Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling explained how Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie's fused Symbiotic Purple Gold Bell could absorb Soul Rings and described its powerful abilities. The sisters decided to meet him again the next day to learn more and adjust to their Soul Rings.

• Qi Ling told Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie that their Symbiotic Purple Gold Bell had to be fused to absorb Soul Rings.
• Qi Ling explained that one fused Soul Ring would give both sisters identical rings while sharing the strain and doubling the maximum age they could withstand.
• Qi Ling described how their Soul Skills would match and resonate, and how fusing their Martial Soul would double a Soul Skill's power.
• Qi Ling revealed that their innate Bell of Coordination would evolve to match the age of their oldest Soul Ring once they obtained a second Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling asked the sisters to meet him in the Imperial Fighting Team's activity room the next day, and Hua Yimeng resolved that they would go.

Qi Ling completed the Imperial Fighting Team roster by recruiting Luna and began training the newly assembled team. He helped Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie obtain their second Soul Ring, leaving them with a new attack skill and Soul Power close to the Soul Elder realm.

• Qi Ling invited Luna to join the Imperial Fighting Team and helped her obtain student status at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The seven team members met for the first time, and Dugu Yan and Tuoliya argued until Qi Ling ordered them to obey his directions.
• Qi Ling began training by arranging for Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie to obtain their second Soul Ring from a twelve-hundred-year-old Wind Demon Leopard.
• Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie absorbed the Soul Ring together and gained the Sound Blade Soul Skill, bringing their Soul Power to level 29.

Qi Ling helped Tuoliya and the Hua sisters test the sisters’ sound-based attacks and newly awakened support skill. He revealed that their merged Martial Souls could strike with power far beyond their level.

• Qi Ling had Tuoliya defend against Hua Yimeng and Hua Yidie’s Sound Blade, and Tuoliya realized the formless attacks made their direction difficult to judge.
• Hua Yimeng revealed that the sisters’ Bell of Coordination boosted attack, defense, and speed by 30% with their Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling had Tuoliya face another Sound Blade after the sisters merged their Purple Gold Bells.
• Tuoliya blocked the combined attack but was driven back three steps, and Qi Ling explained that the sisters’ linked Martial Souls amplified their power beyond their level.

Qi Ling explained that Luna’s Nine-Lived Spirit Cat Martial Soul made her the ideal main attacker for a six-protect-one team strategy, and the others welcomed her into the group. After six months of training, the Shrek students reached rank forty and prepared to travel to Sunset Forest to obtain Soul Rings.

• Qi Ling told the team that Luna would serve as their main attacker and described the self-enhancing abilities of her Nine-Lived Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Qi Ling introduced the six-protect-one strategy, and Dugu Yan, Tuoliya, the Hua sisters, and Ye Lingling crowded around the shy Luna.
• The Imperial Fighting Team and Shrek Team trained for half a year, and all the Shrek students broke through to rank forty.
• Liu Erlong, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Grandmaster led the Shrek group to gather at the academy gates and prepare to leave for Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo sneezed at Heaven Dou Academy and blamed Qi Ling for cursing him.

Flender led the Shrek students and teachers to Sunset Forest for a Soul Ring hunt that would also serve as a graduation exam, with Qi Ling joining to advise them. He explained that Shrek currently outmatched the Imperial Fighting Team, but that team could become a serious rival in three months, and the group continued toward the forest preparing to choose their Soul Rings.

• Flender told the Shrek students that they had to obtain their Soul Rings in Sunset Forest without the teachers’ help unless absolutely necessary.
• Flender announced that Qi Ling would accompany the group, and the students were pleased to have him back with them.
• Xiao Wu asked Qi Ling to compare Shrek with the Imperial Fighting Team, and he said Shrek would win now but might face a closer contest in three months.
• Qi Ling explained that the Imperial Fighting Team’s Soul Power levels, especially Luna’s eventual rise to Soul Ancestor, would make the team much stronger.
• Qi Ling promised not to compete against Shrek in the tournament and advised the students to consider their Soul Ring choices carefully.
• Flender and Grandmaster discussed how Qi Ling’s team gave Shrek motivation, while Flender warned Zhao Wuji that Qi Ling might challenge him after becoming a Soul Ancestor.

While the Shrek group searched Sunset Forest for suitable Soul Beasts, Qi Ling and Zhu Zhuqing shared a quiet moment by the campfire that turned intimate. Their moment was interrupted by a huge white scorpion, and Liu Erlong attacked it in a fury while the others rushed out.

• The group found no suitable Soul Beasts before dusk, and Flender decided they would rest and continue searching the next day.
• Qi Ling stayed on watch, and Zhu Zhuqing left the tent because someone was snoring and sat beside him by the fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Qi Ling what kissing felt like and asked him to teach her, while Qi Ling warned that she was playing with fire.
• A huge white scorpion charged out of the forest and interrupted them.
• Liu Erlong unleashed her Martial Soul and attacked the scorpion, while Tang San and the others came out to watch.

Ma Hongjun absorbed the King of the Earth's Soul Ring, and the group then encountered a swarm of poisonous Pink Girls in the forest. Qi Ling protected everyone with his Poison-Prohibition Domain, and after Tang San located the Pink Lady, the adults let the younger members handle the hunt.

• Liu Erlong gave Ma Hongjun the King of the Earth to absorb as his Soul Ring, and he began absorbing it overnight.
• The group encountered a pink poisonous mist, and Qi Ling used his Poison-Prohibition Domain to protect everyone while Tang San searched for its source.
• Tang San identified the Pink Girls and located their Pink Lady, while Qi Ling explained that his domain suppressed poison but did not neutralize it.
• Liu Erlong prepared to attack the Pink Lady, but Grandmaster and Flender persuaded her to let the younger members face the challenge.

The Shrek Seven Devils defeated the Pink Lady so Oscar could absorb her Soul Ring, then used Qi Ling’s Beast-Attracting Powder to lure Soul Beasts after days of finding none. When a Ghost Tiger appeared as a suitable target for Zhu Zhuqing, Qi Ling punched it away.

• Qi Ling restrained the Pink Lady, Ma Hongjun struck her with his Fourth Soul Skill, and Qi Ling’s roar knocked out the Pink Girls while Tang San pulled Ma Hongjun to safety.
• Oscar killed the Pink Lady and absorbed her Soul Ring, gaining his Fourth Soul Skill.
• After two fruitless days of searching, Tang San proposed using bait to attract Soul Beasts, and Qi Ling offered his Beast-Attracting Powder.
• The group gathered near Dugu Bo’s poison formation, took protective pills, and Qi Ling opened the bottle to draw in Soul Beasts.
• A roughly five-thousand-year-old Ghost Tiger arrived as a suitable Soul Beast for Zhu Zhuqing, but Qi Ling struck it away with his Second Soul Skill.

Qi Ling rejected the Ghost Tiger as Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Ring candidate and fought a Rampaging Wild Boar while Tang San and the others took on two other Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with Qi Ling knocking the boar unconscious after repeatedly stopping its charge.

• Qi Ling told Tang San that the Ghost Tiger was unsuitable for Zhu Zhuqing, who trusted his judgment.
• Tang San asked to fight two of the three approaching Soul Beasts, and Qi Ling assigned him the Qilin Armor Beast and Blood Demon Rabbit while taking the Rampaging Wild Boar.
• The Shrek Seven Devils formed up under Tang San as Qi Ling faced the nearly six-thousand-year-old boar.
• Qi Ling stopped the boar’s charge, lifted it by its tusks, and slammed it into the ground, but its tough hide let it recover.
• Qi Ling blocked the boar’s repeated charges until they weakened, then punched it unconscious.

The Shrek group discovered the Qilin Armor Beast’s weakness and defeated it without Qi Ling’s help. After it launched a dying attack on Qi Ling, he forced its jaws open, warned everyone not to underestimate Soul Beasts, and took Ning Rongrong to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling spared the Rampaging Wild Boar, while the Shrek group drove back the Blood Demon Rabbit and struggled against the Qilin Armor Beast.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to discover that the Qilin Armor Beast exposed the inside of its mouth when it attacked, then devised a plan to strike there.
• Tang San baited the beast into snapping at him, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun blasted its mouth while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing pulled Tang San to safety.
• The injured Qilin Armor Beast sprang up and clamped its jaws around Qi Ling, but he forced them open and dislocated its jaw.
• Qi Ling warned the group to stay alert around Soul Beasts, then took Ning Rongrong to absorb the Qilin Armor Beast’s Soul Ring.

While Ning Rongrong absorbed her Soul Ring, Qi Ling and the others sheltered from the Beast-Attracting Powder’s growing crowd of Soul Beasts and discussed their remaining choices. Zhu Zhuqing chose a rare Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost Shadow Tiger despite Qi Ling’s warning about the danger, and said she wanted to become the creation he was proudest of.

• Ning Rongrong began absorbing the Qilin Armor Beast’s Soul Ring while Liu Erlong guarded her, and the gathered Soul Beasts forced the others into the poison formation.
• Qi Ling explained that his Beast-Attracting Powder made nearby Soul Beasts intensely hungry, prompting Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu to joke about the danger.
• Flender asked Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San what Soul Beasts they wanted, while Qi Ling considered seeking his own fourth Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Grandmaster recommended that Tang San choose a roughly six-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, but Tang San hesitated over a ten-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider.
• Zhu Zhuqing selected a rare Ten-Thousand-Year Ghost Shadow Tiger, and Qi Ling warned her that absorbing its high-quality Soul Ring would be extremely risky.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted on taking the risk for herself and Qi Ling, saying she hoped to become the creation he was proudest of.

Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing chose to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, so Flender and Zhao Wuji helped capture a Cave Demon Spider. Qi Ling protected Xiao Wu from a Man Faced Demon Spider, then revealed that the Cave Demon Spider was still tied to his Immortal-Binding Rope and could be recaptured.

• Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing stood by their decisions to absorb Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Flender sent Zhao Wuji to help capture the Cave Demon Spider.
• Qi Ling bound the Cave Demon Spider with his Immortal-Binding Rope, and Ma Hongjun burned away the webs it spat at the group.
• A six-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider charged into the poisonous mist and attacked Xiao Wu, but Qi Ling took its Spider Spear thrust and defeated it with Tyrant Dragon Fist.
• Tang San said he would absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider after the Cave Demon Spider escaped, but Qi Ling whistled and revealed the Cave Demon Spider was still attached to his rope.
• Qi Ling asked Zhao Wuji and Flender to help pull the Cave Demon Spider back.

Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s power through his Eight Spider Lances while Qi Ling recovered from its poison. The group then pursued a Ghost Shadow Tiger for Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Ring, but the tiger evaded Flender’s attack by disappearing into the ground.

• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to draw the Man Faced Demon Spider’s poison from Qi Ling and, at Qi Ling’s suggestion, absorbed the spider’s power, strengthening his lances.
• Tang San took the Cave Demon Spider toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling urged Flender and the others to hurry after the Ghost Shadow Tiger before nightfall, but his Immortal-Binding Rope failed to catch it when it merged into the ground.
• Flender transformed into a giant owl with his Seventh Soul Skill and knocked the Ghost Shadow Tiger out of the air.
• Flender swooped down to seize the tiger, but it turned into shadow and escaped beneath the ground again.

Flender and Zhao Wuji worked together to capture the Ghost Shadow Tiger for Zhu Zhuqing, using a barrage of attacks to force it out of its shadow form. Although Zhao Wuji struck it down, the tiger recovered and fled deeper into Sunset Forest, leaving the capture uncertain.

• Flender failed to catch the Ghost Shadow Tiger when it slipped into the shadows, and Zhao Wuji tried to attack it but also missed.
• Flender unleashed a powerful feather attack followed by explosions, injuring the Ghost Shadow Tiger and forcing it into its true form.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to stop the injured tiger from maintaining its shadow form, then struck it with Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• The Ghost Shadow Tiger staggered back to its feet and fled deeper into the forest, worrying Flender because neither man was ready to pursue it safely.

Qi Ling helped Zhu Zhuqing absorb her fourth Soul Ring while the others completed their own and discussed the Soul Beasts gathering around their camp. Zhu Zhuqing successfully emerged from the forest, and the Shrek group reaffirmed that they would stay together.

• Qi Ling used the Immortal-Binding Rope to stop the wounded Ghost Shadow Tiger from escaping and brought it into the poison formation with Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing an upgraded Spirit Ascension Pill and guarded her as she began absorbing the Ghost Shadow Tiger’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong and Tang San completed absorbing their Soul Rings while the others waited for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ma Hongjun noticed that Soul Beasts, including many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, were gathering outside, and Qi Ling and Grandmaster explained that they were hunting one another around the Beast-Attracting Powder.
• Qi Ling reminded everyone that Shrek’s friendship mattered more than treasure, and the group vowed to stay together.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged after successfully absorbing her fourth Soul Ring, and Qi Ling congratulated her.

After Zhu Zhuqing became a Soul Ancestor, Qi Ling and Xiao Wu declined to take Soul Rings and the group prepared to leave Sunset Forest. A Tyrannical Savage appeared, devoured the Soul Beasts and poison around them, and closed in on the group.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her fourth Soul Ring, while Qi Ling and Xiao Wu said they would wait for suitable Soul Rings.
• Flender learned that the Beast-Attracting Powder's scent would linger for two hours, but an ominous roar interrupted their plans to leave.
• A Tyrannical Savage emerged, and Qi Ling explained that the ravenous Soul Beast could eat and digest almost anything.
• The Tyrannical Savage swallowed several Soul Beasts and then targeted Qi Ling's group, drawn by the Beast-Attracting Powder's scent.
• The Tyrannical Savage inhaled the poison formation's entire cloud without harm, leaving the group exposed to its attack.

With the Tyrannical Savage bearing down on them, Qi Ling persuaded the Shrek group to stay and fight alongside the Golden Iron Triangle instead of abandoning their teachers. The Golden Sacred Dragon and an enhanced Zhao Wuji engaged the beast, but the battle was still underway.

• Grandmaster warned Tang San and the others that only the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill could stop the Tyrannical Savage, while Qi Ling chose to keep everyone together and received the Spirit Gathering Array.
• Qi Ling declared that Shrek’s rules forbade abandoning companions, and Flender, Tang San, and Liu Erlong supported letting the students stay and fight.
• Flender, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong summoned their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming Luo Sanpao into a Golden Sacred Dragon that stopped the Tyrannical Savage and blasted it with dragon breath.
• Qi Ling gave Zhao Wuji a Fierce God Talisman, and Zhao Wuji used it to strengthen his Martial Soul Avatar before slowing the Tyrannical Savage with Gravity Enhancement and joining the attack.

Qi Ling used a Spirit Gathering Array to amplify his power and help defeat Tyrannical Savage, but the badly wounded creature unleashed a devastating counterattack. As the exhausted group faced it again, Tyrannical Savage began healing itself by devouring its own flesh.

• Qi Ling stopped the Shrek Seven Devils from wasting their strength against Tyrannical Savage and gave them Spirit Gathering Tokens to form an array.
• The Spirit Gathering Array concentrated the group's power in Qi Ling, who summoned his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and battered Tyrannical Savage alongside the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Qi Ling restrained Tyrannical Savage with his Immortal-Binding Rope, allowing the Golden Sacred Dragon's Holy Dragon True Form to bring it down.
• Tyrannical Savage fired a massive black beam, and Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong sacrificed the Golden Sacred Dragon to shield the group, leaving the three unconscious.
• Tyrannical Savage staggered back to its feet and began eating its own flesh, rapidly healing its wounds as Qi Ling and the others were left exhausted.

Qi Ling ordered the injured Shrek group to escape while he stayed behind to hold off the recovering Tyrannical Savage. After convincing them he could outrun the beast, he drew its attention to himself and prepared to face it alone.

• Qi Ling told Tang San and the others to carry the injured teachers out of Sunset Forest while he held the Tyrannical Savage back.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San refused to abandon Qi Ling, and Zhao Wuji offered to stay in his place.
• Qi Ling demonstrated that his Lightning Flash and Flint Spark speed was too fast for Tang San's Purple Demon Eye to track, then promised to return safely.
• The group left with the unconscious Grandmaster and the other injured teachers, while Qi Ling scattered Beast-Attracting Powder over himself to draw the Tyrannical Savage away from them.
• Qi Ling faced the Tyrannical Savage alone and declared that he would be the one to kill it.

Qi Ling lured Tyrannical Savage deep into Sunset Forest and prepared to defeat him with a 100,000-Ton-Class High-Energy Bomb. He entered the beast’s mouth carrying the bomb and a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman, but the chapter ended before he could detonate them.

• Qi Ling’s Tyrant Dragon Fist failed to hurt Tyrannical Savage, so he dodged the beast’s attacks and taunted it instead.
• Qi Ling lured Tyrannical Savage thirty kilometers into Sunset Forest, where he took a 100,000-Ton-Class High-Energy Bomb from his Infinite Backpack.
• Qi Ling planned to detonate the bomb inside Tyrannical Savage’s stomach and escape with a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman.
• Tyrannical Savage hesitated at first, but its appetite overcame its sense of danger and it lunged to swallow Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling used Lightning Flash and Flint Spark to shoot into Tyrannical Savage’s mouth.