Chapter Summaries

On the day of his Martial Soul awakening, Li Fei discovered the Eastern Azure Dragon in his Spirit Sea and became its inheritor. The dragon’s power merged into his Dragon Pattern Staff, transforming it into an azure weapon as his family watched in astonishment.

• Li Fei finished his years of physical training and arrived at the family courtyard for his awakening.
• Li Yusong began the awakening ceremony, and a Dragon Pattern Staff appeared in Li Fei’s right hand.
• Li Fei entered his Spirit Sea and encountered the Eastern Azure Dragon, which chose him as its inheritor.
• The Eastern Azure Dragon merged into Li Fei and drew wood-element spiritual energy into his body.
• An Azure Dragon phantom merged with the Dragon Pattern Staff, turning it azure and leaving Li Yusong and Li Fei’s parents stunned.

Li Fei awakened a mutated Dragon Pattern Staff that concealed the Eastern Azure Dragon, then tested at innate full soul power. Li Yusong brought him to meet Flender and Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy, where the two teachers saw them arrive.

• Li Fei awakened a mutated staff bearing the Eastern Azure Dragon and explained its change to his family while keeping its deeper secrets hidden.
• Li Yusong warned Li Jianguo and Su Lan to keep Li Fei's martial soul and talent secret, then tested his soul power.
• The Soul Testing Ball shone brightly, revealing that Li Fei had innate full soul power.
• Li Yusong decided to take Li Fei to Shrek Academy to meet his trusted friends and look for a suitable first soul ring.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Shrek Academy's lack of students until Li Yusong and Li Fei arrived by carriage.

Li Fei joined Li Yusong, Flender, and Zhao Wuji on a trip to the Star Dou Forest to find a dragon-bloodline Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring. After learning that Li Fei's mutated Dragon Pattern Staff had given him Innate Full Soul Power and exceptional physical strength, the group debated his plan to absorb a thousand-year ring, and Li Fei insisted he would try.

• Li Yusong introduced Li Fei to Flender and Zhao Wuji and revealed that his grandson had a mutated Dragon Pattern Staff and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji examined Li Fei's cyan staff, sensed its powerful dragon might, and agreed to enroll him at Shrek Academy.
• The four traveled to the Star Dou Forest to hunt a suitable dragon-type Soul Beast for Li Fei's first Soul Ring.
• Li Fei said he wanted to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring, while Flender and Zhao Wuji warned that the attempt could kill him.
• After examining Li Fei's strength and hearing Li Yusong's confidence in him, Flender acknowledged that his body could withstand a thousand-year ring, and Li Fei reaffirmed his decision.

Li Fei hunted a 1,999-year-old Black Water Profound Flood Dragon and absorbed its Soul Ring as his first. He emerged with the Azure Dragon’s Nine Strengths Soul Skill and water-based passive abilities.

• Li Fei identified a black scale as belonging to a thousand-year Flood Dragon and found the Black Water Profound Flood Dragon beneath the lake.
• Li Fei revealed the Flood Dragon’s age and weak point, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong subdued it for him.
• The Flood Dragon bowed to Li Fei’s Azure Dragon Staff, then died under the Azure Dragon’s might and became a purple Soul Ring.
• Li Fei absorbed the Soul Ring through the Eastern Azure Dragon Art while the others guarded him through the night.
• Li Fei completed his absorption and gained the Nine Strengths of the Azure Dragon, along with water control, underwater breathing, and increased strength in water.

Li Fei discovered that his first soul skill could amplify all his attributes by up to nine times, then used it to kill a Black Bear while leaving the forest. His Azure Dragon Staff absorbed the Black Bear’s Soul Ring and strengthened his existing Soul Ring, and the group agreed to keep both abilities secret.

• Li Fei’s Soul Power rose to level eighteen after he absorbed his first Soul Ring, and he told Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong about his Nine Strengths of the Azure Dragon skill.
• Flender warned Li Fei to conceal his powerful soul skill, and the group left the forest rather than test it there.
• Li Fei stopped Flender from driving away a Black Bear and fought it to gain experience.
• Li Fei activated his first soul skill and killed the Black Bear with a strike from the Azure Dragon Staff.
• Li Fei’s staff absorbed the Black Bear’s Soul Ring, raising his first Soul Ring’s age to 2,499 years.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji promised to keep Li Fei’s Soul Ring ability secret, and Li Yusong led the group onward.

Li Fei returned to his family after demonstrating his extraordinary Soul Ring and proposed using products from his previous life to rescue the Li Family’s struggling businesses. The family began secretly preparing to manufacture and sell them, while Li Fei stayed home to cultivate.

• At dinner, Flender suggested Li Fei compete in the Soul Master Arena for experience and prize money, but Li Fei said he would support himself.
• The next day, Flender left to recruit students, Zhao Wuji returned to the academy, and Li Yusong took Li Fei to visit the Li Family.
• Li Yusong learned that the family had only one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins in savings and that its businesses were losing money.
• Li Fei wrote down everyday products and their production methods, then urged his family to partner with trustworthy Shrek teachers and keep the plans secret.
• The Li Family chose tissue and sanitary napkins as promising products and began arranging secret production, while Li Fei stayed home to cultivate.

Li Fei concealed his Soul Rings, improved his staff skills, and planned how to strengthen his family and reach Rank 20. After secretly adding his heart’s blood to soup for his grandfather and parents, he returned to cultivating on the back mountain.

• Li Fei used the Eastern Azure Dragon Art to hide his Soul Rings and trained with Li Yusong until he could unleash the Second Force of the Nine Strengths of the Azure Dragon.
• Li Fei reached the peak of Rank 19 and considered pursuing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, while planning to acquire Whale Rubber and eventually obtain immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Li Fei learned that his family’s tissue and Sanitary Napkins had sold out and advised Li Jianguo to cooperate with merchants while keeping the production method secret.
• Li Yusong told Li Fei that Shrek Academy’s teachers would return the next day, and Li Fei asked Li Jianguo to gather Whale Rubber.
• Li Fei put three drops of his heart’s blood into soup for Li Yusong, Li Jianguo, and Su Lan, and they felt more vigorous and younger after drinking it.
• Li Fei returned to the back mountain and cultivated, drawing energy from the vegetation to strengthen his Soul Power, spiritual power, and body.

Li Fei received Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and prepared to use it in hopes of reaching Level 20, while Li Yusong went to Shrek Academy with financial support and a business proposal. The chapter left Li Fei waiting for the Whale Rubber to melt as Shrek’s teachers welcomed new students Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

• Li Jianguo gave Li Fei Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, and Li Fei decided to use it in hopes of breaking through to Level 20.
• Li Yusong left for Shrek Academy with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from Li Jianguo to support the academy.
• Li Fei and Li Jianguo heated the Whale Rubber while Li Fei considered developing thermal weapons in the future.
• Li Yusong arrived at Shrek Academy looking younger and stronger after drinking the Li Family’s tonic, and told Flender and Zhao Wuji about its effects.
• Flender introduced Ma Hongjun, whose Martial Soul had mutated into an Evil Fire Phoenix, and Oscar, who had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Li Yusong gave Flender the Li Family’s funding and proposed a distributor-sales business involving the academy’s teachers.

Li Fei absorbed ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber and reached level twenty, while Li Yusong secured a business partnership between the Li Family and Shrek Academy. The group set out to hunt Soul Rings for Oscar, Li Jianguo, and Su Lan before seeking Li Fei’s second Soul Ring.

• Li Yusong gave Flender one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as an investment and became Shrek Academy’s vice dean.
• Li Yusong explained the Li Family’s distributor partnership, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin chose a profit-sharing deal.
• Li Fei absorbed the ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber under Li Jianguo’s watch and broke through to level twenty.
• Li Jianguo and Su Lan agreed to join Li Fei on a trip to hunt Soul Rings after learning of his breakthrough.
• Li Fei and his parents arrived at Shrek Academy, finalized the partnership, and joined the group heading to the Soul Hunting Forest.

The group entered the Soul Hunting Forest, where Oscar became a Soul Master and Li Fei suggested a profitable use for Shao Xin’s candy beans. After Su Lan and Li Jianguo became Soul Kings, Li Fei announced that he wanted a ten-thousand-year dragon-related Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring.

• Flender led the group into the forest, where Oscar absorbed a three-hundred-year Soul Ring and became a Soul Master.
• Li Fei pointed out that Shao Xin’s candy beans could be sold or auctioned, and Flender eagerly embraced the idea.
• Shao Xin took Ma Hongjun and Oscar back to Shrek Academy while the others continued hunting.
• Su Lan absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Li Jianguo later killed an Earth Dragon and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring to become a Soul King.
• Li Fei said he wanted a ten-thousand-year dragon-related Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring, shocking everyone present.

Li Fei encountered a ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon and absorbed its Soul Ring after the beast died from fear of the Eastern Azure Dragon’s presence. He emerged as a Soul Grandmaster with a purple-and-black Soul Ring configuration, while his companions agreed to keep his extraordinary abilities secret.

• Su Lan and Flender warned Li Fei that absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring at level twenty could kill him, but Li Fei insisted his Eastern Azure Dragon would protect him.
• A ten-thousand-year Tyrant Dragon appeared, and Li Fei summoned the Azure Dragon Staff, whose dragon might made the beast kneel before him and die without a fight.
• Li Fei claimed the Tyrant Dragon’s black Soul Ring, and Li Yusong explained that the beast had revered the Eastern Azure Dragon rather than Li Fei himself.
• Flender urged everyone to keep the incident secret, and Lu Qibin agreed to say he had left with Ma Hongjun and Oscar before it happened.
• Li Fei absorbed the Soul Ring without Spiritual Resentment, gained spiritual power on the level of an Advanced Soul King, and became a Soul Grandmaster with purple and black Soul Rings.

After absorbing his second Soul Ring, Li Fei gained the Power of the Azure Dragon and reached level twenty-eight at six years old. He returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender began arranging a candy-bean business, while Li Jianguo and Su Lan strengthened the Li Family’s position.

• Li Fei revealed his new Power of the Azure Dragon skill, and his companions worried that his extraordinary Soul Rings could attract dangerous attention.
• Li Fei showed that he could use soul skills without revealing his Soul Rings, then tested at level twenty-eight after absorbing his second Soul Ring.
• Li Fei and Li Yusong returned to Shrek Academy, where Flender and the others celebrated with a meal and discussed selling Shao Xin’s candy beans.
• Shao Xin agreed to produce candy beans for sale, and Flender took a prepared bag to Suotuo City’s largest auction house.
• Li Jianguo and Su Lan used their new Soul King status to win respect at a gathering of agents, marking the Li Family’s rise in business.

Over three months, the Li Family grew wealthy through selling its products, while Li Fei reached level thirty and strengthened his influence over Shrek Academy. After urging Flender to pursue Liu Erlong, Li Fei agreed to accompany him to Heaven Dou City, where he would also seek his third Soul Ring.

• Flender shifted from making candy beans to selling the Li Family's products, helping the family expand its market and become wealthy.
• Shrek Academy was rebuilt, Ma Hongjun obtained his first Soul Ring, and Li Fei and the Li Family's elders improved their cultivation.
• Li Fei decided he could no longer suppress his Soul Power and needed to obtain his third Soul Ring, while planning for the years before the main storyline began.
• Li Fei persuaded Flender to pursue Liu Erlong and advised him not to worry about Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender asked Li Fei to accompany him to Heaven Dou City after Li Fei obtained his Soul Ring, and Li Fei agreed to go.

After three months, Li Yusong had grown younger and reached Rank 69, while the Li Family expanded its businesses under Li Fei’s plans. Li Fei set out with Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji to hunt a third Soul Ring in the Star Dou Forest.

• Li Yusong revealed his Rank 69 cultivation, and Flender marveled at his rapid progress and rejuvenated appearance.
• Li Yusong described the Li Family’s new Soul Master industries, and Li Fei agreed to bring Flender and Shrek Academy in as partners for half the profits.
• Li Fei said he wanted a Soul Ring over ten thousand years old, preferably from a dragon-type Soul Beast, and Flender offered to help hunt one.
• Li Fei, Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji traveled to a Soul Master gathering place at the edge of the Star Dou Forest, where Li Fei noticed the Li Family’s tissue for sale at every stall.

Li Fei and his companions found a rare Azure Sky Dragon Turtle, which submitted to Li Fei’s Azure Dragon bloodline and became his third Soul Ring. After reaching level thirty-seven and obtaining a powerful defensive skill, Li Fei discovered a twenty-thousand-year Torso Bone but chose not to absorb it.

• Flender spotted a twenty-thousand-year Azure Sky Dragon Turtle, and Li Fei agreed to use it for his third Soul Ring.
• Li Fei revealed his Azure Dragon form, causing the Azure Sky Dragon Turtle to kneel and sacrifice itself as a black Soul Ring.
• Li Fei absorbed the Soul Ring, unlocked his third shackle, gained Azure Dragon Protection, and reached level thirty-seven.
• Li Fei joked that he wanted to become a Title Douluo by age ten, while Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji laughed at the idea.
• Li Fei found a twenty-thousand-year Torso Bone in the turtle’s corpse and declined to absorb it, saying he wanted to save the important slot for a better one.

Li Yusong absorbed a Soul Bone and reached level seventy, then joined Li Fei, Flender, and Zhao Wuji in seeking a powerful Dragon Clan Soul Beast. They clashed with Toreck and his group over a slain Azure Dragon Turtle, and Li Fei challenged Toreck before unleashing a devastating dragon-powered strike.

• Li Yusong absorbed the Soul Bone, rose from level sixty-nine to seventy, and planned to hunt a powerful seventh Soul Ring.
• Li Fei persuaded Li Yusong, Flender, and Zhao Wuji to continue hunting together so he could help kill another Soul Beast.
• Toreck and six companions confronted the group over the Azure Dragon Turtle, which they had been tracking for Toreck's seventh Soul Ring.
• Toreck demanded that the group become his subordinates or die, while Flender, Li Yusong, and Zhao Wuji considered protecting Li Fei and retreating.
• Li Fei challenged Toreck, summoned the Azure Dragon Staff with three powerful Soul Rings, and unleashed his first and second Soul Skills at him.

Li Fei and the others slaughtered the Prince of the Balak Kingdom’s son and his companions, then buried the bodies and escaped with what they could carry. As they cooked Azure Dragon Turtle meat, Flender worried that the prince’s death would bring trouble, but Li Fei remained unconcerned.

• Li Fei used his staff to kill the Prince’s son, while Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Li Yusong fought the six remaining attackers.
• Flender and Li Yusong killed four Soul Emperors, and Li Fei caught and killed the fifth; Zhao Wuji overpowered the enemy Soul Saint.
• The Soul Saint surrendered, but Li Fei rejected the idea of sparing him, and Zhao Wuji killed him.
• The group looted the bodies, buried them, collected some Azure Dragon Turtle meat and treasure, and left the area.
• While the group cooked beside a lake, Li Fei said killing had not troubled him, and Flender worried that the prince’s death could provoke the Balak Kingdom.

Prince Balachi learned that the Li Family of Suotuo City had grown powerful and planned to demand a share of its profits in exchange for helping Shrek Academy gain official accreditation. In the Star Dou Forest, Li Fei’s Azure Dragon Staff suppressed a fifty-thousand-year Dragon Pattern Tiger, allowing Li Yusong to kill it for a Soul Ring.

• Balachi worried that his missing son had met with disaster after learning that the Azure Dragon Turtle’s corpse had been found without the young master or his companions.
• Balachi learned about the Li Family’s successful businesses and ties to Shrek Academy, then ordered his lackey to arrange a partnership and threaten the family if it refused.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Li Fei found a fifty-thousand-year Dragon Pattern Tiger and attacked it to weaken the beast.
• Li Yusong’s staff briefly intimidated the Dragon Pattern Tiger, and Li Fei’s Azure Dragon Staff enlarged and pinned it to the ground.
• Li Yusong struck the pinned Dragon Pattern Tiger’s neck and killed it.

Li Yusong absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and his Dragon Pattern Staff evolved into the Little Azure Dragon Staff as his Soul Rings strengthened. He emerged as a Level 73 Soul Saint, while Li Fei urged Flender and Zhao Wuji to keep their Martial Souls’ secrets from Yu Xiaogang.

• Li Yusong began absorbing the Dragon Pattern Tiger’s fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring while Flender and Zhao Wuji stood guard.
• Li Yusong’s Dragon Pattern Staff evolved into the Little Azure Dragon Staff, astonishing Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Li Fei asked Flender and Zhao Wuji to keep the Martial Soul changes secret and refused to let Yu Xiaogang study them.
• Li Yusong’s Soul Rings strengthened, with his first two rings increasing in age and his last three remaining black.
• Li Yusong reached Level 73 after absorbing the Soul Ring, and Flender and Zhao Wuji congratulated him.

Li Fei returned to Shrek Academy and advised Flender on securing official recognition and support. After demonstrating his strength to Ma Hongjun, Li Fei suppressed the Evil Fire Phoenix’s dangerous flare-up with his Azure Dragon power, leaving the academy’s teachers wondering whether the flaw had truly been solved.

• Li Fei suggested that Flender seek help from the Suotuo City Spirit Hall Branch to get Shrek Academy officially recognized, then privately gave him further advice.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar asked Li Fei about his cultivation, and Li Fei said he had reached level thirty-seven.
• Ma Hongjun challenged Li Fei, but Li Fei easily blocked his attack and slapped him across the ground.
• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire erupted, and Li Fei used dragon-might-infused life force to suppress it.
• Li Fei explained that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul had a flaw and said his Azure Dragon power could suppress the Evil Fire.