Chapter Summaries

The Blood Devil Emperor used the blood pool’s remaining power to complete Qi Ling’s physical evolution and cultivate his Sixth Stage True Dragon Body. Qi Ling and the others escaped the collapsing cavern, emerged from Hell Road, and gained the Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

• The Blood Devil Emperor stored the blood pool’s excess power in Qi Ling’s blood, tempered his body, and completed his Sixth Stage True Dragon Body.
• The Blood Devil Emperor evolved Qi Ling’s blood so that anyone who willingly drank it would be bound to him by an unbreakable mark of loyalty, then fell back into slumber.
• The blood cocoon carried Qi Ling to Xiao Ye and the others, and they waited anxiously until it vanished and he emerged unharmed.
• Qi Ling sensed that the cavern was about to collapse and led the group toward the exit.
• The group passed through the white light after the dried blood pool ended the final trial, escaping Hell Road as Tang San and Hu Liena fainted during the baptism.
• Qi Ling sensed the Divine Slaughter’s Domain awakening within him.

After leaving Slaughter City, Hu Liena returned to Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong, while Tang San reunited with his aunt and went to find Qi Ling. He discovered that Qi Ling had secluded himself in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect because his baleful Qi was out of control, caused by the imbalance between his Twin Martial Souls.

• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena whether she had fallen in love, and Hu Liena admitted that she liked someone.
• Ten days after leaving Slaughter City, Tang Hao took Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion to recover from his lingering tension.
• Tang San left Moonlight Pavilion and visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to ask Jian Lan where Qi Ling was.
• Jian Lan led Tang San to the bamboo grove, where Qi Ling had secluded himself to keep his baleful Qi from affecting others.
• Qi Ling’s baleful Qi was revealed to stem from his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul growing stronger than his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul after absorbing two super Soul Rings.

Qi Ling and Tang San joined Tang Yuehua’s class at the Moonlight Pavilion, where Qi Ling’s baleful aura terrified the noble students until Xue Ke revealed that he was her teacher. Over the next half year, Qi Ling transformed his aura into the imposing Wrath of the Son of Heaven, while Tang San became popular with the girls in class.

• Young Master Zhao tried to put Qi Ling and Tang San in their place, but Qi Ling’s baleful aura frightened the class into silence.
• Xue Ke rushed into Qi Ling’s arms and called him her teacher, surprising Tang San, Tang Yuehua, and the other students.
• Tang Yuehua suppressed Qi Ling’s aura, and the noble students behaved impeccably during class out of fear of him.
• Over six months of study, Qi Ling evolved his baleful aura into the Wrath of the Son of Heaven, while Tang San drew the attention of the girls in class.
• Xue Ke stayed close to Qi Ling, and Qi Ling hoped Tang San would make the most of his popularity with the girls.

Qi Ling requested half a year’s leave from Tang Yuehua to find a way to balance the powers of the Divine Dragon Emperor and the Blood Devil Emperor, then set out from Heaven Dou City. Six months later, he had not returned for the Moonlight Pavilion graduation ceremony, leaving Tang San and Xue Ke worried about him.

• Qi Ling told Tang Yuehua that her Noble Domain could no longer suppress the imbalance in his body, and he explained that he needed either a powerful Divine Dragon Emperor Soul Ring or his third Divine Dragon Bone to strengthen it.
• Tang Yuehua granted Qi Ling half a year’s leave after requiring him to return for the graduation ceremony, and Qi Ling told Tang San and Xue Ke to study while he was away.
• Qi Ling left the Moonlight Pavilion and used the Wheel of Fate to choose a direction, but it spun without pointing anywhere, so he set off without guidance.
• Six months later, Tang San and Xue Ke prepared to represent the top students at the graduation ceremony while worrying that Qi Ling had not returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San and the other students that Qi Ling would miss the ceremony, becoming the first student in her history to do so.

Qi Ling returned from six months away just in time to appear at the Moonlight Pavilion graduation ceremony, stunning the crowd with his newfound bearing. He reunited with Tang San and Xue Ke and revealed that he had visited another world, where he saved the dragons of Dragon Valley and gained an eight-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year dragon Soul Ring.

• Tang Yuehua announced that a student had yet to take the stage, and Tang San and Xue Ke realized Qi Ling had returned.
• Qi Ling appeared at the ceremony, and his commanding presence stunned Xue Qinghe and the other guests.
• The ceremony concluded, and Tang Yuehua gave Qi Ling his graduation certificate.
• Tang Yuehua told Qi Ling that Tang San and Xue Ke had worried about him, and the two questioned him about his absence.
• Qi Ling said he had traveled to another space-time and saved the dragon race in Dragon Valley, gaining an eight-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year dragon Soul Ring.

Qi Ling waited while Tang San learned the truth about his origins, reunited with Tang Hao, and received his mother's Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Sect's Soul Bones. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qi Ling challenged Tang Hao's belief that he owed the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Hao remained determined that Tang San return to the sect.

• Qi Ling told Tang San that Tang Hao would reveal long-awaited truths and promised to support him, then waited outside the valley as Tang San went in.
• After three days and nights, Tang San emerged with Tang Hao, who had lost an arm and a leg and given Tang San the Clear Sky Sect's two Soul Bones; Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor had also transformed.
• Qi Ling greeted Tang San's mother, and the three traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so Tang San could find a suitable place for her Blue Silver Grass to grow.
• Qi Ling asked Tang Hao whether he hated the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Hao said he hoped Tang San would return and atone for his own debt to the sect.
• Qi Ling argued that the Clear Sky Sect had failed Tang Hao and had no right to make Tang San atone, but Tang Hao insisted that Tang San must acknowledge his ancestors and return to the sect.

Tang Hao sent Tang San and Qi Ling to the Clear Sky Sect, giving Qi Ling his token and asking him to protect Tang San if the sect mistreated him. As the two set out, Tang San and Qi Ling vowed to avenge Ah Yin and argued over who would get to punish Qian Xunji, while Tang Hao stayed behind with her at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Qi Ling challenged the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning Tang Hao, and Tang Hao reconsidered whether sending Tang San back would burden him unfairly.
• Tang Hao gave Qi Ling his Clear Sky waist token and asked him to accompany Tang San and intervene if the sect made things difficult for him.
• Tang San stayed three days to watch over his mother and prepared medicine for Tang Hao as the Blue Silver Grass began growing rapidly.
• Qi Ling and Tang San left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San declared his intention to avenge his mother by killing Qian Xunji.
• Tang Hao remained beside Ah Yin, praising Tang San and Qi Ling and promising that they would eventually avenge her.

Qi Ling and Tang San reached the village at the foot of the Clear Sky Sect, where the villagers challenged Tang San’s identity and the sect’s disciples refused to let Qi Ling accompany him. Qi Ling subdued the disciples with his Blood Sea and signaled Tang San to ask him to spare them, leaving the brothers poised to press onward to the sect.

• Tang San and Qi Ling arrived at a remote mountain village that concealed the Clear Sky Sect.
• The villagers refused to admit them until Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, then summoned sect members to meet them.
• A Clear Sky Sect disciple demanded that Qi Ling leave, but Qi Ling insisted on accompanying Tang San and mocked the sect’s long seclusion.
• When the disciple refused to guide them, Qi Ling used his Blood Sea to prevent the sect members from summoning their Martial Souls.
• Qi Ling covertly prompted Tang San, who asked him to spare the disciples because they were his clan brothers.

Qi Ling accompanied Tang San into the Clear Sky Sect, using his flight skill to outpace Tang Long on the mountain trials. At the sect master’s quarters, Tang Xiao rejected Qi Ling as Tang San’s sworn elder brother, and Qi Ling challenged him by matching his imposing presence.

• Tang Long led Qi Ling and Tang San across the mountain peaks, while Qi Ling flew over the iron-chain crossings with his Cloud Soaring skill.
• Tang Long brought Qi Ling and Tang San through the Clear Sky Sect gates and to Tang Xiao’s quarters, where Tang Yuehua saw them arrive.
• Tang San greeted Tang Xiao, and Qi Ling explained that he had come at Tang Hao’s request as Tang San’s sworn elder brother.
• Tang Xiao rejected Qi Ling as an outsider and ordered him to leave, then demanded that Qi Ling prove his qualifications.
• Qi Ling released his suppressed presence and matched Tang Xiao’s, startling the sect master.

Tang San sought to atone for Tang Hao’s past and rejoin the Clear Sky Sect, while Qi Ling helped him win Tang Xiao’s support. Tang Xiao arranged a ceremony for the next day, where Tang San and Qi Ling would have to prove their worth to the elders.

• Qi Ling matched Tang Xiao’s imposing presence, prompting Tang Xiao to set aside his objections to Qi Ling and Tang San.
• Tang San kowtowed and explained his wish to atone for Tang Hao’s sins, then gave Tang Xiao two sect Soul Bones and revealed that Tang Hao had severed his own arm and leg for them.
• Moved by Tang Hao’s sacrifice, Tang Xiao arranged Tang San’s ancestor-honoring and rejoining ceremony for the following day and took custody of the Soul Bones.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San to show firmness and sincerity, and instructed Qi Ling to act arrogantly and display his strength before the elders.
• Tang Yuehua explained that the Clear Sky Sect respected strength above etiquette, while Qi Ling declared that Tang San deserved to become the next sect master.

Qi Ling urged Tang San to take over the Clear Sky Sect someday and imagined joining it with Dragon's Glory. The next morning, Qi Ling and Tang San faced the sect's divided disciples, and Qi Ling's baleful aura overwhelmed the five elders before Tang Xiao introduced them.

• Qi Ling told Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect needed him as its future sect master, and Tang San agreed that he would help lead it while remaining loyal to Dragon's Glory.
• Tang San proposed that Dragon's Glory grow powerful enough to absorb the Clear Sky Sect, and he and Qi Ling promised to work toward that goal as brothers.
• The Clear Sky Sect's disciples gathered in the courtyard, divided between Tang Xiao's supporters and the five elders' faction, which planned to insult Tang San.
• Qi Ling entered beside Tang San, releasing the Blood Devil Emperor's baleful aura and making many disciples struggle to stand.
• The five elders combined their presences to resist Qi Ling but could barely hold back his aura.
• Tang Xiao introduced Tang San and Qi Ling to the elders, and Qi Ling withdrew his aura, joking that he had only come to buy soy sauce.

Qi Ling intervened when the Seventh Elder insulted Tang San, then let Tang San settle the Clear Sky Sect dispute himself. After sealing the Seventh Elder’s upper three Soul Rings, Qi Ling watched as the two began their match on the iron chains.

• The Seventh Elder insulted Tang San and his mother, so Qi Ling kicked him away and overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect with his baleful presence.
• Tang Xiao and the Second Elder intervened, and Qi Ling argued that Spirit Hall—not Tang San—was responsible for the Clear Sky Sect’s suffering.
• Tang San asked Qi Ling to let him handle the dispute and challenged the Seventh Elder to a match.
• Qi Ling agreed not to intervene but sealed the Seventh Elder’s seventh, eighth, and ninth Soul Rings after doubting his promise to limit his Soul Power.
• Tang San allowed the Seventh Elder to use forty percent of his Soul Power, and their match began on the iron chains.

Tang San defeated the Seventh Elder and won permission to return to the Clear Sky Sect, while Qi Ling raised the stakes of the Second Elder’s conditions. Tang San accepted the challenge and promised to fulfill the demands within ten years before becoming sect master.

• Tang Xiao used the returned Soul Bones and Qi Ling’s strength to persuade the Second Elder to consider Tang San’s return.
• Tang San defeated the Seventh Elder on an iron chain and rescued him after knocking him off the cliff; the Seventh Elder accepted defeat and welcomed him back.
• The Second Elder agreed to Tang San’s return if he fulfilled three conditions within ten years, and Tang San accepted the original demand to reach Soul Douluo.
• Qi Ling insisted Tang San would become a Titled Douluo, kill ten Spirit Hall Titled Douluos, and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring by his Seventh Soul Ring, prompting the Second Elder to raise the demands accordingly.
• The Second Elder offered Tang San the two Soul Bones and a nomination for sect master if he succeeded, and Tang San pledged to complete the conditions and lead the Clear Sky Sect.

After Tang San’s important choice unlocked the Item Enhancement Function, Qi Ling tested it on herbs and other possessions, discovering that the system could improve many items but not God Level artifacts. He upgraded several talismans and then turned his attention to his Soul Bones.

• Qi Ling received the system notification unlocking the Item Enhancement Function after helping Tang San complete an important choice.
• Qi Ling learned that the enhancer could not upgrade his Xuanyuan Sword, Sword of Rupture, or Immortal-Binding Rope because they were God Level items.
• Qi Ling enhanced blood-staunching grass from common to advanced, rare, and extraordinary quality, learning that higher grades required increasingly large amounts of materials.
• Qi Ling tested the enhancer on other possessions and upgraded all his B-rank talismans to A-rank.
• Qi Ling finished experimenting with his talismans and began considering how to enhance his Soul Bones.

Qi Ling used his enhancer to turn two Soul Bones into Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones by consuming other Soul Bones. He finished with four such treasures and considered using them to lure Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo into helping him kill Qian Xunji.

• Qi Ling counted the twenty-eight Soul Bones in his Infinite Space and selected the ninety-thousand-year Tyrannical Savage Skull for enhancement.
• Qi Ling fed a twenty-thousand-year Soul Bone into the enhancer, raising the Tyrannical Savage Skull to one hundred thousand years.
• Qi Ling learned that a Soul Bone could not be enhanced beyond one hundred thousand years and set the skull aside.
• Qi Ling used a sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone to raise his seventy-thousand-year right-arm dragon bone to one hundred thousand years.
• Qi Ling admired his four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and considered offering them to Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo to recruit help against Qian Xunji.

Qi Ling and Tang San left the Clear Sky Sect and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Shrek Academy had grown into the empire’s leading academy after absorbing Heaven Dou Royal Academy as its branch. They headed to meet their old companions, and Qi Ling bet Tang San that he could predict whom they would encounter first.

• Qi Ling abandoned his plan to use Soul Bones to buy loyalty and gave Tang San rare bloodstaunch grass to deliver to the seventh elder.
• Tang San told Qi Ling that the ceremony to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the sect had ended, and they set off for Shrek Academy the next day.
• Over the previous five years, Xue Ye had made Heaven Dou Royal Academy a branch of Shrek Academy, and Flender had accepted the arrangement after Xue Ye protected the school from troublesome nobles.
• Qi Ling and Tang San returned to Heaven Dou City and wagered on whom they would meet first, with Qi Ling offering a Soul Bone suited to that person.
• Qi Ling and Tang San rounded a corner and encountered a masked figure.

Zhu Zhuqing disguised herself and challenged Qi Ling, surprising him with her speed and improved technique before he defeated her by exploiting her dwindling endurance. Their reunion turned affectionate, and Qi Ling revealed that he had recognized her because she had grown noticeably over their five years apart.

• Qi Ling and Tang San guessed that the masked challenger was Zhu Zhuqing, who rushed at Qi Ling without summoning her Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s sudden burst of speed nearly struck Qi Ling, but he used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to read her attacks and restrict her options.
• Zhu Zhuqing abandoned a trapped attack and exchanged rapid blows with Qi Ling, but her stamina began to fail as he kept up the pressure.
• Qi Ling dodged her slowed strike and embraced Zhu Zhuqing, ending the fight; she admitted she had missed him and returned his embrace.
• After Tang San’s cough prompted Zhu Zhuqing to pull away and remove her mask, Qi Ling said he had recognized her because she had grown quite a bit.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Qi Ling, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong after five years, then discussed Qi Ling’s romantic restraint with Ning Rongrong. The group reached Shrek Academy, where students on guard duty required them to register before entering.

• Zhu Zhuqing praised Qi Ling and prepared to challenge Tang San, while Qi Ling noted that her progress refining the Beast God's Heart made the match uncertain.
• Ning Rongrong rushed over and embraced Zhu Zhuqing, interrupting the pair's near-fight, and the two friends caught up after five years apart.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong whether she had become intimate with Qi Ling, and Ning Rongrong complained that he had shown no interest despite living with several beautiful women.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong joked that someone might eventually force herself on Qi Ling, who sneezed as he followed them.
• The group arrived at Shrek Academy, where a student on guard duty stopped them and required them to register before entering.

Qi Ling and the Shrek Seven Devils returned to Shrek Academy after five years, but a student at the registration desk refused to believe their identities. After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived, Qi Ling proved himself by summoning his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, while Tang San hinted that an even greater surprise was coming.

• Qi Ling listed Dean Flender as the person he was visiting and signed the registration form as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, but the student on duty accused him of being a fraud.
• Qi Ling tried to convince the student with his claims and appearance, but the student still demanded proof.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived, reunited with Qi Ling and Tang San, and said they had not seen Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun suggested Qi Ling prove his identity by displaying his Martial Soul, and Qi Ling summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing were awed by Qi Ling's powerful presence, while Tang San said an even more shocking surprise was yet to come.

Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy with the Shrek Seven Devils and revealed his overwhelming strength, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings on each of his Martial Souls. After announcing their return with a thunderous dragon roar, the group reunited with Zhao Wuji, who refused Qi Ling’s offer to spar.

• Qi Ling manifested the Divine Dragon Emperor and displayed six Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, astonishing the Shrek Seven Devils and the student on duty.
• Tang San explained that Qi Ling had Twin Martial Souls with twelve Soul Rings in total, including four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Qi Ling asked the student to cover his ears and used his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar to announce the group’s return across Shrek Academy and much of Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Wuji hurried to the gates, where the Shrek Seven Devils greeted him after five years apart.
• Qi Ling invited Zhao Wuji to spar, but Zhao Wuji refused and threatened to train Ma Hongjun instead.