Chapter Summaries

Qiangu Qitian defeated Ma Xiaotao in the Inner Academy assessment, and Yan Shaozhe intervened to protect her before declaring Qiangu Qitian had passed. Afterward, Qiangu Qitian offered to help Tang Ya obtain her third Soul Ring and suggested she seek a soul beast with strong vitality and toughness.

• Qiangu Qitian unleashed his Eighth Form of the Indomitable Staff Technique against Ma Xiaotao, overwhelming her with its power.
• Yan Shaozhe used his Phoenix Avatar to intercept Qiangu Qitian's strike and was knocked down without being injured.
• Yan Shaozhe told Qiangu Qitian he had passed the assessment and explained that Ma Xiaotao could recover from the defeat through experience.
• Qiangu Qitian caught up with Beibei and Tang Ya and offered to help Tang Ya hunt for her third Soul Ring.
• Qiangu Qitian suggested that Tang Ya seek a soul beast with toughness and life attributes to strengthen her Blue Silver Grass.

Tang Ya agreed to abandon the Tang Sect’s traditions and strengthen her Blue Silver Grass through a plant-type Soul Ring. As she reached level thirty, Qiangu Qitian prepared to guide her while Tang San and the God of Destruction watched and contested the fate of Douluo Continent.

• Qiangu Qitian and Beibei persuaded Tang Ya to pursue vitality-focused Soul Rings instead of blindly following the Tang Sect’s old methods, and she agreed.
• Tang San realized the fate of Douluo Continent had changed and resolved to claim the new Child of Luck for the Tang Clan.
• The God of Destruction discovered Tang San’s schemes involving Douluo Continent and decided to interfere.
• Two months later, Tang Ya reached Soul Power level thirty, and Beibei informed Qiangu Qitian.
• Qiangu Qitian anticipated Huo Yuhao, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux, while noting the remaining threats from the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

Qiangu Qitian, Beibei, and Tang Ya encountered Huo Yuhao while searching the Star Dou Great Forest for a soul ring for Tang Ya. After Tang Ya smelled Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, the group introduced themselves and shared a meal, leaving Huo Yuhao’s hunt for a soul ring still ahead.

• Beibei explained that an Azure Vine would be a suitable third soul ring for Tang Ya, and the three searched the forest for one.
• Tang Ya caught the scent of grilled fish and persuaded Beibei and Qiangu Qitian to follow it.
• The three found Huo Yuhao cooking fish, and Tang Ya asked him to sell her some.
• Huo Yuhao offered the fish to Tang Ya, Beibei, and Qiangu Qitian, then learned they were from Shrek Academy.
• The group ate Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish together.

Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began sacrificing itself to him. Electrolux arrived and chose to enter Qiangu Qitian instead, while Qiangu secretly took the Silkworm Slough; Beibei and Tang Ya then reached Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao headed alone toward the Star Dou Great Forest while Qiangu Qitian kept Beibei and Tang Ya nearby.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm unleashed a vast spiritual shock and accelerated its sacrifice after sensing Huo Yuhao was a Son of Nature.
• Electrolux descended, sensed Qiangu Qitian, and entered his Sea of Consciousness to help him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finished merging with Huo Yuhao, then discovered its Silkworm Slough had vanished.
• Qiangu Qitian concealed that he had taken the Silkworm Slough, and Beibei and Tang Ya came over to check on Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao survived absorbing a ten-year Soul Ring, and Tang Ya invited him to join the Tang Sect before she and the others obtained a thousand-year Azure Vine. As Beibei helped Huo Yuhao cultivate, Tang Ya absorbed the Azure Vine Soul Ring and demonstrated her new Blue Silver Frenzy skill.

• Beibei and Tang Ya apologized to Huo Yuhao for arriving too late, but he said he felt fine after absorbing the Wind Baboon's ten-year Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, and Qiangu Qitian led the group to an Azure Vine and uprooted one more than seventeen hundred years old.
• Tang Ya severed the Azure Vine's roots and absorbed its Soul Ring while Beibei conditioned Huo Yuhao's body and taught him the Mysterious Heaven Skill's circulation route.
• At dawn, Beibei withdrew his Soul Power, and Huo Yuhao spat out foul black blood as impurities left his body.
• Tang Ya revealed her third Soul Skill, Blue Silver Frenzy, and Beibei countered its grasping Blue Silver Grass with Thunder Fury.

Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass grew far stronger after absorbing a plant-type Soul Ring, giving her hope of taking revenge herself. After sending Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao away, Qiangu Qitian met Di Tian, who offered him a future two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring in exchange for protecting the Star Dou Great Forest and eventually burying his body at the Lake of Life.

• Tang Ya discovered that her revitalized Blue Silver Grass could restrain Beibei, and she celebrated her newfound chance to avenge herself.
• Qiangu Qitian told Beibei to return to Shrek Academy with Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao while he stayed behind in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qiangu Qitian called out Di Tian, who appeared through a rift and explained that he wanted to build goodwill between him and the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian offered to have a gravely injured Thorn Overlord Dragon sacrifice itself to Qiangu Qitian in the future, asking him to protect the Star Dou Great Forest and bury his body at the Lake of Life when he died.
• Qiangu Qitian was tempted by the Thorn Overlord Dragon’s two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and accepted Di Tian’s proposed deal.

Qiangu Qitian told Di Tian that the Douluo Continent's Plane Will and Life Core had been corrupted, and Di Tian brought him to the Lake of Life to verify the danger with Gu Yuena. Di Tian introduced Qiangu Qitian as the Son of Nature and led him to meet Lord, while Qiangu Qitian considered winning Gu Yuena over.

• Qiangu Qitian asked Di Tian not to interfere when he later challenged fierce beasts for their Soul Rings, and declared that he wanted Xiong Jun and even Di Tian as his Soul Rings.
• Qiangu Qitian revealed that the Plane Will and Life Core had been corrupted and explained how Tang Hao and Ah Yin might take control of them.
• Di Tian decided to bring Qiangu Qitian to Lord so she could verify his claims, and Qiangu Qitian agreed, hoping to win Gu Yuena's support.
• Di Tian took Qiangu Qitian through a spatial rift to the Lake of Life, where the fierce beasts reacted with alarm and hostility to the human intruder.
• Di Tian ordered the fierce beasts not to attack Qiangu Qitian, declared him the Son of Nature, and allowed him to enter the Lake of Life freely.
• Di Tian told the fierce beasts he was taking Qiangu Qitian to meet Lord, then led him toward her.

Di Tian brought Qiangu Qitian to meet the Silver Dragon King, who confirmed that Douluo Planet’s Plane Will and Life Core were being corrupted. She pledged Star Dou Great Forest’s support to Qiangu Qitian in exchange for his promise to remove the Asura Sword Qi from her body, then gave him one of her scales before Di Tian took him back to the Lake of Life, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pounced on him.

• Xiong Jun objected to Di Tian keeping secrets, but Di Tian dismissed him as too low in standing and took Qiangu Qitian through a spatial rift.
• Di Tian brought Qiangu Qitian to the Silver Dragon King and explained that the Sea God and Asura God’s parents were trying to take over the Plane Will and Life Core.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed that Douluo Planet’s Plane Will and Life Core were being corrupted and warned that the planet could become the Tang Clan’s private backyard.
• The Silver Dragon King promised Star Dou Great Forest would help Qiangu Qitian grow if he later removed the Asura Sword Qi from her body.
• The Silver Dragon King gave Qiangu Qitian one of her scales, then Di Tian returned with him to the Lake of Life.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pounced on Qiangu Qitian and pinned him to the ground.

Qiangu Qitian met Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness and accepted his offer to fuse the remaining Gold of Life with his heart. As the transformation began, Qiangu Qitian’s heart turned cyan and his body absorbed the Lake of Life’s energy.

• Qiangu Qitian punched the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after she startled him, then argued with her before she walked away.
• Qiangu Qitian summoned Electrolux and explained that he had brought him into his Sea of Consciousness so they could benefit each other.
• Electrolux agreed to stay with Qiangu Qitian and warned that the Gold of Life stitched around his heart could become dangerous if he lost too much life force.
• Electrolux offered to use the remaining Gold of Life to transform Qiangu Qitian’s heart into a Heart of Life, and Qiangu Qitian agreed.
• Electrolux fused the Gold of Life with Qiangu Qitian’s heart, drawing life energy from the Lake of Life as Qiangu Qitian’s heart began turning cyan.

Qiangu Qitian completed the fusion of the Heart of Life, and Electrolux crafted a robe from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Silkworm Slough before falling asleep from exhaustion. With the Silver Dragon King’s Reverse Scale secured, Qiangu Qitian prepared to return to Shrek Academy and cultivate for the upcoming competition.

• Electrolux completed the Heart of Life’s fusion with Qiangu Qitian, greatly strengthening his vitality and helping liquefy his Soul Power.
• Qiangu Qitian promised to take Electrolux to the God Realm if he became a god and asked for help with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Silkworm Slough.
• Electrolux fashioned the Silkworm Slough into a robe that concealed Qiangu Qitian’s aura from most spiritual detection.
• Electrolux expended his spiritual power and fell asleep, while Qiangu Qitian decided to return to Shrek Academy and cultivate toward level seventy.

Qiangu Qitian returned safely from the Star Dou Great Forest, told Mu En about his bargain with Di Tian, and learned two of Mu En’s self-created soul skills. Later, Beibei recruited him to referee a soul fight against Xu Sanshi, whose attempt to win over a girl had led him to steal Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish; the crowded arena awaited the match.

• Qiangu Qitian returned to Shrek Academy, reassured Zhang Lexuan and the Sea God Pavilion elders, and told Mu En he had made a deal with Di Tian for a future soul ring.
• Mu En began teaching Qiangu Qitian Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Crack and Dragon Emperor Domain-Shaking Realm, which Qiangu mastered in three days.
• Qiangu refined the Indomitable Staff Technique, but Wang Yan could not learn the improved version even with Qiangu’s guidance.
• Beibei asked Qiangu to referee his soul fight with Xu Sanshi after Xu Sanshi stole Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish to impress a girl.
• Students packed the Soul Fighting Arena for the match, and upper-year students recognized Qiangu Qitian as the newcomer who had beaten up a teacher.

Qiangu Qitian presided over Beibei and Xu Sanshi’s soul fight, drawing attention to his extraordinary strength. When he caught Huo Yuhao secretly using Spirit Detection to help Beibei, he stopped the match and exposed the cheating, leaving Huo Yuhao in pain and disgrace.

• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that Qiangu Qitian was a powerful fifteen-year-old Inner Academy student who had once injured a teacher and impressed Dean Yan Shaozhe with his strength.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng were astonished to learn how powerful Qiangu Qitian had become since they met him as children.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi began their match over a Mystic Water Pill, with Beibei holding the advantage but Xu Sanshi’s Mystic Turtle Shell Shield keeping him in the fight.
• Qiangu Qitian sensed Huo Yuhao using Spirit Detection to assist Beibei, struck him with spiritual power, and stopped the match in anger.
• Xu Sanshi condemned the cheating and tossed the Mystic Water Pill onto the platform, while Huo Yuhao insisted to Tang Ya that he had only wanted to help Beibei win.

Qiangu Qitian condemned Huo Yuhao for interfering in Beibei’s soul fight and threatened him when Wang Dong defended him. After Huo Yuhao fled, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm acknowledged his mistake and urged him to cultivate, while Huo Yuhao vowed to become strong enough to punish those who looked down on him.

• Qiangu Qitian accused Huo Yuhao of cheating and warned that he would crush his skull if he interfered again.
• Wang Dong defended Huo Yuhao, but Qiangu Qitian overwhelmed them with his aura and demanded that Beibei and Tang Ya teach Huo Yuhao proper conduct.
• Qiangu Qitian left, and Huo Yuhao fled the Soul Fighting Arena as Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and others mocked him.
• Beibei comforted Tang Ya and persuaded her not to take responsibility for Huo Yuhao’s life.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that his interference had been wrong and urged him to cultivate until he reached Rank Twenty.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to become stronger and make those who looked down on him pay.

Qiangu Qitian defended his rebuke of Huo Yuhao and asked Mu En to let him leave the academy after the Shrek Seven Devils selection to gain experience. Mu En instead had him oversee the freshmen assessment and build connections with talented students; three months later, Qiangu Qitian opened the tournament with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao facing a Class Three team.

• Mu En told Qiangu Qitian that his scolding had made Huo Yuhao notorious in the Outer Academy, and Qiangu explained that he objected to cheating because it betrayed a Soul Master's will to grow stronger.
• Mu En agreed that Qiangu had acted rightly and supported his wish to travel, but asked him to host the Freshman Assessment and recruit talented freshmen for his future foundation.
• Qiangu agreed and considered the potential of freshmen including Xiao Xiao, Xie Huanyue, Cao Jinxuan, and a boy able to contract with soul beasts.
• Three months after the freshmen entered the academy, Qiangu reached Rank 65 and began the Freshman Assessment as its host.
• Qiangu announced the first regional match between Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao of Class One and Chen Junfeng, Ouyang Junyi, and Zhao Haochen of Class Three.

Huo Yuhao’s team won its opening assessment match, and Qiangu Qitian observed Xiao Xiao’s abilities over the following three days. After the round-robin ended, he approached Xiao Xiao to discuss the academy cultivating her talent, while Huo Yuhao suspected he was being targeted.

• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao quickly defeated Zhao Haochen’s team by targeting its support and combining their Soul Skills.
• Qiangu Qitian recorded the result and watched Xiao Xiao compete throughout the next three days, identifying her lack of offensive power as a weakness.
• After the round-robin tournament ended, Qiangu Qitian stopped Wang Dong’er’s team and asked to speak with Xiao Xiao.
• Huo Yuhao accused Qiangu Qitian of using his position to settle a personal grudge, but Qiangu Qitian denied it and said the academy intended to cultivate Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly agreed to hear Qiangu Qitian out as he considered recruiting her.

Qiangu Qitian persuaded Xiao Xiao to commit to Shrek Academy long-term by offering her a place in the Sea God Pavilion’s cultivation program and the chance to become a teacher. After recruiting her and several other talented students, he left the competition to continue seeking geniuses.

• Xiao Xiao agreed to Qiangu Qitian’s offer, while Huo Yuhao resented her decision and resolved to reach Rank 20 Soul Power.
• Qiangu Qitian explained that Shrek wanted to cultivate Xiao Xiao as a future Sea God Pavilion teacher and offered her guidance from powerful experts.
• Xiao Xiao accepted the offer and received a Soul Ascension Pill from Qiangu Qitian.
• Qiangu Qitian recruited several more promising students, then lost interest in watching the young competitors fight.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie in the tournament final. With Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection helping his team seize the initiative, the match began with both sides attacking.

• Tang San secretly manipulated Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into creating the Golden Road Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which carried their team into the finals.
• Huo Yuhao entered the final determined to defeat Dai Huabin, driven by hatred over his past at the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Qiangu Qitian had both teams announce their names and started the match.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection to support Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as Dai Huabin charged and attacked Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong dodged Dai Huabin's attack and countered with Butterfly God's Light, while Dai Huabin used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to shield Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.
• Huo Yuhao stopped Cui Yajie's Charm with Mental Shock, and Xiao Xiao's Cauldron Shock disrupted Dai Huabin's team before Zhu Lu called for the Hell White Tiger fusion.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu's Hell White Tiger battled Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Golden Road, while Qiangu Qitian saved Xiao Xiao from a dangerous attack. Huo Yuhao refused to accept defeat, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm stayed silent, and Dai Huabin's team was declared the champion as Huo Yuhao fled in humiliation.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused their Martial Souls into the Hell White Tiger, and Xiao Xiao tried to hold it back while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong prepared Haodong Power.
• Qiangu Qitian pulled Xiao Xiao out of the Hell White Tiger's attack, and she was eliminated from the match.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong launched Golden Road against the Hell White Tiger's Hell White Tiger Break, and Qiangu Qitian suppressed the resulting explosion with Gravity Control.
• Huo Yuhao insisted he could still fight and called on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, but it did not respond because it feared Qiangu Qitian would discover it.
• Qiangu Qitian declared Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie the champions, and Huo Yuhao ran away in humiliation as Wang Dong chased after him.

Du Weilun announced the freshman assessment results and the Outer Academy core disciples, leaving Huo Yuhao bitter over his exclusion. Qiangu Qitian arranged teachers for Xiao Xiao, Xie Huanyue, and Cao Jinxuan, then brought Xiao Xiao to meet Elder Song, who asked to see her twin martial souls.

• Du Weilun announced the Ning Tian team in third place, the Wang Dong team in second, and Dai Huabin's team as champions, with soul-ring rewards for the top three.
• Du Weilun read the Outer Academy core disciple list, and Huo Yuhao was left off while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were selected.
• Qiangu Qitian arranged Qian Duoduo as Xie Huanyue's teacher and Shi Xing as Cao Jinxuan's teacher, and both accepted them as registered disciples.
• Qiangu Qitian brought Xiao Xiao to Sea God Island to ask Elder Song to teach her.
• Elder Song teased Qiangu Qitian about bringing a new sweetheart, then asked Xiao Xiao to release her twin martial souls.

Xiao Xiao became Elder Song's disciple after revealing her twin Martial Souls. A month later, Mu En announced a free-for-all to choose the seven Shrek Seven Devils, and Ma Xiaotao began recruiting allies before the challenge started.

• Qiangu Qitian encouraged Xiao Xiao to reveal her Martial Souls, and Elder Song accepted her as a disciple.
• Xiao Xiao knelt and called Elder Song Teacher, while Elder Song warned Qiangu Qitian not to hit her again.
• Mu En gathered the Inner Academy students and announced that a free-for-all would determine the seven Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qiangu Qitian recognized Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and five others as provisional candidates, then prepared for the upcoming melee.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Qiangu Qitian and Ling Luochen to join forces with her before the challenge began.