Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Qitian reached Level 30 and went to seek Wang Yan’s advice about his third Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting to name Qiangu Qitian his successor and secure the academy’s resources and support for him.

• Beibei reflected on how far Qiangu Qitian had surpassed him, though he had improved to Level 25 and obtained a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Qiangu Qitian told Beibei that he had found his path forward, then flew toward Shrek Academy’s Outer Academy to consult Wang Yan about his third Soul Ring.
• Mu En gathered the Sea God Pavilion elders to establish his chosen disciple’s position before his death.
• Yan Shaozhe supported Mu En’s plan to appoint his junior brother as the Sea God Pavilion’s heir.
• Mu En announced that Qiangu Qitian, a nine-year-old with Level 30 Soul Power, would inherit the pavilion and receive priority access to academy resources, shocking the elders.

Mu En secured the elders’ support to name Qiangu Qitian the Sea God Pavilion’s next-generation heir after revealing that the nine-year-old had reached rank thirty. He then began preparing Qiangu Qitian to attempt a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, leaving him to start a month of harsh training.

• Mu En announced Qiangu Qitian’s rank-thirty Soul Power and appointed him the Sea God Pavilion’s heir, winning the elders’ unanimous support.
• Qiangu Qitian learned of his appointment from Mu En, while Beibei reacted with disbelief.
• Mu En urged Qiangu Qitian to aim for a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, and Qiangu Qitian worried whether his spiritual power could withstand its soul shock.
• Mu En gave Qiangu Qitian fifty-thousand-year Whale Rubber to strengthen his body and promised to train his spiritual power.
• Mu En subjected Qiangu Qitian to intense spiritual pressure, beginning a month-long special training regimen.

After a month of brutal special training, Qiangu Qitian strengthened his spiritual power in Shrek Academy’s Dread Demon Dragon Training Chamber and became ready to absorb a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring. Mu En provided a Titan Giant Ape as his target, and Qiangu Qitian began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Qiangu Qitian endured a month of Soul Power pressure and Whale Rubber treatment, steadily strengthening his willpower and physique.
• Mu En took Qiangu Qitian to the Dread Demon Dragon Training Chamber, where Qiangu Qitian raised his spiritual power to the level of a Spirit King.
• Qiangu Qitian finished his special training and prepared to absorb a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, while Beibei teased him about his progress.
• Beibei led Qiangu Qitian to Mu En, who revealed that an academy elder had captured a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape for him.
• Qiangu Qitian killed the unconscious Titan Giant Ape with his Coiling Dragon Staff and began drawing in its black Soul Ring.

Qiangu Qitian absorbed a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Ring and overcame its spiritual shock. He advanced to level thirty-three, while Beibei grew suspicious about Qiangu Qitian and Zhang Lexuan’s relationship.

• Qiangu Qitian endured the powerful Soul Power as he absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• The Titan Giant Ape’s remnant soul attacked Qiangu Qitian in his Sea of Consciousness, and he fought back.
• Zhang Lexuan held Qiangu Qitian’s hand as he trembled, prompting Beibei to suspect that Qiangu Qitian might become his brother-in-law.
• Qiangu Qitian completed the absorption and his Soul Power rose to level thirty-three.
• Mu En examined the Titan Giant Ape’s corpse, found no Soul Bone, and said one below fifty thousand years would not be worthy of Qiangu Qitian.

After absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Qiangu Qitian revealed his new third Soul Skill, All-Living Salvation, to Mu En, Zhang Lexuan, and Beibei. The chapter ended as Qiangu Qitian unleashed the skill on Mu En, turning the air sluggish around them.

• Qiangu Qitian reassured Zhang Lexuan that absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring had left him feeling stronger, and she embraced him in relief.
• Qiangu Qitian told Beibei that he and Zhang Lexuan were together, and Beibei warned him not to mistreat her.
• Qiangu Qitian explained that his third Soul Skill, All-Living Salvation, slowed everything within a hundred-meter radius, and Mu En asked him to demonstrate it at full strength.
• Qiangu Qitian activated his first two Soul Skills to strengthen himself, then swung his Coiling Dragon Staff and unleashed All-Living Salvation on Mu En.

Mu En praised Qiangu Qitian’s Coiling Dragon Staff for its extraordinary explosive power, and Qiangu resolved to grow strong enough to create his own Godhood. At twelve, Qiangu and Beibei entered Shrek Academy’s Outer Academy, where Yan Shaozhe took them for the Martial Soul Department despite Xian Lin’er’s interest in recruiting Qiangu.

• Mu En crushed Qiangu Qitian’s attack and said his Coiling Dragon Staff could eventually dominate the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire.
• Qiangu Qitian resolved to keep training and create his own path to godhood rather than seek an inherited Godhood.
• By age twelve, Qiangu had reached Soul Ancestor with two purple and two black Soul Rings, while Beibei had become a Soul Elder.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin’er arrived to recruit Qiangu and Beibei for their respective departments, but Qiangu showed little interest in the Soul Guidance Department’s Ultimate Soldier Project.
• With Mu En’s approval, Yan Shaozhe took Qiangu Qitian and Beibei to the Outer Academy, leaving Xian Lin’er annoyed.

Qiangu Qitian and Beibei arrived at Shrek Academy’s admissions site, where Beibei became smitten with Tang Ya and then revealed his extraordinary Soul Power. The chapter ended as Qiangu Qitian stepped forward to take his own test.

• Yan Shaozhe left Qiangu Qitian and Beibei at Shrek Academy’s admissions site and returned to the Martial Soul Department.
• Qiangu Qitian noticed that Beibei was staring at Tang Ya and teased him about falling in love.
• Beibei registered and stunned the admissions staff by displaying Soul Power above level thirty at age twelve.
• Beibei declined a senior sister’s offer to show him around and said Qiangu Qitian still needed to be tested.
• Qiangu Qitian stepped up to the Soul Power test with confidence.

Qiangu Qitian stunned the Shrek Academy entrance with his four Soul Rings and was assigned to Class One under Zhou Yi. Beibei followed Tang Ya after Qiangu encouraged him, while Qiangu prepared to meet his uncle and face his new homeroom teacher.

• Qiangu Qitian revealed four Soul Rings—two purple and two black—during the Soul Power test, shocking the students and senior overseeing it.
• Tang Ya finished her test and, after seeing Qiangu's talent, left for Shrek Academy feeling envious and inferior.
• Qiangu encouraged Beibei to follow Tang Ya, and Beibei hurried after her.
• Qiangu entered Shrek Academy, paid his tuition, and received an assignment to Class One with Zhou Yi as his homeroom teacher.
• Qiangu recalled Zhou Yi's harsh training methods and resolved that her treatment of students would lead them to resent Shrek Academy.

Qiangu Qitian visited Wang Yan after enrolling at Shrek Academy and discussed improving his martial techniques. He left to see his dormitory, determined to confront Zhou Yi if necessary.

• Qiangu Qitian found Wang Yan studying in the Outer Academy Library and told him he had become a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor.
• Qiangu Qitian explained that he could perform eight forms of the Indomitable Staff Technique and wanted to revise it for the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Yan urged Qiangu Qitian to master Weight of Ease and Weight of Heaviness, and Qiangu Qitian vowed to integrate both into his own version of the technique.
• Qiangu Qitian told Wang Yan that he had been assigned to Class One, where Zhou Yi was the teacher, and suspected Yan Shaozhe wanted him to deal with her.
• Wang Yan warned Qiangu Qitian that Zhou Yi was difficult to handle, but Qiangu Qitian said he would act when the time came.

Qiangu Qitian settled into Shrek’s dormitory and studied the Weight of Ease technique while searching for worthy opponents. Beibei returned after joining Tang Ya’s Tang Sect and vowed to surpass him, but Qiangu Qitian remained confident he would stay undefeated.

• Qiangu Qitian asked Mu En whether any new students could challenge him, and Mu En suggested he fight Inner Academy students or Outer Academy teachers instead.
• Qiangu Qitian cleaned Room 236, then spent hours studying the Weight of Ease training methods in his notebook.
• Beibei returned to the dormitory and told Qiangu Qitian that he had joined Tang Ya’s Tang Sect and promised to help revive it.
• Beibei said Tang Ya would teach him the Tang Sect’s cultivation method and secret techniques, and he claimed he would soon be able to defeat Qiangu Qitian.
• Qiangu Qitian dismissed the threat of the Tang Sect techniques and insisted that he would remain invincible.

Beibei agreed to join Tang Ya’s declining Tang Sect and looked forward to learning its techniques, while Qiangu Qitian remained skeptical of its hidden weapons. At the cafeteria, Tang Ya asked Qiangu Qitian to join as well, but he refused and warned her against recruiting people at Shrek.

• Beibei told Qiangu Qitian he expected the Tang Sect’s techniques to help him grow stronger.
• Beibei and Qiangu Qitian went to the cafeteria and met Tang Ya and her roommate Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Ya introduced Beibei to Jiang Nannan, and Beibei introduced Qiangu Qitian to Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Ya asked Qiangu Qitian to join the Tang Sect and help her revive it.
• Qiangu Qitian refused, noting his position as the future master of the Sea God Pavilion, and warned Tang Ya not to recruit casually at Shrek.

Qiangu Qitian finished preparing for his first day at Shrek's Outer Academy and entered Zhou Yi's Class One, where he immediately caught the teacher's attention by resisting her intimidating aura. Zhou Yi intensified her pressure against him, setting up a confrontation.

• Tang Ya learned from Beibei that Qiangu Qitian could not join the Tang Sect because of his special identity, and she accepted the warning with disappointment.
• Qiangu Qitian left lunch, returned to his dormitory, and trained diligently in the technique of Weight of Ease until recruitment ended.
• Qiangu Qitian went to his first class in the Outer Academy and spotted Jiang Nannan, whom he considered recruiting into Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Yi entered Class One and used her Soul Power to intimidate the freshmen, but Qiangu Qitian met her gaze without being affected.
• Zhou Yi noticed Qiangu Qitian's resistance and surged her aura toward him to force him to submit.

Qiangu Qitian challenged Zhou Yi after she tried to establish authority over Class One, and he refused to accept her expulsion order. The chapter ended with Zhou Yi attacking him after he threw her out a classroom window and revealed his four powerful Soul Rings.

• Qiangu Qitian resisted Zhou Yi's aura and taunted her, forcing her to retreat and conceal her anger.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as Class One's homeroom teacher and warned the students that she would not tolerate useless or disobedient students.
• Qiangu Qitian questioned Zhou Yi's authority, and she declared him expelled and threatened to beat him out of class.
• Zhou Yi summoned her Red Dragon Martial Soul, but Qiangu Qitian revealed his Coiling Dragon Staff and said he could not be expelled.
• Qiangu Qitian pressed a hand against Zhou Yi's face and threw her through the classroom window, stunning the students and Jiang Nannan.
• Qiangu Qitian revealed his purple, purple, black, black Soul Rings, and Zhou Yi shouted at him before attacking.

Qiangu Qitian defeated Zhou Yi after she attacked him, and Yan Shaozhe expelled her from the Martial Soul Department. The chapter left Wang Yan set to take over Class One, while Yan Shaozhe dared Fan Yu to object.

• Zhou Yi attacked Qiangu Qitian with three Soul Skills after he challenged her strength.
• Qiangu Qitian destroyed her attacks with his staff and struck her, leaving her gravely injured.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun arrived, and Qiangu Qitian explained that Zhou Yi had tried to expel him before attacking him.
• Yan Shaozhe expelled Zhou Yi from the Martial Soul Department and ordered Du Weilun to notify her family.
• Yan Shaozhe appointed Wang Yan as Class One's homeroom teacher and told Du Weilun to send Fan Yu to him if he objected.

Qiangu Qitian defeated Zhou Yi after she attacked him, and Yan Shaozhe expelled her from the Martial Soul Department. Wang Yan was assigned to take over as Class One’s homeroom teacher.

• Zhou Yi attacked Qiangu Qitian with three Soul Skills, but he destroyed them with his staff technique and struck her down.
• Qiangu Qitian explained to Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun that Zhou Yi had tried to expel him and attacked him after he refused.
• Yan Shaozhe expelled Zhou Yi for attacking a student and ordered Du Weilun to notify her family.
• Yan Shaozhe appointed Wang Yan as Class One’s homeroom teacher and told Fan Yu to raise any objections with him directly.

Qiangu Qitian reassured Wang Yan that Fan Yu would not retaliate after Qiangu Qitian defeated Zhou Yi, then told Beibei he could fight an ordinary Spirit Emperor. A month later, Wang Yan announced that the new student assessment was about to begin.

• Wang Yan worried that Fan Yu might seek revenge after Qiangu Qitian defeated Zhou Yi, but Qiangu Qitian said Yan Shaozhe had warned Fan Yu and claimed he would grow strong enough to face an eighth-rank Soul Engineer within five years.
• Qiangu Qitian returned to the dormitory to meditate, where Beibei questioned him about his strength after learning he had defeated Zhou Yi with one strike.
• Qiangu Qitian said he could fight an ordinary Spirit Emperor, leaving Beibei shocked and determined to cultivate harder after learning the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• A month passed, and Wang Yan announced that the new student assessment was about to begin.

Qiangu Qitian won the freshman assessment with ease and gave Jiang Nannan the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone reward, inviting her to truly join Shrek Academy. Jiang Nannan accepted the invitation but asked whether the academy could help obtain a Black Tortoise Divine Pill to treat her mother.

• Qiangu Qitian chose a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda support Soul Master and Jiang Nannan as his teammates for the freshman assessment.
• Qiangu Qitian defeated every opposing team, including Beibei and Tang Ya, with a single staff strike.
• Qiangu Qitian’s team took first place, and he gave the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone prize to Jiang Nannan.
• Qiangu Qitian invited Jiang Nannan to truly join Shrek Academy and revealed that he came from Sea God Island.
• Jiang Nannan agreed to join Shrek if the academy could help treat her mother with a Black Tortoise Divine Pill.

Qiangu Qitian persuaded Jiang Nannan to join Shrek by promising that Elder Zhuang would treat her mother, then returned to cultivation. When the school year ended, he planned to travel to the Star Luo Empire during vacation to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife and its Gold of Life, which he believed he needed to attract Electrolux.

• Qiangu Qitian offered Jiang Nannan help from Elder Zhuang and Shrek Academy to cure her mother, and Jiang Nannan agreed to join Shrek.
• Qiangu Qitian gave Jiang Nannan a Soul Bone, then told Yan Shaozhe about her recruitment and her mother's treatment.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to arrange Elder Zhuang's help and told Qiangu Qitian to focus on cultivation until he became a Spirit King.
• Qiangu Qitian returned to cultivation, and the school year ended a few months later.
• Qiangu Qitian decided to travel to the Star Luo Empire during vacation to seek the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife and its Gold of Life, hoping to draw Electrolux to him.

Qiangu Qitian left Shrek to search the Star Luo Empire for the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife, hoping to obtain the Gold of Life and secure a path to godhood. After reaching Star Luo City and waiting for the next auction, he entered the Starlight Auction Venue as it began.

• Qiangu Qitian resolved to prevent Zhang Lexuan from damaging her talent by absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and to avert the losses caused by Xuan Zi's soul-beast hunting mission.
• Qiangu Qitian told Mu En he planned to travel, spent time with Zhang Lexuan, and refused her offer to accompany him to the Star Luo Empire.
• Qiangu Qitian flew for three days to reach Star Luo City, rested to recover his Soul Power, and began searching for information about the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife.
• Qiangu Qitian learned that the next Starlight Auction would take place in three days and waited until it opened.
• Qiangu Qitian entered the Starlight Auction Venue and watched as a beautiful young woman announced the start of the auction.

Qiangu Qitian attended the Starlight Auction, where Xu Jiujiu presented several treasures before unveiling the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife. While the auction hall recoiled at the knife’s reputation for cursing its owners to death, Qiangu Qitian was excited because he wanted the Gold of Life inside it.

• Xu Jiujiu opened the Starlight Auction and introduced the first item, a Class 7 Mad Lion Tyrant Soul Spear from Mingde Hall, which sold for 350,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu guided the sale of several more treasures, using her skill as an auctioneer to draw high prices.
• Qiangu Qitian sensed resentment from a tray brought onto the stage and realized the item he had hoped to find was at the auction.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed the Spirit-Devouring Engraving Knife and explained that it was a rare knife ranked on the Engraving Knife Ranking.
• Auction attendees recognized the knife and discussed how its previous owners had supposedly been cursed to death, while Qiangu Qitian remained eager to obtain its Gold of Life.