Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao used his new Soul Tool schematics and forging method to craft a powerful storage ring, while Tang San left Notting Academy with Yu Xiaogang after his failed attack. Tang San remained determined to surpass Jiang Hao and suspected his father had a reason for hiding the truth about the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San failed to assassinate Jiang Hao with a hidden weapon and fled after Jiang Hao caught it.
• Jiang Hao received complete Soul Tool schematics and used the Thousand-Hammer Tempering Method to forge a ring with a level-two Soul-Gathering Array.
• Jiang Hao tested the ring, found that it held about fifteen cubic meters and could store living things and gather Soul Power, then decided to sell his extra Soul Tool rather than give it to Xiao Wu.
• Before dawn, Tang San departed with Yu Xiaogang and asked whether he could cultivate both martial souls or switch to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to cultivate both martial souls and said revealing the Clear Sky Hammer could bring danger, while Tang San resolved to get stronger and challenge Jiang Hao again.

Six years after leaving Suotuo City, Jiang Hao and Xiao Wu arrived in Heaven Dou City to visit Shrek Academy and stopped at a shabby shop. Jiang Hao asked the shopkeeper to bring out all his metal, beginning his search for the opportunities he planned to take from Tang San.

• Bai Qian told Jiang Hao that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had left Suotuo City by carriage.
• Xiao Wu returned with a 920-year Soul Ring, and Jiang Hao showed her his thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Six years later, Jiang Hao and Xiao Wu arrived at Heaven Dou City, intending to join Shrek Academy as a pretext for Jiang Hao's plans concerning Tang San.
• Jiang Hao led Xiao Wu into a dusty shop and asked the shopkeeper to bring out every piece of metal he had.

Jiang Hao bought rare Soul Tool metals from Flender after Bai Qian arrived and used their past encounter to force the price down. Jiang Hao left with the materials and Jade Flame Jade, while Flender was told to save future goods for him.

• Flender showed Jiang Hao three crates of rare metals, including Black Gold-Patterned Steel, and asked for thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Hao called Bai Qian over for help negotiating, and Bai Qian entered Flender’s shop.
• Flender recognized Bai Qian as the man who had once taken his five-thousand-year Whale Rubber for one Silver Soul Coin.
• Flender lowered his price from thirty thousand to three thousand Gold Soul Coins and added a piece of Jade Flame Jade.
• Jiang Hao paid Flender, had Xiao Wu pack the crates, and told Flender to save future goods for him.

Jiang Hao used the materials he bought from Flender to forge a level four Soul Cannon, astonishing Xiao Wu with its destructive power. After claiming it could punch through three city walls and that stronger Soul Tools could kill a Titled Douluo, he left Xiao Wu wary of facing him.

• Jiang Hao left Flender's shop with materials bought for three thousand Gold Soul Coins and told Xiao Wu he was going into seclusion to make use of them.
• At Yuelai Inn, Jiang Hao showed Xiao Wu the metals and forged Black Gold-Patterned Steel with silver-white flames and the Thousand-Hammer Tempering Method.
• Jiang Hao shaped the steel into a cannon barrel and inscribed a level four Explosive Array and an Energy-Gathering Array to complete a Soul Cannon.
• Jiang Hao said the Soul Cannon could punch through three city walls when fully charged, and Xiao Wu sensed it could kill her with one shot.
• Jiang Hao said powerful Soul Tools could kill a Titled Douluo, and Xiao Wu wondered whether the cannon meant she could no longer beat him.

Jiang Hao brought Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, where they watched the school reject an applicant for lacking potential. Dai Mubai noticed Xiao Wu and Jiang Hao in line, and Tang San recognized Xiao Wu, his anger rising when he saw her arm linked with Jiang Hao's.

• Jiang Hao and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy and joined the enrollment line after Xiao Wu questioned the shabby school.
• Xiao Wu recognized Tang San, and Jiang Hao explained that he had likely come to Shrek on Yu Xiaogang's recommendation.
• Li Yusong rejected a boy with an iron sword martial soul and only two Soul Rings, prompting Jiang Hao to explain that Shrek accepted only monsters.
• Dai Mubai noticed Xiao Wu and Jiang Hao, then teased Tang San about Xiao Wu's looks.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu and grew angry when he saw her standing closely with Jiang Hao.

Tang San encouraged Dai Mubai to target Jiang Hao, then left the queue while Dai Mubai continued overseeing the entrance tests. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing passed the tests, and Dai Mubai became intrigued by both girls.

• Dai Mubai offered to help Tang San teach Jiang Hao a lesson, and Tang San accepted while warning that Jiang Hao was strong.
• Tang San left the academy entrance, planning to use Shrek Academy's instructors against Jiang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Li Yusong admitted her without further testing.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself to Ning Rongrong, but she gave him a cool, dismissive response.
• Zhu Zhuqing displayed her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul and two yellow Soul Rings, passed Li Yusong's test, and joined Ning Rongrong.

At Shrek Academy, Jiang Hao challenged Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji tried to reject him for his alleged misconduct. Zhao Wuji attacked with the power of a Soul Sage, and Jiang Hao activated his first Soul Ring and domain to meet the blow.

• Xiao Wu revealed her thousand-year second Soul Ring, impressing Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing before she joined them at the back of the line.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Tang San and accused Jiang Hao of injuring a teacher and humiliating a classmate, then tried to turn him away from Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Hao challenged Zhao Wuji to demonstrate what a Soul Sage could do, while Xiao Wu defended him and then stepped aside at his request.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Soul Rings and charged Jiang Hao with a powerful punch.
• Jiang Hao activated Fire Spirit Body and Five Elements Auspiciousness Domain as Zhao Wuji's attack came at him.

Jiang Hao fought Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy, shrugging off his attacks and restoring himself after Zhao Wuji’s gravity skills pushed him back. Zhao Wuji then unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, leaving their fight poised to intensify.

• Jiang Hao slipped through Zhao Wuji’s punch with Fire Spirit Body and hurled him into Shrek Academy’s gate with his third Soul Skill, Golden Spirit Mountain-Splitting Charge.
• Zhao Wuji attacked with Mighty Vajra Roar, but Jiang Hao turned insubstantial and struck him with a Silver-White Flame fireball.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Burst to stagger Jiang Hao and batter him with gravity-laced punches.
• Jiang Hao retreated and activated his second Soul Ring, restoring his injuries and Soul Power to their peak.
• Zhao Wuji lit his seventh Soul Ring and activated Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into the Mighty Vajra Bear.

Jiang Hao used his Soul Cannon to blast Zhao Wuji out of his Martial Soul Avatar, but Zhao Wuji recovered and launched a second, more dangerous attack. Jiang Hao’s Fire Spirit Body faltered under Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Burst, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Jiang Hao summoned his Soul Cannon and fired a Dimensional Strike that hurled Zhao Wuji through two earthen walls.
• Jiang Hao explained that the weapon was a Soul Tool, while Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted to its power and Tang San struggled to believe Zhao Wuji had been beaten.
• Xiao Wu checked that Jiang Hao was unharmed, but Zhao Wuji rose again, renewed his Martial Soul Avatar, and knocked Li Yusong aside when he tried to intervene.
• Zhao Wuji dodged Jiang Hao’s second cannon blast and closed in with a gravity-charged punch as Xiao Wu tried to shield Jiang Hao.
• Jiang Hao activated his Fire Spirit Body to evade the punch, but Zhao Wuji unleashed Gravity Burst and nearly disrupted it.