Chapter Summaries

After Ning Rongrong cared for Qi Ling’s injuries, he bet that Oscar would break through to level thirty, and she had to kiss him when he was proven right. Flender then announced that the group would set out the next morning to find Oscar a third Soul Ring.

• Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy with medicine for Qi Ling, and later applied it to his back while the others teased them.
• Qi Ling guessed that Oscar was close to breaking through to level thirty and bet Ning Rongrong a kiss against her hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Oscar arrived late and announced that he had broken through to level thirty, winning Qi Ling the bet.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Qi Ling on the cheek, then Xiao Wu demanded a kiss of her own and threw herself at him.
• Flender changed the day’s training and told everyone to prepare for Zhao Wuji to lead them out for Oscar’s third Soul Ring.

Qi Ling chose to travel with Shrek Academy to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Wheel of Fate pointed toward the Soul Ring he sought. Before the trip, he completed the second stage of the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art, leaving his body greatly strengthened as the group prepared to depart.

• Qi Ling chose to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and received the Wheel of Fate, which pointed toward the place where his third Soul Ring awaited.
• Qi Ling endured a day and night of painful body tempering and completed the second stage of the true dragon body.
• Ning Rongrong picked the lock on Qi Ling's dorm room and found him unclothed after his cultivation, then fled in embarrassment.
• Qi Ling told the others that Ning Rongrong had seen a cockroach, and she retorted that it had been a cockroach without clothes.
• Flender noticed Qi Ling's increased strength, and Zhao Wuji privately worried that Qi Ling might soon be able to defeat him without the Ring Sealing Technique.

The Shrek group traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest, with Ning Rongrong using her support skills until she collapsed and Qi Ling carrying her. At a town inn, Qi Ling shared strong liquor with Zhao Wuji while the others grew closer as they talked about him.

• The group ran toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qi Ling persuaded Ning Rongrong to use her speed-boosting Soul Skill.
• After Ning Rongrong supported the group for seven hours and nearly fell, Qi Ling carried her as she fell asleep in his arms.
• The group stopped at a town near the forest for the night, and Ning Rongrong woke in Qi Ling's arms before joining the others for dinner.
• Qi Ling brought a jar of fine wine upstairs and shared drinks with Zhao Wuji, despite the academy rule against teachers accepting benefits from students.
• The others praised Qi Ling downstairs, and Ning Rongrong chased Ma Hongjun after he teased her about Qi Ling carrying her.

Canghui Academy’s students clashed with Shrek Academy at an inn, and Ye Zhiqiu challenged them after his students were defeated. Qi Ling chose to enter the fight against the Soul King, while Tang San and the others struggled against Ye Zhiqiu’s ice-based attacks as the battle continued.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked Canghui Academy’s students, and Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the others routed them in a fight at the inn.
• Ye Zhiqiu introduced himself as Canghui Academy’s director of external affairs, then revealed his Black Tortoise Martial Soul and five Soul Rings.
• Ye Zhiqiu challenged Shrek Academy’s teacher, and Qi Ling chose to fight him after receiving the level 5 Black Demon Cloak Soul Tool.
• Tang San and the others faced Ye Zhiqiu outside, but his ice attribute slowed them and his ranged Soul Skills made their attacks difficult.

Qi Ling intervened when Ye Zhiqiu targeted Ning Rongrong, then challenged him and shattered his Black Tortoise shell with his newly mastered Super: Tyrant Dragon Fist. Ye Zhiqiu was knocked unconscious and his students fled, while Qi Ling hid how badly the punch had hurt his own hand.

• Ye Zhiqiu tricked Tang San and the others into pulling away from Ning Rongrong, then attacked her with Black Water Surge.
• Qi Ling appeared, shielded Ning Rongrong, and took over the fight while Shrek Academy watched.
• Ye Zhiqiu hid inside his shell and used Black Tortoise Armor and Ice Barrier, daring Qi Ling to strike him.
• Qi Ling charged up Super: Tyrant Dragon Fist and cracked Ye Zhiqiu's shell, knocking him unconscious.
• The Canghui Academy students carried Ye Zhiqiu away, and Qi Ling concealed the pain in his injured hand.

Qi Ling and the Shrek group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a suitable Soul Beast. Qi Ling spotted a Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Oscar began claiming its Soul Ring.

• Ning Rongrong noticed Qi Ling had injured his right hand and bandaged it, but his wound healed completely overnight.
• Zhao Wuji led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to search carefully for Oscar’s Soul Beast.
• After hours of searching, Qi Ling spotted a Thousand-Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent approaching from the southeast.
• Zhao Wuji trapped the serpent, then gave Oscar a dagger and instructed him where to strike.
• Oscar apologized to the serpent and stabbed toward it to claim its Soul Ring.

Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran challenged Shrek Academy for the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhao Wuji agreed to let Meng Yiran compete for it. Meng Yiran chose Qi Ling, but his two thousand-year Soul Rings and extraordinary eyesight overwhelmed her confidence, leaving her struggling to respond.

• Chao Tianxiang asked Zhao Wuji to return the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then proposed settling their claim through a contest between their students.
• Meng Yiran insisted on choosing her own opponent and selected Qi Ling, whom she assumed would be easy to defeat.
• Meng Yiran proposed comparing Soul Power, but Qi Ling revealed two thousand-year Soul Rings and warned her that she would lose badly.
• Meng Yiran switched to a contest of eyesight, and Qi Ling identified three insects on a distant tree with perfect accuracy.
• Chao Tianxiang confirmed Qi Ling's description, leaving Meng Yiran stunned while Ma Hongjun and Oscar discussed how badly she had lost.

Qi Ling recognized that Chao Tianxiang was stalling until Dragon Duke arrived, so he took Meng Yiran hostage and led the group away with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After choosing to keep Meng Yiran captive until they were safe, he gained a damaged divine artifact and promised to find her a Soul Ring.

• When Meng Yiran could not find a contest she could win, Chao Tianxiang conceded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent but stalled by explaining its traits and Soul Ring abilities.
• Qi Ling warned Tang San that Dragon Duke was likely approaching and told him to act as events unfolded.
• Qi Ling seized Meng Yiran as a hostage, and Zhao Wuji led the group away with the serpent while Qi Ling warned Chao Tianxiang not to follow.
• After an hour of flight, the group stopped in a secluded place so Oscar could prepare to absorb the Soul Ring, while Qi Ling released Meng Yiran temporarily.
• When Meng Yiran demanded to leave, Qi Ling chose to keep holding her until they were out of danger and received the damaged Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qi Ling told Meng Yiran he would find her a suitable Soul Ring.

Oscar obtained his third Soul Ring, and Tang San reached level 30, so the group searched for Soul Rings for Tang San and Meng Yiran as well as Qi Ling. Their search was interrupted when Ma Hongjun was bitten by a venomous Black Sickle and a dragon’s cry sounded nearby.

• Oscar absorbed a Soul Ring and gained the Flying Mushroom Sausage Soul Skill, while Tang San broke through to level 30.
• Qi Ling agreed to help Meng Yiran find a Soul Ring, then used the Immortal-Binding Rope to keep her from escaping.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong followed Qi Ling and Meng Yiran as the group searched the forest, while Meng Yiran teased them by pressing against Qi Ling.
• Ma Hongjun was bitten by a Black Sickle centipede, and Qi Ling warned that its venom would make his manhood rot if it was not neutralized within twelve hours.
• Zhao Wuji decided the group would return to town for medicine, but a distant dragon’s cry interrupted them.

Qi Ling and Meng Yiran tracked down a Golden Sacred Dragon, where they found Meng Shu fighting it and nearing defeat. After Meng Yiran begged Qi Ling to save her grandfather, Qi Ling accepted and received the Three Thousand Lightning Movement technique.

• Qi Ling sent Zhao Wuji and the others to take Ma Hongjun back to town for treatment, while Meng Yiran stayed with him to investigate the dragon's roar.
• Qi Ling and Meng Yiran found a Golden Sacred Dragon and discovered that Meng Shu was fighting it and had already been badly wounded.
• Meng Yiran begged Qi Ling to save Meng Shu as the Golden Sacred Dragon threatened to defeat him.
• Qi Ling accepted Meng Yiran's request, received the Three Thousand Lightning Movement technique, and promised to help Meng Shu.

Meng Shu fought the Golden Sacred Dragon until Qi Ling and Meng Yiran arrived and offered to help him defeat it. As Meng Shu drew the dragon into an attack, he used his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring to begin trapping it.

• The Golden Sacred Dragon ambushed Meng Shu and nearly swallowed him, but Qi Ling's Nine Heavens Dragon Roar stunned it long enough for Meng Shu to escape.
• Qi Ling arrived with Meng Yiran and told Meng Shu he could create an opening for him to strike the Golden Sacred Dragon's vital point.
• Meng Shu agreed to fight alongside Qi Ling, while the Golden Sacred Dragon resumed its attack, intent on devouring him.
• Qi Ling used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to carry Meng Yiran to safety as Meng Shu faced the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Meng Shu evaded the dragon's pounce with an afterimage and activated his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring's Dragon-Trapping Prison.

Qi Ling and Meng Shu worked together to defeat the Golden Sacred Dragon by trapping it, exposing its vital point, and striking through its armor. Qi Ling's final blow left the beast on the verge of death.

• Meng Shu trapped the Golden Sacred Dragon in his Dragon-Trapping Prison while Qi Ling explained how to exploit the beast's exposed belly during a full-strength pounce.
• Qi Ling volunteered to bait the Golden Sacred Dragon, and Meng Shu agreed to prepare his strongest Soul Skill.
• After Meng Shu released the prison, Qi Ling baited the beast into pouncing and used the Immortal-Binding Rope to immobilize it for one second.
• Meng Shu struck the Golden Sacred Dragon's exposed vital point with his eighth Soul Skill, breaking its armor but failing to kill it.
• Qi Ling drove his Tyrant Dragon Fist into the wound, making the Golden Sacred Dragon feel fear as its life began to slip away.

Qi Ling killed the Golden Sacred Dragon and began absorbing its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring while Meng Shu and Meng Yiran guarded him. Meanwhile, the Shrek group camped for the night in the Star Dou Great Forest, reassured by Xiao Wu that Qi Ling was safe, until Zhao Wuji suddenly looked terrified.

• Qi Ling's Tyrant Dragon Fist killed the Golden Sacred Dragon, and its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring appeared.
• Qi Ling told Meng Shu that he had twin Martial Souls and could absorb the ring as his third Soul Ring, and Meng Shu offered to guard him.
• Qi Ling began absorbing the Golden Sacred Dragon's Soul Ring as Meng Shu and Meng Yiran stayed nearby.
• Zhao Wuji brought the Shrek group to camp for the night, and Xiao Wu said she could sense that Qi Ling was safe.
• Ma Hongjun teased Xiao Wu about Qi Ling and Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji's smile abruptly vanished as he became terrified.

The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek group and seized Xiao Wu, overwhelming their attempts to stop it. Just as it began to leave with her, Qi Ling arrived after hearing its roar.

• Zhao Wuji warned the Shrek group and summoned his Martial Soul when the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest.
• The Shrek group fought the Titan Giant Ape, but its attacks broke their formation and left them unable to harm it.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught Xiao Wu, and Tang San and Zhao Wuji attacked desperately to rescue her.
• The Titan Giant Ape blocked their attacks and started to leave with Xiao Wu.
• Qi Ling heard the Titan Giant Ape's roar, rushed toward the group, and appeared in golden armor.

Qi Ling chose to confront the Titan Giant Ape alone and used his third Soul Skill, Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, to repel it. He spent two years of accumulated Soul Power to do so, leaving his Soul Power stuck at level thirty-one as the Titan Giant Ape fled by another route with Xiao Wu.

• Qi Ling chose the system option to block the Titan Giant Ape and enter the forest alone to bring Xiao Wu back, accepting the risk of side effects.
• Qi Ling revealed that his third Soul Skill was Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, which boosted his defenses, Soul Power, Soul Skills, and physical attributes.
• Xiao Wu saw Qi Ling in his golden armor and cried out that he looked handsome.
• Qi Ling met the Titan Giant Ape's punch with his own and drove it back, astonishing Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Qi Ling used up his accumulated Soul Power to repel the Titan Giant Ape, leaving his Soul Power at level thirty-one.
• The Titan Giant Ape hesitated, avoided Qi Ling, and fled along another route with Xiao Wu.

Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he accepted her identity and would protect her, prompting Da Ming and Er Ming to trust him and give him a Dragon Blood Lotus. As Qi Ling and Xiao Wu left the forest, he vowed to build a force strong enough to protect her from any threat.

• Xiao Wu rushed between Qi Ling and Da Ming, stopping him from attacking, then cried with relief when Qi Ling said her identity did not change that she was his little sister.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Wu that blocking Er Ming's attack had lowered his Soul Power from rank 34 to rank 31, and Xiao Wu angrily scolded Er Ming and Da Ming for threatening him.
• Da Ming apologized and gave Qi Ling a Dragon Blood Lotus, explaining that he had tested whether Qi Ling could protect Xiao Wu and now trusted him.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu said farewell to Da Ming and Er Ming and headed toward the forest's outskirts to rejoin Shrek.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Qi Ling truly meant to protect her, and he promised that anyone who wanted to hurt her would have to step over his corpse before he built an even stronger force.

Qi Ling found Tang San suffering as he absorbed an over-limit Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and learned that the spider’s evil nature was tormenting him. Qi Ling chose to use his upgraded Soul Skill to save Tang San and revealed that his own Soul Rings had changed, though the rescue had not yet been completed.

• Qi Ling and Xiao Wu reunited with the Shrek group and found Tang San in agony while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling explained that the spider’s evil nature was causing Tang San’s suffering and recognized that Tang San’s Soul Ring exceeded his limit.
• Qi Ling chose the system’s third option, receiving a 500-year increase to his first Soul Ring and an upgrade to Nine Heavens Dragon Roar.
• Qi Ling asked the others to step back and summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor to prepare to save Tang San.
• Oscar noticed Qi Ling’s two purple and one black Soul Rings, and Qi Ling said he had absorbed the Golden Sacred Dragon’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Qi Ling used his evolved First Soul Skill to free Tang San from the Man Faced Demon Spider’s evil thoughts, and Tang San completed his Soul Ring absorption. After the group returned toward town, Qi Ling went back to meet Meng Yiran and brought her a Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling revealed that his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar could clear allies’ minds and used it to help Tang San expel the Man Faced Demon Spider’s evil thoughts.
• Tang San regained control, completed his absorption, and emerged the next day with eight Spider Lances; Ma Hongjun was poisoned after touching one, and Tang San drew out the poison.
• Qi Ling recounted his recent adventures to the group, then told them to head to the hotel while he finished something.
• Meng Shu reassured Meng Yiran that Qi Ling would be safe as she worried about him and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Qi Ling appeared above Meng Yiran with a snake and presented it as the Soul Ring he had promised to find for her.

Qi Ling gave Meng Yiran a Spirit Ascension Pill so she could safely absorb the Black Water Mysterious Serpent's Soul Ring, then returned to the hotel and reunited with his companions. He considered the risks and opportunities of using medicinal pills before sharing a heartfelt toast with Tang San.

• Qi Ling explained that the Black Water Mysterious Serpent suited Meng Yiran but warned that its nineteen-hundred-year Soul Ring exceeded her safe absorption limit.
• Qi Ling gave Meng Yiran a Spirit Ascension Pill that could raise her Soul Ring absorption limit by two hundred years, and Meng Shu thanked him for his generosity.
• Meng Yiran prepared to absorb the serpent's Soul Ring under Meng Shu's protection, while Qi Ling left after promising they would meet again.
• Qi Ling reflected that potent medicines could attract trouble as well as support his plans, and considered discussing medicinal research and trade with Tang San.
• Qi Ling returned to the hotel, accepted toasts from Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, then exchanged a heartfelt toast with Tang San.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Qi Ling explained that his Spirit Ascension Pill could increase the age of Soul Rings a Soul Master could absorb, and Ning Rongrong recognized its value to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He offered the sect the formula and control of the market in exchange for a simple personal request.

• Zhao Wuji sent the students to rest and told them stricter training awaited the next day.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Tang San to discuss his Hidden Weapons, and Qi Ling asked to speak with him as well.
• Qi Ling showed Tang San and Ning Rongrong his Spirit Ascension Pill and explained that it could increase the age of absorbable Soul Rings.
• Ning Rongrong urged Qi Ling to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect handle the pill’s sales, but Qi Ling pointed out that other factions had greater power and resources.
• Qi Ling offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the formula and a market monopoly if Ning Rongrong agreed to kiss him again.