Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling and Tang San secured a partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gathered the Shrek Seven Devils to establish Dragon's Glory. The group agreed to join, and Qi Ling assigned them roles in the student council as the organization's precursor.

• Qi Ling and Tang San discussed Jian Lan's strength on the way back to the dormitory, and Tang San admitted he could not beat her.
• Qi Ling told the Shrek Seven Devils about the negotiations and the funding for Dragon's Glory, prompting Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to join.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to join and manage Dragon's Glory's dealings with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, trusting Qi Ling's judgment.
• Qi Ling made himself president, Tang San vice president, Ning Rongrong treasurer, Xiao Wu publicity captain, and Zhu Zhuqing publicity officer; he reserved the disciplinary captain position for Dai Mubai.
• Qi Ling appointed Oscar to handle logistics and Ma Hongjun as general affairs officer, and Ma Hongjun happily accepted the job.

Qi Ling appointed Luna as a maid on the student council and chose to awaken her unusual Martial Soul himself. The awakening revealed a powerful feline Martial Soul that Zhu Zhuqing identified as the Nine-Lived Spirit Cat.

• Luna asked to serve Qi Ling, and he appointed her as a maid on the student council.
• Qi Ling chose to help Luna awaken and cultivate her Martial Soul, unlocking the Luna Cultivation System.
• Qi Ling explained that Luna's earlier awakening had been interrupted and arranged to awaken her in an unused classroom.
• Qi Ling began the ceremony while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong watched, and Luna's Martial Soul unleashed overwhelming pressure.
• Luna's fully awakened feline Martial Soul appeared, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized it as the Nine-Lived Spirit Cat.

Qi Ling safely awakened Luna’s legendary Nine-Lived Spirit Cat Martial Soul and revealed a plan to help her recover from years of malnutrition and abuse. He intended to use three immortal herbs to raise her Soul Power to level thirty in half a year, leaving Luna unconscious but with a new future ahead of her.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Nine-Lived Spirit Cat was a legendary feline Martial Soul believed to be the strongest of its kind.
• Qi Ling suppressed the dangerous Nine-Life Cat Demon within Luna and sealed it as her Martial Soul, then collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qi Ling told the others that Luna had become a Soul Master and identified her Martial Soul as superior in quality to the other feline Martial Souls they knew.
• Qi Ling estimated that Luna was twelve and said her years of mistreatment had cost her valuable cultivation time.
• Qi Ling announced that he would use three immortal herbs to transform Luna’s constitution and raise her Soul Power to level thirty within half a year.

After Luna needed five days to recover from her Martial Soul awakening, Dugu Bo took Qi Ling to Heaven Dou Academy to begin his teaching post. The Education Committee tested Qi Ling’s knowledge, then accepted him as a top-rank teacher and asked him to start classes that day.

• Qi Ling learned that Dugu Yan had successfully absorbed a seven-thousand-year-old Deadly Poison Water Swordfish Soul Ring on his recommendation.
• Dugu Bo reminded Qi Ling that he had promised to teach at Heaven Dou Academy and brought him there despite Qi Ling having forgotten.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members questioned Qi Ling about Martial Souls, Soul Beasts, skills, and cultivation.
• Qi Ling answered the committee’s questions with broad, sophisticated knowledge, impressing all three members.
• Meng Shenji declared Qi Ling qualified to teach at the academy’s highest rank and invited him to begin classes that day.

Qi Ling arrived at Heaven Dou Academy to begin work as an honorary external teacher, but Dugu Yan’s teasing claim that he was her boyfriend sparked a confrontation with the students. After Qi Ling effortlessly defeated Wang Qiang, the class monitor challenged him until Meng Shenji confirmed his new post and sent the students back to class.

• Dugu Yan hugged Qi Ling, then called him her boyfriend in front of the students, provoking Wang Qiang to attack him.
• Qi Ling blocked Wang Qiang’s punch and used his Dragon Controlling Force to injure him with his own strength.
• Wang Qiang urged the other male students to stop Qi Ling, but they hesitated to fight him.
• The blonde, green-eyed class monitor of Heaven Dou Class Two confronted Qi Ling and demanded that he go to the academic affairs office.
• Qi Ling revealed he had come to serve as an honorary external teacher, and Meng Shenji confirmed his appointment and ordered everyone to return to class.

Qi Ling began teaching Heaven Dou Class One and faced a student revolt over his appointment. He subdued the class and knocked Wang Qiang unconscious, then prepared to begin the lesson.

• Tuoliya questioned whether Qi Ling was qualified to teach, but Meng Shenji sent her and the others to class.
• Qi Ling entered Heaven Dou Class One, where Yu Feng and Ye Lingling recognized him and reacted with fear.
• Wang Qiang rallied the students to reject Qi Ling as their teacher and demanded that he defeat them all.
• Qi Ling used Nine Heavens Dragon Roar to silence the students and challenged anyone who still objected to step forward.
• Wang Qiang charged Qi Ling with his soul skills, but Qi Ling blocked him and sent him flying unconscious with Tyrant Dragon Fist.
• Qi Ling asked the stunned class whether anyone had more questions and told them to begin class.

Qi Ling won over his Heaven Dou Class students with his forceful discipline and engaging teaching, then returned to Shrek Academy to find Dai Mubai had become its first Soul Ancestor. He learned that Liu Erlong and Mo Lin had taken a strong liking to the newly awakened Luna, who remained bewildered by their attention.

• Qi Ling made Yu Feng carry the injured Wang Qiang to the infirmary, then taught the class without further trouble.
• Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan praised Qi Ling’s teaching, while Dugu Bo criticized the academy’s old methods and planned for them to attend a lesson.
• After class, the girls crowded around Qi Ling, and Dugu Yan clung to his arm to claim his attention.
• Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy and congratulated Dai Mubai, who had reached rank forty-three and become a Soul Ancestor after obtaining his fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu told Qi Ling that Liu Erlong was with Luna, and Qi Ling found Liu Erlong and Mo Lin eagerly petting the shy girl in the academic affairs office.

Qi Ling began using three Immortal Herbs to strengthen Luna’s constitution and cultivation, warning her that her powerful Nine-Lived Spirit Cat Martial Soul could drive her out of control. After enduring the first stage of the treatment, Luna still recognized Qi Ling, leaving her absorption process underway.

• Qi Ling told Flender, Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Mo Lin how he and Xiao San had rescued Luna and revealed her awakened Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Qi Ling gained permission to use Liu Erlong’s bamboo grove and brought Luna and the Shrek Seven Devils there to prepare the three Immortal Herbs.
• Qi Ling warned Luna to hold on to her will during the treatment, then gave her the herbs by mouth, bath, and incense.
• After four hours, Qi Ling dressed the dazed Luna and checked whether she still recognized him.
• Luna meowed at Qi Ling but identified him as Mr. Qi Ling, showing that she had retained her awareness.

Qi Ling became student council president and unlocked the Spirit Gathering Array, which sped up cultivation for Dragon's Glory members. As the students embraced the benefits and settled into their new council room, Qi Ling challenged his friends to reach level forty before the tournament or face his special training.

• Qi Ling stayed with Luna through the night until she fell asleep, then left Mo Lin to watch over her.
• Qi Ling won the student council presidency after Dai Mubai withdrew from the election to avoid sparring with him.
• Qi Ling organized Dragon's Glory Student Council membership, and more than fifty members unlocked the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Qi Ling required council members to attend Friday group cultivation, and the array's benefits quickly won over the students.
• Ning Rongrong outfitted the student council room, while Qi Ling urged Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to keep cultivating.
• Qi Ling challenged his friends to reach level forty before the tournament, threatening the last to break through with a week of his special training.

Qi Ling’s lesson at Heaven Dou Academy won over Tuoliya, whose apology and desire to learn from him sparked Dugu Yan’s jealousy. After the two girls competed for his attention, Qi Ling fled to the Education Committee’s office to escape them.

• Qi Ling told Ma Hongjun that he would train him, prompting Ma Hongjun and Oscar to hurry off to cultivate.
• Luna served Qi Ling tea in her maid outfit, and the chapter noted that her health and Soul Power had improved enough for her to absorb her first Soul Ring, with Liu Erlong taking responsibility for it.
• Qi Ling taught a lesson to the students of Heaven Dou Academy, impressing Tuoliya with his knowledge and earning her admiration.
• Tuoliya apologized to Qi Ling after class, but Dugu Yan accused her of trying to get close to him and took his arm.
• Tuoliya insisted she wanted to learn from Qi Ling and took his other arm, while Dugu Yan teased him about teaching her about men and women.
• Qi Ling fled from the students and hid in the Education Committee’s office, where Meng Shenji asked why he looked flustered.

Meng Shenji asked Qi Ling to become the Imperial Fighting Team’s teacher in charge, but Huang Lizong challenged him for the position. Qi Ling accepted a fight against the Six-Ring Soul Emperor, and Meng Shenji warned him to wear a mask.

• Meng Shenji offered Qi Ling the vacant Imperial Fighting Team teacher position, but Qi Ling initially refused because he was from Shrek Academy.
• Huang Lizong objected to Qi Ling receiving the position and demanded a challenge to prove who was stronger.
• Qi Ling accepted the challenge after the system offered him rewards for winning, but clarified that he still did not want the team leader position.
• Huang Lizong declared that he would quit teaching if he lost, and the two agreed to fight before the academy the next morning.
• Qi Ling estimated his chances at fifty-fifty, and Meng Shenji explained that the Imperial Fighting Team had rejected Huang Lizong and advised Qi Ling to wear a mask.

Qi Ling fought Huang Lizong to a standstill despite being a Soul Elder, but Huang Lizong used his hidden trump card, Explosive Flame, combining it with his poisonous mists to unleash a massive explosion. The blast left Qi Ling’s fate uncertain as Dugu Bo, the education board members, Tuoliya, and Dugu Yan rushed to rescue him through the burning gases.

• Qi Ling resisted Huang Lizong’s poisonous mists and continued fighting him with his speed, strength, and defense.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin revealed that Huang Lizong had a hidden technique capable of instantly killing anyone below Soul Emperor.
• Qi Ling knocked Huang Lizong down, and the watching students cheered.
• Huang Lizong used his Fourth Soul Skill, Explosive Flame, igniting his poisonous mists and causing a destructive blast across a hundred-meter radius.
• Dugu Bo, the three education board members, Tuoliya, and Dugu Yan rushed toward the explosion, but the burning gases blocked their way, leaving Qi Ling’s survival uncertain.

Qi Ling survived Huang Lizong’s fiery attack with the help of a Guardian Crystal, then used his techniques to defeat him. After sending Huang Lizong flying into the woods, Qi Ling declared that he had shown him a true one-shot kill.

• Huang Lizong panicked after his attack, and Dugu Bo charged to kill him, but Qi Ling walked out of the flames and stopped Dugu Bo.
• Qi Ling told Dugu Bo and the others to move away, though he was badly injured and his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor was nearly destroyed.
• Huang Lizong feared Qi Ling and tried to use his Sixth Soul Skill, but Qi Ling sealed it with the Ring Sealing Technique.
• Huang Lizong tried to flee and surrender, but Qi Ling bound and gagged him with the Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qi Ling struck Huang Lizong with Tyrant Dragon Fist: Air Quake, sending him flying into the woods.

After defeating the Soul Emperor Huang Lizong, Qi Ling recovered in Tuoliya’s room while Dugu Yan and Tuoliya argued over where he should stay. Heaven Dou Academy’s students, Education Committee, and emperor pressed him to lead the Imperial Fighting Team, so Qi Ling went to Grandmaster for advice.

• The students celebrated Qi Ling’s victory over Huang Lizong by tossing him into the air, and he fainted from his injuries and exhaustion.
• Qi Ling woke in Tuoliya’s room, where Dugu Yan and Tuoliya quarreled over who would host him for the night; he left instead of staying with either of them.
• Qi Ling remained reluctant to lead the Imperial Fighting Team, despite growing student support and the Education Committee’s proposed rewards for success in the tournament.
• Qi Ling went to consult Grandmaster about the leadership offer and intended to be honest with Shrek even if his team later faced them.

Qi Ling asked Grandmaster and Tang San whether he should accept Meng Shenji’s offer to lead the Imperial Fighting Team. Grandmaster advised him to join so the Shrek Seven Devils could grow without relying on him, and Qi Ling became more willing to accept before his system presented two choices.

• Qi Ling told Grandmaster and Tang San that Meng Shenji had repeatedly asked him to lead the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Grandmaster explained that Qi Ling could rebuild the team, but his overwhelming strength would prevent the Shrek Seven Devils from gaining experience if he stayed with them.
• Tang San promised Qi Ling that the Shrek Seven Devils would continue to grow and that he would lead them as captain while Qi Ling was away.
• Qi Ling became less opposed to joining the Imperial Fighting Team but questioned whether the benefits were worth the trouble.
• The system offered Qi Ling rewards for either staying with Shrek and winning the tournament or leading the Imperial Fighting Team and winning it.

Qi Ling received powerful tournament rewards, including a disguise artifact and an evolved lightning skill, and tested the disguise by impersonating Tang San. Luna accepted the disguise but noticed Qi Ling had sat in his own seat, leaving him aware that he needed to imitate Tang San’s habits more closely.

• Qi Ling learned that winning the Soul Master Tournament would earn him the Divine Dragon Emperor’s Nine Dragons Soul Bone, and the system granted him other rewards immediately.
• Qi Ling examined Divine Head and Ghost Face and Lightning Flash and Flint Spark, learning that the skill could greatly boost his power at the risk of harming his body.
• Qi Ling used the disguise artifact to take on Tang San’s appearance, bearing, voice, Soul Power, and Blue Silver Grass soul mark.
• Qi Ling entered the student council room disguised as Tang San, and Luna mistook him for him.
• Qi Ling realized Luna was suspicious because he sat in Qi Ling’s special seat, showing that a flawless appearance alone could not replace familiarity with Tang San’s habits.

Qi Ling used the Divine Head and Ghost Face artifact to impersonate Tang San, but the real Tang San arrived and exposed the deception. After the group failed to tell them apart, Xiao Wu recognized Qi Ling by listening to his heartbeat.

• Qi Ling disguised himself as Tang San and joined the Shrek Seven Devils, who discussed their progress and renewed their determination to grow stronger together.
• Tang San arrived, leaving the group stunned by the two identical Xiao Sans, and Dai Mubai moved to keep them separated.
• Oscar suggested they summon their Martial Souls, but Qi Ling copied Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Spider Spears.
• Dai Mubai had both men tied up while the group tried unsuccessfully to identify the real Tang San.
• Xiao Wu listened to both men’s heartbeats and recognized Qi Ling, asking why he was pretending to be Brother San.

Qi Ling revealed his disguise to the Shrek Seven Devils, then agreed to lead the Imperial Fighting Team after learning of the rewards for a strong tournament finish. He began choosing the roster and insisted on recruiting two twin sisters whose weak levels and flawed Martial Souls made Meng Shenji doubt them.

• Xiao Wu recognized Qi Ling beneath his Divine Head and Ghost Face disguise, and he revealed his true appearance to the others.
• Ning Rongrong asked to buy the disguise mask, but Qi Ling said he owned only one and offered to let her borrow it.
• Qi Ling told Meng Shenji he would become the Imperial Fighting Team’s leader, and Meng Shenji promised imperial rewards if the team placed in the top four or won first place.
• Meng Shenji recommended Dugu Yan, Yu Feng, Ye Lingling, Tuoliya, and several other talented students for the team.
• Qi Ling rejected those candidates for the starting lineup and chose the twin sisters who had cheered for him, despite their level-twenty Soul Grandmaster cultivation and defective Martial Souls.

Qi Ling learned that Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie could not absorb their second Soul Rings, then found Jin Lina and her followers bullying them. He used Nightmare Descends to defeat the bullies, leaving the sisters alone in the music classroom.

• Meng Shenji told Qi Ling that Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie had been stuck at rank twenty because they could not absorb a second Soul Ring, and asked him to help them.
• Qi Ling went to the music classroom to find the sisters.
• Qi Ling discovered Jin Lina and her followers restraining the Hua sisters and threatening to cut off their hair.
• Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie told Jin Lina they still believed they could overcome their Martial Souls’ flaws, provoking her to order the attack.
• Qi Ling used his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul and Nightmare Descends to overwhelm Jin Lina and her followers, leaving the Hua sisters bewildered in the classroom.

Qi Ling invited Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie to join the Imperial Fighting Team and promised to repair their incomplete Martial Souls so they could advance beyond the Soul Master realm. He discovered that their identical Purple Gold Bells were one Symbiotic Martial Soul, which merged when they brought the bells together.

• Qi Ling revealed his second Martial Soul and asked Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie to join the Imperial Fighting Team for the upcoming tournament.
• Qi Ling promised to repair the sisters’ incomplete Martial Souls and let them absorb a second Soul Ring, and they chose to trust him and follow.
• At a training ground, Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie summoned their identical Purple Gold Bells, each with the same First Soul Skill, Bell of Coordination.
• Qi Ling explained that the sisters shared a Symbiotic Martial Soul and told them to bring their bells together.
• Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie’s bells fused into a larger bell with two clappers, revealing the Symbiotic Purple Gold Bell’s true form.