Chapter Summaries

The Shrek group arrived at Heaven Dou Academy, where Qi Ling dismissed Xue Beng and his companions and admired the academy’s cultivation environment. Qin Ming welcomed his former teachers and junior schoolmates, arranged their lodging, and planned for them to meet the academy’s senior staff the next morning.

• Sun Buyu arrived as Xue Beng and the others lay unconscious, and Qi Ling revived them with his Nine Heavens Dragon Roar.
• Sun Buyu learned that the Shrek group had come at Qin Ming’s invitation and escorted them into Heaven Dou Academy.
• Qi Ling praised the academy’s mountain setting and declared he would someday make it a place where Shrek could cultivate freely.
• Flender, Grandmaster, Zhao Wuji, and Dai Mubai discussed the academy and its students while waiting for Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming welcomed Flender and the Shrek group, confirmed that he had arranged everything, and settled them in for the night.

Qi Ling and Tang San discussed their bond and Qin Ming's confidence in Qi Ling, while Qin Ming introduced the Shrek group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The academy’s three Soul Douluo leaders welcomed them and praised the students’ talent.

• Qin Ming praised Qi Ling's talent and told Tang San that Qi Ling seemed destined to win any life-or-death fight.
• Tang San said he would stand behind Qi Ling and help him rise, and Qin Ming welcomed their loyalty.
• Qin Ming explained Heaven Dou Academy's student and teacher ranks, then led the Shrek group to the Education Committee.
• Flender introduced himself to committee chief Meng Shenji and members Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin, all three of whom were Soul Douluos.
• Zhi Lin admitted he had doubted Qin Ming's praise but, after meeting the students, called them astonishing talents.

Tang San endured Soul Douluo Zhi Lin’s pressure test, breaking through and strengthening his Soul Power, before Qi Ling was asked to undergo a test of his own. Qi Ling warned that the pressure might rebound and injure Meng Shenji, but ultimately agreed to proceed with Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan ready to help.

• Zhi Lin tested Tang San with increasing Soul Power pressure, and Tang San used his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Blue Silver Grass to resist it.
• Under rank-forty-five pressure, Tang San broke through his limits, integrated the Eight Spider Lances into his body, opened a meridian, and gained one rank of Soul Power.
• Meng Shenji asked to test Qi Ling after hearing his talent surpassed Tang San’s, while the Shrek students guessed how much pressure Qi Ling could withstand.
• Qi Ling warned Meng Shenji that the pressure might rebound and hurt him, but agreed to the test after asking Zhi Lin and Bai Baoshan to stand ready to help.

Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul automatically shielded him from the three Soul Douluos’ pressure, then unleashed a burst of power that drove them back. After the visitors acknowledged their mistake, Meng Shenji and Flender grew closer and Heaven Dou Academy became even more eager to recruit Shrek.

• Meng Shenji raised his Soul Power pressure to its maximum, but Qi Ling showed no discomfort because his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul blocked it.
• Meng Shenji invited Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin to join him, and their combined pressure enraged Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul.
• A phantom Divine Dragon surged from Qi Ling and forced all three Soul Douluos back, disrupting the Soul Power within their bodies before vanishing.
• Qi Ling checked that the three were unharmed, and Meng Shenji admitted that he and the others had underestimated him.
• Flender asked Qi Ling to apologize for his recklessness, but Meng Shenji took responsibility and apologized instead.
• Meng Shenji and Flender found common ground as Heaven Dou Academy’s desire for Shrek to join grew stronger.

Prince Xue Xing challenged Shrek’s teachers to endure five minutes against Dugu Bo, who singled out Qi Ling over Dugu Yan’s snake core. Dugu Bo threatened to kill Qi Ling after Qi Ling insulted him, and began gathering Soul Power to strike.

• Qi Ling tripped Prince Xue Xing as he entered the education committee hall, and Meng Shenji introduced the Shrek group to him.
• Prince Xue Xing questioned Shrek’s legitimacy and demanded they withstand Dugu Bo for five minutes or leave the academy.
• Qi Ling shielded Dai Mubai from Dugu Bo’s pressure, then Dugu Bo asked which of them was Qi Ling.
• Dugu Bo confronted Qi Ling about swallowing Dugu Yan’s snake core, and Qi Ling called him an old man.
• Dugu Bo threatened to kill Qi Ling and gathered Soul Power to attack him despite Meng Shenji’s warning.

Shrek escaped Dugu Bo’s demand to keep Qi Ling, while Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Academy in solidarity with his teachers. After the group discovered Qi Ling was missing, Dugu Yan arrived and asked her grandfather whether he had met him.

• Qi Ling used Dugu Yan’s Snake Core to make Dugu Bo hesitate, but Dugu Bo still demanded that Qi Ling stay behind.
• Flender refused to abandon Qi Ling, and Meng Shenji and the other two Soul Douluos faced Dugu Bo so Shrek could leave safely.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Academy because his teacher had been humiliated and left to follow Shrek.
• Grandmaster urged the students to turn their defeat into motivation, and Ning Rongrong offered to seek help from her sect before Flender chose to go to Heaven Dou City.
• The group realized Qi Ling was missing, while the three committee members vowed to report Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo to the emperor.
• Dugu Yan embraced Dugu Bo and asked whether he had seen Qi Ling.

Qi Ling stayed at Heaven Dou Academy after the system tasked him with representing Shrek and lasting ten minutes against Dugu Bo, and he publicly insulted the Poison Douluo to provoke the fight. Dugu Bo confronted him at the plaza, while Shrek's group set out to rescue him.

• Dugu Yan defended Qi Ling after Dugu Bo claimed the boy was unimpressive, and Meng Shenji exposed that Dugu Bo had been called an old man.
• Qi Ling shouted that Dugu Bo was a huge piece of trash, and Dugu Bo rushed out to confront him despite Dugu Yan's warning not to hurt Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling explained that the system had offered him three choices and that he chose to fight Dugu Bo for ten minutes in exchange for rewards including the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel and a Poison-Avoidance Pill.
• The Shrek group heard Qi Ling's insult; Grandmaster urged everyone to return and rescue him, and Flender agreed that all of them would leave together.
• Dugu Bo appeared before Qi Ling at the plaza and threatened to kill him, but Qi Ling repeated his insult.

Qi Ling wagered that Dugu Bo could not poison him within ten minutes and demanded an apology to his teachers if he won. After Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist failed, Qi Ling let the Nine-Section Jade bite him, and the snake instead became affectionate toward him.

• Qi Ling provoked Dugu Bo into wagering that Dugu Bo could poison him into collapsing within ten minutes.
• Qi Ling revealed that if he won, Dugu Bo would have to apologize to his teachers in front of everyone at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group and Meng Shenji arrived and praised Qi Ling’s courage while trusting that he had a way to protect himself.
• Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist had no effect on Qi Ling, who taunted him as the countdown continued.
• Dugu Bo offered the Nine-Section Jade as a test and wagered that Qi Ling could keep it if its venom failed.
• The Nine-Section Jade trembled at Qi Ling’s Divine Dragon Emperor’s might, then rubbed against him and climbed onto his shoulder.

Qi Ling survived Dugu Bo’s Ten Thousand Poisons Purple Mist thanks to his Poison-Avoidance Pill, after the Nine-Section Jade accepted him as its master. Dugu Bo prepared to use the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s innate deadly venom as his final test, leaving the wager unresolved.

• Dugu Bo’s Nine-Section Jade ignored his whistle, followed Qi Ling’s commands, and carefully bit him without harming him.
• Qi Ling took the Nine-Section Jade and reminded Dugu Bo that six minutes remained in their wager.
• Dugu Bo warned the onlookers away and enveloped Qi Ling in his Ten Thousand Poisons Purple Mist.
• Qi Ling emerged unharmed, prompting the spectators to cheer and Dugu Bo to acknowledge his skill.
• Dugu Bo declared that surviving the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s innate deadly venom would win Qi Ling the wager.

Qi Ling endured Dugu Bo’s poison, broke through in Soul Power, and won Shrek’s wager, restoring the academy’s honor before leaving Heaven Dou Academy with the group. In Heaven Dou City, Shrek learned of Blue Tyrant Academy and decided to visit it next.

• Dugu Bo injected Qi Ling with Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor venom and Soul Power, but Qi Ling resisted and advanced a Soul Power level.
• Qi Ling declared that he had won the wager and proclaimed that Shrek would leave with its heads held high, carrying his words across Heaven Dou Academy.
• Dugu Bo vanished without apologizing to Qi Ling’s teacher, and Flender declined the three Soul Douluos’ repeated offers to keep Shrek at Heaven Dou Academy.
• The Shrek group left for Heaven Dou City, where they found a notice that Blue Tyrant Academy was recruiting Soul Ancestors.
• After Qin Ming described Blue Tyrant Academy, Grandmaster and Flender agreed that the group should visit it.

Qin Ming and the others applied to teach at Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Qi Ling insisted on taking a test to earn two techniques from his system. After he easily held his ground against three Soul Kings, the testing teacher brought the group to meet the principal, whom Qi Ling expected to be Liu Erlong.

• Qin Ming led the group to Blue Tyrant Advanced Soul Master Academy, where Flender said they were applying for teaching positions and hoped their students could attend.
• Qin Ming demonstrated his level sixty-eight strength, and the testing teachers accepted all the applicants without requiring the students to take tests.
• Qi Ling chose to take the assessment, earning the Power of Dragon Taming and Divine Power of the Earth techniques from his system.
• Qi Ling challenged the three testing teachers to a tug-of-war and held his ground for a minute by drawing strength from the earth.
• The testing teacher, astonished by Qi Ling's strength and age, invited the group to meet the principal, and Qi Ling anticipated meeting Liu Erlong.

Grandmaster reunited with Liu Erlong, but he remained anguished because they believed they were siblings and could not be together. Qi Ling gave Grandmaster the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel, hoping its power to change fate could remove that obstacle.

• Grandmaster recognized Liu Erlong’s academy and tried to flee, but Flender brought him to meet her.
• Liu Erlong reunited with Grandmaster, then announced she would rename the academy Shrek Academy and hand its authority to Flender.
• At dinner, Liu Erlong asked Qi Ling to spar, but he declined and pointed her attention back toward Grandmaster.
• Grandmaster confessed to Qi Ling that he could not pursue Liu Erlong because they believed they were siblings.
• Qi Ling gave Grandmaster the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel and promised it could change their fate.

Qi Ling interrupted Grandmaster’s attempt to use the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel when he sensed Dugu Bo had attacked Tang San. He persuaded Dugu Bo to release Tang San by claiming he could cure the poison afflicting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, but Dugu Bo took both Qi Ling and Tang San away to ensure they kept their promise.

• Grandmaster accepted the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel’s deadly gamble, and Qi Ling explained that he had to choose among seven treasures, with one bringing life and one bringing death.
• Qi Ling sensed danger, left Grandmaster, and found Dugu Bo holding Tang San by the neck in the forest.
• Qi Ling warned Dugu Bo that his own poison was killing him and claimed he could cure both him and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo dropped Tang San and promised to spare them and perform three tasks if Qi Ling cured their poison.
• Dugu Bo refused to let them go until they fulfilled their promise, seized Qi Ling and Tang San, and carried them away.

Dugu Bo took Qi Ling and Tang San to a dangerous forest and demanded proof that they could cure his poison. Qi Ling demonstrated his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul and unveiled Omni-Directional Mobility Gear, leaving the pair ready to overcome Dugu Bo’s challenge.

• Dugu Bo brought Qi Ling and Tang San to a hidden forest and said they had to prove their ability to cure his poison.
• Tang San considered escaping so Qi Ling could get away, but Qi Ling told him they would face danger together.
• Qi Ling used his Divine Dragon Emperor Martial Soul’s roar to frighten the forest’s Soul Beasts and show Dugu Bo he could leave safely.
• Dugu Bo leapt down a sheer mountainside and challenged them to follow, while Qi Ling revealed Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to Tang San.
• Qi Ling used the Omni-Directional Mobility Gear to travel through the forest, astonishing Dugu Bo.

Qi Ling and Tang San discovered that Dugu Bo’s hidden valley was the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a rare place filled with medicinal treasures. Qi Ling guided Tang San to absorb two herbs suited to him, then kicked him into the spring as their effects overwhelmed him.

• Dugu Bo brought Qi Ling and Tang San to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned them not to touch its waters or misuse its herbs.
• Tang San recognized the rare medicinal plants growing around the spring, while Qi Ling promised they would eventually claim them from Dugu Bo.
• Qi Ling identified the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot as the best herbs for Tang San to absorb.
• Tang San ate the two herbs, and their effects took hold within moments.
• Qi Ling kicked Tang San into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and wondered if he had used too much force.

While Tang San remained unconscious and balanced amid the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s opposing forces, Qi Ling exchanged Aromatic Silk Beauty and four poisonous immortal herbs with the system. He gained the Poison-Prohibition Domain and restored the Immortal-Binding Rope, then rested beside Tang San in the perilous treasure basin.

• Qi Ling exchanged Aromatic Silk Beauty with the system and gained the Poison-Prohibition Domain, whose small barrier countered poison.
• The system offered to restore the Immortal-Binding Rope in exchange for four immortal-grade medicinal herbs, and Qi Ling accepted.
• Qi Ling selected and exchanged four highly poisonous, inedible herbs, restoring the Immortal-Binding Rope to its full power.
• Qi Ling avoided activating the Poison-Prohibition Domain while Tang San absorbed the herbs, so he would not suppress Tang San’s developing toxin.
• Qi Ling rested near Tang San and sensed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s abundant but dangerous spiritual Qi.

While cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qi Ling discovered a hidden divine-grade medicinal herb, the Yin Yang Harmony Life and Death Lotus, and learned it would mature in three days. After cultivating through the wait, he woke at dusk the following day and thought the time was nearly right.

• Qi Ling sensed that a mysterious existence was absorbing most of the spiritual Qi at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and realized it was likely a divine-grade medicinal herb.
• Qi Ling used Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to reveal the hidden Yin Yang Harmony Life and Death Lotus on the well’s surface.
• Qi Ling learned the lotus could help someone become a god and that its two seeds would mature in three days.
• Qi Ling decided to conceal the lotus from Dugu Bo and Tang San until the seeds matured, then continued cultivating beside the well.
• Qi Ling woke at dusk the following day, saw Tang San still floating in the water, and murmured that it should be about time.

The Golden Iron Triangle confronted Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest after learning he had taken Tang San and Qi Ling, and Grandmaster’s transformed Luo Sanpao helped them summon a sacred golden dragon. Dugu Bo unleashed Medusa’s Gaze against them, leaving the trio under threat as he prepared another attack.

• The Golden Iron Triangle searched Sunset Forest for Tang San and Qi Ling, whom Dugu Bo had taken away.
• Dugu Bo told Grandmaster that he had killed Tang San and Qi Ling, prompting Grandmaster, Liu Erlong, and Flender to form their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Grandmaster’s transformed Luo Sanpao became a sacred golden dragon, and it battled Dugu Bo after he transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Bo summoned his poison pearl, but the sacred dragon struck him from behind and injured him.
• Dugu Bo used Medusa’s Gaze to petrify Grandmaster’s energy shield and weaken the trio, then readied another attack.

Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong unleashed their Holy Dragon True Form against Dugu Bo, but Qi Ling intervened before Dugu Bo could kill them. After Tang San woke, Qi Ling stopped the fight and tried to restore peace between Dugu Bo and Grandmaster.

• Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong sacrificed their Soul Power to summon the Holy Dragon True Form and attacked Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden.
• Dugu Bo froze time and destroyed the Holy Dragon True Form with his poison pearl, but Luo Sanpao bit him before he turned the spirit to stone and left the three masters powerless.
• Qi Ling sensed the battle while protecting Tang San, who woke just as the fighting ended.
• Qi Ling chose to stop Dugu Bo, then used the Immortal-Binding Rope and Three Thousand Lightning Movement to reach Grandmaster, Flender, and Liu Erlong before Dugu Bo could strike.
• Dugu Bo dismissed his Martial Soul Avatar, and Qi Ling apologized to Grandmaster and claimed Dugu Bo had only been joking.

Qi Ling and Tang San reunited with Grandmaster after Dugu Bo revealed that Grandmaster’s transformation came from the Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel. Qi Ling chose to treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to let Qi Ling handle the cure.

• Qi Ling reassured Grandmaster that Dugu Bo had only pretended to threaten him and Tang San as a test.
• Tang San returned from behind the mountain, and Grandmaster explained how Qi Ling’s Seven-Treasure White Jade Wheel had changed him; Liu Erlong was delighted that their blood connection was gone.
• Liu Erlong took Grandmaster away, while Flender entrusted Qi Ling and Tang San to Dugu Bo before leaving with them.
• Dugu Bo questioned Tang San about what he had consumed, then agreed to hear how the two planned to treat him.
• Qi Ling chose the option to cure Dugu Bo’s affliction and Dugu Yan’s poison, earning the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and the Complete Encyclopedia of Soul Beast.
• Dugu Bo chose Qi Ling to treat him, and Tang San assured him that Qi Ling’s medical skills surpassed his own.