Recaps

Meng Shu fought the Golden Sacred Dragon until Qi Ling and Meng Yiran arrived and offered to help him defeat it. As Meng Shu drew the dragon into an attack, he used his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring to begin trapping it.

• The Golden Sacred Dragon ambushed Meng Shu and nearly swallowed him, but Qi Ling's Nine Heavens Dragon Roar stunned it long enough for Meng Shu to escape.
• Qi Ling arrived with Meng Yiran and told Meng Shu he could create an opening for him to strike the Golden Sacred Dragon's vital point.
• Meng Shu agreed to fight alongside Qi Ling, while the Golden Sacred Dragon resumed its attack, intent on devouring him.
• Qi Ling used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to carry Meng Yiran to safety as Meng Shu faced the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Meng Shu evaded the dragon's pounce with an afterimage and activated his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring's Dragon-Trapping Prison.

Qi Ling and Meng Shu worked together to defeat the Golden Sacred Dragon by trapping it, exposing its vital point, and striking through its armor. Qi Ling's final blow left the beast on the verge of death.

• Meng Shu trapped the Golden Sacred Dragon in his Dragon-Trapping Prison while Qi Ling explained how to exploit the beast's exposed belly during a full-strength pounce.
• Qi Ling volunteered to bait the Golden Sacred Dragon, and Meng Shu agreed to prepare his strongest Soul Skill.
• After Meng Shu released the prison, Qi Ling baited the beast into pouncing and used the Immortal-Binding Rope to immobilize it for one second.
• Meng Shu struck the Golden Sacred Dragon's exposed vital point with his eighth Soul Skill, breaking its armor but failing to kill it.
• Qi Ling drove his Tyrant Dragon Fist into the wound, making the Golden Sacred Dragon feel fear as its life began to slip away.

Qi Ling killed the Golden Sacred Dragon and began absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring while Meng Shu and Meng Yiran guarded him. Meanwhile, the Shrek group camped for the night in the Star Dou Great Forest, reassured by Xiao Wu that Qi Ling was safe, until Zhao Wuji suddenly looked terrified.

• Qi Ling's Tyrant Dragon Fist killed the Golden Sacred Dragon, and its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared.
• Qi Ling told Meng Shu that he had twin Martial Souls and could absorb the ring as his third Soul Ring, and Meng Shu offered to guard him.
• Qi Ling began absorbing the Golden Sacred Dragon's Soul Ring as Meng Shu and Meng Yiran stayed nearby.
• Zhao Wuji brought the Shrek group to camp for the night, and Xiao Wu said she could sense that Qi Ling was safe.
• Ma Hongjun teased Xiao Wu about Qi Ling and Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji's smile abruptly vanished as he became terrified.

The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek group and seized Xiao Wu, overwhelming their attempts to stop it. Just as it began to leave with her, Qi Ling arrived after hearing its roar.

• Zhao Wuji warned the Shrek group and summoned his Martial Soul when the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest.
• The Shrek group fought the Titan Giant Ape, but its attacks broke their formation and left them unable to harm it.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught Xiao Wu, and Tang San and Zhao Wuji attacked desperately to rescue her.
• The Titan Giant Ape blocked their attacks and started to leave with Xiao Wu.
• Qi Ling heard the Titan Giant Ape's roar, rushed toward the group, and appeared in golden armor.

Qi Ling chose to confront the Titan Giant Ape alone and used his third Soul Skill, Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, to repel it. He spent two years of accumulated Soul Power to do so, leaving his Soul Power stuck at level thirty-one as the Titan Giant Ape fled by another route with Xiao Wu.

• Qi Ling chose the system option to block the Titan Giant Ape and enter the forest alone to bring Xiao Wu back, accepting the risk of side effects.
• Qi Ling revealed that his third Soul Skill was Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, which boosted his defenses, Soul Power, Soul Skills, and physical attributes.
• Xiao Wu saw Qi Ling in his golden armor and cried out that he looked handsome.
• Qi Ling met the Titan Giant Ape's punch with his own and drove it back, astonishing Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Qi Ling used up his accumulated Soul Power to repel the Titan Giant Ape, leaving his Soul Power at level thirty-one.
• The Titan Giant Ape hesitated, avoided Qi Ling, and fled along another route with Xiao Wu.

Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he accepted her identity and would protect her, prompting Da Ming and Er Ming to trust him and give him a Dragon Blood Lotus. As Qi Ling and Xiao Wu left the forest, he vowed to build a force strong enough to protect her from any threat.

• Xiao Wu rushed between Qi Ling and Da Ming, stopping him from attacking, then cried with relief when Qi Ling said her identity did not change that she was his little sister.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Wu that blocking Er Ming's attack had lowered his Soul Power from rank 34 to rank 31, and Xiao Wu angrily scolded Er Ming and Da Ming for threatening him.
• Da Ming apologized and gave Qi Ling a Dragon Blood Lotus, explaining that he had tested whether Qi Ling could protect Xiao Wu and now trusted him.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu said farewell to Da Ming and Er Ming and headed toward the forest's outskirts to rejoin Shrek.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Qi Ling truly meant to protect her, and he promised that anyone who wanted to hurt her would have to step over his corpse before he built an even stronger force.

Qi Ling found Tang San suffering as he absorbed an over-limit Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and learned that the spider’s evil nature was tormenting him. Qi Ling chose to use his upgraded Soul Skill to save Tang San and revealed that his own Soul Rings had changed, though the rescue had not yet been completed.

• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu reunited with the Shrek group and found Tang San in agony while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling explained that the spider’s evil nature was causing Tang San’s suffering and recognized that Tang San’s Soul Ring exceeded his limit.
• Qi Ling chose the system’s third option, receiving a 500-year increase to his first Soul Ring and an upgrade to Nine Heavens Dragon Roar.
• Qi Ling asked the others to step back and summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor to prepare to save Tang San.
• Oscar noticed Qi Ling’s two purple and one black Soul Rings, and Qi Ling said he had absorbed the Golden Sacred Dragon’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Qi Ling used his evolved First Soul Skill to free Tang San from the Man Faced Demon Spider’s evil thoughts, and Tang San completed his Soul Ring absorption. After the group returned toward town, Qi Ling went back to meet Meng Yiran and brought her a Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling revealed that his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar could clear allies’ minds and used it to help Tang San expel the Man Faced Demon Spider’s evil thoughts.
• Tang San regained control, completed his absorption, and emerged the next day with eight Spider Lances; Ma Hongjun was poisoned after touching one, and Tang San drew out the poison.
• Qi Ling recounted his recent adventures to the group, then told them to head to the hotel while he finished something.
• Meng Shu reassured Meng Yiran that Qi Ling would be safe as she worried about him and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Qi Ling appeared above Meng Yiran with a snake and presented it as the Soul Ring he had promised to find for her.

Qi Ling gave Meng Yiran a Spirit Ascension Pill so she could safely absorb the Black Water Mysterious Serpent's Soul Ring, then returned to the hotel and reunited with his companions. He considered the risks and opportunities of using medicinal pills before sharing a heartfelt toast with Tang San.

• Qi Ling explained that the Black Water Mysterious Serpent suited Meng Yiran but warned that its nineteen-hundred-year Soul Ring exceeded her safe absorption limit.
• Qi Ling gave Meng Yiran a Spirit Ascension Pill that could raise her Soul Ring absorption limit by two hundred years, and Meng Shu thanked him for his generosity.
• Meng Yiran prepared to absorb the serpent's Soul Ring under Meng Shu's protection, while Qi Ling left after promising they would meet again.
• Qi Ling reflected that potent medicines could attract trouble as well as support his plans, and considered discussing medicinal research and trade with Tang San.
• Qi Ling returned to the hotel, accepted toasts from Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then exchanged a heartfelt toast with Tang San.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Qi Ling explained that his Spirit Ascension Pill could increase the age of Soul Rings a Soul Master could absorb, and Ning Rongrong recognized its value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He offered the sect the formula and control of the market in exchange for a simple personal request.

• Zhao Wuji sent the students to rest and told them stricter training awaited the next day.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Tang San to discuss his Hidden Weapons, and Qi Ling asked to speak with him as well.
• Qi Ling showed Tang San and Ning Rongrong his Spirit Ascension Pill and explained that it could increase the age of absorbable Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong urged Qi Ling to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect handle the pill’s sales, but Qi Ling pointed out that other factions had greater power and resources.
• Qi Ling offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the formula and a market monopoly if Ning Rongrong agreed to kiss him again.

Qi Ling explained why he planned to ally with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and declared that he would make the world know his name within twelve years. His ambition inspired Tang San, while Tang San later urged Oscar to give up on Ning Rongrong because Qi Ling had already won her affection.

• Ning Rongrong kissed Qi Ling's right cheek after he requested it as part of his terms.
• Qi Ling told Tang San he valued the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a safe ally because its support-type Soul Masters had little ambition to contend for supremacy.
• Qi Ling said he would make everyone under heaven know his name within twelve years and encouraged Tang San to build a reputation of his own.
• Tang San returned to the dormitory, where Oscar wondered whether Ning Rongrong had wanted to confess to him.
• Tang San advised Oscar to let go of Ning Rongrong, explaining that Qi Ling was the reason Oscar had no chance with her.
• Oscar accepted the advice and joked that he would have to find someone less pretty than Ning Rongrong.

After Zhao Wuji described the expedition, Yu Xiaogang explained why Qi Ling could bear his twin Martial Souls and absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third. Yu Xiaogang agreed to stay at the academy and plan the students’ lessons, leaving Flender eager to teach their exceptional students alongside him.

• Zhao Wuji told Flender about the dangers they had faced and Qi Ling’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and explained that Qi Ling’s twin Martial Souls could coexist because of his unique qualities and tenacious will, though their Soul Ring counts could not differ by more than two.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and Zhao Wuji that Qi Ling was not his disciple; his disciple was Tang San, and he and Qi Ling discussed Martial Soul Theory as equals.
• Yu Xiaogang asked them not to give Qi Ling special treatment and offered to teach the students alongside them starting the next day.
• Yu Xiaogang left to examine Tang San’s spider legs, and Zhao Wuji went to rest.
• Flender celebrated the chance to work with Yu Xiaogang and vowed to help make their students the finest on the continent.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of the students’ training and announced that Qi Ling would receive a special plan of his own. Zhu Zhuqing went alone to meet Blood Handprint Zhang Lei, then returned to the academy claiming she had spent the day cultivating, while Qi Ling followed after her with concern.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ new trainer, and Yu Xiaogang assigned them numbers, with Qi Ling designated number zero for his individual plan.
• The students spent their day off on separate activities, while Qi Ling cultivated in his room.
• Qi Ling encountered Zhu Zhuqing as she set out to face Blood Handprint Zhang Lei and offered help, but she refused so she could test her limits.
• The students returned to the academy with news of their day, and Zhu Zhuqing came back alone, saying she had been cultivating.
• Qi Ling watched Zhu Zhuqing hurry away and followed her, worried that she was hiding what had happened.

After Zhu Zhuqing injured herself pursuing greater strength, Qi Ling agreed to guide her cultivation and unlocked the Character Development Function. He studied its evaluations of the Shrek students and planned to begin developing Zhu Zhuqing after she recovered.

• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed outside her room after pushing herself too hard, and Qi Ling caught her and eased her injuries with his cultivation power.
• Zhu Zhuqing begged Qi Ling to make her stronger, and he accepted her request, unlocking the Character Development Function.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing medicine and told her to rest, then asked her to find him at midnight after the next day's training.
• Qi Ling examined the new function and learned it could evaluate characters and guide their cultivation paths.
• Qi Ling reviewed the Shrek students' potential and combat ratings, noting that Tang San's displayed score failed to reflect the full extent of his abilities.

Yu Xiaogang began training Shrek with strict rules, assigning Qi Ling to discipline the late Ma Hongjun and then setting the group challenges against Qi Ling. Qi Ling chose to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils under the rules, aiming to earn major rewards as the matches began.

• Yu Xiaogang served the students a lavish breakfast, then announced that anyone late for breakfast would go without it and receive special training.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Qi Ling to train Ma Hongjun for one double-hour, and Qi Ling left Ma Hongjun unable to stand and sent him to the infirmary.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Dai Mubai to defeat the other students one by one, then set three challenges for each of the seven members of Shrek against Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling accepted the mission to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils, earning upgrades to his movement technique and cultivation art and repairing the Immortal-Binding Rope to 40% completeness.

Qi Ling tested Shrek’s formation by unleashing his new Tyrant Dragon Fist: Air Quake, a punch that spread overwhelming force through violent vibrations. The six struggled to hold their positions as the pressure kept increasing.

• Oscar pretended to have a stomachache to avoid training, but Yu Xiaogang threatened to send anyone who refused to Qi Ling for individual training.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek’s six members into a pyramid formation, with Tang San coordinating their defense and Ning Rongrong and Oscar providing support.
• Yu Xiaogang told Qi Ling to overwhelm the group without injuring them, and Qi Ling prepared to test a new attack.
• Qi Ling used Divine Dragon Emperor: Possession and Tyrant Dragon Fist, adding controlled vibrations to create Tyrant Dragon Fist: Air Quake.
• Qi Ling’s punch shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and battered Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing while Tang San struggled to keep the formation intact.
• The vibrations continued to intensify, pushing the group toward the limits of their endurance.

Qi Ling ended the group’s first exercise by breaking through their combined formation with a controlled punch, then tested his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor against the Shrek group’s attacks. The exercise continued after Dai Mubai’s attack failed and Xiao Wu could not throw Qi Ling.

• Dai Mubai lost consciousness first, and the rest of the group fell as Qi Ling’s punch broke their formation.
• After recovering with Yu Xiaogang’s special beverage, the group began training to attack Qi Ling’s defenses, and Yu Xiaogang allowed Tang San to use most of his Hidden Weapons.
• Qi Ling summoned his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, and Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave dissipated against his chest without leaving a mark.
• Xiao Wu teleported to Qi Ling and tried to throw him, but she could not move him and complained that he was too heavy.
• Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he would always like her, whatever she became.

Qi Ling tested Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San against his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, which withstood all of their attacks. Tang San exhausted his hidden weapons and conceded, leaving Qi Ling undefeated.

• Xiao Wu failed to throw Qi Ling and threatened to bite him, but he stopped her.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Qi Ling with her Hell Spirit Cat Soul Skills, but could not break through his defenses and admitted defeat.
• Tang San covered Qi Ling with hidden weapons, using Blue Silver Grass to briefly bind his hands before throwing knives at his unprotected face.
• Qi Ling caught Tang San’s throwing knives in his mouth and invited him to continue attacking.
• Tang San tried varied hidden weapons and his Eight Spider Lances, but none pierced the Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, so he conceded.

Qi Ling tested the power of Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow and endured its bolts with his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor. The Shrek Seven Devils then gathered for a timed battle against Qi Ling, who was forbidden to use Soul Skills.

• Qi Ling asked Tang San to fire his strongest hidden weapon at him, and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts lodged in his armor without piercing through it.
• Qi Ling praised the crossbow’s power and agreed with Yu Xiaogang to postpone the group training until Ma Hongjun could join them.
• Ma Hongjun arrived for the afternoon exercise, and Yu Xiaogang ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to fight Qi Ling for one incense stick.
• Yu Xiaogang forbade Qi Ling from using Soul Skills, giving the Shrek Seven Devils hope that they could last longer.
• Ma Hongjun bragged that he would go easy on Qi Ling, then quickly begged him not to hit too hard after Qi Ling threatened to knock him out first.

Qi Ling faced the Shrek students in a spar where Tang San coordinated a trap to set up Xiao Wu’s Eight-Stage Throw. Xiao Wu slammed Qi Ling into the ground, but he survived and warned that he was angry.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered both sides to fight seriously or go without breakfast for a week.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun teamed up to pressure Qi Ling with close-range attacks and Phoenix Fire Line.
• Tang San lured Qi Ling onto a patch seeded with Blue Silver Grass and launched him into the air to create an opening.
• Xiao Wu caught Qi Ling in midair and used her Eight-Stage Throw to hurl him into the ground.
• Qi Ling climbed out of the crater, revealed that his True Dragon Body and the soft soil had helped him endure the attack, and declared that he was angry.

Qi Ling used his speed and tactics to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils during their training match. Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu kept fighting after the others were eliminated, but the incense burned out with Qi Ling victorious.

• Qi Ling used Lightning Instant to break through the formation and eliminate Ning Rongrong, ending her support for the team.
• Qi Ling shattered Dai Mubai's defense, used him as a shield, and knocked Oscar and Ma Hongjun out of the fight.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu refused to surrender, and Ning Rongrong secretly boosted their Soul Power.
• Qi Ling eliminated Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing, then tickled Xiao Wu until she let go.
• The incense finished burning, confirming Qi Ling's victory over the Shrek Seven Devils.

After Shrek’s match against Qi Ling, Yu Xiaogang criticized the group for taking the fight lightly and announced punishment training. That night, Zhu Zhuqing asked Qi Ling to make her stronger, and the system offered him a choice that would unlock her development system and grant a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Qi Ling how they had failed to take their match seriously.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered everyone to assemble for punishment training the next morning.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Qi Ling at midnight and asked him to teach her to become stronger, refusing to explain her determination.
• The system presented Qi Ling with the Path of Choice mission and promised to unlock Zhu Zhuqing’s development system and reward him with a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling explained nothing further and placed a bottle of jade-green liquid on the table, telling Zhu Zhuqing to drink it first.

Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing cultivation medicine and asked her to choose a path for her development. She chose the perilous Hell Road, unlocking her development function and receiving the Beast God's Heart.

• Zhu Zhuqing drank Qi Ling's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which increased the speed of her Soul Power cultivation.
• Qi Ling offered Zhu Zhuqing three paths to becoming stronger, but she rejected them and asked about a fourth option.
• Qi Ling revealed the Hell Road, which required Zhu Zhuqing to stake her entire life in exchange for immense power.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose the Hell Road without hesitation, and the system unlocked her development function and rewarded Qi Ling with a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Beast God's Heart, a power he had chosen to suit her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.

Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Beast God's Heart, the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art, and the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm to help her grow strong enough to defeat Zhang Lei in three months. Zhu Zhuqing left to begin cultivating, and Qi Ling welcomed her to return for guidance.

• Zhu Zhuqing sensed the immense power within the Beast God's Heart, and Qi Ling explained that she could begin absorbing it only after obtaining her Third Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art and Mysterious Nether Divine Palm, setting goals of reaching Soul Power Level 29 and mastering both techniques so she could defeat Zhang Lei.
• Qi Ling revealed that he had cured Zhang Lei after his Great Soul Arena fight, then forced him to agree to fight Zhu Zhuqing again in three months.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Qi Ling was helping her, and he said his ambitions lay in the heavens before telling her she could visit anytime.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to return the next day to discuss the cultivation arts, then hurried back to her dormitory after Qi Ling reminded her to rest before Grandmaster's training.

The Shrek Seven Devils began Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s weighted cross-country training, with Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement making Qi Ling carry four hundred jin. The group reached the fifth lap before Zhu Zhuqing nearly collapsed, and Qi Ling took her rocks onto his own back, bringing his load to six hundred jin.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to run ten trips between the academy and Suotuo City before lunch without using Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to make Qi Ling’s forty-jin basket weigh four hundred jin, and Qi Ling set off first.
• Tang San recognized that the test required the group to help one another, since every extra rock would add ten times its weight to Qi Ling’s load.
• On the fifth lap, Zhu Zhuqing nearly fell from exhaustion after staying up all night, and Xiao Wu caught her.
• Qi Ling took Zhu Zhuqing’s twenty-jin basket and added its rocks to his own, increasing his load to six hundred jin.