Chapter Summaries

Flender and Yu Xiaogang decided to send the Shrek students and teachers to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as exchange students, effectively dissolving Shrek Academy. During the two-month break before the move, Qi Ling began helping Zhu Zhuqing prepare to defeat Jin He, though he judged her chances in a direct fight to be under five percent.

• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Ming agreed that the Shrek students would study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with the Shrek teachers overseeing their education and retaining the right to leave.
• Flender accepted that Shrek Academy would be absorbed into Heaven Dou Academy for the sake of the students, then left dejectedly as Ma Hongjun followed to comfort him.
• Yu Xiaogang gave the students two months to recover, handle personal matters, and cultivate their Soul Power before they traveled to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qi Ling promised to help Zhu Zhuqing defeat Jin He, but told her that a direct fight would give her less than a five percent chance of winning.

Qi Ling and Zhu Zhuqing performed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Nether Battle Maiden, giving Zhu Zhuqing extraordinary stealth, speed, and lethal claws. After helping her control the form, Qi Ling told her it would last ten minutes and that she could defeat Jin He with it.

• Qi Ling warned Zhu Zhuqing that Jin He's strength and Soul Power advantage made him difficult to beat through ordinary means.
• Qi Ling explained that he and Zhu Zhuqing could fuse their Martial Souls because their affinity was perfect, and Zhu Zhuqing trusted him completely.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Hell Spirit Cat while Qi Ling summoned his Blood Devil Emperor, and their Martial Souls fused into Nether Battle Maiden.
• Qi Ling guided Zhu Zhuqing as she learned to move in near-perfect concealment and discovered that her claws could split a table with a sweep.
• Qi Ling explained that Nether Battle Maiden could last only ten minutes and reassured Zhu Zhuqing that she could defeat Jin He by going easy on him.

Zhu Zhuqing faced Jin He in her first Great Soul Arena match since becoming a Soul Elder, using her Nether Battle Maiden state to overwhelm him. She defeated him swiftly and held a claw to his throat, declaring the match over.

• Jin He recognized Zhu Zhuqing as Qi Ling’s girl and accepted the match, expecting to defeat a rookie Soul Elder.
• The announcer introduced Zhu Zhuqing, and her transformed appearance stunned the crowd and left Jin He speechless.
• Jin He summoned his Lightning Yellow-Spotted Tiger and used his Second Soul Skill, Lightning Amplification, and Third Soul Skill, Lightning Barrier.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Jin He’s Fierce Tiger Hundred Rending Claws with her speed and afterimages, then struck him with Hell Rush Hundred Claws.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s attack pierced Jin He’s defenses and disrupted his Soul Power, and she held a claw to his neck and told him he had lost.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Jin He using Qi Ling’s Soul Power, and Qi Ling left to train in the Star Dou Great Forest. There, he discovered a commission offering a Soul Bone for finding a rare Soul Beast and learned it had been issued by the notorious Sleepless City.

• Zhu Zhuqing broke Jin He’s Lightning Barrier, knocked him unconscious, and won their match.
• Qi Ling asked Zhu Zhuqing how the Soul Power fusion felt, then told her he was heading to the Star Dou Great Forest for special training.
• Qi Ling arrived in the nearby town and noticed crowds gathering around a noticeboard.
• Qi Ling read a commission offering a Soul Bone for finding a rare, agile Soul Beast, signed with a small sword insignia.
• Xue Damingbai told Qi Ling that Sleepless City was a powerful assassin and intelligence organization that had killed important figures from the two empires and Spirit Hall.

Qi Ling took a notice offering a Soul Bone for finding a Twin-Tailed Money Rat and met Xiao Ye in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Ye declared them partners after persuading Qi Ling to high-five her, and they set off to search together.

• Qi Ling took a notice seeking the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, while Uncle Li told a cloaked girl he sensed the makings of a king in him and suggested he might help their search.
• As Qi Ling continued into the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Ye fell from a tree and demanded compensation after he refused to catch her.
• Xiao Ye followed Qi Ling and proposed they search for the Twin-Tailed Money Rat together, saying they were connected by fate.
• Qi Ling gave Xiao Ye his name, and she treated his answer as agreement to form a team before getting him to high-five her.

Qi Ling and Xiao Ye reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest to search for the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, but found the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group blocking the way. As Meng Shu confronted the mercenaries over their blockade, a veiled woman with a sacred presence arrived and drew everyone’s attention.

• Qi Ling accepted Xiao Ye’s request to team up and received a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman and a Starry Sky Barrier Admission Ticket.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Ye he would keep any Soul Bone they found and gave her one Gold Soul Coin as payment.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye found the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group barring entry to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Ye explained that the mercenary group relied on its Soul Douluo leader, while Qi Ling recognized Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang among those seeking the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• Meng Shu challenged the mercenaries, but hesitated when they warned that their leader was nearby.
• A veiled woman arrived as Meng Shu and the mercenaries neared a fight, captivating the Soul Masters with her presence.

A mysterious woman entered the Star Dou Great Forest, effortlessly knocking out the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group after the Peerless Dragon Snake fled at the sight of her. Qi Ling and Xiao Ye searched for a Twin-Tailed Money Rat and set bait to attract it, but the chapter ended before they knew whether it would appear.

• Meng Shu recognized something about the mysterious woman and hurriedly led Chao Tianxiang away, abandoning their pursuit of Yiran's Soul Bone.
• The woman ignored the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group's orders, knocked out the squad captain and his companions with a wave, and entered the forest.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye found the mercenaries unconscious, then decided to continue searching for the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• Qi Ling used Golden Cup Spirit Fruit powder enhanced with Beast-Attracting Powder to draw numerous Money Rats to a clearing.
• Xiao Ye relaxed across Qi Ling's back as they waited to see whether the Twin-Tailed Money Rat would come.

Qi Ling and Xiao Ye trapped a Twin-Tailed Money Rat, but a hidden archer from the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group attacked them and demanded they leave. Qi Ling chose to fight back, perfected Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, and used his new X-ray vision to locate the archer.

• Xiao Ye rested on Qi Ling’s back while they waited, and a Twin-Tailed Money Rat appeared among the baited Money Rats.
• Qi Ling triggered his prepared net and captured the rats, but a hidden archer fired a deadly arrow at him.
• Xiao Ye pushed Qi Ling out of the arrow’s path, and the archer threatened them through voice transmission, demanding they leave the Twin-Tailed Money Rat behind.
• Qi Ling accepted the system’s challenge to go to war with the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group and received a Soul Power increase, Faction Points, Xiao Ye’s favorability, and perfected Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
• Qi Ling activated his new X-ray vision and spotted the archer, a deputy commander carrying the Piercing Willow Bow, hiding in a tree about four hundred meters away.

Qi Ling pursued Yang Jian, the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group’s level 54 Soul King deputy commander, and countered his teleportation and arrow attacks. Yang Jian’s full-powered Brilliant Nebula Arrow threatened to pierce Qi Ling’s Golden Sacred Dragon Armor, so Qi Ling activated his one-use Guardian Crystal.

• Qi Ling sent Xiao Ye to hide safely and charged toward Yang Jian, who escaped his first attack with his Positioning Teleportation Soul Skill.
• Qi Ling used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to locate Yang Jian after he teleported a thousand meters away, then pursued him again.
• Yang Jian fired two volleys of arrows, but Qi Ling caught the first three and dodged the explosive second volley.
• Yang Jian launched his Fourth Soul Skill, Brilliant Nebula Arrow, and Qi Ling summoned his Golden Sacred Dragon Armor before realizing it might not withstand the attack.
• Qi Ling activated his one-use Guardian Crystal to block Yang Jian’s powerful arrow.

Qi Ling used Shadow Sneak to ambush and knock out Yang Jian, then reunited with Xiao Ye and tried to escape the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group. Their pursuers found them and closed in, leaving the pair trapped in the forest with no easy way to flee.

• After his Brilliant Nebula Arrow was blocked, Yang Jian teleported away, so Qi Ling used Nightmare Descends to merge with the shadows and sneak up behind him.
• Qi Ling surprised Yang Jian, knocked him unconscious against a tree, and left him behind in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qi Ling returned to find Xiao Ye safe in a tree with the bag containing the Twin-Tailed Money Rat, and she warned him that the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group was approaching.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye tried to leave the forest, but the mercenaries spotted them and used signals and coordinated searches to keep closing in.
• Xiao Ye suggested taking the mercenaries out, but Qi Ling warned that their commander had Soul Douluo strength and could overpower them.

Qi Ling accepted Xiao Ye’s request to fight the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group and received the divine artifact Heaven and Earth Creation: Sword of Rupture. After the pair split up, Qi Ling faced more than thirty pursuers and prepared to use the fully charged artifact against them.

• Qi Ling accepted the system’s mission to help Xiao Ye and received her increased favorability and the Sword of Rupture.
• Xiao Ye admitted she had a major grudge against the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group, and she and Qi Ling agreed to split up.
• Fan Dali ordered his subordinates to pursue Qi Ling while he went after Xiao Ye, warning that she was especially dangerous.
• Qi Ling led his pursuers into an open area and refused their demand to hand over the Twin-Tailed Money Rat.
• As the mercenaries charged, Qi Ling announced that he would show them the divine artifact’s power.

Qi Ling used the Sword of Rupture and the Gate of Babylon to defeat the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group without killing them. He found Xiao Ye, but when their leader Meng Jie arrived seeking revenge, Qi Ling escaped with her using a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman.

• The Wolf Walk Mercenary Group ignored Qi Ling’s warning, so he opened the Gate of Babylon and fired thirteen projected divine weapons at them.
• Qi Ling incapacitated the group, then closed the Gate of Babylon and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Qi Ling found Xiao Ye waiting for him, and she claimed she had shaken off her pursuer despite bloodstains on her shoes.
• Meng Jie arrived and accused Qi Ling and Xiao Ye of killing Fan Dali, while Xiao Ye revealed that Meng Jie led the Wolf Walk Mercenary Group.
• As Meng Jie prepared to attack, Qi Ling activated a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman and teleported away with Xiao Ye.

After escaping Meng Jie, Qi Ling learned that the Soul Douluo had been killed by an unknown Titled Douluo and chose to investigate the Star Dou Great Forest for a powerful system reward. He headed back alone, leaving Xiao Ye behind with the Twin-Tailed Money Rat as she tried to follow him.

• A veiled beauty confronted Meng Jie in the forest and killed him after he challenged her.
• Qi Ling and Xiao Ye reached a town, where Xiao Ye received a message reporting Meng Jie's death.
• Qi Ling suspected a Titled Douluo had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the system offered him rewards for investigating.
• Qi Ling chose to return to the forest and received a Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel and a Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman.
• Qi Ling left the Twin-Tailed Money Rat with Xiao Ye and departed, while Xiao Ye decided to go after him.

Qi Ling entered the Star Dou Great Forest and met the mysterious woman who had once frightened off Dragon Duke Meng Shu. She told him she had killed a friend who had saved her, and their conversation ended with her saying they were destined to share a connection.

• Qi Ling sensed an overwhelming presence in the Star Dou Great Forest but continued forward, relying on his Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman as a last resort.
• Qi Ling found the mysterious woman praying beneath a tree, accidentally revealed himself, and discovered that she could stop his Soul Power from flowing when she caught his wrist.
• Qi Ling gave the woman his name and, after she said she could not reveal hers, began calling her big sister.
• The woman told Qi Ling she had come to mourn the friend she had killed with her own hands and described how guilt had tormented her ever since.
• Qi Ling said that people could repent and make amends, and the woman thanked him for listening and said they seemed destined to share a connection.

Qi Ling spent a night talking with the mysterious woman, who promised to make amends for her past and shared a farewell kiss with him. During the following two months, Qi Ling trained in the Star Dou Great Forest and discovered that firsthand encounters revealed much about Soul Beasts that books got wrong.

• The mysterious woman let Qi Ling stay with her overnight, and he urged her to make amends for her past by saving her friend.
• The two talked until dawn, promised to fulfill her wish, and the mysterious woman gave Qi Ling a brief kiss before departing.
• Qi Ling realized he had developed feelings for the mysterious woman, while she wondered whether he was the one destined to share a bond with her.
• During the two-month break, Qi Ling trained against Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and learned that the Catapult Ant's speed was more dangerous than its strength.
• Qi Ling shared his discoveries with Grandmaster, who decided to write The Complete Encyclopedia of Soul Beasts of the Martial Soul World with him.

After two months of training, Qi Ling and the others prepared to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City, with their skills and Soul Power improved. Flender led them on a grueling journey north, and they reached a small town after running 400 kilometers.

• Qi Ling trained against Soul Beasts while restricting his Soul Power, and the others improved; Zhu Zhuqing became a Gold Soul Fighting holder, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender rallied the group to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Heaven Dou City, and the students set out with the teachers.
• Flender made the group race at full speed, but slowed down when the students struggled to keep up; Qi Ling encouraged them to treat the run as training.
• After covering 400 kilometers, the group reached a small town, where Flender booked three hotel rooms and the exhausted students argued about the journey.

Xiao Wu brought Qi Ling to the girls’ room, where he massaged her, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing after their long day of travel. He turned down Xiao Wu’s invitation to sleep with them and returned to the boys’ room, where the others teased him until he retaliated.

• Xiao Wu led Qi Ling into the girls’ room and asked him to massage her and the others’ sore legs.
• Qi Ling massaged Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, easing their fatigue.
• Xiao Wu invited Qi Ling to sleep with the three girls, but he refused and left for the boys’ room.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Tang San teased Qi Ling about massaging the girls.
• Qi Ling punished the boys for teasing him while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong wondered why he had refused to stay.

After leaving the Balak Kingdom, the Shrek group reached Silves City, where Grandmaster arranged a match against the murderous Fierce God Team to teach them to kill. Qi Ling challenged them to think about protecting one another, leaving them silent as they faced the cruelty of their world.

• Flender brought the Shrek group to the Great Soul Arena, hoping to profit from their team battle, but found no suitable opponents at their level.
• Grandmaster agreed to have the group fight the Soul Ancestor-level Fierce God Team, despite Flender's concern for their safety.
• Grandmaster explained that the match was meant to teach the group to kill and told Tang San to arrange for everyone to use his hidden weapons.
• Qi Ling told Ning Rongrong he had killed before, then staged a threat against her to make Dai Mubai consider how he would respond if a loved one were in danger.
• Qi Ling warned the group that mercy toward enemies could endanger them, and they fell silent as they considered his words.

Qi Ling guided the Shrek group through their first killing by helping them win against the Fierce God Team with Zhuge Repeating Crossbows. Afterward, he comforted them and used his soul skill to help them sleep, and they woke the next day having regained their spirits.

• Qi Ling chose the mission to guide Shrek to victory and received the Ferocity Talisman and Great Strength Talisman.
• Grandmaster and Flender worried about whether the Shrek group could overcome the burden of killing, while Grandmaster trusted Qi Ling to guide them.
• The Fierce God Team charged without summoning their Martial Souls, and the Shrek group killed all seven with their Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.
• Ning Rongrong broke down in Qi Ling's arms, and Qi Ling reminded the group that fear of killing was normal but they must be willing to defend themselves.
• Qi Ling used his Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul's Third Soul Skill to calm the Shrek group and help them sleep through the night.
• The Shrek group regained their spirits by morning, while Grandmaster noticed Qi Ling's dark circles and Qi Ling awkwardly blamed his worry.

Shrek Academy reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Qi Ling knocked out Prince Xue Beng and the students who tried to turn them away. Flender led the group onward, while Xue Beng still owed Qi Ling’s teacher an apology.

• Ning Rongrong guided the group from Heaven Dou City to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which occupied an entire mountain.
• Xue Beng and the other students blocked the Shrek group and insulted Flender, prompting Dai Mubai to move against them.
• Qi Ling stopped Dai Mubai and bet Xue Beng that one move would knock everyone down, with a kneeling apology as the price of losing.
• Qi Ling checked his punch at the last moment, but Xue Beng and the students still fainted.
• Flender mocked the students and led Shrek Academy onward, while Oscar remarked that Qi Ling had become even stronger.