Arc 1Qian Chen at Shrek

Resurrected as Qian Chen, Qian Xunji pursued the Plane Consciousness’s mission while rebuilding connections to Spirit Hall and protecting Huo Yuhao from Tang San’s influence. After joining Shrek Academy and entering its tournament team, he tracked down Evil Soul Masters and found himself surrounded while searching for the Ye Clan survivors.

  • The Plane Consciousness resurrected Qian Xunji, revealed Spirit Hall’s destruction, awakened his Holy Angel and Seven Kill Sword Martial Souls, and tasked him with thwarting Tang San.
  • After a fatal fight with the Soul Ferryman shattered Bibi Dong’s and Qian Renxue’s soul vessels, Qian Renxue healed Qian Xunji, who renamed himself Qian Chen.
  • Qian Chen helped Zhang Lexuan’s Shrek students defeat the Saber-Toothed Tiger King, then agreed to join Shrek under conditions that let him leave freely and retain his tournament prizes.
  • At the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, Qian Chen found Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun’er being abused, but Huo Yun’er refused his offer to take them away after Tang San’s Consciousness Control shaped her beliefs.
  • Qian Chen arrived at Shrek with Bing Ling and Yan Feng, shared his cultivation method with the Sea God Pavilion elders, accepted Mu En as his master, and received a Light Heaven Horse Soul Bone from him.
  • Bibi Dong helped Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that released Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, while Tang San split Tang Wutong’s soul and manipulated Tang Ya from the Divine Realm.
  • Qian Chen defeated Shrek’s tournament substitutes and joined the team, then used Mu En’s name to obtain Evil Soul Master intelligence and investigate the destroyed Ye Clan residence.
  • Qian Chen tracked angel martial soul traces to Strange Stone Valley, killed nineteen Holy Spirit Cult members in disguise, and revealed himself to a Soul Saint who alerted the others.
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Ch. 1Qian Xunji's rebirth in the peerless era

Qian Xunji was resurrected ten thousand years after the Asura God destroyed his soul, and the Plane Consciousness explained how Tang San had ruined Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan. After awakening Qian Xunji’s twin Martial Souls, the Plane Consciousness revealed that it intended to use him against Tang San and Tang Hao, and Qian Xunji asked what it expected him to do.

  • A purple giant seized Qian Xunji and shattered his soul into fragments across Douluo Star.
  • Ten thousand years later, the Plane Consciousness resurrected Qian Xunji in the body of a dead boy from Little Forest Village.
  • The Plane Consciousness told Qian Xunji that the Asura God had destroyed his soul and that Spirit Hall and most of the Angel Clan had since been wiped out.
  • The Plane Consciousness showed Qian Xunji the events that followed his death, including Bibi Dong’s fate and Tang San’s rise to power.
  • The Plane Consciousness said Tang San and Tang Hao had to be stopped, then awakened Qian Xunji’s Holy Angel and Seven Kill Sword Martial Souls.
  • Qian Xunji recognized that the Plane Consciousness expected something in return and asked it to state its demand plainly.

Ch. 2The Plane Consciousness's mission

The Plane Consciousness tasked Qian Xunji with keeping a future child of destiny from becoming Tang San’s lackey and promised support to rebuild Spirit Hall. After the Plane Consciousness left, Qian Xunji prepared to leave the ruined village, but a Soul Ferryman appeared and found him.

  • The Plane Consciousness told Qian Xunji that a child of destiny would be born in the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion and ordered him to keep the child from Tang San while leaving him vulnerable to Tang San’s attempts to win him over.
  • The Plane Consciousness offered Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s soul fragments and explained that they would need rare treasures to be resurrected, but Qian Xunji initially refused to take responsibility for them.
  • The Plane Consciousness promised Qian Xunji information about the descendants of Spirit Hall’s worshippers and three Fate-Defying Azure Lotus Seeds, which guaranteed innate full soul power when taken before Martial Soul awakening.
  • Qian Xunji accepted the soul fragments and lotus seeds, learned that the child of destiny would spend time at Shrek Academy, and agreed to prepare for the mission.
  • After the Plane Consciousness vanished, Qian Xunji searched the ruined village for food and money, gathered the dead villagers for cremation, and attracted the attention of the Soul Ferryman.

Ch. 3The Soul Ferryman's killing blow

Qian Xunji killed the Soul Ferryman but was critically wounded by the Soul Ferryman’s final Soul Cannon Shell. As Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s remnant souls awakened, they found the dying child and demanded to know where they were.

  • Qian Xunji wounded the Soul Ferryman with the Seven Kill Sword, then used his Holy Angel Martial Soul to suppress the Soul Ferryman’s power and evade his attacks.
  • Qian Xunji pierced the Soul Ferryman’s chest, and the Soul Ferryman used his dying breath to throw a Class 5 Stationary Soul Cannon Shell at him.
  • The Soul Cannon Shell exploded, fatally injuring Qian Xunji and shattering the jade bottles containing Bibi Dong’s and Qian Renxue’s remnant souls.
  • Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue regained consciousness, recognized each other, and spoke about their deaths at Tang San’s hands.
  • Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue sensed the dying Qian Xunji among the ruins, and Bibi Dong demanded that he tell them where they were.

Ch. 4Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue

Qian Renxue sacrificed her remaining strength to save Qian Xunji, who sheltered her and Bibi Dong in his Sea of Consciousness before taking the name Qian Chen. Ten years later, Qian Chen’s group encountered a battle with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a boy cried out for Xuan Zi to save him.

  • Qian Renxue used Angel's Blessing to heal Qian Xunji, leaving her remnant soul nearly transparent.
  • Qian Xunji brought Qian Renxue into his Sea of Consciousness and promised to save Bibi Dong too.
  • Qian Xunji renamed himself Qian Chen to avoid trouble on the Douluo Continent, then ten years passed.
  • Qian Chen led three companions through the Star Dou Great Forest and sent Feng Luan to scout a nearby battle.
  • Feng Luan saw a group of youths fighting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, which knocked one boy down and prepared to stomp him.
  • The fallen boy called out for Xuan Zi to save him.

Ch. 5Hundred-Thousand-Year Saber-Toothed Tiger King

Qian Chen and his brothers intervened when Shrek Academy students were being overwhelmed by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Saber-Toothed Tiger King. After revealing his extraordinary Soul Saint cultivation, Qian Chen drew the survivors’ attention, and a girl carrying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda asked whether his Martial Soul was the Seven Kill Sword.

  • The Saber-Toothed Tiger King killed Wang Feng and attacked the remaining Shrek students, who lost more fighters despite the eldest senior sister’s powerful strike.
  • Feng Luan returned to Qian Chen and reported that Shrek students were fighting the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without a Titled Douluo protecting them.
  • Bibi Dong offered to help Qian Chen hunt the Tiger King if he killed the Shrek students, but Qian Chen rejected her and ordered his brothers to assist the students strategically.
  • The Tiger King’s mental roar left the Shrek students dazed, and it nearly killed the eldest senior sister before an ice arrow and hurricane disrupted its attack.
  • Qian Chen revealed seven powerful Soul Rings, identifying himself as a Soul Saint and giving the wounded Shrek students hope of rescue.
  • A girl carrying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda rushed to Qian Chen and asked if his Martial Soul was the Seven Kill Sword.

Ch. 6Dividing the Soul Ring and Soul Bone

Qian Chen agreed with Zhang Lexuan that he would take the Saber-Toothed Tiger King's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Shrek would receive its Soul Bone, then killed the beast with his Killing Sword Qi. As Qian Chen began absorbing the ring, Xuan Zi arrived and accused him of stealing Shrek Academy's prize.

  • Ning Ke'er recognized Qian Chen's Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul, and Qian Chen proposed dividing the Saber-Toothed Tiger King's Soul Ring and Soul Bone with Zhang Lexuan.
  • Zhang Lexuan accepted the deal, and Qian Chen told her to protect the others while he led the attack.
  • With Ning Ke'er's speed boost and his own skills, Qian Chen used Sword Shadow Clone and Killing Sword Qi to poison the Saber-Toothed Tiger King through its wounds.
  • After the Sword Qi numbed the beast and it collapsed, Qian Chen explained his skill and killed it, then began absorbing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as Shrek retrieved the Soul Bone.
  • Xuan Zi arrived, saw Qian Chen absorbing the ring, and angrily accused him of stealing Shrek Academy's Soul Ring.

Ch. 7Xuan Zi's Little Scheme

Xuan Zi attacked Qian Chen while he absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Zhang Lexuan, Ning Ke'er, Wu Ming, and the other Shrek students stopped him and explained what happened. After Qian Chen completed his absorption, Xuan Zi accused him of stealing Shrek's prize and claimed the Soul Ring belonged to the academy.

  • Xuan Zi mistook the battle's aftermath for evidence that Qian Chen had stolen Shrek Academy's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and moved to attack him.
  • Feng Luan and Bing Ling tried to stop Xuan Zi, but he assessed their cultivation and tossed them aside.
  • Zhang Lexuan, Ning Ke'er, Wu Ming, and the other Shrek students shielded Qian Chen and explained that he had helped them survive the fight.
  • Xuan Zi backed down, tended to the injured students, and privately resolved to undermine Qian Chen before the Continental Soul Master Tournament.
  • Qian Chen finished absorbing the Soul Ring, noticed Feng Luan and Bing Ling's disheveled state, and asked Zhang Lexuan what had happened.
  • Xuan Zi silenced the others, accused Qian Chen of stealing Shrek's Soul Ring, and rejected Qian Chen's explanation that they had agreed on how to divide the rewards.

Ch. 8Qian Chen and Xuan Zi's negotiation

Qian Chen negotiated his entry into Shrek Academy after Xuan Zi pressed him to join the Inner Court and Inspection Corps. He left with his companions for Star Luo City, intending to find the six-year-old child of destiny before his Martial Soul awakening.

  • Xuan Zi demanded that Qian Chen join Shrek’s Inner Court and Inspection Corps and help uphold the academy’s reputation, while Zhang Lexuan and the other students objected.
  • After Xuan Zi privately explained his reasons to Zhang Lexuan, Qian Chen agreed to join Shrek Academy despite his reluctance.
  • Qian Chen set conditions for joining: he could leave freely, receive exclusive Evil Soul Master missions and free cultivation resources, keep tournament prizes, and receive the academy’s help hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when he became a Titled Douluo.
  • Xuan Zi accepted Qian Chen’s conditions, and Qian Chen also arranged for Bing Ling to receive the same treatment while refusing to let Feng Luan join.
  • Qian Chen told Xuan Zi he would handle personal matters and report to Shrek in half a year, then left with Pan Long, Feng Luan, and Bing Ling for Star Luo City to find the child of destiny.

Ch. 9Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny

Qian Chen monitored the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, where Huo Yuhao awakened his Martial Soul as eyes with rank-one innate Soul Power instead of the White Tiger. The Duchess and Dai Huabin prepared to torment Huo Yuhao and his mother, while Qian Chen watched from hiding.

  • Qian Chen heard a report about Yan Feng, an eight-year-old with a Bone Dragon Martial Soul and rank-nine-and-a-half innate Soul Power, and ordered a subordinate to bring him to Angel Mountain Manor.
  • Qian Chen slipped into the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion to watch the children’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony.
  • The White Tiger Duchess told Dai Huabin that Huo Yun’er had once harmed her relationship with the Duke, and Dai Huabin vowed to punish Huo Yuhao and his mother.
  • Huo Yuhao awakened his eyes as his Martial Soul and was found to have rank-one innate Soul Power, with no White Tiger appearing.
  • The Duchess told Dai Huabin to begin tormenting Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun’er without killing them immediately.

Ch. 10The Sorrowful Child of Destiny

Qian Chen watched Huo Yuhao suffer abuse and hunger in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, then intervened and brought food to him and Huo Yun'er. After they ate, Qian Chen explained that he wanted to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple.

  • Dai Huabin beat Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yun'er shielded her son from the blows.
  • Qian Chen secretly caused Dai Huabin to suffer a painful leg cramp, interrupting the beating.
  • The duchess ordered Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao moved to the woodshed and deprived them of food.
  • Qian Chen visited the hungry mother and son and shared his emergency rations with them.
  • Huo Yun'er warned Qian Chen against making outrageous demands, and he clarified that he wanted to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple.

Ch. 11Tang San's Consciousness Control

Qian Chen failed to take Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er away from the White Tiger Duke's Mansion after Huo Yun'er insisted Dai Hao would return and care for them. Bibi Dong explained that a god's Consciousness Control was influencing Huo Yun'er, and the next day Qian Chen met Yan Feng, a boy with a Bone Dragon Martial Soul who asked to serve at Angel Mountain Manor.

  • Qian Chen revealed his rank-eighty-two Soul Power and Seven Kill Sword to Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao, then offered to take them away and train Huo Yuhao.
  • Huo Yun'er rejected Qian Chen's offer, convinced that Dai Hao loved her and would soon return to care for her and Huo Yuhao.
  • Qian Chen left the mansion, and Bibi Dong told him that a god had used Consciousness Control to influence Huo Yun'er's thoughts.
  • Bibi Dong explained that the control could be removed by making Huo Yun'er recognize the consciousness as false and shattering her fantasy.
  • The next day, Yan Feng told Qian Chen that his Bone Dragon Martial Soul had made villagers shun him, and asked to learn how to help people awaken their Martial Souls.

Ch. 12Undercurrents in Shrek

Qian Chen admitted Yan Feng to Angel Mountain Manor and prepared to leave for Shrek Academy, while Shrek’s leaders argued over rebuilding the Shrek Seven Devils and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s Ning Yuan awaited him. The chapter ended with Qian Chen and his companions approaching Shrek City.

  • Qian Chen recognized Yan Feng’s Bone Dragon Martial Soul, promised protection from Evil Soul Masters, and admitted him to Angel Mountain Manor for a special task.
  • As the six-month deadline arrived, Qian Chen left Pan Long in charge of the manor, told him to watch Huo Yuhao, and flew toward Shrek Academy with Bing Ling and Yan Feng.
  • Qian Chen told Bibi Dong he planned to transform Shrek Academy into Spirit Hall Academy and make the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect support Spirit Hall.
  • Xuan Zi, Zhang Lexuan, and the Sea God Pavilion members argued over whether to reorganize the Shrek Seven Devils and how to divide the vacant positions between the Martial Soul and Soul Tool departments.
  • Ning Yuan anxiously coached Ning Tian on how to behave when she met Qian Chen, as three figures appeared on the horizon approaching Shrek City.

Ch. 13Entering the Shrek Inner Court

Qian Chen arrived at Shrek Academy with Bing Ling and Yan Feng, drawing the academy’s elders to the Inner Court to welcome the sixteen-year-old Soul Douluo. Mu En accepted Yan Feng as a temporary Shrek student while awaiting the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s wishes, then summoned Bei Bei to meet them.

  • Qian Chen, Bing Ling, and Yan Feng entered Shrek Academy, and a gatekeeper escorted them toward the Inner Court.
  • A Soul Saint reported Qian Chen’s arrival to the Sea God Pavilion, ending the argument over the Shrek Seven Devils’ places as the elders prepared to meet him.
  • Mu En examined Qian Chen and Bing Ling, recognizing Qian Chen as a sixteen-year-old Soul Douluo and Bing Ling as a fourteen-year-old super Soul King.
  • Qian Chen introduced Yan Feng as a Bone Dragon Martial Soul wielder with rank-nine-and-a-half Innate Soul Power, explaining that he planned to send him to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to repay a favor.
  • Mu En rejected Yan Shaozhe’s proposal to place Yan Feng in the Outer Court and decided Yan Feng would stay with Bei Bei until the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect made arrangements.
  • Mu En summoned Bei Bei to the Inner Court’s main entrance, and Zhang Lexuan felt embarrassed at the call.

Ch. 14A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone

Bei Bei took Yan Feng to tour Shrek Academy while Mu En and the others met with Qian Chen. Yan Shaozhe offered Qian Chen a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for his cultivation method, and Qian Chen accepted the deal after securing the elders’ guarantees.

  • Mu En introduced Bei Bei to Qian Chen, Bing Ling, and Yan Feng, then asked Bei Bei to show Yan Feng around the Outer Court.
  • Bei Bei asked Zhang Lexuan to cook him braised Soul Beast meat, then left with Yan Feng.
  • Xuan Zi asked Qian Chen to display his Seven Kill Sword, impressing the Sea God Pavilion Elders and prompting Yan Shaozhe to ask about his cultivation.
  • Yan Shaozhe offered Qian Chen a suitable Soul Bone over a hundred thousand years old for his cultivation method, and Mu En and the other elders guaranteed the promise.
  • Zhang Lexuan offered her Saber-Toothed Tiger King Soul Bone as collateral, but Qian Chen refused to take it and agreed to share his method.

Ch. 15Forced to become Mu En's disciple

Qian Chen revealed his Holy Angel Martial Soul and secured a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone after Yan Shaozhe tried to renege on his promise. Mu En gave Qian Chen the bone and took him as a disciple, just as Sect Master Ning arrived at Shrek with his daughter.

  • Qian Chen revealed that he possessed twin Martial Souls, the Seven Kill Sword and the Holy Angel, and explained that purifying Evil Soul Masters increased his Soul Power.
  • Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er objected to giving Qian Chen a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, but Zhang Lexuan offered him her Saber-Toothed Tiger King left arm bone.
  • Mu En rebuked Yan Shaozhe and gave Qian Chen a hundred-thousand-year Light Heaven Horse left leg bone as an apology.
  • Mu En asked Qian Chen to become his disciple, and Qian Chen agreed.
  • An Inner Court disciple announced that Sect Master Ning had arrived with his daughter, and Mu En ordered the visitors admitted and Qian Chen's information kept secret.
  • Sect Master Ning entered Shrek's Inner Court reception hall holding his daughter's hand.

Ch. 16Ning Yuan was humiliated at Shrek

Ning Yuan visited Shrek to recruit Qian Chen as the Seven Kill Sword’s successor, but Shrek’s leaders humiliated him and Ning Tian. Qian Chen declined to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for now, accepted its friendship and gifts, and Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan to arrange accommodations for him and Bing Ling.

  • Ning Yuan greeted Mu En and Shrek’s senior figures, who treated him with disdain while Qian Chen watched.
  • Ning Yuan asked to meet Qian Chen and offered him the position of grand elder in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but Xian Lin’er insulted Ning Tian.
  • Qian Chen refused to join the sect before graduating from Shrek, while affirming the sect’s friendship and recommending Yan Feng as a successor to nurture.
  • Ning Yuan gave Qian Chen a gold card with twenty million Gold Soul Coins and manuscripts of Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s sword techniques.
  • Ning Yuan left with Ning Tian, and Mu En told Zhang Lexuan to arrange accommodations and daily living arrangements for Qian Chen and Bing Ling.

Ch. 17Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen

Qian Chen and Bing Ling reached Sea God Island, where Bing Ling caught a Silver-Blooded Dragonfish and attracted Ling Luochen and Ma Xiaotao. After learning that Ma Xiaotao needed an ice-attribute Soul Master to suppress her Evil Fire, Qian Chen considered using Bing Ling’s help to win her over.

  • Zhang Lexuan took Qian Chen and Bing Ling toward the cafeteria, but Bing Ling asked to eat Soul Beast meat instead.
  • Bing Ling froze a hundred-year-old Silver-Blooded Dragonfish in the lake and brought it ashore, drawing the attention of inner court students.
  • Ling Luochen introduced herself to Bing Ling and offered to treat him, but he declined because he had caught his own dinner.
  • Ma Xiaotao rushed over, knocked Ling Luochen aside, and tried to touch Bing Ling before Zhang Lexuan reprimanded her.
  • Zhang Lexuan explained that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul required ice- or water-attribute Soul Masters to suppress its Evil Fire.
  • Qian Chen considered helping Ma Xiaotao as a way to win her over, then asked whether she wanted to suppress her Evil Fire.

Ch. 18The Rakshasa God changes the two

Qian Chen asked Bing Ling to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire, but Bibi Dong intervened and merged their Soul Power, binding the two together. As Qian Chen studied at Zhang Lexuan’s residence, Tang San watched events unfold and decided it was time to begin his plan.

  • Bing Ling agreed to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire, and Zhang Lexuan invited the group to her residence.
  • Qian Chen learned that Bei Bei lived with Zhang Lexuan and mistook him for her younger brother after Bei Bei called her his big sister.
  • Bibi Dong offered to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire through a special method, and Qian Chen trusted her enough to place a hand on each woman.
  • Bibi Dong’s Divine Power merged Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power, making them feel inseparable before they lost consciousness in each other’s arms.
  • Qian Chen read Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s swordsmanship manuscript at Zhang Lexuan’s residence while she cultivated.
  • Tang San watched the Douluo Continent from the Divine Realm and said it was time to begin.

Ch. 19The Ruthless God King Tang San

Tang San secretly forced his daughter Tang Wutong into a scheme to improve her talent, splitting her soul and sending one half to possess the Three-Eyed Golden Lion while sending her comatose body to the Clear Sky Sect. He left after slaughtering the divine officials who had witnessed his anger.

  • Tang San visited Tang Wutong and claimed her mother’s limited talent had restricted her own potential, then proposed a plan involving Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
  • Tang Wutong rejected the plan, but Tang San seized her soul, split it in half, and sealed both halves’ memories.
  • Tang San sent one soul fragment into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest and transported Tang Wutong’s body through a planar passage to the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Tang San ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to carry out his instructions, then killed every divine official outside Tang Wutong’s bedchamber.

Ch. 20A god-made Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Tang San manipulated people in the lower realm to revive the Tang Sect, while Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan discovered that Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Their trial discharged Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Qian Chen learned that Bibi Dong had arranged the skill.

  • Tang San sent Tie Tang to target the Tang Sect and used Consciousness Control to make Tang Ya obsessed with reviving it and recruiting Huo Yuhao.
  • Tang San chose Bei Bei over Qian Chen as Tang Ya’s future helper, intending for Bei Bei to fall in love with her at first sight.
  • Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan found that Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao had developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill while trying to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
  • Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao fired their combined arrow into Sea God Lake, freezing and then blasting the water and leaving over a hundred fish floating on the surface.
  • Ma Xiaotao told Bing Ling that the skill had completely discharged her Evil Fire, and Qian Chen learned that Bibi Dong had put the Martial Soul Fusion Skill together.

Ch. 21Bing Ling's romantic entanglement

Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill drained Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, prompting Yan Shaozhe to assume they should marry. Qian Chen blocked the marriage, and after Ma Xiaotao accepted that Bing Ling might love someone else, Qian Chen prepared to report to the Shrek Inspection Corps, but Zhang Lexuan stopped him.

  • Bibi Dong told Qian Chen that Bing Ling would not be harmed by the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and that Ma Xiaotao would grow dependent on him.
  • Yan Shaozhe separated Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao, then learned that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could drain Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and eagerly gave them permission to marry.
  • Qian Chen refused to let Yan Shaozhe bind Bing Ling to Ma Xiaotao against his wishes, but agreed that Bing Ling would help her release her Evil Fire when needed.
  • Ma Xiaotao asked Bing Ling whether he hated her, and he said he did not but might already like someone; she said she would wait and flew back to the outer court.
  • Qian Chen thanked Zhang Lexuan and said he planned to report to the Shrek Inspection Corps, but Zhang Lexuan hurriedly told him he could not go yet.

Ch. 22The New and Old Shrek Seven Devils

Qian Chen and Bing Ling joined Shrek’s tournament team, where Xuan Zi introduced them and Qian Chen’s entitlement to the Shrek Seven Devils title angered the substitutes. Qian Chen challenged eleven teammates at once and prepared to face them with a wooden stick instead of his sword.

  • Zhang Lexuan explained that Shrek needed Qian Chen and Bing Ling to join the tournament team, and Qian Chen asked what Shrek’s glory meant to her.
  • At the training ground, Xuan Zi punished the late Ma Xiaotao with thirty laps and gave Bing Ling the same punishment doubled after he tried to defend her.
  • Xuan Zi introduced Qian Chen and Bing Ling as new team members, and the four new substitutes protested when Xuan Zi offered Qian Chen the Shrek Seven Devils title.
  • Qian Chen challenged all thirteen teammates to attack him together, while Wu Ming and Ning Ke'er declined to participate.
  • The remaining eleven summoned their Martial Souls, and Qian Chen picked up a wooden stick rather than draw his deadly Seven Kill Sword.

Ch. 23Defeating Eleven with a Wooden Stick

Qian Chen defeated the Shrek substitutes and was officially added to the team, then left the training ground to seek information on Evil Soul Masters. Zhang Lexuan warned him to stay safe before he reached the Inspection Corps and requested all its recent Evil Soul Master missions and intelligence.

  • Wang Biao led the substitutes in an attack, but Qian Chen redirected his strike into a teammate and broke through their formation.
  • Qian Chen knocked down Dai Yueheng, Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, and Xi Xi, then jumped over Ling Luochеn's ice wall and threw her and Gongyang Mo out of bounds.
  • Qian Chen defeated the remaining substitutes, and Han Ruoruo fell apart in tears before Wang Biao surrendered.
  • Xuan Zi dismissed four substitutes and announced that Qian Chen would officially join the Shrek Team for the Soul Master Tournament.
  • Qian Chen told Xuan Zi he would skip training and head to the Inspection Corps; Zhang Lexuan chased after him to warn him about Evil Soul Masters.
  • Qian Chen found the Inspection Corps office and asked the teacher there for all recent missions and information on Evil Soul Masters.

Ch. 24The Inspection Corps' First Piece of Intelligence

Qian Chen investigated a report of an Evil Soul Master attack on the Ye Clan and found the clan residence destroyed in Shuangquan City. After sensing two faint traces of angel martial souls fleeing the attack, he realized that survivors might still be alive and headed west.

  • Qian Chen used Mu En's name to obtain Evil Soul Master intelligence and selected a report about the Ye Clan, whose attackers had been struck by golden light.
  • Qian Chen flew to Shuangquan City, replenished his Soul Power, and questioned a peddler about the attack.
  • The peddler said Evil Soul Masters had besieged the Ye Clan, its patriarch had died, and the survivors' fate was unknown.
  • Qian Chen found the ruined Ye residence and inferred that an angel martial soul wielder had sacrificed themselves to kill Evil Soul Masters.
  • Qian Chen searched the residence with his spiritual power and detected two faint traces of angel martial souls that had fled toward the western city gate.

Ch. 25The Hunt in Strange Stone Valley

Qian Chen infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult’s search in Strange Stone Valley and killed nineteen Evil Soul Masters before his disguise was exposed. Surrounded, he challenged a Soul Saint and prepared to fight his way out.

  • Bishop Tang’s men searched Strange Stone Valley for Ye Qingshan’s family, while Ye Qingshan’s wife died in hiding and Ye Guyi mourned her.
  • Qian Chen entered the valley in disguise and killed Evil Soul Masters one by one, taking one man’s clothes to conceal himself.
  • After Qian Chen had killed nineteen men, Bishop Tang ordered the remaining searchers to gather and verify one another’s identities.
  • Qian Chen ignored a nearby Soul King and approached a Soul Saint, who detected that Qian Chen lacked an evil presence and alerted the others.
  • The Soul Saint blamed society for forcing him into the Holy Spirit Cult, and Qian Chen reflected on how persecuted Soul Masters had been driven to become Evil Soul Masters.
  • Qian Chen revealed his identity, summoned the Seven Kill Sword, and attacked the Soul Saint while surrounded.
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