Recaps

Qi Ling and Xiao Ye reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to search for the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, but found the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group blocking the way. As Meng Shu confronted the mercenaries over their blockade, a veiled woman with a sacred presence arrived and drew everyone’s attention.

• Qi Ling accepted Xiao Ye’s request to team up and received a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman and a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Ye he would keep any Soul Bone they found and gave her one Gold Soul Coin as payment.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye found the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group barring entry to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Ye explained that the mercenary group relied on its Soul Douluo leader, while Qi Ling recognized Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang among those seeking the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• Meng Shu challenged the mercenaries, but hesitated when they warned that their leader was nearby.
• A veiled woman arrived as Meng Shu and the mercenaries neared a fight, captivating the Soul Masters with her presence.

A mysterious woman entered the Star Dou Great Forest, effortlessly knocking out the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group after the Peerless Dragon Snake fled at the sight of her. Qi Ling and Xiao Ye searched for a Twin-Tailed Money Rat and set bait to attract it, but the chapter ended before they knew whether it would appear.

• Meng Shu recognized something about the mysterious woman and hurriedly led Chao Tianxiang away, abandoning their pursuit of Yiran's Soul Bone.
• The woman ignored the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group's orders, knocked out the squad captain and his companions with a wave, and entered the forest.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye found the mercenaries unconscious, then decided to continue searching for the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• Qi Ling used Golden Cup Spirit Fruit powder enhanced with Beast-Attracting Powder to draw numerous Money Rats to a clearing.
• Xiao Ye relaxed across Qi Ling's back as they waited to see whether the Twin-Tailed Money Rat would come.

Qi Ling and Xiao Ye trapped a Twin-Tailed Money Rat, but a hidden archer from the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group attacked them and demanded they leave. Qi Ling chose to fight back, perfected Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, and used his new X-ray vision to locate the archer.

• Xiao Ye rested on Qi Ling’s back while they waited, and a Twin-Tailed Money Rat appeared among the baited Money Rats.
• Qi Ling triggered his prepared net and captured the rats, but a hidden archer fired a deadly arrow at him.
• Xiao Ye pushed Qi Ling out of the arrow’s path, and the archer threatened them through voice transmission, demanding they leave the Twin-Tailed Money Rat behind.
• Qi Ling accepted the system’s challenge to go to war with the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group and received a Soul Power increase, Faction Points, Xiao Ye’s favorability, and perfected Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
• Qi Ling activated his new X-ray vision and spotted the archer, a deputy commander carrying the Piercing Willow Bow, hiding in a tree about four hundred meters away.

Qi Ling pursued Yang Jian, the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group’s level 54 Soul King deputy commander, and countered his teleportation and arrow attacks. Yang Jian’s full-powered Brilliant Nebula Arrow threatened to pierce Qi Ling’s Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, so Qi Ling activated his one-use Guardian Crystal.

• Qi Ling sent Xiao Ye to hide safely and charged toward Yang Jian, who escaped his first attack with his Positioning Teleportation Soul Skill.
• Qi Ling used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to locate Yang Jian after he teleported a thousand meters away, then pursued him again.
• Yang Jian fired two volleys of arrows, but Qi Ling caught the first three and dodged the explosive second volley.
• Yang Jian launched his Fourth Soul Skill, Brilliant Nebula Arrow, and Qi Ling summoned his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor before realizing it might not withstand the attack.
• Qi Ling activated his one-use Guardian Crystal to block Yang Jian’s powerful arrow.

Qi Ling used Shadow Sneak to ambush and knock out Yang Jian, then reunited with Xiao Ye and tried to escape the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group. Their pursuers found them and closed in, leaving the pair trapped in the forest with no easy way to flee.

• After his Brilliant Nebula Arrow was blocked, Yang Jian teleported away, so Qi Ling used Nightmare Descends to merge with the shadows and sneak up behind him.
• Qi Ling surprised Yang Jian, knocked him unconscious against a tree, and left him behind in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qi Ling returned to find Xiao Ye safe in a tree with the bag containing the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, and she warned him that the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group was approaching.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye tried to leave the forest, but the mercenaries spotted them and used signals and coordinated searches to keep closing in.
• Xiao Ye suggested taking the mercenaries out, but Qi Ling warned that their commander had Soul Douluo strength and could overpower them.

Qi Ling accepted Xiao Ye’s request to fight the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group and received the divine artifact Heaven and Earth Creation: Sword of Rupture. After the pair split up, Qi Ling faced more than thirty pursuers and prepared to use the fully charged artifact against them.

• Qi Ling accepted the system’s mission to help Xiao Ye and received her increased favorability and the Sword of Rupture.
• Xiao Ye admitted she had a major grudge against the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group, and she and Qi Ling agreed to split up.
• Fan Dali ordered his subordinates to pursue Qi Ling while he went after Xiao Ye, warning that she was especially dangerous.
• Qi Ling led his pursuers into an open area and refused their demand to hand over the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• As the mercenaries charged, Qi Ling announced that he would show them the divine artifact’s power.

Qi Ling used the Sword of Rupture and the Gate of Babylon to defeat the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group without killing them. He found Xiao Ye, but when their leader Meng Jie arrived seeking revenge, Qi Ling escaped with her using a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman.

• The Wolf Walk Mercenary Group ignored Qi Ling’s warning, so he opened the Gate of Babylon and fired thirteen projected divine weapons at them.
• Qi Ling incapacitated the group, then closed the Gate of Babylon and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qi Ling found Xiao Ye waiting for him, and she claimed she had shaken off her pursuer despite bloodstains on her shoes.
• Meng Jie arrived and accused Qi Ling and Xiao Ye of killing Fan Dali, while Xiao Ye revealed that Meng Jie led the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group.
• As Meng Jie prepared to attack, Qi Ling activated a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman and teleported away with Xiao Ye.

After escaping Meng Jie, Qi Ling learned that the Soul Douluo had been killed by an unknown Titled Douluo and chose to investigate the Star Dou Great Forest for a powerful system reward. He headed back alone, leaving Xiao Ye behind with the Twin-Tailed Money Rat as she tried to follow him.

• A veiled beauty confronted Meng Jie in the forest and killed him after he challenged her.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye reached a town, where Xiao Ye received a message reporting Meng Jie's death.
• Qi Ling suspected a Titled Douluo had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the system offered him rewards for investigating.
• Qi Ling chose to return to the forest and received a Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel and a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman.
• Qi Ling left the Twin-Tailed Money Rat with Xiao Ye and departed, while Xiao Ye decided to go after him.

Qi Ling entered the Star Dou Great Forest and met the mysterious woman who had once frightened off Dragon Duke Meng Shu. She told him she had killed a friend who had saved her, and their conversation ended with her saying they were destined to share a connection.

• Qi Ling sensed an overwhelming presence in the Star Dou Great Forest but continued forward, relying on his Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman as a last resort.
• Qi Ling found the mysterious woman praying beneath a tree, accidentally revealed himself, and discovered that she could stop his Soul Power from flowing when she caught his wrist.
• Qi Ling gave the woman his name and, after she said she could not reveal hers, began calling her big sister.
• The woman told Qi Ling she had come to mourn the friend she had killed with her own hands and described how guilt had tormented her ever since.
• Qi Ling said that people could repent and make amends, and the woman thanked him for listening and said they seemed destined to share a connection.

Qi Ling spent a night talking with the mysterious woman, who promised to make amends for her past and shared a farewell kiss with him. During the following two months, Qi Ling trained in the Star Dou Great Forest and discovered that firsthand encounters revealed much about Soul Beasts that books got wrong.

• The mysterious woman let Qi Ling stay with her overnight, and he urged her to make amends for her past by saving her friend.
• The two talked until dawn, promised to fulfill her wish, and the mysterious woman gave Qi Ling a brief kiss before departing.
• Qi Ling realized he had developed feelings for the mysterious woman, while she wondered whether he was the one destined to share a bond with her.
• During the two-month break, Qi Ling trained against Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and learned that the Catapult Ant's speed was more dangerous than its strength.
• Qi Ling shared his discoveries with Grandmaster, who decided to write The Complete Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts of the Martial Soul World with him.

After two months of training, Qi Ling and the others prepared to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City, with their skills and Soul Power improved. Flender led them on a grueling journey north, and they reached a small town after running 400 kilometers.

• Qi Ling trained against Soul Beasts while restricting his Soul Power, and the others improved; Zhu Zhuqing became a Gold Soul Fighting holder, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender rallied the group to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou City, and the students set out with the teachers.
• Flender made the group race at full speed, but slowed down when the students struggled to keep up; Qi Ling encouraged them to treat the run as training.
• After covering 400 kilometers, the group reached a small town, where Flender booked three hotel rooms and the exhausted students argued about the journey.

Xiao Wu brought Qi Ling to the girls’ room, where he massaged her, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing after their long day of travel. He turned down Xiao Wu’s invitation to sleep with them and returned to the boys’ room, where the others teased him until he retaliated.

• Xiao Wu led Qi Ling into the girls’ room and asked him to massage her and the others’ sore legs.
• Qi Ling massaged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, easing their fatigue.
• Xiao Wu invited Qi Ling to sleep with the three girls, but he refused and left for the boys’ room.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Tang San teased Qi Ling about massaging the girls.
• Qi Ling punished the boys for teasing him while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong wondered why he had refused to stay.

After leaving the Balak Kingdom, the Shrek group reached Silves City, where Grandmaster arranged a match against the murderous Fierce God Team to teach them to kill. Qi Ling challenged them to think about protecting one another, leaving them silent as they faced the cruelty of their world.

• Flender brought the Shrek group to the Great Soul Arena, hoping to profit from their team battle, but found no suitable opponents at their level.
• Grandmaster agreed to have the group fight the Soul Ancestor-level Fierce God Team, despite Flender's concern for their safety.
• Grandmaster explained that the match was meant to teach the group to kill and told Tang San to arrange for everyone to use his hidden weapons.
• Qi Ling told Ning Rongrong he had killed before, then staged a threat against her to make Dai Mubai consider how he would respond if a loved one were in danger.
• Qi Ling warned the group that mercy toward enemies could endanger them, and they fell silent as they considered his words.

Qi Ling guided the Shrek group through their first killing by helping them win against the Fierce God Team with Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. Afterward, he comforted them and used his soul skill to help them sleep, and they woke the next day having regained their spirits.

• Qi Ling chose the mission to guide Shrek to victory and received the Ferocity Talisman and Great Strength Talisman.
• Grandmaster and Flender worried about whether the Shrek group could overcome the burden of killing, while Grandmaster trusted Qi Ling to guide them.
• The Fierce God Team charged without summoning their Martial Souls, and the Shrek group killed all seven with their Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.
• Ning Rongrong broke down in Qi Ling's arms, and Qi Ling reminded the group that fear of killing was normal but they must be willing to defend themselves.
• Qi Ling used his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul's Third Soul Skill to calm the Shrek group and help them sleep through the night.
• The Shrek group regained their spirits by morning, while Grandmaster noticed Qi Ling's dark circles and Qi Ling awkwardly blamed his worry.

Shrek Academy reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qi Ling knocked out Prince Xue Beng and the students who tried to turn them away. Flender led the group onward, while Xue Beng still owed Qi Ling’s teacher an apology.

• Ning Rongrong guided the group from Heaven Dou City to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which occupied an entire mountain.
• Xue Beng and the other students blocked the Shrek group and insulted Flender, prompting Dai Mubai to move against them.
• Qi Ling stopped Dai Mubai and bet Xue Beng that one move would knock everyone down, with a kneeling apology as the price of losing.
• Qi Ling checked his punch at the last moment, but Xue Beng and the students still fainted.
• Flender mocked the students and led Shrek Academy onward, while Oscar remarked that Qi Ling had become even stronger.

The Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Academy, where Qi Ling dismissed Xue Beng and his companions and admired the academy’s cultivation environment. Qin Ming welcomed his former teachers and junior schoolmates, arranged their lodging, and planned for them to meet the academy’s senior staff the next morning.

• Sun Buyu arrived as Xue Beng and the others lay unconscious, and Qi Ling revived them with his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar.
• Sun Buyu learned that the Shrek group had come at Qin Ming’s invitation and escorted them into Heaven Dou Academy.
• Qi Ling praised the academy’s mountain setting and declared he would someday make it a place where Shrek could cultivate freely.
• Flender, Grandmaster, Zhao Wuji, and Dai Mubai discussed the academy and its students while waiting for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming welcomed Flender and the Shrek group, confirmed that he had arranged everything, and settled them in for the night.

Qi Ling and Tang San discussed their bond and Qin Ming's confidence in Qi Ling, while Qin Ming introduced the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The academy’s three Soul Douluo leaders welcomed them and praised the students’ talent.

• Qin Ming praised Qi Ling's talent and told Tang San that Qi Ling seemed destined to win any life-or-death fight.
• Tang San said he would stand behind Qi Ling and help him rise, and Qin Ming welcomed their loyalty.
• Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Academy's student and teacher ranks, then led the Shrek group to the Education Committee.
• Flender introduced himself to committee chief Meng Shenji and members Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin, all three of whom were Soul Douluos.
• Zhi Lin admitted he had doubted Qin Ming's praise but, after meeting the students, called them astonishing talents.

Tang San endured Soul Douluo Zhi Lin’s pressure test, breaking through and strengthening his Soul Power, before Qi Ling was asked to undergo a test of his own. Qi Ling warned that the pressure might rebound and injure Meng Shenji, but ultimately agreed to proceed with Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan ready to help.

• Zhi Lin tested Tang San with increasing Soul Power pressure, and Tang San used his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Blue Silver Grass to resist it.
• Under rank-forty-five pressure, Tang San broke through his limits, integrated the Eight Spider Lances into his body, opened a meridian, and gained one rank of Soul Power.
• Meng Shenji asked to test Qi Ling after hearing his talent surpassed Tang San’s, while the Shrek students guessed how much pressure Qi Ling could withstand.
• Qi Ling warned Meng Shenji that the pressure might rebound and hurt him, but agreed to the test after asking Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan to stand ready to help.

Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul automatically shielded him from the three Soul Douluos’ pressure, then unleashed a burst of power that drove them back. After the visitors acknowledged their mistake, Meng Shenji and Flender grew closer and Heaven Dou Academy became even more eager to recruit Shrek.

• Meng Shenji raised his Soul Power pressure to its maximum, but Qi Ling showed no discomfort because his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul blocked it.
• Meng Shenji invited Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin to join him, and their combined pressure enraged Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• A phantom Divine Dragon surged from Qi Ling and forced all three Soul Douluos back, disrupting the Soul Power within their bodies before vanishing.
• Qi Ling checked that the three were unharmed, and Meng Shenji admitted that he and the others had underestimated him.
• Flender asked Qi Ling to apologize for his recklessness, but Meng Shenji took responsibility and apologized instead.
• Meng Shenji and Flender found common ground as Heaven Dou Academy’s desire for Shrek to join grew stronger.

Prince Xue Xing challenged Shrek’s teachers to endure five minutes against Dugu Bo, who singled out Qi Ling over Dugu Yan’s snake core. Dugu Bo threatened to kill Qi Ling after Qi Ling insulted him, and began gathering Soul Power to strike.

• Qi Ling tripped Prince Xue Xing as he entered the education committee hall, and Meng Shenji introduced the Shrek group to him.
• Prince Xue Xing questioned Shrek’s legitimacy and demanded they withstand Dugu Bo for five minutes or leave the academy.
• Qi Ling shielded Dai Mubai from Dugu Bo’s pressure, then Dugu Bo asked which of them was Qi Ling.
• Dugu Bo confronted Qi Ling about swallowing Dugu Yan’s snake core, and Qi Ling called him an old man.
• Dugu Bo threatened to kill Qi Ling and gathered Soul Power to attack him despite Meng Shenji’s warning.

Shrek escaped Dugu Bo’s demand to keep Qi Ling, while Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Academy in solidarity with his teachers. After the group discovered Qi Ling was missing, Dugu Yan arrived and asked her grandfather whether he had met him.

• Qi Ling used Dugu Yan’s Snake Core to make Dugu Bo hesitate, but Dugu Bo still demanded that Qi Ling stay behind.
• Flender refused to abandon Qi Ling, and Meng Shenji and the other two Soul Douluos faced Dugu Bo so Shrek could leave safely.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Academy because his teacher had been humiliated and left to follow Shrek.
• Grandmaster urged the students to turn their defeat into motivation, and Ning Rongrong offered to seek help from her sect before Flender chose to go to Heaven Dou City.
• The group realized Qi Ling was missing, while the three committee members vowed to report Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo to the emperor.
• Dugu Yan embraced Dugu Bo and asked whether he had seen Qi Ling.

Qi Ling stayed at Heaven Dou Academy after the system tasked him with representing Shrek and lasting ten minutes against Dugu Bo, and he publicly insulted the Poison Douluo to provoke the fight. Dugu Bo confronted him at the plaza, while Shrek's group set out to rescue him.

• Dugu Yan defended Qi Ling after Dugu Bo claimed the boy was unimpressive, and Meng Shenji exposed that Dugu Bo had been called an old man.
• Qi Ling shouted that Dugu Bo was a huge piece of trash, and Dugu Bo rushed out to confront him despite Dugu Yan's warning not to hurt Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling explained that the system had offered him three choices and that he chose to fight Dugu Bo for ten minutes in exchange for rewards including the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel and a Poison-Avoidance Pill.
• The Shrek group heard Qi Ling's insult; Grandmaster urged everyone to return and rescue him, and Flender agreed that all of them would leave together.
• Dugu Bo appeared before Qi Ling at the plaza and threatened to kill him, but Qi Ling repeated his insult.

Qi Ling wagered that Dugu Bo could not poison him within ten minutes and demanded an apology to his teachers if he won. After Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist failed, Qi Ling let the Nine-Section Jade bite him, and the snake instead became affectionate toward him.

• Qi Ling provoked Dugu Bo into wagering that Dugu Bo could poison him into collapsing within ten minutes.
• Qi Ling revealed that if he won, Dugu Bo would have to apologize to his teachers in front of everyone at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group and Meng Shenji arrived and praised Qi Ling’s courage while trusting that he had a way to protect himself.
• Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist had no effect on Qi Ling, who taunted him as the countdown continued.
• Dugu Bo offered the Nine-Section Jade as a test and wagered that Qi Ling could keep it if its venom failed.
• The Nine-Section Jade trembled at Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor’s might, then rubbed against him and climbed onto his shoulder.

Qi Ling survived Dugu Bo’s Ten Thousand Poisons Purple Mist thanks to his Poison-Avoidance Pill, after the Nine-Section Jade accepted him as its master. Dugu Bo prepared to use the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s innate deadly venom as his final test, leaving the wager unresolved.

• Dugu Bo’s Nine-Section Jade ignored his whistle, followed Qi Ling’s commands, and carefully bit him without harming him.
• Qi Ling took the Nine-Section Jade and reminded Dugu Bo that six minutes remained in their wager.
• Dugu Bo warned the onlookers away and enveloped Qi Ling in his Ten Thousand Poisons Purple Mist.
• Qi Ling emerged unharmed, prompting the spectators to cheer and Dugu Bo to acknowledge his skill.
• Dugu Bo declared that surviving the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s innate deadly venom would win Qi Ling the wager.

Qi Ling endured Dugu Bo’s poison, broke through in Soul Power, and won Shrek’s wager, restoring the academy’s honor before leaving Heaven Dou Academy with the group. In Heaven Dou City, Shrek learned of Blue Tyrant Academy and decided to visit it next.

• Dugu Bo injected Qi Ling with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom and Soul Power, but Qi Ling resisted and advanced a Soul Power level.
• Qi Ling declared that he had won the wager and proclaimed that Shrek would leave with its heads held high, carrying his words across Heaven Dou Academy.
• Dugu Bo vanished without apologizing to Qi Ling’s teacher, and Flender declined the three Soul Douluos’ repeated offers to keep Shrek at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group left for Heaven Dou City, where they found a notice that Blue Tyrant Academy was recruiting Soul Ancestors.
• After Qin Ming described Blue Tyrant Academy, Grandmaster and Flender agreed that the group should visit it.