Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling spent the day with the mysterious woman, who asked him to try being her boyfriend for a day. Their outing ended when her attendant arrived, and she left with orders to conceal what had happened in Heaven Dou City.

• Qi Ling invited the mysterious woman to eat with him and asked her to explore the city afterward.
• After Qi Ling clarified they were not a couple, the mysterious woman asked him to try being her boyfriend for a day, and he agreed.
• The mysterious woman fed Qi Ling during their meal, then accepted a phoenix-shaped silver hairpin he bought for her.
• The mysterious woman gave Qi Ling a gift before her attendant arrived and told her it was time to return.
• The mysterious woman parted from Qi Ling, instructed her attendant to hide their meeting, and headed back to the place she least wanted to return to.

Qi Ling went to the Heaven Dou Auction House and offered his Spirit Ascension Pill for sale, drawing the attention of its staff and chief medicinal appraiser. After the appraiser confirmed the pill’s effects, Qi Ling revealed that he had two more bottles, leaving the auction house to assess a larger supply.

• Qi Ling remembered that Xiao Wu and Tang San were at the auction house and decided to visit them.
• Qi Ling presented a Spirit Ascension Pill to the entrance attendant as an auction item.
• The attendant brought Qi Ling to manager You Bilie, who sent the pill for appraisal and escorted Qi Ling to a VIP lounge.
• Master Lu confirmed the pill’s miraculous effects and asked Qi Ling whether he had refined it himself.
• Qi Ling declined to reveal the recipe and produced two more bottles of the pill.

Qi Ling sold two Spirit Ascension Pills to the auction house, earned a black VIP card, and entered the auction hall. There he reunited with Xiao Wu and Tang San and met Ning Fengzhi, leaving their mutual interest in one another unresolved.

• Qi Ling offered two bottles of medicine, and Master Lu confirmed the pills could raise the limit for absorbing Soul Rings; Supervisor You valued each pill at thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins and gave Qi Ling a black VIP card.
• Master Lu told Supervisor You that reproducing the medicine was nearly impossible and urged him to recruit Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling learned about the auction house's rules, put on a mask, and entered the hall, where he chose to sit beside Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi spoke with Qi Ling, and the two exchanged compliments while sizing each other up.
• Xiao Wu asked what the two men were doing, and Qi Ling and Ning Fengzhi joked about admiring kindred spirits and expressed interest in becoming friends.

At the auction, Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, and Tang San saw a catgirl displayed as property and condemned the cruelty behind the sale. Qi Ling vowed to tear down the corrupt world and decided to buy her, asking Ning Fengzhi to lend him the money.

• Ning Fengzhi won the bid for Tang San’s Sand Shooting Shadow and showed interest in its maker.
• The auction host revealed a frightened catgirl in a cage and described her feline traits while the crowd watched.
• Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reacted with disgust, and Qi Ling argued with Ning Fengzhi that the powerless were victims of those abusing power.
• Qi Ling told Ning Fengzhi he would tear down the rotten world and rebuild it, then promised to save the catgirl.
• Qi Ling admitted he had no money to buy her and asked Ning Fengzhi to lend him enough, prompting Ning Fengzhi to ask why he should.

Qi Ling secured Ning Fengzhi’s loan to buy the catgirl, then sold Spirit Ascension Pills for a huge profit and invited Ning Fengzhi to consider joining his faction. Ning Fengzhi led Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to a VIP room, where the auction purchases were about to arrive.

• Qi Ling persuaded Ning Fengzhi to lend money by offering cooperation, and Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi won the catgirl at auction and pressured Prince Xue Xing into backing down.
• Ning Fengzhi bid fiercely on Qi Ling’s Spirit Ascension Pills, but managed to buy only one after each pill sold for more than two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qi Ling revealed that the pills were his and gave Ning Fengzhi one to repay the loan, prompting Ning Fengzhi to ask about working with him.
• Qi Ling said he and his companions had their own faction and suggested Ning Fengzhi could join them instead.
• Ning Fengzhi led Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, and Tang San to a VIP room, where attendants brought in an iron cage and several young women.

Qi Ling rescued Luna from the auction house and discovered that her potential was rated SS, then brought her toward Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu. As they arrived, they found a crowd gathered at the gates, and Qi Ling wondered whether trouble awaited them.

• Ning Fengzhi left the catgirl Luna in Qi Ling's care, and Xiao Wu suggested taking her to Shrek Academy.
• Qi Ling freed Luna from her cage, gained her trust, and discovered that her potential was rated SS.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Qi Ling's handling of Luna and proposed visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Qi Ling postponed their cooperation talks.
• After Qi Ling and Xiao Wu left with Luna, Ning Fengzhi discussed Qi Ling and Tang San with Uncle Jian, who urged him to watch the boys closely.
• Qi Ling covered Luna with his jacket as they headed to Shrek Academy, where they found a crowd gathered at the gates.

Tai Nuo came to Shrek Academy to avenge his son Tai Long, but Qi Ling struck him down and accepted his challenge to compete in strength. After Tai Nuo revealed himself as a rank fifty-eight Battle Soul King, Qi Ling summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor and prepared to fight him on his own ground.

• Tai Nuo demanded that Qi Ling kneel and apologize for defeating Tai Long, while Tai Long tried to stop his father from making matters worse.
• Tai Nuo insulted Xiao Wu, and Qi Ling rushed forward and knocked out two of Tai Nuo’s teeth.
• Tai Nuo shoved Tai Long aside, used Martial Soul Possession: Great Strength Gorilla, and revealed his five Soul Rings and rank as a Battle Soul King.
• Qi Ling chose to accept Tai Nuo’s challenge and win, earning the promised immortal-grade medicinal herb and Fierce God Talisman.
• Qi Ling proposed a contest of strength and summoned Martial Soul Possession: Divine Dragon Emperor as Tai Nuo prepared to fight.

Qi Ling faced the Soul King Tai Nuo and used the Divine Power of the Earth to withstand his strength-based attacks. Tai Nuo unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, leaving Qi Ling alone inside the collapsing ground and spreading shock wave.

• Qi Ling redirected Tai Nuo’s punches and charge, making Tai Nuo’s own force churn inside him and nearly send him crashing into Tai Long.
• Qi Ling challenged Tai Nuo to attack him with only one finger, provoking Tai Nuo to activate his Third Soul Skill, Source of Strength.
• Tai Nuo sent fissures racing toward Qi Ling, but Qi Ling stopped them by joining his strength with the earth’s power.
• After Qi Ling taunted him, Tai Nuo unleashed his Fourth Soul Skill, Shock of Strength, and Tai Long warned everyone to retreat.
• Tai Nuo’s attack collapsed the ground and sent a shock wave and currents of force into the air, while Qi Ling remained within its range.

Qi Ling withstood Tai Nuo’s powerful attacks, then used the Coiling Gold Acupoint Sealing Hand to disable his arms. Tai Nuo refused to admit defeat and kept charging, so Qi Ling prepared to finish the fight with his Tyrant Dragon Fist.

• Tai Nuo’s Fourth Soul Skill devastated the ground but left Qi Ling standing unharmed, and the spectators realized the gulf between them.
• Qi Ling used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to reach Tai Nuo and sealed acupoints that disabled his right hand.
• Tai Nuo refused to surrender, so Qi Ling sealed the acupoints in his left hand as well.
• Tai Nuo continued attacking with his head despite Tai Long urging him to admit defeat.
• Qi Ling told Tang San to prepare to treat Tai Nuo and activated his Second Soul Skill, Tyrant Dragon Fist.

Qi Ling defeated Tai Nuo with a single punch, leaving Tai Nuo and Tai Long to seek help from the Strength Clan’s grandfather. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong waited at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for her father, and Ning Fengzhi finally returned.

• Qi Ling knocked Tai Nuo unconscious, then had Tang San carry him to the infirmary while the students admired Qi Ling’s victory.
• Xiao Wu praised Qi Ling, and Luna watched him in awe as he returned to the school with them.
• After waking in the infirmary, Tai Nuo acknowledged that Qi Ling had held back and decided to tell his father, the Strength Clan’s grandfather, about the defeat.
• Ning Rongrong complained to Gu Rong that Ning Fengzhi had kept her waiting, and Gu Rong promised to scold him when he returned.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and called for Ning Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then revealed her astonishing Soul Power growth and credited it to a rare medicinal herb from Qi Ling. She showed them her transformed pagoda, which she called the Dragon-Patterned Glazed Tile Pagoda.

• Ning Rongrong joyfully reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, who welcomed her home.
• Ning Fengzhi discovered that Ning Rongrong had reached level thirty-seven after gaining ten Soul Power levels in a year.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she had gained six levels after eating the Dragon Blood Aromatic Silk Beauty cultivated for her by Qi Ling.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her pagoda, and Chen Xin recognized that it had nine stories.
• Ning Rongrong corrected Chen Xin and named her transformed spirit the Dragon-Patterned Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong revealed the new abilities of her Dragon-Patterned Glazed Tile Pagoda to Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin. When Ning Fengzhi learned that Qi Ling had created the Spirit Ascension Pill he had bought, the conversation turned to whether Qi Ling might become Ning Rongrong’s future husband.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Dragon-Patterned Glazed Tile Pagoda, though he did not know why it differed from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in the clan’s records.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the dragon pattern had more than tripled her Soul Skill range and protected her from mental and soul attacks while her Martial Soul was active.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Fengzhi for the Spirit Ascension Pill he had promised, then recognized it as a pill made by Qi Ling and described her stronger version.
• Ning Fengzhi realized that Qi Ling was Ning Rongrong’s classmate, and Chen Xin suggested the boy could become their grandson-in-law.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she hoped to be with Qi Ling, while Chen Xin said Qi Ling would still have to pass their tests and treat her well.

Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong to discuss recruiting Qi Ling and Tang San, while Chen Xin revealed that his disciple Jian Lan had failed to overcome her sword-intent bottleneck. Ning Rongrong found Jian Lan and told her about Qi Ling, but the chapter ended with Jian Lan accurately identifying the changes in Ning Rongrong’s cultivation.

• Ning Fengzhi decided to visit Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong the next day to speak with Qi Ling and Tang San about joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin said Jian Lan had spent half a year in seclusion but remained stuck at rank 49 because she had not comprehended sword intent.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Qi Ling might help Jian Lan and hurried to find her in the bamboo grove.
• Jian Lan greeted Ning Rongrong and discovered that she had reached rank 37 since they last met.
• Jian Lan identified the changes in Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul, physical foundation, and Soul Skills with remarkable accuracy.

Ning Rongrong told Jian Lan about the year she had spent with Qi Ling, and Jian Lan agreed to meet him at the academy. Meanwhile, Qi Ling cared for the traumatized Luna, who gradually stayed close to him and then attached herself to Zhu Zhuqing at breakfast.

• Ning Rongrong recounted her adventures with Qi Ling, and Jian Lan realized how much Ning Rongrong liked him.
• Ning Rongrong said Jian Lan would accompany her, her father, and Grandpa Jian to the academy the next day.
• Qi Ling let Luna sleep in his room because she became anxious when separated from him, and she wandered into his arms during the night.
• Xiao Wu found Luna on the floor in the morning and scolded Qi Ling for making her sleep there.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar praised Qi Ling for defeating Tai Nuo, and Qi Ling said he still could not beat Zhao Wuji.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar frightened Luna by approaching her, so Zhu Zhuqing sent them away and Luna hid behind Zhu Zhuqing.

Qi Ling learned that Tai Tan had arrived at Shrek to confront him over Tai Nuo and Tai Long’s defeat. After Qi Ling admitted that he had injured them, Tai Tan unleashed his imposing presence.

• Qi Ling joked with Xiao Wu and Oscar while Luna clung to Zhu Zhuqing at breakfast.
• Students warned Qi Ling that Tai Long and Tai Nuo had returned with Tai Long’s grandfather, Strength God Tai Tan.
• Qi Ling finished breakfast before heading to the gates, where Zhao Wuji anxiously tried to keep Tai Tan waiting.
• Tai Long pleaded with Tai Tan to leave, while Tai Nuo stayed silent and Tai Tan recalled how he had punished his son for losing.
• Qi Ling arrived, sensed Tai Tan’s immense strength, and admitted that he had injured Tai Nuo and Tai Long.
• Tai Tan praised Qi Ling and released a powerful presence that made everyone step back.

Tai Tan challenged Qi Ling to withstand his pressure for the duration of an incense stick, wagering that his son and grandson would join Qi Ling’s Dragon’s Glory if he lost. Qi Ling remained unaffected as Tai Tan increased his power, leaving the wager unresolved as Tai Tan’s pressure continued to rise.

• Tai Tan proposed a wager: Qi Ling had to endure his pressure until the incense burned out, or join the Strength Clan; if Tai Tan lost, Tai Nuo and Tai Long would apologize and kowtow.
• Xiao Wu negotiated for Tai Tan’s son and grandson to join Qi Ling’s Dragon’s Glory if Tai Tan lost, and Oscar added himself and the other Shrek Seven Devils to the organization.
• Tai Tan began releasing his pressure, but Qi Ling stood unaffected even as Tai Tan raised it from roughly sixty to eighty percent of his Soul Power.
• As the incense burned halfway down, Tai Tan grew anxious and increased his pressure, while Qi Ling sensed the Divine Dragon Emperor within him beginning to stir.
• Qi Ling urged Tai Tan to stop out of concern that the older man might get hurt, prompting Oscar to admire his confidence and Xiao Wu to remind Oscar of the limits of being a Support System Soul Master.

Tai Tan lost his wager after Qi Ling’s pressure injured him, then learned Tang San wielded the Clear Sky Hammer and acknowledged him as his young master. Tai Tan invited Tang San and Qi Ling to the Strength Clan’s home, while Ning Fengzhi decided to approach them before making a judgment.

• Tai Tan increased his pressure against Qi Ling, but a Divine Dragon phantom burst from Qi Ling and injured Tai Tan.
• Qi Ling asked Tang San to show Tai Tan his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, and Tai Tan recognized it before a mysterious force made him release Tang San.
• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi arrived with Ning Rongrong, who rushed to check on Qi Ling, and they learned that Qi Ling had defeated Tai Tan in their wager.
• Tai Tan revealed that Tang San was from the Clear Sky Sect and said his son and grandson now belonged to Qi Ling’s clan.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to make contact with the youths before deciding what to do, while Tai Tan knelt to Tang San and acknowledged him as his young master.
• Tai Tan invited Tang San and Qi Ling to the Strength Clan’s home, saying the clan would join their organization.

Qi Ling arranged separate meetings for Tang San with Tai Tan and himself with Ning Fengzhi, then encountered Jian Lan, who hinted at her extraordinary strength. Tang San and Qi Ling went to their respective meetings, beginning their entry onto the wider stage.

• Qi Ling settled the dispute between Tai Tan and Ning Fengzhi by sending Tang San to meet Tai Tan first and agreeing to speak with Ning Fengzhi himself.
• Jian Lan appeared in Qi Ling's room, questioned him about Rongrong, and suggested they might fight someday.
• Qi Ling admitted to himself that Jian Lan would probably defeat him in a fight at present.
• Qi Ling and Tang San split up, with Tang San entering Tai Tan's room and Qi Ling heading to Ning Fengzhi's room with Ning Rongrong.

Tang San learned more about his father and the Clear Sky Sect from Tai Tan, then affirmed his loyalty to Qi Ling and Dragon's Glory. Meanwhile, Qi Ling and Ning Fengzhi agreed on prices for his pills, with Ning Fengzhi requesting an exclusive trade arrangement.

• Tai Tan knelt with his son and grandson before Tang San, then told him that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo and that Tang San came from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San explained that Qi Ling was his trusted, non-blood-related big brother and said he wanted to support Qi Ling rather than establish his own force.
• Tai Tan agreed that his clan would join Dragon's Glory, and Tang San left to check on Qi Ling's discussion with Ning Fengzhi.
• Qi Ling told Ning Fengzhi he had made the Spirit Ascension Pills and offered ordinary pills for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and upgraded pills for one hundred thousand, provided Ning Fengzhi supplied the rare ingredients.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the prices and asked Qi Ling to trade the pills exclusively with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Qi Ling and Ning Fengzhi negotiated a deal for external sales of Qi Ling’s medicine, while Tang San agreed to supply hidden weapons to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After they left, Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that Qi Ling might be vital to the sect’s future and that they should befriend him.

• Qi Ling agreed to Ning Fengzhi’s demand in exchange for half the net profits from pills sold externally, but said he had no more Dragon Blood Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Tang San discussed his hidden weapons with Ning Fengzhi, and they agreed that the sect would make components while Tang San assembled each set for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qi Ling stopped Gu Rong from threatening their partnership and shook hands with Ning Fengzhi to confirm their deal.
• Ning Rongrong objected to Gu Rong’s threat, then left to find Jian Lan.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong’s suggestion to kill Qi Ling, warning that it could bring terrible consequences and that Qi Ling could become crucial to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong that the continent’s calm might soon end and considered binding Qi Ling to the sect through marriage to Ning Rongrong.