Chapter Summaries

After reaching level 90, Qin Xiao received a late-arriving system that assigned him a beginner mission to enroll at Shrek Academy and pass Li Yusong’s test. He arrived at the run-down academy and watched Li Yusong appear at its entrance, considering how not to startle him.

• Qin Xiao broke through to level 90 after absorbing lightning and set out to find his ninth soul ring.
• The Beginner Guidance System bound itself to Qin Xiao and gave him a gift pack of books he already owned.
• The system ordered Qin Xiao to register at Shrek Academy and pass Li Yusong’s preliminary test, offering to increase his first soul ring’s age by 1,000 years and reward him with 500 Gold Soul Coins.
• Qin Xiao accepted the mission and traveled to Shrek Academy despite being eighteen and far beyond its usual admission requirements.
• Qin Xiao saw Li Yusong arrive at the academy entrance with his Dragon Pattern Staff and wondered how to avoid frightening him during the test.

Qin Xiao challenged Shrek Academy’s age limit, offering to prove his talent exceeded that of its students. He revealed himself as a Soul Ancestor, and Ning Rongrong asked what they would do if he were an eighteen-year-old Soul King.

• Li Yusong repeated Shrek Academy’s admission rules, and most applicants left when they learned the requirements.
• Qin Xiao applied despite being eighteen and argued that the rules should bend if his strength and talent surpassed those of the students present.
• Li Yusong agreed to let Qin Xiao pass if he demonstrated superior talent, while Dai Mubai and Oscar doubted him.
• Qin Xiao warned everyone below Soul Ancestor level to move away, then summoned lightning and revealed four Soul Rings, making him a Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong asked what they would think if Qin Xiao were an eighteen-year-old Soul King.

Qin Xiao revealed his overwhelming strength to the Shrek applicants and passed Li Yusong’s entrance test. The system issued him a new mission to face Zhao Wuji alongside his companions, leaving Qin Xiao considering the warning that Zhao Wuji was vicious.

• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Li Yusong were stunned as Qin Xiao revealed that he was an eighteen-year-old Soul King.
• Qin Xiao continued summoning Soul Rings until he revealed that he was a Titled Douluo, and his Soul Power pressure forced everyone else to the ground.
• Qin Xiao asked Li Yusong whether he had passed the test, and Li Yusong immediately confirmed his admission after Qin Xiao explained that he truly wanted to enroll.
• The system rewarded Qin Xiao for passing Li Yusong’s test and issued a new mission to survive Zhao Wuji’s test with his companions for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Qin Xiao read the system’s warning about Zhao Wuji’s Soul Saint-level strength and viciousness, then considered the upcoming test.

Qin Xiao insisted on taking Shrek Academy’s combat assessment alongside the other applicants, despite being a Titled Douluo. At the test clearing, Zhao Wuji prepared to fight the group, but Qin Xiao took charge and told the others to leave the battle to him.

• Qin Xiao refused special treatment, waived the Soul Power and Martial Soul Control tests, and insisted on taking the Combat Assessment with the other applicants.
• Qin Xiao introduced himself as the Thunder Emperor, leaving Li Yusong and the others stunned; Li Yusong went to find the dean with questions about his visit.
• Dai Mubai led Qin Xiao and the applicants to Zhao Wuji, who explained that they had to last an incense stick's time against him to pass.
• Zhao Wuji mistook Dai Mubai's silence for an attempt to protect the girls, while Dai Mubai chose not to correct him.
• The applicants looked to Qin Xiao for instructions, and he told them to stay put while he handled Zhao Wuji.

Qin Xiao revealed his Titled Douluo strength by knocking Zhao Wuji through a wall with one punch. After Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Xiao’s nine soul rings and tried to avoid continuing the fight, Qin Xiao trapped him in a Thunder Pool.

• Zhao Wuji asked Dai Mubai to explain his strength, then challenged Qin Xiao and charged at him with seven soul rings active.
• Qin Xiao struck Zhao Wuji with a lightning-wreathed fist and sent him crashing through the perimeter wall.
• Zhao Wuji emerged from the dust and insisted that someone must have secretly helped Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao revealed his nine soul rings, and Zhao Wuji accepted that he was a Titled Douluo and apologized.
• Qin Xiao insisted they continue until the incense burned down, and Zhao Wuji instinctively tried to flee.
• Qin Xiao activated his fifth soul ring and engulfed Zhao Wuji in a Thunder Pool.

Qin Xiao passed Zhao Wuji’s assessment by overwhelming him with lightning, then followed Dai Mubai to Shrek Academy’s guest quarters. Zhao Wuji ordered the other students to undergo another assessment, while Dai Mubai’s hopes of forming a special bond with Qin Xiao were dashed.

• Qin Xiao’s lightning left Zhao Wuji battered, and Zhao Wuji declared that Qin Xiao had passed the assessment.
• Qin Xiao received a mission reward, learned that the system considered him injured and in poor condition, and followed Dai Mubai to rest.
• Zhao Wuji told the remaining students that he would assess them again, and Ning Rongrong decided to stay at Shrek Academy after seeing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dai Mubai led Qin Xiao to the academy’s guest quarters, where Qin Xiao asked him not to use the title “Thunder Emperor.”
• Dai Mubai was disappointed when Qin Xiao said he preferred to be called “Your Eminence” like the others.

Qin Xiao settled into his courtyard at Shrek Academy, where Flender and the teachers visited to ask what he wanted. After the system woke him with a training mission, Qin Xiao accepted it and went out to find lightning to use for training.

• Qin Xiao sensed Tang Hao spying on him, called him out, and concluded that Tang Hao had left without confronting him.
• Flender, Li Yusong, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin visited Qin Xiao, who told them he had come to Shrek Academy for fun and they could act as though he were not there.
• After the visitors left, Qin Xiao fell asleep in his rocking chair and woke late at night when the system issued a mission to train from night until dawn for seven consecutive days.
• Qin Xiao saw that the mission reward was one soul power level and went out to find lightning so he could train in earnest.

Qin Xiao drew lightning to himself in Shrek Academy’s square and absorbed it to cultivate, astonishing the teachers, students, and a hidden observer. After the storm cleared, he left, while Zhao Wuji used his example to make the students keep training.

• Qin Xiao used Lightning Attraction to summon a storm and absorb its lightning in the square.
• Flender and the other teachers went to investigate, and Flender recognized Qin Xiao cultivating beneath the lightning.
• Zhao Wuji warned the arriving students not to interrupt Qin Xiao, then scolded them for sleeping instead of training.
• Tang San compared his own Soul Grandmaster rank with Qin Xiao’s strength and began doubting his theories about martial souls.
• The lightning stopped, Qin Xiao told everyone to leave, and Zhao Wuji ordered the students to train harder.

Qin Xiao accepted a system quest to rescue Cuihua from Ma Hongjun and defeated Ma Hongjun with a casual strike. He gave Cuihua money to leave the village, then vanished when she offered to follow him; Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy and asked Dai Mubai for help.

• Qin Xiao’s wandering stabilized his cultivation, and he came across Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua in the village.
• The system issued Qin Xiao a quest to defeat Ma Hongjun and rescue Cuihua, and Qin Xiao accepted it rather than lose access to future quests.
• Qin Xiao told Ma Hongjun to let Cuihua go and sent him flying with a flick of two fingers.
• After the system marked the quest complete, Qin Xiao gave Cuihua ten Gold Soul Coins and told her to leave, but he vanished when she asked to follow him.
• Ma Hongjun returned to Shrek Academy, brushed off Oscar’s offer of a Big Sausage, and asked Dai Mubai to help him.

Ma Hongjun recruited Dai Mubai and Oscar to help him confront the stranger who had injured him, but they discovered the man was Qin Xiao, the Titled Douluo known as the Thunder Emperor. Flender intervened and sent the three students to run laps, leaving them shaken by how close they came to offending Qin Xiao.

• Ma Hongjun told Dai Mubai and Oscar that a stranger had injured him, and Dai Mubai agreed to help him seek revenge after hearing the man's description.
• The three headed toward the village and recognized the approaching Qin Xiao as the person Ma Hongjun wanted to fight.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar bowed to Qin Xiao and addressed him as the Thunder Emperor, while Ma Hongjun realized he had challenged a Titled Douluo.
• Flender arrived and said he had sent the students to find Qin Xiao for breakfast, then escorted him away.
• Flender ordered Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to run twenty laps around the village before they could eat, and Dai Mubai and Oscar blamed Ma Hongjun for nearly getting them killed.

Qin Xiao joined Shrek Academy’s students at breakfast and attended Flender’s assembly, where the dean outlined tuition, a nighttime lesson, and assignments for several students. As Qin Xiao prepared to focus on cultivating his strength, the system issued him a side quest.

• Oscar told Ma Hongjun about Qin Xiao’s entrance test and his Titled Douluo strength, leaving Ma Hongjun frightened.
• Flender brought Qin Xiao to the dining hall, where Qin Xiao ate breakfast alongside Shrek’s students and unsettled Xiao Wu with his presence.
• Flender rang the assembly bell, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and a reluctant Ma Hongjun returned to the academy square.
• Flender ordered new students to pay tuition, announced a special lesson that night, assigned Ning Rongrong and Oscar twenty laps each, and told Tang San to stay behind.
• Qin Xiao decided to leave the assembly and concentrate on growing stronger, but the system issued a side quest.

Qin Xiao used lightning to push Ning Rongrong and Oscar through Flender’s trial, while reports of strange thunderstorms at Shrek prompted Ning Fengzhi to suspect the academy was dangerous. Ning Fengzhi agreed to go to Shrek with Uncle Jian to check on Rongrong.

• Qin Xiao accepted the system mission to help Ning Rongrong and Oscar complete Flender’s trial, despite doubting he needed support companions.
• Qin Xiao took Ning Rongrong and Oscar outside Shrek Academy and explained that he would use lightning to stimulate their potential.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar tried to avoid the treatment by running, but Qin Xiao shocked Ning Rongrong to make her run faster while Oscar fled ahead.
• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple told Ning Fengzhi that Rongrong was at Shrek and that thunder and lightning had struck the academy for several hours.
• Uncle Jian urged Ning Fengzhi to bring Rongrong home, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to go with him to Shrek.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar returned to Shrek Academy after completing Flender’s task with Qin Xiao’s help, and Qin Xiao declined to guide the students’ next lesson. After five days of lightning-based cultivation, Qin Xiao gained strength and sensed Tang Hao approaching, so he went to meet him.

• Flender and the Shrek teachers doubted Ning Rongrong and Oscar could finish their task, but they found the pair eating with Qin Xiao when they entered the dining hall.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Qin Xiao for helping her complete the task, while Oscar quietly left the dining hall.
• Flender invited Qin Xiao to guide the students’ second lesson, but Qin Xiao refused because no system mission appeared.
• Qin Xiao spent five days cultivating amid constant lightning over Shrek’s square, then received the reward for completing his seven-day intensive cultivation mission and increased his soul power.
• Qin Xiao sensed Tang Hao’s unfriendly aura and headed toward him.

Qin Xiao met Tang Hao in a secluded forest, where Tang Hao demanded that he leave Shrek Academy and keep Xiao Wu’s identity secret. Qin Xiao refused and overwhelmed Tang Hao with his Thunder Emperor powers, leaving Tang Hao preparing to face a devastating attack.

• Tang Hao revealed himself to Qin Xiao and demanded that Qin Xiao leave Shrek Academy without exposing Xiao Wu’s identity.
• Tang Hao threatened Qin Xiao with his Clear Sky Hammer and offered compensation, but Qin Xiao firmly refused to leave.
• Qin Xiao activated his Thunder Emperor Martial Soul and struck Tang Hao with such speed and force that Tang Hao judged him comparable to a rank-ninety-five Titled Douluo.
• Tang Hao resolved to kill Qin Xiao using a Clear Sky Sect secret technique, but Qin Xiao trapped him in Thunder Pool and scorched the surrounding forest.
• Qin Xiao summoned Thunder Beast with nine Soul Rings, and Tang Hao sensed that its destructive power exceeded the limits of rank ninety-five.

Qin Xiao overwhelmed Tang Hao with his Thunder Emperor Armor, but Tang Hao used Ring Detonation and a Blue Silver Cage to escape toward Shrek Academy. Qin Xiao remained trapped as Tang Hao fled, while their feud and the threat to Tang San continued.

• Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to destroy Qin Xiao’s Thunder Beasts and break out of the Thunder Pool.
• Qin Xiao revealed his Thunder Emperor Armor, then used teleportation and a barrage of attacks to overpower Tang Hao.
• Qin Xiao declared that their fight would end only when one of them could no longer rise and vowed that Tang San would also pay for Tang Hao’s attack.
• Tang Hao detonated his fifth through seventh Soul Rings, but still could not gain the upper hand against Qin Xiao.
• Fearing the backlash of detonating another powerful Soul Ring, Tang Hao trapped Qin Xiao with Blue Silver Cage and fled toward Shrek Academy.

Tang Hao arrived at Shrek Academy and took Tang San and Xiao Wu away after his battle with Qin Xiao. He stopped beside a stream to recover from his injuries, while Tang San learned Qin Xiao had wounded him and burned with hatred.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji prepared to protect the Shrek students when Tang Hao appeared, and Tang San discovered that his father was a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Hao said he had to take Tang San away, and Tang San asked to bring Xiao Wu; Tang Hao pressured her into agreeing before carrying them off.
• Qin Xiao arrived at the academy, saw that Tang San and Xiao Wu were gone, and chose not to pursue Tang Hao because his soul power was depleted.
• Tang Hao stopped beside a stream after carrying Tang San and Xiao Wu over a hundred li, then coughed up blood as his injuries and Ring Detonation backlash took their toll.
• Tang San used golden-needle acupuncture to ease Tang Hao's condition, then learned Qin Xiao had injured him and seethed with hatred.

Tang Hao revealed his past to Tang San and Xiao Wu, then arranged for Xiao Wu to take Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest while he pursued his own plans against Qin Xiao. Three days later, Qin Xiao found Shrek's students preparing to hunt soul beasts and wondered whether Tang San could still obtain the Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he belonged to the Clear Sky Sect and that Tang San's mother, Ah Yin, was a Blue Silver Emperor who had returned to her original form.
• Xiao Wu revealed that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form, and Tang San accepted her as his family.
• Tang Hao asked Xiao Wu to take Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest for protection while he sought help from the Clear Sky Sect against Qin Xiao.
• After three days of recovery, Qin Xiao found Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing preparing to hunt soul beasts with Zhao Wuji.
• Qin Xiao wondered whether Tang San could still obtain the Eight Spider Lances after missing the soul-hunting opportunity.

Qin Xiao accepted the system’s quest to kill a soul beast over five thousand years old and traveled with Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students toward the Star Dou Great Forest. After Xiao Wu led Tang San into the forest, Qin Xiao guessed that three missing students had gone to a tavern and followed Zhao Wuji into town to find them.

• The system tasked Qin Xiao with killing a soul beast over five thousand years old alongside the Shrek students, and he welcomed the chance to increase one of his soul rings’ ages.
• Qin Xiao joined Zhao Wuji’s group, and his electric shocks pushed the students to cover over four hundred li in half a day.
• Zhao Wuji let the group rest for an hour in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest before entering the forest.
• Xiao Wu took Tang San into the Star Dou Great Forest and promised that Er Ming would soon come to meet them.
• When Zhao Wuji noticed three students were missing, Qin Xiao guessed they were at a tavern, then headed into town as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing followed.

At a tavern, Qin Xiao watched as Zhao Wuji punished Ye Zhiqiu for attacking Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San sensed a breakthrough and resolved to do whatever it took to kill Qin Xiao.

• Ye Zhiqiu cornered Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, who called to Qin Xiao for help, but Qin Xiao ignored them.
• Ye Zhiqiu mocked Qin Xiao and suddenly found himself unable to speak after Qin Xiao asked whether he found the situation funny.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, apologized to Qin Xiao on behalf of the students, and beat Ye Zhiqiu for insulting him.
• Tang San stopped in the Star Dou Great Forest because he felt close to breaking through, which he attributed to the shocks caused by Qin Xiao.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Qin Xiao was a terrifying enemy and vowed to find a way to kill him.

Tang San insisted that he could eventually avenge Tang Hao, while Qin Xiao led Zhao Wuji and the injured students into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a Soul Ring. They encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and just as Zhao Wuji subdued it for Oscar, Snake Granny and Meng Yiran appeared to claim it.

• Xiao Wu warned Tang San that Qin Xiao was far stronger, but Tang San trusted the Tang Sect Hidden Weapons to give him a chance at revenge.
• Qin Xiao refused to delay entering the Star Dou Great Forest until morning, and Zhao Wuji ordered the students to stay close as they searched for Oscar's Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a flying Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji judged its age suitable for Oscar.
• Zhao Wuji beat the serpent nearly unconscious and tossed it in front of Oscar so he could kill it and claim its Soul Ring.
• Snake Granny and Meng Yiran emerged and ordered the group not to touch the serpent.