Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Qitian awakened a Coiling Dragon Staff inhabited by the Break Evil Dragon, giving him a super-grade martial soul. His soul-power test revealed innate full soul power, marking him as a new Shrek genius.

• At Shrek City, Qiangu Qitian recalled his Qiangu Clan’s decline and worried whether his awakening would produce a powerful Coiling Dragon Staff or a weak one.
• Qiangu Qitian sensed a righteous Break Evil Dragon during the awakening and summoned a dark-brown Coiling Dragon Staff amid roaring dragon energy.
• The Shrek teacher and the elder recognized that Qiangu Qitian’s Coiling Dragon Staff had extraordinary power and appeared to have undergone a beneficial mutation.
• Qiangu Qitian placed his hand on the blue crystal ball, which shone with golden light and revealed his innate full soul power.

Qiangu Qitian awakened a Coiling Dragon Staff with Innate Full Soul Power and a powerful Break Evil Dragon Soul, prompting Wang Yan to recognize his extraordinary potential. Wang Yan began sharing the staff techniques inherited by their clans and passed Qiangu Qitian his notes.

• Elder Nie learned that Qiangu Qitian had awakened a Coiling Dragon Staff with a Dragon Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, then brought him to Wang Yan.
• Wang Yan celebrated Qiangu Qitian’s talent and asked Elder Nie to inform Dean Yan or Xuan Zi so they could guide him.
• Wang Yan asked Qiangu Qitian to release his Martial Soul and learned that its Dragon Soul was the Break Evil Dragon, which grew stronger in battle and restrained Evil Soul Masters.
• Wang Yan explained the Indomitable Staff Technique and the Wang Clan’s Weight of Ease and Weight of Heaviness secret arts, then handed Qiangu Qitian his notes.

Qiangu Qitian learned to shrink and expand his Coiling Dragon Staff as Wang Yan shared cultivation notes and sought powerful guidance for him. Wang Yan brought Mu En and Xuan Zi to meet the boy, and Xuan Zi examined Qiangu Qitian’s Martial Soul, confirming it contained a Dragon Soul.

• Qiangu Qitian studied the Indomitable Staff Technique and resolved to master it along with Weight of Ease and Weight of Heaviness.
• Wang Yan showed Qiangu Qitian how the Coiling Dragon Staff could grow and shrink, and Qiangu Qitian quickly learned the ability.
• Wang Yan gave Qiangu Qitian his cultivation notes and left to seek guidance from an elder for the boy.
• Qiangu Qitian recognized the approaching visitors as Mu En and Xuan Zi, whom Wang Yan brought into the room.
• Xuan Zi placed a hand on Qiangu Qitian’s shoulder, making him summon his Coiling Dragon Staff, and confirmed that it contained a Dragon Soul.

Mu En discovered Qiangu Qitian’s super martial soul and invited him to study on Sea God Island, where he would train alongside Beibei. The chapter ended as Beibei met Qiangu Qitian and asked whether the newcomer was powerful.

• Xuanzi confirmed Qiangu Qitian had a super martial soul, and Wang Yan explained that his family descended from Spirit Hall’s Coiling Dragon Staff worshippers.
• Mu En offered to teach Qiangu Qitian alongside Beibei, and Qiangu Qitian accepted while asking to visit Wang Yan often.
• Mu En took Qiangu Qitian to Sea God Island, while Wang Yan urged him to stay safe and promised to welcome his visits.
• Beibei complained to Zhang Lexuan that Mu En had missed their cultivation appointment and said he had reached rank 10 Soul Power.
• Mu En introduced Qiangu Qitian to Beibei and Zhang Lexuan as a new Sea God Island student, and Beibei asked whether Qiangu Qitian was powerful.

Beibei and Qiangu Qitian sparred after both reached level ten, but Qiangu Qitian’s Coiling Dragon Staff overwhelmed Beibei. Beibei surrendered, while Mu En recognized the staff’s explosive power and wondered how dangerous it might become as Qiangu Qitian grew stronger.

• Xuan Zi proposed a spar between Beibei and Qiangu Qitian, and Mu En agreed to let them fight.
• Beibei and Qiangu Qitian introduced their Martial Souls and began the battle under Xuan Zi’s supervision.
• Beibei charged first, but Qiangu Qitian summoned his Coiling Dragon Staff and drove him back with powerful staff techniques.
• Beibei fled Qiangu Qitian’s strikes until he ran out of strength and surrendered.
• Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan laughed at Beibei’s defeat, while Mu En noticed the Coiling Dragon Staff’s increasing explosive force.

Mu En accepted Qiangu Qitian as his disciple and gave him a powerful teleportation Soul Bone, bringing him to live on Sea God Island. Qiangu Qitian settled in and made a friend and rival in Beibei, while Zhang Lexuan offered to help him.

• Mu En invited Qiangu Qitian to become his disciple, and Qiangu Qitian immediately performed the apprenticeship ceremony.
• Mu En gave Qiangu Qitian an eighty-thousand-year Hell Demon Dragon right leg bone with a teleportation skill.
• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan to arrange a place for Qiangu Qitian, who moved onto Sea God Island.
• Beibei challenged Qiangu Qitian to fight again after they obtained their Soul Rings and declared that they were friends.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced herself as Sister Lexuan and offered to help Qiangu Qitian.

Qiangu Qitian absorbed Mu En’s eighty-thousand-year Hell Demon Dragon right leg Soul Bone and gained the Teleportation skill. Mu En arranged for him and Beibei to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for their first Soul Rings, and Qiangu Qitian prepared to leave with Zhang Lexuan.

• Qiangu Qitian absorbed the Soul Bone over a day and night, strengthening his body and obtaining Teleportation.
• Qiangu Qitian tested Teleportation and learned that one use consumed a third of his Soul Power.
• Mu En told Qiangu Qitian to practice the skill and announced that Xuanzi would take him and Beibei to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.
• Qiangu Qitian worried about Xuanzi’s unreliability but prepared for the trip, then felt reassured when he saw Zhang Lexuan would accompany them.
• Beibei vowed to defeat Qiangu Qitian after obtaining his Soul Ring, but Qiangu Qitian mocked him as a loser and left him speechless.

Xuan Zi led Zhang Lexuan, Beibei, and Qiangu Qitian into the Star Dou Great Forest to find soul rings suited to their needs. Beibei obtained his first soul ring, while Qiangu Qitian rejected Xuan Zi’s initial choice and asked to hunt a stronger soul beast.

• Xuan Zi took Zhang Lexuan, Beibei, and Qiangu Qitian into the Star Dou Great Forest to find soul rings for them.
• Xuan Zi subdued a five-hundred-year Bright Scaled Dragon, and Beibei killed it and absorbed its soul ring.
• Beibei gained the Thunder Dragon Claw soul skill and teased Qiangu Qitian, who calmly praised it.
• Xuan Zi warned Beibei to stop fooling around and then offered Qiangu Qitian a Diamond Tiger.
• Qiangu Qitian rejected the Diamond Tiger and requested a thousand-year soul beast such as a Thousand-Jun Ant or Great Strength Diamond Bear.

Qiangu Qitian absorbed a thousand-year first Soul Ring, reached Level 17, and gained the powerful Force Piercing Ten Thousand Juns skill. Zhang Lexuan also absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring and became a Spirit Emperor before the group returned to Shrek City, where they encountered Ma Xiaotao.

• Elder Xuan brought Qiangu Qitian a thousand-year Great Strength Diamond Bear, and Qiangu Qitian absorbed its Soul Ring despite its immense pressure.
• Qiangu Qitian broke through to Level 17 and revealed that Force Piercing Ten Thousand Juns increased his Coiling Dragon Staff's weight and raised his attack and defense by 50%.
• Elder Xuan warned Beibei not to challenge Qiangu Qitian and learned that the new Soul Skill could last five minutes per activation.
• Elder Xuan found Zhang Lexuan a fifty-thousand-year Moon Palace Toad, and she gained the Full Moon skill and reached Level 63 as a Spirit Emperor.
• Elder Xuan returned the group to Shrek City and hurried off to cook the Great Strength Diamond Bear paws.
• Zhang Lexuan led Beibei and Qiangu Qitian toward the Inner Academy, where Ma Xiaotao called out to them.

Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek with Beibei and Qiangu Qitian, and Ma Xiaotao learned that the young boy was her Martial Uncle and possessed a Martial Soul Zhang Lexuan considered superior to her own. After Ma Xiaotao teased and ruffled Qiangu Qitian, he followed Zhang Lexuan back to Sea God Island determined to grow stronger.

• Ma Xiaotao greeted Zhang Lexuan warmly and learned that her Senior Sister had reached Spirit Emperor while warning her to manage her Evil Fire.
• Zhang Lexuan introduced Qiangu Qitian as Elder Mu’s final disciple, making him Ma Xiaotao’s little Martial Uncle.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Qiangu Qitian and asked about his Martial Soul, while Zhang Lexuan explained that he had awakened it and needed to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ma Xiaotao that Qiangu Qitian’s Martial Soul surpassed her Silver Moon, shocking Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao ruffled Qiangu Qitian’s head before leaving, and Qiangu Qitian followed Zhang Lexuan back to Sea God Island determined to become stronger.

Qiangu Qitian studied and practiced the eight forms of the Indomitable Staff Technique, impressing Mu En with his diligence and potential. Concerned that love could threaten Shrek’s future, Mu En decided to scheme over Qiangu Qitian’s romantic life, despite his guilt over his earlier plan involving Zhang Lexuan and Beibei.

• After Zhang Lexuan returned to the Inner Academy, Qiangu Qitian studied the notes on the eight forms of the Indomitable Staff Technique and imagined a ninth form called “Break to Become a God.”
• Qiangu Qitian practiced all eight forms in a clearing at night, striving to gather his momentum into a single point and unleash it without interruption.
• Mu En secretly watched Qiangu Qitian train and felt hopeful that his disciple’s talent and discipline could make him a future Limit Douluo for Shrek Academy.
• Mu En worried that love might lead Qiangu Qitian astray, recalling how Ye Xishui’s deception had drawn Long Xiaoyao into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After considering Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan as possible matches for Qiangu Qitian, Mu En hesitated over his past schemes but finally resolved to act for Shrek’s sake.

Mu En regretted binding Zhang Lexuan to Beibei and tried to free her from the betrothal, but her stubborn devotion led him to order her to stay beside Qiangu Qitian and become the person he loved. Meanwhile, Qiangu Qitian easily defeated Beibei in a spar, leaving Beibei determined to train harder.

• Mu En apologized to Zhang Lexuan and told her she no longer had to honor her betrothal to Beibei.
• Zhang Lexuan rejected Mu En’s offer, saying she wanted to devote her life to Shrek Academy and would accept Beibei’s choice if he did not love her.
• Mu En angrily ordered Zhang Lexuan to remain beside Qiangu Qitian and become the person he loved, and she agreed to protect him and try.
• Qiangu Qitian pinned Beibei down during their spar without using soul skills and teased him about losing again.
• Beibei insisted he had only been careless, then left to cultivate so he could surpass Qiangu Qitian.

Zhang Lexuan told Qiangu Qitian that she had chosen to become his fiancée and child bride, leaving him stunned and Beibei confused. Half a year later, Qiangu Qitian reached Rank 20 while Beibei advanced to Rank 14, and Yan Shaozhe took Qiangu Qitian to obtain his second Soul Ring.

• Zhang Lexuan privately asked Qiangu Qitian whether he disliked her, then revealed that she had chosen to become his fiancée.
• Qiangu Qitian offered to help Zhang Lexuan reject Mu En’s arrangement, but she insisted it was her own decision and kissed his forehead.
• After Zhang Lexuan left, Qiangu Qitian told Beibei to call him brother-in-law, leaving Beibei bewildered.
• Over the next half year, Qiangu Qitian rose from Rank 17 to Rank 20, while Beibei advanced from Rank 12 to Rank 14.
• Yan Shaozhe led Qiangu Qitian to obtain his second Soul Ring.

Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe to escort Qiangu Qitian to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain his Second Soul Ring. As they rested in a nearby town, Qiangu Qitian considered his ideal Soul Beasts, especially the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

• Mu En gave Yan Shaozhe records of possible Second Soul Rings and told him to protect Qiangu Qitian during the hunt.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to recruit Qiangu Qitian into the Martial Soul Department, but Mu En told him to let Qiangu Qitian and Beibei choose their own paths.
• Yan Shaozhe carried Qiangu Qitian toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Qiangu Qitian thought about seeking a Dragon Species or a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Yan Shaozhe landed in a nearby mercenary town and checked into an inn with Qiangu Qitian to rest before entering the forest.

Qiangu Qitian chose a winged White Tiger for his second soul ring, hoping its battle trait would strengthen his aura and attacks. After killing it with a devastating blow, he began absorbing its 3,700-year soul ring with little difficulty.

• Yan Shaozhe told Qiangu Qitian about three candidate soul beasts, including a winged White Tiger and a Golden Earth Dragon King Mu En had once reserved for Beibei.
• Qiangu Qitian learned that the winged White Tiger could increase its strength and aura during battle, and chose it for his second soul ring.
• Yan Shaozhe flew Qiangu Qitian to the Mixed Zone, where he captured the White Tiger and brought it before him.
• Qiangu Qitian killed the White Tiger with a blow combining the Indomitable Staff Technique and his first soul-ring ability, leaving Yan Shaozhe astonished by his attack power.
• Qiangu Qitian began absorbing the White Tiger’s 3,700-year soul ring, supported by the physical strength he had gained from Shrek’s resources.

Qiangu Qitian absorbed a 3,700-year Soul Ring from the White Tiger and gained an External Soul Bone in the form of wings. He reached the peak of level twenty-two and revealed that his second Soul Skill, Geng Metal Body Protection, could double all his attributes and trigger a powerful but weakening Berserk State.

• Yan Shaozhe noticed Qiangu Qitian's back tearing open as a pair of white wings grew from it, revealing an External Soul Bone.
• Qiangu Qitian's Soul Power rose to the peak of level twenty-two after the External Soul Bone emerged.
• Qiangu Qitian tested the wings' flight and speed, then followed Yan Shaozhe's advice and retracted them into his body.
• Qiangu Qitian thanked Yan Shaozhe for protecting him, and Yan Shaozhe urged him to join the Martial Soul Department when he grew up.
• Qiangu Qitian explained that Geng Metal Body Protection doubled all his attributes and could trigger a five-minute Berserk State followed by weakness, shocking Yan Shaozhe.

Yan Shaozhe took Qiangu Qitian to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, where Qitian learned about the sect’s diminished standing and met Ning Tian and Wu Feng. The sect master welcomed Qitian and asked his daughter and Wu Feng to get acquainted with him.

• Yan Shaozhe warned Qiangu Qitian against using Berserk State and asked about his External Soul Bone; Qitian described its wind control and named it the White Emperor Feathers.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that External Soul Bones grew stronger with their owners and led Qiangu Qitian out of the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.
• Qiangu Qitian saw statues of Oscar and Ning Rongrong at Nine Treasures City and reflected on how the sect had lost its former prominence.
• Yan Shaozhe met with the current sect master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, and Qiangu Qitian met Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the banquet.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced Qiangu Qitian as an elder’s descendant, and Sect Master Ning welcomed him and asked Ning Tian and Wu Feng to get acquainted with him.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Qiangu Qitian sparred with Mu En to test his strength after obtaining his second Soul Ring. Mu En praised Qitian’s power and stopped him before he attempted staff techniques beyond his current level.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that he had finalized cooperation with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect and secured a thirty-percent increase in Martial Soul Department resources.
• Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe not to exploit the sect and urged him to break through to rank ninety-six before sending him away.
• Qiangu Qitian activated both of his soul skills and struck at Mu En with the Coiling Dragon Staff, but Mu En caught the blow with one hand.
• At Mu En’s urging, Qiangu Qitian unleashed three mastered strikes of the Indomitable Staff Technique, using his White Emperor Feathers to boost his attack.
• Qiangu Qitian used the fourth strike, Covering Heaven and Earth, but Mu En stopped him from attempting the remaining techniques.
• Mu En praised Qiangu Qitian’s External Soul Bones and explosive strength, saying he could fight a Soul Ancestor and might defeat one within four strikes in close combat.

Mu En taught Qiangu Qitian his self-created soul skill, Reign Over the World, and urged him to develop his own version. Inspired to combine it with the Indomitable Staff Technique, Qiangu Qitian returned and learned that Sister Lexuan had been waiting for him.

• Qiangu Qitian expressed his desire to fight a Clear Sky Hammer wielder, and Mu En reminded him that the Clear Sky Sect was secluded and that he was still too weak.
• Mu En demonstrated Reign Over the World, overwhelming Qiangu Qitian with an illusion of a Bright Sacred Dragon and its crushing will.
• Qiangu Qitian chose to learn the skill, and Mu En passed its knowledge to him while advising him to forge his own path.
• Qiangu Qitian resolved to integrate Reign Over the World with the Indomitable Staff Technique to create a stronger, personal fighting style.
• Beibei greeted Qiangu Qitian after he returned, confirmed he had obtained his Second Soul Ring, and told him Sister Lexuan had been waiting for him.

Qiangu Qitian grew closer to Zhang Lexuan, received a powerful defensive Soul Tool, and spent three years mastering Reign Over the World while working to fuse it with the Indomitable Staff Technique. By age nine and a half, he had reached level thirty Soul Power and made initial progress with the fusion.

• Qiangu Qitian returned to his room and found Zhang Lexuan resting on his bed; she woke, embraced him, and praised his cultivation progress.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Qiangu Qitian a level-five Invincible Barrier, then guided his cultivation and kissed his forehead before leaving.
• Qiangu Qitian studied Reign Over the World and the Indomitable Staff Technique, hoping to combine their methods.
• Three years later on Sea God Island, Qiangu Qitian demonstrated Reign Over the World and showed he had mastered it and begun fusing it with the Indomitable Staff Technique.
• Qiangu Qitian reached level thirty Soul Power at nine and a half years old, impressing Mu En with his talent.