Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling explained why he planned to ally with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and declared that he would make the world know his name within twelve years. His ambition inspired Tang San, while Tang San later urged Oscar to give up on Ning Rongrong because Qi Ling had already won her affection.

• Ning Rongrong kissed Qi Ling's right cheek after he requested it as part of his terms.
• Qi Ling told Tang San he valued the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a safe ally because its support-type Soul Masters had little ambition to contend for supremacy.
• Qi Ling said he would make everyone under heaven know his name within twelve years and encouraged Tang San to build a reputation of his own.
• Tang San returned to the dormitory, where Oscar wondered whether Ning Rongrong had wanted to confess to him.
• Tang San advised Oscar to let go of Ning Rongrong, explaining that Qi Ling was the reason Oscar had no chance with her.
• Oscar accepted the advice and joked that he would have to find someone less pretty than Ning Rongrong.

After Zhao Wuji described the expedition, Yu Xiaogang explained why Qi Ling could bear his twin Martial Souls and absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third. Yu Xiaogang agreed to stay at the academy and plan the students’ lessons, leaving Flender eager to teach their exceptional students alongside him.

• Zhao Wuji told Flender about the dangers they had faced and Qi Ling’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived and explained that Qi Ling’s twin Martial Souls could coexist because of his unique qualities and tenacious will, though their Soul Ring counts could not differ by more than two.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender and Zhao Wuji that Qi Ling was not his disciple; his disciple was Tang San, and he and Qi Ling discussed Martial Soul Theory as equals.
• Yu Xiaogang asked them not to give Qi Ling special treatment and offered to teach the students alongside them starting the next day.
• Yu Xiaogang left to examine Tang San’s spider legs, and Zhao Wuji went to rest.
• Flender celebrated the chance to work with Yu Xiaogang and vowed to help make their students the finest on the continent.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of the students’ training and announced that Qi Ling would receive a special plan of his own. Zhu Zhuqing went alone to meet Blood Handprint Zhang Lei, then returned to the academy claiming she had spent the day cultivating, while Qi Ling followed after her with concern.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ new trainer, and Yu Xiaogang assigned them numbers, with Qi Ling designated number zero for his individual plan.
• The students spent their day off on separate activities, while Qi Ling cultivated in his room.
• Qi Ling encountered Zhu Zhuqing as she set out to face Blood Handprint Zhang Lei and offered help, but she refused so she could test her limits.
• The students returned to the academy with news of their day, and Zhu Zhuqing came back alone, saying she had been cultivating.
• Qi Ling watched Zhu Zhuqing hurry away and followed her, worried that she was hiding what had happened.

After Zhu Zhuqing injured herself pursuing greater strength, Qi Ling agreed to guide her cultivation and unlocked the Character Development Function. He studied its evaluations of the Shrek students and planned to begin developing Zhu Zhuqing after she recovered.

• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed outside her room after pushing herself too hard, and Qi Ling caught her and eased her injuries with his cultivation power.
• Zhu Zhuqing begged Qi Ling to make her stronger, and he accepted her request, unlocking the Character Development Function.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing medicine and told her to rest, then asked her to find him at midnight after the next day's training.
• Qi Ling examined the new function and learned it could evaluate characters and guide their cultivation paths.
• Qi Ling reviewed the Shrek students' potential and combat ratings, noting that Tang San's displayed score failed to reflect the full extent of his abilities.

Yu Xiaogang began training Shrek with strict rules, assigning Qi Ling to discipline the late Ma Hongjun and then setting the group challenges against Qi Ling. Qi Ling chose to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils under the rules, aiming to earn major rewards as the matches began.

• Yu Xiaogang served the students a lavish breakfast, then announced that anyone late for breakfast would go without it and receive special training.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Qi Ling to train Ma Hongjun for one double-hour, and Qi Ling left Ma Hongjun unable to stand and sent him to the infirmary.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Dai Mubai to defeat the other students one by one, then set three challenges for each of the seven members of Shrek against Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling accepted the mission to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils, earning upgrades to his movement technique and cultivation art and repairing the Immortal-Binding Rope to 40% completeness.

Qi Ling tested Shrek’s formation by unleashing his new Tyrant Dragon Fist: Air Quake, a punch that spread overwhelming force through violent vibrations. The six struggled to hold their positions as the pressure kept increasing.

• Oscar pretended to have a stomachache to avoid training, but Yu Xiaogang threatened to send anyone who refused to Qi Ling for individual training.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek’s six members into a pyramid formation, with Tang San coordinating their defense and Ning Rongrong and Oscar providing support.
• Yu Xiaogang told Qi Ling to overwhelm the group without injuring them, and Qi Ling prepared to test a new attack.
• Qi Ling used Divine Dragon Emperor: Possession and Tyrant Dragon Fist, adding controlled vibrations to create Tyrant Dragon Fist: Air Quake.
• Qi Ling’s punch shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and battered Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing while Tang San struggled to keep the formation intact.
• The vibrations continued to intensify, pushing the group toward the limits of their endurance.

Qi Ling ended the group’s first exercise by breaking through their combined formation with a controlled punch, then tested his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor against the Shrek group’s attacks. The exercise continued after Dai Mubai’s attack failed and Xiao Wu could not throw Qi Ling.

• Dai Mubai lost consciousness first, and the rest of the group fell as Qi Ling’s punch broke their formation.
• After recovering with Yu Xiaogang’s special beverage, the group began training to attack Qi Ling’s defenses, and Yu Xiaogang allowed Tang San to use most of his Hidden Weapons.
• Qi Ling summoned his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, and Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave dissipated against his chest without leaving a mark.
• Xiao Wu teleported to Qi Ling and tried to throw him, but she could not move him and complained that he was too heavy.
• Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he would always like her, whatever she became.

Qi Ling tested Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San against his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, which withstood all of their attacks. Tang San exhausted his hidden weapons and conceded, leaving Qi Ling undefeated.

• Xiao Wu failed to throw Qi Ling and threatened to bite him, but he stopped her.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Qi Ling with her Hell Spirit Cat Soul Skills, but could not break through his defenses and admitted defeat.
• Tang San covered Qi Ling with hidden weapons, using Blue Silver Grass to briefly bind his hands before throwing knives at his unprotected face.
• Qi Ling caught Tang San’s throwing knives in his mouth and invited him to continue attacking.
• Tang San tried varied hidden weapons and his Eight Spider Lances, but none pierced the Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, so he conceded.

Qi Ling tested the power of Tang San’s Godly Zhuge Crossbow and endured its bolts with his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor. The Shrek Seven Devils then gathered for a timed battle against Qi Ling, who was forbidden to use Soul Skills.

• Qi Ling asked Tang San to fire his strongest hidden weapon at him, and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts lodged in his armor without piercing through it.
• Qi Ling praised the crossbow’s power and agreed with Yu Xiaogang to postpone the group training until Ma Hongjun could join them.
• Ma Hongjun arrived for the afternoon exercise, and Yu Xiaogang ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to fight Qi Ling for one incense stick.
• Yu Xiaogang forbade Qi Ling from using Soul Skills, giving the Shrek Seven Devils hope that they could last longer.
• Ma Hongjun bragged that he would go easy on Qi Ling, then quickly begged him not to hit too hard after Qi Ling threatened to knock him out first.

Qi Ling faced the Shrek students in a spar where Tang San coordinated a trap to set up Xiao Wu’s Eight-Stage Throw. Xiao Wu slammed Qi Ling into the ground, but he survived and warned that he was angry.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered both sides to fight seriously or go without breakfast for a week.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun teamed up to pressure Qi Ling with close-range attacks and Phoenix Fire Line.
• Tang San lured Qi Ling onto a patch seeded with Blue Silver Grass and launched him into the air to create an opening.
• Xiao Wu caught Qi Ling in midair and used her Eight-Stage Throw to hurl him into the ground.
• Qi Ling climbed out of the crater, revealed that his True Dragon Body and the soft soil had helped him endure the attack, and declared that he was angry.

Qi Ling used his speed and tactics to defeat the Shrek Seven Devils during their training match. Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu kept fighting after the others were eliminated, but the incense burned out with Qi Ling victorious.

• Qi Ling used Lightning Instant to break through the formation and eliminate Ning Rongrong, ending her support for the team.
• Qi Ling shattered Dai Mubai's defense, used him as a shield, and knocked Oscar and Ma Hongjun out of the fight.
• Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu refused to surrender, and Ning Rongrong secretly boosted their Soul Power.
• Qi Ling eliminated Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing, then tickled Xiao Wu until she let go.
• The incense finished burning, confirming Qi Ling's victory over the Shrek Seven Devils.

After Shrek’s match against Qi Ling, Yu Xiaogang criticized the group for taking the fight lightly and announced punishment training. That night, Zhu Zhuqing asked Qi Ling to make her stronger, and the system offered him a choice that would unlock her development system and grant a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Qi Ling how they had failed to take their match seriously.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered everyone to assemble for punishment training the next morning.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Qi Ling at midnight and asked him to teach her to become stronger, refusing to explain her determination.
• The system presented Qi Ling with the Path of Choice mission and promised to unlock Zhu Zhuqing’s development system and reward him with a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling explained nothing further and placed a bottle of jade-green liquid on the table, telling Zhu Zhuqing to drink it first.

Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing cultivation medicine and asked her to choose a path for her development. She chose the perilous Hell Road, unlocking her development function and receiving the Beast God's Heart.

• Zhu Zhuqing drank Qi Ling's Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which increased the speed of her Soul Power cultivation.
• Qi Ling offered Zhu Zhuqing three paths to becoming stronger, but she rejected them and asked about a fourth option.
• Qi Ling revealed the Hell Road, which required Zhu Zhuqing to stake her entire life in exchange for immense power.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose the Hell Road without hesitation, and the system unlocked her development function and rewarded Qi Ling with a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Beast God's Heart, a power he had chosen to suit her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.

Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Beast God's Heart, the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art, and the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm to help her grow strong enough to defeat Zhang Lei in three months. Zhu Zhuqing left to begin cultivating, and Qi Ling welcomed her to return for guidance.

• Zhu Zhuqing sensed the immense power within the Beast God's Heart, and Qi Ling explained that she could begin absorbing it only after obtaining her Third Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art and Mysterious Nether Divine Palm, setting goals of reaching Soul Power Level 29 and mastering both techniques so she could defeat Zhang Lei.
• Qi Ling revealed that he had cured Zhang Lei after his Great Soul Arena fight, then forced him to agree to fight Zhu Zhuqing again in three months.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Qi Ling was helping her, and he said his ambitions lay in the heavens before telling her she could visit anytime.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to return the next day to discuss the cultivation arts, then hurried back to her dormitory after Qi Ling reminded her to rest before Grandmaster's training.

The Shrek Seven Devils began Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang’s weighted cross-country training, with Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Enhancement making Qi Ling carry four hundred jin. The group reached the fifth lap before Zhu Zhuqing nearly collapsed, and Qi Ling took her rocks onto his own back, bringing his load to six hundred jin.

• Yu Xiaogang ordered the Shrek Seven Devils to run ten trips between the academy and Suotuo City before lunch without using Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement to make Qi Ling’s forty-jin basket weigh four hundred jin, and Qi Ling set off first.
• Tang San recognized that the test required the group to help one another, since every extra rock would add ten times its weight to Qi Ling’s load.
• On the fifth lap, Zhu Zhuqing nearly fell from exhaustion after staying up all night, and Xiao Wu caught her.
• Qi Ling took Zhu Zhuqing’s twenty-jin basket and added its rocks to his own, increasing his load to six hundred jin.

Qi Ling carried the exhausted Shrek students through their weighted run, then used a punishing medicinal bath to complete the third level of his Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art. He awoke at dawn feeling stronger.

• Qi Ling took on the stones of the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong while carrying them, as the students pushed toward Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu refused Qi Ling's offer to carry her and kept running alongside him.
• The students reached the academy gates and collapsed, while Qi Ling remained conscious and praised the exhausting run as exhilarating.
• Qi Ling declined Yu Xiaogang's medicinal bath and prepared a stronger one for his own body tempering.
• After a day and night in the medicinal bath, Qi Ling completed his third level true dragon body and awoke at dawn feeling stronger.

Qi Ling and the Shrek students endured three months of intensive training under Yu Xiaogang, with Qi Ling serving as their punishing sparring partner and Zhu Zhuqing training with him each night. Their training ended with major gains for the group, and Yu Xiaogang gave them seven days off to recover.

• Zhu Zhuqing waited outside Qi Ling's room all night, thanked him for carrying her home, and arranged to keep training with him at night.
• Yu Xiaogang praised the students for helping one another during their previous trial, then began their three months of special training with a run to Suotuo City and back.
• Qi Ling trained and sparred with the students so harshly that they often ended up in the infirmary, while their combat skills and fitness steadily improved.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned the basics of the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art and the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm, and Qi Ling taught her to cultivate Soul Power while sleeping so she could rest.
• After three months, Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong had each gained one Soul Power level, while Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty, mastered the first layer of the Nine Nether Sacred Heart Art, and advanced in the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm.
• Yu Xiaogang ended the training and granted the students seven days off to recover.

Zhu Zhuqing faced Zhao Lei in their rematch at the Great Soul Arena, determined to test the progress she had made during three months of training with Qi Ling. She left Zhao Lei stunned by moving so quickly that he could not follow her, proving her transformation as their duel continued.

• Qi Ling took Zhu Zhuqing to the Great Soul Arena and arranged her match against Zhao Lei, offering Zhao Lei a Spirit Ascension Pill and a Soul Tool if he won.
• Zhao Lei dismissed Zhu Zhuqing's chances until Qi Ling warned him that she had trained extensively under him.
• At the start of the duel, Zhao Lei charged at Zhu Zhuqing, expecting to finish the fight quickly with his speed and Blood Handprint.
• Zhu Zhuqing vanished from Zhao Lei's sight and appeared behind him, revealing that her speed had surpassed his ability to track her.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized her training had brought a dramatic improvement, while Zhao Lei struggled to believe she had surpassed the speed he had spent thirteen years developing.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Zhao Lei by combining her speed with the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm, earning the victory she had trained for over three months. She thanked Qi Ling with a kiss, and he silenced the spectators who objected with a dragon’s roar and a challenge.

• Zhao Lei repeatedly attacked Zhu Zhuqing with Blood Handprint, but she dodged him and wounded his chest with a claw strike.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Mysterious Nether Divine Palm to cancel Zhao Lei’s Blood Handprint, then evaded his next attack and struck him beneath the ribs.
• Zhao Lei collapsed from the injury, and the referee declared Zhu Zhuqing the winner.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Qi Ling and kissed him on the cheek, prompting angry shouts from spectators.
• Qi Ling unleashed the Divine Dragon Emperor’s roar and challenged the crowd, leaving the spectators too afraid to object.

After curing Zhao Lei’s lingering poison, Qi Ling accepted him as his first underling and began assessing his cultivation. He discovered that Zhao Lei’s Blood Handprint was consuming his life, leaving Zhao Lei begging for help.

• Qi Ling expelled Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power from Zhao Lei and cured his injuries.
• Zhao Lei asked Qi Ling to take him as an underling, and Qi Ling accepted after the system offered a cultivation system and faction point.
• Qi Ling explained that loyalty mattered and told Zhao Lei that a boss had to remain stronger than his subordinates.
• Qi Ling asked Zhao Lei to demonstrate the Blood Handprint and warned him that the technique was draining his life and might leave him only three years to live.
• Zhao Lei recognized the symptoms Qi Ling described and begged him to save his life.