Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling met Bei Na, whose Battle God Martial Soul and unusual Soul Rings resembled his own, and revealed his second Martial Soul, the Blood Devil Emperor. After Qi Ling demonstrated its power against the surrounding Soul Beasts, he told Bei Na he had located the Hundred-Eyed Demon King.

• Qi Ling recognized Bei Na's Battle God as one of the ancient Eight Gods and showed her his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul with two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring.
• Bei Na introduced herself, clasped hands with Qi Ling in a contest of strength, and challenged him to fight her later.
• Qi Ling explained that he planned to obtain a third Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul and summoned the Blood Devil Emperor, whose evil presence made Bei Na uneasy.
• Bei Na eagerly agreed to help defeat the Hundred-Eyed Demon King so she could fight Qi Ling at his strongest.
• When Soul Beasts attacked, Qi Ling used Blood Devil Hundred Rending Claws to exhaust them and said he had found the Hundred-Eyed Demon King's location.

Qi Ling and Bei Na crawled into the Hundred-Eyed Demon King's hidden cave, where its spiritual attacks failed to affect Qi Ling but allowed it to control Bei Na and turn the Soul Beasts against him. Qi Ling used the Divine Dragon Emperor's possession and Nine Heavens Dragon Roar to dispel the control, setting the stage for the Hundred-Eyed Demon King's defeat.

• Qi Ling used the Soul Power he had absorbed from other Soul Beasts to locate the Hundred-Eyed Demon King, then led Bei Na to its narrow cave.
• Qi Ling and Bei Na crawled deep underground and found the Hundred-Eyed Demon King, which attacked them with spiritual rays from its many eyes.
• Qi Ling resisted the Demon King's spiritual attack with Indestructible Dragon Soul, but the Demon King took control of Bei Na and sent other Soul Beasts to attack him.
• Qi Ling possessed the Divine Dragon Emperor and unleashed Nine Heavens Dragon Roar to dispel the spiritual control and break the Demon King's trap.

Qi Ling discovered that the Hundred-Eyed Demon King’s tentacles were illusions and devised a plan to destroy its core from within. Bei Na entered the monster while Qi Ling prepared his strongest attack outside.

• Qi Ling used his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul and learned that the Hundred-Eyed Demon King’s tentacles were illusory energy that endlessly regenerated.
• Qi Ling told Bei Na that she had to enter the monster and shatter its vital crystal core while he waited outside to deliver a Fatal Strike.
• Bei Na overcame her fear and agreed to trust Qi Ling, who promised to clear a path for her.
• Qi Ling swept aside the tentacles with Tyrant Dragon Fist, and Bei Na pierced the monster’s defenses and plunged inside.
• Qi Ling summoned his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, activated Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, and charged Super: Tyrant Dragon Fist while the tentacles coiled around him.

Qi Ling and Bei Na defeated the Hundred-Eyed Demon King, and Bei Na returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to tell Da Ming and Er Ming about Qi Ling. Qi Ling began absorbing the Demon King's Soul Ring and lost consciousness in agony, while Da Ming recognized Qi Ling from Bei Na's description.

• Bei Na's attack stopped the Hundred-Eyed Demon King, allowing Qi Ling to destroy its tentacles and kill it with his Super: Tyrant Dragon Fist.
• Qi Ling explained that the Demon King's apparent body had been an illusion and showed Bei Na its small true body.
• Bei Na left Qi Ling to absorb the black Soul Ring and returned to the lake, where she reunited with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Qi Ling summoned his Blood Devil Emperor Soul Seal to absorb the Soul Ring, but the excruciating pain overwhelmed him and he lost consciousness.
• Bei Na told Da Ming and Er Ming about Qi Ling, and Da Ming said the description reminded him of someone who had once taken a punch from his second brother and knocked him back.

Qi Ling absorbed the Hundred-Eyed Demon King's Soul Ring and gained the Third Soul Skill, Nightmare Descends, which shrouded enemies in shadow, inflicted terror, and could control the bodies of those it killed. After leaving the cave at sunrise, he worried about Xiao San and the others and felt an ominous premonition.

• Bei Na learned from Da Hei that Qi Ling had driven the Titan Giant Ape back with one punch, while the Sky Azure Bull Python realized Bei Na's Qi Ling was the same person.
• Qi Ling finished absorbing the Hundred-Eyed Demon King's Soul Ring, and the shadows surrounding him returned to his body.
• Qi Ling revealed Nightmare Descends, a skill that blanketed enemies in shadow and left them nearly blind.
• Qi Ling tested the skill on a rat, discovering that the shadows could kill victims with fear and control their corpses afterward.
• Qi Ling decided to avoid using the corpse-control ability, left the cave at sunrise, and worried about Xiao San and the others as an ominous feeling arose.

Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy and found Tang San and Xiao Wu gravely injured after a battle. He saved Xiao Wu from the lingering lightning power, but Tang San could only recover through rest, leaving Qi Ling coldly determined to find those responsible.

• Qi Ling rushed back to Shrek Academy after sensing that Tang San and Xiao Wu were in danger, and Zhu Zhuqing led him to the infirmary.
• Qi Ling found Xiao Wu unconscious and Tang San in a deep coma, and his fury shook the room until Yu Xiaogang stopped him from disturbing their injuries.
• Qi Ling used his True Dragon Qi to destroy the lightning power inside Xiao Wu, then gave Ning Rongrong medicine instructions for her recovery.
• Qi Ling found Tang San unconscious from exhaustion and overexertion, with no treatment available beyond allowing his body to recover.
• Qi Ling left the infirmary to vent his rage, then returned with icy resolve to tear apart the enemy who had hurt Tang San and Xiao Wu.

After Tang San and Xiao Wu were injured, Qi Ling comforted the team and accepted responsibility for their defeat. He arranged a rematch with the Imperial Fighting Team and learned that its captain, Yu Tianba, wielded a ninth-grade Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and a powerful Soul Bone.

• Ning Rongrong and the others noticed Qi Ling's bloodied hand and blamed themselves for the team's defeat.
• Qi Ling reassured the team, said Tang San and Xiao Wu would recover, and took responsibility for failing to anticipate their opponents' strength.
• Qi Ling asked Flender to arrange another match against the Imperial Fighting Team and asked Yu Xiaogang to identify its Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon member.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that the team's captain was Yu Tianba, whose innately ninth-grade Martial Soul had driven Yu Tianheng to another academy.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Yu Tianba's Thunderclap Right Arm Bone had greatly increased his power, leaving the team unsure how they could defeat him.

After choosing to challenge the Imperial Fighting Team alone, Qi Ling insisted that he could defeat them and explained that his teammates should stay out of the fight. He then planned to persuade Manager Ao to arrange the match, despite the Great Soul Arena’s reluctance.

• Qi Ling chose the system option to defeat the Imperial Fighting Team alone and received a Soul Power increase, a special Soul Tool, and a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling dismissed Yu Tianba’s strengths and told the Shrek team that he would fight the Imperial Fighting Team by himself.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar accepted Qi Ling’s decision and encouraged him.
• Qi Ling asked Yu Xiaogang about the Imperial Fighting Team and learned that its other members remained the same.
• Flender told Qi Ling that Manager Ao was reluctant to arrange another match, but Qi Ling said he would persuade him.

Qi Ling persuaded Manager Ao to arrange a rematch between Shrek and the Imperial Fighting Team, passing chief appraiser Xiba’s assessment and earning his prediction of certain victory. The rematch was set to happen as soon as possible, while the Imperial Fighting Team learned of the challenge and began discussing their previous battle.

• Qi Ling asked Manager Ao to arrange another match, and Manager Ao explained that the Great Soul Arena could not survive another loss.
• Manager Ao made the match conditional on Qi Ling passing chief appraiser Xiba’s assessment.
• Xiba examined Qi Ling’s hands, declared the result certain victory, and left without conducting any other test.
• Manager Ao agreed to stake the Great Soul Arena’s fate on Qi Ling and began arranging a match for that day.
• The Imperial Fighting Team received news of Shrek’s challenge, and Osler and Yu Feng argued about their performance in the previous battle.

The Imperial Fighting Team prepared for its rematch against Shrek Academy, with Yu Tianba confident he would win and Dugu Yan promising him a chance if he did. The chapter left the teams heading to the Great Soul Arena as spectators and the betting families expected another Imperial Fighting Team victory.

• Dugu Yan teased Osler, and Yu Tianba warned him not to cross a line before boasting that Shrek was no match for him beyond Tang San.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianba she would give him a chance if the Imperial Fighting Team won, though she privately doubted he could win her heart.
• Qin Ming warned the team not to injure Shrek’s members brutally, but Yu Tianba dismissed the warning despite agreeing aloud.
• Qin Ming reflected on the enormous wager between the families and the Great Soul Arena, wondering why the arena had risked all its assets.
• The Imperial Fighting Team headed to the Great Soul Arena, where spectators and betting families expected Yu Tianba and his team to defeat Shrek again.

Qi Ling entered the arena alone to face the Imperial Fighting Team, whose captain Yu Tianba had injured Xiao Wu and Xiao San. As the teams prepared for battle, Qi Ling’s cold anger grew, and the story left the match about to begin.

• Qi Ling walked onto the platform as Shrek’s sole contestant, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun explained that the others would only hinder him.
• Yu Tianba and his teammates mocked Shrek for sending only one fighter, and Qi Ling asked Yu Tianba whether he had injured Xiao Wu and Xiao San.
• Yu Tianba bragged about beating them and described how badly they had been hurt, causing Qi Ling’s expression to turn icy.
• The host introduced Qi Ling as the Undefeated God-Demon and listed the records he could break with another victory.
• Yu Tianba and the Imperial Fighting Team summoned their Martial Souls, with Dugu Yan’s serpent-like transformation drawing particular attention.

Qi Ling let the Imperial Fighting Team batter him without resisting, seeking to share the pain Tang San and Xiao Wu had suffered. After Yu Tianba’s Great Shocking Thunder left him grievously injured, Qi Ling stood again, caught Yu Tianba’s next punch, and made him recoil in fear.

• Qi Ling stood motionless as Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers attacked and wounded him.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Qi Ling was taking the blows because he blamed himself for Tang San and Xiao Wu’s injuries.
• Yu Tianba struck Qi Ling with his Soul Bone skill, Great Shocking Thunder, leaving him badly burned and near death.
• Yu Tianba assumed Qi Ling could not continue, but Qi Ling rose from the ground again.
• Yu Tianba charged once more, and Qi Ling caught his punch and asked whether that was his full strength.
• Yu Tianba saw the fury in Qi Ling’s eyes and retreated in terror.

Qi Ling revealed the Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and used his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor to withstand Yu Tianba’s strongest lightning attack. He struck Yu Tianba with a powerful punch and sent him flying toward the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Qi Ling released the Divine Dragon Emperor’s pressure, making Yu Tianba’s Tyrant Dragon phantom disappear and forcing Yu Tianba to recoil.
• Qi Ling activated his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor and stood unharmed when Yu Tianba hit him with Great Shocking Thunder.
• Qi Ling grabbed Yu Tianba by the throat and shrugged off attacks from Yu Feng and Osler.
• Dugu Yan used her poison to threaten Qi Ling and demanded that he release Yu Tianba.
• Qi Ling used Tyrant Dragon Fist to strike Yu Tianba in the chest and launch him toward the Imperial Fighting Team.

Qi Ling dismantled the Imperial Fighting Team’s defenses one opponent at a time, leaving Dugu Yan as the last obstacle while Ye Lingling continued healing Yu Tianba. Dugu Yan prepared to unleash her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison to stop Qi Ling.

• The Shi Brothers caught the flying Yu Tianba and slowed his momentum, while Dugu Yan ordered Ye Lingling to heal him and the others to defend.
• Qi Ling bound Yu Feng with the Immortal-Binding Rope and knocked him unconscious.
• Qi Ling used Lightning Instant to catch Osler and slam his head into the ground.
• Qi Ling shattered the Shi Brothers’ tortoise shells with Twin Dragons Meet and walked past them without attacking again.
• Dugu Yan stepped forward to protect the recovering Yu Tianba and prepared to release her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.

Qi Ling subdued Dugu Yan and let Ye Lingling heal Yu Tianba, then faced the recovered Imperial Fighting Team with a threat to stop holding back. Yu Tianba’s teammates lost their nerve, while Dugu Yan found herself fascinated by Qi Ling despite her fear.

• Qi Ling restrained Dugu Yan, threatened to cripple her, and tossed her aside after she surrendered.
• Qi Ling calmly let Ye Lingling treat the badly injured Yu Tianba and told her to heal the rest of the team afterward.
• Ye Lingling refused to heal the others, but Yu Tianba recovered, summoned his Martial Soul, and forced her to obey.
• Once the Imperial Fighting Team had recovered, Qi Ling warned that he would no longer hold back and threatened them with his killing intent.
• Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers admitted they could not fight, while Dugu Yan stared at Qi Ling with a new mix of fear and fascination.

Yu Tianba used lightning to force his body beyond its limits and fought Qi Ling with strength approaching the Soul King rank. Qi Ling survived Yu Tianba’s attempt to throw him from the platform, but Yu Tianba charged again, and their brutal hand-to-hand battle continued.

• Yu Tianba activated his Soul Bone and sent lightning through his own body to unleash his full potential, accepting the risk of irreversible damage.
• Dai Mubai noticed Yu Tianba’s Soul Power increasing, while Qi Ling realized the lightning was driving Yu Tianba beyond his limits.
• Yu Tianba charged Qi Ling and pushed him to the platform’s edge before unleashing Great Shocking Thunder, which paralyzed Qi Ling through his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor.
• Yu Tianba tried to lift Qi Ling and throw him off the platform, but Qi Ling forced his hands apart and punched him away.
• Yu Tianba sprang up and attacked again, and he and Qi Ling resumed their fierce hand-to-hand fight.

Qi Ling defeated Yu Tianba in their brutal clash, then used his Blood Devil Emperor soul skill to calm Yu Tianba’s madness after Ye Lingling begged him to help. Yu Tianba survived, but emerged from Qi Ling’s nightmare terrified and in need of psychological counseling.

• Yu Tianba’s bones fractured under the strain of his battle with Qi Ling, but he kept attacking until Yu Feng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers tried to restrain him.
• Ye Lingling knelt before Qi Ling and asked him to save Yu Tianba, agreeing to an unspecified future condition in exchange.
• Qi Ling summoned the Blood Devil Emperor and used his Third Soul Skill, Nightmare Descends, to engulf Yu Tianba in shadow.
• The shadow vanished, leaving Yu Tianba curled up and trembling as he repeatedly begged for help.
• Qi Ling told the Imperial Fighting Team to find Yu Tianba a psychologist and said he should recover after about a year.

After the Imperial Fighting Team conceded, Dugu Yan kissed Qi Ling and made him swallow a mysterious substance before revealing it was a gift rather than poison. Qi Ling left the arena injured but celebrated by Shrek Academy, while the Great Soul Arena’s Manager Ao hailed him as its most honored guest and fastest fighter to reach Gold Soul Fighting rank.

• With Yu Tianba unable to move, Dugu Yan conceded the match on behalf of the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Dugu Yan kissed Qi Ling and made him swallow something, then teased him by claiming it was a beneficial gift rather than Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Dugu Yan signaled the team’s concession, and the referee announced the Imperial Fighting Team’s defeat to the arena.
• Manager Ao celebrated the result, thanked Qi Ling, promised him the Great Soul Arena’s support, and invited him to receive his Gold Soul Fighting badge.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing supported the injured Qi Ling as Oscar and Ma Hongjun congratulated him and joked about their chances with women.

Qi Ling returned after defeating the Imperial Fighting Team and reunited with the recovering Xiao Wu and Tang San. As Ning Rongrong recounted his victory, Xiao Wu revealed her feelings for Qi Ling, leaving the others curious about their relationship.

• Yu Xiaogang reprimanded Qi Ling for risking his life during the match, and Qi Ling promised not to act recklessly again.
• Flender told everyone that Xiao Wu and Tang San had awakened, so they hurried back to Shrek Academy.
• Qi Ling found Xiao Wu and Tang San recovering in the infirmary and checked on their injuries.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Tang San that Qi Ling had defeated the Imperial Fighting Team alone.
• Ning Rongrong complained that a woman had taken advantage of Qi Ling, and Xiao Wu said she wished she had been the one.
• Xiao Wu said Qi Ling was the person she liked best, while Qi Ling explained that she had kissed him before.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang gave the Shrek students a half-month break after they earned Silver Soul Badges, and Qin Ming visited to invite his former teachers and junior students to a banquet. The next day, the group collected their rewards at the Great Soul Arena, where Qi Ling received a Gold Soul Fighting badge and Shrek's team rank rose to Gold Soul Fighting before they headed to Qin Ming's banquet.

• Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang announced that the students had passed the second training stage and granted them half a month off before the third stage.
• Qin Ming arrived, apologized for the Imperial Fighting Team's injuries, and praised Shrek's students before inviting them to a banquet the next day.
• The Shrek group returned to the Great Soul Arena and collected their badges, prize money, and Manager Ao's extra reward.
• Qi Ling received a black card and a Gold Soul Fighting badge, while the Shrek team's Soul Fighting rank was upgraded to Gold Soul Fighting.
• The Shrek group went to Qin Ming's reserved hotel, where Flender, the teachers, and Yu Xiaogang were already waiting.