Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling exposed the counterfeit Tianhua Currency that had left the impoverished Speed Clan unable to pay for food, and Bai Chenxiang asked him for a loan. Qi Ling offered the money as a prize in a contest, and after Tang San defeated Bai Chenxiang in the first round, Qi Ling challenged Bai He to the second.

• Qi Ling revealed that genuine Tianhua Currency displayed a dragon design when soaked in liquor, exposing Bai He's money as counterfeit.
• Bai Chenxiang asked Niu Gao and Tai Tan for help, then pleaded with Qi Ling to lend the Speed Clan Gold Soul Coins.
• Qi Ling offered to lend the money if Bai Chenxiang could win either of two contests, and Bai He accepted.
• Bai Chenxiang failed to touch Tang San before the incense burned out, despite using her Martial Soul.
• After Bai He acknowledged the Speed Clan had lost the first round, Qi Ling announced that he would face Bai He in the second.

Qi Ling challenged Bai He to a speed contest outside Longxing City, and both agreed to race without using Soul Skills. Bai He returned to the Defense Clan before the incense ran out, while Qi Ling was still missing.

• Qi Ling proposed that Bai He follow his route and reach the same position to win the race, with Bai He setting off three breaths later.
• Qi Ling revealed that his Soul Rings were sealed, prompting Bai He to refuse to use Soul Skills so the contest would be fair.
• Qi Ling used Lightning Flash and Flint Spark to race ahead, and Bai He chased him out of Longxing City after Bai Chenxiang reminded him to start.
• Tang San and the others waited at the Defense Clan while Xiao Wu and Bai Chenxiang argued over whether Qi Ling or Bai He would win.
• Bai He returned to the Defense Clan just before the incense burned out, while Qi Ling had not yet come back.

After losing a speed race to Qi Ling, Bai He considered joining Dragon’s Glory and learned that Qi Ling led the alliance. He agreed to bring the Speed Clan in if the Breaking Clan joined as well, and Qi Ling welcomed them in advance.

• Bai He returned before the incense burned out and admitted that Qi Ling had beaten him by repeatedly accelerating until Bai He ran out of stamina.
• Qi Ling came back after the race time had expired, and Tai Tan suggested that Bai He join Dragon’s Glory instead of relying on a loan.
• Bai He asked to meet Dragon’s Glory’s alliance leader, and Qi Ling revealed that he was the leader and invited the Speed Clan to join.
• Bai He accepted Dragon’s Glory’s prospects, then learned Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and asked whether the alliance was connected to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Bai He made his membership conditional on the Breaking Clan joining too, since the Breaking Clan had helped the Speed Clan survive.
• Qi Ling happily welcomed the Speed Clan in advance, despite Tai Tan and Niu Gao’s uncertainty about persuading Yang Wudi.

Qi Ling accepted Bai He's support and learned how to recruit the Breaking Clan from its chief, Yang Wudi. Bai He gave him the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and revealed that Yang Wudi's granddaughter, Yang Tiexin, might also help persuade him.

• Qi Ling gave Bai He Tianhua Currency to support the Speed Clan, and Niu Gao hosted a feast for them.
• Bai He visited Qi Ling that evening and warned him that the Breaking Clan would arrive the next day.
• Bai He gave Qi Ling the Speed Clan's heirloom, the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, explaining that Yang Wudi's love of medicine made it a powerful way to win him over.
• Bai He told Qi Ling that Yang Wudi had a talented granddaughter named Yang Tiexin, whom he doted on and guarded closely.
• Bai He suggested that Qi Ling win Yang Tiexin's favor, leaving Qi Ling privately irritated by the matchmaking advice.

Qi Ling gave Qian Renxue the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to help restore her Martial Soul, then met Yang Wudi as the Breaking Clan arrived to discuss joining Dragon's Glory. When Yang Wudi learned Tang San was Tang Hao's son, he demanded that Tang San leave, and Tang San confronted him directly.

• Qi Ling told Qian Renxue he had prepared the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to help restore her Martial Soul, and she embraced him gratefully.
• Yang Wudi arrived at the Defense Clan with Yang Tiexin, and Niu Gao praised Yang Tiexin to him.
• Tai Tan and Niu Gao introduced Qi Ling and the others to Yang Wudi and invited the Breaking Clan to join Dragon's Glory.
• Qi Ling openly told Yang Wudi that Tang San was Tang Hao's son, prompting Yang Wudi to rise to leave.
• Yang Wudi demanded that Tang San leave, but Tang San stopped Qi Ling from intervening and challenged Yang Wudi himself.

Tang San’s attempt to provoke Yang Wudi into a wager was interrupted by Yang Tiexin, but Qi Ling stepped in and challenged Yang Wudi with a recruitment wager of his own. The chapter ended with Qi Ling displaying his immortal herbs, stunning Yang Wudi with their value.

• Yang Tiexin stepped between Yang Wudi and Tang San, defended Tang San, and apologized before preparing to leave with the Breaking Clan.
• Qi Ling blocked the Breaking Clan and invited Yang Tiexin to join Dragon’s Glory, then agreed to accept the entire Breaking Clan if she joined.
• Yang Wudi grew angry when Qi Ling said Yang Tiexin mattered more to him than the Breaking Clan and challenged Qi Ling to a fight.
• Qi Ling proposed that Yang Wudi consider joining Dragon’s Glory if Qi Ling won by one move, then laid out his immortal herbs as the stake if Yang Wudi won.
• Yang Wudi recognized the herbs’ great value and stared at them in astonishment.

Qi Ling wagered three Immortal Herbs against Yang Wudi’s agreement to bring the Breaking Clan into Dragon’s Glory, then faced him in battle. Yang Wudi’s focused spear thrust clashed with Qi Ling’s sword, and Qi Ling diverted the attack, neutralizing his first strike.

• Qi Ling offered Yang Wudi three Immortal Herbs if he won, and Yang Wudi accepted the wager, promising the Breaking Clan would join Dragon’s Glory if he lost.
• Yang Wudi revealed his Soul Breaking Spear and his eight Soul Rings, identifying himself as a level eighty-two Power Attack System Soul Douluo.
• Qi Ling summoned his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and revealed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and four Soul Bones, astonishing Yang Wudi.
• Qi Ling drew the Xuanyuan Sword and expanded the Xuanyuan Sword Realm, but Yang Wudi’s concentrated will kept the Sword Intent from affecting him.
• Yang Wudi thrust with his Soul Breaking Spear, and Qi Ling met it with a precise sword strike that diverted and neutralized the attack.

Qi Ling used Holy Dragon Guardian to withstand Yang Wudi’s strongest spear thrust after their duel escalated. Yang Wudi broke through the defense enough to touch Qi Ling’s armor, but exhausted his Soul Power and collapsed, leaving Qi Ling to catch him.

• Qi Ling halted Yang Wudi’s growing spear momentum with his Xuanyuan Sword Skills: One Hundred and Eight Thousand Swords.
• Yang Wudi activated his Tool Soul True Body and prepared his strongest thrust as Qi Ling began channeling his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Qian Renxue explained that Qi Ling was using Holy Dragon Guardian rather than Holy Dragon Judgment.
• Qi Ling’s Holy Dragon Guardian solidified the space around him and stopped Yang Wudi’s spear in midair.
• Yang Wudi broke through the defense until his spear touched Qi Ling’s Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, then exhausted himself and lost consciousness.
• Qi Ling caught Yang Wudi and praised the Breaking Clan Chief’s strength.

Yang Wudi accepted the Breaking Clan’s place in Dragon’s Glory, and the four single-attribute clans prepared to reunite. When leaders from three Lower Four Sects arrived to threaten the Defense Clan, Qi Ling disguised himself and went to confront them.

• Yang Wudi recovered, acknowledged his defeat, and agreed that the Breaking Clan would join Dragon’s Glory.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Bai He celebrated reuniting their clans and planned to gather in Heaven Dou City.
• Defense Clan members reported that leaders from the Elephant Armor Sect, Fire Blade Sect, and Mad Lion Sect had arrived with hostile intentions.
• Qi Ling stopped the clan chiefs from confronting the visitors and said he would handle them himself.
• Qi Ling put on the Divine Head and Ghost Face to disguise his appearance, then headed for the gates as Yang Tiexin followed him.

Qi Ling drove off the Elephant Armor Sect, Fire Blade Sect, and Mad Lion Sect with one move, then led the Defense Clan on its journey back to Heaven Dou City. Near the city, an unexplained disturbance made his baleful Qi surge and left him convinced that something terrible had happened.

• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Qian Renxue assured the four clan chiefs that Qi Ling could handle the three Soul Douluos.
• Qi Ling returned with Yang Tiexin and said he had chased off the three sects after teaching them a lesson.
• Yang Tiexin told Yang Wudi that Qi Ling had driven all three opponents back with one move, and Yang Wudi began plotting to bring them together.
• Yang Wudi suggested that Yang Tiexin become Qi Ling's guard, embarrassing her and sending her away.
• Qi Ling drank with the clan chiefs, and the Defense Clan set out for Heaven Dou City the next day.
• Near Heaven Dou City, Qi Ling's baleful Qi flared uncontrollably; he asked Tang San how soon they would arrive and warned that something terrible might have happened.

Qi Ling brought his baleful Qi under control with Xiao Wu’s help, then arranged for the Strength and Defense Clans to regroup in Heaven Dou City before moving to Dragon’s Glory City. At Shrek Academy, he and Xiao Wu found the students gathered around a confrontation with members of the Four Great Elemental Academies.

• Xiao Wu hugged Qi Ling in the carriage, and her presence helped dissipate his baleful Qi and calm him.
• Qi Ling sent Tang San and the others to Shrek Academy while he accompanied Tai Tan and Niu Gao to the Strength Clan’s headquarters.
• Qi Ling told Tai Tan and Niu Gao that the Strength and Defense Clans would eventually join the Speed and Breaking Clans in developing Dragon’s Glory City.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy and found the grounds nearly empty of students.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu discovered Shrek’s students gathered around Tang San and the others as they faced Shui Bing’er, Huo Wu, Feng Xiaotian, and the Four Great Elemental Academies.

The Four Elemental Academies came to Shrek, where Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er challenged Qi Ling and revealed their wish to join the academy. Qi Ling proposed a single fight to decide who would lead, and the visitors faced his terms.

• Feng Xiaotian said the Four Elemental Academies had come to introduce themselves before relocating to Heaven Dou City, while Tang San and Ma Hongjun suspected they intended to provoke Shrek.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er asked for Qi Ling, who arrived with Xiao Wu and confronted Feng Xiaotian about the academies' intentions.
• Huo Wu demanded an explanation from Qi Ling, and Shui Bing'er asked why he had not visited her in five years and when they would marry.
• Huo Wu announced that the Four Elemental Academies wanted to join Shrek and challenged Qi Ling to prove his strength; Feng Xiaotian confirmed the academies had authorized their representatives.
• Qi Ling proposed that the three representatives fight him together, offering them control of Shrek if they won and requiring them to follow his lead if he won and they stayed.

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er challenged Qi Ling to a three-on-one battle to decide whether the Four Great Elemental Academies would stay or leave. Qi Ling agreed to fight using only his Martial Soul, but evaded their opening combination and left the battle unresolved.

• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er revealed that they had reached Soul Emperor levels, with Shui Bing'er at level 68.
• Qi Ling summoned the Blood Devil Emperor and displayed two red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Huo Wu sent her enhanced Flame Fiend at Qi Ling and unleashed Huo Wu's Blazing Sun, but Qi Ling escaped with Utsusemi.
• Huo Wu demanded that Qi Ling use no abilities outside his Martial Soul, and Qi Ling agreed.
• Shui Bing'er froze Qi Ling's feet while Feng Xiaotian attacked with wind blades, but Qi Ling shattered the blades with Blood Devil Hundred Rending Claws.
• Qi Ling activated Nightmare Descends and vanished, frustrating Huo Wu and leaving the fight ongoing.

Qi Ling used Blood Sea to trap Feng Xiaotian and wear down Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er with shadow puppets that fed on Feng Xiaotian's soul power. Shui Bing'er unleashed her sixth soul skill, freezing the shadows, puppets, and Feng Xiaotian.

• Feng Xiaotian rose into the air to prepare his self-created soul skill while Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er held off Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling activated Blood Sea and merged it with his shadow ability, using tentacles to bind Feng Xiaotian and drain his soul power.
• Qi Ling sent endless shadow puppets against Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er, forcing Huo Wu to maintain her Flame Tornado.
• Feng Xiaotian told Huo Wu that the puppets were powered by his stolen soul power and explained that he could not break free.
• Shui Bing'er used her sixth soul skill, Ice Seal for a Thousand Li, freezing Qi Ling's shadows, the puppets, and Feng Xiaotian.

Shui Bing'er broke Qi Ling’s Nightmare Descends with her Sixth Soul Skill, but Qi Ling answered by taking his Blood Devil form. Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er compressed their ice-and-fire fusion into a dangerous bomb, forcing Qi Ling to flee into the sky—where Shui Bing’er could still pursue him.

• Shui Bing’er froze the Blood Sea, destroyed the puppets, and freed the battlefield from Qi Ling’s Nightmare Descends, while Huo Wu had the Flame Fiend melt Feng Xiaotian out of the ice.
• Qi Ling activated his fourth Soul Skill and transformed into the towering Blood Devil, alarming Feng Xiaotian and the two women.
• Feng Xiaotian used his Sixth Soul Skill, Gale Barrier, to trap Qi Ling and buy time for Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er, but Qi Ling walked through the wind unharmed.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing’er unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and compressed its opposing ice and fire energies into a bomb powerful enough to threaten Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling grew wings and flew upward to escape the blast, but Shui Bing’er’s Phoenix Martial Soul could fly too.

Qi Ling defeated Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er's powerful Flame Ice Phoenix by merging with his Blood Sea and devouring its force. After the Four Elements Academy team surrendered, Qi Ling led everyone to the student council room to discuss joining Shrek Academy.

• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er combined their powers to create the Flame Ice Phoenix and sent it after Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling plunged into the frozen Blood Sea, shattered it, and merged with it to draw the Flame Ice Phoenix into its devouring power.
• Qi Ling absorbed the Flame Ice Phoenix's explosive attack and returned to human form, then warned Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er he would not hold back if they continued.
• Huo Wu surrendered, and Ma Hongjun and the Shrek Academy students celebrated Qi Ling's victory.
• Qi Ling brought the Four Elements Academy representatives to the student council room to discuss joining Shrek Academy.

Feng Xiaotian asked Shrek Academy to take in the struggling Four Elements Academy, and Qi Ling agreed while making clear that Shrek would absorb its students and teachers. After Feng Xiaotian left, Huo Wu revealed that Qi Ling led Dragon's Glory, the organization Feng Xiaotian hoped to join.

• Feng Xiaotian explained that the Divine Court had forced the Four Elements Academy to choose between joining it and being destroyed, so he asked Shrek to take in its fewer than six hundred people.
• Tang San worried that the stronger Four Elements Academy might cause conflicts over leadership, but Qi Ling told him to accept them.
• Qi Ling arranged for Ma Hongjun to house the Four Elements Academy's students at Shrek that night and discussed integrating their teachers and students into Shrek.
• Feng Xiaotian left Shrek feeling that Qi Ling intended to swallow up the Four Elements Academy, while Huo Wu challenged him to think beyond being its headmaster.
• Feng Xiaotian wondered how he could join Dragon's Glory, and Huo Wu revealed that Qi Ling was its alliance leader.

Hu Liena returned to Shrek Academy wounded and told Tang San that Pope Bibi Dong was dead. Tang San told Qi Ling, whose grief and response remained unknown as the chapter ended.

• Qi Ling shut himself away after handing his affairs over to Tang San, while Xiao Wu worried about him and A Xue.
• Hu Liena arrived at Shrek Academy badly wounded and revealed that Qian Xunji had killed Pope Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena asked Tang San to decide whether to tell Qi Ling, fearing how he would react to Bibi Dong's death.
• Tang San and the others discussed the news, then Tang San decided Qi Ling had to know.
• Tang San told Qi Ling that Pope Bibi Dong was dead, and Qi Ling froze in silence.

Qi Ling lost control after learning of Bibi Dong’s death and nearly attacked Qian Renxue, but she stopped him from rushing off to seek revenge on Qian Xunji. After regaining his reason, Qi Ling treated Tang San and asked Hu Liena to explain what she had learned about Bibi Dong’s death.

• Qi Ling emerged from his room enveloped in deadly baleful Qi, and the people outside were too frightened to stop him.
• Qian Renxue stood in Qi Ling’s path and urged him not to recklessly confront Qian Xunji.
• Qi Ling swung a blade of baleful Qi at Qian Renxue, but stopped it above her head and let the baleful Qi disperse.
• Qi Ling apologized to Qian Renxue and promised not to lose his reason again before rushing to check on Tang San.
• Qi Ling used True Dragon Qi to treat Tang San, then asked Hu Liena to explain what she had learned about Bibi Dong’s death.
• Hu Liena told Qi Ling that she had confirmed Bibi Dong’s death and uncovered more about why Qian Xunji had insisted on killing her.

Hu Liena revealed that Qian Xunji killed Bibi Dong to steal her Godhood, using power from another world to strip away her Twin Martial Souls and Soul Bones. After confirming Qian Xunji was still absorbing her Martial Souls, Qi Ling decided to infiltrate the Divine Court alone and rescue his sister.

• Hu Liena explained that Qian Xunji had killed Bibi Dong to seize the Godhood she had been chosen to receive.
• Hu Liena said Qian Xunji stripped Bibi Dong of her Twin Martial Souls and Soul Bones with power from another world, finishing the process three days earlier.
• Hu Liena revealed she had infiltrated the Divine Court, learned what happened, and fled after being discovered without finding Bibi Dong's remains.
• Qi Ling confirmed that Qian Xunji needed at least a week to absorb Bibi Dong's Martial Souls and could not use his power during that time.
• Qi Ling decided to go alone to the Divine Court to rescue his sister and named Tang San his successor if he failed to return.