilities. Tang Hao’s old injuries flared, forcing him to face the risk of dying if he continued the fight.

• Tang Hao accused Jiang Ming of stealing Ah Yin, and Jiang Ming claimed he had eaten her and turned her into fertilizer.
• Tang Hao offered to spare Jiang Ming if he became his son’s subordinate, but Jiang Ming revealed he had been joking about Ah Yin and mocked him.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Jiang Ming, who used Space Shift and Spatial Shift to evade and redirect the blow.
• Tang Hao’s redirected attack struck his own defense and injured him, while Jiang Ming taunted him about his hidden injuries and weakened condition.
• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, but Jiang Ming’s Spatial Stripping stopped the mental assault.
• Tang Hao coughed up black blood as his old injuries flared, and he realized continuing the fight could rupture his meridians and kill him.