Chapter Summaries

Qian Duoduo brought Jiang Ming to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and paid him with Soul Bones and spiritual treasures, including a valuable arm bone suited to Jiang Ming’s son. After Jiang Ming left, Elder Lin urged Qian Duoduo to invest further in the Jiang Family, having sensed the boy’s exceptional cultivation aptitude.

• Lu Xiaoxiao refused to lend Jiang Ming confidential ancient texts but gave him her unfinished recipe book to read once.
• Qian Duoduo returned with Jiang Ming to Shrek City and took him to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to settle the balance payment.
• Qian Duoduo gave Jiang Ming a seven-thousand-year Red-Feathered Crane Right Arm Bone, a ten-thousand-year Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone, whale rubber, a thousand-year crystal peach, and two future selections of spiritual treasures.
• Jiang Ming accepted the payment and went home after questioning whether one spoiled piece of whale rubber was safe to eat.
• Elder Lin told Qian Duoduo that Jiang Ming’s son had exceptional aptitude and likely innate full soul power, and urged him to favor the Jiang Family in future dealings.

Jiang Ming and Diwu Ying waited anxiously while Jiang Dongjun meditated in the Soul Tool Workshop, and Jiang Ming told his wife that his deal with Shrek Academy had gone smoothly. After more than a day, Jiang Dongjun emerged at level 12 with improved elemental control, and his father brought him the requested treasures and Immortal Spirit Fungus recipes.

• Jiang Ming returned home and found Diwu Ying watching the Soul Tool Workshop, where Jiang Dongjun had remained inside as Heaven and Earth Essence flowed toward him.
• Jiang Ming told Diwu Ying that Dean Qian had accepted their conditions and that he had safely handed the Land of Yin-Yang Harmony and Immortal Spirit Fungus to the academy in exchange for the requested treasures.
• While guarding the workshop, Jiang Ming studied recipes for preparing Immortal Spirit Fungus and considered gathering the ingredients through his father-in-law's connections.
• After the Essence fluctuations subsided, Jiang Ming contacted Jiang Dongjun, who emerged from deep meditation at level 12 and found that his Fireball Martial Soul had advanced fire and light element control.
• Jiang Ming gave Jiang Dongjun the acquired soul bones, spiritual treasures, and Immortal Spirit Fungus recipes, then offered him a Thousand-Year Crystal Peach and said he could take two lumps of thousand-year Whale Rubber in succession.

Jiang Dongjun used soul liquid and the Light of Time and Space to restore several spiritual treasures, then ate the crystal peach and saved its pit. The next morning, he introduced his parents to the Great Sun Visualization Method, while Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders decided the Immortal Spirit Fungus would go to Xiaotao.

• Jiang Dongjun restored the Immortal Spirit Fungus and ten-thousand-year whale glue with soul liquid, then inspected the crystal peach and chose not to spend more soul liquid on its evolution or a sapling.
• Jiang Dongjun ate the crystal peach and stored its pit in his storage ring.
• Mu En examined the Immortal Spirit Fungus with Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe, concluded it could not help him, and ordered Yan Shaozhe to give it to Xiaotao when it matured.
• Mu En overruled Yan Shaozhe's objections and promised Qian Duoduo greater support for the Soul Tool Department in exchange for the fungus going to Xiaotao.
• Jiang Dongjun told Jiang Ming and Diwu Ying about his Great Sun Visualization Method, and Jiang Ming volunteered to try practicing it first.

Jiang Dongjun taught Jiang Ming and Diwu Ying the Great Sun Visualization Method, and each developed a personalized version that led to Deep Meditation. As Jiang Ming recovered and his mother began cultivating, Jiang Dongjun discovered that his physique might determine how many density points he could use and prepared to spend soul liquid.

• Jiang Dongjun imparted the Great Sun Visualization Method to Jiang Ming, whose soul power formed a smooth, more efficient circulation route and whose visualization transformed into a fierce crimson furnace.
• Jiang Ming entered Deep Meditation, and Jiang Dongjun concluded that the method could spontaneously adapt to each cultivator; Diwu Ying arranged for her family's agents to gather ingredients for Immortal Spirit Fungus Soup.
• Jiang Dongjun noticed that his density points had increased by eight after Deep Meditation and eating a thousand-year crystal peach, and suspected his physique explained the increase.
• Diwu Ying told Jiang Dongjun that the Viscount's Estate would deliver the soup ingredients in a little over a month, while Jiang Ming emerged from Deep Meditation with his soul power at level 59.
• Jiang Dongjun taught Diwu Ying the visualization method, which changed into an egg-like form with featherlike patterns and led her into Deep Meditation.
• Jiang Dongjun returned to his bedroom and opened his metal bottle of soul liquid, ready to add points.

Jiang Dongjun consumed thousand-year and ten-thousand-year whale glue to strengthen his body and exploit its excess yang energy. He used the energy to attempt a breakthrough through the Governing Vessel, reaching the Tailbone Gate as he wondered whether the whale glue had given him new chances to add points.

• Jiang Dongjun increased the Gilded Fireball's density to 1,900 kg/m³ and decided to test whether whale rubber would grant him more chances to add points.
• Diwu Ying awakened with her soul power raised to level 55 after practicing the new meditation method, and Jiang Dongjun asked his parents to test it without his spiritual power infusion.
• Jiang Ming examined Jiang Dongjun, estimated that his body could withstand a soul ring of up to 1,700 years, and softened the thousand-year whale rubber with his martial soul.
• Jiang Dongjun ate the thousand-year whale rubber and used his Golden Eyes of Truth and Great Sun Visualization Method to resist its excess yang energy.
• Jiang Ming softened the ten-thousand-year whale glue, and Jiang Dongjun ate it before guiding the resulting yang energy up his Governing Vessel toward the Tailbone Gate.

Jiang Dongjun used the Light of Time and Space to strengthen his body and open the Tailbone Gate, then discussed his rapid cultivation gains with Jiang Ming. Jiang Ming ordered him to avoid powerful spirit objects for six months and arranged for him to attend Shrek’s elementary academy, where Jiang Dongjun hoped to benefit from the city’s fortune.

• Jiang Dongjun used six drops of soul liquid to increase his density and visualized the sun, driving soul power and yang energy through the Governing Vessel until he opened the Tailbone Gate but stalled at the Clamped Spine Gate.
• Jiang Dongjun felt his body and mind had grown stronger, then continued cultivating until his body stabilized.
• Jiang Ming examined Jiang Dongjun and learned that his soul power had risen from barely level twelve to the middle of level fourteen.
• Jiang Ming forbade Jiang Dongjun from consuming spirit objects a thousand years old or older for six months and estimated that a Soul Beast just over three thousand years old would be safer for his second soul ring.
• Jiang Ming arranged for Jiang Dongjun to join an existing first-year class at Shrek’s elementary academy, and Jiang Dongjun agreed after realizing he might gain fortune there.

Jiang Dongjun increased his Fireball Martial Soul’s density and considered his physical limits, dwindling soul liquid, and the Light of Time and Space. The next day, he went with Jiang Ming to register at an elementary soul master academy and saw the many students who would never reach Shrek Academy.

• Jiang Dongjun calculated that his body could bear soul rings of roughly 4,000 years and noted that whale rubber was losing its effectiveness.
• Jiang Dongjun spent fifteen drops of soul liquid to raise his Fireball Martial Soul’s density from 2.5 to 4 tons per cubic meter, then decided to reserve 100 drops for his level-20 opportunity.
• Jiang Dongjun checked the Light of Time and Space and received information that left him worried.
• Jiang Ming took Jiang Dongjun to report to the affiliated elementary soul master academy in Shrek City.
• Jiang Ming explained that most students at the academy would only reach two- or three-ring cultivation and would never enter Shrek Academy.

Jiang Dongjun arrived at Shrek Academy, where his father, Jiang Ming, sent him to join Li Qun’s class. After introducing himself as a rank-14 soul master with a fireball martial soul, Jiang Dongjun chose a seat beside a pudgy classmate he hoped to befriend.

• Jiang Dongjun teased Jiang Ming for judging the ordinary students, prompting Jiang Ming to reflect on his own pride and send his son toward the teaching building.
• Jiang Ming directed Jiang Dongjun to Li Qun’s classroom and exchanged gestures with Li Qun in the corridor.
• Li Qun welcomed Jiang Dongjun and introduced him to the class as a new student.
• Jiang Dongjun introduced himself as a rank-14 soul master with a fireball martial soul who aimed to become a Titled Douluo, leaving his classmates stunned.
• Jiang Dongjun chose a seat by the back-row window beside a pudgy student he hoped would become a useful friend and follower.

Jiang Dongjun befriended He Tao and asked him to list the notable Soul Masters at their academy, learning that many upper-grade students were promising candidates for Shrek Academy. He offered to help He Tao obtain a hundred-year soul ring and invited him to lunch to discuss a favor.

• Jiang Dongjun passed He Tao a notebook, and the two introduced themselves and became friends through written conversation.
• Jiang Dongjun asked He Tao to name notable Soul Masters in other grades, and He Tao listed students with soul rings, including Bei Bei and Chen Zifeng.
• Jiang Dongjun noticed He Tao’s embarrassment about his prospects and quietly offered to lead a team to hunt him a hundred-year soul ring in a few years.
• He Tao explained that students aiming for Shrek Academy usually graduated after fifth grade, so Jiang Dongjun stopped asking about sixth graders and invited He Tao to lunch to help him with something.

Jiang Dongjun treated He Tao to an extravagant lunch and recruited him to arrange challenges against every academy student with a hundred-year soul ring. He Tao accepted the task, and Jiang Dongjun planned to defeat the challengers on the playground at noon the day after tomorrow.

• He Tao warned Jiang Dongjun about the lunchtime cafeteria crowds, but Jiang meditated through class until noon.
• Jiang took He Tao to the third-floor cafeteria, where they shared an expensive meal.
• After Jiang accepted He Tao's walnuts without mocking his Soul Curse, He Tao tearfully offered to help him.
• Jiang gave He Tao twenty Gold Soul Coins and instructed him to invite every student in each year with a hundred-year soul ring to challenge him.
• He Tao agreed to deliver the invitations, and Jiang declared that he intended to rule the academy.

He Tao recruited work-study students to prepare challenge letters for Jiang Dongjun’s plan to challenge every Soul Master at the academy. Meanwhile, Jiang Dongjun worked with his father to improve several soul tools for an upcoming adventure.

• Jiang Dongjun left the academy and decided to pursue soul liquid by challenging its Soul Masters, while He Tao began planning the challenge campaign.
• He Tao booked a hotel room, bought invitation cards, recruited student helpers with silver soul coins, and asked Ma Liang to write the challenge letters.
• Ma Liang agreed to help and asked to meet Jiang Dongjun, while warning He Tao that teachers might intervene if the letters were delayed.
• Ma Liang instructed He Tao to return home as the team prepared to finish and deliver the letters before the following morning.
• Jiang Dongjun worked with Jiang Ming in the Soul Tool Workshop, and Jiang Ming planned to reforge his Golden Light Sword and build new mental attack and defense soul tools.

Jiang Dongjun’s challenge to the hundred-year-ring Soul Masters at Shrek City’s Elementary Soul Master Academy drew the whole school to the playground. After he silenced the crowd with his unusual spiritual power, he called on first-years to face him.

• Teachers discussed Jiang Dongjun’s challenge letters, and Li Qun decided to let the duels proceed at noon.
• The principal dismissed Jiang Dongjun’s fireball martial soul as limiting his potential but agreed to watch if he had time.
• Jiang Dongjun arrived at the crowded playground, where students cheered and jeered at him.
• Jiang Dongjun used his spiritual power to silence the students and teachers, astonishing the vice principals and principal.
• Jiang Dongjun explained that he had come to learn humility and challenged first-year Soul Masters with hundred-year soul rings to step forward.

Jiang Dongjun instantly defeated Chen Xi with a Spiritual Shock, then offered Gold Soul Coins to anyone willing to challenge him. He realized the victory had let the Light of Time and Space draw a thread of fortune from Chen Xi, and resolved to keep fighting for more.

• The crowd jeered at Jiang Dongjun's challenge while Du Weilun questioned the vice deans about his background and whether they had seen his martial soul.
• Chen Xi challenged Jiang Dongjun and used his soul ring to strengthen his Rhino-Head Round Shield, but Jiang Dongjun knocked him unconscious with a Spiritual Shock.
• The referee confirmed Chen Xi was unharmed and declared Jiang Dongjun the winner, then asked whether he wanted to continue competing.
• Jiang Dongjun offered a Gold Soul Coin to each defeated challenger and promised one thousand Gold Soul Coins to anyone who beat him, while Jiang Ming reassured Li Qun that he could afford it.
• Jiang Dongjun realized the Light of Time and Space had taken a thread of fortune from Chen Xi and decided to keep challenging Shrek students to gather more.

Jiang Dongjun defeated challengers from the second- and third-years with Spiritual Shock, including Bei Bei, and began taking the academy's fortune. As the terrified fourth-years refused to step forward, Du Weilun finally intervened.

• Jiang Dongjun defeated Dong Xiong, Zheng Lei, Wang Hu, and Li Qingsong with Spiritual Shock, prompting the second-years to recognize his attack as a spiritual assault.
• Jiang Dongjun called out Bei Bei, who charged with his Thunder Dragon Claw raised, but Jiang Dongjun's Spiritual Shock pierced his lightning and knocked him unconscious.
• Jiang Dongjun defeated Bei Bei and harvested a drop of soul liquid, then waited ten breaths as the demoralized second-years gave up challenging him.
• Jiang Dongjun defeated all nine third-year Soul Masters with Spiritual Shock, leaving two-fifths of the academy's fortune in his hands.
• Jiang Dongjun called for fourth-year challengers, but none dared step forward, and Du Weilun finally lost his composure.

Du Weilun challenged Jiang Dongjun to fight the upper-year students without relying on Spiritual Power, and Jiang accepted to secure the academy's fortune. Jiang defeated fourth-year Chen Yuan with his Martial Soul and Soul Skills, bringing his share of the fortune to three-fifths.

• Du Weilun praised Jiang Dongjun, offered him a gift, and insisted that he continue the matches without using Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Dongjun revealed his Gilded Fireball Martial Soul and challenged the fourth- and fifth-year Soul Grandmasters.
• Fourth-year Chen Yuan attacked Jiang with Clearwater Sword Qi, but Jiang charged through it using Great Sun Golden Body and Dusk's Blessing.
• Jiang disarmed Chen Yuan and struck him unconscious, and the referee declared Jiang the winner.
• Jiang noticed that the fourth-years had submitted after Chen Yuan's defeat and that his share of the academy's fortune had risen to three-fifths.

Jiang Dongjun defeated the fifth-year division’s strongest students, including its chief student, Chen Zifeng, bringing him within reach of becoming the undisputed number one at Shrek City Elementary Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended with the referee giving the other students ten breaths to challenge and defeat him.

• Jiang Dongjun overpowered fifth-year Quan Shengzhi, whose arms withered from contact with Jiang Dongjun’s dusk-colored energy gauze, and threw him from the field.
• Jiang Dongjun neutralized Lin Ya’s vine attacks and poison, prompting her to concede and warn her classmates about his abilities.
• Jiang Dongjun caught Li Tian’s charge and Wang Fu’s saber attacks, defeating both fifth-year soul grandmasters.
• Chen Zifeng challenged Jiang Dongjun with his Soul Chasing Sword, but Jiang Dongjun blocked its strikes, caught the blade, and knocked Chen unconscious with an elbow strike.
• The referee declared Jiang Dongjun the winner and announced that he would become the academy’s undisputed chief student if no one defeated him within ten breaths.

After Jiang Dongjun defeated the academy’s challengers, Qian Duoduo backed him against Du Weilun, named him the academy-wide chief, and secured two Soul Bones for him. Back home, Jiang Dongjun tallied the fortune gained from the contest and prepared to examine his rewards.

• Qian Duoduo arrived, introduced himself as the Soul Tool Department’s vice dean, and named Jiang Dongjun the academy-wide chief while granting him eligibility for an inner-court Soul Tool Department interview.
• Qian Duoduo confronted Du Weilun over targeting Jiang Dongjun, pressured him to apologize, and secured a Ten Thousand Year Right Arm Bone for Jiang Dongjun.
• Jiang Dongjun accepted the Right Arm Bone and chose an eight-hundred-year skull bone from the academy treasury as his contest reward.
• Qian Duoduo returned Jiang Dongjun to his parents, and Jiang Dongjun went home to tally the fortune collected from his defeated opponents.

After Qian Duoduo officially recognized Jiang Dongjun’s academy challenge, Jiang gained a large fortune payout and a steady source of soul liquid as chief student. He spent 377 drops to raise his fire element control to the top tier and began visualizing the blazing sun.

• Qian Duoduo’s endorsement made Jiang Dongjun’s challenge an official competition, solidifying and increasing the fortune Jiang had seized.
• Jiang Dongjun counted 415 drops of soul liquid and found that his titles and status would continue to earn him more over time.
• At school, Jiang Dongjun heard students call him either “Demon Sun” or “Eastern Emperor,” then skipped class with He Tao.
• Jiang Dongjun learned that Ma Liang hoped to enter Shrek Academy and told He Tao to ask whether Ma Liang would work with soul tools.
• Jiang Dongjun returned home, informed his mother, and began seclusion after his father Jiang Ming continued making soul tools.
• Jiang Dongjun spent 377 drops of soul liquid to advance his fire element control to top tier, then began visualizing the blazing sun.

After sixteen days of Deep Meditation, Jiang Dongjun emerged profoundly weakened but with his Clamped Spine Gate opened, his soul power raised to level 17, and his Fireball Martial Soul transformed into a top-tier flame. As he recovered, he assessed his gains and resolved to keep strengthening his fire.

• Jiang Dongjun visualized the Blazing Sun and forced soul power through his Governing Vessel until he opened the Clamped Spine Gate.
• Jiang Ming prepared medicinal liquids and rushed to gather ingredients for Immortal Spirit Fungus Soup while his son remained in Deep Meditation.
• After sixteen days, Jiang Dongjun emerged too weak to move, and Jiang Ming gave him medicinal liquids to restore his strength.
• Jiang Dongjun recovered in a medicinal bath and found that his soul power had risen from level 14 to level 17.
• Jiang Dongjun confirmed that opening the Clamped Spine Gate improved his meridians and body, then summoned his Fireball Martial Soul and saw its flames reach top-tier quality.

Jiang Dongjun examined the Sun True Fire’s properties, then ate Immortal Spirit Fungus soup prepared by Jiang Ming. After recovering and gaining a slight increase in soul power and physique, he learned that Jiang Ming had finished making the Soul Tools he requested.

• Jiang Dongjun used his Yin Spirit to appraise the Fireball Martial Soul and learned its physical density and elemental control.
• Jiang Dongjun discovered that the Sun True Fire destroyed evil, purified, and continued burning in sunlight, then saved his remaining soul liquid instead of improving his density further.
• Jiang Dongjun left the medicinal bath and found Jiang Ming waiting with Immortal Spirit Fungus soup.
• Jiang Dongjun drank the soup and ate the fungus, expelling turbid qi as the Immortal Spirit Qi improved his constitution.
• Jiang Ming showed Jiang Dongjun a revolver, a golden sword, and a tiger-carved jade plaque, saying he had finished the requested Soul Tools.